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  But he emphasized that the company would first focus on educating consumers about their data consumption : dirge23
  • Holy shit these people are fucking RETARDED. : phipple
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  Let's sell you overpriced "unlimited" text and data packages, and bitch when you use them. The best part... : Jimbo Ro
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    Is $20 really that overpriced? I always thought it was quiet fair. : amrbean
    • considering it costs nothing, it kinda is : Herman Toothrot
    • If I'm already paying $30/month for unlimited data, why should I have to pay for text messages? Are text : DMac20
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      When text messaging first came out on phones, it was free. It wasn't until a lot of teenagers started us... : Matt Burris
      • ^This, fucking hell. : one random winner
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      WHAT!? It's data. If you work up the rates, they're basically charging $1300 per Mb. Yeah, that's fair. : phipple
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        That was for texts. : Deathlove
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          yeah, that's what I'm talking about : phipple
          • Oh, my unlimited text package is $20 per month, my data is $30. So yes, ripoff. : phipple
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  "Our service is too popular, please use it less often!" They're going to jack the price up. : fishbone
  • and ill go to a different carrier. : d0pamine
  • Won't be as much of an issue when the iPhone goes multi-carrier next summer and half their users jump shi... : one random winner
• Yeah because that unlimited data plan I'm paying for is not what I primarily use this iPhone for. Oh wai... : Begawkiness
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  Go ahead. Change my plan. I dare you. Watch me use that as an out of my contract and go somewhere else... : Arcanum
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    Haha, ya, can't WAIT til iPhone on Verizon fucks AT&T over. hope hope hope hope : loboca
    • I'll just bail for a Pre or Android-based phone. Or take my iPhone to whichever carrier has a compatible... : Arcanum
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      How would that screw them over? Verizon is just as bad aren't they? : WhatIsThisFor
      • not now they aren't. but it's possible that AT&T's service sucks mostly because everyone with an iPhone i... : edgewise
      • Verizon has a much better network, but they're a bit pricier too. : one random winner
      • Depends on the area, tbh. Verizon's network also isn't nearly as taxed as AT&T's is currently. A de... : walker270
    • The rumors are pretty much never ending, though. I think the current rumors are putting this as a *maybe... : walker270
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      Unless you're tied to the iPhone (as in, you bought $1000 worth of apps that you "NEED") just get a Droid... : Demius
      • This is what I did with no regrets. : nukewinter
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        I am leaning towards doing this so long as I can lower my monthly fee significantly. : WhatIsThisFor
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          You can get either a Pre or Hero on Sprint for $60/mo. : Deathlove
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            The Hero looks nice. When my contract is up next year I will probably switch back to Sprint. : WhatIsThisFor
            • Pre 2 rumored for June (again!), and I'm sure there will be a slew of Android phones. The new HTC handset... : Deathlove
      • ya, sorry no. Just not the same thing. : loboca
  • Same. I actually hope this happens. I want the Droid. : freakynipples69
  • iawtp : dmason
• its a good thing they didnt invest all those iphone bringing moneyhats back into their network : epit
• Fucking morons lol : lodit
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  shocker Mr. de la Vega cited the heaviest data users, saying that 40 percent of AT&T’s data traffi : kanix
  • Tethering + downloading "linux isos" : walker270
  • Uh-oh, here comes the wahhhhhhmbulance! : Arcanum
  • Who are of course the least likely people to ever decrease their bandwidth usage. : riptyde
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  stupid fuckers need to just let Verizon sell the god damned iPhone! I FUCKING WANT AN IPHONE FUCK : pukerat
  • Has Apple ever even hinted about making a CDMA iphone? It'd have to go through FCC approval all over aga... : bipolar
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  i don't understand why they don't just spend some money and improve their network =/ it's like they're ... : Break
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    They probably are, but I'm guessing the process isn't exactly timely.. : walker270
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      They should have started sooner but failed to anticipate people actually using their devices. : WhatIsThisFor
      • I think it's more underestimating the draw of Apple products, and then having to play catch-up. It's har... : walker270
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  Use less data? The wireless laptop card I have for work is limited at 5gb per month, and they charge $50... : riptyde
  • yeah that's how they are gently persuading you : boring gegtik
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    They're more talking about the iphone users who are downloading 5gb per month on their $30/unlimited plan... : walker270
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      It hurts my brain that they cannot be sued for false advertising :( : WhatIsThisFor
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        What false advertising? : walker270
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          "unlimited" : WhatIsThisFor
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            ...but it is unlimited? Unless you're saying they should be sued because of technical limitations of the... : walker270
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              My understanding is that they were charging people for going over 5gb in which case it's not unlimited un... : WhatIsThisFor
              • They haven't done anything yet. The stories have just started surfacing yesterday, and all say AT&T is "... : walker270
              • Wrong company, I think that was either Sprint or Verizon. : one random winner
          • Technically it's not false until they actually enforce a limit. : Arcanum
          • "fair usage policy" is such an angering invention. : Klebold
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      I think I'm going to find a way to just use my phone for no reason. Plug it in and stream music or video... : Jimbo Ro
      • I do love Pandora radio. :) : Arcanum
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        People doing this is what's going to ruin it for everyone. Back when I lived in the dorms, our pipe wa... : walker270
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          Did you go to college with Ominous? : Jimbo Ro
          • and wozzoty : Jimbo Ro
          • haha I forgot about him : judge
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          Running a high-traffic server is rather different than streaming music for personal use. While Jimbo Ro ... : Arcanum
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            Doing something "just to be a dick" has a tendency to result in the same thing. The articles all cite ... : walker270
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              Some people stream music from their home computer all day. I think that is kinda silly, since I can jus... : Jimbo Ro
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                I use Pandora for my music more-or-less exclusively. That sort of thing is, in fact, the entire point of... : Arcanum
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                  There's a difference between "excessive" for a desktop/laptop, and "excessive" for a smart phone, though.... : walker270
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                    These devices are not conventional smartphones of a few years ago. Their capabilities are approaching th : Arcanum
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                      Regardless, how much do you actually have to be doing to pull down 5gb worth of traffic over a month? ... : walker270
                      • His number seems low to me to be honest. When I was listening on my iPhone 90 minutes a day I hit 250+MB... : Arcanum
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                  But are you actually on the cell network when doing that? Most of the time I'm on wifi anyway. : Jimbo Ro
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                    I actually use my local PC at work or home usually, but I'm at an academic institution and they're pretty... : Arcanum
                    • This is exactly what I do as my work has a policy that forbids external devices on their network. : Hiro
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                Yeah, I don't know. I've had an iphone for a little over a week now, and have download ~76mb of data. P... : walker270
                • tethering : cpt_gloval
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                  That's not really that hard. Someone who listens to streaming music all day at work because they can't u... : Arcanum
                  • Below m0rfus mentioned using sustaining 7-800mb doing just that, so... you'd have to see a six times incr : walker270
                • Stream some music, update some apps, surf the web, RDP to your home pc, watch some quick-looks from Giant... : WhatIsThisFor
      • ive been keeping a steady 700-800mb/month using pandora all day at work. fuck those guys. : m0rfus
• I should switch to T-Mobile next year since AT&T isn't steadily improving their service and I'm paying a ... : WhatIsThisFor
• The is really pathetic on its own. Add the fact that AT&Ts 3G coverage is pure horse shit and the lols ab... : baconwizard
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  It's shit like this that has me considering a Droid more every day. :/ : ThomW
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    Get Droid AT&Ts 3G coverage is complete and utter garbage. I rarely even get 3g I really hate it. : Chod
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      but their commercials say they are better : Patch-e
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        If it's good enough for a fat Luke Wilson, then by golly it's good enough for me! : Danny5225
        • He was pretty great on that one episode of X-Files though ... : ThomW
      • They're a tiny bit faster on average I believe, but their 3G coverage area is much smaller. : one random winner
    • 3g works great for me : gmd
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    At one point of the Bay Area shackmeet, we noted that early on there were about as many Android phones as... : xsoulbrothax
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      what bay area shackmeet :( : rudds
      • weekend before thanksgiving, we had paintball + overloadUT's house?! : xsoulbrothax
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        Dude I made like FIFTY BILLION threads : OverloadUT
        • they were quite colorful too, if my seared retinas were any judge :D : xsoulbrothax
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          Did you ever make an ultimate writeup thread about it afterwards? : mysled
          • No! I still need to do that. I am so lazy : OverloadUT
  • How does a Droid fix the bandwidth limitations of the carriers? : ShadowRam
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    Every Droid phone I've messed with has been sluggish & slow. I dunno if this has changed in the past mont... : jingletard
    • They are most definitely not sluggish and slow at all. The display models you were using most likely had ... : m0nkz
    • The network or the phone? The update that was released yesterday fixes the menu sluggishness. : orgcaptainnemo
    • I got a chance to mess with my boss' new Droid for a couple seconds on Monday. I didn't get to do much mo... : ThomW
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  did google win that FCC auction of wireless frequencies?? I can't recall : Downforce
  • verizon and the public got fucked by it, the government should have went with a yearly lease for that spe... : stgdz
  • No - they drove up the price to the point of forcing it to be an open spectrum, then pulled out of it and... : virus
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  have fun losing customers. : drucifer
  • they're not worried about it. if they start losing money they'll just sell their wireless division off to : zerog83
