Morning Discussion

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  How it was made: For those wondering why X or Y app was not included, here's the raw data: https://sprea... : Arctic Fox
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    MOAR data Here's a sorted version of the list that is probably more useful: https://spreadsheets.google.c... : Arctic Fox
    • And THANK YOU to these wonderful shackers who let me nose through their app lists: arhughes, Carnivac, Co : Arctic Fox
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      We're sorry, scosno does not have permission to access this spreadsheet. : scosno
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        This is apparently a known bug with GDocs at the moment. I've made it fully public, try this link: https:... : Arctic Fox
        • tx. works now. : scosno
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  You beat me by 2minutes! : purekillforce
  • Repost your stuff in here, we may as well keep it to one thread. : Arctic Fox
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  people complain about the game selection on androind and replica island isnt on the top 10?! : maulla
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    It *just* missed the cutoff. It's a fun game, but I think it depends on your device. On my Galaxy S it us... : Arctic Fox
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      I cant imagine playing it without the trackball or dpad. I forgot that the modern phones dont come with t... : maulla
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        not so. the Incredible has an optical trackball. : Fyunch Click
        • Playing it with the trackball in the incredible is fucking impossible compared to the accelerometer. : Agrona
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  i downloaded a new widget called Launch-X. i used to have icons for frequently used apps on my homescreen... : purekillforce
  • its like i want more widgets but don't know what i want them to do... : purekillforce
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    Apps Organizer lets you organize your apps by tags, and then they automatically appear in folders for tho... : Carnivac
    • This is awesome... exactly what I needed. Thanks for the suggestion! : snot3353
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  How useful is installing the Text-To-Speech engine on Android 2.1? Do I have to install a bunch of progra... : Paranoid Android
  • Most of the apps I've found use the google TTS as their base, so unless the specific app uses a different... : Fyunch Click
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    I've found its actually quite accurate. I was pleasantly surprised. its not perfect, but its good : epit
    • yeah if you speak slowly and clearly, short words and messages are easy. : boomstickah
    • No, I'm referring to text to speech, not speech to text! :D : Paranoid Android
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  Android Gaming. Does Android have an RPG game that is like the Quest that is available on the IPHONE/Tou... : mastermike569
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    Here is the only rpg I know of: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.gamevil.zenoniafree : melkore
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      unless you count the SNES/PS2 etc emulators, yeah, that's the only one I ran across. I wouldn't buy an An... : Arctic Fox
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        Well that certainly is a shame. I was hoping for a little bit more of a Robust selection. : mastermike569
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          Android phones kick ass at a lot of things, but unfortunately gaming isn't one of them... yet. : Arctic Fox
          • That is absolutely the case and thats what makes it sad to hear the gaming scene is not big yet. : mastermike569
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      That almost reminds me of Secret of Mana. Thanks for looking :) : mastermike569
      • It's more of a Zelda game with an MMO style questing experience. I'm actually playing SoM though on an em... : TheNiXXeD
    • Here's two more I found: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.com2us.caligo http://www.appbrain.com/app/co... : melkore
• Really cool, thanks for putting this all together. I already nabbed a couple more apps. : Piett23
• Thanks for putting this together. : ImageOmega
• This is awesome. Thanks Arctic Fox. : pun][sher
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  somebody should create one of these for iPhones too : skelom
  • That would be a whole shitload more work. Also, doesn't the iPhone app store allow sorting by popularity?... : Arctic Fox
• One last evening bump. : Arctic Fox

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  You need to type more carefully, you acccidently hit the enter key once during that post. : Theatrikal
  • lol : judge
• 1. My brain hurts reading that 2. Q2 Railgun Insta-gib is still the greatest MP ever, in my opinion : Salad Sammich
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  I remember some mod where one player was "it" and turned into a huge robot with tons of health, armor, du... : Rehevkor
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    Exactly man! It was like people were making mods just to make anything. That is what made it all so epic... : neotrick
    • Have you ever heard of threewave ctf? Loki ctf? Team fortress? Rocket Arena? Team Arena? These wer... : twifosp
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    It was called "Domination Quake." Can't find the website anymore, used to be on planetquake. : ZoroasterD
    • scratch that, it was called 'Devastation Quake' http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=MOTW.Detail... : ZoroasterD
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  IMO 1 > 3 > 2, but it's a close vote. : riptyde
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    You.... Yes. I resisted the hell out of 2 when it first came out. I grew to enjoy it very much, but i... : Chunks
    • Yeah, same here. The TDM scene was still really strong when Q2 was released, and I really just wanted to ... : skizl
• I have no idea what this post says, but QW > Q2 : Slowtreme
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  move along, quake was the shit not q2. and the railgun started to kill fun for shooters : spaceyme
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    Quake was solid as hell. It just didn't do what Quake II ended up doing for the community over all. The ... : neotrick
    • WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE : Slowtreme
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      You are mad and crazy or have been hit on the head. Quake2's community was smaller than quakeworld's c... : twifosp
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        Just so were clearn QW and Quake II came out within a single year of each other. So Idk if I hit my hea... : neotrick
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          You are smoking something. Google will search on quake 2 mods as well as quake mods when you use the sea... : twifosp
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            Oh I don't disagree that Q1 started it man. But honestly the whole community really came together during ... : neotrick
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              What you're really trying to say is "I started playing Quake II first so clearly it's the best" : rudds
              • and what twisofp is saying is "I started playing quake 1 first so its clearly the best" How about peop... : Jackass1233
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      you don't have to hit enter when you reach the right side of the textbox : electroly
      • I don't think he does paragraphs, so it's helpful to at least have columns :D : Chunks
    • despite the formatting problems, THE MAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH! for many of us, quake 2 was the pinnacle of... : botch
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      oh man.. I am feeling a dogpile on this post. Ok, I'll chime in... This website, was started because of ... : dextius
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        THIS. "Mushy" is a good word for it. I wonder if the people trying to canonize Quake II remember the back... : rudds
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          the rocket launcher was worthless if you sucked with it. : zerog83
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            It was worthless sitting next to the Quake 1 RL. : kingdepork
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              To be fair the Quake 1 RL was stupid overpowered anyways. : Chod
              • Which made it the best weapon ever followed by the lightning gun which you can juggle people with : chungathebunga
            • DOOM2 SSG > Q1 RL! : Vorlonesque
        • In all fairness Q1 castrated the SSG (coming from DOOM2) worse than Q2 nerfed the RL. : Vorlonesque
      • I would say that Quake 3 was "more approachable for the masses" than Quake 2 multiplayer was. : zerog83
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        I though this website was started because of Q2? I was introduce to the shack on my 2nd day with the inte... : Frush81
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          Q1 came out in June of 96. Q2 came out, hmm. December of 97.. (I was in Egypt, and downloaded the demo o... : dextius
          • oh well maybe ive been lurking here since 98 than .. I remember I first came here for news from Q2 : Frush81
      • Q2 was totally mushy. The RL was so damn slow, you could fall, shoot a rocket down, and beat it to the gr... : Chunks
• quake 2 the engine, maybe. quake 2 the game, no way. : manero
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  Q1 was incredible, Q2 was a lifestyle. : graceofdragons
  • very accurately put. i agree : Rigg5
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    ^^ Here it is. I feel sorry for the people that either missed out on it, or were too young/ignorant to a... : Pneum0
    • i think the original team fortress changed my life. : captain hampton
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  Couldn't agree more. Q2CTF foreverrrrrrrrrr! I still remember us trying to climb up that OGL HPB ladde... : mystifier
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    Haha yes sir. I remember OGL HPB as well. In fact I played Action Quake II a whole lot back in the day. ... : neotrick
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      If you played lots of AQ2 we've probably faced off numerous times. I played aq2 with doggus : twifosp
      • Ohhh snaps. Doggus rings a bell sorta. I'll just throw some names out and see if they sound familiar. S... : neotrick
• I agree, Quake 2 multiplayer was amazing, I played atleast 6 hours a day at heat.net, got to game with Cl... : HL3dsx
• quake2 was such a joke, QW 4 LYFE YO : HisKillSkill
• yah I put soo many hours into LMCTF... such fond memories! : Shadowdane
• Wall of text crits uebersoldat for ...500,000,000!! But yeah, Q2 was awesome. Our clan moved along from Q... : uebersoldat
• I don't know why it's cool to say Q1 is better than Q2. They are both awesome and deserve their merits si... : lukej1337
• Quake 2 Rocket Arena. Played to death. Good times. : Drankje
• Quake 2 = my top game ever, I remember skipping school to play RocketArena on Heat.net It also spoil... : Frush81
• Jailbreak and Superheroes were the two mods I played. I think Jailbreak has probably the most memorable m... : eldiablo01
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  subthread: What mods do you remember playing on first Quake (also known as QuakeWorld)? I remember som... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I didn't care much for QuakeWorld, but just standard Quake (aka "NetQuake") was the bomb. I mostly played... : skizl
    • lol, AirQuake sounds fun. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Team Fortress mostly. : neotrick
  • QWTF was the first online multiplayer game I ever played. : zerog83
  • I used to check cdrom.com every day as a kid. I'd check multiple times to see what new mods were uploade... : kingdepork
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    THUNDERWALKER I still keep in touch with a handful of guys from those days. I drove 8+ hours (and almo... : Chunks
    • Thunderwalker for LIFE. : mourningstar
    • I'm trying to remember what Thunderwalker is like. I think I only played it for a week back when it was ... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I loved the movies for quake, Operation Bay Shield and Blahbalicious, those used to crack me up. I loved ... : shotgun1
  • Rune Quake! Artifact Quake! : fleabug
  • Slide. Omfg so addictive! : riptyde
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  UT99 > Quake : askedrelic
  • You are correct! : Eric2025
  • Now I love you even more! : MatzL.E.
