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  Used to play a lot, haven't played in over a year. Speedball / Xball. Main marker is a Dye DM4, modif... : twifosp
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    jesus christ that's the most painball lingo i've ever heard. didn't even know there was that much to it : kainen1
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      That's pretty damn actually. Its a crazy custom sport. : ShadowRam
      • pretty damn normal actually..... : ShadowRam
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    You're going to want to spend a minimum of 800 dollars on a paintball gun. Any less than that and the qua... : MrBig0
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      too short... shoulda thrown in a couple of extra paragraphs of jargon from pbnation.com 7/10 though. : riedlos
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        :/ http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17647194 : MrBig0
        • you get a +1 score bonus due to all the shackers who did not get the joke. 8/10 sir! : riedlos
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      375 balls in 15 seconds? LOL I don't understand this! What's the fun in such hardware....why not get e... : kainen1
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        It was a joke post, but yes, lots of people fire 12 to 15 bps. But a lot of players still play with pumps... : ShadowRam
        • i just did the math on the parent post to mine. : MrBig0
      • Pump leagues are fun. Pump doesn't require more skill though, it requires a different skill set. The... : twifosp
    • hahaha : ShadowRam
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      Look at these failures above me not getting the joke. If you don't get it by the end of the first sentenc... : ArcKnight
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        The 1st sentence isn't a give away. Speed-ballers can easily speed $800 on a marker. : ShadowRam
        • speed = spend : ShadowRam
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          It's a giveaway if you're familiar with the parody at all because that's exactly how it always starts out... : ArcKnight
          • i got it but the last paintball gun i had cost like $1500 (no i didn't pay for it, i was sponsored) : deadfish
    • hahah : AlexXdude
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      Comedy plagiarism makes baby jesus cry. Come up with your own funny, you unoriginal bastard! : twifosp
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        it was a ode to ArB! I linked the post after the first reply... : MrBig0
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          It was a rip off of ArB with a find/replace! The world of paper shredding makes paintball equipment lo... : twifosp
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            True, I design/program large mobile hydraulic paper shredders..... : ShadowRam
            • Where have you been all my life? : ArB
    • Heh heh, this is one of the better parodies. Of course, the original will never be out done. : thetangent
    • wtf lol : happynoodle
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    Selling my DM4 was such a painful moment for me, that was the best marker I've ever owned. Had a very sim... : Head Rush
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      I love my dm4, I like it better than the stock dm8, but I am probably biased after having owned it all th... : twifosp
      • This is getting me all nostalgic. Moving to Colorado basically forced me to give up paintball, thanks to ... : Head Rush
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  I've not played in a long time. When I did I always preferred Scenario/Woodsball. Speedball was just bori... : Wyvern
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    I think woodsball is far more fun. : riptyde
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      Both are fun. Woodsball is great for casual running and around and having a blast shooting people. Speed... : twifosp
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        Ever done a scenario event? 200 to 2000 people? : ShadowRam
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          Yea, I've done a 36 hour scenario with generals and objectives. Fun, but not my cup of tea. Some of the... : twifosp
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            That plus the people who refuse to admit that you shot them must make for a real frustrating 36 hours. : riptyde
            • I've never run into either of these problems, and I've played about 5 to 8 scenarios a year. : ShadowRam
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  I have a desire to get into this but don't really know anyone else who does it. :\ : mwasher
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    I'm down to go any weekend, especially now that it's cooler. CrustaR used to play, not sure if he still ... : twifosp
    • I'm not sure in what shape my equipment is. People kept borrowing my stuff. I'll have to check. I prob... : CrustaR
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      I've never played in my life, hah. : mwasher
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        Don't need to. Just go out and shoot people. : twifosp
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          I am intrigued. How long would 1000 balls last me? Looks like it would cost about $50 for rental equipm... : mwasher
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            Probably all day depending on what you are playing. 1000 is half a case. I'll go through half a case p... : twifosp
            • Ya, normal rec ball day, that would last you 6-8 hours.. (full day) : ShadowRam
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      crusty still has his basic equipment from when i got him into it. I still have the majority of my ge... : riedlos
      • also, to answer the original question of the thread this is my primary gun :) http://i30.photobucke... : riedlos
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        So..... o{Austin}o paintball shackmeet? If we get enough people, Petty's is the way to go imo. Bit of... : twifosp
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          Count me in. Would need to be on a Sunday tho. : mwasher
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            Sunday is the best day to go. Sundays are when most of the regulars come out. Saturdays are reserved fo... : twifosp
            • Awesome. My schedule is open then except for Christmas : mwasher
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              petty's is a drive for me, so i'd prefer something a little closer. I do agree on the quality of fields ... : riedlos
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                It's worth it for the giant castle they built. : twifosp
                • played there as the finale for the last big game scenario i went out there for. it is indeed fun. Had ... : riedlos
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    Honestly, don't let this bother you in the LEAST. Just go to your local field and play as a walk-on playe... : ShadowRam
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      How much is the initial investment in equipment? : mwasher
      • About $300.... Gets you an awesome mask, simple marker that can be upgraded, and a CO2 Tank. Best t... : ShadowRam
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        You can rent equipment. They usually have some kind of package deal at the fields. If you get serious a... : CrustaR
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          I would recommend buying a mask - rental masks are almost uniformly terrible, and you can get a decent st... : ArcKnight
          • Yea, mask is something you definitely want to get on your own and to take care of. The visor lens is pre... : twifosp
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  I used to be scared of is because I was a wuss but now I'm not (I have determined that I'm not a wimp any... : perstephanie
  • The end of that post was "now that I'm not I don't know anyone who does anymore." : perstephanie
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  Try to go every weekend. Have built my own field with friends. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file... : DarkWolf5
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    Nice, I'm currently sporting an X7 I've been using for ~2 years now. It's been good to me, think I'll upg... : ShadowRam
    • F the x7. I have one. Worked great for a year. Then it was just headache after headache. And I tend to be... : DarkWolf5
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    wtf dude, thats frigging awesome! :D : nodebug
    • Yeah I think we have gone past hobby and moved to lifestyle. : DarkWolf5
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  cant miss an opportunity to link this youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFe6i2OFtxY : johnny rotten
  • LOL, I laugh every time I see it. Its the head kickback that kills me.... : ShadowRam
• I have an old Spyder, with a (sweet) expansion chamber and a huge 1 cm single trigger pull. The trigger ... : xylopagus
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  I would love to, but I don't know anyone who does it. Plus it's like 15 degress outside now. : PointlesS76
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    1) Doesn't matter if you know anybody. Just go to your field every other weekend and play as a walk-on. N... : ShadowRam
    • Yeah I'm thinking about this. There's apparently a really good one not too far away with a bunch of diffe... : PointlesS76
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  It's been a couple of years since I've played, but Woodsball by far. I had a Kingman MR2 with a Viewlo... : ArcKnight
  • Tuesday nights during the summer the local field does this. Tuesday night mission paintball at the outdoo... : ShadowRam
• I used to play a lot when I was younger, there was a place with tons of bunkers and a bamboo forest where... : shortbuscaptain
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  I have thrown 2 Paintball Shackmeets and I am planning a third in about 5 months time! : OverloadUT
  • i'm in! and i will a) wear more brown and c) bring balloons filled with paint b), you ask??? : xsoulbrothax
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  A cup. : boarder2
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    Surprisingly not a lot of people play with one. I do. Fuck getting shot close range in the nuts cause som... : ShadowRam
    • i got shot right in the head of my dick once. Imagine hitting an old lady in the head with a brick. I wen... : deadfish
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      It's so fucking painful. I ref'd a tournament where a kid got bunkered, fell back in surprise after he go... : Head Rush
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        lol were you not wearing paintball pants and/or covering your crotch? Every ref I have ever seen at a to... : twifosp
        • Haha, it was back in the day where I just started reffing and didn't know any better. I had on Dye pants,... : Head Rush
      • I had this exact same thing happen but I was playing, guy railed me from very close range square in the n... : boarder2
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    Cups get in the way of running. All of the major manufactors sell paintball paints with built in kevlar ... : twifosp
    • paints = pants. : twifosp
• I used to go once a year with a big group (30+ people) and we always preferred the scenario/woods games w... : Begawkiness
• i used to play professional speedball 5/10 man in GTS and NPPL leagues. I used all kinds of gear but I st... : deadfish
• everything was fun until the kiddos had their folks buy the Angels and such. I used to play on a 3 man te : Downforce
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  I started playing borrowed a gun, where did you guys purchase your gear? Ive so far I have pntball.com... : dumbacid
  • http://www.splatattack.com/ : Downforce
  • www.ActionVillage.com and www.thematrixcenter.com are both pretty good. TMC is only high end Matrix stuff... : Head Rush
  • www.compulsivepaintball.com : EqualsP
