Weekend Discussion: Man Day 2K10

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  god i hated that acheivement so much. that was one of the final nails in the coffin before i quit : theWhite
  • It's a lot easier now, still challenging though. : LoioshDwaggie
• Its Naxxramas GOSH : bolneze
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  We just downed Thad successfully, woohoo! : LoioshDwaggie
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    Thaddeus is still a fight where no matter how geared you are, people that don't get the fight will wipe y... : Derringer
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      we always had at least 1 person miss the jump to thad's platform. suffice it to say we never got close t... : electroly
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        I remember one fight where someone spent the entire time missing the jump. He never did make it to the p... : Derringer
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          we used to have the priests give out Levitate and the mages give out Slow Fall just to force people to ma... : electroly
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            oh lord elec. Wasn't there a mage that ruined our undying run once due to threat? : D45hiz
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              Wasn't it because bt didn't know how to keep threat up? : pancake humper
              • Yeah all I remember is someone raging big time, but forgot how and exactly why. : D45hiz
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          How come I don't remember this? Did I block it out? : Piett23
          • I was pretty sure Richard missed an entire fight. : Derringer
• Safety Dance DONE! : LoioshDwaggie
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  I started looking at 5970's last night :( : pancake humper
  • the goblins will look great :D : Downforce
• difficult? really? i did this back in 2008 13/12/08 in fact, : okellyc
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  i wish you the best but there's no way i'm watching someone else run the worst raid in wotlk : electroly
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    they should just lock the door to naxx and send it back to epl : electroly
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      check out my icc25man vids :) http://www.youtube.com/user/venguard82#p/a/u/0/24ZMn3q7o5I : okellyc
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        wow i had no idea how boring spriesting is. mind blast mind flay mind flay mind flay mind flay mind flay... : electroly
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          Yeah, it's very formulaic : LoioshDwaggie
          • i'm sure a lot of that is just DPS classes in general. healers are so much more reactive than formulaic : electroly
        • you sir need to play a mage to really see boring, at least as a SP you have to keep all your DoTs up to m... : okellyc
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        what mod is that that is showing you the radius on the disease passing on putricede? and where the goo is... : goatboy
        • its been disabled last patch, AVR but you should not use it anyhow. : okellyc
        • its been disabled last patch, AVR but you should not use it anyhow. : okellyc
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  We're about to do Instructor. This is possibly the 3rd most difficult fight. Though much easier now days ... : LoioshDwaggie
  • such a great fight. it's like they designed it specifically for holy paladins : electroly
• oh man, i started watching like 2 seconds before someone died on Raz : CecilPhilpot
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  Ohhh, our Rogue over DPS'd and ended our Undying run. : LoioshDwaggie
  • fucking rogues. I swear. : Downforce
  • shitty : Kombit
  • A rogue that manages to over DPS should kill himself. : Bamii
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  THIS is exactly the wrong kind of achievement that perpetuates the addictiveness of WoW and aids in compl... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    you know that Blizzard acknowledged the problems with this achievement, right? that's why there are no mo... : CecilPhilpot
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      When did they do that? : aggressor
      • the ulduar equivalent achievement is per-boss; you don't have to do it all in one perfect run : electroly
      • argh, i'm sorta wrong/sorta right, they changed it so you don't have to do all bosses without dying in on... : CecilPhilpot
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      How would I know this? I was pointing out what's wrong with it. I don't play the game, keep up with the g... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • i'm just saying that Blizzard pays attention to the effect that achievements have on players and they act... : CecilPhilpot
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  Do you have to have a web cam to do this or are you using a program to just capture your screen? : oneshot
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    I use a second computer to do the capturing. : LoioshDwaggie
    • I just watched you make this post, lol : Maddog_Delphi97
• tx for the stream...you guys are so overgeared these days, not moving out of ice on Saph, etc. : CecilPhilpot

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• That looks awesome : fishbone
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  I can't wait to play this on my Xbox 360 gaming console! : Dave-A
  • Yep, I'm kinda sad to say this is what I'm thinking also. : humbleone
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    ditto. i'm glad they simplified the suit powers. i only really used armour and stealth in crysis 1 beca... : dantastic
    • Clunkiness? What? After a short time the nanosuit power controls became very intuitive. Especially aft... : vx2o
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  hmmm, I wonder how the nano-suit combo's are going to work out. Also, I hope they didn't get rid of th... : everybodysuncle
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    Man, in Crysis 1, I felt like such a pro at using my suit, all changing suit modes with middle-click mous... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • YES, my favorite combo is still sneaking up in stealth mode, switching to speed to close the gap, switchi... : everybodysuncle
• Playing Crysis Warhead a bit these days, it's sweet. : dael
• day 1 fucking purchase. when does this bitch hit PC? : retarded talking dinosaur
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  "You going to have a lot of vertical game play in this game?" WTF, I hate that "vertical game play" is so... : Old8Leg
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    wtf is "vertical game play" ? : ballystix
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      It's basically a simple way of asking a technical question. "Does the game support higher than 1 pixel s... : abrasion
