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  ummm http://www.topnews.in/sports/files/franck-ribery.jpg : NastyJack
  • seriously. that's really how he looks most of the time. : synapse19
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    I expect you to die Mr. Bond! : drbriefs
    • lol!! : massdev
    • yessss, LeScar. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • ok there's no excuse for those teeth, they look like marseille's dumpster-trashed streets : proclone1
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  From an uninitiated American's perspective, he is also an over-rated whiner who can't score in big games.... : Dessicator82
  • watch premier league games, he scores a lot there. : AllYourBase
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    Yeh there's never big games in the premier league.. those 34 goals in 44 games last season are nothing! ... : Viprime
    • And i'm a Londoner and Arsenal fan. : Viprime
  • big games? you mean like all the goals he's scored in matches that are actually important to his career : moshman
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  Ribery is easily worse : kill9
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    dude he was in a horrible fire as a child : proclone1
    • sure didn't make him prettier. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• he looks like he has the downs in that picture : ninjase
• He looks like Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers. : ImageOmega
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  Surely Ronaldinho is the ugliest. : SpaecKow
  • Yeah really, Rooney's just a meathead. : SiW.
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    that guy seriously looks like jar-jar binks : proclone1
    • LOL you're right! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_98Ch96mB4J0/SkHqPvTeIwI/AAAAAAAAMdM/k7Bg08bArpg/s400/ronaldin... : minigomp
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      i made this for you proclone1: http://www.shackpics.com/files/RONALDINHOandJARJAR_61gu9n7ousu247tftgz3.jp... : minigomp
      • hahahaha excellent! : proclone1
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    he still actually around? : sleepyvt
    • Of course, he was left off Brazil's team despite his own and fans' strong objections. : SpaecKow
• Yes, but like a rock star being ugly doesn't stop you from getting rich and having trophy wives/girlfrien... : Fred Garvin
• Who's the ugliest soccerer? : snuff
• http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Dirk-Kuy-voted-most-handsome-footballer... : Foxhawk
• http://www.google.com/images?q=Ronaldinho%20Gaucho&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=ps5&rls=org.mozilla... : tometome
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  But he's not? http://www.beautifulpeople.com/microsites/bpworldcup/results.aspx he's last in England's te... : GodZilly
  • Spain vs. Netherlands, two of the most attractive teams. This is really just a beauty competition, isn't ... : lyme
  • Ribery 2.97 Yoann Gourcuff 7 No wonder Ribery hate that guy! : guigr
  • Oh, how funny, you're right, Rooney is middle of the pack. Perhaps the numbers have shifted a bit since t... : jcupitt
  • Germany's seem inflated : MamiyaOtaru
• He looks extremely Northern English. : Marrbe
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  Plenty of the spanish team curdle my blood by how much they look like dirtbags. Ramos for example. : Klebold
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    They look so white. If I didn't know better I'd think they were Danish. : Marrbe
    • from the few times ive been to spain, the team seems pretty representative of the population. : Klebold
• If they were to choose an ugliest shacker... there would be a lot of competition : dfz0r
• how do we not have a totally not gay "which is your pick for best looking" subthread? : MamiyaOtaru

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  It’s much faster than 3.6, but has beta and compatibility issue with certain extensions. Iâ€â... : i38warhawk
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    thanks for putting this in reply, this wall of text would have ruined my scroll finger! : OrkO
    • You're Welcome! : i38warhawk
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  You can also move the big orange "Firefox" button so that the tab bar reaches almost to the top of the wi... : GoS-CPT-Stewart
  • I don't mind the color, but the placement leave some dead space up top. That fix looks pretty good. : aggressor
  • any idea how to move it to the right side? i.e. left of min/max/close : picknerd
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  tabs above the address bar? Why is the retarded idea multiplying? : CRasterImage
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmgtW2Iw-kE : DrWaffles
    • still find it stupid :/ : shirif
    • well... maybe. : CRasterImage
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      hey look, this explanation doesnt call everyone a retard like Zero|DPX does, *AND* it admits to some of t... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • Anybody who thinks Chrome sucks just isn't the target audience. Plus it's still in beta, so stop criticis... : thecray
      • We're not supposed to mention that Zero|DPX does that. It's our own fault for misunderstanding him. : Ebu
    • This is great video. I completely agree with it. : ventro
    • Very cool and I agree. : MrBig0
  • its a simple fix, just uncheck tabs above address bar and VOILA! : Break
  • at least they use the upper left pixel : umegastar
  • because it is awesome : GloriousCow
  • Because it makes more sense? It's way, way better up on top. : foo
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    because they dont remote desktop to dozens of other computers and run web browsers on them as part of the... : NexusOne
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      hahaha, that must be incredibly annoying. i can only imagine : retarded talking dinosaur
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        why would that be annoying? : GloriousCow
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          remote desktop client when fullscreen has a bar at the top that comes down over the top of a maximized wi... : NexusOne
          • Gonna have to get adept at using those keyboard shortcuts for manipulating your tabs then, sounds like. : famine101
    • Sucks, guess you'll have to use IE 9 . : i38warhawk
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    I actually prefer it as long as it's not in the bar right at the top like Chrome. That just feels awkward... : thecray
    • FF4 feels awkward because they wasted the entire title bar, with that one bright orange gd button that se... : graceofdragons
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    Firefox 4's implementation misses 2 of the biggest reasons for having tabs up top: 1) Having the top o... : sasoi
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      I didn't re-watch it to check, but from memory, I think the video DrWaffles linked mentioned that they ha... : Bantha Fodder
      • I don't remember if it was in the video, but I saw a screenshot where the tabs began to the right of the ... : CRasterImage
      • I just installed the beta and tried it, and it doesn't work like that - at least not in the current build... : Bantha Fodder
• Still waitin on the 64 bit Windows version. It's been in the nightlies so I assumed it'd be released wit... : seawolfnfhq
• this means nothing but here it goes http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/374/46980440.png : umegastar
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  I've been using this for DAYS ... Ok two days but still it means I'm more internet worthy than you : locater16
  • You win one internet! : i38warhawk