• play quite often.. down a little this year from my peak of 3-4 weekends a month.. been playing for ... : EqualsP

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  BSG eventually gets just as uninspired and depressing as anything else out there. Enjoy the first seas... : Tommy Toolbag
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    Not every episode can be an action-packed thrillride with tons of shit blowing up. BSG is basically an op... : Nixx2004
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      Shackers don't like character development. Personally, the only episode of BSG that comes to mind for me... : riptyde
      • we skipped that one the last time we watched the show. it really is not only pointless but also draws th... : razorblade79
      • there are a few eps in the second half of season 2 my wife and i call the doldrums and that is one of the... : cpt_gloval
      • yeah that one is boring : deject
      • don't forget the episode "Hero" where they delve into Adama's past and introduce a character they never g... : surley_monkey
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        Counterpoint: Scar. Completely pointless filler episode. It's like the worst of Babylon 5 Season 1. : LoioshDwaggie
        • That episode helps set up the raider strike after discovering cylons in the fleet : cpt_gloval
        • If nothing else, I like it for the tribute to the dead pilots. : deject
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          They copied that entire episode from Space: Above and Beyond. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            Which probably copied it from Combat or some other WWII tv show. : trove
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              Well, it's a typical "Red Baron" dog fight theme. : Mad Brahmin Disease
              • Yeah, I think they did it in Baa Baa Black Sheep. Which thematically is a better match for S:AaB and BSG... : trove
          • Abandon all hope : Rampancy
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          Scar is my favorite stand alone episode : MoreVespeneGas
          • First Kojima and now this? -cries- : LoioshDwaggie
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        The Woman King and all of those Helo-centric episodes in Season 3 sucked. : DonkeyPopsicle
        • they shoulda kept him written off the show after the miniseries. woman audiences ruin everything!!! that ... : cpt_gloval
      • I don't think that that's the problem with BSG. The problem is that the show didn't stick to the things i... : zipr
    • I agree. I wouldnt want all action packed episodes. I would like well-written, non cliched episodes, t... : Tommy Toolbag
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      Character development is great, and some of the best science fiction has been deliberately slow. But BSG ... : ieGod
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        Definitely. BSG is a show without a plan which is fucked up because in every episode they told you they h... : K1Bond007
        • ^^ This : samekh
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          One of the reason why I love Babylon 5 so much is JMS actually did have a plan. : LoioshDwaggie
          • but even that got fucked up with season 4 since they were told they wouldn't get to make a season 5, so t... : thecray
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          Having listened to a lot of the podcasts and read cast/crew interviews, I don't think that's entirely acc : walker270
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            They didn't have any idea. By Moore's own admission they went away on a retreat or something during seaso : K1Bond007
            • Not having a complete plan from day 1 doesn't mean they never had any plan ever. As I said, they seemed ... : walker270
            • The attachment free thing just sounds so silly in hindsight. They established Tigh and Adama's history g : trove
        • great post. they had a plan to that point -- and then nothing. part of that can be blamed on the networ... : the_doctor
    • the complaints with BSG have nothing to do with a lack of shit blowing up. I don't know why people think ... : derelict515
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    kinda agree. first season was great. there were some good moments after that, but it's kind of like the... : mrtony
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      No, they had to write for 20-24 episode season's instead of a 12 episode season. : Prozium
      • seasons 3 and 4 were paced much better than 2, it seems like they might have decided to go with 20 epidod... : cpt_gloval
    • I think they tried to get into modern politics a bit too much. Some of the stories tried to model off ac... : surley_monkey
  • I think they messed up when they attempted to make the Cylons sympathetic characters, instead of a scary,... : silent prophet
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    I stopped watching halfway through season 2. It became too much like a soap opera set in space : retardhumper
    • you quit during the doldrums, it picks up. i almost stopped watching there too. : cpt_gloval
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      what does this even mean? If people have relationships and emotional issues, it's a soap opera? : DonkeyPopsicle
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        space opera is a fairly huge subset of the sci-fi genre. hello Riker Troi Worf love triangle! : cpt_gloval
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          yes, but "soap opera" is typically a pejorative whereas "space opera" is not. : DonkeyPopsicle
          • well if you don't like it you don't like it. bsg is intentionally opera though; it's not a result of bad ... : cpt_gloval
        • Space opera is different than soap opera + space, though. The melodrama in space opera tends to be expre... : ZTac
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          As an aside, the whole love triangle subplot is the most overused, frustrating bit of writing in any stor... : samekh
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            i agree. second only to evil twin plots. hi SHARON, hi Data and Lore. : cpt_gloval
            • Lore was kind of interesting though, and thankfully they didn't over-do the Lore episodes. There were wha... : thetangent
      • No, but if it's overacted, and the actors and the writing lack any subtlety, we're getting awfully close. : daedraug
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    Regarding books - check out Stephen Baxter if you want some really good Sci-Fi. He's essentially the succ... : thetangent
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      Where should one start with him? : DogDharma
      • Oh wow, really late on the reply here, but if you happen to check in on this thread: I'd start with eithe... : thetangent
  • I am just starting to watch BSG now and I haven't even finished the mini-series yet. I hope the lows are... : melkore
• It's a really good show, watch it for as long as you enjoy it. Don't listen to the haters. : WhatIsThisFor
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  Moon was a great science fiction movie this year. : grabbie
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    Too predictable :( I thought District 9 was better. : WhatIsThisFor
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      Do you not enjoy watching movies you've already seen as well? : ZTac
      • Depends on the movie. : WhatIsThisFor
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      But Moon wasn't about surprise twists, it was about the characters and their interaction within the confi... : Vincent Grayson
      • ^ this. How many movies can do so much with little more than 1 actor? : riptyde
      • I loved that there was little exposition, and it was just the character's experience of what was happenin... : blearey
    • Of course it's predictable. The film intentionally gives you almost the entire plot in the first half-hou... : Arceihn
  • This post is correct! : watcherxp
  • Moon was awesome. : ieGod
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    i wish this was on DVD or BluRay i wanted to see it : Shadowdane
    • Its coming in January. : Talonus.
  • I thought it ended abruptly. I was kind of hoping to see what life would have been like on earth for the : Ellissd
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    question was the original sam living on earth? and if so was he aware of the cloning operation? : mindshot
    • Yes and probably yes. : ucanbfuzzy
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  the biggest problem is that most sci-fi films have very little science fictiony concepts in them. it's us... : cptstern
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    Yeah most films/shows tend to treat sci fi as anything that takes place in space. Sci fi can take place ... : riptyde
    • also the setting itself can sometimes mask what it really is the original Star trek is a western in sp... : cptstern
    • The Quiet Earth and Children of Men come to mind : cpt_gloval
    • There's a difference between Science Fiction and Science Fantasy. : huds0n
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    The core of Science Fiction has always been exploring some aspect of humanity when given some level of ad... : walker270
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      this is the trap i perceive a lot of SyFy programming falling into. cool, gadgets, aliens, and space ship... : cpt_gloval
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        SyFy hasn't been about Science Fiction since Bonnie Hammer took over. However, you can't instantly dis... : walker270
        • and really, SG-1 was Showtime's show anyway. once it got to SciFi it got more spaceshippey : RikiTiki2
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      I support this statement fully. : ieGod
      • As do I. : action wombmate
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      why do you assume I meant technobabble? I meant ideas like those presented in stories like fahrenheit 451... : cptstern
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        I think "science-fictiony ideas" was just too vague a phrase that could mean anything unless the reader a... : action wombmate
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          I'm an old school sci-fi fan. Also I blame Star Trek TNG for the prevelence of technobabble. specifically... : cptstern
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            I fucking love TNG but will agree that they fill a a lot of space with fake jargon. I'm honestly ok with : action wombmate
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              I guess that's true but sometimes it's just so obvious it's funny "flux capacitor" : cptstern
              • Yeah, but I really think its best when they try not to get over-involved (or not involved at all) with ex... : action wombmate
          • i never liked the idea of them being able to accelerate past light speed :( : cpt_gloval
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      Precisely. There is so much science fiction out there that can't be bothered to make any commentary on th... : Ely
      • yeah you hit the nail on the head as to what i really enjoyed about bsg. : cpt_gloval
    • You are a wise person. This is what made Star Trek so good. It was about exploring questions of human nat... : OverloadUT
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  It kind of amuses me that you are big enough into Sci Fi to be very picky about it, yet never bothered to... : riptyde
  • It was just one of those shows that I never got around to. : Dave-A
• I just finished all 4 seasons. Worth it imo. : ShadowRam
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  It falls off noticeably the longer you watch, but that first season was a game changer. Brilliant and en... : filtersweep
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    I just noticed there's a spin-off coming soon, I wonder if that will be any good : Dave-A
    • Improbable. :-( : Johnny Law
• People here give the other 3 seasons a hard time (for some reason) but it's really an amazing series from... : surley_monkey
• bsg has just as much as scifi cred as lucas. They're both space operas that rely more on their (albeit fr... : miasma&!
