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• hahahahahaha : maulla
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  Nice work bringing that shit here, you're a class act, also if you read the thread and see why, you'll se... : abrasion
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    Here's the exact post I got banned for, note I'm quoting a guy who is quoting others to give it full cont... : abrasion
    • Specifically that third quote, that one is downright ridiculous. : abrasion
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      why do you have to fight everything? : maulla
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        The moderator of that thread is a dumbass, the shack at it's worst in the last 10 years hasn't come close... : abrasion
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          I understand the principle, and may even agree that its harsh moderation, but why not just let it go? : maulla
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            Why let it go? The people on the front page didn't seem to have any bad intentions yet someone went mod b... : abrasion
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              because its not a problem worth creating a ruckus over? : maulla
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                I'm sorry maulla, please paste a link to me 'creating a ruckus' - the only person I see creating a ruck... : abrasion
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                  if maulla linked everytime you created a ruckus we'd have to start a wiki : RikiTiki2
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                    I closed down my stoofoo account Riki :( : abrasion
                    • http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=stoofoo First result : Rooster Cockburn
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          Sounds like that forum needs a new user.. NotAbrasion. : tboomer2
          • theghostofabrasion : ArcKnight
        • It's not malicious I'm just teasing you :) : Blucklesworth
      • http://xkcd.com/386/ : EricZBA
    • Don't question the man, man. : loboca
    • Wow talk about moderation abuse : FiReaNG3L
    • Quote more! I would have banned you just for quoting a post with nested quotes. : zebosausamite
    • That whole thread is comedy. : omnova
    • User was warned for this post. : dumb.
    • That was one hell of a thread. : The Grolar Bear
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      Not to play devil's advocate but if you read the first couple of responses in that thread it does seem li : kainen1
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        agreed. if that stuff was posted here the mods wouldn't even blink : electroly
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          Well thanks gents, I'm not particularly on any crusade against them but it's nice to have people agree fr : abrasion
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            I think you're reading too much into Blucklesworth bringing up your banning. : StolenNosferatu
            • also that thread is LOLs. User was warned for this post. : StolenNosferatu
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        A mod explained it later. The warnings/temp bans were distributed to people who were derailing or trolli... : walker270
        • i get that but the flagged posts didn't even seem bad in the slightest....in fact most of it was real adv... : kainen1
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      You posted in that thread only to point out a moderation issue, then continued pressing the issue when yo... : daedraug
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        Fair point, although I think if such a quantity of people spoke up in unison here (before the posts manag... : abrasion
        • Don't be so abrasive, abrasion! It's funny and doesn't sully your name. : MercFox1
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          Seems like harmless ribbing to me, I wouldn't take it so seriously. And their format is very different fr... : daedraug
          • Do you actually think for a second that I mean it when I claim I'm an 'intelligent poster' ? I see myself... : abrasion
    • Pretty lame moderating. : Freon
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      Read the whole post. That shit is ridiculous. : xylopagus
      • On my part or the mod? : abrasion
• hahahahaha : pancake humper
• I lol'd. : MercFox1
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  link? : fsck
  • http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6193017 : pancake humper
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  I just tried searching for the thread and got this: http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=5505 : pancake humper
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    click content only and put his name in that box, nothing in the top box : dignan
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      *whoosh* : pancake humper
      • oh, abortion. : dignan
  • lol : OmegaRed59
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  lol! guess shack mods aren't as rigid as stoofooers make em out to be :P : RikiTiki2
  • I know of 3 forums which make this place look like 4chan, honestly it's overall mostly pretty fair around... : abrasion
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  hahaha I figured he didnt even bother posting there, set him back up dude! : oldschoolbob-o
  • I don't need or want any favours from blucklesworth. : abrasion
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  Did he post a lengthy balance assessment based on his experiences in 3v1 comp stomps? : walker270
  • PC set to easy of course. : abrasion
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  my memory is fuzzy... but do you have a salmosa "asian edition", abrasion? : miasma&!
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    Yeah I ended up getting both since they are cheap as hell! - the asian one is actually too small and I ha... : abrasion
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      Have you tried the abyssus? because i've tried googling the difference between that and salmosa, and I... : miasma&!
      • From pictures I don't like the look of it, not as contoured :( : abrasion
• hahahahahaha, excellent : d0gbert
• hahahaha this made my morning : wurt
• LOL : askedrelic
• lolz : rmjackson
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  Abrasion and I have disagreed in the past on more than one occasion, but I am 100% with him on this one. ... : Milleh
  • its probably because nuked posts don't show up so you don't see when someone posts the same shit a dozen ... : StolenNosferatu
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    I agree, too many people lay down for the "rules" and never test their rights. If rights go untested for ... : Xencer
    • BUT MY BULLETIN BOARD RIGHTS! : sgtsanity
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      Test what rights? The right to not follow community guidelines for online forums run by private businesse... : Dave-A
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        It's only a matter of time before the e-magna carta. THEN YOU'LL SEE. : losder5000
        • We shall call it... The Microsoft Encarta : Dave-A
    • Well, I mean you gotta fight. For your right. To parrrrrrrrrtaaayy. That's old school, how old am I,... : Goto10
• Hahaha : Link.
• I am shocked! : Goto10
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  Haha- I'm surprised it took this long : Lionel2b
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    I love all the "lol!" posts, have you read the thread entirely and seen the post in question? : abrasion
    • What does that have to do with my statement? I read it and agree the mods were trigger happy, but I'm jus... : Lionel2b
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      Are you mad, brother? : Goto10
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        Not mad at all, I find it funny to laugh at the dumbass's lolling without context. : abrasion
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          pretty sure most are still laughing even given the context : busdriver3030
          • Yep, I know shacknews, you're definitely on the money with this one, no doubt. : abrasion
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      I'm just amused that it's a ban, in part, for discussing moderation. *I* get to lol about that, right? Al... : geedeck
      • geedeck I always have a badge of pride, I fight for my people. I am basically william wallace. : abrasion
• Best post all day. : multisync
• haaaaaaa : Yanks

