Evening Reading: Heavy Rain

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• It's not without it's charm, but I couldn't listen to much more than two minutes of it. : Piett23
• it's no protomen for sure : askedrelic
• like shit? : sanchez
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  Makes me want to get really stoned and watch an 8 bit graphics version of Wizard of Oz : dognose
  • get a kaleidoscope : hankyJR
• LOVE THIS : watcherxp
• this is great : deathofrats
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  as much as I like chiptunes and appreciate pink floyd, I didn't find this remarkable : Draugluin
  • This isn't so much modern chiptunes as much as how it would have really have sounded if there were a Floy... : deathofrats
  • It's pretty damn good. Did you listen to it all or just the first part? : pyide
• i will download this. thank you silversurfer : lacker
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  Time works really well. : crummynz
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    Sounds good, but nothing remotely close to authentic 2a03 NES composition. Too many sound channels, too ... : CyCo_PL
    • Well, it may be using 2a03 + VRC6 since I think Famitracker lets you use that expansion chip. : guido anchovy
• us and them! : acidravelamp
• Would not be out of place as seedy bar music in an old school RPG. : Mistaya
• I'll have to check this out later : TroZ
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  omg they do The Wall too. : dognose
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    where? : TimeDoctor
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      Check they YouTube list thingy : dognose
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        I searched youtube for "moon8 pink wall" and got no hits. Can you link? : CRasterImage
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          nevermind : CRasterImage
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            Link me please! I lost it :( : dognose
            • I lost it too! search for "8bit pink wall" in youtube : CRasterImage
• It's pretty great how the synth parts in the normal album sound pretty much identical to how they are in ... : Prozium
• Haha, this is awesome. : raija
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  Holy god damn shit : tomservo
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    It's video game related! Fuck yeah I get to Informative a Pink Floyd post on Shacknews. :D : tomservo
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      Okay, someone make me a DOOM mod where these Floyd songs play for each level as I play. Asap. : tomservo
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        if you burn them as audio to a cd you can play quake 1 with them. : CoRDS
        • That'd be great to play it to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7-ABPTbONE&feature=channel : Grumbeld
• that's kind of cool : skryte
• wow : Mondo
• I want that logo as a tshirt :o : Rigg5
• that is so freakin cool : MikkleThePickle
• this is awesome!! : wendigo
• brilliant : sikander
• Nice : hirosushima
• Thank you for this! : ConsFEARacy
• Me likey : ColoradoCNC
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  speaking of Dark Side of the Moon, here is a great rendition of The Great Gig in the Sky: http://www.y... : MikkleThePickle
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    Woah. : dognose
    • ooaaahhhooooOOOOHHHHaaahhhooOOHHH..... : dognose
  • That was an amazing rendition. I imagine the lady booing as a drunk, bitter, shriveled up lady who scr... : oO SilentK Oo
• I got wind of this and it started me on a massive Pink Floyd nostalgia bender. Its all I've been listenin... : cell9song

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• Awesome, love it : Serpico74
• Pretty spiffy. I'm not buying one, but this looks like an excellent way to shack. : Conan
• I am forever immortalized in your iPad latest chatty preview shots! Woooo. Also, looks amazing. Buyin... : IndigoAK
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  will it be a seperate app? : Chandler55
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    can an app be made that can tell the difference whether it is being run on an iphone or an ipad? Also... : sharpie
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      Yes, Apple supports universal apps that work on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. It is up to the dev... : ovrlrd
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        So we either get a bloated app store or a bloated app. :/ I know there's no other real solution, but stil... : node
        • Waaaa : chrisschutz
• That is so awesome, can't wait! : ovrlrd
• fuck you squeegy! I didn't want an iPad before >:( : silentbobuk
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  Make it a paid app, SqueegyTBS! : kramweil
  • what : Chandler55
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    DON'T make it a paid app Squeegy, I'll paypal directly before I pay for an app. : abrasion
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      Errr out of interest - why? I'd rather it was a paid app, it's much more effort to send across a paypa... : jbury
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        I have successfully obtained a heap of free or discounted applications to 0$ and have a very functional i... : abrasion
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          Those people put their apps on the app store knowing that Apple will take a % of the money and they accep... : BlackCat9
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            I'd rather paypal squeegy 10$ than pay 3$ for an app, I don't know why but I just don't want to buy them,... : abrasion
            • Well, at least you know that you don't have any reason for the things you do... although maybe that isn't... : BlackCat9
            • Wow.... : jbury
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              Can you buy games off Steam? : Dave-A
              • No, he has to paypal someone. : DianeOfTheMoon
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                Yeah no probs. : abrasion
                • You realise steam take a cut of the sales right? You should probably just mail a bankers cheque to the co... : jbury
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          I don't think I'm ever going to understand you abrasion : jbury
          • I will write my biography for you jbury. : abrasion
        • oh abrasion : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • I would pay for it if it were charged for, with in reason. Considering all it can do, I don't think I'd ... : IndigoAK
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    That would probably cause problems when clueless idiots show up and get banned, then bitch out Apple to m... : BlackCat9
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      I think it's a great idea, and would keep the casual idiots out. I wish he'd charged for it from the git-... : Dave-A
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        If he charges for it, he becomes responsible for supporting it, and he can't guarantee access for everyon... : BlackCat9
        • He would be responsible for the NWS threads never opening *nudge nudge wink wink* : jbury
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    Agreed, charge $0.99 or whatever to scare the n00bs away. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      are you kidding? we would have missed pink hoverboards if latestchatty was not free : fsck
      • I could have lived without it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • that wasn't that great : RikiTiki2
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  Look what you've done, now the whole Shack will want an iPad (me too :<) : Dontdrop
  • Ditto. Fucksake. :( : node
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    I want one but I dont know why : alnya
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      to shack on the toilet : DingoStoleMyBaby
      • thats what my iPhone is for : alnya
• Oh man, I'm gonna spend so many hours lounging around with this thing. Thanks, Squeegy! : BlackCat9
• Fuck. I didn't want an iPad before, but now I do. : Rice-Rocketeer
• This is cool, but I wonder if you could take advantage of the larger screen by just showing each post in ... : manero
• LC.app is handy but a regular view is far superior IMO. Quite often the interesting thing isn't the OP bu... : dooberzoo
• You're a god among men. This is why the ipad will kick ass. : scapin

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• lmao that is you dogg : JINKY