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  Do those hates include T2 and the original Star Wars trilogy? If so your standards for good sc-fi are un... : tree8
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    Star Wars was jolly fun. Not a big fan of T2, but it's 100 time better than what followed. : Dave-A
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      Not a fan of T2? WTF? : thetangent
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        The kid was terrible. I was rooting for skynet after about ten minutes of watching Eddie Furlong show off... : Dave-A
        • While I agree the kid was mediocre at best, I just love the action scenes (the T-1000 is a great fucking ... : thetangent
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  Don't do it. Stop. STOP. : ieGod
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    Stop watching it?! : Dave-A
    • I enjoyed the first bits the most, specifically the miniseries. So, yeah :( : ieGod
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  WTF i cant believe someone complaining about scifi hasnt seen BSG : spiderfill
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    I think of all the conceivable abominations in the world, this one isn't so unbelievable. : Dave-A
    • your hitler : spiderfill
  • I couldn't get into it. And I've been reading sci-fi since 1975. And I liked the original series. But I w... : AxeMan808
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  Get ready to be impressed and then disappointed. : bolneze
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    Then eventually impressed again. Adama maneuver : Nixx2004
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      Then dissapointed, then go WTF? for a whole season and then finally be impressed again. : phate81
      • And finally disappointed. : thetangent
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      lol...the most overhyped scene in quite some time. : byorn
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        By "overhyped" you mean "pure awesome" right? : thetangent
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          nope... while cool. It was not the tentpole moment in sci-fi moment history that many were saying it was.... : byorn
          • I dont even remember what it was. Its no Picard manuver! : bolneze
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  Funny I find Battlestar Galactica to be completely uninspired and actually just drama in space (not scien... : Toth21
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    wat? humans create robots that overthrow them and become so human-like that they start interbreeding what... : spiderfill
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      My point is its bad science fiction, its glorified drama with science fiction bolted on. Its the same rea... : Toth21
      • i would agree with that except it was enjoyable to me. i think the thing that people were drawn to was it... : spiderfill
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        Your definition of what constitutes "good" and "bad" Science Fiction is off. What's widely considered "g... : walker270
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          While this is true, I think that the situations in question should stem from the science fiction elements... : Vincent Grayson
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            The drama in BSG did stem from a Science Fiction element, though -- the complete and total destruction of... : walker270
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              Ok, here is my favorite example from BSG and why I think the show is laughable. Bear with me on this s : Toth21
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                Adama is human. He made what is technically a bad command decision (albeit a good one in hindsight) beca... : riptyde
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                  His point wasn't that Adama made a human mistake, but that there is no repercussion or price to pay for t... : LoioshDwaggie
                  • I can think of two other fantastic examples of commanders making personal stands on issues and having to ... : LoioshDwaggie
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                    It's debatable whether Adama made a mistake or not with that action. He did go against a position he hel... : walker270
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                      Mistake or not, the point is there were no repercussions for his action. That's the difference. : LoioshDwaggie
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                        In what sense? I'm pretty sure those actions were used by either Baltar or Zarek in one of their power g... : walker270
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                          To help you guys out, I'm going to give you a list of B5 examples of this. Give me about 10 minutes to wr... : LoioshDwaggie
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                            I'm glad you think I need help. Obviously BSG needed some overly contrived scene where Adama got herpes ... : walker270
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                              Lol sure that sounds hilarious. : Toth21
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                                That sounds less hilarious than court marshaling the only person left alive remotely capable of keeping t... : walker270
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                                  Hmm risking every ship of the last fleet of humanity to rescue one god damn pilot sounds like the worst m... : Toth21
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                                    Hold on, guys, I'm writing it up. Really it'll help. : LoioshDwaggie
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                                      B5 examples: To make this quick I'm going to only focus upon three of the decisions made by two of the h : LoioshDwaggie
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                                        Further examples I don't have the time to write up: Sheridan goes to Z'ha'dum. Sheridan allows telepath... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                          Umm.. Two things. One, any "repercussions" you had regarding Sinclair were not part of JMS' original : walker270
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                                            Also, the killing of Ulkosh was necessary because he was a spy for the Vorlons, and they needed to sever : walker270
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                                              Actually you just misinterpreted both LoioshDwaggie's post and the show at the same time. Kosh didn't w : Toth21
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                                                I didn't say Bester was working for the shadows -- I said Psy Corps was. PsyCorps and Earth were most de : walker270
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                                                  You're right you didn't say that, I should have clarified. Saying the shadows picked Garibaldi up becaus : Toth21
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                                                    Actually, there was _a lot_ of information regarding the series available outside of what was shown. At ... : walker270
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                                                      Did you read what Loiosh even wrote? Most of what he wrote are just plot points and not even opinion. The : Toth21
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                                                        Yes, I read what Loiosh wrote. As I explained, his "repercussions" have absolutely nothing to do with th : walker270
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                                                          How is that the case? All the repercussions he lists actually happen in the god damned show? Even tho : Toth21
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                                                            The repercussions had nothing to do with the given "situation." Most of them were the result of other th : walker270
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                                                              What? The listed repercussions were tied to the listed situation. How is Bester manipulating Girabadli no : Toth21
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                                                                ... because Bester doesn't give a fuck about them? Bester manipulating Garabaldi was because he knew Gar : walker270
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                                                                  No one ever said it was Because they were mean to him. You don't understand the meaning of the word repe : Toth21
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                                                                    How can you make that statement? : walker270
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                                                                      Which statement? : Toth21
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                                                                        The one that Bester wouldn't have used Garabaldi if B5's command staff was nice to him. : walker270
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                                                                          You keep using the words nice and mean. WTF? I meant If they hadn't resisted him, if they had been good : Toth21
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                                                                            If anything, Bester used Garabaldi because he discovered the assassination plot against Santiago, or his : walker270
                                                                            • Right but he learned that shit about Girabadli by going up against him. As I said, providence to turn his... : Toth21
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                                                The Psi Corps was allied with the Shadows. We find this out when Sheridan goes to Z'Ha'Dum. The old man : electroly
                                                • True, but reread my point. That is never Bester's MO. : Toth21
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                                                  I'd just like to point out that every single thing I mention in here came straight out of The Scripts of ... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                                    I don't believe that at all. The whole "everyone was a jerk to Bester, so he had Garabaldi kidnapped to ... : walker270
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                                                      Thats not what he said actually. I don't think you fully understand the meaning of the word repercussion. : Toth21
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                                                        Does it mean taking two unrelated events and assigning a causal relationship between them? Because that'... : walker270
                                                        • They aren't unrelated. I really don't even understand where you are coming from on this... I would like t... : Toth21
                                                    • Actually, walker's right here. The shadows targeted him because he was one of the three people who could ... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                            #1: Sheridan Leaving: The original (original) plan was not to have Sheridan leave on B4. Instead, him and... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                              Minbari Military Cast. Now blamed for the destruction of Babylon 5, Sinclair and Delenn (and their child) : LoioshDwaggie
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                                                Okay, this actually supports the repercussion-thing you were getting at. While it doesn't support your s... : walker270
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                                                  The flat out wrong list? What are you talking about. Thats what he meant in the first place, and thats ex... : Toth21
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                                                    This post lists the direct consequence of an action. The original one he made extends this to other situ : walker270
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                                                      He was likely to go under very different circumstances, circumstances that invovled him being allied wit : Toth21
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                                                        The Vorlons were most certainly not going to attack or destroy Z'ha'dum under any circumstance. Both the : walker270
                                                        • this subthread is making me so hot : electroly
                                      • Good examples, particularly the last. Thats an ongoing thing and really lets you see how the whole series... : Toth21