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  the only thing I'd like to know is if things like greasemonkey work any faster? would that be javascript ... : niceguynick
  • Yes, javascript is a bit quicker, though their super new engine (which should be quite a bit faster again... : jcupitt
• Is that big hideous orange button supposed to be like Office 2007's button? Yeesh...stop with these retar... : avatar_58
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  pretty much unusable http://www.shackpics.com/files/firefox4notworking_xvbv6wl6dr06ekqthdff.png : Slowtreme
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    lol what happened : GloriousCow
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      i installed in on Win7 64bit i guess. : Slowtreme
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        running at work and at home on win 7 with 0 issues, something else is afoot! : rmjackson
        • win 7 x64 that is : rmjackson
      • Nope, works fine here. : Conan
  • Par for the course when using Mozilla products : foo
  • Works great on Vista 64, you must have a "virus" : i38warhawk
  • Try checking your add-ons. I had an add-on that went with an old theme. When I upgraded to 4.0b the the... : GoS-CPT-Stewart
  • You are runnning a theme. : imperator
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    I saw that exact same bug on either downloadsquad or some similar blog. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/07/07/how-to-remove-the-feedback-button-from-firefox-4/ So it's not ju... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• they have a few single pixel graphical bugs relating to how they blend with aero. hope they fix that. : retarded talking dinosaur
• We have a certain crappy machine at work, and Chrome and IE8 both run like absolute ass on it. FF4b1 ... : Ebu
• I tried for a few days, but I can't use it until they make the bookmark button position customizable. : cetra00
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  How do you get the app tabs to work? Or have they not implemented that yet? Also I'm trying to get a feel... : K1Bond007
  • Ctrl+Shift+P enables private browsing in FF. : GoS-CPT-Stewart
• It's weird how much I've begun to depend on Chrome features. I love being able to do shit like tear away : Albemuth

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  Altered Carbon http://www.amazon.com/Altered-Carbon-Gollancz-Richard-Morgan/dp/0575081244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=... : silentbobuk
  • Have it but I'm yet to read it. I'll get to it before Crysis 2 comes out. : Jobos
  • Awesome book : smax
  • fun read : Jinxplayer
• Variable Star, by Spyder Robinson. : Jobos
• I enjoyed Orphanage pretty well. : Thornfist
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  Chasm City or anything else by Alastair Reynolds. : terath
  • I love Reynolds. My favorite author of the '00's : smax
  • ^this times a million : ysbreker
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    Is Revelation Space any good? : TaintedSyringe
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      It was one of my favorites. Chasm City is probably second for me. I've just started Terminal World a day ... : bostrov
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        I read House of Suns last week. Pretty good. Not his best, but the prose is very lean yet sophisticated c... : GreatGooglyMoogly
        • that's a great story too. I love the kinda of sci-fi that involves galactic civilizations over thous... : smax
    • yes. the whole series is greatness : smax
  • Yes, I added this one right after I made this post. The first one was good. : Visceral Monkey
  • Anything except Pushing Ice, which sucks fucking balls. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    Chasm City is my favorite of the Revelation Space books. I couldn't even finish Absolution Gap. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Oh right, Absolution Gap was pretty weak. Definitely his weakest after Pushing Ice. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Do you want dragon books? : Galadriel07
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    What kind? : Visceral Monkey
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      http://www.amazon.com/Temeraire-Vol-1-3-Bonus-Poster/dp/0345489241/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278661 : Galadriel07
      • Yes! New one next week too! : dmaownsyou
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  Matter kind of sucks. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • You're the second person I've heard say that in the last few days. :( : Visceral Monkey
  • I was disappointed in it, but it's alright. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• I've got my eye on this thread for when I finish what I'm reading. : MrBig0
• The Forever War - Joe Haldeman : graceofdragons
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  How about sci-fi that limits itself to slower-than-light interstellar travel? That's part of why I like A... : bostrov
  • I agree with you. I much prefer harder SF. There was some forgettable SF short story I recently read that... : gooblerampling
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    Try A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge : smax
    • Also Tau Zero by Poul Anderson is a classic : smax
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  I need to finish some books first. How come no classics? : brickmatt
  • I've probably read most of them. : Visceral Monkey
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  Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. There's a regular version and a sort of "writer's cut".... : kallanta
  • I'm halfway through the writer's cut and I'm not a big fan. Jubal is there to give the author a mouthpiec... : ArcKnight
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  I haven't seen anyone mention Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson yet. That book is AWESOME. : kallanta
  • Second'd : thetangent
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  Commonwealth books by Peter F. Hamilton : thechunder
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    THIS TIME INFINITY... MUST GET... Pandora star Judas Unchained. The Dreaming void The Temporal... : ssj4megaman
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      I don't like the Void trilogy :( I hate the Edeard parts. : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • god it's amazing how quickly people get on my shitty shacker list : valael
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  Dune http://www.amazon.com/Dune-40th-Anniversary-Chronicles-Book/dp/0441013597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=book... : thetangent
  • Whoops - somehow linked Rendevous with Rama twice - the Dark Tower link should be: http://www.amazon.com/... : thetangent
• A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge : gooblerampling
• On Basilisk Station - David Weber : geedeck
• Neuromancer, hyper ion : kainen1

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  as much as I like some of Nolan's stuff, I wouldn't cry any tears if we didn't get any more Superman movi... : Megara9
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    The problem is, if they don't make this film, there will probably never be another superman film. The rig... : baron calamity
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      eh... there are better films to be made. : Megara9
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        But this being hollywood, better films won't be made. 98 percent of all films are crap and will be crap i... : baron calamity
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          whatever. I'm going to see Inception : Megara9
          • I guess the problem is that I don't really see Superman story as having anything new to contribute. I'd r... : Megara9
        • There's actually other movies made outside of hollywood. You should check them out. : minigomp