• Glad I jumped ship.. : nukewinter
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  One of my clients' managers had a Sprint data card for her laptop at home because she couldn't get anythi : mafu5150
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    exactly. that's part of the issue. it's really "unlimited, but dont be a total dick about it" - and that'... : PlanetPerfecto
    • I can't imagine I "tolerable" cap on my home connection. I guess if we're talking 500gigs or something I ... : InfoBiter
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    This is why we cant have nice things : riptyde
    • They are now aware of this, I assure you. : mafu5150
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  Okay, fine. I'll start using less da : bling1bling
  • tm fr cmprssn. : Jonathan
  • Cmn hlyshit gtwtha tymz : phipple
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  Simply ridiculous. I'll be jumping ship soon as I can from ATT. : mastermike569
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    I am also in this boat with 2 phones. The service is just utter shit. : massdev
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      have fun when you guys go to cancel your AT&T service - in fact, im curious to see shacker testimonials w... : PlanetPerfecto
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        Wouldn't it be pretty painless if you just call up verizon and tell them you want to port your number? : Horn
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          I think he's talking more along the lines with contract termination fees etc. They really know how to st... : sKetchflow
          • actually i was just remarking on the cancellation process, when a contract is up. they're incredibly rude... : PlanetPerfecto
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  When is iPhone's AT&T exclusitivity up? I desperately want to switch back to Verizon. : shyguy74
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    summer 2010 : xsoulbrothax
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      They'll try to pay Apple again for the exclusive, we'll see if Apple takes it. Verizon loves Google righ... : virus
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        for what its worth, i love google too right now. the next year's going to be entertaining to watch! : xsoulbrothax
        • Hell yes, it will be for sure. : virus
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        Verizon might have said no to Apple the first time they offered them the iPhone, but I really doubt they ... : ovrlrd
        • I think he's implying more like this: AT&T: Here's moneyhats if you keep it exclusive to us. Apple: C... : xsoulbrothax
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        I don't think Apple would allow them to be exclusive again; not when they can sell tens of millions more ... : zerog83
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          I'm afraid of what Verizon would do to the iPhone if they supported it, though. : rudds
          • they seem to have kept their hands off the droid, so it's possible they might not fuck it up. : proclone1
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            I think Apple would step in at that point and say "hey, don't fuck with our shit or we won't let you sell... : zerog83
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              did verizon fuck with the Droid at all? it really doesn't look like it : xsoulbrothax
              • nope. : wurt
      • and I love my google droid right back MMmmmm xoxoxoxo droid <3 : proclone1
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  Virus, time for Google to get into the cell carrier business and shit stomp ATT. : Saman
  • Not part of the core business mission statement. : virus
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  They've had almost 2 years to do something about this problem. This is how they plan to fix their networ... : midgetherder
  • It's cheaper to fix their customers! : Barnahog
• Sounds to me like they should start refusing new customers since they can't handle the load. But since t... : MaxPete82
• I lol'd irl. : surley_monkey
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  Is ATT really behind on rolling out their new 3g+ network? verizon, sprint, and even tmobile seem to be r... : chilln
  • Their coverage is nowhere near as broad as Verizon and Sprint. T-Mobile is behind all 3. : WhatIsThisFor
  • You mean 4G right? AT&T is the only one that seems to be rolling out 3G+ (which is really just HSDPA). Ve... : ovrlrd
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    They're just going to jump straight to 4G. : Deathlove
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      I am pretty sure they said they have plans to roll out HSDPA+ but they clearly are doing it only to prepa... : ovrlrd
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        I concur. Sprint needs to bake me my Chicagoland 4G phone. I hope the next Pre has it. :3 : Deathlove
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          Pre battery life: as bad as the internet decrees? : omnova
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            Launch yes, patch 1.2.1 no, patch 1.3.1 little worse, patch 1.3.5 (not out yet) no. : Deathlove
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              Can it go more than a day without a charge if it gets minimal usage? : omnova
              • Minimal how? My wife goes two days once in a while, but not with much regularity. : Deathlove
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  so what's the verdict on Droid+Verizon? Is it a match for iPhone+AT&T? : Psigun
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    Why not Droid+Sprint? : WhatIsThisFor
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      because droid isn't on sprint : Deathlove
      • I predict much awesomeness from Android vs. Droid confusion. And the OS nicknames, like Donut or Eclai... : xsoulbrothax
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        Sprint has Android phones? : WhatIsThisFor
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          The Hero. : Deathlove
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            Seems silly to jump ship from AT&T to go to Verizon since you're not saving much money, by my calculation... : WhatIsThisFor
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              yeah but you would actually have service with verizon. : Prozium
              • Lol. So true. : racer5
    • i'm on verizon and can get a couple hundred bucks knocked off any phone i buy from them : Psigun
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    Yes, because Android 2 > iPhone OS. : Deathlove
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      Using both, I recognize the gap is much smaller, but I still think iPhoneOS is better than what Android2 ... : Yanks
      • I agree. Android 2 is good, 2.0.1 is better... but both still pale in comparison to the polish in iPhone ... : kbaxter
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  I don't understand this. Wasn't AT&T the one bragging when they got the iPhone? : dudehoyt
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    At first they were all :D and then their network tanked and they were all D: : LilCrypto
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      "Wait, we have to support these phones? Fuck!" : Arcanum
      • "Why can't people just give us money for nothing?" and chicks for free : c0bra
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  AT&T can fucking bite me. I still only have an edge data connection. : Colleton
  • \/ : Colleton
• Fuck them. I'm raping my connection in spite of this. : mrvandelay
• WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO USE MORE 3G DATA? Any way to loop data downloads from YouTube or something? : hussdelrio
• Dear AT&T, Upgrade your fucking network like everyone else, you useless shitbags. XOXO, Your cus... : Hizzow
• The only way to "encourage" folks to use less Data is to ream them with its price. : Agrona
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  http://gigaom.com/2009/12/09/who-is-getting-rich-off-the-iphone/ : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • That is pretty interestingm but man i hate infographics. The only thing useful in there is the bar chart ... : Theos

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• http://www.myspace.com/hellsongs : skelom
• The Libertines : dirge23
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  Signal Hill - More After Were Gone Sunlight Ascending - All The Memories, All At Once : inchwide
  • - http://www.myspace.com/sunlightascending - http://www.myspace.com/signalhill : inchwide
• Some good ones just recently discovered: iMonster - Heaven Crystal Castles - Untrust us Passion pit ... : wurt
• Girls "Album" Washed Out "Life of Leisure" : ass-street
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  The two discoveries that I've made that instantly became two of my all time favorites are The Seeds: h... : NastyJack
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    dude big star is so fucking awesome. alex chilton rules. : ass-street
    • Big Star are easily one of the best bands of all time. All three albums, not a single bad song. Fucking b... : NastyJack
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    Oh yeah! This is some good stuff! Thanks for the links! : Zakko
    • Hope you become another big Big Star fan :) : NastyJack
• Porcupine Tree, both discovered them and saw them live within 2 months, one of the best live show I have ... : mnok
• Tommy Emmanuel : WhatIsThisFor
• - Mother Mother (highlight songs: Wrecking Ball, Verbatim, Hayloft) - Wayne Hancock suddenly popped onto... : cpt_gloval
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  Empire of the Sun - We Are the People : noobja
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    The whole album is awesome honestly. : D45hiz
    • I was born in 86 but I feel like I can remember the 80s now. : noobja
• Wodensthrone made my favorite metal album of the year called "Loss": http://www.myspace.com/wodensthrone : tomservo
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  SIGUR ROS! : pgharavi
  • +1 : hanged_man
  • yarr! : corey
  • Agreed : jcrockerman
• The XX and The Twelves : AlexXdude
• This was from last year, but same type of thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0 : bipolar
• Max Richter : hanged_man
• Rodrigo y Gabriella (thanks Shack) and Barcelona (thanks Vantage) are the two most recent ones. : Arctic Fox
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  Bayside (acoustic album) : mrvandelay
  • Great stuff. I love the Smoking Popes cover. The self titled is still my favorite album though. : Get_It_Together
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  Bear In Heaven Not a band I discovered this year, but their new album is really good. http://popup.... : pandastrong
  • also the new Yeasayer is out. The first song is really fucking good, one of my favorites they've been pl... : pandastrong
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  Lady Gaga - The Fame Don't usually listen to this stuff... But it is catchy :| : rotten element
  • Oh yeah. I've become a fan of Lady Gaga. Would never have happened if it weren't for the 'leaked' pre-c... : Zakko
  • can we get a perma ban for these 2? : skelom
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  Baroness - A Horse Called Golgotha - From their latest album "The Blue Album" http://www.youtube.com/wat... : melkore
  • Also, Warship - Toil http://www.last.fm/music/Warship/_/Toil : melkore
  • That prehistoric dog video is pretty sweet. : aldraek
• hello march 09! : burningpantsman
• These two indie bands The Beatles and this guy named Elvis : ninjase
• Phoenix 1901 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPRdI75XPQE Lisztomania http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B... : coldfusioncs
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  The new Katatonia album is fucking amazing : ninjase
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    You are god damn right it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP-ZGAs3M8o : melkore
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      wow thats a great song, i will have to buy this : grendel
      • you shalln't be disapointed : ninjase
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    yeah it owns. i wish i knew what the hell other metal cds are coming out these days because i have no ide... : JINKY
    • Same. I have to make it a point to look up my favorite bands on wikipedia from time to time to see if any... : ninjase
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      Baroness is fantastic. I posted a video above. Mastodon - Crack the Skye is easily the metal album of... : melkore
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        I dunno how heavy you're looking to get, but I just discovered a band from Finland called Circle of Conte... : aux7