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                                    Maybe so, but you're taking that decision in a complete and total vacuum while ignoring everything else u : walker270
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                                      Ok difference of opinion I guess, I can't see that at all. Tensions would be way higher than that. It wou... : Toth21
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                                        The civilian ships were scared shitless of being away from Galactica. Galactica was their only means of ... : walker270
                                        • I thought he spread the civie ships around to search for SB? Its been awhile since I watched it. : Toth21
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                      The difference is he used a whole fleet of some 40k humans, and everyone just went along with it, and you... : Toth21
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                        Bullshit, everyone was apprehensive to go along with it after a reasonable time, the president even got u... : Ely
                        • I guess I missed that then, and I apologize for saying you never hear about it again. : Toth21
                • yea plus starbuck is hot : spiderfill
                • to me that's what was enjoyable about Adama's character, he made some terrible leadership decisions all t... : cpt_gloval
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                Adama's human. He considered Starbuck his daughter. What you describe was an ongoing conflict through : walker270
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                  My point is there should have been repercussion. Immediate court martial by the rest of the crew. Does an... : Toth21
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                    you obviously didn't watch the Gaeta mutiny episodes : cpt_gloval
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                      I really think these actions were most definitely used by either Baltar or Zarek as a major point against : walker270
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                        Thats just a brief mention, its not the same sorry. My point is watched all the way through season 3 I th... : Toth21
                        • Why does it have to be in the same story? Do politically unwise actions always bite you in the ass 30 m... : walker270
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                          Zarek and Baltar's opposition to what they perceived as a military hegemony were woven and developed thro... : cpt_gloval
                          • Hmm fair enough, they certainly explored the tensions involved with a military hegemony. However I felt t... : Toth21
                  • How about immediate relief for cause before he is able to fully commit to the path? There's some real dr : Arcanum
                  • Court marshal? How the hell is anyone going to court marshal Adama at that point? He's the single only : walker270
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                I think that whole plot made fine dramatic sense. He was letting his personal feelings cloud his judgment... : Ely
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                  Not with the flippancy with which BSG does it sorry. BSG is pretty flippant about all its moral decisions... : Toth21
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                    BSG was consistently ambiguous about the morality of situations. Is that what you're interpreting as flip... : cpt_gloval
                    • No, my point is, taking the whole fleet and risking everything to save one person comes off as flippant, ... : Toth21
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          Well no shit thats good science fiction and thats entirely my definition, but thats not what BSG does. Th... : Toth21
          • I agree fully with you, and this is a point I try to make in discussions that is generally controversial.... : LoioshDwaggie
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    oh toth is there anything you like? you hate everything : gmd
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      No I like a lot of stuff, it just seems to rarely overlap with stuff Shack does. The recent exception bei... : Toth21
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        what things do you like that the shack generally doesn't? i'm curious now : xsoulbrothax
        • yeah im curious too. and be specific your being judged : spiderfill
        • THIRD'D : Totenjaeger
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          Hmm perhaps I phrased that badly, I meant I don't like a lot of things that shack does like; however, the... : Toth21
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            That's not the impression I get. BSG is more accessible since it's more mainstream but from the passionat... : ieGod
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              Also, Babylon 5 ended 11 years ago. There's nothing particularly new or interesting to discuss about the... : walker270
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                Hmm its often mentioned well, but also often as average or uninteresting. Thats what I've seen at least w... : Toth21
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                  Are we talking about the same website? Babylon 5 has always been very highly praised on the Shack. I've... : electroly
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                    Yes I am most definitely talking about the same website. Honestly I haven't seen that, I've definitely se... : Toth21
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                      I think you're missing the progression. People start watching the series because of the Shack's recomm : walker270
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                        I'll admit I think I've knocked B5 maybe once or twice here before, but it was because I had only seen th : electroly
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                          Yeah I remember you knocking it, then just a few weeks ago loving it. I did an o_O but it's definitely an... : Chod
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                            Guys, I wrote up the point I was trying to make above (about consequences). It's here: http://www.shackn... : LoioshDwaggie
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                              I write all this stuff for you guys and no one comments on it :( : LoioshDwaggie
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                                I just did! Well thought out though it gets even more interesting if you include Molari and Gk'kars choic... : Toth21
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                                  G'kar would get an entire post to himself, and it would be twice as long as that. Yeah, makes me want to ... : LoioshDwaggie
                                  • I actually just finished re-watching it again. I want to get some of the books (never did), but the Legio... : Chod
                                  • I'm just finishing it up now. When I'm done, I kinda want to just start watching it from the beginning a : electroly
                          • DISREGARD WHAT I SAID ABOUT B5 BEFORE. It's the best TV show I've ever seen. : electroly
                • I've always seen B5 treated as one of the pinnacles of SF on the Shack. : Whistler77
• I'm reading the Homecoming series right now ... pretty solid so far : homeboyJim
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  You don't like Sci Fi. You like soaps. : stuka
  • iawt stuka + toth21 : miasma&!
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    my name is stuka i live on the second floor i live upstairs from you i've judged your viewing habits b... : Dave-A
    • now ive got that song in my head : smax
    • Post of the day right here : watcherxp
  • This was exactly what I was thinking. : thetangent
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  BSG was great (most of the time), but it's really not much of a sci-fi show. It's primarily a political d... : thetangent
  • I don't think political drama is a good way of describing it. Maybe a conspiratorial drama. The politic... : trove
• I have been watching Supernatural, it's not scifi but it's pretty good and doesn't take itself too seriou... : shortbuscaptain
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  Is this a troll post? The Matrix is uninspired and non original? Really? : sreyes22
  • No. "sequels". apologies for the bad wording in my OP. : Dave-A
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  So besides an early reaction to BSG, what Sci-Fi is NOT shitty in your opinion? : byorn
  • please say transformers please say transformers : cpt_gloval
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    Alien, Blade Runner, Firefly, Solaris, The Matrix, Children of Men, Gattaca, the Terminator, 2001, Brazil... : Dave-A
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      all those are at least pretty good. though i'd classify Alien as a monster movie and Firefly as a western... : cpt_gloval
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        Agreed, though imho Children of Men = Complete Fail. : Toth21
        • it's one of my favorites on his list : cpt_gloval
        • What the fuck? You're complete fail. : Dschinghis Khan
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          Unless you mean that it's not really a Sci-Fi movie. hit post too soon :\ : Dschinghis Khan
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            Well both actually. Its extremely thin sci-fi first of all, which is fine it doesn't have to be. I didn't... : Toth21
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              it must suck to go through life disliking so many things that are awesome : dirge23
              • Oh I like a lot of things that are awesome, I just find that the last few years has been pretty threadbar... : Toth21
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              You might like some awesome things, but you're pretty fucking broken if you think the characters were unl... : Dschinghis Khan
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                What was likable about them then? Let me clarify... they lacked any meaningful depth, and turned out to b... : Toth21
                • I can't really think of anything to say, because i'm fucking speechless. : Dschinghis Khan
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              The camera work? You're off your rocker, not only was it filmed beautifully but Emmanuel Lubezki's work ... : action wombmate
              • Oh come on dude they like, never make a cut in that movie, it just keeps going, helloooooo? editor?! : SpaecKow
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                Well maybe I'll have to rewatch it, thats just what my memory tells me (I only watched it once on video). : Toth21
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                  They did several technically difficult and artistically relevant/appropriate things in that movie, like t... : action wombmate
                  • Well thats what I remember but as I said its been awhile. : Toth21
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          Children of Men is the opposite of complete fail, but it isn't really sci-fi. : dirge23
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            disagreed completely. I like this definition from Heinlein, which CoM falls squarely into: # "Let's ga : cpt_gloval
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              this definition is too broad for my liking. imo the defining characteristic of sci-fi (ruling out things ... : dirge23
              • sociology fiction! doesnt have quite the same ring to it : spiderfill
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                i enjoy science fiction where the characters kind of take the setting, as bizarre as it may be, for grant... : cpt_gloval
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                  Speculative fiction is definitely more appropriate to Children of Men than science fiction, but isn't all... : dirge23
                  • i would use plausibility as the litmus for speculative fiction. i copy/pasted another quote in the post a : cpt_gloval
        • I'd be interested in hearing why you think that. : omnova
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      Where is Robocop? That film was one of a few to really bridge the gap between the "understanding" levels ... : Amnesty_intl2
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        Yeah, and Starship Troopers too! But not Starship Troopers 2. : Dave-A
        • Basically your agreement with me has validated all of your opinions all of a sudden in my eye, I just rea... : Amnesty_intl2
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  I'm pretty pick with my Sci-Fi (most of it is over-the-top and plain stupid) but BSG really hit the sweet... : Matt Burris
  • Don't forget the ability to fold space and time hehe. : Toth21
• After BSG dissapoints you watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Its BSG, but bigger, better, and without t... : Talonus.
