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  Partial song list: 2000s Combat Baby -- Metric Dead End Friends -- Them Crooked Vultures Get Free -... : Masem
  • pretty meh list so far. also, the keyboard has more keys than i expected. : pyide
  • even worse than I feared :( : derelict515
  • pretty terrible list of songs so far. only 2 that i care about so far are bohemian and crosstown traff... : -=kodiak=-
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    The 80s songs are going to be awesome at parties : Serpico74
    • oh yes! : MatzL.E.
  • That is a sweet song list. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • You're motoring! \m/ : limpossible
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    Where is The Final Countdown? : dodob
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      In LEGO Rockband : s2jason
      • Which is presently $20 at Amazon, and when you add a $10 export fee, means you have 47 songs for $30 incl... : Masem
  • It's the P-p-p-power of Love : dodob
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    I like most of what I see for the 60's through the 80's. After that I really don't give a shit anyway. I'... : thetangent
    • Also, with the inclusion of a keyboard controller, I will be very disappointed if there is no YES availab... : thetangent
  • YES!! love the 2000s, metric, rilo Kiley, Phoenix...everything else seems solid, loving it : drbriefs
  • "Spock, I'm losing all bowel control, motor skills... Weak! MUST end torment, MUST HAVE, Rock Band 3!"/ : Amnesty_intl2
  • \m/ DIO \m/ : r3dn3ck
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  It is a 25-key instrument periph, fully MIDI. All keys are used in the game. : Masem
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    Bohemian Rhapsody combined with this means definite purchase for me. : Vincent Grayson
    • I noted that GS was pre-ordering a game+keyboard bundle for $130 yesterday. : Masem
  • I hope I can hook my keyboard and actually learn how to play it. : DianeOfTheMoon
• Pro mode and forcing you to hit the cymbals on the drums is just what I wanted. Keyboard I have no intere... : derelict515
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  this sounds insanely hardcore. the pro mode, the stringed guitar, the keyboards. they are going in the ... : EvilDolemite
  • I'm sure Harmonix will have a great difficulty spread, as usual. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Notice, though, they have brought in Party Mode from GH (wisely). You don't have to play pro, but its th... : Masem
• The improvements sound impressive. I'm actually interested in the piano they're adding. : DHAvatar
• In the Meantime -- Spacehog \m/ : mwasher
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  Will they allow you to turn off the drum pedal? I love playing the drums but the pedal is tough to use. ... : CplBeaker
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    that's what easy mode is for noob : derelict515
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      Thanks 1337 gamer guy :( Not everyone has the coordination with their legs to handle it. I can keep up... : CplBeaker
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        haha, I'm just fucking with you. I'm sure the RB1 pedal makes it worse but assuming you have RB2 just go ... : derelict515
        • Yeah, yeah, it's cool. But I still want the option to turn it off. My pedal already broke once. : CplBeaker
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        But that's a major portion of playing drums. That's like saying I only want to use the left or right han... : jake
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          What about folks with limitations? How about my friend in a wheelchair that cannot use his legs? You j... : CplBeaker
          • And yes, we should have the option of playing the guitar with one hand, disabling the strum. Think outsid... : CplBeaker
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    Lego Rock Band had this feature available to turn on and off, so maybe it's something they have in mind. : pwnage1232
    • Thanks, I didn't know that. Maybe I'll pickup that game next time I see it for cheap. : CplBeaker
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  Someone make a RB/GH type game where you can plug in an actual electric guitar and use it to play. : talonite
  • There will be a real playable fender strat that can be used for RB3 as noted in the articles. : Masem
  • Like the new pro mode? : etherboy
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    Check the article :) : s2jason
    • Oh snap! : talonite
  • I wonder if they'll essentially stream Tab horizontally? : jake
• Beatmania fans... Bitch, No, More! : Amnesty_intl2
• I just hope that there's a way for me and my friends to all play guitar together. Kind of like in that on... : Zollington

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• watch out for those "tough cookies"!! : CecilPhilpot
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  Very tough cookies don't sound very good, so there you go. Accurate. : SiW.
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    You're right, anzac biscuits are shit. : SpaecKow
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      Fuck you : aeg1x
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        what? no : SpaecKow
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          anzac biscuits are bloody awesome 8-( : biofrog
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            Dude they're digestives for soldiers, and while when you eat one you sure can taste the sacrifice, but th... : SpaecKow
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              i will destroy you and your whole genetic line : CoRDS
              • You don't scare me, I live far north of the Shire and you'll never make it past Redfern. : SpaecKow
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              You're eating shit ones, they are meant to be chewy and gooey - mother makes some fucking splendid ones. : abrasion
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                Uhm really? Cause all the ones I've ever eaten have been hard, hard as stone. : SpaecKow
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                  Yep I agree with you, those are shit - I can't stand them - dry, crunchy and a little too bitter - mother... : abrasion
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                    traditional recipe for the win. but even then i love the aarnots ones as well : CoRDS
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                      the dry crunchy ones require hot milo : CoRDS
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                        I figured some tea or some milk was the point but I was never given any with mine :( : SpaecKow
                        • I've never heard of tea or milk with them - I don't think it contains the right ingredients for that - it... : abrasion
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                      I dunno? Ma uses oats, a fuckload of brown sugar, dunno what else - they come out quite good. Then agai... : abrasion
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                        traditional recipe = what mum or nan made : CoRDS
                        • i think its 1 cup flour, 1 cup oats, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup coconut (the dried stuff), and then butter ... : radula
    • GET THE FUCK OUT NOW. : CoRDS
    • Highly concentrated levels of Wrongium found here. : MeestaNob
• Also, it's pretty obvious we're going to get the shit beaten out of us. : SpaecKow
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  Where is a summary of what the world cup is and how many games it entails from start to finish? Is it ... : abrasion
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup#Final_tournament PS. you don't like sport. : hankyJR
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      'yeah but I'm in London and I'll need to comprehend the basics. : abrasion
      • It's pretty exciting once second round starts. Hell, even first round matches are exciting. : hankyJR
    • West-Germany! \o/ lol : razorblade79
• ZM's take: http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/07/australia-tactics-2010-world-cup/ AUS can definitely m... : Foxhawk
• I am soooo looking forward to the Australia / Germany game. You Aussies are a blast to party with so I'm ... : spiffymc
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  Actually Australia is somewhat respected internationally (IMHO as a soccer fan from the US). First, just ... : dfay
  • Pim (current coach) isn't the genius that Guus is. We'll see if Australia gets to second round. : hankyJR
  • well, that is mainly a tribute to hiddink being amazing. an article (from ZM of course) on the 2006 side : Foxhawk
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    I wouldn't say we're really respected at all. : SpaecKow
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      You'd be surprised - most of the guys I work with are England fans and they don't want to be facing Austr... : even4