• Nice try doppleganger. Save it for queen Dopplepopolis! : sparkly
• Any long gaps in your memory? : Serpico74
• you have happened upon your doppelganger. if you somehow manage to kill him you will become more powerful... : HeXoN
• That does look just like you. : soggybagel
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  get your gf to take a photo of you in the same pose so we can compare. : filthysock
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    well i'm pretty fat now and have a full beard.. let me find one : wtf242
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      http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs015.snc1/2636_64165196839_704386839_2083746_1290532_n.jpg : wtf242
      • That's not you, that's the guy from Owl City. : BlackCat9
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        seriously.. switch back and forth between this photo and the original i posted : wtf242
        • Oh, exploitable. http://www.shackpics.com/files/wtfdude_47ej7sls1zvqu1s0dwnw.gif : BlackCat9
      • oh god i accidentally just tagged this. no homo. : underground banana plantation
      • just as i thought, that guy looks much older that you : filthysock
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        haha "full beard" : action wombmate
        • this is an old picture obviously : moshman
      • that is quite a likeness, I wonder if there's a family connection somewhere : jcupitt
      • his nose has less irish curve. : anhero
    • pic of you fat with beard plz : OrkO
• Someone photoshopped your head onto another person's shirt. This is the only reasonable explaination. : tinfoilhatter
• Lol you hipsters are a dime-a-dozen : yosemiteclimber
• i wish i could meet some of my doppelgangers just to see how much they really do look like me, cus i find... : davislovestacobell
• ALL ROOK SAME : Bean
• Its pretty simple. You cleaned up your act a while back and the inner you created an alter ego who does e... : socksta
• wtf242 : Part 2 : Electric Boogaloo : Jeans Harder : CRasterImage
• This is why I really think we all have a twin somewhere out there. My dad told me about how when he got b... : ColoradoCNC
• I'll take your word for it, all white people look alike : dognose
• you're a cylon and you don't even know it. : j0nchan
• You should contact him : Reeves
• I had a similar experience, only it was a photo from St. Louis from around 1910. Freaked my parents out s... : Conan
• I heard that the average person has 80 people who looks like them in the world. Read it on a fact or crap... : Koral06
• doubtful. he looks happy, like someone with a wallet and keys : CoRDS
• that is pretty freaky : moshman
• Does your friend have another photo of scary twin? Sometimes it's certain postures and facial expression... : dael
• You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. : dirge23
• CLONED SAM! : Cheespuff

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• I just accepted it as a European production and moved on. Wouldn't let that get in the way of enjoying th... : Conan
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  hah. just wait until you get to the plot holes. : smax
  • Are they as bad as the plot holes in Indigo Prophecy? If so, I should probably just turn it off right no... : IndigoAK
  • Endgame spoilers: they never really explained the father's blackouts and him waking up with an origami i : herradura99
• USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! : Pandilex
• No wonder I thought the accents were so weird. I thought they were going for a lisp or something. : Mantle
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  The only thing I agree on was the accents, they were bad and spoiled the overall quality of the game, eve... : nodebug
  • No, I was just referring to the first couple hours. : IndigoAK
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  do the characters at least smoke like red blooded americans? : gyokuro
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    I heard in the game, The U.S. surrendered to the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. : cerealSAM2
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      On for fuck's sake, I wasn't on a racist tirade or some pro-American campaign. I was imply commenting on... : IndigoAK
      • I wasn't suggesting you were. I was, however, simply mocking the French. Lighten up. :P : cerealSAM2
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  this is like what the rest of the world experiences in reverse. It's not a difficult thing to get over. : aeg1x
  • Whats bad about the rest of the world experiencing the reverse of this is that kids growing up on America... : SigENeaT
• Furthermore, where are all the squat shitters?!?! : soggybagel
• Yeah, some of those things were a little weird, but it didn't ruin it for me. I think the guy is a dec... : Vincent Grayson
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  so you're moaning about european actors doing shit american actors... Sounds like what I have to put up... : captfarrell
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    I've never met a scot that sounded like groundskeeper willie : moshman
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      It's all a matter of exposure and familiarity. Of course Scots don't actually sound like Groundskeeper Wi... : underground banana plantation
      • why are you telling ME this? :) : moshman
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        Of course Mandarin doesn't actually sound like GONG DONG CHONG WONG. That's Cantonese. : Enkidu
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          Cantonese is SHII SHAAAA SHRUUUUUUU SHUN actually. : Klebold
          • Beijing Mandarin sounds like a bunch of pirates, "fu wu yuarrrrrrr" and "kuai diaarrrrr" and "qu narrrrrr... : Enkidu
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    I've never met a scot that didn't sound like groundskeeper willie. : famine101
    • not met any Scots then? : captfarrell
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  Im American and I honestly didn't notice any of that. A enjoyable experience, overall. Well except for ... : herradura99
  • The R2 walking actually doesn't bother me. I adapted to it within the first couple of minutes. It's jus... : IndigoAK
• You know, I've had some petty complaints about video games before but you just blew me completely out of ... : DerHuhnTeufel
• Yeah, fuck this game! And fuck GTA! They make you drive on the wrong side of the road! : Daggoth
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  That's pretty damn picky. I've seen far worse interpretations of other countries, sometimes by US devs. : node
  • Thats not the point. They aren't the USA so why should we care. : Klebold
• http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4309/tense_questions_david_cage_on_.php Apparently most of the a... : tcs
• Shut up >:( I'm looking forward to trying it, I actually wish PS Move would come out much sooner so I cou... : abrasion

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  i only watched notes and numbers and they were pretty awesome : multisync
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    I can perhaps understand using an iPad for a *small* amount of data entry or manipulation, but my god -- ... : zach`
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      why : WhatIsThisFor
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        It just looks like -- whether because the screen resolution is really that low, or the screen had to be e... : zach`
        • Touch cell or cells, type. How is that radically different from mouse-click cell, type? : WhatIsThisFor
    • you can use a bluetooth keyboard with it you know right? : DogDharma
• i think they need to put the playback controls on the bottom, reverse the top and bottom elements : manero
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  what is there to ugh about it? Or are you just being a cool apple basher? : DogDharma
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    A few random complaints: 1) RE: the iPod app, I can't imagine toting the iPad around solely for music : zach`
    • Of course it's not solely for music... : WhatIsThisFor
    • you know you can play music and close that app and go to Safari for example, would rather have it not pla... : ErneX
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      I just watched the Keynote video -- again, meh. Would you really want to try to develop a slideshow on an... : zach`
      • Sure, why not? Most slideshows I've seen have very little text and the app makes it look very easy to ad... : WhatIsThisFor