• They should make a movie with Boba Fett fighting a Predator. THAT would be good scifi : uglysad
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  T4 was by far the worst sci-fi movie of this year imho. Awful soundtrack, awful acting, awful (non-existe... : Broken Canoe
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    I enjoyed it when the A-10s engaged air targets. Believability: dashed. : cpt_gloval
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      They are technically capable of doing so. It rarely happens due to their slow speed and typically low-al... : Arcanum
      • One Hind was shot down by an A-10 with the GAU-8 cannon, another was taken down with a Sidewinder if I re... : ucanbfuzzy
• There are tons and tons of great new sci fi books to read! Check out River of Gods, House of Suns! : graincloud
• I wish BSG was on netflix insta queue what the fuck:( : Jackass1233
• tangent: I haven't discussed this on here yet and I figure this is as good a thread as any: Did anybod : cpt_gloval
• hollywood is scared of GOOD sci fi....good sci has new ideas, and that goes against hollywood's MO....and... : crypt420
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  TV sci fi may be shitty but movie sci fi is very good! District 9 was a great genre film of the kind we h... : SpaecKow
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    What ruined Moon for me was that I could see the entire plot coming from a mile away. Now, i'm usually ve... : shyguy74
    • Well I had the movie spoiled for me beforehand! And I still enjoyed it cause Rockwell's the man. : SpaecKow
  • Thats true both were a lot of fun to watch. I forgot about D9 and moon, damn. : Toth21
• The best sci-fi I've seen in TV format is actually anime. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Pla... : miasma&!
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  excuse me, megathread, it's SyFy : Downforce
  • good old Siffy : mikecyb

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• They all have their problems and in my experience it really depends on the version. I haven't tested the ... : hax3d
• the one you get from the flashing ad that says i'm broadcasting my IP address : busdriver3030
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  norton antivirus 2001 : dantastic
  • i would probably look into nod32 though since it runs so nicely and light weight on my home PC : dantastic
  • oh how I miss thee. : RogerDandy
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  I'm an IT professional; well versed in the operating system and security. I have never had any kind of ma... : gmd
  • hahahaha A classic! : thrallie200
  • Haha, truly a shacknews icon : tbreffni
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    haha who was that? : busdriver3030
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      comment search for "I'm an IT professional". You'll see a few apropos reposts, but the original will be t... : Cheeziologist
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        I find no results with that search : Entity
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          Try it 4 times in a row. Not joking shack search is broken so you have to do it a few times for it to ... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
          • Hmmm it chokes on three letter or less words, so i searched for versed and professional and found the ori... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18973424 : busdriver3030
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            haha, that was a great thread, especially because it ended in him getting b& or leaving (dunno which). : Ride-My-Rocket
            • he wasn't banned. looks like he posted again last month : busdriver3030
          • haha, I'm surprised he didn't try throwing his salary into his post somewhere. : ShadowRam
          • Didn't somebody make an animated video of that post a while back? : RetroRedEyeJr
          • hhahaha oh man : posito
  • /golf clap : Bull
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    i was just bing maps stalking you. i was looking at ballston and at wilson. then i scrolled over to the m... : xxiv
    • Bing has maps?! : gmd
  • This is still fucking gold. I still LOL hard at this. : mrvandelay
• We use McAffe here for about 500+ workstations and it doesn't cause any problems. : jingletard
• NOD32. EOT. : Fred Garvin
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  ESET Nod32 : CoreContingency
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    I've used nod32 on all my personal pc's for the past few years, but never on the corporate level. If the... : NukemFornever
    • Our company uses NOD32 on our desktops and notebooks, managing about 70 systems. It works very well, as m... : CoreContingency
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      " http://www.av-comparatives.org/ - All the info you need and more to make a truly informed decision. I u... : Hoax
      • Thanks this is good stuff : NukemFornever
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        lol, trend isn't even on the comparison list? : retardhumper
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          they do home AV's.. if trend is on there, i think the closest equiv would be pc-cillin : xsoulbrothax
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            Trend does a corporate product as well, it's pretty easy to set up for a small company. For large deploym... : Simulacrum
            • Yeah, I'm saying they (av-comparatives) seems to like doing home products, and when people were saying tr... : xsoulbrothax
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            we have trend officescan deployed on about 1000 desktops and server-protect on a couple hundred servers, ... : retardhumper
            • Their home product sucks donkey balls, bloated and slow. The office version is meh : retardhumper
      • Thanks for posting this. And like retardhumper said, I'm disappointed Trend Micro isn't on the list, sin... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I had problems with NOD32 installing on branch office machines (different domain). Trend worked great, b... : o0JediBeavis0o
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  whatever is cheapest. : gokart.
  • not really. some of the free ones are better than those you pay for. i've been using nod32 for years no... : Hoax
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  I'm administering a 4000 user Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 setup. Did the rollout and upgrade from Sym... : zyklonbee
  • Yeah we have this on one of our clients networks and it is nice, unfortunately though the licenses run ab... : Arsenal
• Just fire anyone that gets a virus. : Jimbo Ro
• Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 : zerog83
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  Bitdefender : Link.
  • Not anymore, it went to shit with V2009. I sold it for a long time. :( : sheepraper
• epolicy 4.5 with agent 4.5 is working quite well. mcafee based. : Downforce
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  NOD32, although enterprise Symantec (not the retail Norton product, that sucks ass) is actually pretty go... : royalally
  • SEP v11 is our current Symantec product. : royalally
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  Sophos : Haxim
  • Ding! : d0gbert
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  I'm going to be looking at Forefront next time, because nod32 is garbage for 0-day/malware type shit. : ghost in my shell
  • Oh and their customer service sucks. That's important too I guess. : ghost in my shell
• company's? I dunno... I'd probably use the Microsoft one I'm using now, but then again, I don't have a co... : RikiTiki2
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  OSX : multisync
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    HAHAH FUNNY : zebosausamite
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      FORMAT C: : loboca
      • 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 : zebosausamite
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        you forgot the ? : zebosausamite
        • ya :( : loboca
• NOD32 or Symantec Corporate. : yacoub35
• Symantec Antivirus Enterprise. I think this is still the best and most robust enterprise suite available... : bigend1an
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  Microsoft Security Essentials : zebosausamite
  • ^ this is what I would recommend too, very plain/simple/unobtrusive. : aethyr
  • ^ yup, free and not annoying at all. : rasputinreborn
  • It gets my vote as well. It's about time Microsoft stepped up to the plate to protect their own software ... : thecray
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    is there a way to put this onto a USB stick to use to clean an already infected comp? : homeboyJim
    • I wonder if some of the Boot CD people are merging this in with things like BartPE and UBCD4Win : Entity
  • Best suite changes every year, this is my current fav : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  Hm. Did anybody else go Trend WFBS 5.1 -> 6.0 and think 6.0 is completely balls? I don't know why, but... : xsoulbrothax
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    To be honest my faith in Trend's corporate suite has been declining steadily since it became WFBS at vers... : Arsenal
    • yeah, our shop is a bit biased against symantec/mcafee because we do SMB consulting and those two groups ... : xsoulbrothax
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  Ass-Street's Virus Killin' Super Suite 2009 : ass-street
  • I got a pop-up advertising that with a beeping noise on the shack the other day! : zebosausamite
• MS Forefront : Phreakin
• windows 7 : kaddar0
• Kaspersky : dissembler
• Symantec endpoint is the best I've seen, although I still have lots of issues with it. : JohnnyRey
• Symantec. Console, controls and products for every situation. : freqq28

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  "right-click support"? but that worked just fine up 'til now, so that must mean they can now screw around... : yacoub35
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    also "save video as", what a great marketing ploy - as though you're now going to be able to download any... : yacoub35
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      Presently, you can download/save any movie you watch, though not directly through some kind of right-clic... : ieGod
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        yes but that is unofficial. they're trying to sell it as though this official HTML5 standard will allow p... : yacoub35
        • Unofficial but very easy in many places, as long as it can be disabled it'll be a great convenience featu... : Zek
  • you can't right click flash objects. : Klebold
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    No it didn't. What is remarkable about this comment is how ridiculously easy it is to prove you wrong an... : vigilante
    • actually i just didn't realize his bullet point meant "right-click on Flash objects" and not "right-click... : yacoub35
• The only bad part is now you get to enjoy more sophisticated ads. : foo
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  This should work under FF 3.5 right? : snowwolf
  • with no doubt. i guess chrome devs were just tooling around in a productive way. : Klebold
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    I'm viewing the page in FF 3.5.5 and I don't think it's working the way it's supposed to be. : bcyde
    • Yeah, same here. : Rotten Deadite
    • Yep, same here. Not working. : -sk-
    • Yeah, its not for me : snowwolf