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        Really? Cause the way they're reporting it here is that no one even talks about Australia. I mean not eve... : SpaecKow
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          Yeah it's not so much about having the star power of the European and South Amercian teams, it's more tha... : even4
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            Yeah that's a fair point and everything but I'm not sure how much I would put on our ability to psyche ou... : SpaecKow
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              Not sure we'll psyche out anyone, but we're happy to play on the counter and have players behind the ball... : even4
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                Yeah. I'll delight in us knocking anyone out and making it into the quarter finals, especially because I ... : SpaecKow
                • We played the same horrible ugly style of football in the lead up to the last world cup against lichtenst... : thewindcriesmary
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            um what? Cahill IS everton, and Kewell is fucking huge in turkey gala love him. : thewindcriesmary
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              lol no he's not. Cahill is a bit part player at Everton. Arteta and Pienaar run Everton's engine. : even4
              • Arteta has been more injured than Cahill and Peinaar is hit and miss most of the time. They rely on cahil... : thewindcriesmary
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      I wouldn't want to face Australia because all our attackers are made of glass and the Australians are kno... : sonicdeathwalrus
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        Cross your fingers nothing happens to Van Persie throughout the tournament, or it's all over for you! ... : even4
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          Van Persie and Robben are amazing players, and I honestly believe that when they're fit, Holland has the ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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            Yeah I don't think we're intentionally dirty, but you're right we're slow as. Not sure what I think of... : even4
            • That's what I love about Robben. Everyone knows he's going to switch inside, but he's so incredibly fast ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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  I'd love for my Socceroos to get through the group stage, but I'm not overly confident. Germany are ap... : MeestaNob
  • That is a horrible horrible lie thats been spread somehow, germany are not slow starters. We have to be 1... : thewindcriesmary
  • I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I cannot remember the last time Germany lost a game in t... : thecray

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• woot job security maybe kinda India scares me : PixelPie
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  That comes across as pretty damn cocky. Attitudes like that lead to underestimating your competition. : timmie
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    China is competing in that arena? Where? How? : WhatIsThisFor
    • Basically China is being used in the article as a placeholder for "Asia". This article sorta has racist u... : Amnesty_intl2
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      If they're not competing already, they will be very soon. : fishbone
      • Exactly. : Dr_Cube
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        Competing for what? I can see them coming in at the bottom, not innovating but instead offering low cost... : WhatIsThisFor
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          That's pretty limited thinking. In a short while, with the labor pool they have available, they'll be shi... : bombay
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            Then why aren't they doing this in other markets already, older markets that they have had more time to e : WhatIsThisFor
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              They are entering the US and European car markets with domestically designed and built models. It is happ... : bombay
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                Chinese designed and developed cars that don't infringe on IP? Are these cars bottom of the line as I st... : WhatIsThisFor
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                  Yes, there are electric makers even. Hyundai is a classic example of how a country entered the US market ... : bombay
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                    South Korea has a much different government than China though. : WhatIsThisFor
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                      That is meaningless, it is a classic example of 'They'll never compete, but oh wait, they do" : bombay
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                        I've never meant to imply that they will never compete, I hope I've made it clear through other posts tha... : WhatIsThisFor
                        • China makes some pretty decent cars apparently, and without big tariffs they might enter at the low end c... : Sludgehead
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                          Also, as far as not being able to make "the new hotness", they did make a pretty nice laser to shoot sate... : Sludgehead
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                            What percentage of that tech was stolen though? : WhatIsThisFor
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                              Well cars have been around a while, so I don't know if there's any big secrets left in them. : Sludgehead
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                                oops you were talking about the laser weapon. I don't know. What makes you think someone didn't sell it... : Sludgehead
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                                  I'm just skeptical because of their flagrant disregard for IP. : WhatIsThisFor
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                                    they aren't stupid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_in_China So we stol... : Sludgehead
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                                      Ehhh... Those things go back to far to be relevant to this discussion. : WhatIsThisFor
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                                        lol yeah the suspension bridge or cast iron had virtually no impact on the globe compared to an iphone. : Sludgehead
                                        • I never made that claim. lol or something : WhatIsThisFor
                              • Lots and lots. Both manufacturing practices and physical engineering and software. : WhatIsThisFor
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                          One last thing, they make crappy iphone knockoffs but they probably make the authentic iphones. they defi... : Sludgehead
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                            His point will be that someone else, apple in this case, designed them. What's missing is the realization... : bombay
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                              The people in the plants aren't learning how to design iPods just by assembling them. Maybe elsewhere in... : WhatIsThisFor
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                                You don't know how manufacturing works do you? Ever heard of an ME? : bombay
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                                  Nope. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23172816#itemanchor_23172816 : WhatIsThisFor
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                                    Yeah, that's actually a weak point. Have you ever stepped foot in a production facility? You made a claim... : bombay
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                                      What's an ME? I don't have to personally step foot in a production facility, I've read quite a bit about... : WhatIsThisFor
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                                        Cute. You obviously haven't read enough yet. Regardless, an ME is a Manufacturing Engineer. They take D... : bombay
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                                          i think we all know those iPads aren't cloned out of thin air. : Pantene Pro-V
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                                            Neat point, not relevant, but neat. My points regrading manufacture still stand. Refute them if you like,... : bombay
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                                              oh i'm certain that they have become quite innovative when it comes to ripping off the IP of competing co... : Pantene Pro-V