      • I think what they have done with those apps is remarkable, of course a full desktop app on a 24 inch disp... : ErneX
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      So you bash it for playing music.. and then bash it again for not having a camera? I think people ar... : Goto10
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        yeah this is my philosophy too. I don't really see the need for one at the moment but I think once they r... : aeg1x
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          I still think that it is the worst of both worlds. Big enough that you need a manpurse, yet without the u... : steelsamurai
          • You don't have the vision to see how it could be applied to the masses? I'll start off slow: My paren... : Goto10
    • You own things that play music but aren't toting around all over the place all the time. Consider not be... : vigilante
    • 1) Of course you wouldn't do that, that's why Apple still sells iPods. But I'll be thankful that it has t... : BlackCat9
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  How would you design it differently? : WhatIsThisFor
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    You must work for apple. lol : runinal
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      Clearly. : WhatIsThisFor
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        You know, what makes Apple threads an abortion so often is not the people who like the devices to death (... : WhatIsThisFor
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          Whoa cowboy, I merely made the comment cause you so adament to show others or make them question their im... : runinal
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            you *were so adament : runinal
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              adamant* : Bamtan
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                ruined* : J4NUS
                • urinal* : J4NUS
          • Haha, the "CrapPad". Genius, how long did that take you to conjure up? WhatIsThisFor's issue is zach's... : Bamtan
          • That's the best you could come up with to defend your actions? K. : boarder2
          • I think you just proved his point. : SqueegyTBS
        • I own an iphone and 3 ipods and 9 times out of 10 the apple people bring it on themselves. "Why why is... : abrasion
  • Well obviously you'd give it a clamshell design, bigger hard drive, physical keyboard, touchpad for mouse... : LilCrypto
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  If it supported a stylus I would be buying one but since it doesn't I'd rather not doodle and take notes ... : Crimsonbeak
  • http://tenonedesign.com/sketch.php http://tenonedesign.com/apps.php : WhatIsThisFor
  • It does support a stylus, you have to buy it from a 3rd party though. The app for doodling and taking not... : ovrlrd
• They should open up Hoggwarts; to teach the magical and mystical use of its arcane power. : massdev
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  "Get Quicktime" Hey Apple how about I don't and you start supporting common web video standards? : gyokuro
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    quicktime has been around for 3083 damn years man. : squigiliwams
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      it also sucks and i dont want any of that shit infecting my pc : xxx2xxx
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        No, its actually really good. Runs fast, you can easily and smoothly scrub the timeline, I really don't s... : Serpico74
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          *unless you're running x64 windows and want to watch a video in your browser : aeg1x
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            Been running Windows 7 64-bit ever since the beta started and I have yet to have an issue with QT in a br... : Serpico74
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              your controls and timeline dont turn in to a black bar? It's the most annoying shit in the world. A reall... : aeg1x
              • No, haven't seen that. Sucks though. : Serpico74
              • No, they fixed it a while back when they introduced the new quicktime interface. I just watched all of th... : sonicstorm
              • I have this issue too! What am I doing wrong? : treefingers1
          • Apple's support for the PC is shitttacular. If i had a quarter for every post asking what iTunes replacem... : gyokuro
        • The way you talk you'd think no one has ever scrubbed through a youtube video properly. : SpaecKow
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        exactly. its pretty hypocritical of Apple dissing flash, then making you download their quicktime player ... : gyokuro
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          Yes, QT video doesn't do anything to my CPU usage while Flash will jack it up, all while QT video can be ... : Serpico74
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            you are full of it. I'm playing a video right now with less than 5% cpu usage. : gyokuro
            • 10% in Chrome for Windows here. : Serpico74
            • That's a well quantified empirical statement. (what browser, what resolution of video, which actual ... : Toraz Chryx
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            is it finally possible to view QT in full screen? this feature alone made me hate this program forever : xxx2xxx
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              Yes, it's been a standard feature of Quicktime since 2007. : BlackCat9
              • It's a start, i guess : xxx2xxx
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    h.264 is as standard as it gets. What's standard, WMV? : Serpico74
    • Animated .gifs : Goto10
    • janky-ass flash video players, duh : opengl128
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      i think you are missunderstanding container vs. codec. i'm taking about the container. : gyokuro
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        All video has to run within Flash then? I really don't agree with that, not when it is one of the few thi... : Serpico74
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          how am i playing a flash video right now with my cpu oscillating between 2% and 5% ? : gyokuro
          • Trust me when I say that flash really sucks for video. The implications of having one company control th... : spazzium
    • <blink>STANDARDS!</blink> : Phreakin
  • QT hitches like fuck for me in firefox : Beady
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    QuickTime is terrible on Windows, it's bordering on malware with all the crap it installs. : MikkleThePickle
    • It's like apple making their windows software purposefully crappy to prove their point about windows bein... : xxx2xxx
  • Quicktime Alternative : DinK
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  The 3rd party app presentation during the iPad keynote was the only good thing about it, and it was great... : Serpico74
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    Some good 3rd party apps will be available on day 1, screenshots: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/... : ovrlrd
    • Yeah, PvZ for sure if I end up getting one. Or something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtK... : Serpico74
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    You mean by what apple allow people to put on it? : Beady
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      No, I think he means what they actually put on it!! Apple probably allows you to put lots of things on t... : J4NUS
      • or Plants vs Zombies : ovrlrd
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      An "explicit" category is coming up, imo needed given that the iTunes top 10 was mostly thumbnails with t... : Serpico74
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        They are actively hiring more app store people too, I think before the iPad announcement they approved li... : ovrlrd
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          They rejected LatestChatty at least once. : SilverSnake
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            Yup, and according to Squuegy the last few revisions went through faster than they had before. As its bee... : Serpico74
            • Heh, yeah. I was just trying to point out that apps you care about can get rejected as well. :) But it su... : SilverSnake
• That was just a guide on how to surf the internet on Safari where they replaced the word "click" with "ta... : mlev
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  Looks pretty nice. One of my favorite things to do in the morning is sit in bed and browse the web from m... : ayesel