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  Hahahaa, oh Apple. Stay Classy, : LoioshDwaggie
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    microsoft did that same shit with IE and some of there sites a few years back. : Super Sparker
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      For an event like this? : Godhatesfatpeople
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        wasn't the win7 launch silverlight-only? I forget : jcupitt
        • Yeah, but silverlight works in non-microsoft browsers/OSs. : Nali4Freedom
        • silverlight is cross platform though : mnok
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          Silverlight works on both mac and linux though. : uncleanmonkey
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            not linux though, afaik : jcupitt
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              it has for awhile with support from MS: http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight : derelict515
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                Moonlight still can't play smooth stream, the ms equivalent of the apple http streaming thing and the for... : jcupitt
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                  huh? http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/First-Moonlight-20-Preview-Out-ndash-with-Smooth-Streaming/ this was o... : derelict515
                  • End of 2010 according to the roadmap http://www.mono-project.com/MoonlightRoadmap : jcupitt
  • To me this says "We don't need new customers, our current customers hemorrhage money." : stratedge
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  Safari for Windows or Chrome will do just fine. : sukabljat
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    No it won't - it's because Apple is going to use Quicktime X which hasn't been ported to Windows yet. : Jonathan
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      http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_only_mac_users_can.php : Jonathan
      • Although now I re-read that article I've got to wonder what the writer is smoking. Microsoft is responsib... : Jonathan
      • They've invented a revolutionary technology that allows streaming of audio and video over the internet. T... : ColoradoCNC
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  You can use VLC to stream it but will have to manually keep putting the playlist in. Also, it's to tes... : pancake humper
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    doesn't mean they need to be so exclusive. sucks because i was looking forward to streaming this from my... : kainen1
    • I'll be busy squinting at my iPod Touch screen. : Dontdrop
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    "ipod touch outsells nintendo and sony portables combined" Well that's a straight up lie. Earlier h... : slickdoody
    • I think he's talking about current monthly rates, not total installed base. The DS obviously crushes a... : Fayk
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  check out this hilarious press release: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/08/31alert.html : jcupitt
  • HTTP based on open standards* *open if you own a mac only...and even then, not really, k thx bai : devnullgt
  • "Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and profess... : pixelat3d
• Apple lol : abrasion
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  Steve is going to show his penis; quicktime x-rated. : massdev
  • hahahahaha : Nitrium
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  my iPad's video streaming is so fuckin slow that will never work :( : red2lucas
  • Maybe you can wrap it in tin foil and jury rig some rabbit ears to boost performance>? : massdev
  • TURN OFF YOUR WIFI :P : lukej1337
  • don't worry they're announcing the iPad 2ndGen with the processor's potential now unlocked : proclone1
• hahaha what? I guess I'd better go out and buy a Mac so I can watch this press event! : Hemtroll
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  That's pretty terrible. At least allow QuickTime or HTML5 playback or something for everyone. Why exclude... : jingletard
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    because they're retarded. you would want to appeal I would think to Windows customers most of anyone wou... : kainen1
    • Pretty much. I use Windows but I buy Apple stuff too. : jingletard
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    This is the same company that charges $2000 for a $700 computer. They do stupid things. : Entity
    • How is that stupid if people pay for it? What's the non-stupid computer maker? : roggor
    • It is stupid for consumers to pay for it but it's not stupid for them to make money and convince consumer... : snot3353
    • Ugh, nitpick it if you must, but you get the idea. If I need to spell it out, the same people who are buy... : Entity
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      Slight exaggeration, I just tried to find a good HP or Dell to match Apple specs but come it at a lower c... : BouillonCubes
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        Yes, slight. My bad, I was off $200 in both directions. http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u46173/dellchartf... : Entity
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          I'm pretty sure that chart has already been debunked. : BouillonCubes
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            Just from my own experience pricing out Dell, HP, and Apple models. That chart is BS and doesn't include... : BouillonCubes
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              Yeah, there was a discussion here about it. Dell was leaving out many of the specifics (ex: battery life... : walker270
              • http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/09/dell.tries.to.scare.users.away.from.macbooks has some st... : jcupitt
          • Dell even re-did the chart themselves. : Jonathan
        • You taking a Dell advertisement as unbiased fact? : walker270
    • stupid incredibly profitable : Deathlove
    • A company making profits on their products?! Holy stupid things, batman! : Super Sparker
    • Over half that $2000 cost of a 27" iMac is the monitor, same one is $1100 from Dell by itself. : Serpico74
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  This handles their issue with tech bloggers disrupting their demos involving internet use. : kramweil
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    there's still going to be idiots with their MiFi-routers/smartphones in AP mode sitting in the audience i... : rookieone
    • Part of it is taking the thunder away from the bloggers... why read text if you can follow a video stream... : kramweil
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  Why stream to people who wont by their shit? : oldschoolbob-o
  • advertising to people who have not yet bought your product, in some circles, is considered a way of obtai... : steelsamurai
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    That's a pretty silly question. Why stream to the very people who currently do not buy your product? This... : Milleh
    • and they never will if you dont take the opportunity to pitch it. i never owned an apple product until ab... : rtrson
    • yeah pretty much : oldschoolbob-o
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    It's a sales pitch and Windows users buy Apple stuff (iPods, phones, etc) too. : jingletard
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      but if you bought their phones or ipods, you could watch it. I find it hilarious how butt hurt people... : sicko
      • dude give it a rest. you know it's a workday, we want to stream it at work and most works have windows m... : kainen1
      • I have an iPod classic - how am I to watch it? : MisterPhoton
• what a bunch of cunts : bozer
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  apparently they don't want to expand their customerbase : razorblade79
  • This. You would think that Apple would want the widest possible audience rather than restricting the vie... : ninj0rc
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  Doubt I'm the first to search, but there's a few restreams already waiting: http://www.ustream.tv/channe... : crockroches
  • ustream blocked at work. :( any other ones? : kainen1
  • i'm in! : lukej1337
  • thanks for the link. i don't know why apple is doing this. i don't own any apple hardware but still want... : [eluder]
• lol fucking apple. so retarded : JohnnyRey
• lol : lodit
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  to quote Fraylo, "wjw" : cltcprd
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    That's a nice dragon you got there. : roggor
    • Since someone mentioned that, that's all I ever see now. : ChiefSquattingBear
• Hahaha I hope they did this just to annoy the internet. : peanut-
• LOL : DrWaffles
• sigh : Milleh
• added to my list of reasons that i fucking hate apple : alanboom
• good job steven : BouillonCubes
• Yea I had a hearty laugh at this last night when I read it. : ant_hillbilly
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  I would like iWork for iPhone, and iMovie for iPad. : kramweil
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    I'd like iOS4 for iPad please. : Jonathan
    • I'm also thinking GarageBand app from the graphic. : kramweil
• IT JUST WORKS : fsck
• the hell made them think this would be a good idea? : halophoenix
• Where's Walker or Multisync defending this??? : Phreakin
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  They're testing out their servers for a service they're announcing that involves those platforms. I don't... : kramweil
  • because it's easier to RAEG! (seriously though, even I'm an Apple fan and while I see that explanation as... : halophoenix
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    so you are telling me they lack the resources to provide a parallel compatible stream for non-mac platfor... : kainen1
    • They're keeping focused on rolling out to current devices first, because they gotta implement it real soo... : kramweil
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      if kramweil is right, it wouldn't be that they lack the resource, just that they know who their customers... : halophoenix
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        it's inclusive and dumb. it isn't an issue of 'priority' : kainen1
        • exclusive sorry : kainen1
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          So you're not catching it live? From a business owner's perspective, there are more compelling reasons th... : kramweil
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            I don't care about their perspective, I mean all I should be concerned about is my own right? Cmon now.... : kainen1
            • I still don't hear any motivating reason other than a sense of entitlement. : kramweil
  • streaming video is hard... : derelict515
• So how long till it starts? : red2lucas
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  So, is this the benefit of supporting open standards. Lol. : capt tripps
  • you can trust apple to steward the future : boring gegtik
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  To check if Apple is BSing, load up this sample stream and see if it works on your computer/browser confi... : ventro
  • You mean this RFC which is still in draft form that Apple created? http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pa... : RomSteady
  • Works fine on my Safari and my iPhone. I get playback controls but no A/V on Chrome and nothing at all o... : ventro
  • Doesn't work - Latest Firefox, XP. : Deathlove
• LOLS apple kills me : jonin
• they should charge for it as well. people would pay for it. : Downforce
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  waah... if you care so much about viewing the livestream, you more than likely meet the requirements. thi : emcea
  • it's still faggoty. watching skeleton jobs after lunch at work is always fun once a quarter to make the ... : kainen1
  • I care about it and don't meet the requirements. I'm at work (but even at home) and don't have a mac or i... : OmegaRed59
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  Event is staring now guys. If you've got a mac head to apple.com, there's a link to the livestream on the... : pixelat3d
  • http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1009qpeijrfn/event for the super lazy ; ) : pixelat3d
  • Wow the stream is pretty good. : ventro
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    not to rub it in, but this is a pretty freaking high quality stream. : emcea
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      Not gonna lie, this stream is awesome, but i have to wonder if it's only safe to be this awesome because ... : pixelat3d
      • I'd be curious to see the juked usercounts. : Deathlove
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  damn this iphone stream is pretty slick : gmd
  • yea it's pretty decent so far on my touch : jonin
  • Living on the ore side of the world I never get streaming this fast and clear. The stream started straigh... : red2lucas
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  Wow, that stream started up near-instantly. Impressed! : sgtsanity
  • How can I maximize the stream on a secondary monitor, and keep browsing on my main? Whenever I focus o... : dodob
• Here we go : Kentor
• Stream started near instantly and quality is great. Datacenter success : Maarten Goldstein
• Very good streaming. Too bad its crappy steve music. : historyinthemaking
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  The random shots of attendees are starting to crack me up. DUDE WITH PEN LIGHT ADJUSTING CAMERA! NERD... : sgtsanity
  • asian girl in glasses. who is she? : dodob
• stream working beautifully : opengl128
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  can I spoof my browser and get in? : epit
  • No, doesn't have the necessary tech for HTTP streaming. Use VLC : Serpico74
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  I'm still getting the "Please check back soon" page... : roggor
  • It already started. : Kentor