      • Screw that. A Superman movie, properly done, could be fucking sweet. There are any number of Superman sto... : thetangent
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  I wish superman would just die. Why is anyone interested in a big whiny, crybaby übermensch? : cerealSAM2
  • He did that already... : voodooraze
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    yes. I would rather have a movie with over-the-top ass-whoopin than emo bullshit like spider man. : El Guapo
    • I didn't mind it in the first Spiderman; as part of his origin, it works. But I do think it was a bit o... : cerealSAM2
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  You drunk? Or just really bad with the English language? : voodooraze
  • dude... : waxthirteen
  • Probably both. : baron calamity
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  I thought Brandon Routh did a good job as Superman, though he was obviously copying the style of the olde... : Begawkiness
  • I really liked Routh as well. : baron calamity
  • He will always be Agent Shaw in my eyes now... : thinkp0l
  • He had the charisma of a fence post : Porkasaurus
  • Superboy maybe. : kek
  • I thought he was fantastic, and certainly better than the movie deserved. : MeestaNob
• Calling it now. Samuel Jackson as Superman. : mechanicalgrape
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  Here, I'll give them a head start on the casting: Jon Hamm -> Clark Kent/Superman. The rest should be ... : sonicstorm
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    Na, way too old. : baron calamity
    • Really? I think he would be awesome as pretty much anything. I guess he is 39 but he can do as low as 28... : i38warhawk
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    They should just license George Reeves face and go full-on CG. Green screen the whole schmear back to 4... : cerealSAM2
    • See, now that is a good idea. Well maybe not Zombie George Reeves but a period superhero movie would be a... : baron calamity
• Calling bullshit on Chris Columbus. At least I hope it's bullshit. Columbus's movies are DULL. : critch
• So long as I get more Batman, I don't care what happens to Superman movies. : David Craddock
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  What the hell is "Warners"? : LeapingFool
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    as if that's so hard to understand. Don't be so pedantic : moshman
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      who uses the word pedantic, don't be so superfluous. : akirabob
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        you use it in situations where it's the right word to use. I'm sure there's a word for that too, but I do... : moshman
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          and superfluous? I'm not quite sure that's used in the right way there either!!!1 : moshman
          • i know... it was part of the point. : akirabob
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          PSSSSST... you were supposed to counter with another over the top word that wouldn't normally be used. :D : akirabob
          • I know, but I couldn't think of one :( : moshman
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  I'm tired of superhero movies. Please enough is enough. : themaestro2657
  • It won't be enough until we've gotten some proper DC movies. Besides Batman and Superman, they've all bee... : thetangent
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  Superman is my favorite superhero, and I just really really hope they get it right this time. Frankly,... : thetangent
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    You could make an epic Apocolyptan Darkseid movie, but getting the studios to buy into it would be tough ... : Conan
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      No way to do it justice in a 1 movie arc. Basically you would need a reboot. Movie opens with Clark a... : Crimsonbeak
      • Ok I spent way to much time on that when I should be getting ready for work. : Crimsonbeak
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        I don't think there's a need for any origin stuff. Everyone knows Superman is the last survivor of krypto... : Conan
        • I normally would agree but I think thanks to Superman returns, they have to set themselves apart from the... : baron calamity
      • I love this idea BTW - this is EXACTLY what should be done with Superman in movie form. : thetangent
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  The problem isn't the director/writer, the problem is that Superman just isn't compelling anymore. I thi... : ThrillKill
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    Superman at it's core is a love story and I think that's the reason viewers don't find it very compelling... : Ellissd
    • When I think back of Supes 1&2, I think of the Lois Lane scenes, and the amazing score. Not only because : dodob
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      Superman is American ideals personified. The Love story aspect while it is a large part of it is really a... : Crimsonbeak
      • I think Supes just lacks imagination. : Arcanum
• I kind of liked Singer's Superman. It wasn't great by any stretch, but still somewhat enjoyable. : Ellissd
• Percy Jackson was so-so. It straddled the line between epic and mundane, when it could have been better e... : dodob
• who cares about an overpowered, gay superhero who comes from planet goatee? : kokujin

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  lol is this real? If Russia and US ever went at it, GL world. : inf3d3l
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    yeah that's all the test-bombs (and hiro/naga hostile-bombs for the first two) that have been detonated b... : proclone1
    • Animation had stuff only up to 1998. NK detonated theirs couple of years ago. : mem
    • it doesn't go late enough, NK tested in 2008 : dirge23
    • This was just 1945-1998. NK didn't have it yet. : bobbman
  • That's why the Cold War was so enormously important. : Lone Swordsman
  • Actually we were about 7 minutes from destruction back in the coldwar. A fleet of UFO's were flying into... : HL3dsx
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  I had no idea that many nukes had been detonated over the years. If someone just said "hey man how many n... : Dave-A
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    Nevada Test Site is responsible for almost 1,000 alone. : Lunatic Angelic
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      zoom in on this bitch! http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.133446,-116.049099&spn=0.087547,0.126686&t=k&... : watcherxp
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        fuck i hate how my brain fucks up and i see raised cones instead of craters : filthysock
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          I'm thinking that a lot of them are raised cones, from underground tests. Shitty quality, but can kind... : Nixx2004
          • No, they are all sinkholes. : Lunatic Angelic
      • jesus christ : Megara9
      • holy shit : moshman
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        I want to know the story behind the giant crater at the top : fishbone
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          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_(nuclear_test) : rookieone
          • Awesome, thanks "On March 2, 2005 Ellen Tauscher, a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representa... : fishbone
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        I saw all that in person last November, pretty insane, I probably am sterile now though. : gmd
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          it's probably for the best : fishbone
          • That's not fair. George Matthew Douglas is a good man and he'd make a great father some day. : ArB
