Evening Reading: Buzz Words in Game Titles

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• StarCraft II Beta – Patch 7 (version 0.9.0.14621B) http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• good start to a new chatty. : Grumbeld
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  US Username List: abrasion.abrasion Agrona.retro Asylumn.myname blueclaw.crust Brosu.shack Butch. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • yAak.attack - (Copper newbie, US) : yAak
  • wurt.sev : wurt
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    Bone.Harvester : H@rvester
    • we should 2v2 sometime : DrFlammable
    • doesn't work : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    i wish there was a way to bulk add names. I added them one by one yesterday but cbf doing it again. : filthysock
    • ditto :/ : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Multisync.shack : multisync
  • reverse.shack : re-verse
  • is there a way to bulk add people? Doing it one at a time is tedious :( : sparkly
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    To everyone that wants a bulk name add feature, I think that's what the beta is for, right? Tell blizzard... : DM7
    • I imagine a "clan" system would take care of that. Since they haven't mentioned it I'm guessing it will b... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Canukian,shack : oldschoolbob-o
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  Jesus christ. Every single disembodied american-starcraft-youtube-dude sounds the same. : Klebold
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    Yup just mute it and jump to like 1:30 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • I think that's a bit mean. I just mean its strange how apparently there's only one way to speak for the d... : Klebold
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    Husky and HDStarcraft are pretty good commentators. : briandubau
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      They are great but i can only tell the difference by their levels of enthusiasm. : Klebold
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        Husky is the Gus Johnson of Starcraft. : briandubau
        • That would be Day9, the guy makes Husky look like he's on sedatives : Serpico74
    • PsyStarcraft is good too : vynn
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      "Hey there, this is H-to-the-usky Husky!" : Empyric
      • WHY does he do this!!!! : pancake humper
    • I enjoy Husky's casts. He's a good player, a bit more knowledgeable than HD (who I also enjoy btw), and s... : Serpico74
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    Yeah I miss the Nick Tasteless + Super Daniel Man combo. :( : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      Me too my man, are they going to be casting in the future you know? : DM7
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        daniel lee had a breakdown and burned a lot of bridges so in short no nick is still in korea doing vario... : Blucklesworth
        • daniel lee had a breakdown and burned a lot of bridges so in short no Oh, what the fuck is that horse... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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          :-\. what happened? : StolenNosferatu
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            daniel lee is a little mentally unstable lol no one whos worked with him likes him and he talks a lot ... : Blucklesworth
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              haha damn that sucks. I loved his commentary partnership with tasteless. I'd like to see tasteless and ... : AllYourBase
              • what has he done? Apparently i've never listened to him, just the four main teamliquid (I'm not even tota... : StolenNosferatu
  • agreed a thousand times over hugely biased though lol : Blucklesworth
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  Thors now severely outscale Mutalisks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWvvpzgalNY : Felraiser
  • That was so beautiful I wept. : Grumbeld
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    Is there a video of this from pre-patch? curious what happened before. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Thor damage went from 10+6(Light) to 8+4(Light) with a 0.5 splash damage radius. : Felraiser
      • I just realized that I misread your second sentence. Sorry. : Felraiser
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    Give Phoenix splash attacks now please! Want hard P counter to muta that doesn't lock me into mass Sentry... : Brian Leahy
    • Absolutely. I love Sentries but the Protoss muta counter really is such a pain right now. : Serpico74
    • Why don't we make mutas the weakest unit out there while we're at it. :( : DM7
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      Agreed. P vs Z is one of my favorite match ups. I feel like it's really hard for me, as Protoss, to wi... : Nullzero
      • Also, about the only way I seem to be able to counter this pattern is with High Templars and Psi-Storm...... : Nullzero
  • Oh wow, they already had a big range and speed advantage, throw in splash damage and it isn't even close,... : Serpico74
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    Matchups like that are retarded. Thors are slow as hell, while it definitely helps terran anti air, ... : D45hiz
    • Yeah, it's an unrealistic situation in terms of both micro and numbers, which is why this only means anyt... : Felraiser
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      The thing with mutas is that they have shorter range and have to stop in order to fire. Thors are firing ... : Serpico74
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        half the thors weren't even in range to shoot :D : mwasher
        • Well over half those mutas didn't even get a chance to get a shot off, plus three rows of Thors firing is... : Serpico74
    • Yep.. Also 30 splash damage... They should do a 1 thor vs 3 muta, 2 vs 6... etc.. : razlebol
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  Is everyone in the Beta except me? : Modulus
  • You and me. : InfoBiter
  • and me :/ : rmjackson
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    I asked for a key once thinking a kind shacker would give one to me since i only asked one time :( : Iwannaacura
    • I took you one step further and didn't ask even once! it didn't work : famine101
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    I'm in but I'm too bad and intimidated to play. : multisync
    • me too. : valael
  • and me :( : Head Rush
  • ... : ( : locater16
  • is this the :( subthread? : StolenNosferatu
  • I feel your pain, fellow :( 'ers : famine101
  • Your pain is my pain. : TheVietSpecial
  • me : Flynn
  • nope theres a few of us :( : supermonkeyballz
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  Orbs stream would be awsome, if he wasnt such a douchebag. : suicidemachine
  • lol yup, : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Its part of the fun of watching him. He'll go a while all chill and everything, but suddenly something wi... : Serpico74
    • I admit-I have learned a lot from watching him. I never played the first SC. I have learned to tune him o... : suicidemachine
  • Just mute the sound.. He does write stupid shit in the chat too though. : razlebol
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  This game is taking up so much of my time, I am getting nothing done :( : abrasion
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    yeah, must be really cutting into your shacking time :p : derelict515
    • Nah not too bad. : abrasion
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  going to stream! :] http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstream.php?user=Chill will be up in a seco... : Blucklesworth
  • suh-weet : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Cool! : Serpico74
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    You should change the resolution of your stream. : razlebol