  • They would have called it the SafariPad if it didn't do a lot more. It is one of the best things about it... : ovrlrd
• Their spreadsheet is called "Numbers"? That would be like calling the Pages app "Letters". : CRasterImage
• The size makes it look so awkward. Dunno, maybe holding it and using it will be different than how it loo... : sikander
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  And I guess some of the marketing problems some of us have are things like "with a touchscreen this big, ... : steelsamurai
  • You don't get what is important for advancing the way we interact with computers as we know it when it co... : Goto10
• Mmm, iBooks and Pages make me hot for this thing. Maybe next Christmas I'll get one. : gooblerampling

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• kinda wanted it for the quake 4 since i haven't played it but i bought it anyways : DrFlammable
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  In 4th grade I beat Quake 2 with a gamepad. I didn't yet believe in mouse + kb. : givemesnacks
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    sacreligious for sure : runinal
    • I also believed in god mode iirc. : givemesnacks
  • The only acceptable alternative to a mouse + kb in the 90s on a computer was a Joystick. : SolrFlare
  • quake 1 was the one that finally got me to put down my gamepad. and i was in college, you youngin' : waxthirteen
  • qwtf converted me from keyboard-only to mouse+kb. because i had to aim up and down faster. : J4NUS
  • It got me to install alpha drivers for my riva128 card so I could run 20fps in 640x480, wow so pretty! : dooberzoo
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  I'll give you guys something else to laugh at me for: I've only played Quake 4. Never played any of the ... : IndigoAK
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    Quake 1 kicks ass to this day and very replayable. Quake 2 is fi=un in co-op. Never got into Quake 3 un... : dognose
    • dognose, did you really enjoy quake 4? i didn't even finish it. : wendigo
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    For Quake 1, try this: http://nquake.com/ That's the ezQuake engine plus a bunch of addons/tweaks. Yo... : Johnny Law
    • Yeah, I wouldn't be doing MP. Not a fan of MP shooters unless we're talking about C^C Renegade, which is... : IndigoAK
• this is awesome, but i'm still kicking myself for not getting the $25 id super pack during the holiday sa... : waxthirteen
• Thanks for spending my $15 dognose :( : rosewood
• I really wish they'd release Quake 4 on steam. Every now and then I get the urge to play it but am too la... : freshyk
• Thanks! I am spreading the Quake gospel to some co-workers this week and this will be handy. : Johnny Law
• Yeah, absolutely had to pull the trigger on this :) I bought the quake collection on disc a while ago whi... : exponen7
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  Not showing in the germany steam store :( : jbury
  • of course not, we get nothing good. Why can't they just put an age check in :( : moshman
• I'll wait for Quake Classic iPhone app. : kramweil
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  Quakeworld CTF please....wait, how is quake 1 multiplayer handled now? : sreyes22
  • the only server is on the moon, gives you that authentic 700ms ping. : radula
  • http://qw-dev.net/projects/show/mvdsv/ : Johnny Law
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  fuck the haters, but i enjoyed quake4 more than doom3 : filthysock
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    because it's better : xxx2xxx
    • Agreed. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • It was out around the same time as F.E.A.R as well, I remember stopping playing fear as I got bored with ... : jbury
  • agreed : GloriousCow
  • Me too, and I really enjoyed the end-game : Serpico74
  • agreed, the squad combat was so fantastic. Who ever created the AI in that game was really good. : stgdz
  • They were both as bad as each other : Drewus
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    Yeah, with Doom 3, after awhile I just wanted it to end. With Quake 4 I was actually looking forward to w... : lightly inclined
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      I loved quake 4 and was really sad when the expansion pack didn't happen. : -efx-
      • I felt the same way about BF1943. >:( : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I didn't think either were very good, but I still enjoyed Doom 3 more. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • I felt that Doom 3 really picked up towards the end of the game. I distinctly remember enjoying the hell : Enkidu
  • The single player aspect was pretty tight, with a fun / gruesome story. The multiplayer was intense and i... : leadgold
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  Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity were better singleplayer games than Quake 1 was :D Diss : roushimsx
  • Yeah the two expansions had some crazy cool stuff in them using that engine. : node
  • I liked the original campaign, probably because I first played it on rainy winter nights in Sydney. There... : kramweil
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  Great, not available here. That said, no quake game is on Steam here. :( Whats all included? : Johnnsen
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    Same here, only Quake is the Quake Wars game :( : jbury
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      That's what you get for moving to Germany. Have someone Steam gift it to you. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        I think I'm going to get someone to do this - as I'd really like the original Stalker as well (you can ge... : jbury
        • I would do it for you, but I'm on a Mac and don't have a Dutch credit card (they check IP's for purchases... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Anyone had any experience getting Q2 running on a netbook with custom resolutions? : exponen7

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  Dahanese was awesome (as usual) and hooked up several of us with invitations to the private Civ 5 demo bo... : Xevo
  • unnnnfffffff : Foxhawk
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    I was going to write up my impressions but you beat me to it, so I'll just say I agree. Seeing it all in ... : Goncyn
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      Yeah in my demo, they specifically mentioned that the lead designer is constantly playing Panzer General ... : Xevo
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        Hah! I feel smart for guessing one of his inspirations. I'm glad you asked about pitboss, too, because I ... : Goncyn
        • heh well Faylor and I were sorta being dickish and talking quietly to eachother over some of his answers ... : Xevo
  • OH GOD OH GOD : Deathlove
  • I can't wait for this. shit. : jonin
  • I look forward to this. I love me some Civilization. : Dr_Cube
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    I can count the number of games I will buy at release on day 1 on a two fingers, and Civ 5 is one of them... : Bean
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      What's the other? : stump
      • Mafia 2 : Lionhart32935
      • Dnf. : supermonkeyballz
      • Episode 3 : Thomas Hace
      • Red Dead Redemption? : cltcprd
      • Diablo 3 : Bean
      • Diablo 3 : lightly inclined
      • Diablo 3 : Serpico74
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        Half-Life 3 or Episode 3. : Ride-My-Rocket
        • Damn, I forgot about this one (BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO FUCKING LONG), so I guess I need 3 fingers! : Bean
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        Magic Carpet 3 : mechanicalgrape
        • I would like this. : MeestaNob
    • are we talking binary here or just decimal. : dopeman
  • ugh, this post isnt making the wait any easier :( : theWhite
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    If I've never played any of the previous Civ games, should I just wait for Civ 5 and start there? I dabbl... : lightly inclined
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      Yeah I want to know...I was into Civ2 like crazy, wondering if Civ5 is complicated by comparison : Rasnowl
      • It will be a lot easier to pick up - so much mire intuitive... : Dessicator82
    • Civ4 + BTS expansion is pretty great. If you like the look of it, play it now! : Goncyn
    • civ 4 holds up completely to this day. civ 4+bts are worth full price to this day : feek