  • Next time try turning the safety off! : lunarbunny
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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    You are dead to me. Go join Omnova in the dead to me pile. : InfoBiter
    • Supdog. : omnova
  • wat : dopeman
  • actually the bad jokes thread is here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23734714#itemanchor_23734714 : pillzer
  • truth : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Quake > UT > UT2004 > Quake III Arena > Quake II > UT3 : azuvatar
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      Quake III Arena > Quake > Quake II > UT > UT2004 > Hello Kitty Island Adventure > Superman 64 > UT3 F... : Evil Furby
      • Hello Kitty Island Adventure was fucking awesome. : JediDwag
  • So, so very wrong. : CyCo_PL
• It was Quake 1 DM4 and DM6 for me. Doom II DM with monsters as well. Unreal Tournament was more impressiv... : kramweil
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  I played a ton of Lasermine CTF in Quake 2. : UtilityMaximizer
  • That was a bad ass mod. It was the first mod I saw that allowed people to fight in the dark. Another ... : unknown_fiend
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  Quake II (especially the sounds and colored lighting) are forever ingrained in my memory. That sound the ... : givemesnacks
  • The good old days of colored lighting, back when it was a selling feature so games included it even if it... : riptyde
• The day I found threewave CTF for quake (and later quake 2) was the day I wet myself with joy for what I ... : Pandilex
• I do miss that crazy mod era where some new wacky gamemode or map came out on a daily basis. : blender81
• There was very little so satisfying as swinging from your grapple in LMCTF, letting go, flying through th... : steelsamurai
• Look how wrong you are saying Quake 2 is better than Quake 1 : TheStupidOne
• oh my god. why : mayooms
• Paragraphs and indentation! Do you use them!? : Dschinghis Khan
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  I remember initially firing up q2test and being utterly confused and dissappointed at first. The coloured... : flasher 907
  • Q2CTF was the pinnacle of MP gaming for me, aside from maybe Tribes 2. It's all been downhill ever since... : timmie
• Bow down to the mighty power of Quake 2, all of you Quakeworld snobs. : themaestro2657
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  A lot of you think Q1/QW had a better community but I have to back Q2 here. Q2 had AMAZING mods. Plus Q2 ... : Defacil
  • Quake 1 also had TF and Painkeep too : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Neotrick said, "I have not seen a game since Quake II that has put such a defining exclamation point into... : wytefang
  • What compares then, in your humble opinion? : Pneum0
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  Q3 was vastly better than Q2. : CplBeaker
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    I only stuck with Quake 3 because of RA3. I probably played Quake 1&2 more. : pyide
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      To be honest I didn't get into PC gaming until 1999, so I missed the Quake 2 launch. When I did try it, I... : CplBeaker
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        For this debate of Q, QW and QII. Well they were all epic and awesome. I miss the rail gun and lithium ... : bombay
        • Meant for OP : bombay
      • You're exactly like me. I missed Quake 2 also, Half-Life was the first pc game I really got into (Jedi Kn... : GGAnate
  • Hell yes! Quake 3 4 lyfe. : Evil Furby
• Quake II will always hold a special place in my heart. CTF with the hook was heaven. : mofo
• I could never enjoy Quake 2 because I'd get motion sick from it :( : Rag and Bone Man
• I played Q1 but had a p90 with a ONE MEG vid card lol that could NOT play quake2, so eventually i built a... : techx4
• Even now it's hard to resist installing that game for a bit of nostalgia fun. But it consumed my life for... : raija
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  Boy do i miss those communities, IRC has never been the same since :( I, however, was really put off b... : Dragomier89
  • Tour BUS* ... ugh : Dragomier89
• The modding and clan/guild scene exploded because the internet exploded around that time, not because Qua... : bigimp
• I remember epic TDM games with the hook enabled. I had some seriously good times with that game. : Evil Furby
• I basically played Quake 1 and its mods right up until the release of Quake III, which I also played a lo... : Chris Remo
• Q2 Litium II is how I spent 5 years of my life. The greatest PC game ever made. : seabass242
• The RA2 levels with capture the flag built in and 20 different arenas to pick from, talking shit and then... : deceiver
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  For me Q2 was the end of the old Id Software that made amazing games and the beginning of a company that ... : Mr Milquetoast
  • Even Q3 wasn't exactly a return to form. The over-balanced weapon selection and the viable spawn weapon ... : insta
• Maybe you're thinking of QPong, hitting the giant ball back and forth with weapons. I loved that mod, an... : DinK

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• The previews sounded great, sleepy! Exactly how I like my electronic music. Buying now. : kingdepork
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  Where is "nigga stole my dog"? : edgewise
  • lol, that song was so awesome : MagicWishMonkey
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    I'm strongly considering doing a hip hop CD of nerdy ass rap music and putting to shame everything people... : mr.sleepy
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      Can I be your hype man? : soggybagel
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        yes : mr.sleepy
        • Okay then lets do this shit. : soggybagel
  • Sitting in my itunes! : ryuuseki
  • Don't forget "Come here ho"! : Crabs Jarrard
• woo woo : eeeealmo
• Saving for later. Thanks for putting it on Amazon btw (or thank your label). Fuck iTunes. : Rehevkor
• sounds nice, congrats : jvox
• amazon boughten'ed. Thank you! : dognose
• I like, will pick this up when I get home :) : gornl1
• are you better than lookitzpancakes? : AllYourBase
• grats dude : mwasher
• I DIG THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!! : manero
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  is the GITS stuff on there?! :D : Downforce
  • OH man that's old school. I don't even have that anymore :( : mr.sleepy
• Congrats! I'll check it out this evening. : DJ Clipdat
• fucking finally! : Amnesty_intl2
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  Sounds like Anthony Rother in hypersleep; dreamy, robotic, and spacey. I like it a lot. : filtersweep
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    I thought about Anthony Rother too!, nice shit : ErneX
    • that's a huge compliment. thanks guys! : mr.sleepy
• Surprisingly better than I expected. : ihya
• cool man. I'll be picking this up tonight! : hirez
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  Ducking awesome.still love swype : lacker
  • hahaha i hate it when that shit happens : mr.sleepy
• nice work : spaceless
• Dig what I hear so far. I'll grab it after work. : Conan
• Pretty good stuff, I am really enjoying drefusspace, rasterbass, and myogeny. I like trance and ambient ... : semaphore
• congrats, sleepy! : Fredrik S
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  sleepy what the fuck is this no name record label bullshit. You need to get your shit on UR or metroplex ... : tometome
  • I'm serious. This material is big time label worthy. : tometome
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    yes because we have all heard of UR or metroplex record labels! : manero
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      Both are and were massively influential in the birth and evolution of Detroit techno in the 80s and 90s. ... : tometome
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        It's 2010 btw : pancake humper
        • thanks pancake humper : tometome
    • Underground resistance has been one of the larger labels in the electronic scene, very influencial in the... : dignan
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    metroplex? when was the last time there was a new release on metroplex? : Mansmells
    • mmm you know i was thinking of transmat. My mistake. : tometome
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    i'll be on a big label in no time from the looks of it. people love this shit, it's really weirding me ou... : mr.sleepy
    • You're going to be famous. What the hell? : Ebu
    • can i be your roadie : spaceless
• no idea why multisync and others hate on your stuff, it's solid man : boomstickah
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  Sounds good. I'd buy this if I could. THIS CONTENT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGIONZZJFKDLÆAFE3"#!"# : dael
  • shackmessage me your e-mail address : mr.sleepy
• This can't be yours; it actually sounds like music. : omnova
• Album bought! : baron calamity
• this sounds goooood : ErneX
• Which one do you make more money off of, that's the one I'll buy. : RyDogg1
• ER's been up for a while, but just replying to say i purchased it. great sounds, i like it. : davislovestacobell
• i don't like it! but congrats :D:DD:D:D : packav

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• This is the kind of MY WIFE post I can get behind. : LoioshDwaggie
• Oh my god is the hippie in picture #2 doing light speed?!? : ramshot
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  What in hell is up with Flikr and the stupid black page/white page crap? I hate that site so much. : cerealSAM2
  • They recently changed it and it sucks. : Evil Benius
• I want that speeder bike >:( : Degenerate
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  Pretty cool! What/who is Starkiller : kgargs
  • He's from that new Star Wars game that was released last year - The Force Unleashed. : ThomW
• nice : bolneze
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  It's a pain in the ass to get to the high-res photos on flickr now : Patch-e
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    If you right click the photo a menu with the sizes should pop up. : Evil Benius
    • hmm that's pretty quick now I guess, but wasn't obvious that I could do that :( : Patch-e