                                              • You're not actually refuting anything I've said, or even understand it to boot. : bombay
                          • what? modern devices are more than hardware. There's a major IP investment in software that's also requir... : Pantene Pro-V
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            With their I.P. laws? I doubt it. They have iphone clones, ipad clones, ripped copies of Windows 7. W... : handofthrawn
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              Again limited thinking, one of China's stated long term goals is to move to less export and more balance ... : bombay
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                I guess I'll believe it when I see Chinese websites that rival Google or Bing and Chinese cars that rival... : WhatIsThisFor
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                  There is this little website called Baidu that you might want to check out before saying that the Chinese... : spiffymc
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                    Baidu doesn't exist in the west. Yahoo and Google and Bing are everywhere. : WhatIsThisFor
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                      So you're equating "marketing" with "they clearly can't be as good as Google...". Google spends money on : spiffymc
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                        Google might not but Yahoo is big in China just as is MSN Messenger and Windows (and clones of every west... : WhatIsThisFor
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                          You realize this same argument was made of Japan in the 70 / 80s. Things change, knock offs lead to learn... : bombay
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                            Maybe in the 70s but not the 80s. : WhatIsThisFor
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                              Yes in the 80s, everyone was complaining about cheap rip offs. It wasn't until the mid and late 80s that ... : bombay
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                                I don't think China and Japan are similar enough that China will follow in Japan's path. Their governmen... : WhatIsThisFor
                                • Your funeral. : Dr_Cube
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                  China already has websites to rival google and bing. I find it interesting that you use Toyota and BM... : bombay
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                    I'm not claiming they cannot innovate, I've said multiple times that I believe they can and will exist an... : WhatIsThisFor
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                      Hmmm, I thought you said this "Competing for what? I can see them coming in at the bottom, not innovating... : bombay
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                        Let me ratify and say very little or limited innovation (instead of saying none innovation). Still, I do... : WhatIsThisFor
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                          Check out the rate of higher education growth, things like Phds, etc. It is geometric, they will be innov... : bombay
                          • Their education system is still backwards as CoRDS points out below, isn't not geard towards innovation f : WhatIsThisFor
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                          Bail the water out of your argument faster : Dr_Cube
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                            Post something smart instead of trolling. There's nothing wrong with clarification, it's 6:10 am here so... : WhatIsThisFor
                            • I mean, obviously they are going to innovate (however so slightly) no matter what they do, whether that m... : WhatIsThisFor
              • I don't think its limited, its my opinion they won't make the transition or it won't happen in ten years.... : handofthrawn
            • Yea, their government has too many problems holding the rest of the country back. If they want to get th... : WhatIsThisFor
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          Clearly you don't know where most of the innovation at IBM and Oracle comes from these days : spiffymc
          • Shhh, it is India, ok. : bombay
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            Not China : WhatIsThisFor
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              Guess again : spiffymc
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                Okay, what innovation for IBM and Oracle originates in China? : WhatIsThisFor
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                  I'm not going to comment beyond this but these guys are producing some amazing stuff right now http://www... : spiffymc
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                    Okay so they have an R&D lab in China, a lot of companies probably do. : WhatIsThisFor
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                      A lot of companies have R&D labs in the USA too. Look the point is that from firsthand experience I can t... : spiffymc
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                        India, no doubt, China, I haven't really seen it yet. Not enough to convince me that the Silicon Valley ... : WhatIsThisFor
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                          China has surpassed india in the rate of Doctorates etc, this investment they are making will pay off. : bombay
                          • Maybe so but it remains to be seen what those doctorates are worth. I don't take them at face value just... : WhatIsThisFor
              • lol : the city
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            is it Croydon? : Klebold
            • lololol : Mr. Goodwrench
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            I don't think anyone is arguing that smart people in China or whatever country can't do research and advi... : handofthrawn
            • I'll just say this is a weak argument. Innovation and advance will occur in China. It is Naive to think o... : bombay
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  This is a load of horseshit. Do not think for a second that the Chinese are less knowledgeable about tech... : Dr_Cube
  • i dunno. seems like they're always cuttings corners. It's rare to see quality software but i've never see... : Pantene Pro-V
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    it is the way they are trained, same deal of those in india, if it isnt written down they dont know how t... : CoRDS
    • I've seen and heard similar things about grad students who have come over from that region. Certain thin... : Arcanum

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  http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/usage.png : Yanks
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    Impressive. I hope your plan covers that... : five_percent
    • I'm not going to switch from Unlimited! But if I have to I'll definitely be getting the 2gb. : Yanks
• 220-320mb / mo : multisync
• 300MB/month : mwasher
• 69 was my highest and 28 lowest. http://shackpics.com/files/Chart_0hxxjj8bja93ygdkbsk0.png : Evil Benius
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  0mb : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    ^ ppl with shitty old phones unite! : bolneze
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      Unite in sadness :( : StolenNosferatu
      • :[ : bolneze
• Like 10mb/mo. I'm on wifi everywhere. : JarEme
• last month i used 298 mb : CoRDS
• Highest: 1.1GB (haven't been near this since the first few months of owning an iphone) Lowest: 62MB Av... : re4ctor
• 200-350MB : sparkly
• 75.29 MB for the current billing cycle. While I was looking this up I noticed that one of my sons has ... : Colleton
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/usage_mfbwgroyu38ayz5t6dey.jpg : prime8
• 205MB is my peak : Mansmells
• 2-3gb... YAY for tethering! : ArtilleryMarker
• i'm lazy so no picture dec - 128 jan - 125 feb- 583 mar - 530 apr - 485 may - 312 don't know wha... : goatboy
• I've always stayed below 300 mb despite frequent use on the train, etc. I thought the 500mb cap was going... : reelbk
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  I'm paying for a 6 gig plan but i've never cracked 1 gig in a single plan. : Ellissd
  • Single month rather : Ellissd
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/datausage_wtm9tkjbpm73uzf15vbm.png : kingfish
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    Jesus. : Trepex
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      i was kinda shocked at how high it was, but i have been streaming music from my home rig in high quality.... : kingfish
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        Damn. I do the same thing and I've never hit 3gb ever. Are you tethering to stream the music off a laptop... : Talonus.