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    My erection has never been harder :( : jessipoo
    • Mine has been, but then I clicked his reply. : Deathlove
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    Who is this "he" you are talking about regarding victory conditions? : Sailor of Fortune
    • sorry, my pronouns could have been better. "They" were two guys from 2kgames, I forget their names or pos... : Xevo
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    I want to know more about combat. Will more modern tech have longer range or will it only be 2 squares aw... : Nighteyes
    • Here's a combat tidbit I forgot last night (because I was fucking worn out): They showed two units fig... : Xevo
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  do we have evidence of any manufacturer's making displays that high res (for any device)? : derelict515
  • Nope, but then again nobody knew about a 27" 2560x1440 display until the new iMacs were announced. : ventro
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  if they don't up the screen size to match, who cares? are you really disappointed in the resolution now? : edgewise
  • I care a little. Have you seen some of the newer smart phones...its hard to really get it across but thei... : soggybagel
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    I would be with the current iphone. The 800x480 I've got makes web browsing that much better. : Conan
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      As in, it's enough that I can shack directly from the browser, no need for a separate app. : Conan
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        I can't imagine that being optimal compared to an app made for the screen size : derelict515
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          Try the N900 browser. You'd be surprised. : Conan
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            since that won't be happening anytime soon, make a video :p : derelict515
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              I could do that. I will later if I have the time. For now, a pic from launch: http://conan.shackspace.... : Conan
              • And here are a few pics of this thread I just took (this is being posted from the phone). Fullscreen m... : Conan
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                Is the resistive display sensitive enough? : thecatinthehat
                • In a word, yes. Resistive touchscreens of course feel different than capacitive ones, but there is no pr... : Conan
  • I am sure they will increase the screen size, the question is by how much. You are right that just the... : ovrlrd
  • Doubling the pixel density could be a pretty big deal, but it's something where you have to look at it to... : BlackCat9
  • iPhone screens look bad after being used to 854x480 on my Droid. The extra pixel density really helps at... : DinK
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  That's not the only rumor, the other one is they are doing a second version with CDMA. How crazy would th... : ovrlrd
  • While that sounds fucking awesome, I'd imagine the battery on a mini beast like that would vaporise faste... : Creepin_Jeezus
• oh man don't make me replace my 3gs, oh ok yeah if those pan out I probably will : Yanks
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  I'm still using the iPhone 3G. I'm looking forward to maybe upgrading if the new one is good =]. : irrerno
  • Same though it's still a great phone and I could easily use it for another year and a half. : WhatIsThisFor
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    Same. Glad I passed on the 3GS. One reason was to give myself an out at the end of my 2 year contract if ... : Serpico74
    • Yup that was my reasoning as well. : DonarUDL
  • 3g here and CANNOT wait to upgrade! : askedrelic
  • Same here. I'd probably pass on an iPad to get a faster iPhone with a couple cool new features if it came... : BlackCat9
  • Ditto. I think I better start saving for the Rogers rape though. : Tincan
  • I was ready to ditch my 3G for an android phone, but I'll wait and see what the iPhone is like first. : freakynipples69
  • Same here! I held out on 3GS. : spazzium
  • Same. I'd like something faster please Apple : Beady
  • I'm still sporting the first gen iPhone and I can't wait to upgrade :) : -sk-
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  it would have a 960x640 screen, or four times the resolution of the current 480x320 model. Four times : BlackCat9
  • When you double both dimensions, I think "four times" is accurate. : Conan
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    Four times the number of pixels = four times the resolution. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • this. 4x the detail resolved = 4x resolution. : DinK
• Awesome. Thats almost the iPad resolution. at ~300DPI, It's going to be like looking at a sheet of paper.... : ventro
• Yeah, I'd upgrade if that were true. : re-verse
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  What will they call it? iPhoneHD? : WhatIsThisFor
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    That's what some say. : ovrlrd
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      wouldn't that get confusing given the apparent trend for iPad versions of apps to now call themselves the... : derelict515
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        Yes. Maybe they'll up the network capabilities and call it iPhone 4g. : WhatIsThisFor
        • The problem with this idea is the huge lack of 4G networks in the US at the moment. Sprint has WiMAX, but... : ovrlrd
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    iPhone360 : gmd
    • lol : WhatIsThisFor
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  I want a real GPS with turn-by-turn goddamnit. All the other smartphones have it and I'm stuck either usi... : Blackdawgg
  • There isn't a good reason for Apple to include one app as the de-facto turn-by-turn navigation app when t... : BlackCat9
  • Mapquest for mobile app was just updated with free turn by turn. Haven't used it yet but it looks cool. : scapin
• That's higher than the Nexus one?! That's very very high! : abrasion
• Hardware is important, but software updates are really needed to remain competitive with android. : get_navi
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  i wonder if it will have an OLED screen. that would make things pretty. : crypt420
  • Would that 0wn? : CrustaR
  • It needs a SUPER AMOLED. : ant_hillbilly
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    Read arstechnica article on amoled in nexus... I'm not sure it's a clear winner : batkiwi
    • Yeah, I've read all kinds of drawbacks about it. : DinK
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  What is the ETA on this anyway? June'ish like usual? : nevlos
  • June sounds right for the announcement, dunno when it would ship though, but sometime this summer (at lea... : ovrlrd
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  good my contract is up soon and my 3G has a small crack in on the back that is slowly getting larger : grendel
  • Near the dock connector? If the phone is still under warranty they'll swap it out for that. : SolrFlare
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  Isn't that a bit much for that small of a screen? : Fred Garvin
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    No : rosewood
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      Yeah, not sure I agree there. At some point on a small screen like that more pixel density is just a wast... : Fred Garvin
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        What is the width of an iPhone screen? 3.5 inches? If so, then it is 182 dpi. Twice what monitors ru... : CRasterImage
        • Are you suggesting monitor DPI is anywhere NEAR the point of diminishing returns for phone screen DPI? ... : DinK
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  I just want a new firmware w/ multi-tasking (for Skype) & 2 exchange accounts at once. That's all. : DOOManiac
  • If Microsoft can't support 2 Exchange accounts at once in Outlook 2010 i'll be impressed if Apple manage ... : Arsenal
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    Why do you need to multitask skype? Browse web while on an active call? : batkiwi
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      receive a call via skype? : filthysock
      • Push works 100% for that, no need for backgrounding. : batkiwi
    • Maybe not for skype but multitasking is nice for other things, like listening to streaming music while do... : DinK
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  God damn it. My GF just got a 3GS on Saturday :(. I knew this would happen. : marmite