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      I bet you could buy a house real fucking cheap. : skinlab133
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        I bet it would come with a fridge you could hide in. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Ahahahahahahahahaha : greasyjohn
• This video was amazing : watcherxp
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  This is missing a couple in the time frame displayed :| : silaslang
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    which? : dirge23
    • the twin towers, of course. : Klebold
• When the cold war started, fuuuuuuuuuu : Nighteyes
• I thought you were talking about a mod named french who was nuking posts =( I shack way too much : JohnnyRey
• Take that Nevada! : renegade732
• The final split-second of that video is like a teaser for a sequel : Home Nugget
• I had no idea that UK tested some of their bombs on Australia mainland. : nosseman
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  We need to bring nuclear tests back just for the awesome HD footage that would result. : Omaha
  • (atmospheric damage be damned) : Omaha

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• English and German food are the main motivating force behind their Empires. The fresh stuff is all outsid... : Visceral Monkey
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  welcome to Swedish food as well. My mom didn't eat a green vegetable until she was 24. Honestly, I th... : Megara9
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    There's plenty of nutrients in meat, and you won't find a denser source of vitamins and minerals than liv... : scythide
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      damn there goes my Nobel : Megara9
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        I'd like to learn more about these C cups! : Dave-A
        • ^^^^^^^ : ant321
    • hmmm cow liver. My parents had always told us that eating liver would put hair on your arms. I might h... : mobab
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    except there are barely any swedish women with C cups : hobosapien
    • Exactly, they all have D's. : Bamii
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  Hitler was a vegetarian, and out of touch with the standard German diet. : bostrov
  • The Kaiser wasn't. And you can bet that lard ass Goering wasn't either. : Thresher
  • that's a myth : moshman
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  But the whole reason it is like that is so it lasts longer! : oldschoolbob-o
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    I was thinking the same thing. A bag of lettuce isn't going to get you through the winter. : steauengeglase
    • how long will some mean slaw last in a cold cellar? Anyone want to experiment with this one? Rye doesn't ... : oldschoolbob-o
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  What are examples of German food? : dael
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cuisine : Thresher
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      I eat almost none of these, also it looks like bavarian cuisine, not german : razorblade79
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        is there any other of note?? :) : moshman
        • not sure if our HAUSMANNSKOST qualifies seriously though, I almost exclusively live off stuff which is... : razorblade79
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  Don't knock german bread, they have like a million varieties. It's good shit, you would prefer your bleac... : askedrelic
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    I prefer french and italian breads, actually. : Thresher
    • baguette = win : mobab
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  I ordered Leberkaese not knowing wtf I was doing once.. there went 12 Euro : ( : proclone1
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    There is this stuff that's called mettwurst that is awesome, but I'm afraid to find out what is in it. : Thresher
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      Liver. : jimmy_legs
      • Kidding. It is cured pork, lightly smoked. And it is very good. : jimmy_legs
  • What? It's awesome. It's not even actual liver. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    leberkäse is fucking awesome, in moderation. : moshman
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      ALL OVER MY FACE WITH FRIED EGGS PLEASE. Uh, yeah, in moderation. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        I get a sickly feeling when I eat too much of it : moshman
        • That's only your inferior British stomach not used to the tastiness. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• If it lasts a long time, you can take it on campaign. Doesn't have to taste good. : loboca
• Pumpernickel! : Just A Girl
• they have little to no options for vegetarians. i love sauerkraut, but it usually has chunks of some kind... : arcane_
• Breakfast Schnitzel! : shavenewok
• their neighbors France and Italy took all the good cooking skills : RikiTiki2
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  What local German restaurant do we have? :) : zipper76
  • Bayern Stube over in Gibson City. : Thresher
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  Except for good old "soul food" (i.e. southern US cooking), German food is the best (i.e. tastiest) stuff... : Colleton
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    every bread is better than American white bread. not saying much : JINKY
    • Thanks for your input. : Colleton
  • Bratwurst is the greatest of the meats. : ArcKnight
  • I am not proud of a lot here in germany, but the two things we perfected are: beer and bread. : Flinz
• Your mistake is assuming their food is primarily for nutritional purposes. This is not the case. The pu... : Arcanum
• When I was Berlin, one morning I had a beer and sausage for breakfast. It was awesome. : nyranger66
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  i went to a german restaurant once...everything on the menu looked pale...it was aweful : vassili_zaitsev
  • germans are a lot like flamingos, they just eat white food : Megara9
• I had Huhnerbrust once and it was bad. Maybe the restaurant, but bleh. : greasyjohn
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  Northern European food is all horrible. Food gets better as you go further south. Until you reach Greece,... : jcupitt
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    What? No, Greek food is awesome. : Bamii
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      yeah, it's very awesome : moshman
      • yes, it is. : Flinz
      • Seriously, a fresh Greek salad and Gyros with tzatziki is the best food in the world. : Bamii
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      Exactly, it's pretty much meat-only, how could it be bad? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        it's not really meat-only, but the stuff that's made it over to central europe is the meaty stuff. Same a... : moshman
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          Basically the healthy part of a döner kebap. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • haha, no :) : moshman
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      The nibbles / matsos are nice, but the main dishes are horrible and the wine is undrinkable filth! : jcupitt
      • Nooooo, you are so so so wrong! : Bamii
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        you're out of your mind. There is some amazing wine too, greek shiraz is beautiful : moshman
        • Griechischer Weeeeeeeiiiin, ist so wie das Blut der Erde, kooooomm, schenk mir eeeeiiiin... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  how the fuck is a schnitzel processed meat? : moshman
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    he has no idea what he's talking about. and dense to the point of being inedible? the fuck? Proper i'd s... : Flinz