        • no, streaming through wimamp remote, simplify media, or infinite tunes : kingfish
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        You're the dude in Atlanta bringing the network to it's knees. lol : Colleton
        • Yeah - ATT 3G in Atlanta was terrible when I was there 1 month ago. : StuMan1337
      • This is why 2 gig limit is crap. Pretty much nullifies streaming music and netflix. Really bad precedent ... : historyinthemaking
      • what's up ATL fat pipe-3g-streaming bro! : freakord
  • Are you downloading Linux ISOs with your phone? Yow. : obiquatro
  • so you're that guy : Slowtreme
• 36mb.... I dont have a great phone :( : gummijoh
• 130-180 MB/month. my entire day at work or home I'm on wifi. : NexusOne
• About 90mbytes a month : abrasion
• 644 MB this month : dopeman
• 150-200mb/month -- WiFi at home and at work have a crappy cell signal, so don't use data that much at wor... : Shadowdane
• Between 1.3 and 1.7GBs on average. Work Emails with attachments :| : loboca
• I've just barely broken 100 MB at peak, but I have a first gen iphone. : ZombieAcademy
• last month was 127 megs. can't see any previous months : davislovestacobell
• 630mb this month : Just A Girl
• 110mb so far this month. Estimate a total of 160mb for the billing period. I'm really surprised it's s... : famine101
• 1.5gb last month : maulla
• I was pushing 5MB (yeah that little) with my old phone Now with a Palm Pre, I am interested to see my ne... : SirX
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/data_lue0lca76qb0ojyqbiug.jpg Got my HTC Touch Pro 2 in Dec. Not as hi... : mukumuku
• 67MB so far this month, so around 200 or so. : edgewise
• I have no idea how to check how much I've used on T-Mobile. : Cheeziologist
• 786mB : boomstickah
• 2.8mb. not bad for several years of cel phone use. : Sludgehead
• 0MB : CrustaR
• 365mb : Ebu
• About 1.5GB last month, but I streamed a lot of internet radio on highway drives. : Conan
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  Does you data usage include free Wi-fi? : Jobos
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    data-usage means from att edge/3g. Wifi is not counted. : Iwannaacura
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      people are on other providers than att. fgt. : NexusOne
      • i don't get it, how would free wifi count against you no matter what network you're on : FrayLo
• 80mb this month maybe. My wife does on average about 120mb it seems, but she also browses a lot and shops... : VegasX
• 80-250mb per month. I keep my iphone on edge and use wifi whenever possible. I only flip it to 3G when ... : SolrFlare
• 200-500MB/month over the last 6 months. : godwit
• Everyone? Around 1.5GB monthly. : fsck
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  most i've ever used is 134 megs. : dahanese
  • you're one of those people who turns off pictures, aren't you? : Amnesty_intl2
• probably average 700 megs a month or so, but I've spiked as high as 8 gigs and had several months with le... : pyros
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  20.9 MB in the first 2 weeks of my N900.. and just got a bill for $209 :-D Yeh, they screwed the bill... : biofrog
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    Ouch. Makes me glad I'm not in Australia. : Conan
    • Yah it's the new crazy! 1c per 1kb is a bit extreme, but that's their 'no data plan' fallback cost.. ... : biofrog
• I do about 1.1-1.5 gb/mo, I stream the Red Sox games while I'm at work. : Juno
• Not too much, even tethering the POS http://www.intothefray.net/shack/datausage.jpg : intothefray
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  yeah..... http://i49.tinypic.com/2qmnql4.png : freakord
  • Wow, and we are a 1/3rd of the way through the month! : Jinxplayer
  • Wow, how much Japanese vomit pron can one person need ;) : Bailers

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  If you're a Valve fan, you should be used to such news. :( They are one company who only delays in an eff... : David Craddock
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    So does Blizzard. Pretty much only Blizzard and Valve are allowed to do this ... because they still l : Iwannaacura
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      Yeah, but Blizzard is also able to do it because they're ridiculously rich and can afford delays. : David Craddock
      • Are you suggesting Valve doesn't maintain a significant revenue stream from Steam sales of third parties'... : rudds
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    Yeah, but I was hoping they were developing the Portal/HL stuff in parallel with the L4D2/TF2 stuff. But ... : ventro
    • You may notice Pixar's turning into a sequel factory lately too. : rudds
    • Toy Story3 : nunami
• It's hard to be a fanboy when there's nothing to fan for, yeah, but (lets hope) early 2011 is not so much... : SpaecKow
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  You're the guy who wrote this? http://www.members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/ That's pretty impressive. : The Grolar Bear
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    Yeah. I haven't updated it in ages though, and there are a lot of changes to put in. I'm waiting until HL... : ventro
    • Wow you did a great job on it, btw. : Dontdrop
    • Wow holy shit I used to read that in 2005 or so. Good fucking job! : givemesnacks
    • I'm replaying the entire Half-Life series this month. I just bookmarked what you did 2 days ago. Thanks! : Patakreps
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    Reading now : jigstah
    • Ok that was awesome! : jigstah
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  I felt that way waiting for Half-life 2. I still stayed up til 2am on a work night to play it when it un... : aasyranth
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    The steam network was hammered to shit that night too. I could remember "OMFG FAPFAPFAP UNLOCKING!!" : Iwannaacura
    • yeah, I was amazed that the unlock and final download stuff went so smoothly. : aasyranth
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    9800 owners who ended up playing other games on it for a year check in here : 60days
    • .o/ : swimteampie
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  I treat them like Blizzard and id. The game will be done when it's ready and it will be awesome when it ... : melkore
  • Agreed. : NastyJack
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    I'll start complaining when they make a game that isn't completely awesome. I've always had a lot of fun... : Haku-Jin
    • Ricochet? : Zips
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    It's not really about the delays, it' s about their priorities. Maybe it's just that every game they've r... : ventro
    • That may say more about the quality of OpenGL drivers on OSX than anything else. Our animator had to swit... : Conan
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    In to agree before some asshat takes a pot shot at Id >=( : pixelat3d
    • To be honest I never played Doom 3 but I bought Quake 4 and Enemy Territory Quake Wars to support the eng... : melkore
  • Agreed, though my impatience mainly comes from just wanting news. Just knowing what they are planning in ... : byorn
  • I don't know about lumping id in that category anymore. : Ebu
• trust in Frohman : Downforce
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  Ventro what was your take on L4D2's announcement considering how long it had been since EP2 and we're sti... : abrasion
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    It felt so unlike the Valve we know. Maybe they are just maturing, but it feels like a safe financial dec... : ventro
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      ON the contrary, I think that most people (and I think all people should) have eaten their words about... : millakazuya
      • But imagine if they put in the time and work to make the difference between L4D2 and L4D as big as the d... : ventro
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        That's right - but L4D1 was a fantastic game which is now effectively dead and been retired too early. : abrasion
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          Even without L4D2's present I can safely say the game would have eventually hit a wall. While L4D was gre... : Godhatesfatpeople
          • present = presence. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Blizzard is going down the hole since Activision took over, Valve not so much. They make great games that... : Techy007
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    so are you alluding that SC2 will be a huge flop? : redfive
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      I didn't see him say that, are you putting words in his mouth? : abrasion
      • note the word alluding : redfive
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      SC2 is a fun game and the masses will likely get it. Bnet 2 and the longer term prospects are not as hot... : MamiyaOtaru
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        what? As far as we know, what's coming longer term is all starcraft sku's, diablo3, more world of warcraf... : mnok
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          Have you actually been following the scene at all or are you just piping in? : abrasion
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            Australian pro gamers left in the dark! All 3 of them are forming a committee to protest. Blizzard will r... : derelict515
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              Hehehe at bandwidth cap but seriously I'm not sure what prompted the dig. : SpaecKow
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                I just think abrasion is drastically overestimating the breadth and degree of outrage, especially in cert... : derelict515
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                  The server seggregation stopping people play with their international friends is a direct cash grab. I : abrasion
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                    and I think it's absurd to call it a cash grab. I don't think it's a good decision but it's completely il... : derelict515
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                      Why are they doing it, what possible other reason can there be?? Give me any other reason which makes sen... : abrasion