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      oh fuck it was still 4:3 from starcraft. i changed it to 16 :9 and upped the resolution to 796x448. tha... : Blucklesworth
      • Yeah. It was the aspect ratio that was fucked up. Good games btw. : razlebol
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    oh god, Chill vs Orb. Ok, watching both streams, I really hope Orb goes apeshit : Serpico74
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      he raged off b.net after the match. : wurt
      • I saw. Psi storm got a big nerf, he's gotta hate that. : Serpico74
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        lol this makes me so happy to be fair me and orb know each other well through teamliquid : Blucklesworth
        • convert replay please. : anhero
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      damn was at the store and missed it... :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        Chill beat Orb, Orb complained about psi nerf, Orb quit. Nothing too exciting : Serpico74
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          i know but i wanted to see orb rage :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
          • He whined a little but nothing big or entertaining. Maybe because he knew the other game was also being s... : Serpico74
  • I like how we can hear you clicking haha : deveus1
  • you're on a roll : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • dude, you have not enough minerals : vynn
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    Last game was a good one, was worried for a bit : Serpico74
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      seriously me too, i kept scouting for expansions because i couldnt figure out how he got that much shit f... : Blucklesworth
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        did he have another that we never saw? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • I don't think so, I checked bottom right and the golds. I guess he could have had top right but it seems... : Blucklesworth
      • Same. The only thing that surprised me more is that he didn't attempt a push sooner. By the time the figh... : Serpico74
  • haha thanks for streaming. ggeez : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • nice win, congrats on rank : vynn
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    Damn that was some crazy playing.. I want to play protoss so bad but I have never played them so I know I... : Reeves
    • It's beta - go for it ! : wurt
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  so i logged in and played a ZvZ placement match. the game told me i was the possible winner! normal star... : multisync
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    Man... ZvZ must be a bitch. I mean, with Protoss, I can wall in my choke, so those Zerglings cant hit ... : Nullzero
    • MAKE MORE ZERG : multisync
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    6 lings at 16 supply? that's a late rush. surprised you did much if any damage. : DrFlammable
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      if the other player FE or did like a 15pool, it would've been fast enough to do some damage (i think. i'm... : StolenNosferatu
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        i generally start my pool from 10 to 12 pop and save minerals when it gets to 1/4 done so when it pops i ... : DrFlammable
        • ah yeah, i just looked up some build orders (posted by random people on the TL forums) and they all start... : StolenNosferatu
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      i dunno i saw 'UR DUDEZ R UNDER ATTACK' and saw my pack of 6 fighting 2 and they won then made it to his... : multisync
      • msync, i challenge you 1v1 lez go : mwasher
• electroly and I made silver 2v2 :S we are the epic ZP team! : mwasher

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  So they released a Trojan on purpose to steal information from people. : multisync
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    So they released a Trojan on purpose to steal information from people pirates. : roushimsx
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      So if cops put cyanide laced drugs on the streets it'd be cool? : multisync
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        Oh fuck yes it would. Get the fucking weaklings off this planet. : ateam311
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          Fuck you. I consume my fair share of LSD, ecstasy and weed and I've never harmed anybody. I should be abl... : Mr. Goodwrench
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            It cracks me up how people get up in arms about something like piracy but it's totally cool to do drugs..... : Tripps
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              Last time I checked, drugs were a victimless crime, and piracy is not : dognose
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                Illegal is illegal no matter which way you try and justify it. : Tripps
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                  so you're in favor of anything that's a law, regardless of how you feel about it or how unjust it is i... : EvilDolemite
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                    This is just getting stupid now... : Tripps
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                      no, it's not. your only justification of a law is that it is a law. that is circular logic. i used a s... : EvilDolemite
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                        The only point I was trying to make is that a law is a law. If something is illegal according to the law... : Tripps
                        • But people don't dislike pirates because they broke the law. You seem to think this is a law and order ... : CRasterImage
                        • The only point I was trying to make is that a law is a law. ... but thats not a point. You're just ... : GloriousCow
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                        stupid things don't arbitrarily become law : RikiTiki2
                        • Umm where the hell are you from, definitely not the US. Go read some of the laws on the books. Plenty o... : dnagenome
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                  Piracy is not cool. Drugs can be very cool. This help you any? : dognose
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                    Sure, a little weed now and then is harmless and be very cool. However, drugs can also be very uncool. ... : Tripps
                    • I've been a cokehead, not cool. I have friends dead from heroin OD, not cool. I don't want or need those... : dognose
                    • again, stupid comparison. Weed is not meth, and nobody here is saying that they should be treated equally... : moshman
                • I hate that argument. Using it every crime should carry the same jail time or fine or whatever. Maybe th... : moshman
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              And I disagree with the majority of narcotics laws, as they are completely unjust. I will continue to ign... : Mr. Goodwrench
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                This is what makes free will so great. The choices we make are our own. You choose to do drugs, I choos... : Tripps
                • That's fair enough. I guess my irritation is that I have to avoid getting caught for this in the first pl... : Mr. Goodwrench
            • Illegal doesn't mean immoral. You would have been a horrible roommate for a jew during the holocaust. : AgentPothead
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              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development#Stages : 60days
              • Hahaha. I was going to link that. : Rice-Rocketeer
        • lol : derelict515
      • Hell yes. That's pretty much my dream world. : roushimsx
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        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat#.22Paraquat_pot.22 : dognose