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        I see it more as "now you have to look up and down as well as left and right!" : TrptJim
        • So Duke Nukem compared to Doom then? Also why did you respond to my post, it's probably one of the w... : abrasion
        • not just looking, but moving. IE more than one level of play. Like Dark Forces vs Doom : MamiyaOtaru
    • With Crysis 2 being set in a city, this allows for levels that take place not just on the ground but at d... : TrptJim
    • jumping : bolneze
    • shooting people above you and/or below you. : baconisgod
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    Vertical gameplay has been an important part of map-making since maps went 3D. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      A lot of the best 3D maps are essentially flat, but extend the gameplay by having multiple floors availab... : Amnesty_intl2
      • It's more about the strategic element. FPS Deathmatch games of the past took this to the extreme, but sin... : TrptJim
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    It's a montage. I don't think the two sentences were really in the same context : caveatemptor
    • they weren't - you can hear the audio cut between two different pieces. : PlanetPerfecto
    • ^^^ this is correct. It's a hilarious occurrence between the two cuts :) : vx2o
• I came : SockMonkeh
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  I wonder what system that footage is from because that is gorgeous. : nomaad
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    most likely they run their demos on PC. given the option, i can't imagine why they wouldnt. no worries ab... : retarded talking dinosaur
    • Gaming capable HTPC is in my future. : freakynipples69
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    thats from either 360 or PS3, you can tell they are aiming with a thumbstick and not a KB+mouse : Vanitas
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      Most, if not all demos, are played with a 360 controller, even if the game is being run off a PC. : freakynipples69
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        wtf why? : Vanitas
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          just so it looks painful so that it's easier to demo on the show floor : moe6
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            Also, mouselook is too twitchy for video/show purposes. : Nick Breckon
            • also if its prettier on pc, theyll want to put their best foot forward but still create the illusion that... : spiderfill
            • Not if you throw in a good amount of mouse smoothing. : vx2o
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    All signs point to console version. Plus, in a recent interview Crytek said that EA now wants to promote ... : vx2o
    • Well nobody's perfect. : MercFox1
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  I wonder if they will do a demo :/ I really like the jungle setting of the first one. : abrasion
  • I think they were saying something about "no more free demos" .. but I might be wrong : te[R]ror
  • doubtful. he said people are still playing the original Crysis demo and they see it as they are giving aw... : baconisgod
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  Polygon counts seem a little high... But it's looking okay so far. : Amnesty_intl2
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    how do you figure that? : shirif
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      I mean if you are going by the buildings, most of them are probably static meshes, so polygon count is ha... : shirif
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        Too much specular/normal mapping going on, along with phong shading (on the Alien troopers backs, look at : Amnesty_intl2
        • I really hope normal mapping gets improved in the future, it still looks way too plasitcy for my taste. : shirif
• Good lord......WOW : thejm4n
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  Was that footage from the 360? I can't imagine so, but I'm just curious. If anyone can get that quality o... : freakynipples69
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    It looked like he was using a controller, so maybe. : CrustaR
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23135787#itemanchor_23135787 meh, not a good way to determine. : freakynipples69
      • That's why I said maybe. : CrustaR
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    It's definitely a console, you can tell from the way it is being controlled. : dealie
    • ^^ nevermind.. posted this without reloading the thread to see the above replies. : dealie
  • looked like vertical sync wasn't enabled at least + the movement looked like it was done with a controlle... : humbleone
• Dunno why everyone has been complaining about graphics, it still looks like my computer won't be able to ... : caveatemptor
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  I know you fight aliens but who are these people you're fighting? : Sailor of Fortune
  • Crynet Systems troops. : vx2o
  • Corporations with top technologies. : SockMonkeh
• Looks really good. : bolneze
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  If this generation ptroved anything to me it's that better graphics don't really make shooters any more f... : Boxelder
  • You're going to basically be able to re-enact the lobby scene from the Matrix inside of certain buildings... : Amnesty_intl2
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  Did anyone else notice there was a lot of screen-tearing? I thought that was weird... turn the v-sync on ... : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • (I guess V-Sync implementation is one of the things done last when building an engine). : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  ok the graphics sure are pretty but the gameplay didn't impress me very much. of course it didn't show ve... : JohnnyDanger
  • Gameplay always sucks in demos because they have to make sure the average consumer can follow wtf is goin... : SockMonkeh
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    Gameplay doesn't mean anything in an FPS, it's how you present the story, I mean my favorite FPS trailer ... : Amnesty_intl2
    • in an FPS trailer, I hope you mean. : _jon
    • hmm I guess you are right (as long as you are talking about a trailer and not the whole game) but I someh... : JohnnyDanger
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  I wish devs would realise that making a sniper scope completely obscure your shot you just fired is idiot... : Beady
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    It could be that you can by holding the the button down. Some games do this. : h o s t i l e
    • Nah, its the recoil forcing the camera change rather than a reload animation. : Beady
• one of the few games where the sequel looks worse than the first. : .ka`boom.zZz.