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    Oh wait, no chrome. : roggor
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      just go to http://live.gizmodo.com/ they're relaying the video : epit
      • YAY! : DarkWolf5
      • I just switched to safari, but thanks. : roggor
• Wow that Shanghai store looks Awesome. : dodob
• No mention of the Perth store? Lol : red2lucas
• Stream is great, but why am I forced to watch this on my touch while sitting in front of my giant (in com... : Dontdrop
• That is some mighty fine architecture porn. : sgtsanity
• Come on iTV : Kentor
• oh man. HDR will be everywhere now : Thomas Hace
• HD video uploading over wifi, finally with 4.1 : opengl128
• HDR photos? wtf : ventro
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  HDR in 4.1! : Bamtan
  • I am glad this is a very tame HDR. I was thinking it would be those crappy plastic looking HDRs : historyinthemaking
• TV show rentals, guess we get our AppleTV after all. : Deathlove
• 3G performance fixes! woo! i may try 4.1 on my 3G now.. : g0nk
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  This is working flawlessly: http://live.gizmodo.com/ : virus
  • On the one hand, fuck Apple, on the other, fuck Gizmodo. WHY CAN'T I HAVE PRETTY THINGS : Deathlove
  • it's delayed, and choppy as fuck... : g0nk
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  Lol @ HDR photos on the iPhone.. : saunders45
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    looks pretty cool to me, not overdone : opengl128
    • it appears to be the proper implementation, not the overblown crap on deviantart. : gmd
  • It makes a lot of sense since the dynamic range on a cellphone camera completely sucks, hence HDR will he... : Kentor
• Dungeon Hunter 2? MP?? NICE : emcea
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  How do I watch on my iPhone? : BouillonCubes
  • go to apple.com : Thomas Hace
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  WTF? Epic. Unreal 3 engine! : Kentor
  • That looks insane : Serpico74
• god damn that looks ridiculously good for an iphone : Bamtan
• EPIC Games: "Project Sword" on iPhone!! ARPG : g0nk
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  god damn that looks good : gmd
  • Awesome : historyinthemaking
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  PROJECT SWORD : virus
  • holy fuck that looks sweet : virus
• whoa : DarkWolf5
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  UE3 looks pretty good on the jesusphone : Yanks
  • looked nice for sure : jonin
  • They are also good at presenting which is unusual for third party presentations : Yanks
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  BOOT ON FACE : historyinthemaking
  • haha : DarkWolf5
• This does look really good. And Chair is working on it. : Kentor
• I want Carmack to smash in through the skylight on this shit. : sgtsanity
• Unreal with swords. : Carnivac
• FOUR POINT TWO IPAD WOO : Yanks
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  AirPlay? Something like Airvideo??? :o : dodob
  • I imagine it's ability to stream music off a networked iTunes library : Bamtan
  • yup! : opengl128
• hooray printing! should have been a day one feature.... : DarkWolf5
• You got your productivity in my consumption device! :( : sgtsanity
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  I see the Lock Rotation soft button on the multi-task bar. Doesn't the iPad already have a hardware switc... : dodob
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    FREE update for iPad, yay. November, way too long a wait. : dodob
    • Hope devs get a beta. : kramweil
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  Does Jobs sound a little out of breath to anyone else? : Dontdrop
  • Yeah, dude doesn't sound so good. : Yanks
  • Yeah, I think he realized it too when he reached for that bottle of water. :\ : dodob
  • he sounds way more tired than he usually does : mikecyb
  • he sounds fine and looks like he put on weight. : crypt420
  • the dude is probably overworked... to his credit, he's been running this company flawlessly in the last f... : mnok
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  4.2 in November :( Hardest thing about the iPad is how much better iOS is on the iPhone : Serpico74
  • sounds like a nice christmas gift though. : DarkWolf5
• Wait... how can iPad 4.2 have HDR when the iPad doesn't have a camera? : ventro
• hmmm shuffle and classic didn't get leaked. Nice. : DarkWolf5
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  still have no use for an ipod shuffle. =\ : virus
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    Did the stream just crap out for anyone else? : virus
    • yeah, limited to audio-only : Nitrium
  • I was about to say I might pick one up for snowboarding, but then he showed the ipod nano.. lol : walker270
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  haha he had to put back his buttons. I bet he is still bitter about it. : haiku
  • He has maintained button equilibrium. : skilesare
• I think steve has been replaced with a robot. He just announced a device with new buttons. : DarkWolf5
• the ipad nano lolz : mikecyb
• Wait. Is their screen the same aspect as the iPad with the same proportion of border? : Kentor
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  Multi-touch, more like nano-touch amirite. The shuffle and the nano become the same thing, one with a scr... : dodob
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    No more video recording or playback. : red2lucas
    • Did he just admit to gimping the nano in order to push the iPod touch? I'm already sad because the old na... : dodob
• haha, ok that nano is completely unreal : Deathlove
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  ok, so what's the point of the shuffle now, that the Nano is essentially the same size, but with a bunch ... : g0nk
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    price, probably. : walker270
    • well, yeah, besides price, but still, with the added extra's why would you want a shuffle? also, it's way... : g0nk
  • MUCH cheaper, and with a hardware wheel. : dodob
  • saves you $100 : mikecyb
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  holy fuck I love living in the future so much. We can all run around wearing touch screens now. I am goin... : haiku
  • I am wearing them as earrings : gmd
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  Honestly, the FM makes me want it... also his comment about wearing it as a watch isnt too far off. I sho... : historyinthemaking
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    Just one or two generations away from a Dick Tracy videophone watch. : sgtsanity
    • We already could, but it's not a very usable form factor. : Conan
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    FM, lol. : Deathlove
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      Local Sports Radio Baby! : historyinthemaking
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        If you give me $150, I'll call you whenever you want to be completely retarded about sports. : Deathlove
        • Deal : historyinthemaking
  • Stupid thing is, any of the devices that can support nike+ can receive FM radio, they just dont enable it... : Beady
• Now that's pretty fucking cool. : freshyk
• Commenting again on the Streaming. This is really quality streaming. : historyinthemaking
• That rotate thing is slick : Yanks
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  fuck they are going to sell so many of those things. : emcea
  • Yup, slick as fuck. I want one, the clasp sealed the deal, perfect for the gym. FM radio is just icing on... : node
• $30 difference? That seems...odd. : Deathlove
• That dude sure can sell some shit. Look folks, I can rotate this. Amazing!! The crowd goes wild. Charisma... : jonin
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  does the stream keep fucking up for anyone else? : mikecyb
  • it just died for me for the first time : Maarten Goldstein
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    negative : gmd
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      it keeps cutting to the beginning of the conference where everyone is entering the theater :( or the vid... : mikecyb
      • I had that happen twice. Had to restart the stream. : afty
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  WTF just happened? : Kentor
  • Weird stream messes up on me. : Kentor
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  Retina display on iPod Touch!! : g0nk
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    +A4 Chip +3 axis gyro +iOS 4.1 +Facetime and front camera!! Rear HD Video Camera!! : g0nk
    • Wow...I think this new ipod will be my first hd video recording anything. From what I hear the ipod4 tak... : lukej1337
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    is this a surprise? : freshyk
    • Apple has a history of gimping the touch of features on the iPhone. : DarkWolf5
    • Sadly, yes. : terath
  • Very cool for people traveling overseas. Grab your Touch and you can do video chat back home. No phone ne... : historyinthemaking
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  That iPod Touch is going to uh, sell a lot. : Yanks
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    haha that 8gb is a ripoff for reals : Yanks
    • Why? Memory is not the biggest cost on these things. The 64gb version probably has higher margins. : sgtsanity
• 40 hours battery is nuts : Thomas Hace
• hooray I can buy a touch now. : DarkWolf5
• OMG. When he mentioned FaceTime camera, I thought they'd gone single camera only. And then he mentioned H... : dodob
• Every time they applause I want Steve to do the "zip it" gesture like Jeff in Community. I fucking bet it... : node
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  I guess they just like to pretend the ipod classic doesn't exist : mikecyb
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    I wish I understood why the shuffle exists now. : kramweil
    • apple likes to have ipods in all price ranges : Chandler55
    • For people who want a small player to use while jogging and they need it to be durable and cheap. I mi... : Schnapple
    • stocking stuffers, throw away gifts for kids. lowest price ticket into itunes shopping land. : emcea
    • Cuz it's 50 bucks : jcrockerman
  • I'm hoping the Classic goes the way of the Mac Pro - they keep selling it, they give it infrequent update... : Schnapple
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  wtf chuck theme : Chandler55
  • You mean, Cake? : Yanks
• nano logo is hot. : emcea
• Cake? Really? :( I mean. I love Cake. I was hoping for something fun. GOD. FaceTime on the iPod touch ... : dodob
• Guess the classic is no more : Serpico74
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  Why is the Touch still only 64GB? Sad. : ChiefSquattingBear
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    And no mention of updated Classic. I need more than 64 gb of portable media capacity. : Masem
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      I was just thinking that. He mentioned the entire lineup but skipped out on the classic which is actuall... : ChiefSquattingBear
      • Gruber thinks that the Classic is going to continue to stick around because it sells enough but not enoug... : Schnapple
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    128 would be fucking expensive. 64GB iPhone doesn't even exist for the same reason. : node
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      It'd be worth it. More games, music, movies. I fill it up far too quickly and start missing my other po... : ChiefSquattingBear
      • Hell, I don't even store movies on my old one. Just strictly music and apps. I can make pretty good use... : ChiefSquattingBear
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  "ipod touch outsells nintendo and sony portables combined" Well that's a straight up lie. Earlier... : slickdoody
  • Probably destroying the DS in month on month sales these days. I don't think he meant lifetime. : Kentor
  • I think he means month to month now : Thomas Hace
  • its a fucking apple sales pitch of course they are going to suck their own dick : .frame
• iTunes 10!!!!! new icon!!!! : Bamtan
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  ITUNES 10 THE COCOA VERSION!!! : Yanks
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    at least i fucking hope so : Yanks
    • rephrase: ITUNES 10 THE SAME OLD SHIT WITH LALA : Yanks
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  iTunes 10: This time it won't be an abortion on Windows. : Deathlove
  • Who said that? I'm sure it will continue to suck. : angrytaxman
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  iTunes 10 ... OMG NEW LOGO!! : g0nk
  • and a generic one at that. : historyinthemaking
• lol new logo. fix that fucking thing instead. : Hoax
• Not calling it iTunes X. :( : sgtsanity
• new logo, shit yeah : FrayLo
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  The white border is so... uTorrent. : dodob
  • That was my first thought as well. : kramweil
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  OMGOGMOMG NEW ICON GUYS NEW ICON HAIWEOAWUIEHHEIORABRARBABRBARASASDASDASDASDASD : DrWaffles
  • HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR : DrWaffles
• Maybe they'll improve coverflow where it's more like the ipod where it lists the songs on the back of the... : freshyk
• TV rentals on the new itunes screenshot! : ArtilleryMarker
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  oh god... social : historyinthemaking
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    this is a great idea i think, why so serious : FrayLo
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      i also think it is a natural extension of both itunes and social networking. it's really quite brilliant,... : Deathlove
      • its shitty on purpose so you switch to mac : mnok
    • I agree, I just wish iTunes wasn't the one that most people will adopt the idea for that reason. I oft t... : ChiefSquattingBear
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  Ping, Last.fm competitor? : Bamtan
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    Fuck last.fm. They have serious OSX bugs that they refuse to fix. : Kentor
    • toggle