    • certainly doesn't know wtf he is talking about. Nobody should be allowed to talk about a particular cuisi... : moshman
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  I hope you had veal schnitzel, and not pork. : Flinz
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    Funny you should say that I just had some veal schnitzel and it was delicious! It's actually the best thi... : SpaecKow
    • That with fried potatoes and cranberry jam, a dash of lemon on top.. oh god. the best. I'll have this t... : Flinz
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      I've never had veal schnitzel (or any kind of veal for that matter) Pork schnitzel is awesome though! ... : jbury
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        why haven't you had veal?? you madman, it's delicious. Go to a good butcher, get a nice veal schnitzel... : moshman
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          Mmmmm I've just heard horror stories about the conditions the animals are raised in - and I'm not some cr... : jbury
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            Those stories are from 20 years ago in the UK and long gone. You're in Germany now, people love their vea... : moshman
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              hah yeah you're probably right :) I will have to pick up some to try, but not this week.... this week ... : jbury
              • yeah, I stocked up on scampi too :) : moshman
    • Danish version is fried potatoes, gravy, green peas, a lemon slice, horseradish, capers and a slice of an... : imperator
  • to be fair, it's most likely reconstituted meat they used for their schnitzel if it was so bad. Proper ve... : rookieone
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  I hereby offer anyone coming to Munich a night of bavarian traditional cousine, which will prove this gen... : Flinz
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    Is offer valid even if I'm close by (Konstanz - wait a minute, why don't we have a Bodensee Shackmeet? Be : woddemandred
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      bodensee? Too far :) : moshman
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        Damn you city folk! Hier auf dem Land kannscht du das eschte Dytschland erleben! : woddemandred
        • I've been in Germany for a total of about 15 years now, and I have never really been anywhere. I've seen ... : moshman
  • Someday I'm going to take you up on this : fishbone
  • Is your traditional Bavarian cousin a hot chick? : Lone Swordsman
• German super soldiers care not for your puny vegetables!!! : theghostofsmdever
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  I love the food here in germany, its heavy and stodgy but so filling and full of flavors. It doesnt have ... : disembodied potato
  • dumplings, game meat, gravy, red cabbage..... that's what i am talking about : xxx2xxx

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• I want this update now..... NAO dammit : ssj4megaman
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  gunslinger replaces the wrench. : pyide
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    wtf didn't it say pistol like 10 minutes ago? : mikecyb
    • Yeah, it definitely did. : GoS-CPT-Stewart
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      I thought so too..wrench makes more sense though. : daedraug
      • yeah wrench makes a lot more sense, giving up the pistol is well worth that tradeoff, but without the wre... : mikecyb
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        well, if you had multiple engies on a team, an engy with gunslinger could be an offensive engineer, where... : proclone1
        • you could also build up your stuff yourself during setup and then switch to the gunslinger later. as lon... : mikecyb
        • I think it's great, engies were far too defensive of a class, now it can be on the front lines as well, i... : ovrlrd
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          can you have both a gunslinger and be able to build regular sentries? : RikiTiki2
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            I doubt it. Without the wrench, you're not gonna be able to upgrade them anyway. : Mmmmmoo
            • the real trick is to see how 2+ engineers can interact. engineering is no longer a solitary death sentenc... : Downforce
          • No, either Regular Sentries, or Gunslinger + Mini Sentries. My wonderment is: Can you manually direct min... : AxeMan808
          • I don't see why you can't without actually trying. Deploying a sentry is your toolbox - you just can't re... : Masem
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    An Engie without his wrench is like a Demoman without his Scotch. : i38warhawk
    • So, useful? :D : daedraug
  • gunslinger will be great for arenas : Chandler55
• Update isn't live yet :( : pyide
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  good to see some of those folks have some time invested. a LOT of noobs came out of the woodworks for thi... : Downforce
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    You realize you have to kill them to turn them to gold right? It's not like they instantly turn to gold o... : ovrlrd
    • I realize that fully. like many other TF2 items, it's hilarious and fun. I want to uber gold wrench rush... : Downforce
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  BLOG UPDATED http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4048&p=1 : mikecyb
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    and apparently the update is out! : mikecyb
    • sweet. anyone up for a game on dallas? : ass-street
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    so is the update out? i didn't notice any patch downloading. : ass-street
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      I'm still at work so I don't know :( : mikecyb
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        the update history in steam shows that all the items and achievements were added. : ass-street
        • TF2 is updating for me now. : daedraug
    • Mine just started updating on the Mac. : BlackCat9
• and we still have yet to see what the community wrench does : RikiTiki2
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  where is guitar? : Mmmmmoo
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    Why did anyone think there was a guitar as an actual item? I always thought if anything that it would be ... : ovrlrd
    • Well, there's an achievement where you play the guitar and another where you kill someone with it by bash... : Mmmmmoo
• DOWNLOADING :D : Viprime
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  Steam Servers too busy to handle your request : Sailor of Fortune
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    same here :( : eisencc
    • try again!! Its updating for me (it did that for like 10 mins for me, too) : reZaun
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    I typically have better luck getting downloads to start if I just try to start the game. : daedraug
    • That's what happens when I try starting the game even after restarting steam : Sailor of Fortune
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    I usually just switch to some European country and it works. : ant_hillbilly
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      Way to leech off of our socialism! : daedraug
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        Do you feel that FINLAND. I am raping your bandwidth. : ant_hillbilly
        • That's ok, the Finns were asking for it. : daedraug
  • took some hammering but mine is updating now : ass-street
  • What the hell, TF2 was not set to automatically update, I wonder if a previous update did that. I switche... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Gunslinger will be great for Arenas : Viprime
  • ugh supposed to be a reply to pyide : Viprime