    • borked here too, on two computers. : Arctic Fox
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    I dont think it will. As i understand it the only reason it works in chrome is because Google GEARS is ki... : squigiliwams
    • Firefox has support for the <video> tag. The problem comes in with that codec it uses. Firefox supports... : mtgDoofy
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  Will Youtube finally be able to save partial blocks of the video without losing it when you click an unlo... : Zek
  • Oh freaking god yes make that happen. : nwillard
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  Did anyone tell Adobe that there's not going to be any more flash? They might not be pleased. : yoonix
  • I volunteer to call them and give them the news. : slickdoody
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    I'm sure they'll construct something even more horrifying to compensate for the replaced functionality. : Zek
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      Maybe they'll invent the worlds first PDF reader that requires a 3gb download and a quad core to run. : slickdoody
      • And updates daily requiring a reboot : Schnapple
  • I think they're aware of the threats of open standard competitors. It's why they're trying to turn it int... : node
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    They deserve it for making you use that fucking download manager. : atom519
    • THIS. I have very few issues with Flash (r-click, inability to bookmark, horrifyingly sluggish on some co... : Ebu
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    I will dance on the rooftop the day we no longer need to use Flash for anything. : rudds
    • as will i. i hate that pos : AMikaboshi
  • This has been in the works for years. Apple and loads of other companies outright won't support Flash and... : Serpico74
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    Actually they couldn't settle on a standard codec for the video tag, so it's basically going to be uselss... : pixelat3d
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      Exactly what is wrong with pushing for the best codec available? : spazzium
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        It requires licensing? : Danny5225
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          No it doesn't? At least not in the h.264 software decoders we sell. It may need some kind of licensin... : spazzium
          • Actually it does I think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Patent_licensing You have t... : jcupitt
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  nice demo for ff3.5 / chrome / opera10: http://www.double.co.nz/video_test/video.svg It shows two v... : jcupitt
  • This is pretty sweet : moe6
  • Yeah, that's pretty slick. : boarder2
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    Hmm, doesn't work for me in chrome. : ieGod
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      mine neither : Thomas Hace
      • I tested it out on my Win7 machine with a fresh install of Chrome. Worked there. I must be using some old... : ieGod
    • works fine for me, i have 4.0.223.16 : hanged_man
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    Yeah I heard about that, and kind of see Apple's point that a codec shouldn't be part of an open standard... : node
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      Apple doesn't want it because they want their format, that simple. : Chod
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        Not really, "their" format is MPEG4/h.264 . Which makes sense because it's a pretty awesome format all ro... : node
        • More importantly than it's not open source is that it's not royalty free. You simply cannot require somet... : pixelat3d
      • As others have said, it's not their format. It's a fucking ITU standard that has hadware support now dam... : spazzium
    • Therora is OK, though not the greatest. Maybe 20 - 30% worse than h.264? People argue about it (of course... : jcupitt
  • that's hot. : Arctic Fox
• that page has been there for a long time already : ErneX
• Too bad IE wont support it till the next decade (considering it isn't even finalized yet). I'm not exactl... : Chod
• No flash? Well, then all the resource intensive ads will be written in javascript/canvas - still eating ... : recoilfx
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  If there's no flash I worry it'll be harder to filter annoying ads :( : ieGod
  • i'm sure someone will eventually write a "CanvasBlock" addon : electroly
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  looking at the HTML, I'm not convinced why there need to be seperate tags for <header> <article> <section... : Cheeziologist
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    and by this post I mean, why not keep them all as divs instead of making new seperate tags. I'll eventual... : Cheeziologist
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      It's in order to make it more semantic and machine readable. Something marked up as <article> should cont... : malevolence
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        I still have a problem with it because it's the exact same thing (presumably) just with a different tag n... : Cheeziologist
        • It's not for people, It's for machines. It will make it easier to parse the content of web pages by searc... : malevolence
    • because now you don't have to go <div class="article" id="awesome"></div> now you have that class ... : pixelat3d
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    Think about this: you'd probably make this anonymous divs have a class of "article" or "footer" anyway. W... : jigstah
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      I have a general problem with the idea of saying, "Hey, I want to make a whole bunch of things that funda... : Cheeziologist
      • I agree, sometimes I might have different headers also. Page Header, Content Header, etc. : Chod
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        Readability is very important. That's like if in another programming language you had to use something li... : Zek
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          I disagree. Take any language that treats a function as a first order parameter: I can still name the var... : Cheeziologist
          • For an object oriented language yes but this is HTML we're talking about, web pages are pretty simple fro... : Zek
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        Semantics are different. A browser can treat an article tag differently than a header. Why treat them al... : jigstah
        • but they don't, and never will. why don't we have <icon> and <diagram> and <photo> instead of just <img>... : electroly
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    Is the basic idea behind the concept of semantic markup not something you understand? : action roommate
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      It's baking very particular semantics -- that don't make sense for every page and which leave out concept... : nudel
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        Tell me this. When you demarcate a section of text in a page, what do you use? <p></p> or <div... : action roommate
        • <blockquote style="margin:0;padding:0"></blockquote> : mwasher
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          there isn't a single <p> on any of my websites. i use <div> because it makes no practical difference wha... : electroly
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            I'm not arguing that the semantic web is working (because it's not) but that's an altogether separate dis... : action roommate
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              i don't see the necessity of having separate elements for different content if not for a machine-readable... : electroly
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                Yes. I think we agree here. The semantic web is for machines, which currently aren't using it. But I : action roommate
                • honestly, i think it's too far away for us to care right now. it's the same reason i don't use XHTML. b... : electroly
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                Nerds like to have pretty source code so that if they go back to it in six months, or someone else has to... : Zek
                • Readability also makes it much easier for the programmer to fully grasp the flow and structure of the cod... : Zek
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                  you seem to be conflating multiple issues that are not at hand, here. this has nothing to do with mainta : electroly
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                    <p> is far more readable than <div class="paragraph">. The latter is a mess and while it's easy to unders... : Zek
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                      i think you're vastly overstating the difference in readability between <p> and <div class="paragraph">, : electroly
                      • My point is that <div> is the most generic possible tag there is, it covers anything and everything that'... : Zek
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                The web browser is very interested in seeing people use these, though. We'd love to add "readability m... : Zero|DPX
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                  You mean like this? http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ ;-) I understand your point, and I : electroly
                  • What does <diagram> mean? Is it different from <mydiagram> or <smalldiagram> or <diagrma> or <csybfuobys... : Zero|DPX
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  None of this is working for me in Dev Chrome, wtf : Thomas Hace
  • Same here. All the video panes are just black. Google stuff often doesn't work in Dev Chrome. :| : mockery
  • It doesn't work in FF3.5.5 for me either. And it has blue boxes around the YouTube logo and the video see... : nudel
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  I doubt this will make Flash/Silverlight go away... yes a lot of site that use media capabilities of flas... : mnok
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    I doubt it will make flash go away because it's easier to get people to update their browser plugins than... : bcyde
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      Yeah but Flash has to be installed in the first place and new OSes come with new browsers. : Zek
      • Flash has been preinstalled on OEM computers for years. Hardly anybody installs it manually these days. : electroly
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        Considering how many people still have IE6 or even 7 it will be a LONG time before HTML5 is going to be m... : Chod
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          It seems like Google could force mass HTML 5 adoption by switching youtube to it. As long as more than j... : Thomas Hace
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            i wonder whether they coudl distribute a html-5 compatibility plugin for video : boring gegtik
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              (for current browsers) : boring gegtik
              • It's called Chrome Frame : Zero|DPX
        • ^^ This was my main point. : bcyde
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      my ff seems to update itself every few days :( : jcupitt
      • You're not the target I was speaking about :( : bcyde