      Their app is shit, just use some other scrobbler like Bowtie. : Bamtan
      • This one is great, as well: http://www.last.fm/group/Audioscrobbler+Beta/forum/30705/_/553795 : DrWaffles
• PIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : g0nk
• yay more shitty itunes views that i will never, ever use : electroly
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  ping...ping...I've...heard that somewhere before...but...where... : Deathlove
  • golf : FrayLo
  • Will they kill the Ping! app? : dodob
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  Good god. iTunes social networking. <sigh> : virus
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    is that a good sigh or a bad sigh virus : Deathlove
    • bad sigh bad sigh : virus
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      Bad sigh, I'm sure. this is pure bloatware for those that dislike social networking stuff forced upon th... : Masem
      • I bet it runs superfast on Windows. : dodob
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        how is this forced? i will eat my hat if the itunes options omits a checkbox for disabling ping and remo... : electroly
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          I'm sure you can be completely out of what social network they are trying to create, but all this are fea... : Masem
          • pffft. standard non-specific, non-programmer blather. the entire app does not magically become slower b... : electroly
      • WHY MUST YOU FORCE THIS ON ME?! lol : VegasX
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        it's not really bloatware it's just an extra feature that I'm sure the vast majority of itunes users will... : mikecyb
        • I just feel like this latest push for all companies to do social networking is ridiculous. The world d... : virus
        • this DEFINES bloatware : retarded talking dinosaur
• Eat your heart out, Bing!!! : dodob
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  Oh hey music facebook! : sgtsanity
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    i was wondering if it was possible to make itunes worse. apple just found a way. : Hoax
    • I left Facebook a long time ago. What the fuck, Apple... : kramweil
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      yeah they force you to use this. i should know better from an apple liveblog thread but SERIOUSLY WOW JU... : FrayLo
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        i mean, i see this as a way i can follow friends whose musical tastes i appreciate. people post here all... : FrayLo
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          It's a "too cool for school" mindset. : freshyk
          • more like fix the fucking crash-prone bloated piece of shit first before adding obnoxious bullshit like t... : Hoax
• follow me guys i got justin bieber and aaron carter, i got all the good songs listed : Chandler55
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  Great! Another social network so that I can ignore and be ignored by others! : slickdoody
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    Yep, no one uses Facebook, or Twitter or Myspace or Livejournal or Foursquare or Whrrl, no one, no one us... : VegasX
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      well to be fair, nobody uses myspace, and what the fuck is whrrl? : Deathlove
      • I think he just made it up. In case he didn't you should register a profile there right now and use Faceb... : slickdoody
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      We're quickly reaching an oversaturation of ways to stay in contact with others. : slickdoody
      • toggle

