Weekend Discussion: Until We Meet Again

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• There is a better version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ll3ayC8FA0 : ElChuy

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  truth - and there's something about japanese commentators that enhances the comedic effect by approximate... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Exactly. Same thing with the mario mushroom vids. The language just facilitates lols. : jigstah
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  this is ancient. i guess it deserves the repost though. : miasma&!
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    Damn. New to me and search for weightlifting turned up a bunch of fairy ass threads. : jigstah
    • oh yah.. it's probably new to the shack, but it's been floating around the internet for several years now... : miasma&!

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz0WX6c6HVY : lacker
• What was the gap between X and Z before 2009? It seems to be missing in that graph. : Scrimbo Obeer
• Update: Vancouver is still too expensive :( : SeaLlama
• I would imagine our inventory numbers are fucked still as well, since financial institutions are probably... : Ctrl-Phreak
• why isn't x graphed? : Mansmells

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  And now the toilet is clogged with an old frozen dessert from earlier in the week and our dollar store pl... : Super Sparker
  • who clogged the toilet : Chandler55
  • damn forced updates... : technotica
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    why is there an old frozen dessert in the toilet : filthysock
    • ran out of toilet duck : synapse19
• recordings probably didn't get nuked, it usually just takes a bit for the menu to restore itself, guide w... : synapse19
• I have so much hate for that and emergency broadcast system tests : rosewood

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• Yes. Hence I have a career in the legal field. The only math I'm reasonably good at is budgets and book... : Volatus32x
• nope. but then I was a math major. and since I can remember math has always been easy for me. : NexusOne
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  What type of math are we talking about? The only math I encounter on any given day is basic addition and ... : reZaun
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    well apparently some people here can't do basic addition and subtraction so it's possible he means that t... : derelict515
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      -4? No, i got that right, but i can't do it in my head- I had to write it down in order to figure it ou... : burning eye
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        what makes you so sure most people can do complex math in their heads? inferiority complex? : reZaun
        • What do you mean by complex math? In elementary school I could do multiplication in my head fairly quick... : Vividvoid
• yep, I'm awful at math. : zerog83
• Some people are just awful at math, me being one of them. I have to visually do math in my head for ev... : lodit
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  Btw, those people you work with suck at math too, they graduated only because they copied off of others w... : HL3dsx
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    apparently focusing on liberal arts didn't help your grammar : derelict515
    • They don't teach grammar in secondary school anymore. It's even starting to creep into some remedial com... : Vividvoid
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      You are a troll sir. : HL3dsx
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        good job avoiding the contraction there. know your limits : Draugluin
        • Trolling is a art. : Vividvoid
      • I don't think you know what a troll is. : derelict515
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  If you're serious about improving your basic math, you might consider going through some GRE quantitative... : Vantage
  • You know, like, if you get a 5% increase in salary this year, and a 5% increase next year, after two year... : Vantage
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  if you are really motivated to get over the math hump all it takes is a bunch of practice. : boring gegtik
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    we talk'n bout practice? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI : zigzag
    • i was actually at that press conference lol : creep
• burning eye 1+ 1 = MY FIST IN YOUR FACE!!!!! : proclone1
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  I never thought of myself as a maths person until 22 or 23 I think, when I was forced to sit down with qu... : jcupitt
  • Not that I'm much of anything at maths, just that it no longer scares me. : jcupitt
• I'm decent with math. I just sort of let my intuition guide me to the answer. : spectr3
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  All you have to remember is 9 != 19 : uglysad
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    I'm terrible with math. I had a guy, who has one of those computer science / engineering degrees, tell me... : uglysad
    • I tend to be super logical as well, but math is not my strong point at all. I can spend a bit of time rea... : Ctrl-Phreak
• I am currently taking an obligatory course that's a continuation of Statistics I. I never took Statistics... : woddemandred
• I'm so bad at math I should have tits and at least one vagina. : massdev
• I wish I was better at calc. I didn't even have to try for anything up to and including college algebra. ... : rosewood
• This should help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2NOTanzWI : kallanta
• Dude, look at it this way: You may feel like that around math, but all those guys probably feel like that... : sundance
• I'd have gone into engineering if I werent afraid of ending up on "Engineering Disasters" on the History ... : limpossible