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  CH-CH-CH-CHANGELOG Required update for Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source are now available. T... : DrWaffles
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    lol the nerfed the gunboats? : mikecyb
    • that is crazy. I was thinking it should go to 100% so people will use them and rocket jump all over the p... : Downforce
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      I don't understand that, giving up the shotgun should have a serious upside. : daedraug
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        I am just fine without it since I never really used it anyway and the buff banner is pretty useful, but t... : mikecyb
        • I can't imagine playing soldier without the shotgun :( : daedraug
    • They were useless anyway : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Southern Hospitality? :O : Viprime
    • Community item http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Southern_Hospitality : ovrlrd
    • that's probably the community wrench : RikiTiki2
    • It made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDsv5Pk40c : Sailor of Fortune
  • where the fuck is "dead ringer has a cooldown instead of simply being reset by picking up ammo bullshit!" : theWhite
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  too busy to handle my request!?!? Valve, you better fucking MAKE time to handle my requests! : theWhite
  • Restarting steam seems to work : shirif
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  Full Changelog http://store.steampowered.com/news/4043/ Engine - Fixed client crash related flashl : ovrlrd
  • glorious : ]pm[chem
  • Romanian language AT LONG LAST! : barichnikov
  • I like that I can read and understand what each update does. : tometome
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  550 MB : pyide
  • 11 minutes left !!! : reZaun
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  Look at that graph hit the top! http://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/ : TroZ
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    Even when it's down Steam is always slow for me, no matter which server i choose. :( : kaankasim
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      I was pulling 6.2mb/s last night. Couldn't believe it. Some days steam just flys. : ant_hillbilly
      • I can get full speed from US fine, even youtube is pretty fast. :( : kaankasim
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  so now that the update is out i have to go and find the items? :( : AMikaboshi
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    everyone has like 54 trillion tokens and metal all made. engineering items will be crafted in about 3 sec... : Downforce
    • I have zero tokens 8( : pyide
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      hmm, how do you do this, I have never crafted but I want the new items : ]pm[chem
      • http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Crafting It looks like doesn't really matter because to get an Engin... : pyide
    • Everyone crafted everything they had to try and get the wrenches. : Beady
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    Or reach the achievement milestones : Viprime
    • forgot about those. : AMikaboshi
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  remember to change your download location in steam's settings to get better speeds. Ukraine is doing wond... : niceguynick
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    Iceland & Greenland servers are working nicely for me! : DrWaffles
    • same here! : Spezzer
    • thanks for the tip, i'm getting a pretty good speed too : RikiTiki2
    • yea same, NA servers are getting but raped atm : theWhite
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    Yeah, I moved to Ireland for the duration of the download. : omnova
    • I usually visit Greenland myself : mikecyb
  • Ukraine is working well so far. thanks. made me restart tho :( : AMikaboshi
  • ty sir switzerland is beast and I am done! : supermonkeyballz
  • Remember to change it back through. I forget to switch to back from Russia and kept getting weird people ... : JarEme
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  Cart glow is pretty cool, gives you an outline like seeing teammates through walls and whatnot in L4D. : Xevo
  • that's a nice touch :) : niceguynick
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    Picking up deployed stuff is just a matter of right-clicking it. You get a blueprint to lay it out just l... : Xevo
    • sounds great : niceguynick
• Is Dallas updated yet? : ant_hillbilly
• rumor has it you can sentry jump : manero
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  Can't stop laughing at the hordes of engineers : Daochi
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    hrmm I should jump in some games and get some non-Engie class Engie-building-destruction/Engie-owning ach... : eskimo spy
    • It's a great time to be a spy! : Daochi
  • I cant stop laughing at the pub people who have been through this class update thing how many times now? ... : alphablu
• SERVER? : YerMothah
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  I'm trying to connect to Dallas because the other server is full, but it keeps getting stuck trying to do... : BlackCat9
  • Specifically, it gets to: Downloading /materials/decals/custom/mani_admin_plugin and stays there forever. : BlackCat9
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  So much fun. Thunder Mountain is great, featuring these tilted sections where the cart will go downhill b... : sgtsanity
  • Goddamn and the final stage is incredible. : sgtsanity
• anyone else lose the menu music with this update? : pyide
• rydogg you need to update the rtv maps so we can play the new ones. : ant_hillbilly
• the new maps are tremendous : RikiTiki2
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  love the gun slinger. love love love it. frontier justice is nice, but i wouldn't mind not having it at... : harold.johnson
  • Frontier Justice really makes the engineer a threat if I don't incidentally kill them while blowing up th... : sgtsanity
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  At this point I feel like the Guitar might be a new taunt, perhaps the Engineer's kill taunt. : greasyjohn
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    I swear I killed someone tonight who was holding a guitar. : BlackCat9
    • http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Engineer_Update#Frontier_Justice : ovrlrd
  • both the frontier justice and gunslinger have kill taunts : harold.johnson
• Ok the new payload race map is seriously awesome, just played on it for like 2 hours. : TabsAZ

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• kallanta, probably. : CrustaR
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  i want to see a gatorade mmo : boring gegtik
  • Powerade for lyfe! Sports Drink Factions as we fight over who gets the contract for Tiger Woods! : repeat2k
• Where's my LeBron: The Decision MMORPG? : prime8
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  A Feek based RTS? : steauengeglase
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    No, not an RTS - we need Freak Fighter IV : guitarsandbikes
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      Feekal Kombat : manero
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        sounds shit : CoRDS
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          Ugh, that's turdible : Vimn
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            Sounds like a crap game. : -efx-
            • I bet it would hit #2 on the charts. : greasyjohn
  • http://www.shackpics.com/files/protectfeekcopy_yv3gpmwuvcmza90bcsgx.jpg : minigomp
• Most definitely. : VictoriouSecret
• I want a Hamlet fighting game : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  I'd rather see The Warriors or The Wanderers. : SiW.