        • PS. Not to preach like some fanboy, but avoid the stuff on youtube. All of it is demo/pre production st... : aux7
  • Yes I just picked this up the other day and it is unbelievable. Best album of it's kinda since Opeth's D... : aux7
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  Eluveitie - Evocation I the Arcane Dominion... Now i had their prior stuff, but its amazing that they swi... : krym3
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    Oh shit I need to get this : ninjase
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      oh wait this is the accoustic one they came out with earlier this year, i thought you were talking about ... : ninjase
      • Im pretty stoked on this one, im excited to see what its going to be like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... : krym3
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        They did 2 versions of Evocation I AFAIK. : deskill
        • This is correct. : krym3
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          What's the other version?? : ninjase
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            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slania_/_Evocation_I_-_The_Arcane_Metal_Hammer_Edition : deskill
            • Which leads us to Slania Folk Medley, best ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBFgAhCkEQ : deskill
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msRy4vcSX4k : krym3
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  Thanks to Vantage I discovered Opeth! : grendel
  • I fyou like Opeth and Katatonia check out Porcupine Tree and My Dying Bride : melkore
  • Thanks to The Shack I discovered Vantage! http://monstunes.com : dognose
• Great Lake Swimmers : Cihte
• Steve Martin's "The Crow". Didn't know that man could play the banjo. Great album. : mindmann
• Old Crow Medicine Show--Cocaine Habit and Wagon Wheel are my favorite right now. So good! : mysled
• Lots of great stuff came out this year. These are bands that I haven't heard of until this year though. S... : Greymatter42
• Check out SMALL BROWN BIKE : conandan
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  i stopped using anything else once i discovered lala.com : packav
  • Didn't apple jut buy them? : jcrockerman
• I haven't posted in the last couple of these, but: Beast (Live on QTV): Beast - Finger Prints http://... : AxeMan808
• Got this from the shack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6qdul8lA6k This I caught on the radio: http://w... : xxx2xxx
• Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots Spectacular album if you're into synthpop. Look for the 1.0 version of... : slax0r
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  some dude named mons : Foxhawk
  • I'm not that into reggae. : NastyJack
• Wooden Birds - Magnolia. Very mellow. If you dig American Analog Set, you'll probably enjoy Wooden Bi... : owly
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  Jon Hopkins. His first album is great ambient music, while his latter two approach great idm. : deathofrats
  • this this this this this this : Draugluin
• Not new, but new to me, Nellie McKay http://open.spotify.com/track/674ev53U6uqmPYh57v3frd : Durajim
• Last year but Turn Tail by Young Knives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yrlgg8Lzi0 : kanix
• Required listening ITT Calvin Harris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jscd9utzNHs Sigur Ros http://... : Draugluin
• Australians still aren't allowed on Pandora :( : SpaecKow
• Rodrigo y Gabriela is the find of the year. : Deathlove
• The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB0ordd2nOI : lolpatrol
• Tesla Boys (Russian 80's Synthpop band. Released their ep in Sept) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b7cj4... : two50six
• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sharpe_and_the_Magnetic_Zeros ... : Super Sparker

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  -maybe I shouldn't have gotten the 360 version : Rehevkor
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    I only recently got a rig capable of playing non-Source stuff at decent quality - it's still a habit to g... : mafu5150
    • I have a 3.5 year old computer with an 8800GT added and Dragon age even runs awesome on that, albeit at 1... : DinK
• Seems neat, not really for me though : SlingBlaze
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  I want to smash this guys face in. It's not just his voice, but his lip movement also :(. : moe6
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    moesex, i agree : papaskot
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      how do you know my swedish name!?!? : moe6
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        I thought only electroly knew! : CrustaR
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          Who do you think told papaskot? : electroly
          • Aha! : CrustaR
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    He sounds like Jesse Ventura to me... He should get into wrestling. : DeejayKnight
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      Or politics. : Nali4Freedom
      • Sweet Jesus, I hope not. : DeejayKnight
  • I just noticed, in the beginning, when he says "by one thousand, two hundred and eighty resolution" and l : DeejayKnight
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  Oh sweet jesus, his mouth is moving far to much for the noises that are coming out. : Klebold
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    Ok whilst that video is cool, the implementation needs to be tweaked a little. Who wants to turn their he... : Klebold
    • The UI should be on the center monitor, or on the inside of the side monitors. However, I think turning ... : IHATEDUST
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  ... so the side displays just show the fucking walls most of the time. Immersion! : gnomish
  • The obvious answer is FOV=30 :) : mafu5150
  • ya, there is zero going on in the indoor scenes on the 2nd and 3rd monitor. : slickdoody
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    Except for the outside areas, where you can really take in the view without having to swing the camera fr... : IHATEDUST
    • ya it looks amazing in the outdoor area : kn1fe
• I'm hedging my bets for lamp-less projector technology. : aldraek
• this guy is amazing. i want him to be my friend : JINKY
• uh holy shit : kn1fe
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  is that guy a real person? it looks like they put peanut butter on his gums like they used to do Mr. Ed t... : vile
  • i thought they used a fishing line across his gums to get it to happen? I swear i wanna say i remember... : riedlos
  • fucking lol : Phil
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  Looked like ass, like through a fish eye lens. : Simulacrum
  • yeah the edges were all stretchy. cool idea though. : mikecyb
• do all 3 monitors have to be the same? : kn1fe
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  Seems like a pain in the ass. All the stuff happens on the center screen and all your stats and stuff ar... : pigvomit
  • My gripe with it as well. Also, it's almost too much to have to take in. : Anastomosis
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  haha they had to splice in him saying the correct vertical resolution : kn1fe
  • hahaha you're right. : slickdoody
  • OMFG. That's why it is so weird. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. : Rice-Rocketeer
• so is this guy like Mr ED because those lips move way the fuck up and down. : stgdz
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  1) I'd rather simply turn my one widescreen monitor's view slightly to the right or left using the mous... : yacoub35
  • it's more distracting than anything else. you'd have to sit so far back for it to be reasonable that text... : yacoub35
• Having first hand experience with an eyefinity setup, the bezel issue isn't as noticeable as it appears f... : CoreContingency
• Did nothing for me.. : niceguynick
• Oh wow! TF2 with that would be awesome! : terath
• Haha, this is completely useless. Yay, now I have 2 monitors that have absolutely NO action going on in t... : Nighteyes

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• bump : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I think friday 7 should be an option, lemme check with the wife bamii. : [7]kami
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    Friday is the 8th : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Ok. Thursday then. What's the plan? : [7]kami
• Doodle link: http://doodle.com/v24rt47uwq833inn Shackmeet page does not like links in the description.... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Any day will do for me but Friday or Saturday would be the best. But hey you know me I don't really care ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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    You party slut. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I know you love me. Did you stay late with the girls on Tuesday? : sonicdeathwalrus
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        Yes, and I could actually follow most of their conversations. Dutch++ : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Nice. Was a good night. Let me know when the Jimi Hendrix Rock Bagd/Guitar Hero party is : sonicdeathwalrus
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  There is a possibility I can make this, I'll just need to find out how much train tickets will be from Fr... : jbury
  • Hah only just noticed my name on the shackmeet page :D : jbury
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    That can run you around 100 euros. You might even find plane tickets (with KLM) for that price. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • How about an overnight bed and breakfast place? : jbury
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      that's only for the train, I'd check expedia.de, booking.com, hotels.com or something for B&B. I don't kn... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Oh check out this place: http://www.hotel-king.nl/ My dad stayed there and it was pretty nice. Also... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I think about 30 euro/night : sonicdeathwalrus
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      Though MBD will probably let you sleep in his house, provided you're willing to wear the gimp suit : sonicdeathwalrus
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        askedrelic is probably already staying at mine. I don't think jbury and g/f or wife want to put up with 4... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          I doubt I'll be bringing her along :) : jbury
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            Oh in that case, and if you don't mind, sonicdeathwalrus and I can arrange it so we can provide shelter f... : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • that would be awesome :D : jbury
            • Yeah easy, I'll bring out the spare mattress and if necessary a second person can turn the couch into a b... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • I need to know if you are coming or not so i can bring my rubber chicken for you to ignite. : [7]kami
• wish i was there to join you guys. it's been several years since i've been to amsterdam and i miss it gre... : busdriver3030
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  havent been to amsterdam for years.. If its on a weekend and i get a cheap flight from munich I'd probabl... : naabster
  • Nice! Kick moshman's ass so he tags along! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I've never been in Holland and I've got some friends in Amsterdam. I don't know dutch so yeah sounds f... : umegastar
  • Askedrelic doesn't speak Dutch, either. Mine is not very good. English is the official shackmeet language... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Don't worry, we'll speak english since askedrelic will be there without doubt. : Bamii
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    Don't worry, we'll only speak Dutch when we're making fun of you : sonicdeathwalrus
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      kloetsack!!! : moshman
      • :) neuken in de keuken! : sonicdeathwalrus
      • What about you, sir? You and naabster should come over to represent the Munich "chapter". : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Waarom dragen Amerikanen altijd witte sokken? : edgewise
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        Geen idee, gitaarheld. Vertel eens. : [7]kami
        • my cat's breath smells like cat food : royalally
  • Most of the Dutch shackmeets have been in English : Maarten Goldstein
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    In my experience, the average (under 35) Dutch person's english is better than the average American's : bipolar
    • Det iz tootallie troo! : Bamii
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  That sounds great! Friday or saturday 8th/9th are the best days for me. Hooray holliday! Sadly I don't li... : Bamii