                      • Using previous Blizzard games as an example doesn't prove anything. They ran on a different multiplayer n... : derelict515
          • err, we are talking about blizzard going down right? Am I missing something? I don't know what "scene" ... : mnok
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    Uhm... what? This really needs some explanation. : Zips
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      It's pretty straightforward, their attitude has changed, Valves has not. : abrasion
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        No, really... expand upon this. How in the world has their attitude changed? It's not like they're pump... : Zips
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          this is where he chimes in with how their network and SKU policies are clearly and 100% obviously the res... : derelict515
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            Something along those lines, basically - their attitude is changed, straight up. : abrasion
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              Ok... so you've really yet to state why you think this and are only trying to pass your opinion off as a ... : Zips
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                well that's the point, there's no evidence any of the changes that annoy him have anything to do with Act... : derelict515
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                  3 skus of starcraft 2? not that i will play any of em : Floppygrandma
                  • No I was referencing the region locked SKUs which is the part abrasion will complain about and blame Acti... : derelict515
              • because saying the same shit over and over gets old, and it gets people accusing you of saying the same s... : MamiyaOtaru
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                Yes I'm trying to pass my opinion off as fact, not my opinion. Only on shacknews. : abrasion
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                  And yet again, you fail to give any reason to back up your statements. You're coming across as basically... : Zips
                  • Zips, rather than zip in 5 hours after the thread is done, why not read all the other posts in a thread b... : abrasion
                  • no, you don't know what you're talking about and and would rather call abrasion a troll and whatever with... : moshman
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        I have not seen a single change in attitude from Blizzard since the takeover. What are you referring to? : mnok
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          Open your eyes, I am at work and literally don't have time to go googling for you, how you can't know ab... : abrasion
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            god abrasion this shit is so week. if you're not going to actually back up what you post because you're ... : Sapiens
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              PS i hate you : Sapiens
              • <3 : abrasion
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              Read the rest of the subthread, take note of the people who clearly agree and share the same opinion. ... : abrasion
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                this post kind of illustrates what zips is talking about and what i'm crying about. you are really good ... : Sapiens
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                  Jesus christ this is the dumbest post I've seen in weeks. I've made it quite clear that it's pointless f... : abrasion
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                    you are the dumbest post i've seen EVER. in looking through this shitfest of a thread and i see a bunch ... : Sapiens
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                      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23172452#itemanchor_23172452 : abrasion
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                        & http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23172448#itemanchor_23172448 : abrasion
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                          fucking finally, next time just link to your goddamn post and shut up : Sapiens
                          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23172502#itemanchor_23172502 : abrasion
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    11 Million World of Warcraft Subscribers Starcraft being the national past-time of South Korea despite i... : alias bean
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      oh yeah their recent actions have a whole lot to do with an 11 year old game being played in Korea : MamiyaOtaru
      • My point is that Blizzard has been more or less doing the same thing for 2 decades, they don't just pump ... : alias bean
      • Lol, yeah, it's not like they're making a sequel to a 11 year old IP. OH WAIT, HOLY SHIT GUYS, STAR CR... : Shivawn
  • They haven't release a single game other than WoW expansions, what the heck do you mean? : DasCracky
  • if by going down the hole you mean making more money than ever and still making the best games in the wor... : mnok
  • Activision has not taken over. Activision Publishing and Blizzard Entertainment are separate divisions, ... : slax0r
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    Look at this video, and tell me they aren't tripping up. Activision is more to blame than blizzard, but s... : Techy007
    • Activision is the fucking DEVIL. I can't believe Blizzard allowed themselves to be bought by such a Terri... : greh kleh
• Just have patience : chungathebunga
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  I understand that you're disappointed that Portal 2 has been delayed, but honestly, get over it. You'v... : daVinci1980
  • seriously, who the fuck cares at this point. you'd think gamers would be used to delays. : valael
• I agree, its been close to three years since EP2. I have enjoyed playing the left4dead stuff but I would... : stgdz
• The Valve guys would be late to their own funeral. : Thresher
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  Today was a tough day for us valve fanboys, but hold faith true believer im sure there will be something ... : Blazer1982
  • even if there isn't, I'm sure Portal 2 will be worth the wait no matter how long it gets delayed. : valael
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  You'd start disliking a company because of a game delay? wtf? : sanchez
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    It has nothing to do with just the delay, but the recent trend in their priorities and decisions. I'm sur... : ventro
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      I'm not sure what you mean, re: priorities and decisions? : SpaecKow
      • Seemingly more focused on TF2, L4D and p0rtal, rather than the Half-life IPs, is what I think he's drivin... : lightly inclined
    • Oh supporting their games unlike other developers? : Iwannaacura
    • L4D3 and 4 have to come before HL2 EP3 !!! : abrasion
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      You're talking about the lack of Half-Life: Ep3? Did you ever think that maybe they're making it bigger ... : Haku-Jin
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        lol no : askedrelic
        • Good point. : Haku-Jin
      • Hope so. : ventro
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        Honest question though, will you be disappointed if in 2011 we get Ep3 and it's the same size as Ep1 and ... : K1Bond007
        • That's a big 'if' but I'd probably be fine with it. Maybe they lost some passion for the series, maybe t... : Haku-Jin
        • I'd basically feel the same way. : dmason
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      massive free game addons, constant patches, a humorous connection to their community, utterly polished an... : EvilDolemite
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        It's not worrisome, it's fucking frustrating that the signature Valve game is being ... well left for dea... : abrasion
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          What evidence do you guys have that lead you to think they aren't working on Half-Life? : Haku-Jin
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            They obviously don't start work on games until they are announced to the public. Duh. : Serpico74
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              L4D2 should never have come before EP3, period. : abrasion
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                Do you understand that they have multiple teams? Cause they have multiple teams. : daVinci1980
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                  I do! and the resource allocation fellow - he put too many on the wrong team! : abrasion
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                    The L4D team was mostly comprised of the folks who made up Turtle Rock studios, who were themselves forme... : daVinci1980
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                      If they can churn out a sequel so quickly, why not just work a bit more on more features for L4D1 at the ... : abrasion
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                        Have you played the game yet? I'll fucking gift you it next time its on sale so you can quit bitching ab... : bld
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                          I have L4D2 - it's not a bad game - I think it's quite good. I _still_ think it came out too quickly, t... : abrasion
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                            I am pretty sure it was a hard decision. The new infected and adding melee weapons does not work with th... : bld
                            • People think I hate L4D2 and I don't - I've only played a little bit but from what I saw it had great lev... : abrasion
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          this is the company that took nine years to build team fortress 2. i would relax. they aren't stealing ... : EvilDolemite
          • I personally saw Gabe Newell eat a kitten. : abrasion