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  lol http://www.flickr.com/photos/evilbenius/4895451326/in/set-72157624587503699/ : c_man_tmt
  • hahahaha : zerog83
  • hahah tie-head : Slowtreme
  • oh my god that is fantastic : c0bra
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    That TIE Fighter mask is GENIUS. : Lone Swordsman
    • ahahahaha I can't stop laughing. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • haha excellent : bolneze
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    More pix of xxx-wing, plx : cerealSAM2
    • ^^^ : bolneze
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    hahahaha http://www.flickr.com/photos/evilbenius/4895451326/in/set-72157624587503699/#/photos/evilbeni... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • hahahah that's awesome : Ride-My-Rocket
  • holy fucking shit that is amazing, I am pissing my pants here : moshman
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  what was going on here? http://www.flickr.com/photos/evilbenius/4888914197/in/set-72157624587503699 So... : Slowtreme
  • looks like a rousing game of sandbag toss : judge
  • It was kind of like the 501st olympics with teams doing a relay race of events in armor. : Evil Benius
• What about Korban?? : CrustaR
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  Did you get to have sex with your wife dressed like that? Because, that would be, you know, hot! : amrbean
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    No because it probably would have made a huge mess :P : Evil Benius
    • go on... : bolneze
• I always though Clone Troopers version 2 armor looked the most awesome. : Sailor of Fortune
• that TIE Interceptor looks awesome : trOmblyj
• They need to start holding this cosplay things in warehouses where the lighting is crappy and dramatic. : not work safe
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  Emperor's Royal Guard get all the chicks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/evilbenius/4892323586/in/set-7215... : Bold
  • 3rd Photo... ENHANCE : Patch-e
  • srsly. : one random winner
  • damn im liking this new type of star wars fan : bolneze
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  your costumes are crazy good. : edgewise
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    Thanks. They take an annoying amount of work, but hearing that always makes it worth it. : Evil Benius
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      I love that you shaved your head during the con, for a costume change. Dedication! : Bold
      • Yeah my wife was not too happy about that, but whatever! : Evil Benius
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      Did Korban go? : CrustaR
      • Haha no. : Evil Benius
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  Benius how many different costumes did you and your wife wear this trip? : Slowtreme
  • Three each. : Evil Benius
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  Sorry I didn't catch up with you guys again at Celebration V. I looked for you at the 501st bash but it ... : SolrFlare
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    I will say this was my favorite Costume of CV though: http://web.me.com/jvalice/costume.jpg He was ... : SolrFlare
    • Oh yeah we know him, that costume is awesome. : Evil Benius
    • haha nice : bolneze

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• Sometimes I tether my phone to play video games : kgargs
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  i want to say around OS8 was the switchover. that's when they renamed it from System 7 to Mac OS 8, and ... : electroly
  • That would sort of jive with Jobs coming back. As I read it, the Mac OS 8 was named as such because Jobs ... : Schnapple
  • I still think it says About This Macintosh? Back in the clones days they had to change it but I thought ... : Halen
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  Wireless internet might suck, but you can't see a use for a wireless mouse? I love mine. Fucking awesome. : Xanthos
  • I have doubts he's used a good wireless mouse. : givemesnacks
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    I will say that wires have kept my mouse from flying across the room when I accidentally misjudge and end... : aggressor
    • The best wireless mice are heavy, they're not going anywhere. : Zek
  • Modern wireless mice have insane battery life, too. My Logitech claims 2 years. I don't know if that's tr... : noxiousgg
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  I still use a CRT. : Marrbe
  • Last time I said something against CRT's, the pro-CRT crowd came out of the woodwork http://www.shackn... : Schnapple
  • Hey fellow CRT user! : ant_hillbilly
  • where can you even buy a CRT computer monitor from these days? Other than used off of craigslist. : .Jayson
• Fuck wood pulp paper. And microwave ovens are utter shit. : Fyunch Click
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  Wireless-N is rated to 300Mbps...3x faster than FastE and around 10x faster than most home and small busi... : eseiat
  • 300Mbps (theoretical) at best, barring range and reception, and packetloss/latency is less consistent. Wi... : Fayk
  • Programmer. For a long time I kept running into situations where the floppy disk was really necessary (ma... : Schnapple
  • I have a floppy drive still as well because I lost the faceplate for the case. I'd rather have the flopp... : Derringer
• Nothing. I'll try anything and I usually end up liking it. : aggressor
• cell phone text messaging/advanced features etc I answer my cell when it makes a ringing sound otherwi... : cptstern
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  wireless internet fucking rocks if you have a laptop floating around the house, i also use it for my xbox... : Herman Toothrot
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    Yeah, but to me a laptop is not a real computer. A desktop is a real computer. A laptop is the computer y... : Schnapple
    • What you're talking about is a netbook, decent laptops can be used for "real computer important stuff". : one random winner
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      When you say important, do you mean video games? Because entire departments in very large corporations... : marmite
      • Laptops only have an advantage when portability is a concern. I'm sure laptops do things well, but everyt... : Schnapple
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  I agree 100% of wireless. Its for chumps. : Techy007
  • on* :( : Techy007
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  Fuck the cloud : rosewood
  • Amen brotha : boarder2
  • cloud this cloud that. : edward
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    signing this. sprite bomb the cloud. causes more problems and confusion than it solves. : Downforce
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      Other than the loosely defined terminology there's really nothing confusing about it at all as a concept. : Zek
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        The concept is "we want people to pay us every month for our shit" : rosewood
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          More like "People want to pay us every month because they can't be bothered dealing with this shit themse... : rock elf
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            yup, and 'then we only pay for exactly what we use and don't have downtime at the exact worst times (traf... : derelict515
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              in a perfect world but then some jackass with a backhoe cut a coax line and now there is no internet and : rosewood
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                It does make me chuckle when Leo Laporte says "oh, I agree you shouldn't rely on the cloud for everything... : Schnapple
                • I always laugh to tears when I see a post on technet about doing disaster recovery but having to wait a f... : rosewood
                • Keep everything local but yeah back up to the cloud in case your house burned down or something. That' : Scrimbo Obeer
              • Everyone is already that reliant on the Internet even without the cloud. Any business considering cloud s... : derelict515
              • We're already fucked when the internet goes down and that's only going to keep becoming more and more the... : Zek
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          Well of course YOU'RE against it, they are taking away your business. Now's the time to become a VMWare ... : jasonepowell
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            Of my clientbase there isn't a single one that is ready to go to all cloud : rosewood
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              No one is expecting to go all cloud in one go. And I see a slight correlation between 'fuck the cloud' an... : derelict515
              • I'm sick of it being constantly pushed in my face like a big fat cock. Look at what Balmer said at the pa... : rosewood
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  • Effing signed. : Captain Loco
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    Meanwhile all you guys will sing the praises of Steam/Steam Cloud, happily use google docs/calendar, comp... : derelict515
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      I have issues with how they are basically trying to re-brand "the internet" as "the cloud". Successfully... : trove
      • That's just a pretty simplistic look at it. There is a Web 2.0 aspect in terms of branding a set of featu... : derelict515
    • I didn't say Fuck Steam, I said Fuck the cloud. As in people who just through out "The Cloud" without get : rosewood
    • I don't use any of that crap except Steam Cloud, and I could live without that. : Captain Loco
    • For what it's worth I occasionally point out the flaws in relying on Steam to be like the sun and never e... : Schnapple
• i'm relatively averse to new forms of media storage + players. an example of this is switching from dvd ... : dopeman
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  this is the perfect thread for abrasion : maulla
  • If he finds it the thread will immediately double in size. : derelict515
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  I only just recently got a smartphone with the Incredible. It took me a long time to finally admit that t... : Zek
  • (the laptop, not the battery, those things are expensive) : Zek