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    Wait, since I have holliday that week, thursday 7th is ok as well. : Bamii
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      Doodle it, see the link further up the thread. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Doodled! : Bamii
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  I'm totally in! I see from the shackmeet page that Papaboo might be joining as well? That would be pretty... : ysbreker
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    He's a filthy liar. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • That's no way to behave >:( Telling us you might come over and actually planning on not coming :( : ysbreker
• Does anyone have any ideas where to go? Eat/drink/club/whatever? : Bamii
• I might be able to make this. : askedrelic

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• It's gonna gather dust in nooks and crannies. lol get it? : kingdepork
• the nook runs android so i'm sure somebody will crack it eventually and you'll be running all sorts of cr... : GloriousCow
• Oh Phil : pancake humper
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  Curious why you didn't consider waiting until there were more consumer reviews out there? Particularly wi... : punchdog
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    god tablet? You mean the apple tablet that will be more locked down then the fucking iphone? no thanks. : JohnnyRey
    • WTB apple-quality tablet but with Chrome OS on it. : mrvandelay
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      and cost $1,000, according to macrumors : jcupitt
      • the latest rumors point that it isn't going to be that pricey : ErneX
    • I'm just thinking that it's presence my drive additional innovation within the space. : punchdog
    • if they lock this down (would not surprise me) and people swallow it (would not surprise me) I would not ... : steelsamurai
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    Your tracking number appears to be written in Tetris blocks. : Majuju
    • what the fuck, misreply >:( : Majuju
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  now that the Kindle has native pdf support (no more conversion), what's the advantage of the Nook over it... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    color images of Dan Brown bookjackets : veras
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      why cant i get a decent reader that does CBZ/CBR ? Life would then be perfect. : Arcath
      • I extract the JPEGs from the CBR/CBZ archives and they work as native image files on my Kindle DX. Works... : scythide
      • My Kindle2 natively supports CBZ. It's just not a listed feature. : mroizo40
  • ePUB! : Ebu
  • It has native Duke3d.exe support. : CrustaR
  • It's on Android, so it may, at some point be able to run Android apps. Better build quality, in Diane's ... : BlackCat9
• I immediately regret my gadget-lust fueled purchase of new and unproven technology! : tashtego
• Someone should come out with an ebook reader that doesn't have a terrible name. : peanut-
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  Dianeofthemoon had a writeup of her experiences with a nook and she was very positive about it. : edgewise
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    what are her thoughts on the cranny : GloriousCow
    • Not as good for breakfast : tashtego
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      isn't the phrase "nooks and crannies" redundant? : DonkeyPopsicle
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        Apparently a nook is a secluded corner or recess, while a cranny is a narrow opening, like in a rock or s... : mafu5150
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          Side note - "cooter" or "lady business" is still more useful than cranny. I just checked. : mafu5150
          • More busted than my momma's girly parts! : Rehevkor
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        http://www.c0bra.net/shackwords/nook*/crann* O_o : c0bra
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          The first spike I will attribute to the release of Animal Crossing: Wild World on the DS. The more recen... : mafu5150
          • I'm sure you are too. : c0bra
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  Phil, B&N keeps emailing me all these in-store-only coupons, could you use these? : Dave-A
  • Thanks, but I'm getting these as well :( Once you purchase something from them, they load you up with co... : Phil
  • Read the fine print: not valid on nook-related purchases. >:( : Ebu
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  dont' worry phil. it's gonna rock. that article was written by an amazon fanboy, plain and simple. : Korban
  • I hope so. It hasn't actually shipped yet, I just saw that article on the NYTimes website and was like a... : Phil
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  someone should make a e-reader that has 400 pages of OLEDs that dynamically adjust the text size to sprea... : gmd
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    but could I read it in the bathtub : tashtego
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      that is another one million dollar upgrade : gmd
      • sold! : azenmaster
  • OLED e-readers are being developed that have flexible pages so they mimic a book more. : Klebold
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    Someone has been reading The Diamond Age recently, eh? : riptyde
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      wtf is that : gmd
      • you are nothing to me now, gmd : StolenNosferatu
  • I have that built into my car's dash : pancake humper
  • 5 million is a joke no one will ever buy that : Utopia
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  reminds me of when my buddy ordered a top of the line PC years ago. between the order date and ship date,... : epit
  • 0wned!!! : CrustaR
• It's a 1.0 device rushed to get out this year. It says as much in the article. After a few software up... : jason bergman
• Hey, I voted for the Kindle when you asked. : Endymion_
• Phil - Living life one bad decision at a time. : multisync
• Phil, I depend on early adopters like yourself to steer me from new gadgets until they are patched and th... : r_picmip 5
• Phil why would you buy this piece of shit before there are a ton of reviews out? WHY? : orgcaptainnemo
• Phil : gmd
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  The only thing slower than the color strip is the main screen above it. Even though it’s exactly t : waxthirteen
  • I played with a Nook in B&N yesterday and the page turning was so slow, I didn't think the buttons were w... : trove
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    Here's a video comparing the two: http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/12/barnes-noble-nook... : sammyjojo
    • nice link, thanks. it's definitely noticeably slower, but by no means a deal breaker for me. : waxthirteen
    • Doesn't look that bad to me. : Omning
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    The Kindle flips pages too slowly for my tastes -- I can't imagine Nook being useable at all if it's 3 ti... : Kentor
    • You get used to it. I hit the page turn before I've read the last line. : jason bergman
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      It's not. It's about a half a second longer. There was a video comparing them that showed this. I have no... : JohnnyRey
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW8aZr7-Hgk : JohnnyRey
  • My coworker does new technology demos in the lobby of our building. He is demo'ing a e-readers (Kindle 2... : hussdelrio
  • The one we tried in the store seemed much faster than the one that Engadget reviewed. I don't know if it ... : BlackCat9
  • I have mine in front of me and I can say that's false with a certainty. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Holy shit 3 seconds? That is absolutely horrible (if true). : skinlab133
• hahahahaha you consumer WHORE. BAD WHORE. /spanks : Downforce
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  Mine hasn't shipped :( Still saying the 18th. : Omning
  • (mine too actually, i was just making a funny) damn i wish the 18th would hurry up :( : Phil
• I've been thinking of getting the girlfriend one of these. She's a librarian so she would enjoy it to an ... : tsuba
• I love my kindle, I can't imagine the rage about this product is more then the usual media nitpicking : nukewinter
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  Same boat here Phil. Actually getting this for the wife as she's been asking for one for since she fou... : xylothan
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    haha man, do you hate your wife as much as phil does? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Nah it's not like that. My wife doesn't have herpes. : xylothan
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        Stop, stop! *motions to judges* Contender loses 1 point for this round! Minus 1 point for blue corner! : busdriver3030
        • Why's it gotta be blue? You know on second thought you're right. I also shouldn't post about my wife h : xylothan
  • LOL sir : Phil
  • hahahaha brutal : busdriver3030
  • hahahahaha nice : virus
  • haha, good show. I pull this kind of shit on the wifey all the time. never gets old. : darcspeed
  • well done : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • That was mean as hell. Well played. : Colleton
  • Bwahaha!! : CrustaR
  • It is all fun and games until she sleeps with the mailman. : silent prophet
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    So fucking weird. Show her some videos of the thing in action - it's a terribly designed, horribly unusab... : ventro
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      Reminds me of the Wii. : CrustaR
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        Not even close. The Wii is quite responsive and the UI is decent and usable. It isn't even close to the f... : ventro
        • Now that's saying a lot! : CrustaR
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        So you are saying I should buy stock in B&N? : DarkWolf5
        • Yeah, this thing is hyped beyond all belief even though it's crap. People will buy 'em just to show 'em ... : CrustaR
    • The hardware design is actually really good. The only WTF thing for me is that the audio player is in eve... : BlackCat9
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    i read trying to semi hide as trying to hide a semi and expected an nws ending :[ : My Documents
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      you really do need that deep dicking. : edgewise
      • hahahah : noobja
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      god damn it edgewise, my laughter due to you made me unf a My Doc's post :[ : Frozen Pixel
      • and misreply! : Old_Fart
  • This is pretty funny. : goatjc
  • hahahah, YES. : orgcaptainnemo
  • Is she hot? : DJ Clipdat
  • I printed out a picture of the Nook, then cut out the touch screen part and taped it over the keyboard on : BlackCat9
  • Shes going to do the same thing for you when you ask for a threesome. : two50six
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  Oh snap, I just read that article, too. Bummer. : IHATEDUST
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    I mean he really took the wind out of the product by slamming each of its "features." I hope its not tha... : IHATEDUST
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      - Probably less than 3 seconds based on our experience using it in-store. The review units might be on ol... : BlackCat9
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        "buy books from Sony's store and a bunch of other ones, not just the Barnes and Noble store" where did yo... : sammyjojo
        • Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. But Barnes and Noble already has software out for that. I don't know if S... : BlackCat9
      • The wifi is working here just fine, using WPA2. : DianeOfTheMoon
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  So what is the ereader to get now? I really want one for christmas. : DarkWolf5
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    I would still get the Nook. At worst, it's feature-for-feature the same as the Kindle, but it can use any... : BlackCat9
    • I own a knife. Not a problem. : DarkWolf5
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      Where are you getting this information? It would one thing if this was a fact, but I don't believe that ... : sammyjojo
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        Time to answer my own question :) I did a little bit of investigating and it seems like Adobe created ... : sammyjojo
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          Did some more investigation for those that care. It seems like B&N will not be suing Adobe's DRM with it... : sammyjojo