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    She can still return it. If you'd asked us, we would have told you that a new iPhone is due in June or Ju... : BlackCat9
    • Yeah, my girlfriend is holding out on getting an iPhone because there are new ones due out really soon. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Can't u just unlock the 3gs, sell on eBay, and then get massive loot for an upgrade? This is what I will... : scapin
• lmao they are fucking geniuses. a screen refresh across all devices. then 3d 'em later for another refres... : Downforce
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  That is such a massive pain in the ass for interface designers. I can't wait to go re-make every app i... : haiku
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    On the other hand, it would also be nice for operating systems to support resolution independent interfac... : haiku
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      I'm not going anywhere. : CRasterImage
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        You'll always have photos, but anything else? Vector graphics or procedurally generated effects. : haiku
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          People have been trying to make that move for decades. But you always run into a wall in either speed or... : CRasterImage
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            Yes but we have the processing power and memory stacks to make things like sub-vertex bezier management s... : haiku
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              Ok, you went a little off the deep end there and started slapping words together, but I understand your p... : CRasterImage
              • But for GUIs (buttons, toolbars, edit boxes, tabs, etc...) I think a textured-vector API would make se... : CRasterImage
              • I was actually just making up my post entirely because I don't know wtf I am talking about, but thank you : haiku
            • this post actually made me laugh. was that the intended purpose? : Ellissd
        • what about video games : Chandler55
    • UIKit already supports all that jazz. Quartz as a programming language is a rewrite of Display Postscript... : steelsamurai
  • it's cross selling brilliance. they can charge for new downloads with new graphics and high def monikers ... : Downforce
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    I expect that if they make the screen in the iPhone higher res, it'll work with existing graphical assets... : BlackCat9
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      Of course it will work but it will upscale apps like the ipad does and everyone who gives a shit about ho... : haiku
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        But the native Text rendering would be at the higher res. Just background art would be stretched. Scali... : CRasterImage
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          Stretching everything but native text is still a big deal. And the mix of properly scaled text vs stretch... : haiku
          • Well, we will have to see how it goes. I doubt it will be that bad. : CRasterImage
      • And the iPhone core ui doesn't support resolution independance, it just let's you stretch a vertical or h : steelsamurai
  • probably a big reason windows mobile was annoying... want to make a program? oh hey you got qvga(320x240)... : Chandler55
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    I must admit I'm surprised it's an even higher resolution than the Nexus 1 display, why wouldn't they jus... : abrasion
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      Because the Nexus 1 display has... been done. Apple do like to raise the bar when they have an economi... : Toraz Chryx
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        I thought even apple use standard panels when it comes to LCD displays because using some custom job can ... : abrasion
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          Apple's displays are usually best in class. The 27" iMac used the first 2560x1440 panels, IPS with LED ba : Serpico74
          • Er, IPS panels in that size. You get the point. :) : Serpico74
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            So so sad about that 27" apple display, Dell copied them for their latest 27" and the 1920x1200 27" is no... : abrasion
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              You should be happy, it is glorious, you can fit so much on screen now. : Serpico74
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                And 1920x1200 at 27" or 37" has such a massive dot pitch, it would have to be so far away. A 24" at 1920x... : Serpico74
                • A 24" at 1920x1200 is as HIGH as I want to go for DPI. : abrasion
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              That's why Apple made OS X support resolution independence. The UI elements are vectorized or extremely h... : BlackCat9
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                Toraz explained that to me, it's fantastic. Windows doesn't do it yet so I have 0 interest in super hig... : abrasion
                • Windows 7 does actually have scaling. It's not perfect, but I've used it with a HDTV with reasonable resu... : Conan
                • you can make things bigger in windows 7 without changing the resolution or the DPI : OrkO
                • Our whole company is still on Windows XP and for some reason about half of the laptops are set to have 12... : BlackCat9
                • i'm pretty sure windows7 was built for this : filthysock
  • programming wise it's a non issue if people followed the guidlines (won't even need a recompile). Definit... : steelsamurai
• Will iTunes still blue screen my computer and wipe my apps every 3rd update or so? : socksta
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  Has apple used the "HD" marketing terminology in anything before? : GloriousCow
  • Yeah, when their Cinema Displays first went to 23" at 1920x1200 ages and ages ago : Serpico74
  • That seems to also be the term that they're using for iPad apps that are high-res versions of iPhone apps... : BlackCat9
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  Is there any point to this? To me the iPhone display already looks like it has a very high DPI. So I'm no... : tcs
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    A lower power type of screen could negate the battery life issues and it would allow people to read small... : BlackCat9
    • I wasn't really so concerned about the screen's power consumption as I'd guess most of the power goes to ... : tcs
  • I have terrible eyes and I still think the iphone could do with at least 50% more pixels for it's size. : abrasion
  • Spoken like somebody who hasn't used better. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22553958#itemanchor_2... : DinK
• I have a 1st Gen iPhone and I could really see myself using it forever. The only feature that would make... : herradura99

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  i'm surprised mr. gustav is that low. : smax
  • Gustav rape is much younger than the others. : moe6
  • I haven't played in many pub games at all. My comments about this game are limited strictly only to shack... : Klebold
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  The KNIFE? Jesus. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • not surprising. it's the weapon every player always has equipped no matter the class. : smax
• I've been killed by the smoke projectile a bunch of times, but never by the repair tool - interesting tha... : TabsAZ
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  Pretty much exactly what I expected. M60, 40MM, M1911 and Gustav are far and away the cheesiest weapons i... : aeg1x
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    according to that chart the carl gustav is pretty average. : Nihil ME
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      I'll give it another month before it jumps up several notches on that list. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • I am not saying that it is not really strong. But sometimes a well aimed CG is the only thing that stops ... : Nihil ME
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      It's an AT weapon. Compare it to the other AT weapons. : aeg1x
      • The description says its more anti-personel. : bundy
    • Average for an assault rifle, maybe. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • I don't get killed with it that often and I spend most of the match dead. Stats posted is about my play ... : Mistaya