• I wish our deadlines were scheduled on Valve Time :D whatever, it's worth the wait. : lowpoly
• I'm not all that concerned over Portal 2. I'm just irritated that I bought into their episodic content an... : Pettytheft
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  Valve helped me get my start in the game industry 10 years ago. I'll always have a huge soft spot for the... : cannelbrae
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    NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3NOLF3... : SpaecKow
    • With Kit and Kit only plz. : abrasion
    • :) They were great games. I can say that without bias as the first was done before I was hired and I w... : cannelbrae
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    Valve is one of the reasons I'm here today speaking to you, if it weren't for them, I wouldn't have had t... : Amnesty_intl2
    • This touched me deeply : fishbone
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      How old are you AI? : SpaecKow
      • 32 : fishbone
• Yeah, Valve's great. I still laugh at this (Valve-related) video: http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/409049... : Jobos
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  Ever since L4D2 came out and defied most of Valve's standard operating procedures, and was/is still an aw... : MercFox1
  • Pretty much. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I'm not exactly clear on "defied most of Valve's standard operating procedures"? : melt_core
    • But I agree wholeheartedly. It was even so before L4D2. : melt_core
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      I think he meant they defied people thinking the game wasn't going to offer anything new or give enough c... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Ah. Yeah it pretty much made L4D1 look like a proof of concept... : melt_core
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    They have no standard operating procedure. They insanely supported 1 game they released. That's right. ... : kingdepork
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      What are they supposed to do with a 12 year old game, a six year old game and an expansion pack for a six... : SpaecKow
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        Oh and they just released an update for all the old pre-Orange Box Source games with achievements and gra... : SpaecKow
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          Exactly. I almost feel like Orange Box is a fucked up experiment. It's to see if the entitled PC crowd ... : kingdepork
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            Ohhh ohh now i see what you're saying, like their games suck now but they patch them into being good. : SpaecKow
            • Yeah I don't see that at all. : SpaecKow
            • No. Awesome games. Insanely support 1 game. Fans now have expectations that insane support will cover ... : kingdepork
• i just want Episode fucking 3 already : grendel
• We all feel this way but once HL2: EP3 or HL3 comes out we'll forget why we were ever pissed in the first... : baconisgod
• But hey, Team Fortress for Mac tomorrow! Fan that or BOYCOTT : excessus
• It seems they're focused on MP these days. I couldn't care less about that stuff, I just want HL3 ;-( : tcs
• HL2: EP3, Portal 3, and the DOTA clone they are working on in the next Orange Box! : Nighteyes

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  Singin' In The Rain and A Clockwork Orange : dirge23
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    I refuse to let A Clockwork Orange defile Beethoven in my head, however. : Arctic Fox
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      but synthesizer Beethoven is awesome : On the Brane
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        that whole soundtrack is awesome. done by Walter Carlos before he became Wendy. it's at amazon for hol... : beastrabban
        • I had the cd soundtrack for forever but was scratched into oblivion. :| : On the Brane
• Gonna Fly Now : jvox
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  Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing : ant_hillbilly
  • Armageddon : Navy Spitfire
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  Ride of the Valkyries and Apocalypse now. : Senate5000
  • i need to see that movie one day : CoRDS
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  Danger Zone / Top Gun : SKI242
  • ah, this was what I was going to say. : usmcmueller
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  Goodbye Horses in Silence of the Lambs. That one NIN song used in the 300 trailer. Also the songs in Pulp... : greg-m
  • NIN song = Just Like You Imagined, from The Fragile : Postal
  • This was a good choice! : notd665
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  Underworld - Born Slippy Nuxx : Postal
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    Trainspotting - Born Slippy Nuxx? : dopeman
    • Trainspotting - Lust for Life : Dave-A
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      yeah - if someone doesn't know Underworld, they may still know that song from that movie : Postal
      • I don't really know them but that's close to my favorite song/scene pairing in the history of film. : rudds
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  stuck in the middle with you pops into my head instantly... : beastrabban
  • yes, read the WHOLE op before posting beast. I need more drugs. : beastrabban
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  Pixies - Where is My Mind? (Fight Club) : skizl
  • First one that popped in my head for some reason.. : Chew
• day-o in beetlejuice : JuffoWup
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  Angel - Massive Attack. The burning caravan scene in Snatch. : sethmarc
  • Fuckin' in the Bushes - Oasis for the fight scene montage at the end too. : rudds
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  probably not for most people but Golden Brown - Stranglers always makes me think of Snatch. : Yabrodan
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    Ditto, but it's not something i hear much. I can think of the exact instant that song starts playing too... : Don Vito Corleone
    • Ditto : Navy Spitfire
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      The whole snatch soundtrack is quite good : rosewood
      • lock stock as well. : theWhite
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  Lux Aeterna - Requiem For A Dream : dopeman
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    i guess this doesn't count because it was scored for the film. but how about the revised version done fo... : dopeman
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      But it wasn't in the film, it was just trailer music. And it's been used in countless movie trailers sinc... : Vincent Grayson
      • It was all over the film... : tcs
• American Psycho: Huey Lewis - Hip to be Square and Phil Collins - Sussudio : Don Vito Corleone
• Eye of the Tiger - Braveheart : FS|Archangel
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  Also sprach Zarathustra - 2001 : stgulik
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    This is pretty much the end of the thread right here. : Arctic Fox
    • Yeah, can't get more iconic than that. : rudds
  • Yup, this is pretty fucking iconic. : thetangent
• The song in the trailer to Butterfly Effect : prime8
• The end is the beginning is the end for Batman and Robin and then again for the Watchmen trailer. : akirabob
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  Johnny B. Goode and Back to the Future. "It's a Blues riff in B, watch me for the changes, and try to : Super Sparker
  • dammit. you beat me by a split second. : CaptainDawg
• Johnny B Good - Back to the Future : CaptainDawg
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  You're the Best - Karate Kid. Send Me An Angel - Rad : heartsauce
  • This is my vote as well. I think KK2 had a catchy song like that too, but I haven't watched it in years. : Jobos
• Carmina Burana's "O Fortuna" - just about any epic movie. : CaptainDawg
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  Danger Zone- Top Gun I'm alright- Caddy Shack Eye of the Tiger- Rocky Footloose- Footloose. : akirabob
  • Somebody call Kenny Loggins because you're in the DANGER ZONE! : ImageOmega
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  That Moby song from the Bourne movies. : owly
  • Also Mad Word - Donnie Darko : owly
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    Extreme Ways, you mean : Postal
    • YES THAT ONE : owly
• KMFDM - Ultra. Street fighter anime movie. The first one : -=kodiak=-
• adagio for strings - platoon : gmd
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  Bohemian Rhapsody. : TrptJim
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    If you're gonna spew, spew into this. : Slawterr
    • It's like people only do these things because they can get paid. And that's just really sad. : chungathebunga
  • This is the 1st one I always think of. : ImageOmega
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  Oh and duh, Flash by Queen. Impossibly enough, it was playing in the cafe I'm at right now. : heartsauce
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    Speaking of Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody - Wayne's World : owly
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      Which was just posted. *stops posting* : owly
      • you could have said queen's princes of the universe - highlander : pyide
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  California Dreamin' - Chungking Express : My Documents
  • I think of the movie "Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story" : Don Vito Corleone
  • ^^ Came here to post this, shoulda known you'd beat me to the punch :) : bipolar
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  Breakfast Club - The Simple Minds - Don't Forget About Me : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Good one, I was going to post it. : bombay
• Perhaps Dick Dale's Misirlou in Pulp Fiction : Rag and Bone Man
• Moving in Stereo - Fast Times at Ridgemont High : Slawterr
• Poor Immogen Heap :( : zakazi
• Soul Bissau nova - Austin powers. Was a song by Quincy jones before it was in the movie. : FrayLo
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  Tequila - The Champs, means Pee-wee's dancin' : SiW.