          • Interesting. Thanks for digging up more information. : BlackCat9
          • Thanks for this. : Phil
  • iphone : Chandler55
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  And each book can be lent only once, ever. Well thats the deal breaker right there. : filthysock
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    It's better than every ebook reader before the nook, which was "And each book can be lent only zero times... : batkiwi
    • what i mean is that with the 'once only' caveat, it is so different to the original proposition, that i f... : filthysock
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    my sister, father, and i share books on our kindle. 1. set up a shared kindle email address. (i.e. dah... : dahanese
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      this is awesomesauce right here. : filthysock
      • except for the first time i tried to buy a book using this system and i had to email them explaining how ... : dahanese
• Wow. All this time I thought you were referring to some kind of furniture old people buy. I never knew it... : Mmmmmoo
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/9/ : Robotic Puppy Eater

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  $500 for a netbook? I think you missed the point. : Visceral Monkey
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    it'll play Left for Dead and Call of Duty MW : cptstern
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      Not particularly well if past demos are any indication. The Atom processor is a huge bottleneck, and the... : omnova
      • at low settings sure. but it's a netbook. I'm surprised it runs at all : cptstern
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        show me these demos. every few days i've searched google news for new news on these netbooks. the close... : dantastic
        • even then i believe a lot of the ion devices that have come out have been the Ion LE chip : dantastic
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          videos of games played on a HP 311 which only has the ION le chip, not the full ION chip like the asus mo... : cptstern
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            dude if the current 311 can do that, the duo core processor should be even better :) : dantastic
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              that's what I'm saying. So people saying games performing poorly on the Asus model you posted dont know w... : cptstern
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                i'm extra excited now. never thought a game like FO3 would even run on something like that. : dantastic
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                  I'm buying the 3hp311 for my wife who needs one for light work. however I could have got her any old netb... : cptstern
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                    get her a 1000HE or check out an asus 1005 maybe and grab it for cheap and use the savings towards one of... : dantastic
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                      the 1000HE is almost as expensive as the 311 but with a smaller screen and no ION chip. the ASUS Eee PC ... : cptstern
                      • wow i thought the HE would have come down in price by now : dantastic
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3viL3EysU Better than I expected, but there are other movies where it... : omnova
          • you just linked a video of a single core n270 in a thread about a dual core n330 laptop : synapse19
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        I'm curious at how well it plays HoN : kainen1
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          It's a fairly CPU intensive game and I bet the Atom would choke on it hardcore. : omnova
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            really? Damn, I wish I could see a demo or hear about an experience with this. I'm really looking for t... : kainen1
            • i bet it runs fine http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21620798#itemanchor_21620798 this is a lesse... : dantastic
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              I can't find any benchmarks or videos, but my rationale is that action roommate's old PC was an early Pen... : omnova
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                And now I'm seeing mixed reports regarding the performance of the Atom compared to the Pentium 4. Yay in... : omnova
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                  have you found any reports on the duo core intel atom 330? : dantastic
                  • http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php It creams the Pentium 4 because it has twice the cores, but p... : omnova
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                yeah but i bet with effects off and resolution lowered I wouldn't imagine it would be too bad. I mean in... : kainen1
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                  Yeah, I suppose tweaking the game would make a difference. I'll stop speculating now, but I would be int... : omnova
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                    i'll let you know how LoL runs on it : dantastic
                    • please do, that should be comparable : kainen1
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      very... badly... : Toraz Chryx
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        how would you know this? the netbook in question hasnt even been released. do you work for Asus? : cptstern
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          Well, it's not like the speed of the components isn't known... dude. : orgcaptainnemo
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            no, it's not known. the cpu is not in any of the current netbook on the market. : cptstern
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              SURELY we can extrapolate and get a great idea. : orgcaptainnemo
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                how? it jumps from a single core to a dual core and features a full ION chip. the best we can compare it : cptstern
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                  don't confuse "runs" with "runs in a remotely enjoyable fashion" because a 9400M (which is what the Io... : Toraz Chryx
                  • did you watch the videos I posted of people playing left 4 dead, call of duty and fallout 3? looked like ... : cptstern
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                    my old laptop with an 8400gs still runs wow fine : synapse19
                    • WoW came out in 2004 and had reasonable system requirements then... : Toraz Chryx
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              Atom 330's have been available outside of netbooks for some time. And guess what... they're damned s... : Toraz Chryx
              • well either way, i am in the market for a netbook. i'd still like to see how the 330 + ion performs agai... : dantastic
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    you have to pay to get a netbook with a decent screen and the ability to play HD video content. :( : yacoub35
    • play it smoothly, that is. lots of the netbooks out there choke a lot on HD Flash and video. : yacoub35
• The only thing that makes that a netbook is that atom processor. : trove
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  can that play back hd video? I would hook that bitch to my tv asap : gmd
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    yes. there's already one on the market that will play HD content, HP 311 http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwp... : cptstern
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      yeah but that's a crummy old atom 270. the asus 1000HE had an atom 280 and came out quite a while back a... : dantastic
      • yes however only the ION based netbooks will play HD content : cptstern
  • my intel gma500 can play 1080p mkv files no prob with hardware acceleration. It can't play flash in sd... : smellslikefish
  • yep, that's the point of the Ion chip inside and the HDMI port :) : dantastic
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  I cant wait for the next gen of netbooks. so I'm getting a hp311 which is the first ION chip netbook on t... : cptstern
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    both my gaming pc and my mini311 did cost the same. however my 360 did only cost half as much. : razorblade79
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      sure but there's far you can do on a pc than you can on a console. so twice as expensive doesnt factor in... : cptstern
      • not saying anything different. I was talking about the price since you mentioned it. I can do more with m... : razorblade79
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    for 100 bucks more you get a duo core. i dont see the point of buying an atom 270. they're old CPUs : dantastic
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      dual core atoms not out till january of next year (it's currently on back order at ncix) and even then it... : cptstern
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        http://www.ecsrv.com/ShopSearchPage.aspx either way i have 2 sources where I can get it for wholesale. : dantastic
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          link no worky : cptstern
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            durrr. ok can't link but go to http://www.greytech.com and search for '1201n' : dantastic
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              in short, preorders for $551 canadian : dantastic
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                ncix has it on preorder ..and I think the preorders were filled so they backordered the preorders. ... : cptstern
                • ah and even those are 540 bucks. I assume I should be able to get it a bit cheaper than that from wholes... : dantastic
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    The one and really bad thing about the HP Mini 311 is the bilingual keyboard. It's utter shit. : TwiLyght
    • ya had I a way of purchasing a 311 from an american source, I would : cptstern
• i actually really like my wife's netbook: http://www.webtechpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mini-... : EvilDolemite
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  I guarantee that netbook will cost over $550 here in Canada. Whats the point of it, rather get something... : posito
  • This model is not even on sale btw. Ive seen it before on sale for just $479.00 which would be around $1... : posito
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    i wouldn't buy that. it's single core, no proper 3d graphics and it's 2 inches bigger. 12.1 inches is p... : dantastic
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      You're smoking crack. Its dual core. http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37253 : posito
      • ok but it also has intel graphics and is larger than what i want. the smaller the better for train or pl... : dantastic
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    With the ION netbooks you can play games on them. With the one you linked all you can play is Minesweepe... : TwiLyght
    • tbh, WoW should work on it. anything else probably not. : dantastic
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  Like I told you, this is a terrible idea. You're hardheaded and will learn your lesson though. : ateam311
  • But he can use it for weekend trips! : jingletard
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    you're not going to find a similiar ultra portable laptop that can also play 3d games for less than that.... : dantastic
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      Is a smaller screen size the only thing you really care about? Why not just look in to building a gaming ... : jnukem99
      • those are all base models in US dollars and 200 bucks more. the base models all sport a useless intel gr... : dantastic
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      so you really want a low end laptop but want to call it something else? : Tommy Toolbag
      • it's called a netbook for its size and power usage. : dantastic
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        Bingo was his name-o! : ateam311
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          Dan, the problem with your "requirements" is that you want a gaming laptop shoved into a netbook body and... : ateam311
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            i'm happy if it plays quake 1, the new monkey island series, jedi knight series, kotor, torchlight or wha... : dantastic
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              Ok that's cool man, whateva you want bromasta. As someone else suggested though, I don't see you gett... : ateam311
              • it's $540 canadian : cptstern