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    I honestly dont mind the others. But the CG is so fucking spammy and bullshit. It's turning BC2 into TF2.... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      except you don't get one-shotted with spam in TF2 (unless it's a crit) : chazums
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        What I'm saying is that it's being used as a main weapon when it should be a secondary option. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          Engineers in BF have always been about anti-tank and repairs. If anything the launchers are the primary w... : pyide
          • Their balance is screwed up then by how much ammo they get. With the perk the get 7.....7! Maybe if they ... : Klebold
    • I think 40MM are far spammier than the gustav. The chart kind of agrees. : aeg1x
  • MR 40MM REPORTING FOR DUTAH : [7]kami
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  I suprised Destruction 2.0 is so low -unless that's kills by destruction rather than deaths. I seem to ge... : marmite
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    I run as soon as I hear the groaning of the building collapsing, usually just as a reactive - "OH SHIIIII... : nodebug
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      How great is that? I love that BC2 invokes that fear when you hear the buildings whining like that. Same ... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • When it first happened, I actually froze in fear and spun around looking for what was making the noise to... : nodebug
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      You need to play more you fag. : Bamii
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        I played loads over the weekend, I think I went up almost 5 levels after I saw you were 21 and I was 11. : nodebug
        • Still need to play more. Especially when I'm playing as well. I have some stabbing to do. : Bamii
      • p.s. you are a fag : nodebug
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        I'm having to split my time between 360 and PC so I can play with people from work and you fags. The g... : marmite
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          I wouldnt say slower paced is better though. Also, I hope you don't mind me spamming you guys on Steam wh... : Bamii
          • no i don't mind at all. Slower isn't better, just different. Kinda nice not to just get sniped whenever y : marmite
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          Marmite, i fear you might be right. The most fun game of bc2 i've played was 12v12 on eu crymore and i've... : Klebold
          • I'd like to see a couple of the Shack servers go to 12v12. I also have had more fun in the lower populat... : Arcanum
  • I just don't stand near the point - it's an mortar magnet and makes it near impossible to defend. : chazums
• lol @ the M60. I wonder what they plan to do to it since it's on the tweak block now. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  It seems the tube spam lovers have found this game and embraced it, as evidenced by this chart and my lat... : u sir name
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    It's the class' best weapon, there is no surprise that people use it all the time : chazums
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      That, and it's a class that's the easiest to get points with and arguably the most useful class. : brickmatt
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        I'd say medic is the easiest way to farm points - just throw out some healing handbags : chazums
        • as assault you can do the same with the ammo boxes. : marmite
  • Some people feel medic is the most powerful class and point generator. : Pneum0
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  M60, Grenade, Sniper. That basically sums the game up. : Johnnsen
  • I've been playing mostly assault. Love it. : Pneum0
• I shall go on a crusade to bring the defib on par with the knife. : .sticks.
• Why does the G3 suck so much? I want to love that gun, but there are 100 better full auto guns in the gam... : slickdoody
• You can kill someone with the smoke grenade? : Lone Swordsman

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  Here's the current list I have... Goldfish.inapicklejar ReptileIDC.shack Nullzero.kekeke empathe.sh : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Reeves.shack : Reeves
  • add me, marc.blergh! : choppp
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    I'm taronish.shack : taronish
    • Not work. You EU? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • filthysock.shack : filthysock
  • inc.inc : inc77
  • my new char name is SlothDemon.TomSheldon : slickdoody
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  Even better list: NOW WITH MORE SHACK Agrona.retro Asylumn.myname Brosu.shack Butch.fist ChowYunCa... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Can I get on there? CPTStewart.bananas I'm there if anyone wants to beat up on me. I've never pl... : GoS-CPT-Stewart
  • NAMES GO HERE : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • SlayerBill.shack : BongSlayerB
  • InAbsentia.shack : Beaginator
  • This is for my on use tomorrow going to copy the list once and color is and not fuck the thread up hopefu : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • here you go... inc.inc : inc77
  • Trixon.shack : lordlobo
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  I got the fastest win ever in a novice game today. Dude timed out like right away and I won within secon... : electroly
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    i made it into silver with my 1v1 *cry* fuck you for not being around for 2v2's tho. i find them much... : mwasher
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      i sent you a message tonight but you were AFK i guess : electroly
      • yea i've been up since 7 and passed out on the couch. on my way to bed to continue said passing-out. : mwasher
  • rush observers? or build a pylon near a cliff and warp some units down there as a forward scout (not even... : StolenNosferatu
  • PvZ on a novice map? Void rays would probably be a much better call there. Get two. When you get to their... : zakk
  • Novice maps are the worst. Terrans also have a huge advantage in that they can reaper rush while their op... : Serpico74
  • I cant stand the novice maps or the practice games. I played 3 then hit skip. Doesn't fit my aggressive R... : boomstickah
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  I'm abrasion.abrasion again, this naming system, so silly! : abrasion
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    not really. it allows you to have your displayed name be exactly what you want and on top of that preven... : mwasher
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      you can just right-click their name on the end-of-game screen and hit add friend : electroly
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        ugh then they need a confirm-a-friend option : mwasher
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          ehh just block them if someone bothers you. if they bother you in game i'm sure they have a do not distur... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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            oh it's not really a concern, was just giving a secondary reason for why i thought the naming system was ... : mwasher
            • will you join my hannah montana fan clan : electroly
    • I totally realise it's useful it just looks kinda crap :( : abrasion
  • you're in the lists above :) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    should have got abrasion.shack like me, with filthysock.shack : filthysock
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      Maybe. : abrasion
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        wanna play now? or you at work? : filthysock
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          I'm @ work and you thrashed me last time we played SC :( : abrasion
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            i fucking suck at sc2, I have nfi whats going on. I've only played 2 games so far and gotten roundly rape... : filthysock
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              should try doing 2v2 : Reptile
              • 2v2 is fun in the same way command and conquer 1 was fun 15 years ago, it's silly, it's dumb - it's not b... : abrasion
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              You thrashed me tho :( : abrasion
              • thrashed by a noob it looks like : Chandler55