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  I think that free version of Tribes 2 had this. : Wheatloaf
  • The base encryption strength is RSA-512. Why the hell they need encryption that strong is beyond me. : MercFox1
  • speaking of T2 - who wants to play for a bit? : dedgecko
• hahah no. : shirif
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  The answer is in here: Breaking a symmetric 256-bit key by brute force requires 2128 times more computat : SilverSnake
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    in 50 years, cryptography would have moved as well. : shirif
    • Yeah, but assuming he encrypts something and it gets stolen today, he won't have the chance to re-encrypt... : SilverSnake
  • Maybe quantum computing will provide the quantum leap necessary to bring these numbers down to a practica... : Marrbe
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  even if it could check each possibility in a single clock cycle, that would be on the order of 10^15 per ... : electroly
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    realistically speaking the only way to break these with a computer would be to find a major flaw in the e... : electroly
    • Like that one that happened to Debian - http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.security.announce/161... : MamiyaOtaru
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    But the answer to the question is still yes - it could be done. : ra1n
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      sure, but i assumed he knew this since this is exactly what the quote in his post is trying to say : electroly
      • Ah, I thought he was asking like was the quote correct. : ra1n
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      Further, that is assuming you get the password on the last choice. So, in reality, you could luck into i... : ra1n
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        you could, but probability says that you're incredibly unlikely to. on average it will take you half tha... : electroly
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          From a practical standpoint, it looks like one of those things that while it works on paper, it would nev... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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            Yup. We could write the program to break 256-bit encryption right now, and we can prove that it will eve... : electroly
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              For instance, if the encryptor just takes one character from the user and makes the 256-bit key just that... : electroly
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                I think you're right that a more likely answer is in a different direction. Are you familiar with a fa... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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                  Examples I'm referring to are the notices that remind users about erratic states that can occur in batter : Xin Jing Client 1a
                  • This is exactly what I was talking about, Hardware Fault Injection: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ece749/docs/f : Xin Jing Client 1a
• The answer is yes, but not in a useful time frame. : ra1n
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  The password is 12345 : sanchez
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    That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard of in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would hav... : mrvandelay
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      Ummmm actually its a permutation k thx!!! /puts on nerd monocle and dungeons and dragons top hat : ninjase
      • You fail. : Omaha
      • They didn't use words like permutation in Spaceballs. : Entity
      • /facepalm : Downforce
      • :( : Audhuml4
      • RASPBERRY! Only ONE man would DARE give me the raspberry... : thetangent
      • yes i know its from spaceballs you faggots what the fuck : ninjase
• Yeah. Just takes time and effort. http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2879 - 200 bit key The sievi : SwiftyPants
• So, how long would that be with a hash table? : capt tripps
• No you won't be able to brute force encryption like that until quantum computing become a reality : spiffymc
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  In theory you can brute force anything (that isnt some crazy fucked up quantum shit or something) ..... : ninjase
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    You could also get really lucky and have the first key you try be it! : Chod
    • that would be lol : ninjase
    • You could do it Anathem style and simply shift into the quantum permutation of the universe in which you : ZombieAcademy
• no, its currently computationally secure : toomanysecrets
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  Quantum computers can break any encryption in quantum time! Except quantum encryption which cannot be bro... : steelsamurai
  • frig in constant time. : steelsamurai
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    Quantum computers answer your question before you ask it! : pieman
    • In Quantum Russia, computers as you the meaning of life. : Xin Jing Client 1a
• i can break it in 5mins with nothing but a calculator : CoRDS
• it could happen if someone finds a cryptographic weakness that greatly simplifies the problem : GloriousCow
• Jack Bauer makes encryption obsolete. : zigzag