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  What resolution is the screen? : aggressor
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    1,366 x 768 : dantastic
    • well at least it'll do 720p native then. that's cool. if the screen is great, this is very interesting. : yacoub35
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  Hm, interesting. Still leaning more towards the 12" Asus UL20 series. : derelict515
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    I snagged one of these for $450 after bing cashback off of Buy.com's ebay store.. will post some impressi... : icking fudiot
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      WoW played nicely on my 3+ year old laptop with 1.6GHz centrino processor and shitty intel graphics at 10... : dantastic
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        Yea but is that running around Elwynn Forest with no other players around? What about in Dalaran? A c... : icking fudiot
        • i dunno it was a bit choppy in ironforge but so was my main gaming rig. i haven't played in a couple of ... : dantastic
    • Definitely interested in impressions. I'm waffling. : derelict515
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    is there a version with a dedicated graphics chipset? i thought those only came with the intel 4500mhd. ... : synapse19
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      There's a new 13" version, the UL30VT that mirrors yours.. there's no 12" version with dedicated gfx. ... : icking fudiot
      • Same conundrum here. The 13" models advertise signifcantly better battery life too though. I need to try ... : derelict515
      • yea i knew about the 13" version with the 210 but wasn't sure if there was a 12" version as well (apparen... : synapse19
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  Is there a netbook that can decode 1080p h264 yet? : Jimbo Ro
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    errr and has a HD screen. : Jimbo Ro
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      I don't believe there are any netbooks currently out there that can do 1920x1080; that seems kind of... c... : Vimn
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        yup: http://netbooked.net/blog/nvidia-ion-netbook-demonstrating-720p-flash-playback/ : cptstern
        • btw off that site http://netbooked.net/blog/acer-pine-trail-netbook-with-ion-2-in-the-works/ good grie... : dantastic
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        it's supposed to do 1080p videos but i think they mean out the HDMI port : dantastic
        • That might work. I'm looking for something that can do more than 3 b-frames (unlike my PS3). : Jimbo Ro
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  am i blind or does it not list screen res? : cpt_gloval
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    1,366 x 768 : dantastic
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      I'm very happy this is becoming more common. The past gen netbooks with 1024x768 were kinda ridiculous. : derelict515
      • the netbook that i currently own that i got free from the bank is an asus eee surf 4g. it goes as high a... : dantastic
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  I like netbooks but it sucks that they completely killed the UMPC market. I wanted more of those. : riptyde
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    what's the difference? isn't a netbook pretty much the same thing? : electroly
    • didn't know what they were so i googled them. looks more like that market is now split between smart pho... : dantastic

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• If they were ninjas, it would only take one, due to the Inverse Ninja rule. : r_Ed
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  isn't this pretty much every single game of civilization EVER (modern troops vs old timey fags who didnt ... : multisync
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    It's awesome when pikemen kill my fucking panzers : MagicWishMonkey
    • more like panzy's AMIRITE? : hussdelrio
    • This happned during Italy's attempts to conquer ethiopia... they had little tanks and lost to folk with s... : stygian_whisper
  • I don't like going to war without ICBMs. : Rooster Cockburn
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  This seems a reasonable place to link this: http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html : Arctic Fox
  • Haha, this never gets old. : TigerRei
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    The best part about the whole thing is Point of order: issues related to Hitler's service in the Bavarian : riptyde
    • Mods, mods never change. : Arctic Fox
  • Oh god that is hilarious - hahahaha : virus
  • God I love that. It plays out perfectly : foo
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  It all matter what you do with them. Do you have them stem the tide of a major battle, or do you have the... : geedeck
  • who do you think John Wilkes Boothe was? : conandan
  • You want them to completely change the outcome of the war through sheer killing or troops and not just cu... : AllYourBase
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  Can they be animal soldiers? : not work safe
  • send in the ninja gerbils : multisync
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  if he's a knife wielding, supply drop nade holding, ninja faggot just one : multisync
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    or dual 1887's : multisync
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      Fuck you, this post makes me so angry and I'm not even playing FUCK FUCK FUCK I HATE YOUR AKIMBO SHOTTYS ... : coldfusioncs
      • use them against them? or use dual rafficas, almost as good. : chilln
  • I'd put my money on the dude with One Man Army and a noob tube : dewdman
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  Well, it depends. You could take a Army Special Forces detachment because they're selected for being ... : yacoub35
  • Make that three terminators. : Rooster Cockburn
  • But we've all see how well the Terminator has been able to handle business.. I'd go with the Navy... : Hizzow
• one guy with a briefcase nuke : retardhumper
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  one dude with a sniper rifle could change the outcome of any pre-modern era war : MisterPhoton
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    or a guy with a knife and some knowledge of history. : edgewise
    • 20 guys. A tank crew, and some guys to drive fuel and ammo trucks as support. Roll them into Bunker Hill ... : edgewise
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  you mean so the British would win the war? not that many. a few dozen snipers and spotters armed with the... : edgewise
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    killing george washington would probably do it, he was famously the "indispensable man" of the revolution : dirge23
    • If anybody will ever have gone back in time to change anything, it will probably have been to make the Am... : Fooldozer
• Barrett rifle + tons of ammo. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I would like to see the lol on the faces of an entire squadron of German ME109s running into a flight of ... : ninjase
  • Amusingly they probably never WOULD see them. : Evil Benius
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    well if you want to change the outcome of the war, you'd better get painting iron crosses on those F22s : yacoub35
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      no i just want to see the hilarious outcome : ninjase
      • If Civ2 has taught me nothing, it's that those Germans may very well still win. : riptyde
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    Wasn't there a movie about this? Where a modern aircraft carrier went through some time portal and ended... : riptyde
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      The Philadelphia Experiment or something like that? I forget. : yacoub35
      • Tom Hanks got AIDS on an aicraft carrier! : ninjase
    • The final countdown. : CoRDS
    • The Final Countdown! Best theme ever. : Gonzo
  • If it's raining on the other side, then Me109 wins. : mem
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  I wonder how much damage a single fully armed and fueled nuclear aircraft carrier could wreak on WWII era... : edgewise
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    I believe they quantify that level of 0wnership as Rape City. : yacoub35
    • D-Day? let us soften up that beachead for you with some Cruise Missiles. : edgewise
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    Wouldn't they still be vulnerable to long range shelling? : giant boy detective
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      I suppose. but with their advanced radars and long range jets, they could dispatch any seaborne threats p... : edgewise
      • i got a semi when you used "dispatch" that way. go on... : yacoub35
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        Of course the Aircraft carrier would see the other ships first but if you are talking about one modern Ai... : giant boy detective
        • they are decently fast compared to the ships of WW2 in addition to nuclear reactor, so the only thing to ... : xsoulbrothax
    • long range for WW2 shelling was 20-25 miles, iirc. the harpoon missiles the navy uses go 90 or 100 miles ... : xsoulbrothax
    • The effective reach of a modern Aircraft Carrier is thousands of miles. Any enemy battleship would be su... : riptyde
  • WWII era enemies? they would probably be able to destroy it relatively easily, but it wouldn't really do ... : Jackass1233
  • Isn't that kinda the premise of one of the Wingman series books? : ArcKnight
  • how about an aegis cruiser instead? the carrier may run out of jet fuel kinda quickly. but maybe the cr... : ]pm[chem
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    Haven't you ever seen "Final Countdown"? If not, go rent it right now. : TickHeadDog
    • many times. was my favorite movie as a kid. : edgewise
  • Isn't our satellite grid somewhat essential for our modern era ships? : notdeadyeti
  • Subs would take it out. Not enough sub detecting planes on a single aircraft carrier to protect it well ... : ant_hillbilly
  • There's a book series that posits this scenario nearly exactly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_C... : Enkidu
• I think modern automatic rifles and mounted machine guns would probably scare Revolutionary Era troops en... : giant boy detective
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  If someone had given Hitler some fucking Valium, im pretty sure we'd have a larger Jewish population. : burning eye
  • or just less methamphetamine : dirge23
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    Actually, Hitler was medicated beyond belief. Had a doctor that made him custom stuff. : Conan
    • There were reports of cocaine, adrenaline, mild sedatives, and painkillers. Some Valium would've done th... : burning eye
• Can we send soldiers from the future into the past? : not work safe
• The Revolutionary War would be easy. One bullet + George Washington's head. For the Civil War, maybe a ... : riptyde
• One guy with a tactical nuke should do it. : bipolar
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  oh thats easy, i'd send one man back with a shovel to kill a snake in a garden before it got a change to ... : CoRDS
  • tell them to eat the other apple instead : dirge23
• A single SEAL team would do it, easy. : Arcanum
• Also, for the people this interests, check out the anime or manga, Zipang. JSDF Aegis mistakenly goes... : geedeck
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  I'd send one back in time.... and have him convince the Romans not to use lead pipes. : locater16
  • Go back to ancient Greece and start showing practical applications of steam power. : Arcanum
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  I'm more worried about a group of elite spearmen traveling forward in time and fighting a tank battallion... : Benefit
  • You've been playing too much Civ4....Or....Not enough. : AxeMan808
• 1. Cover myself in anthrax. 2. Send myself back to 1945. 3. Parachute into the Yalta Conference ... : Micand
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  So this is what happened to the Mayans. : Vegtro
  • 2012 is the year we test the time machine. : Arcanum
• I'd bring back tanks, mechanized Infantry, and Navy Seals to fight warriors, axemen, and axemen, record t... : limpossible
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  I'm wondering if it would be better to send back scientists/fabricators/engineers. From a biology point o... : massdev
  • eventually maybe, but if the americans didn't achieve independence for 30 more years or joined up with ca... : dirge23
• I'd go back and prevent the destruction of the library at alexandria. Thousands of years of human knowled... : AgentPothead
• Tougher question, how long do you think it would be until the squad of modern elite troops would go off t... : five_percent