        certainly seems like a great central location for musicians and music fans to follow friends who like mus... : FrayLo
        • I'm all for companies redoing existing concepts, but they really need to make it special to drag people a... : slickdoody
  • it needs to be paid and private social networking. it would make a fortune. with versions. like itunes s... : Downforce
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  did the stream just die or did fucking safari just crash again? : Hoax
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    The video was flickering for me and the audio dropped out a few times, but it seems to be OK now. : DrWaffles
    • yep the stream recovered after restarting safari. : Hoax
  • its definitely gotten worse for me in the last 20 minutes : Maarten Goldstein
• Move along Steve, we get it. : red2lucas
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  Was iTunes open in the background when he launched it. Because if that is how fast it launches on OS X I ... : Dontdrop
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    It was already open. : DrWaffles
    • toggle

      Oh right ignore me then. : Dontdrop
      • it's still way faster on OSX. it's ridiculous really : mikecyb
      • it does launch really fast on osx though : electroly
  • most likely it was just minimized.. : g0nk
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  can i use my ipad to control itunes over wifi yet? i haven't been paying attention. : xxiv
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    ? Remote app? : aggybong
    • i mean something a little more elegant than stretching out the iphone app. an ipad version, anything? : xxiv
  • uhh, the official Apple remote app thats been out forever? : opengl128
  • can't you just use the iphone app : Chandler55
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    Can't you do that already with the Remote app? I use that on my iPhone ton control itunes on my windows ... : losimagic
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      pretty much but i'd like something updated/ipad specific. : xxiv
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        yeah i was wondering if they'd make an ipad version of remote : FrayLo
        • There was an article somewhere awhile ago talking about how apple moves people around from project to pro... : extrahappyturtle
• how much time he said cool so far : HisKillSkill
• Jobs is really "so"-ing it up. Lot's of so's. : Goto10
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  Wheres Project Sword, the Unreal powered game coming out for the Touch/Phone? : VegasX
  • You missed it earlier. : Yanks
  • You missed it. : DrWaffles
  • They showed that already : aggybong
• iTV something or other please : historyinthemaking
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  Ping. Another iTunes feature you'll want to turn off. : K1Bond007
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    I love music so I think I...won't. I'll actually try it out before slamming it. : aggybong
    • me too. finding new music *IS* actually what i'd like them to focus on. the base functionality of itune... : electroly
• iTunes 10, today. : g0nk
• ONE MORE THING HOBBY : historyinthemaking
• HERE WE GO : Yanks
• Please move on steve. Please. : DarkWolf5
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  AppleTV BABY!! : g0nk
  • This better be good. : virus
• HD, Lower Prices, Day-1 Releases?? : g0nk
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  but we dont want compressed 720p :( : HisKillSkill
  • To be honest, if compressed the right way, I can't really tell the difference at the same resolution. : DrWaffles
  • Compressed compared to what? Everything you get is compressed : extrahappyturtle
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  I'm watching this presentation on a computer connected to my TV. : freshyk
  • you don't want to do that, according to jobs : Nitrium
  • Liar, you don't exist! : losimagic
• =O Streaming! : g0nk
• good lord that is small : historyinthemaking
• Holy crap that thing is tiny! : DarkWolf5
• tiny! : Thomas Hace
• New iPod Touch. I wan to go to there. : aggro crag
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  Did it seem to just abruptly end for you guys? : jonin
  • yes, refreshed though : historyinthemaking
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    reload and it comes back : Thomas Hace
    • thanks guys : jonin
• *takes out credit card* : emcea
• Oh my GOD. Fuck that is awesome. : dodob
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  wow. so small! : FrayLo
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    wait no optical out? i don't have hdmi in my receiver :( : FrayLo
    • Same here. :( : Kentor
    • uh optical port is right there : opengl128
    • try upgrading, nub : Deathlove
    • optical is being phased out : gmd
    • It has optical. HDMI and optical. that is all. : DarkWolf5
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      he didnt mention it but it was hard to miss the optical port on there : Maarten Goldstein
      • watching on my iphone while working, i missed it i guess : FrayLo
  • I know!! :D : jcrockerman
• HOLY SHIT THAT'S SMALL! : losimagic
• Thank god, RENTAL ... purchasing was horrible : historyinthemaking
• I'm really interested in the rental model, specifically how much premium-channel content they can get and... : Deathlove
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  holy fuck apple tv : mikecyb
  • the 99cent bit seams reasonable. if only it wasn't for regional restrictions :( : Hoax
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  Bye bye Blockbuster! : ArtilleryMarker
  • NETFLIX!!! : ArtilleryMarker
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  PLEASE NETFLIX (i bet they wont though) : historyinthemaking
  • Never been better to be wrong. : DarkWolf5
  • lol surprise : DrWaffles
  • YESSSSSSS : Thomas Hace
  • lol : freshyk
  • Can I still take that bet? : walker270
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  so, last.fm is going to go under now that Apple is encroaching on their business model, eh? : MisterPhoton
  • I sure as hell hope not as iTunes is utter shit. : DrWaffles
• steve jobs is the king of taking my money 1 dollar at a time. : virus
• ofuk!! Netflix streaming!!! : g0nk
• If it's actually $99, it's almost worth just saying "fuck it". : Deathlove
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  I wonder how restricted computer streaming will be. : DarkWolf5
  • yeah, I really want to see a codec list : losimagic
  • My guess is standard apple formats just like the ipad,ipod and iphone. : sigpro
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    no reason to assume it'll be better : Maarten Goldstein
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      ^^Exactly. I'll never be able to stream .mkv files to it. No buy, even though it's super sexy. : virus
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        never = as long as it gets to get hacked : Deathlove
        • Here's hoping it gets jailbroken : losimagic
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        fine with me, my damn *TV* plays mkvs. *hugs Samsung* : Maarten Goldstein
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          I have a Samsung, too, but the DLNA support on it BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOWS. What model do you have? : Deathlove
          • I have this one http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/tv-audio-video/television/plasma-tv/PS50C550G1WXXU/ind... : Maarten Goldstein
        • Hot. I have a WDTV, which rocks :) : virus
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      This is the first iPod Apple Event that Steve has actually given me everything I want. I can dream dammi... : DarkWolf5
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        If you want a small HD box to stream netflix, mkv and pretty much everything else but HD rentals just buy... : sigpro
        • I already have an Apple TV though that I use with XBMC. : DarkWolf5
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    That's what apple don't seem to realize. That's what's going to make this thing. I don't see the problem,... : red2lucas
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      they are in the money making business. why would you buy this thing and rent tv shows and movies when you... : Maarten Goldstein
      • How many iPods do you think they would have sold if the only way to get music on to it was to purchase it... : red2lucas
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  they should just give these things away free for how much money in rentals they are going to make. : emcea
  • That would win the game. : skilesare
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  No Netf-- Oh shit. streaming Netflix. Sold. : laidback
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    I don't get the killer feature there. Can't xbox already do this? : kainen1
    • xbox, wii, ps3, wdtv live +, blu-ray players and tv's can all stream netflix instant watch already. : sigpro
    • Not everyone has a 360, PS3 requires a disk still right? : Fayk
    • Yeah and I do it myself from the 360 all of the time, but I have an old HTPC that can barely show HD cont... : laidback
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  Menus should stream to my iphone. : skilesare
  • This would be awesome : Thomas Hace
• I hope current TV gets the update but I somehow doubt it. :( : DarkWolf5
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  So does this thing stream 720p or 1080p video? : DrWaffles
  • well current itunes hd stuff is 720 soo : HisKillSkill
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  phone stream is going in and out ughhhh : gmd
  • The website stream is also going into strobe mode. : DrWaffles
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  stream is totally shitting the bed :( : Yanks
  • someone's getting fired : Maarten Goldstein
  • refresh : hirosushima
  • Better now : historyinthemaking
• what if you use component and fiber for your device like I do : ( : topkatz
• apple tv! : AMikaboshi
• makes me sad they're still using osx as opposed to ios though : Yanks
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  If ABC and ESPN would stream live tv to this thing it would be huge. : skilesare
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    that will never happen because ESPN gets such a ridiculous share of cable tv revenues it's nuts : Yanks
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      They are doing it for XBox. : skilesare
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        all they are doing for the xbox is adding an interface for espn3.com. You still have to have an ISP that ... : sigpro
        • That is fine. I have it. : skilesare
      • I bet anything that the $10 increase in Gold prices is partly due to ESPN. : Crimsonbeak
  • Even Apple can't afford what every cable network pays to carry ESPN. : Deathlove
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  Fuck your photos Steve, what codecs does that thing support? : red2lucas
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    mov contained h.264+aac, there I answered your question yeah, that's it. : Yanks
    • BUT MY CODECS! : sgtsanity
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  The stream went to shit during Apple TV demos...is this a sign of how the streaming is going to be??? lol : SKI242
  • no its probably a sign this was what everyone was tuning in for... : disembodied potato
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    And if you leave the apple page and go back and restart it, they fixed the stream, but it aint live no mo... : SKI242
    • er my bad, they just fixed it : SKI242
    • Live stream still works for me. : Kentor
• That airplay was pretty impressive. : sgtsanity
• Good afternoon, my name is Russell lol. : dodob
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  I'm sorry but wtf is the point of streaming from your ipad to your apple tv? lol : virus
  • So you can watch it on the big screen when you happen to be there! : sgtsanity
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    girlfriend is watching tv, i am watching a movie on my ipad in the other room. oh she's done? hit the go ... : Yanks
    • and your appletv. : Deathlove
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      im sure your friend would have a new apple tv instead of a dvd player : gmd
      • 99 bucks is a cheap barrier to entry : Yanks
    • You meant your girlfriend is watching tv, and you're watching a porno involving her and some guy, so you ... : kramweil
  • yeah i can't think of a reason either, i'm sure i'd have the same movie on my home pc/mac, but...still ni... : FrayLo
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    You're watching a movie while the baby is sleeping. The baby wakes up and you take the kid to the living ... : kramweil
    • MY GIRLFRIEND is watching tv when her water breaks. I have to drive her to the hospital so I bring my ap... : gmd
    • Cool they made a feature for feeding babies. : Fred Garvin
  • You go to your mates place, "hey guys watch this" and BAM! : red2lucas
• $99!!!!!!!!!!!! : historyinthemaking
• holy shit balls : gmd
• For $99 bucks I'll grab that. That's exactly the right price point. : Conan
• 99$? Pre-order'd : ArtilleryMarker
• 99$ ? i'd buy one if i had a tv :( : disembodied potato
• damn you apple, $99, really, just really?! sold :( : FrayLo
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  99??? I just spit my drink out. Sorry Roku, you're dead. : jcrockerman
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    Yeah, every other set-top box just lost. : Deathlove
    • I'd pay 199 if it could replace my TiVo. : K1Bond007
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    Isn't the highest end Roku 99 bucks too? : uncleanmonkey
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      yeah...but rentals are easier with Apple TV. I want to be able to easily rent Showtime shows on the day t... : jcrockerman
      • I'd be curious to see what HBO/Showtime would set the price for that at. $4.99/ep? Maybe $3.99? : Deathlove
  • If it's really only $99, count me in. : AMikaboshi
  • Yeah, roku is dead. I still think my HDI Dune is solid. It'll get netflix streaming here soon, but the ... : dextius
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  I will buy one of those as soon as it will play any video format under the sun, which, given Apple's trac... : Deathlove
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    when i copy my purchased dvds to my pc, i have been ripping to apple friendly codecs. given that apple i... : FrayLo
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      you are so boned when Apple's hubris brings them down eventually, like Micro$oft. : Deathlove
      • you know all i have to do to get the 360 to read them is change the file extension, i think it is mkv/mp4... : FrayLo
• ...and facetime between ipod touches and iphones... Wait a second. : Dontdrop
• ok 99? sold. especially with the ipad integration. : kainen1
• what if I want to stream stuff from a site like Hulu or DirectTV or something? :( : mikecyb
• damn, coldplay : Bamtan
• Goddammit Coldplay : sgtsanity
• lololol coldplay : DrWaffles
• woooo snoreplay! : disembodied potato
• Coldplaaaaaay : dodob
• Bah.... Coldplay : Kentor
• If I can put boxee or plex on that thing all of the world's problems will be solved. : emcea
• Chris Martin seems like a pretty cool guy. : Yanks
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  $99 is 1.67 Years of Xbox Live. I barely play Live. I mainly use it for the Netflix Streaming. Ye... : geedeck
  • Same here : jcrockerman
  • That was the only thing I was using Live for for a long time. I let mine run out and I use WMC now. : K1Bond007
  • Bah, you need to buy it on sale then it's 3.333333 years of Xbox Live. : lolpatrol
  • and you're not even considering the price increase of live : Nitrium
  • Yeah... I was just thinking the same thing : boarder2
  • same boat. doubt I'm renewing unless some killer game comes out I don't know about : kainen1
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  $229 for iphone without phone im down with that : Chandler55
  • You would be insane to not get the 32gb : DarkWolf5
• Man no one can say that Apple doesn't have it's shit together when it comes to making cool products and m... : Dynotaku
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  When is iTunes 10 out? : Bamtan
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    Today. www.apple.com/itunes : DrWaffles
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      Like, right now. : DrWaffles
      • toggle