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  unf : indosauros
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    check that ultraviolet on that page, im doing wierd shit again. : toneh
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      love it : indosauros
      • The guy singing is Simon Lord of Black Ghosts/ Simian, for the record. : toneh
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  XX - VCR (Matthew Dear remix) and Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) are... : AlexXdude
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    I'm so jealous : tometome
    • I hate you because you're in Japan right now so we're even : AlexXdude
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    That nacho lovers remix of CFCF I S SO GOOD. Canadian house torch bearers. : toneh
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      I fucking love CFCF. Have you seen Hudson Mohawke? he's pretty sweet : AlexXdude
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        Yeah he's one of my favorites out of that class of post dilla beat guys. : toneh
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          Same, I saw him not too long ago here at Le Belmont playing with my bro Hovatron, but I think he's still ... : AlexXdude
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            Um isnt he from Scotland? Don't look at it that way.... you can always start. I quit my day job at 29, re... : toneh
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              Oh yeah, I know he's not from Montreal, just saying he rules. You back in MTL any time soon? : AlexXdude
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                Not for gigs. Stuff is going to pick up again in sept. I have a record coming out in August with Sinden's... : toneh
                • Nice! So are you mainly on your own now? I haven't been around for the past few months. Also even if you'... : AlexXdude
  • I taught Mr Dear how to use an MPC2k. He was on a bad ASRx. He used it so much that the screen eventually... : graincloud
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  blog haus! : tometome
  • Not at all :) : toneh
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  So glad to see new music from half of Thunderheist. : Lone Swordsman
  • You know it! I actually have a ton of new stuff on the way. Excited about the next 6 months :) : toneh
• thanks! : boring gegtik
• Looks awesome!! : datoo
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  Jesus titty fuck this CFCF- Come closer remix is spine melting good. : ant_hillbilly
  • Yes! Nachos are dying for that one to come out... : toneh
• cool mix sir = ) i wish more people around here were into shit like this in my city =/ : Break
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  Are mixsets no longer bannable here? Not trying to troll : ctlaltl33t
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    I've posted tons and never been nuked. That would be pretty ignorant. : mwasher
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      They used to man, you know this : ctlaltl33t
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        I've only been posting for ~3 years and I don't remember this ever happening. I'm not surprised that it ... : mwasher
        • there was the muxtape fad a while back, that was fun. : Klebold
        • It was back when there were lots of mp3s being posted all of the time. Then they cracked down on it and m... : ctlaltl33t
• awesome, thanks! : nomaad
• Downloaded for Siriusmo. I wish he would tour.... : bluey25
• oh my word, that Henrik Schwarz mix has been slaying me for the past week or so, just noticed that it's i... : nomaad
• Currently finalizing my very first (tech house) mix. Will upload soon. I hope. :) : [7]kami

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• Apartment touring : RikiTiki2
• swimming in my parent's brand new above ground pool. So classy. : Fooldozer
• Going to ATL tomorrow for the day with some friends to do some lazy river thing. Sounds relaxing. : Navy Spitfire
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  This is my last weekend in Chicago. Of course its raining. : not work safe
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    I've never been to Chicago, but if I had to have a last weekend I'd make sure I'd get a hotdog with the n... : RikiTiki2
    • I've probably had more hotdogs and pizza than anyone else on the shack. : not work safe
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  I thought their lead singer left a while ago? : Cheeziologist
  • They kissed and made up : silentbobuk
• Went for a 30 mile bike ride this morning, it was great! I feel like I could do another 30. : c0bra
• Watching weekend 1 of 3 of the eve tournament. : JuffoWup
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  Rage is still touring? : caveatemptor
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    Special one off free gig as a thank you to British fans after getting "killing in the name of" to the Chr... : silentbobuk
    • lol nice! : lord_omega
• Being a grolar bear. : The Grolar Bear
• Probably a bunch of stuff i don't want to do, like lay hardwood floors and maybe paint. : Ambient80
• Getting drunk off my ass and engaging in a weekend long X3 binge. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Beer BBQ and friends today. Tomorrow is football training : chazums
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    So are you gonna pull a sicky on your fist day and come to the shackmeet or what? : silentbobuk