• This should totally be an RTS game. A group of mad scientists travel back in time to equip the losing si... : rotten element
• How come nobody has mentioned The Final Countdown yet? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080736/ : DOOManiac
• Like...eight? Can the lieutenant communicated with the squad from our time? If so, he doesn't even need t... : AxeMan808
• Send me in. I have tactical X-Com and Modern Warfare 1 & 2 combat experience. SIGN ME UP. : jingletard
• How many suitcases can one man carry? I say 4. With 4 suit case nukes we could change any war. : ant_hillbilly
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  Demo Dick is the only correct answer. : RookieCAF
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    Suck a cockdick Johnny Rebel! : deject
    • Happy Fourth Of July Motherfuckers : RookieCAF
  • motherfucking moose jockeys won't burn my capitol down motherfucker : stoned wallaby crop circle
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  I thought about this some more, and I realized that no matter how many troops you sent back, they'd all b... : r_Ed
  • kill joy. : CoRDS
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  been reading some Turtledove lately have you AYB? : beastrabban
  • Ha! Or David Drake would argue one man would be enough, if helped by a complex Mainframe AI. : AxeMan808

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• err oblivion... : kn1fe
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  Fallout 3, next question. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • You're biased! But I agree, and there wasn't much of a fight. : yAak
• whoever wins, I'll definitely lose : razorblade79
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  they all have their pros and cons. a true fan will like all of them : eeeealmo
  • Oblivion just edges it for me :( : moe6
  • oblivion gets bonus points by allowing you to become encumbered by having too many arrows stuck in your b... : Klebold
• Oblivion is my favorite of the 3. : WhatIsThisFor
• Oblivion. : moe6
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  Daggerfall : mwasher
  • ^This person knows what is what around here. : one random winner
• Oblivion. Wish I didn't sell it. : Edges
• I only finished Fallout 3. Oblivion and Morrowind just couldn't keep me interested. : burning eye
• Fallout 3 because of emergent gameplay. Sure you could follow people around to their house and watch them... : Klebold
• Fallout by far, mostly because of all the crazy side stories. But I'm also very partial to the atmosphere... : not work safe
• Bethesda wins. : pimpium
• Fallout 3 no question. : PenicillinX57
• Morrowind, easily. : guigr
• Fallout 3 by a landslide : acheron
• Oblivion + OOO mod + graphic improvement mods, otherwise Fallout 3. : silent prophet
• Fallout 3, but pimpium is correct in a more general sense. : Arcanum
• Fallout 3 : onji
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  did any of the people that voted oblivion actually play morrowind? i'm asking because from the hardco... : Hoax
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    oblivion got the most shack hype : kn1fe
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      morrowind brought the term e-penis into this world. : Hoax
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        what? people HATED morrowind here.. : melt_core
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          nah if i recall correctly the phrase e-penis was born in a shackthread about morrowind. some dude had a r... : Hoax
          • This is so wrong. E-penis is not a shack phrase, and it's been around longer than Morrowind. : ArcKnight
        • Morrowind has a huge learning curve, but I LOVE MW. One of my all time most favorite games. : ezanga
  • Most of the "dumbed down" crap complaints were just that: Crap. "There's no Medium Armor proficiency an... : Arcanum
  • Yea, Morrowind was hard to play due to the persistent fog. : WhatIsThisFor
  • i played from daggerfall onward. oblivion is a better game than morrowind, i think. : EvilDolemite
  • morrowind came with my video card (9800ati if i'm not mistaken), and it looked gorgeous, but it bored m... : X-GOUKI
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    My favorite of the series is still the original, and I liked Oblivion a lot more than Morrowind. Both gam... : daedraug
    • Arena, over Daggerfall, really? : EvilDolemite
  • Oblivion ends? : steauengeglase
  • I played Fallout 3 and Morrowind, no Oblivion. FO3 wins. : cerealSAM2
  • Yes, its the only Elder Scrolls game I didn't like. : baron calamity
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  Morrowind is still like your first girlfriend you still secretly jerk to for me. : melt_core
  • This sentence was awkward but I'm still turned on. : Afterglow
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    This man understands : nakor_
    • ^^^^paedophiles : Hoax
• Oblivion : mrvandelay
• Fallout 3, Morrowind then Oblivion : Cihte
• I've yet to finish any of those, even though I bought each on release day. To many games to play and the... : breadsticks
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  I played the shit out of Oblivion and Fallout3, but never touched Morrowind. Would it even be worth it to... : ecclesio
  • I think so. There are a number of mods available that enhance the graphics. If you liked both of the ot... : ezanga
  • http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/23/a-fool-in-morrowind-day-1-trousers/ there are 9 parts or so : Hoax
  • Abuse the visual improvement mods to hell and yes, it looks about the same as Oblivion at that point (not... : one random winner
• Daggerfall : DapperDan
• Without Morrowind, there would be no Oblion or FO3. I think from a refinement standpoint, FO3 is fantast... : ezanga
• Fallout 3 : sanchez
• with morrowind i think i ended up with 300 hours in the main game, plus another 200 in the expansions. i ... : re4ctor
• No contest: Morrowind. Each subsequent game is more accessible than the last, but Morrowind has the be... : jason bergman
• Fallout 3, then Morrowind. These days the only thing I miss is voice acting. : Whistler77
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  Oblivion > Fallout 3 > Morrowind : Drewus
  • This one has the right of it : indosauros
  • agreed : vaniah
• Fallout 3 is awesome when it doesn't crash on me. : melkore
• Fallout3. I say this having never played the other two. : Omning
• Morrowind : Robotic Puppy Eater
• Overall, I have to go with Morrowind. It doesn't have a lot of the gameplay improvements that have been : ZTac
• Oblivion : niceguynick
• Fall Out Boy : hussdelrio
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  Fallout 3 no question. : deject
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    Fallout 3. : noxiousgg
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      Dammit. : noxiousgg
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        Dammit? : hussdelrio
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          I SAID NO QUESTION. : deject
          • THE PERFECT SETUP : StolenNosferatu
• fallout 3 : dromo5
• Morrowind. It's the only one that's playable without being modded. : dex.collins
• i would say oblivion, but oblivion always crashed on me every 15 minutes, so i never got around to finish... : bluewagon
• Out of all of these, Oblivion had the worst environments. I'm tied between Morrowind and Fallout 3 : Modica Sol Solis
• As much as I love The Elder Scrolls titles, Bethesda really stepped up their game for Fallout 3. It was t... : Ely
• Fallout 3 wins, then Oblivion : Milleh
• Fallout 3 all the way , best rpg I played (mostly because im freakin sick of medieval stuff : Frush81
• morrowind >> fallout 3 > oblivion : unreleased
• Fallout 3 > Morrowind > Oblivion Anyone who says otherwise has wrong opinions, also they're a dirty wo... : locater16
• Morrowind > Fallout 3 > Oblivion : .Jayson
• morrowind > Fallout 3 (Fallout 1/2 > Fallout 3) > Oblivion : mnsnota
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  I have fonder memories of the Morrowind storyline and atmosphere, but the Oblivion engine was amazing. Co... : terath
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OvA8stLwco : timmie
    • Crap, now I'm going to have to go replay it. : ErikTehRed
• Fallout 3. EoT : stelth
• Fallout 3. Duh : baron calamity
• Morrowind. Especially with the Graphics Extender mod. : timmie
• Fallout 2 > Than those : Sailor of Fortune
• Oblivion with guns : DeBurgo
• Baldur's Gate go for the eyes PapaBoo : r3dn3ck
• I think I probably put the most hours into Morrowind back when it came out. I liked the setting a lot mor... : ErikTehRed
• I found can't go back to Morrowind after playing Oblivion. I don't know if it's the graphics or combat or... : Snuffles-
• A jihad on Oblivion fans! : SpaecKow
• oblivion with mods is the winner, but without mods i'd pick morrowind, followed by fallout3 and then obli... : ballystix

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  holy fucking shit! it's done! it's finally done. : burning eye
  • close to being done! it's finally close to being done! : burning eye
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  Respecs! : Alice O'Connor
  • looks like you only get 2 though :( : dewdman
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  -removed iron maiden from oblivion night BOOOOOOOO come on that was comedy gold : Omaha
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    that is a pretty huge deal for hardcore melee chars : ]pm[chem
    • Yeah but I used to laugh out loud raiding the Chaos Sanctuary with my friend when I was Amazon and he was... : Omaha
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    What? Man, fuck this game. They're making it way too easy for casuals. Back in my day blah blah bl... : slax0r
    • iron maiden was the bane of every single hardcore player :D : Klebold
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  - Support for blit scaling in windowed mode. The game can now be maximized to the largest 4:3 resolution ... : ]pm[chem
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    wait, what does this mean? : kevp
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      I think it means that although the information in the game/graphics maxes out at 800x600, you can play in... : ]pm[chem
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        so if playing at 1600x1200 it would be the same graphics resolution but you would just see 4 times as mu... : mwasher
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          no no I mean the shit would be all blocky like when you play in full screen. same game area. : ]pm[chem
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            oh ok. well my idea sounds awesome. :( : mwasher
            • they were investigating actual higher res support as part of this patch and everyone wants it, but they d... : ]pm[chem
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    scaling is the single feature that I've been waiting for for the last ~decade. <3 Blizzard <3 (it b... : roushimsx
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      roushimsx if you start playing this game after the patch, in hardcore mode, I want you to SM me and I wan... : ]pm[chem
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        Not sure how long it'll be before I get around to it :( I kind of suck at being able to make multiplay... : roushimsx
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          sweet, add me: http://steamcommunity.com/id/pmchem/home no rush on D2 for me either. : ]pm[chem
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            I don't have the PC version! : roushimsx
            • booooo : ]pm[chem
            • what? How can that be? If you have the mac version, it's a hybrid CD so you should have both. : Fayk
      • Can I get in on this hardcore D2? No gay stuff. : Lightzout
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      fwiw, I saw no graphical difference just now from how it looks in 1.12. Not sure what they are talking a... : bipolar
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        It's so your monitor doesn't have to switch to 640x480 or 800x600 to play the game; it runs in your nativ... : roushimsx
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          Ah. Nvidia drivers have an option to do the scaling on the card, every 4:3 game I play scales to the ful... : bipolar
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            but for lower res games it still switches to something like 640x480 or whatever the lowest resolution you... : roushimsx
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              I have noticed icons moved around (and annoyingly my ultramon taskbars messed with), but the image itself... : bipolar
              • You may want to look into Desksave http://www.desksave.de/ : lolpatrol
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  damn, no 16:10 although not surprised really : vynn