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          Roushi wants you dead dognose : multisync
          • He and I have wanted each other dead ever since Shadow Warrior was released : dognose
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        Totally not. However if the cops would pose as users and then shoot dealers in the face, I can get behind... : baron calamity
        • Excellent point - this doesn't affect the dealers (pirate groups) at all. It just affects the users. : multisync
      • If someone put cyanide laced drugs on the street, with a message stating that they were laced with cyanid... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • They basically did that during prohibition. : sr71photo
      • Internet: public humiliation = death. : omnova
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    Ceases to be a Trojan if you agree to it in the terms of service. : elathan
    • That's an interesting point but I still think there is something not quite kosher about this. : multisync
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      no one reads TOS's. releasing trojans is bullshit. : datoo
      • It's not really a trojan if the intent of the software is fully disclosed. : ieGod
      • It's not part of their released software, is it? I think it's just a trojan infested installer that was r... : bostrov
    • not all contracts are enforceable. : steelsamurai
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  The best DRM was in Settlers III where the iron smelter would pump out pigs instead of iron bars, amongst... : ateam311
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    I laughed at the Batman Arkham Asylum one. Side affect of introducing bugs is that people complain and... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Yeah, they shouldn't look like bugs. At least not subtle ones like "this widget doesn't work". : Arcanum
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        It's funny when some dumb ass pirates a game before the street date though and they come crying to the fo... : Sailor of Fortune
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          While funny, it's not necessarily good for the game's reputation. Go with silly things, IMO. : Arcanum
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            Yeah they tried the random crash thing with Titan Quest and that didn't help the reputation of the game. ... : LilCrypto
            • /sheds tear : r3dn3ck
          • pirates should show up and steal the player's resources. that way you would get ironic things like pirate... : skryte
    • Hahaha, I saw those posts on the Eidos boards. Comedy gold indeed. : ateam311
  • I think the best was in Operation Flashpoint where your aim and vehicle handling would slowly degrade ove... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Pft, pirates aren't going to fill out a survey. : cetra00
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    SuperPirates might though. : Haxim
    • lol : tometome
    • he would put his signature at the bottom which shows all the games he has pirated so far : jane911
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  yeah that wouldn't fly here in the US, they'd have a massive lawsuit on their hands. : MikkleThePickle
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    and it wouldn't go anywhere because it's in the TOS. plus, they were stealing the software. fuck them... : the city
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      Depends. If you could argue that this was a honeypot then yeah, it would be illegal in the US. : steauengeglase
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        right... 1) putting something in the TOS doesn't mean it's legally enforcible. Many EULAs contain crap la... : MikkleThePickle
        • heh you can in some states, it really depends on the location. I'm pretty sure in Texas, you can shoot s... : dnagenome
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  LOL http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/insidears/imgs/6/8/68a84dd4-s.jpg : MaverickOrig
  • "She remembered the size of the long pole, now embedded inside of her, and this excited and scared her at... : MaverickOrig
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  Hell, I think I would be more embarrassed by buying this game. But seriously, the majority of software pi... : Loxodrome
  • Maybe it's the chance to win something exciting! Also, the desktop screenshot thing is interesting. : Agrona
  • It's almost tempting to go hunt this thing down and run it in a VM session with a wallpaper saying "your ... : Toraz Chryx
• yeah, I won't shed a tear for these people : indosauros

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• +1 karma for ALL : watcherxp
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  Two copies of Bioshock 1 to give out. Best two replies relating to dumb. and his 33rd birthday wins it. : Alco23
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    It's dumb's birthday!!!! : sparkly
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      Come on sparkly, you could have done a "Happy Birthday Mr President dumb." photoshop with all your nws ma... : Alco23
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        I'm at a church >:[ : sparkly
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          GOD CAN SEE YOU ON THIS DAY OF YOUR BIRTH, DUMB DOT, AND HE IS DISPLEASED >:( : Dave-A
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            God loves everyone, even dumb dot :( : sparkly
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              I distinctly remember he was in somewhat of a snit with Cain : Dave-A
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                http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-many-has-god-killed-complete-list.html : sparkly
                • I have a Passover question. Did the spirit of the lord really need lambs blood daubed upon a lintel to di... : Dave-A
  • birthdays are DUMB : watcherxp
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    I'd eat the corn out of dumb.'s ass just to wish him a happy birthday : tometome
    • I have bioshock 1 already though. I just love roushimsx : tometome
  • There is a secret song at the center of the world, and its sound is your parents face-palming. : Earl Greigh
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    Here is quick drawing of dumb as a space marine for his bday. http://www.shackpics.com/files/dumb40kbdayj... : K0LM
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      And I need to get a better program then MS Paint. : K0LM
      • you dont need a goddamn thing that drawing is awesome! : jujubeads
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      That is AWESOME! Also, how did you know my birthday suit = space marine armor? : dumb.
      • I just thought it would be cool thing. I usually spend most of my time drawing on space marines. So it ge... : K0LM
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    If dumb wanted to pick one year to be tortured and crucified for our sins, this would be the one : Fooldozer
    • He's got about 3 days to make a decision : sparkly
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    Awww. I'm all verclempt. Here's a topic: Dumb dot is neither. Discuss amongst yourselves. (we need a "Co... : AxeMan808
    • Actually, "dumb ." works better for my purposes above. : AxeMan808
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    I just want to say that even though I didn't win the free game, I think what dumb. did is the epitome of : DJ Clipdat
    • Look at that, it's my first ever shacktag fail. Awesome! : DJ Clipdat
  • I already own and have 0wned Bioshock, but I wish to thank dumb. for his generosity! : CrustaR
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    In Bellvue Ontario, born and raised On the internet, is where i spent most of my days Readin the shack,... : weevil bob
    • This is also why I love this place :D : dumb.