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  oh yes. this happened to me. it sucked. i'm trying to remember what fixed it. I am afraid it might have ... : hirez
  • lame, I really don't feel like fucking with different permutations of drivers to find out, nor do I want ... : derelict515
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20054857 =( : hirez
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      damn, I guess I could just start with the expansion : derelict515
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        That would be a serious injustice. : midgetherder
        • I don't know if I can ignore my need to maintain continuity anyway, which would mean just not playing any... : derelict515
      • The first game was a lot of fun. Microwave and Minuteman together were the most insane combo. Microwa... : alias
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  :(. I bought it last sale. It's really fun, you should try to get it working! : Wheatloaf
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    messing with drivers is the worst :( : derelict515
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      and now new ATI drivers installation broke somehow and I can't even run my monitor at its native res. Why... : derelict515
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        I've gotten this before. Amazing that ATI can't patch drivers properly still in Windows 7. Uninstall,... : cetra00
        • well I can run in 1920x1200 again but of course updated drivers didn't fix the game : derelict515
• Slight-jack: Steam needs to grandfather in more retail versions of the games they now digitally distribut... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  still sad :( : derelict515
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    Anything on the official developer site about it? : alias
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      I hadn't checked specifically but my searches around 'freedom force pathfinding bug' got me that Steam th... : derelict515
      • That really sucks. The first one was very good. Second was decent too, but fortunately there's not a lo... : alias
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  yep, I had your exact problem. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13568800#post135688... : denixen
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    Also, there is another bug that prevents some players from continuing to level 2. You have to replay the ... : denixen
    • Those two work around seem reasonable when compared with the coolness of the game! : Wheatloaf
  • holy shit it worked! you're the man : derelict515

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  Does it take phone calls? : sanchez
  • only if you balance it on your pinky with speaker phone enabled : wurt
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    Who still makes phone calls? : BlackCat9
    • what is a phone call : shirif
  • My friend was using hers tonight at my dining room table and she lost connection 4 times. Dropped calls ... : Galadriel07
• I love arstechnica's reviews! They are like magazine feature articles, on the web. : recoilfx
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  I hated their Evo review. I think they are Apple fanboys personally : Flynn
  • They seemed to heap the praise upon the Evo. : slax0r
  • I'm getting an increasingly pro-Apple vibe from them for the last year or so. : mathyou
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  NIce. Into Safari Reader and then to Instapaper for later. : Barnahog
  • Its pretty sweet how it loads all 9 pages into one continuously scrollable document. : ventro
• shit i want one : bolneze
• it's time. : cdbeckman
• This is a review for current iPhone owners only. No comparison to other devices or anything but a sales p... : pyros

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  Why not make your own and make tons of money on the app store? It's not like Apple prevents people from a... : ovrlrd
  • Damn, I wish I was a programmer. You're right! This could possibly make some serious dough. Highschoolers... : zuga
• Also... why the hell hasn't Apple enabled an option in Settings to turn the now separated volume buttons ... : zuga

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• I decided it wasn't worth it: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23323939#itemanchor_23323939 : aggressor
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  I'll take your 3GS, the 3G is nearly unusable on iOS4 : Moonraker7
  • really? that's not cool. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    3G to 4 upgrade has been absurd. it's like a million times faster. I don't have to wait like an hour to... : mikecyb
    • I actually use my iPhone for real day to day use again. Plus, I just got done playing 2 hours of I Dig it... : Greymatter42
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  FWIW I have a 3Gs and played around with my buddy's iPhone 4 for a few hours. Not worth it. Screen is nic... : baconisgod
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    I have had the complete opposite experience going from a 3G to a 4. The screen is incredible, and a huge ... : ovrlrd
    • I said 3Gs to 4. : baconisgod
• the screen alone is worth it to me : pandastrong
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  Works fine so far for me, restored to 4.0 and then restored a backup of 3.1.2. Flipping between screens ... : jaxpunk
  • He's not talking about the OS. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • It's slower when swiping between pages on the home screen because there is now a wallpaper in the backgro... : ovrlrd
• Since I didn't pay for my 3GS, and I despised the screen on the 3GS... Yup : boarder2
• sticking with my WHITE 32 gig 3gs. : massdev
• definitely... ive been using facetime everyday, the new camera blows the other one out of the water. so b... : nolram
• Honestly, the only selling factor is the speed boost and the camera. : Sgt_Boomstick
• For me it definitely was. The screen and HD recording do it for me. : stuka
• sold my 3GS for $300 so it's definitely worth it to me :) : vynn
• 3G yes, 3Gs, I'll say no, front camera alone is not that huge, but I'm quite sure you came here to try to... : davidc02
• No I have a 3gs and played with a friends iphone 4, totally not worth it unless you absolutely need the f... : hirosushima
• yes, easily worth it. : bostrov
• Worth it for the new design, camera, and screen. : freshyk
• I'm tempted to for the increased transfer speeds alone. : walker270