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  Any time I catch myself feeling this way about something popular I just try to research it more. It may n... : derelict515
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    Yeah and I tend to do the same thing if it's something important. Like I'm not a big fan of most consoles... : Schnapple
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      I'd call wireless internet pretty important :p : derelict515
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        Heh - yeah I guess I just mean it doesn't detriment myself or others to sully it. Like if I refused to us... : Schnapple
        • Well that's something I see people doing a lot too though. Yes Clearwire has issues, I haven't heard many... : derelict515
  • Same here. When I find myself blowing off something like Facebook and twitter I start getting this naggin... : GenghisFrog
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  Twitter. I still think we should double down on RSS and decentralized services, but with FlipBoard, I'm a... : BlackCat9
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    But Flipboard is the opposite of decentralized... : derelict515
    • I know. It's just the presentation was just good enough to get me on Twitter, but I'm using it to go to w... : BlackCat9
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    I think part of the reason Twitter took off is because people just did not get RSS as a concept, or reade... : Schnapple
    • Yeah, saying "every webpage has another way to access it that you can't see, but you can find this icon a... : BlackCat9
• touch screen smartphones. That's the ONLY thing that I dislike. : moe6
• I have hated every eBook reader as well. Give me the fucking paperback any day. : soggybagel
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  DVR: still don't have one. If it's not spending hundreds on a TiVo (hardware + subscription), it's havin... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I had the same feelings about DVRs when they first came out. My argument was, "I already have a VCR." ... : TickHeadDog
    • It also makes your cable service far more valuable. People complain 'there's never anything on and I have... : derelict515
    • Yeah, the commercials are really ruining it for the wife & I. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      They're ok, but nothing special. I've had TiVo in the past and the software was good but I got burned on ... : Crabs Jarrard
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        it's a lifechanger because we don't use shitty ass DVRs like you apparently do. i've never once had a sc... : electroly
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          I even had the DirectTV HD DVR he mentions for 2 years and had no issues like that. Maybe one or two mess... : derelict515
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            i will say this though: my tivo isn't smart enough to stop recording when it knows i have no cable signal... : electroly
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              Shit man, that sucks. : Crabs Jarrard
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                it was pretty funny, i plugged in my tivo to watch some prerecorded shows, knowing that i didn't have cab : electroly
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                  Sounds like I'm not the only one with a shitty-ass DVR :) I hate that the DIrecTV seems to get slower an... : Crabs Jarrard
                  • i am thinking of ditching the tivo when i finally get an HDTV, but mostly just for cost reasons. the pri... : electroly
            • Hah, ouch, although I would hope that's a pretty rare occurrence... : derelict515
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            Yeah, as I mentioned, I didn't say the fuckups were from the unit itself, but useless recordings are stil... : Crabs Jarrard
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              You should get them to replace the unit if it's working that poorly. You're paying extra for it afterall.... : derelict515
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                Replacing the DVR won't fix an erroneous program guide. : Crabs Jarrard
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                  They can be related. My guide was flakey before the HDD died. It should be getting the right data in any ... : derelict515
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                    The problem there is that they won't replace the unit without adding two years to your contract. I loathe... : Crabs Jarrard
                    • Strange, ours was replaced pain free with no additional contract stuff required. The cause of the problem... : derelict515
        • I liked my TiVo but they both died within a year and the lifetime subs do not transfer to the new units w... : Crabs Jarrard
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  I'm similar with cell phones. I hate the damned things. I have one I spend more time looking for when it ... : gunrock46
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    This is exactly the kind of cognitive dissonance I was talking about in my first post. While some of your... : derelict515
    • I mostly agree with you, but the car emergencies can be handled by a "burner" phone with some prepaid min... : Schnapple
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      Maybe I should have specified newish tech hate sidejack. I check weather conditions before traveling ... : gunrock46
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        you would rather get stranded in the middle of bumfuck iowa than carry a cell phone, because ringtones an : electroly
        • are you aware that phones can be placed into silent mode : electroly
      • It doesn't have to be a winter weather warning to need a phone in case of a breakdown. If no one in Bosto... : derelict515
      • Dude, your complaints are completely irrational. If you don't want anyone to be able to call you, mute or... : Zek
  • IAWTP 100% : Zakko
  • IAWTP : ant_hillbilly
  • Smartphone have saved my ass a few times while traveling. They are also a joy to have when waiting for s... : mnok
• "wireless Internet is not something to be taken seriously" This sentence right here is what makes you ... : redfive
• Cell Phones. :( I have one for work, but I generally could live without having one at all. : Zakko
• I don't really have anything that I can think of. I love being an early adopter of tech stuff. : whodares
• I'll never buy ATI (again, bad experience from before they were good). I have used the same pc case fo... : InfoBiter
• I only ever wonder I am not currently living in the future. : locater16
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  Well don't take your cell phone to the beach because you're out 200+ bucks if you get sand in it! See how... : Magus
  • My only reply is to point out that my goal here wasn't to incite an argument, I was actually pointing out... : Schnapple
• Updating software is probably the only instance where I qualify. If it isn't broke, I don't fix it. I hat... : noxiousgg
• tethering my phone is the only way to play games and I discovered it works well where I am, in the middle... : RobFlinn
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  Twitter. I hate the word Twitter, I hate the word tweet and I hate how this stupid site full of nothin... : Entity
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    Shack. I hate the word Shack, I hate the word shacking and I hate how this stupid site full of nothing : derelict515
    • Well, the Shack hasn't permeated every form of media out there and people like Leo Laporte do not pontifi... : Schnapple
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    Oh yeah, that's my other one. 'Social Networking' I don't do Twitter, tried MySpace/Facebook but didn't... : Zakko
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      But then you can immediately understand the value of those things even if you don't do it. Not participat... : derelict515
      • Well, I did try them, and I still think they are dumb. Everyone doesn't have to like it, it's really ok ... : Zakko
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  1) fuck internet advertising in marketing people's asses. Fuck pop-ups. Fuck 30 second ads. If any... : cerealSAM2
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    I find this advertising hatred hilarious. Would you rather pay a couple pennies every time you load a pag... : dearjamie
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      see point 7 : derelict515
      • So he doesn't want any content on the internet, then? : noxiousgg
    • No one would rather pay pennies for a web-page... which is why it isn't done. But give it a few years,... : cerealSAM2
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    It sounds like you're just cheap and want free content without paying or anyone else getting paid. : derelict515
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      I agree with his point about video though, nothing sucks worse than a news article that you can't read. : MagicWishMonkey
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        I agree, but having both is usually ideal. I want to read an article about the Russia fires to quickly un... : derelict515
        • I kind of got on a roll there with all the potty talk. It's not like I was foaming at the mouth or anyth... : cerealSAM2
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      No... at the moment I'm between gigs, so have a lack of money. But I have a house full of books, dvds, ... : cerealSAM2
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        Like I said, someone has to be paid for creating good content. Traditional media is falling apart because... : derelict515
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          Actually, a lot of the advertising companies make tons of money. It's the publishers that people should b... : dearjamie
          • Yes, some do, some don't. Either way the value chain on this content either has to be ad supported or sub... : derelict515
        • And a lot of people have to be paid for advertising. Cut costs - lose your advertisers! : cerealSAM2
• Infographics. : Zakko
• I can never get into Facebook or other social networking like that. But I do have the Twitter bug. : Link.