  • K0LM and weevil bob SM your steam or add me to get your copy of bioshock1. :) : Alco23
• Happy B-Day : bombay
• Awesome. Happy Birthday and congrats to SlingBlaze! : prime8
• Haaaaaaaaaaappy birthday! : StolenNosferatu
• Congrats SlingBlaze! Enjoy your new game :D : GoS-CPT-Stewart
• Wow very nice of you, happy birthday! : DM7
• Congrats SlingBlaze and Happy Birthday again to you dumb.! Don't forget the birthday beer =) : DscytheX
• happy birthday! : geedeck
• Woo! Happy birthday! : nurglich
• Happy Tri-Centurial Day! : AxeMan808
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  THANKS so much dumb! You are the best. I'll be donating once i graduate and get a job! : SlingBlaze
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    Also as a fun thing, for anyone that remembers this 4 months down the road, when I mention I got a job in... : SlingBlaze
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      Bookmarkinnnnnnnggg : dafugg
      • good luck remembering how many "n"s you used to find this later.... : .Jayson
    • I wonder if I'll remember this! freetag : Dong Patrol

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  holy shit... brutal legend for $10 is soo tempting! : dedgecko
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    it's not worth it. : waxthirteen
    • It would be if the RTS elements of the game were removed. : ErichTopp
    • That's not fair. I just finished it for 360 and had a blast. So many cool moments with awesome music, plu... : GrimmyD
    • It's totally worth it. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    It's worth $5. : CrustaR
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      ouch, really? : mattavius
      • Very much so. It's a forgettable game. : CrustaR
  • Tell me when they patch out the RTS shit. : abrasion
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  I wonder how many of those I can add to Steam with full download rights and such. : Dechter
  • dark messiah and prey : feek
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    I assume Just Cause 2 can... and for $30? That's a steal. : crummynz
    • guess you're right. wouldnt have guessed. that rules : feek
    • this is where i wish they would just email me the cdkey if i buy it. dont need the cd mailed to me, save... : smacknca
  • https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601 : The Grolar Bear
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  Oblivion PC for 5 bucks : Metatron85
  • goty edition sold out. too bad for Jikim : StolenNosferatu
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  Just Cause 2 for $50 is tempting...aah. : FirstPersonCooter
  • PC version is only 30$, definitely worth 30$ for anybody on the fence still. : AgentPothead
• For RB players on the PS3, Lego Rock Band for $28 + S/H + $10 import is basically getting better on what ... : Masem
• Oh wow, Thief: The Dark Project for $1.90 : The Grolar Bear
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  Call of Duty: WaW for $5 http://www.gogamer.com/Call-of-Duty--World-at-War-for-PC-48-Hour-Madness-_stcVV... : CrustaR
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    I wish World at War was in stock, it wasn't yesterday either. Did you get one? : contentious roy
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      Oh, I didn't see that it was out of stock. :[ : CrustaR
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        and it says 35$ for me anyways.. : Flinz
        • That's 'cause the 48 hour madness is over. It was $5 for an hour more after I posted it. : CrustaR
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  Is it just me or did I see the same game twice for different price? Brutal Legend is temping at $10 bucks... : Darkfox76
  • Some of the games were listed multiple times, but then also there were some different editions and import... : ShoCon
• Damn. Lots of good stuff in there : boarder2
• Thief for 2 bucks. http://www.gogamer.com/Thief--The-Dark-Project--JC--for-PC-48-Hour-Madness-_stcVVpr... : Dschinghis Khan
• UT3 for 5 bucks!! http://www.gogamer.com/Unreal-Tournament-III-for-PC-48-Hour-Madness-_stcVVproductId2... : Dschinghis Khan
• Wow, insane deals. : virus
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  Lol at the $0.90 games. : Agrona
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    Two Worlds is worth buying for 90 cents. I thought it was a lot of fun murdering people all over the land... : ArB
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      The dialogue in this game cannot be topped. Pray tell could there be a more worthy deal? Mayhap I think... : crockroches
      • Two Worlds directly lead to some friends and I regularly using the word "knave." : DinK
    • Yeah, if you're a sucker for open world RPGs like Oblivion then it's actually worth playing. : DinK
  • I think it's hilarious that Virtua Cop 2 is older than all of those games but it costs $12 for some reaso... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    the movies! think im getting it : feek
    • wow, that was a great game.. can't believe they're selling it for $1 : MikkleThePickle
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  Mirors Edge and Bionic Commando, $10 each. Is it worth the trouble to play either of those? : limpossible
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    yes, no. : dchavez999
    • Hrmm... then I may have to jump on the Mirors Edge 360 deal : limpossible
• Hmm. Splinter Cell: Conviction for $50 on 360. Tempting. : ArcKnight

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• I found the sound to be a bigger difference than video quality (from afar). It's nice to be able to watch... : intothefray
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  How do you think the wrong format won? HD DVD supported the same video and audio codecs. If you really wa... : Prozium
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    Higher bit rate? : Fred Garvin
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      By virtue of more storage on the discs. Though in practice I don't think any hddvds ran into a limit befo... : boarder2
      • Yeah, he was making a false assumption there. : Fred Garvin
    • yeah, the data off a blu-ray disc can be read at upwards of 40-50 mbps while HD DVD topped out around 30-... : Prozium
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    HD DVD had hybrid discs and skippable previews. And now BluRay has previews downloaded from the internet... : cltcprd
    • I also agree that it was the better overall format. The format was final and standardized the moment the ... : Prozium
    • A lot of blu-rays come with the DVD version, and a copy for PC/iPod/etc. And as for previews downloade... : Vincent Grayson
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  I've gone from every high end video format from Laserdisc to HD-DVD to HD downloads, and Blu Ray is the H... : Serpico74
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    Did you ever own a betamax player? : Prozium
    • Dead before I bought my own players. I'm old but I'm not that old. :) : Serpico74
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    I still would have prefered HD-DVD :[ : Fred Garvin
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      Why? Same codecs, same capabilities, but with about half the storage and physically more delicate media. ... : Serpico74
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        There was a larger compatible spec coming, it had a better feature set from day one so more movies used t... : Fred Garvin
        • Really? Tons of BR movies use those features, and I expect that uber box sets like the upcoming Alien BR ... : Serpico74
        • the big thing was NO REGION CODING. : CoRDS
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        menus were a lot better in hd dvd, it also supported a few things that blurray didnt at the time. in ... : CoRDS
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          At the time. In the big picture it is irrelevent as BR can do all of those things now. Throw in double th... : Serpico74
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            discs would most probably be cheaper without everyone paying sony moneys. : CoRDS