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      Er I dunno. When is it again? : chazums
      • 18th of July. It's all set to be epic. I'd just like to get in a disclaimer that I don't genuinely think... : silentbobuk
• 3 hours of mowing the yard followed by some fishing with the kids : Tattoo Trav
• Jealous >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
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  what what what? : sKetchflow
  • You heard me, RAGE baby! Gonna be awesome, I started listening to RATM when I was 14 and am finally seein... : silentbobuk
• Gonna miss all of my charges and spits in the L4D2 Tournament tonight. : jcrockerman
• goin to see obituary tonight with teh girlfriend (hey guys) : CyCo_PL
• Gotta start working on my new game, and continue playing DiRT 2. : GoS-CPT-Stewart
• Drinking with friends, planning our myriad upcomming projects. : Wheatloaf
• I'm about to grill soft shell crabs. Once I'm not full anymore i have a bakers dozen of very well made sp : bozer
• Went golfing this morning, bought a new lawn mower, now I'm doing some overdue yard work, barbecue tonigh... : Haku-Jin
• Revise and swelter. :( : Shangman
• Going away BBQ for a friend of mine who's working on a cruise ship for the next couple months and I'll pr... : Gojirah
• secured an apartment, which means it's full on move planning mode. : Audhuml4
• I am super jealous >: ( : the_burd
• I'm also seeing RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and then I'm seeing them again next weekend as well! : marmite
• Rock on, baby! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I just cycled past the RATM site, it's huge! They have fenced off half the park, it'll be one of the bigg... : jcupitt
  • :D : silentbobuk
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  The gig was awesome, me and marmite got a propper beating. Pretty sure I broke a toe and got mild concuss... : silentbobuk
  • yeah I actually can't straighten my arm fully, it hurts like hell. : marmite
• I saw them last thursday too : moshman

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• She has the cute/hot thing down. : Reavers!
• I was vote #51...but she isn't doing very well. : RomSteady
• She's the hottest one on there, how is she not first? : Slawterr
• voted : spazzium
• voted for hot girls would vote again. : tometome
• Voted, that spin wheel works opposite of how one would expect. : bld
• Nadia is beating the shit out of her. Wtf. : KxRook
• Yeah she is the hottest for sure. : deject
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  That spinning thing is annoying on their site. Just use a normal gallery. :/ : DHAvatar
  • Yay for no flash on the iPad. : multisync
• voted. : TimeDoctor
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  That contest has to be rigged. Those results don't make any damn sense. : Ctrl-Phreak
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    The number of votes is so low it could easily be skewed by who has the most friends on facebook (or large... : InfoBiter
    • this is pretty much it... I have scolded her for having lazy ass facebook friends. : steelsamurai
• Voted. : pseudomelon
• I don't know. Her elbows are pretty pointy. : noxiousgg
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  only 14 votes behind #1!! : Kombit
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    You voted for the wrong one :( : Reavers!
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      haha, way to cancel out my vote man! : Ctrl-Phreak
      • i voted for the right one, i must have misread the placings, because i just voted again and she is like h... : Kombit
• done :) : ehaykal
• why do hot people need my charity? seems like life already dealt them a great hand fuck that i voted shes : spiderfill
• thanks for your help dudes. She tells me she gets a job from these people if she wins... : steelsamurai
• Nadia is ugly. : Cashh
• there's no way anyone should be even close to her on that site : synapse19
• hairy arms :( : hanged_man
• voted! : JohnnyDanger
• That's sad, because she is the hottest one there. : Rag and Bone Man
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  Voted. But that has to be one of the worst image browsing widgets I've seen on the web for quite a few ye... : SilverSnake
  • It's bad, yeah, almost impossible to bring the picture you want to the front in a timely fashion. : ConfusedUs
• You have my vote : aasyranth
• voted! : Mmmmmoo
• I like the girl whose picture is upside down : jenisthebest
• nadia is winning?! : redian
• Voted : swimteampie
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  Nadia 321 18.4% Katsiaryna 311 17.8% : Kombit
  • Katsiaryna 325 18.5% Nadia 321 18.3% : marmite
• is another shacker trying to get his "friend" nadia voted up too? : radula
• done. : Klebold
• voted : disembodied potato
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  Voted! Katsiaryna is now in first with 331 (18.8%), but Nadia is hot on her heels with 321 (18.2%). : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Btw, you better sure as shit ask her for some moar pix if we pull this off. : Ride-My-Rocket

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• My brain hurts. : stelth
• wow .. I would not have the patience to do that job at all : cap n KRUNCH
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  That guy is a horrible support tech. The issue could have been resolved in 30 seconds if he had given he... : Vantage
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    Yeah, it's not entirely the old lady's fault because the guy's explanation was so vague. : Rasnowl