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    Balance would be hell for a Warriors RTS : slax0r
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      Yes! : mathyou
      • but think of the level design possibilities, esp. w/subway... : Lightzout
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    Or The Road Warrior as an RTS : smax
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      Fallout tactics? : shavenewok
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        I'm the only person in the world that loved this game. : massdev
        • nope. i loved it too. been meaning to replay it : smax
        • Nope, I loved the combat in the original Falllouts and actually completed Tactics entirely turn-based. It... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7sRdRrm_w : proclone1
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  Likely, but if DDR mats + a mic are the interface I'll watch and laugh (though I can spot my turns like a... : zakazi
  • nah, it has to be kinect, how else can you do the finger clicking walk? : silentbobuk
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25jVzVP1bY : silentbobuk
• Yes. You are the only one. And in any other AITOO thread, that would be sarcastic. : Orange Pylon
• I want an open world FPS based on Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. : Crabs Jarrard
• hahaha, i'd play that. : smax
• Sharks vs Jets! : dedgecko
• Emo Elmo MMO : Porkasaurus
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  DUDE! I want Fiddler on the Roof FPS : supermonkeyballz
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    If only 2k had made a Fiddler on the Roof strategy game ten years ago, we'd have one right now. : greasyjohn
    • If EA made it ten years ago we'd have ten right now. : Porkasaurus
  • Sounds like a Japanese stalking simulator. : peetabix01
• Yep : anhero
• I'm holding out for The Wiz or Cats, cause im not a fag like you : kokujin

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  lol, 1 minute late : Bamii
  • :) : ErneX
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  It's "Die Krake" : alexpr
  • my german sucks… release the kraken! : ErneX
• He has been 100% wrong on tournament finals so far. Let's see... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Kill him! : Dontdrop
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  fuck that dumb octocunt, why is this shit in the fucking news all over the world. I hope the thing dies : moshman
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    because he hasn't been wrong in any of his predictions in this world cup, that's why. It's also fun. : ErneX
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      he has been wrong in a prediction actually. It's not fun, it's stupid. This should never be in the news : moshman
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        Hey, even you gotta admit that 10 right predictions with only a single wrong one is impressive. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Yea impressive if second place is good enough : humbleone
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        why are you so grumpy? it's a fun octopus that's adding to the whole world cup experience, you know, it's... : ErneX
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          why are you telling me this stuff? I'm not an american, I love the world cup. I want it to go on for anot... : moshman
          • did someone shat on your coffee this morning? :) : ErneX
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        god I sound like a grumpy old cunt, I'm not really. I'm a happy guy, but this octopus thing is just stupi... : moshman
        • alright then : ErneX
      • You are right, see my post below. This is not only dumb, it's insulting to cephalopods. : reZaun
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    You. Outside. : Alice O'Connor
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      what's outside?? :( : moshman
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        Where your teeth are going to be scattered, sunshine. : Alice O'Connor
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          Oh snap, Alice and moshman are going out to the concrete yard to scrap! : ArcKnight
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            she might be tall, but I still have a couple of inches on her! bring it! : moshman
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              That puts my forehead right in line with your teeth and furious fists of fury a precious few inches close... : Alice O'Connor
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                I ate a croissant so you're gonna have to wait till I fully digest it : moshman
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                  I've done five press-ups while waiting so I almost pity you for the pummelling you're going to receive. : Alice O'Connor
                  • I've been training my 7 month old daughter to take over for me, she'll bite you in the shins with her 2 t... : moshman
                  • Don't count your chickens before they've hatched, Alice! With all the exercise his jaw received while che... : ArcKnight
        • "Come and get one in the yarbles, if you've got any yarbles..." - O'Connor : SpaecKow
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        grab your coat. You have, in fact, pulled. : Klebold
        • haha, this was also my first thought but I didn't want to post that :) : moshman
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    aww diddums, 2 world wars, lost , a world cup lost. you fags just cant handle loosing : CoRDS
    • I'm from England genius! : moshman
• Live stream: http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml : Bamii
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  Pz Myers lays a smack-down on Paul the Octopus: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/i_am_really_ti... : reZaun
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    I know you all mean well, but 30-40 emails a day just about the German octopus 'predicting' World Cup mat : reZaun
    • haha, i like that guys humour : moshman
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    people that believe in that are dumb, but I love the god damn octopus : ErneX
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      He is cute, but he doesn't need to be subjected to this side-show bullshit : reZaun
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        not as if the octopus knows wtf is going on. OK, I don't hate the octopus. I hate the spectacle people a... : moshman
        • There you go - That's the spirit! : reZaun
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          one advice: find more worthy things to worry/be pissed off about : ErneX
          • you're wasting too much energy thinking I am totally serious and bothered by this whole thing ;) : moshman
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  They are putting in the boxes! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • He's hugging Spain. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  SPAIN IT IS! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    he opened the box and ate the thing? : ErneX