            • Sony only own about 25% of BR, I believe. : jcupitt
            • I think Panasonic had a large part in Blu. : sheepraper
  • You're only cool if you owned a D-VHS player. I'm not cool :( : DarkWolf5
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    I wouldn't go as far as Holy Grail; but I'm not going to look back. I think it's very inconsistant though... : intothefray
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      I thought all BDs required the scratch resistant coating because a single scratch can be so devastating? ... : aggressor
      • They may all be scratch resistant. Some are just lower quality by far. I'm not at home so I cannot check. : intothefray
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      3) There should only really be two video codecs being used at any one time. VC-1 which is kind of the M... : spazzium
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        I think MPEG-2 (DVD) is the only other one. : intothefray
        • Oh right. Forgot about program stream. Definitely high quality, just needs a shit ton of bandwidth behi... : spazzium
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      What discs have these unskippable previews? I really want to try one out. I've come across discs where me... : Prozium
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        I dunno but that little ghostbuster logo I get when I try can suck it. Fast forward usually still works b... : intothefray
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          I don't have to fast forward through them, I just chapter skip directly to the next preview. : Prozium
          • I'll try the next one I have an issue with in another player. I may just be retarded. : intothefray
    • How is 5 a negative against the format? It isn't the fault of the format, it is the fault of the people d... : Serpico74
    • I hope you aren't complaining about film grain in point number 5, because that's supposed to be there : OrkO
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  Insignia is shit. I had 3 TVs in a row that had problems and they were all Insignia. I made the store giv... : Fred Garvin
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    took you 3 tv's to learn? : Iwannaacura
    • Waranty, I had no choice until the lemon clause kicked in. : Fred Garvin
  • Most (maybe all?) of the insignia BR players are rebadged samsung players. A couple of them even have ide... : Prozium
• What'd you watch? Ahh the format war. I was rooting for HD-DVD too. : Nixx2004
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  What tv are you hooking it to? Hdmi or component? Bluray really requires 1080p via hdmi to truely shine. ... : boarder2
  • Same applies to No Country For Old Men, any Pixar film, bunch of others. Bad transfers are bad transfers ... : Serpico74
• the wrong format won? you think HD DVD looks any different at all? : moshman
• No, they all load slow as fucking shit, except the PS3 cause it has a hard drive to store a few things on... : MeestaNob
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  they wonder why people pirate movies but look at this shit paying customers have to put up with: http://w... : gyokuro
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    Yeah you paid for the fucking thing already so why force people to watch your bullshit trailers? Because ... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • seriously. : AMikaboshi
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  Only problem I have with Blu-Ray that never seemed to pop up with HD-DVD is the random slowdowns. I get n... : Pettytheft
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    What player/discs? That doesn't sound right. : MeestaNob
    • PS3 and I was going through the menu with The Vampires Assistant and it just paused. I know some of the t... : Pettytheft
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  I was not in any way saying that audio/video quality was sub-optimal, I was talking more about the fact t : mafu5150
  • I guess that I should have pointed out that I've had the HDDVD 360 drive for some time, too. : mafu5150
  • this is why i rip my blurays to mkv. : CoRDS

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  Sometimes it doesn't fit either way until like the 5th try on both sides or you say fuckit and try a diff... : dognose
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    you said a bad word! : IcomeINpeace
    • *gasp* he did!!! : CrustaR
    • http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=fuck&cs_user=dognose&cs_parentauthor=&s_type=all : InfoBiter
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    dognose! shame on you : wtf242
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjY94d5a-Fo : dognose
  • Ahahaha, so true. : thetangent
  • yeah this is really frustrating. : moe6
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  I think the worst part is they designed it specially so that the first attempt to plug in a cable or flas... : Dave-A
  • ^^^ This, and the fact that even when it is the right way, it doesn't plug in, so there are multiple inst... : destinyofdeath
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  is there any data connection other than coax that goes both ways? haayyyyyyyyy : grandmasterlee
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    RCA, x.xmm Stereo, and im sure there are others. PS/2 was fucking horrible as well. : mrvandelay
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      I've never transferred data over an audio connection, that's quite a trick : grandmasterlee
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        Audio is data? : SwiftyPants
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          dude if you start a "digital audio" is technically data I will murder kittens in your name : grandmasterlee
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            Analog audio is also data. : p : SwiftyPants
            • there's a kittens soul wandering the earth wondering who SwiftyPants is and why I said "he says hi". Kee... : grandmasterlee
      • Never used an old tape loader to save/restore programs? VIC20/C64 etc etc : dafugg
    • sorry didnt read the "data" part of the post : mrvandelay
  • optical! It's a tube filled with light and information! : steelsamurai
• oh god this is so true. fucking usb. : JohnnyRey
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  The side with the USB symbol always goes up (usually). : BlackCat9
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    It is on Macs, but it's hit and miss on PCs. : Yanks
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      what does this mean? he's talking about the USB symbol on the cable : electroly
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        and the female connector only mounts one way. i'm pretty sure i've never seen an upside-down usb port : electroly
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          I totally have. And then there are those retarded front ports that Dell used for a few years which are b... : qsylvr
          • Oh how I hated those front ports with a passion. : Haxim
          • fuck yeah my parents have one like this AND IT MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE : StolenNosferatu
          • Whoever thought of this should be shot. : Agrona
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        and sometimes on PC's the port is inverted. : hussdelrio
        • ^^ I have seen this on older Dell laptops... pretty frustrating! : Yanks
  • for no apparent reason, I've never assumed it was logical like that. I don't know why, but like everyone... : grandmasterlee
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    What happens when the usb port is oriented vertically? : sonicstorm
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      The symbol faces the user : Dave-A
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        No, I mean like on my iMac, the ports are on the back of the unit and face away from me. And on the back : sonicstorm
        • facing forward, to the right : ErneX