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      YEAH IT WILL GO AWAY TOMORROW. couldn't listen to the call anymore. bad customer service. the customer... : dantastic
      • So I can't study today? lol : baconisgod
      • That's exactly what he did. He told her exactly where on the screen she needed to click to close the tab. : BlackCat9
      • That and the fact that he laughs at her at the beginning. If that call had been reviewed by his manager,... : dante2010
    • Well, when you can't see what she's looking at or doing and she uses phrases like "I have to turn my moni... : BlackCat9
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    He did alright. I doubt he could have been like "you just need to close the tab" and it would have been ... : Senate5000
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      Patience is unfortunately not the only characteristic of a good support tech. I didn't finish the whole ... : Vantage
      • He led her through it. She didn't exactly explain what the issue was at the beginning very well and it w... : Senate5000
      • Explaining the issue in any detail still probably wouldn't have helped, she sounded COMPLETELY clueless i... : gokwyjibo
      • explaining it would've led to even more confusion. : moe6
  • 100% in agreement : at0micgarden
  • Totally. : abrasion
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    No, he's trying to explain something to an elderly user. It's a truly frustrating experience. I'm impr... : MeestaNob
    • Being bad at tech support and having to explain something to an inexperienced user are not mutually exclu... : Sapiens
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  God damnit that bitch is dumb. I always find it crazy when people don't understand the most basic shit ab... : h o s t i l e
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    You are quite hostile aren't you. Not everyone grew up with the computer or internet, some people actuall... : Lukiopimp
    • Typewriters? Really? : Jimbo Ro
    • My grandfather learned how to use a computer at 70+ years old, and he was nowhere near as incompetent as ... : thetangent
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      No one except for doctors and attorneys use typewriters, and those are few and far between. : yosemiteclimber
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        They're also good for communicating with the alternate universe. But that's also few and far between I g... : barcibus
        • Gotta have a reliable mirror, though. : Ambient80
        • Don't fuck with hippa, the king of the alternate universe! : yosemiteclimber
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    I have some older women at work like that. I've always likened the way they use computers to someone who ... : Iazu
    • This is my dad. He's got hand-written notes on how to do the various tasks he wants (everything from che... : gokwyjibo
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    I bet 30 years from now when the Holodeck becomes a reality we'll all be acting like retards too not know... : phate81
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      Ahhh, this is one of my fears. That one day I'll look around and suddenly I'll be the confused old man on... : Iazu
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        Somehow, I doubt that. You'll know how to use the search engine (in whatever future form) to figure out ... : scud
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          Yeah thats the difference, we know techniques for researching problems and fixing problems. : Rodeoclash
          • Old people know techniques as well, it's called calling up Tech Support. Really is it any different to se... : thecray
      • I'm that way with my cell phone : MamiyaOtaru
  • I find this is true of most people - they learn the sequence of buttons that will accomplish what they wa... : peanut-
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  This is a simple generation problem, obviously this lady is not a skilled computer user. He should just d... : Lukiopimp
  • He should have just waited until she died. : ArB
  • I'm old. I can use a computer. I know 20 somethings that are clueless. It's not entirely a generational... : Sludgehead
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  The first 3/4 of that was hard to listen to, but in the end he did a good job. She obviously doesn't ... : Goblin au
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    At least now she is aware of tabs. : Goblin au
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      yah we recently upgraded to IE7 at work and this guy put in a ticket saying his PC was really slow... i ... : Shadowdane
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        ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ / PORN \/ PORN \/ PORN \/ WO : ThomW
        • haha... yah didn't have a chance to look through it all. He closed the window after he realized how man... : Shadowdane
• Poor google, people are too stupid for their awesome :( : ieGod
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  Apparently there was a legit bug in firefox though where prefetching was causing the sound to play.. So i... : daVinci1980
  • I know one of the add-ons that helped "speed up" web browsing by caching pages kept it in memory. : DHAvatar
• Haha oh man. I did get a call like this from my mom. :/ : terath
• Oh god the Sarah Palin comment : abrasion