        Wait a minute, the actual download page has 9.2.1 >:( : DrWaffles
        • YOU LIED TO ME WAFFLES!! *runs away crying* : r3dn3ck
    • The download links to the old version still. : ovrlrd
  • Today, sucka! : jcrockerman
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  i had the same exact concept of ping a year ago, i should have implemented it back then :( : hanged_man
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    last.fm had the concept of ping several years ago : MisterPhoton
    • toggle

      Apple is leveraging their hardware market and the store incredibly well with "Ping". : dextius
      • toggle

        They also bought and somewhat recently shutdown a music exploration site like last.fm/pandora etc, forgot... : shotgun1
        • Lala : Kentor
    • And Steam has done something similar with their store for a little while now : Serpico74
• chris martin shut up wtf is going on here : edward
• Hahaha... Coldplay badmouthing a Coldplay song. Awesome. : Kentor
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  I did not see that $99 price tag coming. : nyranger66
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    Really? That's the only part I assumed was true. : Deathlove
    • oh, I was watching the keynote on my iPad. My monocle fell out and broke when he revealed the pricetag. : nyranger66
  • thats been in the rumor mill forever : ninjase
• lol is piano out of tune? : disembodied potato
• THEY CAN SELL ANYTHING : HisKillSkill
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  http://www.apple.com/appletv/ : g0nk
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    i'm gonna preorder the hell out of that apple tv. : FrayLo
    • toggle

      it's up now for pre-order. : g0nk
      • toggle

        Ships: September : g0nk
        • it's september right now!! : mikecyb
        • oh damn. i forgot i am all out of optical inputs on my receiver : FrayLo
  • HDMI cable sold separately?! That should be illegal. : DarkWolf5
• The prices on these new offerings are...nice...very nice. : Visceral Monkey
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  I want the new Apple TV but I know I really ought to wait for the Boxee box, since it will most certainly... : ninjase
  • h.264 : mikecyb
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    Apple's own formats, of course. : MisterPhoton
    • ...meaning standards that are implemented in plenty of other pleces. : Fayk
  • Well, the new popbox blew chunks.. I don't expect BoxeeBox to be any better.. HDI Dune ftw! : dextius
  • I wish D-Link would hurry up. I blame nVidia for it though. The Tegra 2 delay really f'd them : pancake humper
  • All the stuff that's easily hardware accelerated! : sgtsanity
  • If people can figure out how to put Boxee on this new AppleTV like they have for the older AppleTV, we ar... : EricZBA
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    It's 720p max too : red2lucas
    • for $5 i can rent the bluray : HisKillSkill
    • toggle

      wait what??? really? ok boxee it is then hands-down : ninjase
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        how is this a surprise, everything hd on itiunes is 720 : HisKillSkill
        • That doesn't mean it will always be that way; at some point i imagine they'd want to transition to 1080, ... : ninjase
    • i wonder if using the a4 chip has something to do with this : Chandler55
    • What? Fuck. Pre-Order Canceled : EricZBA
  • toggle

    If codec support is an issue just buy a WDTV Live plus. It's $20 more than the apple tv, but it plays all... : sigpro
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      i have a WDTV Live Plus, it's ok, but the interface is kind of crap :( : ninjase
      • toggle

        It's not that great of an interface, but for video playback and streaming from a PC it does a fine job. I... : sigpro
        • Well, netflix streaming is a big one too. the boxee seems to promise the best of both worlds, so I'm defi... : ninjase
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    What makes either of those better than say, an Acer Revo with XBMC on it? : slax0r
    • toggle