    • Browsers update themselves these days. Flash actually seems exceptionally bad at keeping itself up-to-... : nudel
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    I think it's part of a slow drift away from flash. We're seeing more and more stuff that used to have to ... : jcupitt
    • (And this is also why Silverlight is probably doomed: it's been launched into a shrinking market. If it h... : jcupitt
    • Has nothing to do with a "slow drift away from flash". It's more about an appropriation of technology. : haiku
  • you forgot javafx there : hanged_man
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  I know it's just a test, but the video looks like ass compared to the flash version. Compare: Flas... : jason bergman
  • For the time being a lot of work definitely needs to be added, the clue is in the fact the HD button does... : Klebold
• But will it make the buffering go away? : aggressor
• No Opera love. : The Future
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  is html5 going to be supported on the Android or iphone's browser ? o3d demo is awesome and as i said be... : hanged_man
  • Games are still rendered locally though in-browser or not, I wouldn't expect Chrome OS to have much power... : Zek
  • I believe the basics of html5.0 support is already in the android 2.0 browser. I might be wrong, but I t... : JuffoWup
• http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-June/020620.html This outlines the problems w... : pixelat3d
• i hate flash. so the enemy of my enemy is my friend. : gyokuro
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  lol #1 - it's ugly #2 - it doesn't even work (using Firefox 3.5.5 on Windows 7) Yea I don't think ... : MagicWishMonkey
  • LarghOwL : umegastar
• Adobe is probably shitting themselves at the thought of no more flash. It won't affect their photoshop bu... : Dynotaku

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  holy shit, this better be for PC : dignan
  • It is! Splash damage are a pc dev after all. : Klebold
• this needs more love, and not nearly enough is being said about the sound design.. I watched this demo li... : ThrillKill
• This game really is looking great, Here's hoping they don't completley fuck the release of it like they d... : pixelat3d
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  Cool but something re: the character design rubs me the wrong way. Like Epic/Unreal wrong way. : My Documents
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    I am getting more of a Timeshifters vibe from them.. : deathofrats
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      crap, not timeshifters..what's the name of that old UK fps game that people who broke off from Rare made? : deathofrats
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        Timesplitters... : deathofrats
        • wow yeah it totally does : spiderfill
  • I thought you didn't play games, mydocs, I sort of agree though. : Amnesty_intl2
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    I like the exaggerated models and colors, but the animation doesn't have any style, so the whole package ... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • I don't know where this came from, but somebody else posted it in a thread elsewhere, supposedly from one : jet-poop
  • They seem to have very long torsos. : thecray
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  Borderlands engine or just similar cell shading? Obviously the models are completely different. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Totally different engine and style. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    id tech 5 : CoRDS
    • 4 ( modified) : CoRDS
    • modified id tech 4 im afraid. : Klebold
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  I keep getting this confused with that failed xbox platformer with the time shifting cat thing. : deathofrats
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    braid? never played it but i think it did very well in sales. : xxiv
    • Nah, he means Blinx : bipolar
  • http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/blinx/ : GrimmyD
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  Looks cool. What's with that crazy hand bob with the weapons though? : r_picmip 5
  • yeah they better fix that and the fov for the pc. its id tech (doom3 engine) so i see no problem fixing t... : Hoax
  • Re: Pistol bob http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21565685#itemanchor_21565685 : jet-poop
  • I really hate how the gun sways in his hand. I can see that getting nauseating. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I don't like the "unload a weapon for 5 seconds directly in to a dudes face to bring him down" element. T... : re-verse
• I'm kinda digging that actually, cheers for pointing it out. : Creepin_Jeezus
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  i saw a demo irl, it was best at show imo! : Klebold
  • oh yeah, on PC it looks a lot better than that video. much sharper. : Klebold
• I don't see that somebody else has posted these, and I can't ever find them on related videos on the firs... : jet-poop
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  Oh, I kept ignoring these threads without reading them just assuming brink was talking about that stupid ... : boarder2
  • its in 3 parts if that helps. : Klebold
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  I watched the video, it just looked like a run-of-the-mill FPS. : yakz
  • Yeah, seriously... What exactly is special about this? : ecclesio
  • I don't get it either. Looks totally mundane. : skinlab133
  • other than the objective based stuff near the end of the video it was very blah. : flasher 907

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• get the suppository version. : g0nk
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  If by "vaccinated" you mean "had it and got over it", sure. : Arcanum
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    ^this : mysled
    • If I had the opportunity, I would've jumped at the vaccine, but I didn't. : Arcanum
• I got the shot at work, but then again health care professionals are considered a high risk group : sergeon
• I got the vaccination. Had no reason not to. : NastyJack
• no thanks, but i'm not going to Japan where it's all crowded, either, so ymmv. : yacoub35
• i'll do it if they hand it out free at work - but i'm not gonna seek it out, i got the normal flu vaccine... : multisync
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  If I was going on a trip to ANY heavily populated area right now, I'd definitely get it. I haven't per... : Amnesty_intl2
  • well I live and work in Montreal which is a pretty populated city and so far so good. But ya, nothing lik... : mnok
• I got vaccinated, and later got the regular flu. woop. : chilln
• I got the H1N1 vaccination and the regular vaccination. I had the GMAT coming up and didn't want to lose ... : underground banana plantation
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  its funny, i had H1N1 too and honestly i would rather have that flu than the regular flu's I get. Usuall... : johnny rotten
  • That probably wasn't the flu. I had it for about 10 days but only had a fever for about half that. The ... : Arcanum
• I got the vaccine couple of weeks ago and the needle is tiny. I have a history of fainting when getting n... : gimpness
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  There's a nose spray vaccine if you're afraid of needles. Not sure how easy it is to get though... most ... : sukkot
  • Just remember, nose spray=live virus : blakhawkjohn
• I got to Tokyo pretty regularly for work, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The Japanese are crazy abou... : Sirus2400
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  I got the vaccine. Apparently men who are becoming dads are part of the risk group too. : Ariakus
  • whut? : sweat
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    What? How does that work exactly? : theghostofsmdever
    • When a man and a woman love each other very much... : MagicWishMonkey
    • People who are going to be around young infants are encouraged to get vaccinated. : fugu124
• got vaccinated. was totally painless : Thomas Hace
• i got H1N1 and the seasonal Flu vaccine; fuck that shit, i've gotten it every year for the past 3 years, ... : Jackass1233
• no way, it's my body and my decision : fathertime
• I am a healthcare worker so I got the vaccine. Bruised my arm like a bitch. : moogle
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  I got the vaccine last night. Then my penis fell off. : TwiLyght
  • If a penis falls in the woods and no one is around... : Simulacrum
• Hopefully we can get a clinic @ work. Already had the regular flu shot there. We had a clinic offsite but... : RookieCAF
• How many dickgirls are you gonna fuck? : sanchez
• I'm gonna get it tomorrow because I want pig inside me : veras
• Same here. I'm definitely bringing a couple tubes of Airborne. : aasyranth
• Got the H1N1 vaccine a few weeks ago, and the regular flu vaccine a few weeks before that. Getting a shot... : AlvinKlein
• I got vaccinated. It was painless, but two days afterward I ended up sleeping for 15 hours straight. : Magitek
• I got the shot a couple of weeks ago. : angrytaxman
• I'm going to try and get one tomorrow. My gf has the flu AND pneumonia (I call it flumonia!) and it ain't... : Dave-A
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  welp, just came back from the vaccination center. I was minded to get a vaccination ticket number, not ac... : mnok
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    A video? Really? : Haxim
    • yeah wtf? some liability bullshit? : sanchez
    • that is when they put in the subliminal socialist suggestions : stgulik
    • yea a video explaining the risks and benefits... a nice way to make me more anxious about whats coming : mnok
  • I got mine in montreal also today. no videos where i went. my arm is sore though :( : Pantene Pro-V
• Whenever it becomes available. Maybe tomorrow. : randomjgj
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  Good lick getting one, tell us if you can. : Lightzout
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    of course we can, they are widely available for free in Canada. Hell, not enough people are going and th... : mnok
    • Yeah, I walked in, signed the forms, walked to the nurse, got stuck, and was done. Took no more than 10 m... : nevlos
• Needles are np, sometimes you don't feel them at all, sometimes there's a small sting. No big deal. : dael
• no thanks, I'll tough it out : Sixcos
• Chances are you'll get sick anyway. And H1N1 is just another flu, anyway. : aldraek
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  You haven't had any booster vaccinations since you were 10 years old? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • nothing... I always avoided anything I could.. I cant stand that stuff : mnok
• I'm getting it on Monday. : SeaLlama
• I got mine and seriously didn't feel a fucking thing. I thought she was shitting me when she told me she ... : nevlos

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• Attn: web designers and other attention grabbing text. someone else probably thinks it's funny : atom519
• Do you think you could punch it up a little? I want you to really take it to the next level. : Arcanum
• I've had that exact thing happen before.... :( : Kentor
• welcome to the art world, your baguette and latin mocha fratte will be given to you when you are ready. : Amnesty_intl2
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  This same thing happens any time a well known website unveils a redesign. Immediately, a Shack thread po... : fishbone