  • I wonder if they can at least do something to make it look nice, like have some kind of tasteful/not dist... : DeBurgo
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  They finally fucking nerfed gloams. For those who don't know what gloams are : http://classic.battle.net : jingletard
  • No, 'cause I played a necro who abused the hell out of dim vision! <3 <3 <3 : JarEme
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  Dammit, reinstalling D2 now. :( : slax0r
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    Why was it ever uninstalled >:( : bipolar
    • Clean upgrade to Windows 7. Before that, it had been installed for years and years under XP, just in cas... : slax0r
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  Removed Oblivion Knight's Iron Maiden curse. huge change. Greatly reduced the explosion damage dealt : bipolar
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    God that Oblivion Knight curse was brutal. : Lightzout
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      Was so annoying, my pro zealot/barb could never do chaos runs because of it :[ Also wasting all that g... : R@zzle
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        It is possible for a barb to do that area if you just stick one point in that talent that converts all th... : Fish_Bulb
        • That would completely ruin him though. He was a PvP whirl barb! : R@zzle
    • I refused to play melee characters in hardcore due solely to IM. Might actually play a kicker for the fi... : bipolar
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  Okay, I haven't played D2 in three years or so. How ridiculous is Uber bosses? : shyguy74
  • Very. You have to build specifically for them, for the most part. There are builds where you don't need... : bipolar
  • Extremely easy with the right build. Smiters with cheap, cheap gear (griswold's shield with 3x p diamond... : R@zzle
• holy mother fucking ass. My life is now officially over. FUCK YEAH! : posito
• - Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest will now additionally reward 1 fre... : SigENeaT
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  It's crazy that they still devote active development effort to Diablo 2. Gotta love Blizzard. : electroly
  • IOU D3 :( : mwasher
• Damn, nerfed lightning sorc by 15%. I was already having a hell of a time in hell/hell before the nerf. =... : Mantle
• holy shit IGI!!!! : Lightzout
• Since there's no huge gameplay changes, I'm thinking I'll wait until the patch goes live on the realms an... : bipolar
• hardon rising! : Fish_Bulb
• good riddance to gloam super damage. insta-death from off the screen is no fun. : Psigun

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  yup, that's called "winter" : EvilDolemite
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    still fall for another week or two : dirge23
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      i know! i can't wait for him to post in mid-january : EvilDolemite
      • i might not be able to type, frozen fingers would shatter on impact with the F and U keys. : g0nk
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  I have 2 jackets an 2 pairs of socks on now. :( : g0nk
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    basements get pretty chilly :( : busdriver3030
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      actually upstairs, no heat though. :( : g0nk
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        wtf seriously? why no heat? : busdriver3030
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          old house. built in like 1820. There's a heat pump for downstairs, but the structure wouldn't allow duct ... : g0nk
          • buy some cheap-o long johns, those things are great at keeping you warm : busdriver3030
          • what you just have a portion of your house fully unheated? that's bad for your pipes : EvilDolemite
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            are you renting a room? just curious yo : noobja
            • your profile is awesome btw : noobja
            • Living with the parents temporarily. : g0nk
          • I dont understand, if you can run water you can run heat. : IgnoramusSA
  • inside? that is truly Gay : EvilDolemite
  • g0nk stop being a pussy : electroly
  • lol suck it up Florida boy! : Shadowdane
  • you damn sissy, wtf. : virus
• Been keeping the windows open at my apt. Stays about 60 inside and it is awesome. : mwasher
• I feel your pain, man. Screw the haters. lol : Colleton
• i miss VA : m0rfus
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  It's -30 outside today. I walked around without hat or gloves. : MoreVespeneGas
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    stop using celsius in fahrenheit threads! that is still really cold though : EvilDolemite
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      I'm not using celsius : MoreVespeneGas
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        where do you live that it's already thirty below zero? : EvilDolemite
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          minnesota and he is using windchill estimates, it was -14 this morning though. : mnsnota
          • yeah my balls froze to the car seat when I left for work this morning. : jimmy_legs
      • at -30c its pretty much -30f anyway isn't it? : mr wolf
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  Speaking of winter, we got our first really substantial day of snow here today. I made better time home ... : Arcanum
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    It's december 12th and we still have next to nothing for snow in winnipeg. Its weird, makes driving nice ... : jayares
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      What's up Mr. Posting From the Future? Any great lottery tips? We (Rochester) picked up probably 3-4 ... : Arcanum
      • i forgot i changed my date format to ddmmyyyy :( : jayares
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  its currently -4f (-20c) with a low of -13f (-25c) tonight. I wear jeans and a light jacket outside. also : jayares
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    you people are sick in the head. i've been in BFE, Illinois this week and all week i've been bundled up ... : busdriver3030
    • only to watch some bald faggot in a light jacket, no gloves, no hat smirk at me as he opened the door for : AlexXdude
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      Bah take solace in the fact those people would flat out die if they lived where it got truly hot in the s... : Blackdawgg
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        i was in vegas in august/September. I lived! It wasn't bad. : jayares
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          I spent all summer here in FL working outside during the day. My body now cannot handle any sort temperat... : Blackdawgg
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            yeah, i used to live in iowa and missouri as a kid and was fine with the cold. after a couple years in te... : busdriver3030
            • agreed with the vagina part, I haven't worked out or gone running since mid nov :( : monikerdaven
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        i contend that this is wrong, and that it's easier for people in the north to acclimate to hot weather th : electroly
        • Yeah, I was in Nevada in July in the 100-110F range and I fucking loved it, it was so hot : AlexXdude
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          And what is the humidity in Vegas? Probably near 0, right? Yeah, talk to me when you've been in 108 de... : ArcKnight
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            No ArcKnight : AlexXdude
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              It's not fun, AlexXdude. In the summer during a drive from Oklahoma to San Diego, we stopped to eat at Fl... : ArcKnight
              • Ask Khan. Khan knows that humidity is the devil and should go to hell and die there. : ArcKnight
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            You talk to me when it's -15 F, the wind chill is -35 F, there's two feet of snow on the ground, a layer ... : electroly
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              ... and you have to scrape the ice off your car before you can go to work : electroly
              • assuming the driveway has been plowed so you can even get out : electroly
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                try -40 or more! I bet southerners don't know what plugging the car in means. : jayares
                • I don't know how anybody survives in Canada. I'm in southeast Wisconsin which is far north but not that ... : electroly
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              I'd rather be in that than in something that will make you piss yourself, start screaming and temporarily... : ArcKnight
              • Cold is worse than hot. When it's stupid hot out, you can always go swimming. For cold, there gets to b... : bipolar
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                you know what also causes similar symptoms? hypothermia. besides, in one of these situations women wa... : electroly
                • there is a depression syndrome specifically caused by winter. i mean come on : electroly
      • Welcome to Nebraska. 105 + 90% humidity in Summer, -15 with howling winds in Winter. We breed 'em tou... : bipolar
    • poor bus driver . lolatyou : jayares
  • I do the same. Even the locals look at me funny sometimes. I think they just assume I'm from Canada. : Frozen Pixel
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  i have an 11.2 mile run in that shit tomorrow. Yay :[ : deadfish
  • my bad it's a balmy 33 degrees tomorrow. shit i'm wearing my short shorts : deadfish
• get out there a smoke puffy! : RogerDandy
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  Fucking cigarettes >:(. 3 weeks now. I want one so bad. : quadeh
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    at 13 days without a smoke myself :( I tried quitting last year, lasted about 2 months, then picked it... : pukerat
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      Good luck guys!! I think I'm going to try the new years resolution thing and quit. I just bought a carton... : g0nk
      • those cartons are how they get you. : aldraek
    • Have you noticed how much nicer it is to not have smoking in bars? : ant_hillbilly
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    2 years here. It gets easier as time goes on : stoned wallaby crop circle
    • I'm on 4 years, and I cant stand them now. : pwnjoo
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  Oh man, 27, that sounds nice compared to how cold it is here. : not work safe
  • But with the wind it's like 18. Supposed to get to 15 tonight supossedly. FFFUUUUUUU! : g0nk
• -2 F here today it finally warmed up a bit! Supposed to get down to -25 F on Saturday, and thats without ... : headbone
• I am not lookng forward to heading back to Halifax from Aliso Viejo tomorrow. fu, indeedy : Dave-A
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  http://box.nevernet.com/~djr/weather.jpg it's nice out : foo
  • i hate you so very much : deadfish
• SUCK IT GLOBAL WARMING!!! : mysled
• wuss its gotten to 10F out here ;) : two50six
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  This weekend we may have the first SEATTLE SNOW thread of 2009! : two50six
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    i fuckin hope not : cpt_gloval
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      it's in the forecast man : two50six
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        here's hoping for a half inch on the grass then. : cpt_gloval
        • I'm with you, after last year I don't want to see the fuckin snow ever again : mo13
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  no you won't. You love self destruction more than anything. : kevp
  • True. I'm puffing a cig and shivvering right now!! : g0nk
• Just ran a marathon in Sacramento last Sunday. Starting time temp = 27ºF. It was awesome. : shyguy74
• I love this weather http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_oczgc3mb866i1zrlkguz.jpg : mayooms
• Is that supposed to be cold? It's 13 here right now w/o the windchill. : Jimbo Ro
• Step 1: Go to: www.ecigexpress.com Step 2: Order a Joye 510. Step 3: Smoke inside. E-cigs don't sme : Ctrl-Phreak
• I say this about smoking every winter. The older you get the less the ladies like smoking so I'm hoping ... : Sapiens
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  get out and smoke so all the poor lazy people can collect on your ciggy tax : stgdz
  • and since poor lazy people tend to be smokers we better tax them some more for good measure. : aldraek
• I don't get it. Cold weather makes you want to go stand in the cold weather? : ra1n
• dude.. stormtrooper armor is NOT yellow. : beastrabban
• Pussy. I had to take the dog out to poop with a -18 windchill. 35mph ICE COLD WINDS. : TheMonkeyWench