    • If it's in a tower or something, it probably goes towards the top of the case or up from the orientation ... : BlackCat9
  • The symbol is supposed to "face the user", so it should be either up or toward wherever you're likely to ... : Dave-A
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    It always goes up except when it doesn't! : c0bra
    • That's pretty much the first rule of technology. : BlackCat9
  • I've just realized this in the past couple of months : nevlos
  • I had to buy the case that's different :( : OmegaRed59
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    Someone asked me once which way USB plugs should go in. My response was "there's only one way for it to ... : Portax
    • This is why people hate IT. There are no easy answers. : BlackCat9
• I wonder if it is to ensure that the power connectors connect first, so the device can power up before da... : Dave-A
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  Cost. All the pins would be backwards or would need pins to read on both sides. : Fayk
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    bingo! Interesting that this isn't the first response to all threads crying foul about a technology that... : dedgecko
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      Well it's more than just cost, too, obviously. I mean, seriously, what connectors (otehr than audio/di... : Fayk
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        electrical power bricks have had polar inverters for a very long time, why not usb connections? : shirif
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          What I mean is that it's not that hard to have read/write head on both sides that would detect the correc... : shirif
          • Then again, I don't really mind the current design : shirif
        • Because it all gets rectified down to a DC voltage supply. : dravalen
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  You don't know how wrong you are. Keyed connectors are idiot proof, or at least more idiot proof. People ... : Dr_Cube
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    He obviously meant that the connector should have been designed to work correctly no matter which way it ... : Dave-A
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      The design isn't simply aesthetic. : ieGod
      • That said, a keying that is visibly obvious on both the female and male end would've been nice. : Arcanum
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  I've always found that if it comes to a 50/50 choice I'll always pick the wrong one first. : RogerDandy
  • 50/50 choice? So you don't try inserting it sideways too? Weird. : ImageOmega
  • seriously : feek
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    I always pick the correct way last : shika.art
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      Even when you pick it first. : cerealSAM2
      • yes!!! : feek
  • I hope you're on your second wife already. : edgewise
  • This is the precise definition of Murphy's Law. : Caboose
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  At least make it so the outline is asymetrical so you can tell which way it's supposed to go, like firewi... : MamiyaOtaru
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    Trapezoidal would have been wonderful. : cerealSAM2
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      HDMI : biskits
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        HDMI isn't bad because it's extremely simple to see which way it goes in based on the shape : wtf242
        • exactly. it's a trapezoid. : biskits
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    Firewire's plug design actually has issues. Notice how when they went to Firewire-800 they moved to a dif... : Fayk
    • Don't cross the pins! : Dr_Cube
  • This x 1000 : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Yeah, it is absolutely ridiculous that the most common connector in computing history is so terribly desi... : ventro
• I'm not sure that you'd want to swap ground with 5v, lest you just don't like your electronics. : anhero
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  related: what the fuck was the point of firewire? in fact, why do all apple devices rely on it? : EvilDolemite
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    It was invented before USB by Apple. And it helped differentiate Apple products from others. Firewire 4... : neokolonial
    • Apple refused to license firewwire cheaply enough, so Intel invented USB. Erm, that's my memory anyway. : jcupitt
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    Apple's started to phase Firewire out of most of their basic consumer products. It might still be preferr... : BlackCat9
    • Firewise (400 or 800) is/was faster than USB/USB 2.0. : rick
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    Its fast and it kicks USB's ass. Shame that Apple is letting it go, hopefully USB 3.0 can pick up where F... : Serpico74
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      I don't understand why things don't just run off of ethernet. We already have gigabit which is faster tha... : rick
      • USB is much cheaper to implement than GigE and only requires half as many pins. : magila
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        ethernet is not reliable, you can have collisions and without a protocol riding on top you don't know if ... : steelsamurai
        • Sort of like a TCP connection? : rick
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      I finally own a USB 3 device :) : abrasion
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        how does it feels? : ErneX
        • I don't have any USB3 PC's :( : abrasion
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    Firewire > USB x100000 when dealing with video. : Super Sparker
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      Neither one is better at handling anything type of data in particular. It is only the case that one is fa... : rick
      • I work with video everyday and I despise when I get a portable HDD with USB. : Super Sparker
      • that's not true at all. FireWire is objectively better because it's not a poll-based architecture like U... : electroly
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        So you're deducting overhead in USB 2.0 but not in firewire? How very apple of you. USB 2.0 = 480Mbit/... : dafugg
        • Ack! Sorry, remembered the wrong number. : rick
      • If you're copying video off a tape camera, you need a RELIABLE connection, because the camera won't resen... : jcupitt
      • the theoretical numbers don't mean shit : moshman
• B's and minis are fine. Damn USB A can go to hell. : intothefray
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  It would be trivial to make the connector work in either direction without it even really costing that mu... : rick
  • ...connect to the pins of the other connector. : rick
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  IAWWTF242 :/ Also SATA cables suck compared to IDE (for plugging them in, you can't do it by feel anym... : abrasion
  • Maybe...but they are vastly superior in all other ways : r_Ed
• They probably should have just gone with a trapezoid instead of a rectangle. For clarity. However, I d... : CRasterImage
• I always always always plug it in incorrectly on the first try--ALLLLWAYS! : warcrow

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  Apparently I am in a relationship. I wonder who she is and why we aren't doing it right now. : DarkWolf5
  • yeah, some of the info is waaay off. My sister was listed on there with a completely wrong phone number ... : burning eye
  • I have kids! Wish I would have known that sooner. : TheMonkeyWench
• It got most of my info right, except home value at 1M+ I wish! : Tattoo Trav
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  It has me there, right address, right phone number ... but it thinks I'm 50 years old, with kids. : InfoBiter
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    Uh oh, kids you don't know about from those one night stands : Tattoo Trav
    • also he's a time traveler : crummynz
  • It thinks I'm 50 as well, but no kids. Thinks my aunt lives with me too. : Nali4Freedom