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                that was sc1 : filthysock
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                  Yeah but some people have natural sc skills and from what I can recall your are an ex high skill player. ... : abrasion
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                    whats your virtualbox problem? networking? It can be a bitch. btw, FIRST SC2 victory! Woot. I still playe... : filthysock
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                      DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS intelppm.sys VMWare image, works in VMWare - n... : abrasion
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                        followed all the shit here? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/HowTo/Switching_From_VMWare_To_Virtua... : filthysock
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                          Virtual box works fine with these images normally, it's just this particular build has a driver which VBo... : abrasion
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                            vbox is great until it can't handle something :( : filthysock
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                              It's open source and always being worked on, I <3 most open source apps - they are often better than paid... : abrasion
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                                preaching to converted. All my dev is on open source stuff now, ruby on rails, mysql/postgres/mongodb/co... : filthysock
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                                  I love to donate to free software too, I guess I'm turning into one of those slashdot goons but 'it just ... : abrasion
                                  • i love meeting and talking to the dudes that actually maintain and develop the software too. From them yo... : filthysock
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                      also, by the time you get home, i'm gonna be drunk : filthysock
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                        What league did you get in to? : abrasion
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                          no league yet, only played 3 games, still doing my 5 game warmup thing. : filthysock
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                            Chosen a race? : abrasion
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                              going random to force myself to learn all the races. I got zerg on my second game and just flayed about b... : filthysock
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                                I am Protoss only but just before beta ends I'll be smashing Terran hard so I understand the SP mode. : abrasion
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                                  haven't played protoss yet : filthysock
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                                    Best race! What did you play in War 3? I was UD and I love build and forget mode for my buildings, like... : abrasion
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                                      i prob played 10 games total in W3 MP. I just hated the heroes stuff. : filthysock
                                      • You have failed. : abrasion
• I think I'm SammyL.shack now, but the internet in this hotel sucks. : sammyl
• ninjase.shack : ninjase
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  Someone invite me please :( : Nighteyes
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    You KNOW who gets my invite:) : filthysock
    • I totally showed Xuan your famous post after you left and she was like "You people are crazy." : Nighteyes
• I finally built my first templar, archon and dark templar. : abrasion

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  The Future conspiring against them again? : sikander
  • looks like it, there was a woman talking on the stream and she was interviewing the public relations guy ... : ErneX
• awesome. There sure are a lot of people there standing around : moshman
• Holy shit they are interviewing someone called Simcoe right now. Same Simcoe as Flashforward?!?!?! : ventro
• lol he is speaking french now, tell me more of the FANTASTIC PROPERTIES : xxx2xxx
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  has the feed stopped`? : moshman
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    nope still watching it : xxx2xxx
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      it's back now for me, it was showing some other page for a while. weird : moshman
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        very choppy for me. : Flinz
        • Black holes interfere with their internet connection. : alphablu
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          yeah, the video is un-watchable basically, and the audio cuts out every now and again : moshman
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            mh. try firefox instead of chrome : xxx2xxx
            • how the fuck did you.. : Flinz
            • I am using firefox : moshman
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  I was under the impression something went wrong a month or two ago and they will be unable to do the expe... : abrasion
  • That's when it's going to be at full power, I guess they can use it : chazums
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    They won't go to full energy for a while. There was an interesting paper published about the universe pre... : bombay
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      Haven't they already done a few collisions before those magnets blew up near a year ago and caused a leak... : abrasion
      • no it wouldn't! i haven't finished GoW3 yet! : moshman
      • IIRC the stabilizers blew before they could power up the beam properly. : Flinz
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  fyck yeah, 12:30 CET estimated for first collisions. : Flinz
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    30/03/2010 never forget. : abrasion
    • the future starts now! everybody whip out your anti-rad! : Flinz
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    they keep changing their times, I have to go a fucking meeting now :( : moshman
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      @cern on twitter will keep you posted : Flinz
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        that would look good in the meeting, checking twitter all the time :) : moshman
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          i check twitter, shack, check email, but mostly sleep, in meetings : filthysock
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            depends on the size of the meeting, this was only me and 2 other guys : moshman
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              ^^ no homo? : DingoStoleMyBaby
              • Yes, we were all having gay sex in one of our offices with a lawyer from a massive international company. : moshman
• sweet, didn't miss the end of the world! : moshman
• like a slideshow now. might miss the end of the world :/ : xsii
• They're saying they've had collisions : alnya
• http://twitter.com/cern They actually did it. I don't understand exactly what they did, but if smart g... : ramshot
• rather than watching that shitty choppy webcast, I'll just wait for some pictures or whatever later one : moshman
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  Jesus christ, the amount of engineering and general brainpower that have gone into building that thing is... : Drewus
  • yeah, it astounds me too. Going from the idea to the actual construction of that thing is just nuts. : moshman
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    lol... it'd suck if there was like some kind of catastrophic singularity disaster, and the whole CERN fac... : Nullzero
    • black holes do suck... : dooberzoo
• Has anyone noticed anything bad happ : BlackCat9
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  Goodbye shack... I loved gaming with you guys, and commenting and reading comments. : Nullzero
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    too late, nothing bad happened. Outside the people looking at the results of their measuring devices, nob... : moshman
    • It takes time for a micro-black hole to explode INTO A MASSIVE HARDON BLACK HOLE OF DEATH : Nullzero
  • I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL MOTHERF : Orange Pylon
• Mirror, excellent quality! http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html : Bamii