      Wrong question, what makes this better than say, a Mac Mini and PLEX on it? : ovrlrd
      • toggle

        Is it the wrong question? I'm looking around for a set-top box free of restrictions as far as formats, a... : slax0r
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          Mac Mini with PLEX is infinitely better than Revo with XBMC (ewwww) : ovrlrd
          • toggle

            Why the hate for XBMC? I have nothing but love for it. That said, I'll check out this PLEX. This is ... : slax0r
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              PLEX started as a fork of XBMC, but now it's way better and supports way more than XBMC, including GPU pl... : ovrlrd
              • XBMC has had GPU assisted playback for a long time with their linux builds and it's been in the Windows b... : aggybong
    • Price, for one. : uncleanmonkey
    • Cost, smaller form factor, less power consumption : ninjase
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    The problem with TV over internet type stuff is the bewildering diversity. There needs to be a box that c... : uncleanmonkey
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      thats why a htpc is still king : HisKillSkill
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        There's not a single piece of HTPC software that does all that though. If there was I'd buy it in a secon... : uncleanmonkey
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          you computer with itunes can do as much as appletv : HisKillSkill
          • toggle

            Yeah but that's not enough... It seems like the niche is pretty clear here, but nobody is filling it. Jus... : uncleanmonkey
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              thats like asking ms sony and nintendo to make a console together : HisKillSkill
              • toggle

                No, it's not like that at all. It's like all the different TV channels working on the same TV. Boxee d... : uncleanmonkey
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                  I am going to make this. : _jon
                  • Good. Let me know when you're done and I'll give you money for it. : uncleanmonkey
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  what's great about the shack is that a 1 minute vertical browse of this thread fills me in on everything ... : PlanetPerfecto
  • NEW ITUNES ICON MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN IIIIIIIIIICON HURRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG : DrWaffles
  • it's 100 times longer than it should be because there are 50 posts for each "reveal" OMG 99 dollah!!!!... : moshman
• lol, why is apple TV 120 euros over here? ~155 bucks? fuck you : moshman
• I want a retina display iPad. :( : Dynotaku
• THE IPOD CLASSIC IS NOT DEAD!!! http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/confirmed-the-ipod-classic-is-alive... : Schnapple
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  lol i quit the stream on my iphone but im still getting applause from cold play through my phone :( : disembodied potato
  • That's called an encore. : jcrockerman
• The new ipod nano and shuffle are ugly as hell :( : Nitrium
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  they really should start cross selling more stuff. the apple brand is solid fucking gold. toasters, kniv... : Downforce
  • iVibrate : DarkWolf5
  • how about selling actual apples? Doesn't seem like theres a better brand out there to do that : mnok
• Hopefully iTunes 10 will fix the whole not being able to sync with Outlook issue that was introduced in i... : Crimsonbeak
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  New Nano design. :( : Crimsonbeak
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    Yeah I think the new Nano is pretty fricking terrible. : dodob
    • That and I just feel really sorry for my friend who is selling iPod cases built around the old Nano Desig... : Crimsonbeak
    • I like it : boring gegtik
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    What I like it - perfect for exercise, you could slot one in a wrist band like a watch I'd imagine too : kainen1
    • you can get the heartbeat sensor addon for heartrate, and nike kit for km travelled, so that's cool. alth... : Chandler55
  • i think it makes sense, watching videos on that small nano was pointless anyways. I suppose the evil moti... : Chandler55
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  So there's nothing interesting about GameCenter to people eh? Did they actually show anything of substanc... : derelict515
  • Does GameCenter have any anti piracy stuff built in. I always figured Apple would use this to at least st... : Dontdrop
  • its just basically leaderboards I reckon : Chandler55
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    meh, i really don't care about multiplayer iphone games at this point. : xxiv
    • yeah it needs time to mature. however, already playing games with my wife via ipad <--> iphone locally i... : kainen1
  • didn't seem all that interesting. it's already terribly easy for me to play carcassonne and words with m... : electroly
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  I want this Apple TV, providing 2 things... 1. iTunes actually has same day (or day after) availabilit... : SqueegyTBS
  • 1. Currently only FOX and ABC are going to offer TV show rentals. This should expand to more once the res... : ovrlrd
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  Kind of meh on the Apple TV thing honestly. You can only stream a 720p signal to it, and I haven't read ... : Crimsonbeak
  • Yeah I'm not impressed. I'm waiting for it to be hacked so they can add in 1080p support and a billion co... : ventro
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    h.264 http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html what other formats do you have? i'm assuming you are... : FrayLo
    • tbh i have been waiting for apple to come out with something like this -- sure, popcorn hour and XBMC on ... : FrayLo
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    I'm not impressed with it, but like you said for $100 bucks I have a feeling a lot of people are going to... : pixelat3d
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      $100 is definitely the first step, it's really the biggest reason it wasn't successful before. Making it ... : ovrlrd
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        I'd be alright with on-the-fly decoding of media, but I know that's going to be up to a third party devel... : aggybong
        • People might be able to hack something together using AirPlay I hope. : ovrlrd
      • I just want free ad-supported rentals. Is that so hard? Imagine being able to watch any TV show on demand... : ventro
• quick hands-on http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/09/hands-on-photos-questions-answered-about-new-... : boring gegtik
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  Engadget has a "hands on" with the new Shuffle http://www.engadget.com/photos/ipod-shuffle-first-hands... : Schnapple
  • they include a usb cable with a 1/8 inch headphone plug where the shuffle docks : FrayLo
  • the headphone slot doubles as a dock connector : Chandler55
  • same as the prev. generation -- the headphone jack is dual purpose : boring gegtik
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    I can't see a reason to buy the Shuffle with the new Nano being so small now. : ovrlrd
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      having physical buttons is ideal for using it during physical activity : Moonraker7
      • That is what the remote control built into the headphones are for. Part of the problem with physical ... : ovrlrd
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      Buttons : rosewood
      • Overrated, in the future nothing will have physical buttons. : ovrlrd
    • It's $100 cheaper and no screen makes for less things to break. It's for the segment of the market tha... : Schnapple
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  Ugh, too bad the rumors about apps on the apple tv and using your iphone as a remote were wrong. I was i... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    You can use your iPhone as a remote, you just download the Remote app and it works very very well. I neve... : ovrlrd
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      is there an ipad app for that? if not there should be : kainen1
      • Not yet, you have to use the iPhone app right now sadly. From what I have read, it's only one guy at Appl... : ovrlrd
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      $300 for one show? Hardly. As for the apps thing, Apple having strict control over the apps completely... : Sgt_Boomstick
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        Most people's cable bills are $100+ a month, so thats roughly 20+ episodes a week if you went with the iT... : ovrlrd
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          it's a tough mental shift I think to go from all in subscription models to 'renting shows'. i think peop... : kainen1
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            Yeah, I agree but that is exactly how companies screw people out of so much money. Subscriptions are so e... : ovrlrd
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              what about live sports though? although i think the apple TV is sweet and I preordered one just to get t... : kainen1
              • Yeah with live stuff it is still lacking for sure. I am hoping that down the road Apple will allow things... : ovrlrd
    • "As good as the idea sounds, you won’t be able to use your iPhone or iPad a remote for the Apple T : Sgt_Boomstick
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  If they sell this right, they're going to make a killing with Apple TV. So will Netflix. I'm really happy... : Danny5225
  • The Netflix thing was a nice surprise. I don't think Apple wants to go head to head with them since Netfl... : aggybong
  • I'm currently paying for XBL Gold just so I can stream Netflix. Now maybe it makes more sense to just bu... : afty
• any way we can watch a replay of the stream? : _jon
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  EPIC CITADEL http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/IMG_1131.PNG CELL PHONES : Yanks
  • ^^ took this directly off my 4.1 GM iphone4 : Yanks
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    honestly that screen shot looks worse than it looked live just poking at it (only messed with it for 5 se... : Fayk
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      What Carmack said about this the other day was spot on. Smartphone and game console hardware engineeri : ovrlrd
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        A new update from him too just now: Apple insisted that if we wanted to be part of the keynote, I coul : ovrlrd
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          Good. I hate it when id Software shows off their stuff at non-Quakecon events. I mean, you have your own ... : Schnapple
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            Yes, but at the same time, you have to admit that the Epic folks got a whole lot more media attention out... : ovrlrd
            • Epic also released a demo so I'd say they're further along on this. Had they not done that it would have ... : Schnapple
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  Wait, one quick question about Apple TV. Does anyone know if you have to actually hard line it into an ... : kainen1
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    It has 802.11n support, so you don't have to use wired ethernet if you don't want to. : ovrlrd
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      I wasn't sure if they meant that the n support was how it streamed and it acted like an access point (so ... : kainen1
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        I don't think you understand networking very well. 802.11n means it can connect to your Wi-Fi network to ... : ovrlrd
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          No I get that - I just want to be sure there isn't some required physical connection that's in fine print... : kainen1
          • The demo units are hooked up like that because it has the least latency and issues. The fact that a bunch... : ovrlrd
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  $5 for an HD movie isn't bad, but not much better than my current on demand and my HD PVR records all my ... : Fred Garvin
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    How many episodes of TV do you watch per month? And how many movies? Because I think you'd be surprised a... : ovrlrd
    • I'd pay far more if I went that route for sure. : Fred Garvin
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  Anyone knows the price of the new ipod touch? : umegastar
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    IIRC it was 16, 32, 64GB for $199, $299, $399 repsectively. : Masem
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      its 229/299/399 for 8/32/64 : Chandler55
      • that's nice thanks! : umegastar
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  I'm most excited about HDR photography on the iphone. Will make girlcameramirror.com so much better. : Dynotaku
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    does that apply to the ipod touch aswell? Imma buy one I guess : umegastar
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      the ipod touch camera is poop I believe, tech specs say 960x720 : Chandler55
      • Yeah I wouldn't buy an iPod touch for the camera functionality, it seems like something that you'd use on... : ovrlrd
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    So how does it work, does it take all of the shots at once or do you need to hold the camera still enough... : aggybong
    • Nobody knows, but I would imagine if it produced blurry images they wouldn't approve it as a new feature,... : ovrlrd
    • The examples they gave were all for outdoor shots that had plenty of light, so I'd guess it takes three c... : sgtsanity
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    so you haven't been to GCM lately then :( : geedeck
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      Only when it's linked here. I just mean the quality of that stuff in general will go up. : Dynotaku
      • Someone new took it over. It's a cam/clip site. It's very QQ. : geedeck
• Oh awesome, check this out (Apple TV) http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/hands-on-with-the-new-100-a... : kainen1
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  Despite finding the AppleTv announcement to be slightly underwhelming, I am all for it and I hope this co... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • They'd have to drop the price even more for me to go that way. I pay about $80 a month and I watch a lot ... : Fred Garvin
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    I was really hoping it would be an iOS device that would have a subscription-based Hulu Plus app, an HBO ... : BlackCat9
    • Ya, I definitely wanted this. But its just a fancy XMBC. : Sgt_Boomstick
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      Why do you think it's going to sell like hotcakes? It seems kind of limited for TV shows. : Fred Garvin
      • - Low entry cost - Netflix - Interface/User Experience - iTunes (On the owner's computer) It seems ... : Danny5225
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        It costs $100, mainly. A lot of people will pick it up because it makes a good gift and seems simple to u... : BlackCat9
        • http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/amazon-streaming-99-cent-abc-and-fox-shows-right-now/ : Fred Garvin
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    sgt boomstick i respect your opinion, but wouldn't you say that today as opposed to 10-15-20 years ago, t... : FrayLo
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      In terms of sheer quantity, yes, but over the past decade, the bread winning shows have consistently been... : Sgt_Boomstick
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        how does it matter which shows are profitable? sure, the reality shows are going to make more money beca... : FrayLo
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          No but I believe that a lot of un-scripted shows thrive because they are free and just 'there' for people... : Sgt_Boomstick
          • i like both kinds of shows. i guess i just don't see the issue given the amount of "good" television the... : FrayLo
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    maybe this is silly, but will the new apple tv play 1080p mp4 and mkvs? it doesn't have bluray, but will... : ibrokn
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      I'm sure it will get jailbroken or hacked within in the first month like the first gen Appletv and then y... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • so the answer is, at this time, unknown? : ibrokn
      • He still won't be able to play 1080p though. Original Apple TV can do it but only if you add a broadcom c... : DarkWolf5
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      If you rip to a 720p h264 in an mp4 container with aac audio encoding, it will work just fine. : Danny5225
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        so that's a no for my 1080p rips? : ibrokn
        • Aye, that's how it appears. I'm a little surprised they didn't add a bit more hardware for 1080p, but the... : Danny5225
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  so i pay $99 to Apple...that enables me to pay 99cents a movie? Why not just use netflix? : gyokuro
  • Nothing is stopping you! : Serpico74
  • no movie rentals are $5 on itunes... but if you have a netflix sub you can just use that from the device ... : mikecyb
  • to me it's a box that is miles better than using a 360 as a box to stream music/photos/videos to. yeah, ... : FrayLo
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  That's a shame about the nano, the original has actual hard buttons. : abrasion
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    i understand your rant about physical buttons on an A/V remote, but on a media player they are pointless : EvilDolemite
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      Wrong, its a lot easier to feel for a button than having to clumsily look at the screen and press the rig... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • I too agree with this sentiment and would like to donate to a charity in your name. : sKetchflow
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      Have you never been on a jog or to the gym? : abrasion
      • Have you never used the clicky-button-thingie on the earphones? : Korban
  • my 2 cents: Nano for the bus, Shuffle for the gym. : proclone1