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      He took the clam from the Spain box. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        awesome! let's just hope this time he's right, he predicted Germany over Spain for the Euro two years ago... : ErneX
        • That's his only wrong prediction so far. We'll see. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Awesome! Paul predicts the finals wrong, so we will win! : [7]kami
  • I damn hope so : moshman
  • This is what I want to believe as well. : Bamii
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    if kabouter wesley scores another sloppy/lucky goal maybe :) : dfz0r
    • Regardless of they win the WC or not, Spain already won the how-long-can-you-pass-the-ball-in-circles-til... : [7]kami
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  LONG LIVE PAUL THE OCTO-OVERLORD! : Vincenoir
  • Watch it dude or you can forget about that /ginvite! :P : Bamii

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  I didn't see a single reason in your post to get them, only why not to. Why do you want to spend money to... : derelict515
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    Because it'll make the reception problem a non-issue, although so far I'm managing just fine. : brickmatt
    • if you make a non-issue a non-issue, won't that make it an issue? : 60days
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  i got one today from work. pass on it and save $30. : j0nchan
  • No shit? Good to know. : brickmatt
  • i agree with you. i've stopped using mine. : valael
• Herm.. I wouldn't spend $30 on a piece of rubber. Put a little piece of clear tape over the edges and go... : Jobos
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  I like it because it makes the phone feel 'better' when I hold it but the openings on it are too small if... : mikecyb
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    Could you just use a dremel tool to make the openings a little bit bigger for different cables? : boarder2
    • probably to an extent. it's a combo of rubber and hard plastic though so it might splinter or crack if y... : mikecyb
• the white looks pretty cool on the black phone though :/ : Slowtreme
• I wish there was an equivalent of the Apple iPad Case for the iPhone. : kramweil
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  White bumpers on black looks really subtle. I'm not being sarcastic. Check for photos online. : dodob
  • They looked nice, and black on black still looks cleanest. : kramweil
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    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=954456 : nolram
    • I really wish they'd had white in stock when I bought mine. But then again, in a few months it'd probabl... : kallanta
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  i ordered an orange one. i don't know how much i'll use it. mike has a black one and i like it a lot. : dahanese
  • I have the orange one and the contrast really looks good. : Rooster Cockburn
• the case is real nice. it's not just rubber/silicon around the antenna, worth 30 bucks for me yes, for yo... : nolram
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  What kind of magical existence are you living where your pockets are always free of keys/change/screws/bl... : Dave-A
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    When I stood up after posting this my iPhone slid off my lap, violently jerked the end of my earphones co... : Dave-A
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      Ahahahaha. I love you so much Dave. My phone gets its own pocket. Always has, since back when I worked fo... : brickmatt
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        You worked for danger? Is that some sort of super villian? Are you a henchman? : CrazyPants
        • Just for a summer as a contractor. It was fun. : brickmatt
      • Same here, Wallet + Keys in one, and iPhone in other. I have never had any problems running out of room i... : ovrlrd
• I like mine. I hate cases so it's perfect for me. : uncle slappy
• Check out the new switcheasy cases for the iphone 4 that just came out this morning. I just ordered one b... : KangDang
• No, just rub your sack on the screen and post it on the Internet. : BeerHunter
• just look on amazon for one, they are cheap buying phone accessories from the carrier is just stupid IMO : x4nth3
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  Here's the problem: it's not the bezel/antenna you have to worry about (unless your reception sucks), it' : jingletard
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    I have such a hard time with the idea of the invisible shield. Not only do I love the feeling of the glas... : ovrlrd
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      when i got a switcheasy case for my 3gs a year ago it came w/ a dock adapter : ninjase
      • I don't use the universal dock because it's so huge, so that's not an option for me. : ovrlrd
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    you've got that totally ass backwards. the front and back are easy as shit to buff scratches out of. ju... : electroly
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      At least they went with brushed metal. : brickmatt
      • Agreed. The mirror metal made it so obvious when it became scratched. : electroly
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      You can buff scratches out of the glass? Do you have a guide for this I can read? : uncle slappy
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        I'd try it with some toothpaste and a microfiber cloth or something. But I'm too paranoid that I'll just ... : boarder2
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          I didn't think it was possible to buff scratches out of glass, I'm skeptical. : uncle slappy
          • it's not, I don't know wtf electroly is talking about : OrkO
  • Just ordered the switcheasy case then. Does it help against the antenna issue? : sidetwo
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  For the $30 you'd spend on one of the bumpers, head over to BestBuy and get one of the iFrogz cases. Not... : genom
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    i got an ifrogz case for my 3gs when i was new and it turned out to be a piece of shit, and fell apart wi... : ninjase
    • ^^ this. I have an ifrogz case, and I love it to hell, but it really just fell apart like a piece of shit : manero
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  Yes. It provides grip, fixes the reception problem, an provides a rim that keeps the glass raised off the... : Rooster Cockburn
  • Agreed. It is pretty quality also. The Buttons being in chrome is a nice touch. I am scared to drop this.... : historyinthemaking
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  Steve jobs is a tyrant I heard this in a work meeting today that had nothing to do with apple ..... : Mr.SEX
  • What the fuck mr sex. : brickmatt
• I have the black bumper on my iphone4 and have been using it just under a week now It's OK, feels pret... : jbury