  • jerk! : cfalcon
• Tequila - Pee Wee's Big Adventure : cfalcon
• RATM - Wake Up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Wpz4NAHtY : Colleton
• Down In Mexico by The Coasters in Death Proof, I can never hear that song without thinking of Vanessa Fer... : Blazer1982
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  pretty much anything from top gun : SoNiC :<
  • and anything from rocky : SoNiC :<
• Good question! Some off the top of my head. Mad World (Cover) - Donnie Darko NIN: The Art of Self ... : Druuge
• Oingo Boingo: Bachelor Party : grover69
• Dude Looks Like A Lady - Ms Doubtfire : Maddog_Delphi97
• Sunshine- Surface of the Sun : Iwannaacura
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  Yello - Oh Yeah Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes Queen - Don't Stop Me Now : s2jason
  • Oh yeah, also: Orbital - Halcyon : s2jason
• Let's build a snowman, Cannibal: The Musical! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ1ZOFNBL68 : skitzo
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  a quick one while he's away - rushmore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_2gUTGjeYI&fmt=18 : pyide
  • en español! : pyide
• You like Huey Lewis and the News? : rosewood
• Twist and Shout / Ferris Bueller's Day Off : thetangent
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  Funky Town - South Park (not a movie I know, but still...) : thetangent
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    When he starts playing Funky Town on the key pad is probably the most hilarious towelie moment. : ImageOmega
    • Lol still great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrVrrsjqwQ&feature=youtube_gdata : zuff
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  Pokerface-Cartman : Darthbrooks
  • Or, alternatively, Fingerbang. : TheVietSpecial
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  Sister Christian by Night Ranger in Boogie Nights : harvord
  • Oh god yes. : thetangent
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    is this movie worth watching? : akirabob
    • Yes. Very good imho. : harvord
    • Most definitely. It's fucking awesome. : thetangent
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  Sounds of Silence - Big Lebowski Bohemian Rhapsody - Wayne's World : slax0r
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    wtf? was sounds of silence even in the big lebowski? i always think of that kenny rogers song or the s... : pyide
    • No, you're right. I'm getting my movies mixed up. I guess it's past my bedtime. :/ : slax0r
  • it'd be the graduate for sound of silence. Or maybe watchmen for a recent film : goatboy
• Lux Aeterna in Requiem for a Dream Setting up a Fight in Fight Club Spybreak in Mission Impossible Wak... : lightly inclined
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  No one for White Rabbit in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas? Or is that just me? : Hyper-r3v
  • perry como - magic moments : pyide
• I Will Survive and Frank the Pug from Men In Black 2. : yonderboy
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  Clubbed to death by rob dougan in the Matrix lobby fight scene : Juno
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    Er sorry spybreak by propellerhrads that rob d song was another great matrix scene with the lady in the r... : Juno
    • The whole Matrix soundtrack was pretty great. : slax0r
• Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Zoolander : dionex
• That propellerheads song from the lobby scene in the matrix : sammyl
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  "The End" by the Doors in Apocalypse Now "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed in Trainspotting "Mad World" by Gary... : TShandy
  • Not "Ride of the Valkyries" for Apocalypse Now? : alias
• I'm Shipping Up To Boston - The Departed : excitebike111
• Anything that Quentin Tarantino picks for his films. I can no longer disassociate music without their sc... : sukabljat
• Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Robin Hood: POT : zuff
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  Matrix - Clubbed to Death - Rob Dougan Also a very cool vid clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCG... : biofrog
  • Such a great track. His instrumental stuff is so good. Wish he never bothered with vocals. : node
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  The Killing Moon / Mad World / Under the Milky Way -- Donnie Darko : dealie
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    have you heard this cover of the killing moon yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ywiPKmheec&fmt=18 : pyide
    • nope.. it's interesting, though : dealie
• CCR - Lookin' out my back door And he'll always be saying "dude dude dude" in my mind : ctlaltl33t
• Queen in mighty ducks : bisongreco
• Mrs. Robinson / The Graduate : thetangent
• yah thats all i can think of also : mindshot
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  that untz-untz song from BLADE. bloodbath? : minigomp
  • Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) - New Order : nem00
• 'Nother Matrix one. "My Own Summer" by the Deftones at the end of the movie. : limpossible

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  Heh, using safari is like using Opera. Why. : Visceral Monkey
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    I did try using safari for a while though, it just didn't work out for me. Maybe I should check out the n... : Visceral Monkey
    • It's fantastic on OS X. When Safari 4 came out I ditched Firefox and haven't looked back. : tfboc
  • Because it's the best : MoreVespeneGas
  • Hardly. Since Safari uses webkit like Chrome and a lot of other modern browsers, it's very well supporte... : SolrFlare
  • It's rediculously fast, at least on a mac. : SqueegyTBS
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  Not to be offensive, and I'm stoked Diane's making a Safari extension for shack, but why go through so mu... : zuff
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    For me personally I find Safari much faster and more consistent in terms of UI than Firefox. Chrome is go... : ovrlrd
    • Bingo. Just wish we had tabs on top like the beta. : ventro
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    Depends on OS. I prefer Safari on OS X and Chrome on Windows. I'm all for bringing them up to Firefox in ... : Serpico74
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      On OSX, I use Chrome for personal and goofing off web and Firefox for work and web dev. I fire up Safari ... : zuff
      • Apple is not the kind of company that adds features just because there is demand for them (see iPhone), t... : ovrlrd
    • I agree, I tried all the browsers on OSX, and found my favorite to be Safari. Though I haven't used Chro... : Halen
  • Because Safari feels a million times better for me in OSX than Firefox. : opengl128
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    Diane's doing it because she likes coding and it's an exciting and new avenue to try stuff out. Also, bec... : BlackCat9
    • Well said. I'll have to agree with you. Tell Diane to keep up the good work! : zuff
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    I find it integrates better with the OS and currently seems to be much more stable than Chrome has been f... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Haha you make me want to start using safari now. I'd love to see your jquery work in action. Oh and JS ... : zuff
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    Unless you're on a Mac, you shouldn't. There are good arguments for using Safari in OSX though, primarily... : rudds
    • What if it's between Safari and Firefox for Windows? I don't like Chrome. : aggressor
    • I actually like Chrome better than Safari :( Safari always freezes up for me and is somehow slower than ... : mikecyb
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  I find it amazing that so many extensions are out already. It just shows you how long this kind of featur... : ovrlrd
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    Also, apparently it looks like it's very easy to port Chrome extensions to Safari. Thus a number of them... : SolrFlare
    • Just about everything should pretty much port over, though there are a couple of gotchas. Your injected ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  awesome. working collapse extension pls!!! : opengl128
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    Wow, I totally miss that feature, if this is in the shack extension it would probably be the first extens... : ovrlrd
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      What other stuff should I focus on? : DianeOfTheMoon