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• Craigslist, Kijiji, or eBay.ca would be places I'd check out. : Mmmmmoo

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• same here :[ ... well 88 : deadfish
• Same here. It's been this way for weeks. : funnynamehere
• down to 86/93! : feek

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• Ye I know right, Australian movie being good holy shit?! I guess Screen Australia was one of the things R... : SpaecKow
• thanks, that's a great way to sell me on this soundtrack. :) - noted : PlanetPerfecto

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  10 MILLION YEARS!?!? BUT I WANT IT NOW! : trOmblyj
  • turn the 20 meters in Eritrea into a canal, boom, new sea : Juno
• 2005 called, it wants its giant crack in africa story back : mindshot
• If only it would happen in 10 years instead of 10 million. : lightly inclined
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  I know it's a typo., but Arfica sounds like an awesome dog-themed continent : deveus1
  • or the bc2 map : synapse19
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  Too bad it's not forming overtop Africa! : Ellissd
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    You're wrong! Arrfrica to me sounds more like a pirate themed continent! : SpaecKow
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      That would be Yarfrica : deveus1
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        I still think pirates are better than dogs : SpaecKow
        • somewhere in the world, a three legged pirate dog has lost all sense of self after reading this. and you ... : PlanetPerfecto
• Freaking neat : anhero
• Are the mods nuking vuvuzela mashes yet? I would be if I was a mod, but this is cracking me the fuck up. ... : royalally
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  Someone should carve some giant stone hands on either side of the rift. : pigvomit
  • or: http://web.adminsites.com/4482U7T2/web/pinkfloyd/images/PFDivisionBellCover.jpg : d0pamine
• That is easily the weirdest place on earth. Sulfuric acid ponds with all these weird, green and blue grow... : jayacheess

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  I have not played it, but I heard it is a horror game. Seems about right for the genre. : shirif
  • I can understand the scary stuff, but now it's turning into "almost entirely insurmountable unless you ha... : the archvile
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  thanks for the [the thing which shall not be spoken of] warning regarding Penumbra. I do not want to figh... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Haha, no problem. Reminds me of the arachnophobe who emailed into Idle Thumbs about trying to play Half- : the archvile
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  Only got frustrating with the pickaxe in the tunnel, I managed fine in the rest of the areas. : SpaecKow
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    Actually, I was trying to kill the spiders with the pickaxe; yeah, that was fun with that long swing dela... : the archvile
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      Are you actually in that tunnel area? cause the point of that is to run away as the spiders chase you. : SpaecKow
      • No, I got past the tunnel part. I found out that the tunnel part is more about timing than anything else... : the archvile
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  "There are no firearms in the game, so during combat the player is limited to improvised melee fighting w... : tfsbrian
  • Okay, so there's some sort of stealth or ranged attack option for spiders, right? I can't even seem to u... : the archvile
  • Oops, accidental UNF. Also, that sounds awesome and I really need to play this game. : GoS-CPT-Stewart

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  Well, some people think that the last day of the sale will bring all or most of the daily specials back. : watcherxp
  • That would rock! : CrustaR
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    I've been waiting for a deal on RE5 for a long time now. :| : CrustaR
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      you can wait another week! : pyide
      • I'm going to have to, I guess. :[ : CrustaR
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    What is the basis of this? They've never done this before. : ImageOmega
    • "some people" : watcherxp
    • Yeah they have. During the holiday sale last year they put up the best selling items from all the days ba... : pyide
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  No, it's not very good. : lplasmatron
  • Co-op is extremely fun. : jayacheess
  • Says you, i'm having a fucking blast. Shit is intense! : Dschinghis Khan
• Meh : Ebu
• The review I read said it was an awesome PC port. I got it but have to finish up ghostbusters first. RE... : Pneum0
• nah. play some of the other games you got this week instead. i'm sure RE5 will go on sale again eventual... : smax
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  I've seen it at Best Buy in a clearance bin. : thejm4n
  • I shall check Best Bouy tomorrow then! : CrustaR
• Why is RE4 not on steam? : fsck
• Don't listen to the haters CrustaR. It's a fucking blast. I keep running out of ammo and frantically runn... : Dschinghis Khan