• Seems like it gets most of its information from social networking sites, filling it whatever it feels lik... : CoreContingency
• Apparently I own an RV, my hobby is Home Decorating, and my income is over 200k a year! I think it's : kikilupo
• I'm in my late 40s and worth over 1m. : lcizzle
• Awesome, I'm married but still live at home with my parents. : Visceral Monkey
• I'm an unmarried veterinarian who looks 20 years old. : edgewise
• The only thing it had right about me was my age. Everything else is way, way off. : Dechter
• I am a non-person it seems : watcherxp
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  it can't find me. i don't exist : mayooms
  • yeah, same here. Apparently we are doing it right on keeping our data hidden. : JuffoWup
• Nope, but some asshole has my same name in the town I'm living in, and that shit aint cool. I'm going to ... : locater16
• I'm married to this: http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/50/s_38c2611b9a5e4a5ba895cfe1f02c1764.jp... : ryuuseki
• I'm a farmer, with a 1M+ home! : roostor
• Oh fuck I am. : StolenNosferatu
• yeh, but most of the information is missing or incorrect : davislovestacobell
• i'm listed at my mother's old address but the information is all wrong (i never lived there, nor did my f... : dahanese
• Nein. : spazzium
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  Says I live in California and like home decorating. : dognose
  • so merely a few years off, but mildly accurate : hamachi
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  apparently my home is worth $1 million. i need to sell, quickly. : EvilDolemite
  • oh, i guess i have a kid too...but no central air. and no heat!!! : EvilDolemite
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  Shit I am married. When did this happen. : ant_hillbilly
  • She's going to be pissed you forgot your anniversary. : DarkWolf5
• apparently I'm in my late 80s. Life went by so fast. : jabuck
• Lol, it thinks I'm female. : dravalen
• I have never liked sports or read about sports, but those two things are my only hobbies. : neokolonial
• I have children, live with my mother, and i am not interested in politics.....sounds about right. : runinal
• they have some fat chick for my mother's picture and thinks shes a clerical worker with some college. the... : bluewagon
• not listed, but over 2k people with my name are listed. : mobab
• Interesting I'm a married machinist with a high school diploma. : steauengeglase
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  It has my address that I haven't lived at in over 5 years, thinks I own a home which I don't, says I'm in... : soggybagel
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    haha! I always figured you for the home decorating type. Fgt. : burning eye
    • It also says the home I don't own is worth over 1 million. : soggybagel
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  Apparently, to Spokeo I don't exist. : IndigoAK
  • Well, mother does apparently, though she allegedly lives in New York (not entirely incorrect, but also no... : IndigoAK
  • same here, though it uncovered way more than it should have with my private email address. : Freezerr85
• I'm in my 50's? Why didn't someone tell me this!!!!! : Anastomosis
• Yes but all the info is wrong. : Cygnus X-1
• Apparently I enjoy fitness, sports, the outdoors, travel, care about healthy living, home decorating, win... : DoNotResuscitate
• i am and apparently i live in the ghetto and never graduated high school but at least nothing else is cor... : akirabob
• It would appear that at some point I left Canada for the bright green pasture that is the U.S.A. : Dong Patrol
• I was going to be upset that I showed, until I realized that none of the stuff was anywhere near accurate... : mafu5150
• My sister and I still live with my parents, but apparently we got a new house that was built in 1993, so ... : skizl

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• You mean maxed out their referral storage to 10gb? Because I'm still showing 2gb as my basic option. : prime8
• I use it all the time. I love the fact that no matter which of my computers I'm on I still have the same... : mrwolf710
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  mine is still at 2 : spigot
  • You can get another 250MB by doing the "getting started" things in that tab. Oh and: https://www.drop... : jermm
• I pay $5/month on SugarSync and get 30GB of storage space. I also like the features there better, althou... : Matt Burris
• Yeah 2 is still basic, but you can get 8GB extra now instead of the standard 3 : watcherxp
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  Here's what I see. 8 gig is still great, "For every friend who joins Dropbox, we'll give you both 250 MB... : thetoaster
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    yeah 8 GB bonus plus 2 GB standar : watcherxp
    • I think it's just 8GB total, not 8 + the 2 you start with. : deject
  • They used to give you 500mb and your friend 250 :( : jenisthebest
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  Signed up using your referral link! : EricZBA
  • This program does rock. Thanks : watcherxp
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  I wish they would put out the update that allows more than one directory to be synced : aggressor
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    Suggest it, they are always looking for ideas from the community. They even have a voting system, to show... : watcherxp
    • They are well aware of the request, but they just keep saying 'it's coming'. It's 'been coming' for ab... : aggressor
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    yeah i got drop box and found out i couldnt set different folders on my drive and then uninstalled it :( : dantastic
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      You can do this, but have to use symlinks to do so. Do a search for Dropbox and symlinks to learn how. : Matt Burris
      • i am doing this with all my program settings - its so convenient to have the same settings in your progra... : naabster
• referral link for anyone who wants to open an account with the bonus 250MB: https://www.dropbox.com/refer... : 60days
• My referral for anyone who wants it: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTMxNDUwOQ : Sailor of Fortune
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  if someone wants to make a mint, they develop a dropbox thats designed for corporate use - all the storag... : epit
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    if the company would have to provide its own storage, backup, and hosting, what exactly would there be le... : electroly
    • Dropbox doesn't actually provide the storage either, they are just packaging storage offered as part of t... : watcherxp
  • I think you are missing the +bandwidth rape part. : grandmasterlee
  • haha $2/mo/seat : dantastic
  • CrashPlan does this. : Warlock
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  I've gotta figure out how to get more people to sign up for this thing. : famine101
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    Put the link on your facebook : jbury
    • That's a good idea. I hate facebook, but maybe some good will come out of it. : famine101
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  my uploads are limited each month (same as downloads). online storeage just isnt gunna work for me. : radula
  • Move somewhere else >=( : famine101
• Also, if you haven't signed up for dropbox yet, you really should be using a referral link, since it give... : famine101
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  I prefer SugarSync. https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=bg4q89vnbaggn : PoopStewart
  • What makes SugarSync better than Dropbox? : prime8
• Referral link if someone wants to use it, thx: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTI4NzUwOQ : Wolfanoz

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  I dug that movie, but then I didn't see the 1957 version. I always got the impression that Crowe was supp... : SpaecKow
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    Cause he's not very likable? In the original, Ben Wade is alot more likable, and isn't killing peopl... : trove