      • New Comments Marker! : BlackCat9
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        Not sure, I don't like to use a lot of scripts, so maybe having settings to disable things on an individu... : ovrlrd
        • Just like the Chrome extension, each script is independent of the others. Personally, I just use the Comm... : DianeOfTheMoon
• awesome, thanks! : CecilPhilpot
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  Safari adfuckingblock extension ported from chrome! http://safariadblock.com/ : SolrFlare
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    And check this, Safari adblock actually prevents stuff from being downloaded. Chrome adblock just hides ... : SolrFlare
    • Like Firefox's? : aggressor
• Both [lol]-script and comment tags are good to go so far. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=Scree... : BlackCat9
• What I am experiencing with S4... if I am reading a blog and push the scroll bar to move it up and down (... : excessus
• Does Chrome support extensions in the release/main branch? I don't see any place to install them. : WhatIsThisFor

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• The internet is a worthless swamp. I get the metaphor google. : trove
• yes : derelict515
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  Screenshot? : ventro
  • nvm http://cl.ly/986c4eb3a3e475458715 : ventro
  • http://www.shackpics.com/files/google_jcbiigkmien2mz0gqhxa.jpg : givemesnacks
  • Ew : bolneze
• I was going to ask the same thing, but I had no idea if I was the only one or if it's been like this for ... : thetangent
• Looks normal to me >_> : Ambient80
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  I hate changes like this. I'm not even going to rationalize it. Now get off mah lawn. : owly
  • I just made my background a lawn. Now YOU get off my lawn! : DooBall
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  As much as I have always denied and fought against it for like my entire career, people just love to cust... : haiku
  • But Google was the last nerd bastion. No longer...no longer... :( : Ovate
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    mine is goatse!!!! : GloriousCow
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      goatse is really the division point of a generation. It's our generation's walking to school uphill in th... : haiku
      • old like a lemonparty : GloriousCow
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    migration from myspace to facebook shows otherwise, but i guess people hate looking at others customizati... : threeup
    • You know I am glad you mentioned myspace. I wanted to mention it in my post because when that happened, I... : haiku
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  I've always identified with Google just having a simple, plain white page This seems to go against wha... : indosauros
  • It all started with the top menus fading in. I don't get it. It's like adding mods to a Corolla. : owly
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  How can I opt out of this? I tried changing the background to white and it looks stupid. : freshyk
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    I tried adding a background which adds a "Remove background" link to the bottom left, but that just takes... : owly
    • Yeah I hope it's an oversight that will be fixed soon. This is so ugly. : freshyk
    • This is pretty annoying. : Greymatter42
    • same here. can't get it back to normal. very annoying. : h4wk
• I think so. I prefer Bing's way of doing it, which is a random image by default. : mnok
• Google, I am disappointed. : re-verse
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  Also the the thought of how much bandwidth that stuff is using hurts my head. In a single day google prob... : haiku
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    I doubt it because users have to manually select a background if they want one. The link is not too notic... : mnok
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      i didn't select anything, i just went to google.com and there it was : GloriousCow
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        oh wow really? for me it was standard white by default : mnok
        • it faded in after a moment. : GloriousCow
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          Yeah the pic I posted above is what the default seems to be. : givemesnacks
          • Oh wait mine is doing random images now. : givemesnacks
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  Can't you just block it ? : abrasion
  • Yup. Change your homepage to about:blank and use the search bar. :/ : owly
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  Fucking christ Google, I don't want a fucking background image for my search page. Jezzus I fuck hate pe... : trove
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    It's so terrible!!! : derelict515
    • Lol. My entire universe has been upended!!!! : trove
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  http://www.blackle.com : Piett23
  • I like how they claim they are still saving power when most of the world uses LCDs which technically use ... : rick
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  Google's blog post about it -- http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-of-homepage.html : ovrlrd
  • slight hijack: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2004/05/chicken-la-king.html Post on their blog from th... : IndigoAK
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  The default Firefox Google page hasn't changed : Sludgehead
  • http://www.google.com/firefox : Sludgehead
• Sure doesn't show up in my Igoogle. : hashd
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  Bing'd? : ArtilleryMarker
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    That would be bung. : re-verse
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      ring -> rang. therefore it should be bang as a verb. I bang with a pretty wallpaper : threeup
      • I would argue that bung is still more appropriate. : re-verse
• i like it : dromo5
• uh oh looks like grandma is gonna call tech support again http://gizmodo.com/5559084/tech-support-call-w... : Metatron85
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  I just got this on the Google homepage. First thing to come out of my mouth: What the fuck, Google? Why i... : MercFox1
  • "Yes, I'd like to change my desktop. My browser wallpaper.. My backscreen picture when I'm searching in ... : Goto10
• Looks normal to me. Although I am logged in and iGoogle is my default start page. : Mmmmmoo
• Not a bad feature, but nothing I would ever notice since I search from Firefox and not Google's homepage. : SigmaDraconis
• naw, just naw! : MatzL.E.
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  UGH FUCK this is gross - yes, I can choose a picture - sweet! I can then remove it but it defaults to som... : abrasion
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    I assume that is just there for the day. : peanut-
    • Let us pray - do you know how many help desks are being called right now? : abrasion
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  Classy. Changing it to white still leaves the text white. : Kylegar
  • Yep I just uploaded an 800x600 white image and it still looks like shit : abrasion
• Maybe they are trying to "new coke" us here, so everyone gets pissed, demands the old google back, and ma... : re-verse
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  according to this page, it's just for 24 hours... then it goes back to white. is the mirror a good sourc... : crust
  • and https://www.google.com/ is white if 24 hours is too long to wait : crust
  • It's about as good as using TMZ for the latest iPhone news. : losimagic
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  good thing I never visit the google home page : mikecyb
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    i would never know about all these things they do on the search page if people didn't post about them. c... : Sapiens
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      yeah I haven't had a reason to visit google's homepage in a while now : mikecyb
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        except to see what all the fuss is about : mikecyb
        • last time i was actually at plain old www.google.com was to see pacman i think : Sapiens
        • yup, I just use the search bar or google.com/ig (which is my home page so only use that when I just open ... : moe6
      • iGoogle is my zen. : Amnesty_intl2
• You pussies complaining about not being able to get rid of it are worse than the 60 year olds whining tha... : fishbone