• I bet I will purchase an ebook reader exactly one day before mirasol based ones are announced : filthysock
• I can't really think of anything off the top of my head. : marmite
• i will never use the self checkout. it's scary : wtf242
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  I am not a fan of rice cookers. Give me a pot, a stove and some water, please. Keepin' it old (school) si... : Attica Blue
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    I used to feel that way. Then we got a Zojirushi for our wedding. It sings to me and makes my rice just t... : laurgasms
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      How much did that cost you? I saw some in Japan and they were expensive over there! : HamChowder
      • It didn't cost me anything since it was a wedding gift but they bought it off Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00... : laurgasms
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  I don't have any. As soon as anything new comes out I'm quick to change over. I blame my slight ADD for t... : Dave-A
  • I'm the same way, to a fault. I'll happily jump on the latest tech bandwagon only to get bitten in the as... : marmite
• cell phones. i'm generally frustrated by them. : cpt_gloval
• after just moving apartments yesterday, fuck books. : pyros
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  I hate buying digital music. I'd much rather have the physical media to feel like I bought *something* : sparkly
  • After just moving apartments, fuck records too. At least I use them more than books though. : pyros
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  FUCKING AGE GATES 9 out of 10 links that go to age gates get closed. I FUCKING HATE them. You want to ... : Ebu
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    I don't even understand the point of them. Yeah yeah, legal reasons but what dumbass under 18 can't figur... : Moonbase Commander
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      The site can't get fucked for providing illicit content to minors if they specifically state that the con... : laurgasms
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        Why not just have a link that says "I am over 18"? I don't understand how it's any less enforceable. : BlackCat9
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          They can do that (lots of porn sites do), but requiring someone to enter their age gives the website one ... : thecray
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            and as for age gates on gaming websites, I think it's an ESRB requirement. I remember something like that... : thecray
            • Well, I hope the ESRB is trying to drive viewers away, because if so, bravo. : Ebu
• Not wanting to let go of the floppy drive for the comp. I'm always like "oh I'll need it.... for somethin... : SpaecKow
• I never owned a cellphone until Google gave me one (and started paying its bills) in mid-2008. I refus... : Zero|DPX
• cellphones... I refuse to get one. I like my privacy too much or I'm just straight dumb, but I've found n... : azuvatar
• I don't have cable or internet at home. : Xin Jing Client 1a
• i love me some books. i'm not sure i want to use a kindle or anything like that. i read one book at tim... : papaskot
• Hey I just got a Kindle. I love it. Put a condom on it and its ready to rock. Paper is heavy and bulky. : mr.thing

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  Until adobe doesn't infect my Windows machine I hope apple never allows them to infect my smartphone. : mancide
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    this is funny considering the recent jailbreak uses a pdf vulnerability in apple's software. LOL : whodares
    • that vulnerability is fixed : mr wolf
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  It will be a new feature that apple will make a big deal about when the finally allow flash in iOS in a f... : Prozium
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    And they will also claim to have invented it or to be the first to do it. It will also be magical, rev... : Beady
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      The first to do it RIGHT, you mean. That's how they explained away multitasking, at least. : Lone Swordsman
      • and then he doubled down on push messages being the foundation of it, you have to lol : jimmy-buffett
  • Apple invented folders and background wallpaper! : pap26
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  It might not even matter in a year or two. The majority of websites already have iPad/iPhone compatible v... : Serpico74
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    The majority of websites already have iPad/iPhone compatible video, streaming sites included You're dr : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • i am logging on in a minute wikuuus : mwasher
    • I watched some streaming SC2 games on my iPhone last week! I'll be around in a bit. : Serpico74
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    It will be interesting to see if flash falls by the wayside as a video player as much as people predict. ... : Halen
    • You don't really need two versions per se. : BouillonCubes
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      HTML5 is not as good as flash though, no matter what people tell you. For our site, we couldnt currently... : nukewinter
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        Why not? : BouillonCubes
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          What do you mean why not? Because theres currently on way to do some of the things we need it to do. : nukewinter
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            Okay, I just see both of your posts here and they seem to be sweeping generalizations (or at least that's : BouillonCubes
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              Right, but by that logic there's no point in dropping flash support from a device, which means unless HTM... : nukewinter
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                Well Apple has their own reasons for not supporting it just like Microsoft does for Windows Phone 7. : BouillonCubes
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                  That doesn't make them good reasons though, nor applicable to the majority of people (and they are a very... : nukewinter
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                    They don't have to be good reasons for you and I, they are just reasons. That said, there are plenty of ... : BouillonCubes
                    • Their reasons are control, please don't believe it has anything to do with the "negatives" of flash. : nukewinter
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                It's not 'dropping it from the device' if it wasn't already implemented. : Fayk
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                  while true, the distinction isn't terribly meaningful here. all Apple has to do is say the word and Adob... : electroly
                  • What's the benefit though? They risk losing a large portion of the lucrative app store market. They als... : BouillonCubes
                • Sorry, guess I just don't see what difference it makes either way. : nukewinter
      • Except that most "low end devices" at this point have hardware h264 decode? : Toraz Chryx
• it doesn't really seem like the lack of flash is hurting apple's bottom line; i don't see why they'd reve... : electroly
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  i'm on 2.2 android and I un-installed flash 10.1 .. I may install it if i need it, but for now i'm doing ... : Demius
  • You hurting for storage space? You can keep it installed and just set the browser too use flash "on-deman... : Prozium
  • Why bother uninstalling it? It doesn't play stuff unless you tell it to. : MagicWishMonkey
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  I didn't care about on the iphone but on the ipad where i browse for longer stretches i do miss it more t... : Mansmells
  • Agreed. My GF uses the ipad a lot more than I do and always asks why she can't play some videos and/or f... : DasCracky
• Doubtful. : dmason
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  From everything I've heard flash is on it's way out in a few years in favor of HTML5(i think). Besides al... : furiouschuck
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    Apple PR wins : derelict515
    • ahah no kidding: "From everything I've heard" Too funny. GG Apple, your PR is truly exceptional. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I think Flash is definitely going to die for most interface, audio, and video parts of the web. For high... : BouillonCubes
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    This is so not true. Why the heck do people regurgitate this? HTML5 is not a flash replacement now, and... : nukewinter
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      Explain yourself! I see no reason HTML5 can't replace Flash for most interactivity (I'm talking stuff li... : BouillonCubes
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        Ignoring the install base issues? : derelict515
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          Over time it's not going to be an issue though. : BouillonCubes
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            It's still going to be many many years before 99.9% of machines have HTML5 compatible browsers which is w... : derelict515
            • The solution that is working right now are websites that are tailored both towards browsers using Flash a... : Serpico74
          • As much as I'd like it to be true we're still having to deal with IE6 from nearly 9 years ago. It's still... : zakazi
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        Dude, because there are literally things you can't do in HTMl5. The most obvious thing I can think of ri... : nukewinter
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          I'm not saying that HTML5 can 100% replace flash, I said above that for high interactivity or content pro... : BouillonCubes
          • It's an alternative for some things, not a replacement. : Nitrium
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        google also already said that html5 doesn't fit their needs for youtube, and that they plan to stick with... : bluewagon