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    People were pretty happy with the new CNN site design. : Arcanum
    • The New York Times Skimmer was fairly well received as well. : Kentor
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    yeah but that's much different than what goes on behind the scenes :( : mikecyb
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      True, I'm just pointing out that everyone is a design critic : fishbone
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        There was a good analogy for this that someone once posted. I think it used the example of designing a b... : fishbone
        • (the person linked to the analogy, I think it originally popped up on usenet or something) : fishbone
  • Sounds like when they used to patch Counter-Strike. : kingdepork
  • But I liked both The New Shack design and Deviantarts : ( : locater16
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    That's different. We weren't asking for a redesign of Newegg or CNN or Facebook. So when they come out wi... : Nighteyes
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      I literally wanted all of those sites redesigned. : Danny5225
      • Why the fuck did I just use the word 'literally'. : Danny5225
  • The current Shack design made me vomit when it was unveiled and I think it was 99% due to the yellowish c... : rudds
• It's funny because it's true. :-( : Aragoat
• That's every day at work. :( : Frozen Pixel
• this is hilarious but also incredibly depressing because of how accurate it is :( : mikecyb
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  Okay, so Diane's new company is changing their website from this: http://www.noliosoft.com/ to this: htt... : BlackCat9
  • Why did they get rid of the old site? It was pretty decent. The new site is a hideous, cluttered mess. : Arcanum
  • the original is very clean and nicely laid out and the new one is completely hideous in a number of ways ... : mikecyb
  • You can easily navigate the old site. The new site is leaning toward clusterfuckery. : Ajax
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    Oh, and when Diane and her boss suggested that they take the mock-up and do some tests with it for usabil... : BlackCat9
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      was the new design made in HTML as opposed to being mocked up in photoshop first? I bet it was, you can ... : mikecyb
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        No, she designed it in InDesign or something and provided us with a .pdf that was set up for print resolu... : BlackCat9
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          lol that's still pretty funny : mikecyb
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            You'd be surprised and saddened at how many "web designers" I've worked with lately who think that this i... : BlackCat9
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              The dudes at my old work loved me for this. I instantly had three friends when I showed I knew what photo... : SpaecKow
              • This was the case for me at my previous job as well. I carved a huge niche for myself by just knowing how... : skizl
            • I would refuse to work with someone who gave me a fucking pdf to cut into a site. that's unacceptable. ... : mikecyb
    • It's time to FIRE the marketing manager at that point!!! : CrustaR
  • The new design made my brain feel bad things. : yakz
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    I prefer the new site, definitely needs some work though, but I feel that it's more "modern". : Amnesty_intl2
    • ^ is the head of maketing dude : Utopia
    • You should never, ever be allowed to design a user interface, or instruct someone else on what to design. : Arcanum
    • Which client of mine are you? : Frozen Pixel
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    the new design is beautiful like the laugh of an evil clown or maybe an irritated rash : spiderfill
    • bwahahah : manero
  • the new site makes me think i entered in a bad URL and got directed to some fake "search" site from a dom... : yAak
  • the new site honestly hurts to look at :\ wtf : xsoulbrothax
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    First site: Eh Second site: MY EYES OH GOOOOOOOD!!! : locater16
    • oops : locater16
  • That is beyond horrible! D: : Frozen Pixel
  • WHOA, that new site is busy. :| WTF are they thinking? : Rice-Rocketeer
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    i don't know where to look :( : Clay
    • oh no wonder...heres their head of marketing http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/9146012/2/... : spiderfill
  • That's awful. : CrustaR
  • The current (old?) page is functional and easy to use. This new mess is all over. If it ain't broke, don'... : skizl
  • They just need to put a really simple description of the product and the demo front-and-center. The seco... : J4NUS
  • The new one is hideous. : orgcaptainnemo
  • haha, yeah the old one is leaps and bounds better. :( : bakanoodle
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    It wasn't very cool that he did this... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      uh oh is blackcat in trouble for posting this thread : boring gegtik
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        Honestly, I was going to talk to the company to see about doing this, but it still wasn't cool. He's h... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Don't get mad at him. :( He meant well. : Rice-Rocketeer
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          you've got his and yours balls in glass jar, don't you? : kevp
          • Can't bring biohazardous materials on the plane. : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Honestly, if it was publicly accessible there's not much to bitch about. And the new design sucks...bad. : Conan
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      yeah, theyre going to get a bunch of referrers from shacknews.com and wonder WTF : retarded talking dinosaur
      • Diane is an awesome person. She is possibly the best employee that a company can have. I would highly r... : TwiLyght
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      is he sleeping on the couch tonight y/n : electroly
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        I think I'm sleeping in the dog bed. : BlackCat9
        • Cats and dogs, sleeping together! Mass hysteria! : ArcKnight
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      yeah, screenshots would've been better : sikander
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        But then you couldn't see the awesome fly-over states! How can anyone get a good picture of how beautiful... : BlackCat9
        • record a video from your digicam transfer to computer convert to HIDEF mp4 upload to youtube proble... : sikander
• There's nothing quite so obnoxious as someone who has no idea what the fuck come in and tell you how to d... : Ajax
• Haha. And this is an accurate representation of my work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY&fea... : spazzium
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  My boss' favorite phrase is, "I like it but can we 'Jazz it Up' a little?" : malevolence
  • Oh. You mean "Tighten up the graphics?" : spazzium
• Does that say "wow factor" as well? They shouldn't forget "wow factor" :( : SpaecKow
• I just designed signage and a brand logo for a pizza place in northing chicago, but they insisted on usin... : not work safe
• This is how I feel whenever I do things for my Dad. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
• lol, a couple clients back kept asking for more edgy. But then ended up choosing the most generic design ... : adev
• haha, have you guys seen the link at the bottom of the page? it's the motherfucking pterodactyl! http://t... : JohnnyDanger
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgcX0y1Nzhs&NR=1 : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Following up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwqPYeTSYng http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Wasn't there some recent blog about how clients are wrong and I'm a smart designer and oh god look at the... : Agrona
  • http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com : bigmaki
• This is why I got out of graphic design. (Although game design works roughly the same way.) : Karnov
• Maybe you guys should design better stuff then. : Sacred Sperm

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  The Draughthouse would be a fun shackmeet. : CrustaR
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    yes, yes it would. especially on a cold night. : EvilDolemite
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      That's too far North for WT, however. :[ : CrustaR
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        ah if you can make it to wtf242's place he can drive up there also technically it's central : EvilDolemite
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          It's way North to WT. :[ : CrustaR
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            32nd street is not north! : twifosp
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              To WT, it is. He lives in Buda. : CrustaR
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                Well what is 3 minutes more on mopac to exit 45th instead of 5th when you are driving from buda. : twifosp
                • I will have to let WT field this one! : CrustaR
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              crustar likes busting whistletits's balls over living in deep south Austin : RikiTiki2
              • buda != south austin :o sorry :) : riedlos
  • Draughthouse is an excellent idea. I AM IN : wendigo
• Ahh man, I'm leaving by the 11th so I think I'll miss this. : frenziedbadger
• No : genjuro
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  how about an Austin "someone take the cute abandoned kitten I just found outside" meet. :( : Audhuml4
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    sorry, already full up on pets. i think matt has room though : EvilDolemite
    • http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=kitten1_9s06c1ibbhxfa7l0yrcq.jpg http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.... : Audhuml4
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  I will be around. : ra1n
  • ra1nmeet? : CrustaR
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  Absolutely. I've been meaning to organize something before I leave town, maybe this will have to serve... : nurglich
  • i want it to be in the spirit of the holidays! everyone is invited! : EvilDolemite
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  why do they always have to take place at a bar? Why not ArcadeUFO or some other austin landmark? : deathofrats
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    Are you saying that the Draughthouse is not an Austin landmark?? : CrustaR
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      CrustaR, you sound personally offended. : twifosp
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        How dare he insult The Greatness that is The Draughthouse! : CrustaR
        • Seconded! : r_Ed
      • only because deathofrats didn't suggest Casino el Camino : RikiTiki2
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      it IS great, but it's a bar. I don't have anything against drinking, but when you have a city as great a... : deathofrats
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        DoR, care to name a few more Austin landmarks? I am genuinely curious! : CrustaR
        • Round Rock : mwasher