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      What line? : Edges
      • "I always loved... goats..." : SigENeaT
      • "That's all right, I've broken out of Yuma before." The newer version sorta makes it bleh. The remake... : trove
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      Oh so you just like the fake John Wayne style Westerns. : SpaecKow
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        And you must like the ones where the bandits are robbing an armored stagecoach that has a Gatling gun and... : trove
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          Not to mention the one guy and horse getting blow'd up because a man with a sawed off shotgun shoots the ... : trove
          • Dude that sounds AWESOME : dodob
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          I always thought that it was a lot better that everyone be a mean asshole than how they shoot the place u... : SpaecKow
          • Then you'd love The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. : trove
    • The 57 version guy sounds like a pussy : red2lucas
• I liked it. : RogerDandy
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  that's twice tonight you've said "why in bog's name." do you always do that? : zerog83
  • Wade Boggs? : genocidalrobot
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    I'd guess it's one of those cute euphemistic swearing substitutes for people who don't want to distress T... : action wombmate
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      Actually I thought it was a way of swearing without showing overt Christian tendencies, but your comment ... : trove
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        Oh, you mean like how a lot of common expletives are things like "Jesus Christ!" and "God dammit"? Yeah ... : action wombmate
        • Yeah, I guess the distinction is non-existent nowadays. : trove
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    It's a reference to A Clockwork Orange, where they sprinkle a lot of slavic words into the teenage street... : SpaecKow
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      No. It's ultimately a reference to Heinlein's work and specifically The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. I don... : trove
      • They certainly do. I haven't read heinlein though so I could not have guessed that. : SpaecKow
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  I enjoyed that movie but I did hate that the good honest guy dies while the other lives. He sort of redee : Sailor of Fortune
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    wade was rooting for him too. : crypt420
    • I was masturbating. : SigENeaT
  • So did I, but I think the film would have been a lot less memorable with a happy ending. : Arceihn
• Both movies are excellent. : Jinxplayer
• I thought it was awesome. : opengl128
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  If they were just going to copy the '57 version, then why bother remaking it at all? Remakes (when they'... : action wombmate
  • Or in the case of The Incredible Hulk, saying "Oh shit, hold on let me try that again." : SockMonkeh
• idk about you, I liked it plenty. : Wikus Van De Merwe
• i thought it was awesome, and i thought Russell Crowe's Ben Wade was very likeable you might be broken... : grendel
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  i do have a bone to pick with this movie too but i can't remember it. i dug christian bale and whoever t... : multisync
  • A lot of people seemed to dislike it because Wade turns "good" at the end, which isn't really what happen... : action wombmate
• I enjoyed it. : pigvomit
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  WRONG : mikecyb
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    This is such a dickheaded response but it's also completely correct so I'm very confused. : brickmatt
    • Hit the second part of your name with the first, this should clear things up. : Dong Patrol
• You didn't find Crowe's Wade charming and charismatic? I did. : Freezerr85
• I didn't like the original. But I liked the remake. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I really enjoyed the movie but I insist that there was no good logical reason why Ben Wade decides to hel... : socksta
  • I allways thought the ending was him repeating what he allways does, with him showing he is soft he has t... : Kong97
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    The longer he hangs around him in the movie. He begins to envy what he has. Ben then slowly begins to adm... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Yeah. It made for a more entertaining ending so it ended that way. They did hint a little at it so it was... : socksta
• It's a good movie, shut up. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• wrongo : xsii
• I have the assasination of jesse james on my DVR and I just can't force myself to watch it. Its 3 hours ... : stgdz

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  thats alot of ram, hope its being put to good use! : Unleashed
  • virtual machines, lots of em : MisterPhoton
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  4 physical cores, 8 logical cores. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    yes I know - I'm just excited because my CPU monitor looks like this: http://www.shackpics.com/files/Desk... : MisterPhoton
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      do you like lettuce? : m0rfus
      • That's mint, bro. : TheVietSpecial
      • I have a similar wallpaper with basil on it, too. They are both from this site: http://www.mandolux.com : MisterPhoton
    • haha that's pretty much the same reason i am excited about those new 6-core Phenoms : cpt_gloval
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      I want my CPU monitor to look like a chess board. : Code RedBeard
      • I want my CPU to look like a processor and my monitor to look like a monitor : hussdelrio
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      Beaverton, huh? : r3dn3ck
      • Yep, I work in the Beaver. : MisterPhoton
    • check out the 2nd vid, or even just preview image :) http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nehalem-ex-octac... : biofrog
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  sexy!!! : MikkleThePickle
  • Win 3.11 : Shadowdane
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  Which OS? : Dusty_Slim
  • LinuX-gamers : HisKillSkill
  • BeOS : sparkly
  • There is only one : rosewood
  • SCO : c0bra
  • EXEC VIII : WhatIsThisFor
  • red hat : RogerDandy
  • OS/2 : zerog83
  • Windows 7 Pro, with 3-6 RHEL VMs running at any one time : MisterPhoton
  • Windows 3.11 for Workgroups : sanchez
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    Other OS : moe6
    • Does not exist 8-( : biofrog
  • Microsoft Bob : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • CP/M : whodares
• yeah its awesome seeing those 8 cpu's show up. : stgdz
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  Secretly put a hd5000 or gtx4000 series card in that bad boy! : ajvitaly
  • "Yeah, I'm going to be 'working late' tonight!" *fires up BFBC2* :D : MisterPhoton
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  WTF is a GT220? : abrasion
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    Formerly OEM-only cards: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2855 : MisterPhoton
    • also, they're low end and crappy, but I'm not supposed to be playing games at work... The machine is a... : MisterPhoton
• I would wait til everybody leaves one night then light a candle. Then surprise it with a new necklace. Th... : socksta
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  Well, I am fortunate enough to run Xeon something, quad core @ 3.2Ghz 16GB Ram 2x Quadro 295 2x 22... : Smellsy
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    tri-disk raid 0?!?! who's idea WAS that? and why haven't they been shot?!? : Toraz Chryx
    • We used to do it with CATIA on unix workstations, as namespace shit would take forever. Although that was... : bombay
    • Dunno, could have been HP or perhaps the Russian Tech Lead : Smellsy