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• the last 2 seasons have been pretty boring in my opinion. I like the show, but it kinda lost what I liked... : mankeroo
• Can't wait! : GoS-CPT-Stewart

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  Try DFU mode: Plug into computer then hold both sleep/wake and home buttons until the phone powers off. ... : SolrFlare
  • http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034 : davidc02
• My 3GS was stuck at the Apple logo. I let it sit like that for about 15 minutes or so and plugged it in, ... : prime8
• I just got it to boot after updating itunes and holding the home button than plug it in. I can't wait ti... : K0LM

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  I give it a 8.1/10 and wish there were more books. : royalally
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    Kindle/Nook still kings of the hill? : u sir name
    • I love how long the battery lasts on the kindle. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Considering there is a Kindle app, there are plenty of books. : pyrogen
• It's great for reading books. : Geoffrois
• Very well. A Kindle or Nook are going to be better since they are designed specifically for that purpose... : SolrFlare
• it's great (not so in direct sunlight)... love the magazines too, there too expensive though. from what i... : nolram

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• Unlocking should let you sell for more : boarder2

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  Not seeing anything animatronic about that, but still very cool how they solved the lengthened heel. : Lunatic Angelic
  • A penis animatronically folds out with the press of a button. : iamgoat
  • i wanted to see more on the legs - looked like ski boots attached to stilts or something? : Veegeezee
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2WpmUffU2M the eyes/jaws are movable : b0mbsquad
    • Shorter video of just the movable jaws: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jQNgFAqYiA : Bold
• Run for the hills! : scanline
• lol - love the scene in that video where the guy in the wifebeater is just staring at the costume, slouch... : jigstah
• thats pretty awesome : bolneze
• Damn that is cool. Must be a bitch to walk around in. : Barnahog
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  Amazing! wurt wurt wurt : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    you rang : wurt
    • see, now wurt is like Candyman and Derek Smart : Postal
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  the "Kre8tin" made me want to close the video straight away but I managed to resist. : melt_core
  • hahah yeah : bolneze
  • Their company name is Kre8-FX. So that's why... : greh kleh
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  How much would it suck to work on an elite costume for some con for hours and hours and you show up and t... : rosewood
  • haha seriously "hey guys I worked on this piece of armor for weeks and got it really close..............a... : hirosushima
  • Happens all the time, if what you worked on was decent you would still get attention. I have seen some ab... : Evil Benius
• This guy is fucking good. He's made predators, brutes, spartan suits and more: http://petemanderfx.com : mn3m0n1c
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  Holy shit O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I want to see how that girls Wrex costume will turn out too. This and the Wrex one will be good. : Godhatesfatpeople
• WOWOW : givemesnacks
• I must have the xenomorph costume!!! That was friggin amazing. : HL3dsx
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  This is way more interesting to me than the Master Chief suits. God, I hate Master Chief. : The Key
  • He's a great character design. I love his suit and that helmet. But I haven't seen a full body suit that ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    it's cool to be wrong about things : Halen
    • It's even cooler to be a fan of a great character. : The Key
• I wanna see what happens when he walks through a mall with it on. : d0pamine

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  That lump is probably cancer. Make your time : rosewood
  • Jokes on you I'm already dead. OOOoooOOOoOoooOooooOo : DM7
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  Pixar needs to stop making me cry in public or else I'm gonna stop going to their movies. :( : BlackCat9
  • Thats the one thing 3d glasses are good for, hiding tears =<. : dmaownsyou
• I dunno about anyone else but I found the ending incredibly awkward and sad. : tfsbrian
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  I thought the movie was way too dark and scary. : baconisgod
  • It would have been that if they really were incinerated. But it wasn't so all is well. :P : DM7