        • It's too bad that their flash implementation sucks. It doesn't know how to calculate how much to buffer ... : BouillonCubes
  • haha : Godhatesfatpeople
• God help us if quicktime becomes a standard in web video. GOD HELP US ALL. : gakera
• I can think of a billion rea$ons why they won't. : capt tripps
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  Where in Silverlight in all of this? As a .net developer, I really hoped the platform would take off... b... : mnok
  • I think it's got a home on intranets and controlled environments but as a Flash replacement... I doubt i... : BouillonCubes
  • It has solid adoption. Lots of big things have used it or still do. Olympics, Sunday Night Football, Netf... : derelict515

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  More like no shacktag fail edition, amirite? : Clasifyd
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    You got that r[i- wait whb]o[at the shit no noooooo : Dong Patrol
    • lol : Shadowdane
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  Normal root post features canceled for today! : Dong Patrol
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    You are a lazy bastard. : conandan
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      I've got things that need doing today! : Dong Patrol
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        Stop telling us about your gay escapades. Those things that need doing need not be shared. : conandan
        • I read that as "need to be shaved". : Clasifyd
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  I'm making an underwater glass tunnel/base between the city wall and the floating fortress in New Duke Ci... : BlackCat9
  • Prepare for it to be nuked! lol, jk. I'm making the second floor for my underground forest :) : Vividvoid
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    FYI: doors work underwater, and make a handy air pocket to use while working in the ocean! : nevlos
    • Err.. They work when leading to outside, underwater, I mean. Haven't tried the. Just stand alone underwat... : nevlos
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      nice you almost think they wouldn't work : Shadowdane
      • I thought they might at least leak when open, but they don't (yet) : nevlos
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  I finally explored every nook and cranny of the huge, sprawling tunnel system near my tower, so I struck ... : Rehevkor
  • Neat! : nevlos
  • That sounds bad ass. Ratalon and me found something like that, we found a mountain with the side scooped ... : AgentPothead
• Oeh cool, teamspeak! : Snipergen
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  Dong Patrol I apologize that you were sacrificed yesterday. I did not have those intentions when you mad : kgargs
  • wut, the system works perfectly as designed by the master fonky himself : kainen1
  • Don't worry, it was largely my fault; I assumed you guys had some kind of safety net or something set up ... : Dong Patrol
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  I present to you all, a widescreen screenshot of North Wall (work in progress) http://www.shackpics.co... : limpossible
  • This strongly reminds me of the big wall you see to the left when driving out of the starport on Noveria ... : yemeth
  • That wall is awesome. : loboca
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    I bet it's hollow. : Vividvoid
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      It's two blocks wide vertically iirc : loboca
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        I bet the atoms are mostly empty. : Vividvoid
        • Damn electron energy levels! I blame Hydrogen. : loboca
        • Dont worry Vividvoid - its only a model! : limpossible
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    now thats a castle wall. I would help you build it... but whatever notch has done to the client has fuck... : conandan
    • Yeah symmetry has been a biznitch and its a little imperfect. I just sorta started building sections and ... : limpossible
  • is that long a song of fire and ice thing? : kainen1
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    I am hereby claiming the 'island' south of the Great Bridge for my project. I've already started terrafor... : Clasifyd
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      Nuke in 3...2...1... : Vividvoid
      • >=( : Clasifyd
  • I noticed my glass bridge doesn't show up on the map... : Vividvoid
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    Dotatime Village is coming along well. It's next to those 2 big cylinders. I've put more work into the ... : kgargs
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      dude what the heck, someone is making a gigantic set of cock n balls next to our village! : kainen1
      • Foxhawk's Revenge : kgargs
  • Lol Hi-5 on the names GrimmyD! : loboca
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    LABELED MAP http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lEtNKRw3sdqQY9iXVIMDqA?feat=directlink Feel free t... : MurrayTheSkull
    • Here's a better link http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sAIO-uX2q7Q/TGlwdJlKsrI/AAAAAAAAAws/EGcNYXiBW0A/mercfoxmap.... : MurrayTheSkull
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    Merc, can we get a new Cartograph today? :) : GrimmyD
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      Actually, I wonder if we could get a caves map from cartographer? : loboca
      • There actually is a mode for that, but since it uses the same oblique rendering for the land, you can't m... : DHAvatar
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        Yes we can and I'll do multiple renders of different modes when I get home : MercFox1
        • Thanks man. : loboca
        • Is it possible to do a oblique render without water? I'm curious to see what hides under all that blue :) : GrimmyD
  • Soooo, I may have attempted to sail to the edge of the world last night, until BlackCat9 told me that mig... : TheQuad
  • can someone post some ingame screenshots of the major towns? I'd like tot ake a loook but then I'd have t... : bamb
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  My underground forest is expanding! I now have a second floor growing in. http://www.shackpics.com/vi... : Vividvoid
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    Needs more shroooms! : AgentPothead
    • I have a special lava pit for shrooms. : Vividvoid
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  I am interested in this game but the Alpha tag makes me want to wait for a more stable release, as I am n... : Captain Loco
  • The client is as stable as rock! : Vividvoid
  • It is half price now, will be 80% price when beta is released, and 100% later. just fyi. : loboca
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    but I play HoN all the time :( : conandan
    • I didn't mean to imply that nobody is playing it, just that it doesn't seem to be generating much buzz la... : Captain Loco
  • HoN's community is absolute garbage though, Minecraft is completely different. This is also the SECOND... : MercFox1
  • There is still a hon thread like every other day. Depends on who is leading the charge. Also, there are s... : Xanthos
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    Unlike HoN, however, Minecraft is not a terrible game. : Clasifyd
    • har har harf, please. : kainen1
    • more like URBAD LOLOLOL : R@zzle
  • The "alpha" is extremely stable. The multiplayer build was an early experimental release and will have th... : Zek
  • Still a lot of people playing HoN on the shack. : dedgecko
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    About 10 of us played HoN all weekend. : kgargs
    • man - i wish i was good enough to play with you guys... : dedgecko
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    it's not really a game so much as a sandbox to build and mine within. : ass-street
    • The single player mode has more--like killing zombies. : Vividvoid
  • the single-player game is rock solid for the most part. mp is a bit shaky and limited but it's super bas... : mikecyb
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  Blog post about server-side inventory http://notch.tumblr.com/post/963183697/working-on-server-side-in... : kaankasim
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    fuuuuck, no more hacking :( : Vividvoid
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      Just means that buildings will be more impressive. Currently you do don't know if someone persister hack... : unjustend
      • I started to cheat on Saturday b'c my internet lagged and i got smushed in gravel and lost all my stuff :... : kgargs
      • Unless the building is made out of brick diamond or bedrock, I doubt people hack in materials to build bu... : Vividvoid
    • I, for one, am thrilled. Makes it a bit harder for people to grief and such. : Clasifyd
    • Good. If you want that shit play it in creative mode. : kingdepork
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      i'm excited for when he patches out the "drop to repair tools" bug. : ass-street
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        ass-street: enjoys things that suck : kgargs
        • no, i hate fun. : ass-street
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      glad there is no more hacking... no way possible some of these buildings were built with mined materials... : Shadowdane
      • After seeing some of that shit, it turned me off of the servers. Takes the satisfaction and epicness out... : kingdepork
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        What buildings are you referring to? And have you seen any of the caves people have made? It only takes... : Vividvoid
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          Obsidian tower for starters. And there was a building or two made out of diamond. : Clasifyd
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            The obsidian wasn't hacked in though. The lava, maybe, but buckets are working now so you don't know for... : Vividvoid
            • No, wasn't aware of that. I guess I just assumed, apologies. : Clasifyd
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              Take a stroll and check out the obsidian tower on Merc's server... It's to the left of the giant lava ... : dumb.