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  Nobody? :( : GoS-CPT-Stewart
  • I have Blur, but not Live! Also no internet for my xbox :P : StolenNosferatu
• I'll play some blur - TroZ is my live name : TroZ

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  File\directory junctions is what you seek. : aggressor
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    ^^ This is the only way short of moving your entire Steam install. : deject
    • that's what I did today ... used this method: http://www.themoreuknow.net/blog/blog/archive/2007/09/... : Nation
  • if you're in windows 7 (i think vista has it as well), don't junction. do mklink. file junctioning can ... : harold.johnson
• mklink junction, what's your function? Hooking up links and targets and directories. : rosewood

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  What time tonight? : TroZ
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    9pm EST/6pm PST : persuxe
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      ok, I'll be sure to tune if if you get a live cast going! : TroZ
      • I should actually be available if you need a sub tonight. Last few times I left my steam status as onlin... : bld
• 30 minute warning! : TroZ
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  So, is there going to be a live stream of this one? : ConsFEARacy
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    Doesn't look like it. We'll get a commentary delayed stream up in a few days instead, and find out the re... : persuxe
    • Ah, ok. Well, good luck alpha and crew! : ConsFEARacy
• URRRAAAAH : StolenNosferatu
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  Who won? : thecatinthehat
  • No spoilers till the commentary/stream. It was an epic set of matches though! Highly recommend watching (... : StolenNosferatu

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• - Sniff - to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations. - Why do I like it? Because I g... : dognose
• - Somnambulist - A sleepwalker. - It's fun to say. And remarkably difficult to use in casual conversati... : jason bergman
• scrumptious- delightful,excellent I like it because it's really fun to say and I'm pretty sure it's not ... : akirabob
• Tintinnabulation, a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. It's such a joyously convoluted and silly l : Dave-A
• susurration is awesome it's a continuous whisper sound : boring gegtik
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  Serendipity is a propensity for making fortuitous discoveries while looking for something unrelated. C... : senseimoron
  • Ooo I want that. : dognose
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    the definition of this alone makes it awesome. : akirabob
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      I am now researching propensity, how much of it in this regard is luck and how much has to do with mindse... : dognose
      • i have no idea, but that's a fantastically philosophical and deep question. i may actually be up tonight ... : akirabob
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  Oaxaca. It's the name of a city & state in Mexico. Known mostly for it's pottery. It's pronounced "wa-HA-... : Home Nugget
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    you ever been? it's one of my favorite 3 cities in mexico. : akirabob
    • Sadly no. Even more sadly, I learned of its existence from a reference made to it in The Three Amigos : Home Nugget
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  Defenestration - to throw someone out a window. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration It's am... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Hey! No fair! You just barely beat me to it! : Corvus orru
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      I'm still waiting for a chance to use it in real life :) : MagicWishMonkey
      • The word or what it describes? ^_~ : Corvus orru
  • I have long loved this word. True fact: The movie "Action Jackson" features double defenestration. Thi... : dognose
• Defenestration- a throwing of a person or thing out of a window It's just fun to say, the rhythm of th... : Corvus orru
• Sesquipedalian - containing many syllables I mean come on, it's self-explanatory. Plus the word is fr... : nurglich
• borborygmi - stomach rumbling - because it is great onomatopoeia : sergeon
• expound. to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail. it's a really pretty w... : dahanese
• Frigging- an upstate NY word for fuck, i like frigging cause i like fuck, its frigging spectacular : Tattoo Trav
• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The reason...well that should be bloomin' obvious. : PlanetPerfecto
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  Haruspex - One who practices divination from the entrails of sacrificed animals. Feckless - To be indi... : Beaginator
  • As for why I like them - "feckless" has that same "f-ck" sound that the f-bomb has which makes it such a ... : Beaginator
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  lethologica - The inability to recall a precise word for something - It's great because this happens to m... : Geoffrois
  • Of all the words they should make easier. It is a cruel joke like the word "lisp" : dognose
• meh - showing disinterest or mild disapproval - most things are mediocre and i demand things only to be a... : spiderfill
• - Anosognosia - Real or feigned ignorance of the presence of disease, especially of paralysis. - Why i... : The Key

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• thanks for this : kn1fe
• Between this shit and steam FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. I want it but I have to wait. : K0LM