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                yea, I was trying to form obsidian on my tower... (sw corner of NDC), instead I got a really shitty water... : dedgecko
                • also - I'm really sad that redstone torches don't last forever - they seem to wink out (despawn) after 45... : dedgecko
              • Basically get vertical water going right next to where you want obsidian, place lava from bucket adjacent... : unjustend
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      Why the fuck would you want to hack. Just play creative mode if you want to build shit. Survival mode is ... : OverloadUT
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        Agreed, but survival mode multi is fucked. You can't even smelt. My friends and I are messing around ... : ShadowRam
        • There are add-ons to smelt and fix other stuff, at least until they get it fixed offically. : Shadowdane
    • Servers will always be able to mod it if they want, but he should just add a creative mode with the survi... : Zek
    • Wha? You saying you hacked some of your materials? : kartooner
  • Trip to Finland?! sigh : zuff
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  What I've been working on! - Minecraft Edition http://members.shaw.ca/bd82/minecraft/tomb1.png Bottom o... : GrimmyD
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    Also, I've been using a really sweet texture pack by our very own dumb.! It's really easy on the eyes an... : GrimmyD
    • Sorry, I promise I will update it soon! Paying work has taken temporary precedence :( : dumb.
  • That is frickin' huge and awesome! : dumb.
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    That 'hotel' reminds me of Tenpenny Tower, partially because of the balcony on the top floor, more so bec... : TroZ
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      ...diamond tools help me figure my way into places :) : dedgecko
      • whoa - who built the memorial to the sky scraper that used to be in Port Wang? : dedgecko
      • I 'visited' the server on Sunday. I only placed a few saplings - I didn't break or place any blocks. I d... : TroZ
  • Haha, dude, you're a building madman. : loboca
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    Huhh.. the graphic settings or texture pack or whatever it is your using looks terrible. : ShadowRam
    • To each their own. I find it to be far easier on the eyes than the standard textures. :) : GrimmyD
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    is there a limit to how tall a structure can be? : maulla
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      Yes. its a few blocks above cloud level. : ShadowRam
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        Which sucks. I think the Z coordinate should be just as 'continuous' as the other two. : ShadowRam
        • It's due to the way the map is stored on disk. The world is a plane divided into chunks, 16x16x128. : mroizo40
    • Yes. Base of map to top of map. While the map is infinite in the x and y direction the z direction is fin... : conandan
    • The world is 128 blocks tall in total, 64 down, 64 up. : mroizo40
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  Hey loboca, I hope you like the improvements I made to the passageway to GIZA. : ChibiJosh
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    Oh crap. I haven't logged in since yesterday afternoon, I'll check it out tonight! : loboca
    • (it's cocks... lots of them) : dumb.
    • Nothing too fancy... I just finished the checkerboard floor back to spawn and cut a channel in the center... : ChibiJosh
• WANNA EXPLORE? It seems the other 3 servers have a lot of people building, where as mine has 6 or 7 regul : AgentPothead
• I started up a new map last night. (Single Player) Game started me on a small island of 7 squares of s... : ShadowRam
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  What just happened? GrimmyD started swearing and the server went down. : ChibiJosh
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    I was digging down to see how much farther I had to go before I hit bedrock. Instead of hitting bedrock I... : GrimmyD
    • lol :( : MurrayTheSkull
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      yea, I've learned to dig in at least a 2x2 or 3x3 hole so that I always have a firm foothold before find ... : dedgecko
      • haha yah i found this out the hard way too... i hit a pocket in the bedrock and fell to my death. :( : Shadowdane
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  MERC SERVER CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!! : MurrayTheSkull
  • Boooooom!!!! : conandan
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    just as i was about to divert my attention away from work too :( : SolveChrist
    • yeah I also just got able to play again, oh well! : Xevo
  • Just before it crashed: Loiosh: ;.; : LoioshDwaggie
  • oh the humanity : Johnny Law
  • LOL It crashes every time I'm about to get on it. : Clasifyd
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    Well the good news is you'll lose a maximum of 29 minutes of work now, the bad news is I won't be home fo... : MercFox1
    • Hey Merc, I was a bit unclear on what you meant about wanting to do CLI commands when the script is runni... : passingstranger
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      VNC, SSH, ETC! : dumb.
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        he covered this previously, he works at a secure government facility... hence not an option. : Shadowdane
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          The solution: VNC through phone. : passingstranger
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            I offered to show him an http password protected method of restarting minecraft without having to have re... : loboca
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              You did not! When was this? : MercFox1
              • Heh, it was just a response to a thread a few days back. If you are interested, let me know. It's some pe... : loboca
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            oh yeah they totally let you have phones at secure government facilities : mikecyb
            • The sub-solution: Implant a phone underneath one's skin. : passingstranger
  • 'Spose its a good thing. I am getting some crap done in the mean time. : limpossible
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    Lol, and I came home early to play, :( : loboca
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      heheheh :) : MurrayTheSkull
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        QUIT CRASHING THE SERVER WHEN YOU KNOW I WANT TO PLAY SKULL : loboca
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          It's a good thing you yell now. Wait until you see what I put up at Giza ;) : MurrayTheSkull
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            Oh no, I saw it... *cough fag : loboca
            • hahahahhahahah :) : MurrayTheSkull
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    Woooo it's back up! : loboca
    • Shit is all gone though. We need backup restores. : Freon

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  I've been playing Gunner with Critical / Accuracy / Ammo perks and getting destroyed, outranged, killed a : Lunatic Angelic
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    I have my Gunner set up similarly except I go with Rate of Fire instead of Critical. Assassin's are an... : snot3353
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      set up turrets? also a juiced tank can take out a money ball so fast it's ridiculous. : azenmaster
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        I guess the issue that bugs me is that the Assassin can just completely bypass all the defenses and unclo... : snot3353
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          This is what the gunner's ground pound is for. : Thornfist
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            The issue with this seems to be, at least in our games, is that when OT hits, everyone rushes money ball ... : Nerdsbeware
            • You gotta play with me more often then, the first thing I do as a gunner with OT hits, is head back to ba... : Thornfist
        • Haha so after reading your comment, I just went a tried this. I made so much juice when hitting the money... : SkipperMcG
• gunners don't have a ton of health though so it evens out. you can be pretty precise with a tank's rail ... : azenmaster
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  Super-polished game, but god I'm terrible at it. : ThomW
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    we should get a party going so we can communicate and such, I'm terrible as well, but I've got the strate... : azenmaster
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      Yeah we were doing that last night. We were playing local most of the day on and off, but didn't realize... : ThomW
      • most fun I had splitscreen online is both of us as gunners and just ream through everything or else both ... : azenmaster
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      Me and Nerdsbeware and a couple of our friends have been playing pretty much every night around 10 to 12 ... : snot3353
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        We generally have at least three, sometimes a fourth so 2-3 having a full team would kick ass. : Nerdsbeware
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          It's just a shame the matchmaking is so wonky. Sometimes it'll find us a proper game that is just startin... : snot3353
          • I meant "same team". : snot3353
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  I keep trying to play assassin because I figure it's the easiest class to get the grapple achievement. Bu... : Haxim
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    I don't really understand how it works, sometimes when I grapple with her i hit hit kill and other times ... : SlingBlaze
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      are you grappling tanks? because unless he's injured you can't 1-hit kill a tank. : azenmaster
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        When I play a tank, anytime an assassin tries to grapple me I slaughter them the second they get off me. ... : Sturm08
        • its fun till you get double teamed while stuck in that animation :( : dantastic
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      Depends on the class you're grappling as well I think, some have more health than others. : Haxim
      • i guess this is likely it. : SlingBlaze
    • I would imagine that it depends on the class, the side your grapple from, your sponsers, the targets spon... : snot3353
    • Also you can't grapple any tanks or gunners that are in deploy mode. They are pretty easy to spot so jus... : Nerdsbeware
    • A few things. 1) Do you have the sword or dagger? Sword grapple does more damage. 2) Does the other c... : lord cecil
  • it definitely is the easiest class for grapple kills. all of the maps have pretty specific paths that lea... : maulla
  • Try working on combos, sounds weird but it works. IE going into cloak, dash to where you can see your ta... : Nerdsbeware
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    I was pretty awful with them as well. I was playing Assault then set it aside to try the Assassin. I was ... : SkipperMcG
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      Sorry 9. was supposed to be: 9. Grapple has a cooldown. If you kill someone with it, you can't use it ... : SkipperMcG
      • I'd also add, I upgrade my passive and my cloak first. They seemed the most important. For my custom c... : SkipperMcG
    • Quite good tips right here folks. Thanks Skip! : Nerdsbeware
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  I need to try this now that I am back from vacation : Begawkiness
  • yes you do : dantastic
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  TANK MENZ What's your custom classes looking like? I generally go with Gold: Armor Silver: Health... : Nerdsbeware
  • I just go with the standard classes, they're fine. : azenmaster
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    I'm having an hard time using the custom classes. The biggest problem is that I have no idea what the sp... : MrLobo
    • Once again Lord Cecil came to our rescue and answered some of that stuff: http://www.shacknews.com/lar... : Nerdsbeware
    • I don't know if maybe I just haven't found it, but there doesn't seem to be a very easy way to tell what ... : snot3353
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    G: Juice S: Armor B: Reload speed (must useful when using the torch's melee ability) Juice is so goo... : ratman
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      I'll have to try that out tonight. Do you normally push or defend? : Nerdsbeware
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        I'm always pushing the lanes. Fight with the bots and keep them on their side of the map. The torch's aoe... : ratman
        • I run into the occasional gunner in deployment on the top level of something when pushing and generally g... : Nerdsbeware
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    i didnt know there was gold silver and bronze, does that matter? : dantastic
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      Yup, it will determine the multiplier bonus you get on the endorsement. 3x Gold, 2x Silver, 1x Bronze. : Nerdsbeware
      • shit i gotta repick that : dantastic
• I'm embarrassed to say that when I created my first custom class, an Assault, I thought it adjusted the e... : SkipperMcG
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  Since at least 12 of us are playing MNC we need to get some SHACKBATTLE action going. What's the protocol... : rudds
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    http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Shackbattles : snot3353
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      How big can you make the parties on XBLA? : Nerdsbeware
      • 8 people : pandastrong
      • 8 people, so I wouldn't recommend trying to use parties to setup a shackbatle. Just have someone make a c... : Haxim
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    We really need to be able to have more than 99 people on our friends list. I thought that was coming sin... : FormerHPB
    • I agree with this. I wish I could link to a database of names for the shack. That way my friends list c... : conandan
    • maybe we'll get it once they release kinect update in the fall for the dashboard : dantastic
  • basically what you need to do to make this happen is pick a night a bit in advance and then start a colou... : dantastic
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  Finally got to play this over the weekend and I love it. I think the most satisfying thing is when I'm pl... : Sturm08
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    Follow the Form link above and fill it out! : Haxim
    • Ah, sorry! I went to the excel and when I couldn't modify that assumed I couldn't. I'm stupid. : Sturm08
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  I've learned that there is a counter for everyone. The sniper can EASILY snipe gunners. The hitbox on t... : conandan
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    How do you taunt? : ratman
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      I'm assuming he just meant to trick someone into coming after you and then triggering the bomb. That bein... : snot3353
      • It's right on the DPAD and A : SkipperMcG
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    I wish I could adjust the zoomed-in sensitivity :( : maulla
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      I agree. It would be nice. However, I have become sick with the sniper. I go the ice traps first so I can... : conandan
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        Are those ice traps visible to the enemy? : SkipperMcG
        • I think the little dot is. But most don't notice yet. Additionally I move them to different locations eac... : conandan
      • There is nothing nastier than a good sniper. I was playing a Gunner at one point yesterday and there was ... : snot3353
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  What is an annihilator and what does it do? I have purchased a few of them and had no idea what happen... : SkipperMcG
  • When you hit it, it's basically causes a AOE blastwave that depending on where it is, blows bots to piece... : Nerdsbeware
• have we stopped using gamewith.us all together? : dantastic
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  ENDORSEMENTS: http://mondaynightcombat.wikia.com/wiki/Endorsements Just a quick run down of what En... : Nerdsbeware
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    cool thanks, anyone have some sweet custom classes? I'm going to try switching the tank's health regen... : azenmaster
    • Like I said above, my normal "build" was: G(Armor), S(HRegen), B(Clip) But I also play with: Armor a... : Nerdsbeware
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    I need stats :( : MrLobo
    • I like them too, but the stats aren't static so it's hard to tell what the bonus will be. : Nerdsbeware
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  do you need to damage Bullseye for him to drop money, or does he throw the same amount of money regardles... : SkipperMcG
  • I think he tosses more money when shot. : Haku-Jin
  • you have to shoot him : skinlab133
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    You get money for shooting him, just like shooting the moneyball. He also drops coins regardless. : Code RedBeard
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      how do you drop the money ball? originally i thought you could shoot it but i think the robots have to b... : dantastic
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        Correct, you have to escort bots to the moneyball. Once the shield drops you can shoot the crap out of it... : lord cecil
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          I was actually reading a thread on another forum today about a supposed bug where pros can actually do ve... : snot3353
          • Yes, but that's a bug only someone nefariously evil in nature would abuse. It will be fixed as soon as we... : lord cecil
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  should we organize a formal shackbattle wednesday at 10pm EDT? although i hope to be on whenever i can t... : dantastic
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    Thats fine by me. I see you on most nights when I play so maybe I'll hit you up tonight if you're around. : snot3353
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      i had to decline an invite the other day from you because i was already in a group of shackers :o : dantastic
      • Its OK. I forgive you! : snot3353
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    Sounds good to me. : Haxim
    • SHACKBATTLE, HO! : dantastic
  • I'm in : pandastrong
  • I will be in, furr surr. : Nerdsbeware
• I officially revoke Support as the cheapest class in the game. Gunner can go fuck their own asses. (No... : Nerdsbeware