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  how many times did lakren,flammable sign up to ruin it : multisync
  • none. : pancake humper
  • who cares you're gonna lose first round anyway : R@zzle
• buy me a copy and I'll sign up! : Degenerate
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  Can I sign up if I haven't placed yet? : omnova
  • Don't worry, I'll give you some lessons and you can shark the bronze divison. : sammyl
• Signed up - I haven't done placement matches so I just put myself in bronze that's probably where I'll en... : Crw22
• Ok, just signed up. : snot3353
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  FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
  • 128 people then? That's a huge tournament : ateam311
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    Here we go! : MercFox1
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      HURRR WEH GO : dfay
      • Yaah waaah wooohooo!!! : HL3dsx
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    damnit i saw this too late : mXENO
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      sign up for reserve slots. I had a few people from last tournament on reserve list get in. : pancake humper
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        always a bridesmaid : mXENO
        • Maybe you should put out sooner and not be a cock tease. : sigpro
  • woooooooooo!!! : deject
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  I managed to lose my b.net Authenticator. Anyone know how long it takes to get that business fixed? I m... : Agrona
  • It took me only a couple of hours. I called them and the guy told me I had to send them my CD-Key in an e... : snot3353
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  What time are the first streams? Can I cast Chill's games? Haha : StolenNosferatu
  • No chill has to cast his own games as he plays : sigpro
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    No : pancake humper
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      Shot down HARDCORE : StolenNosferatu
      • He's like Hitler. : sigpro
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        No amateur hour in this tournament. It's got a major sponsor. There will be none of that crap like in the... : pancake humper
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          what happens when chill gets into the finals? : maulla
          • we invade canada : StolenNosferatu
          • get day9 - he'd make a great shacker : flagg209
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            I will worry about that at a later time :) There is not going to be shit streams for this. It's not fa... : pancake humper
            • Agreed. : maulla
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              I miss Loiosh's streams. :( : StolenNosferatu
              • yeah, he was good - i liked his stream style : flagg209
              • He is going to be the primary stream : pancake humper
              • I love you too : LoioshDwaggie
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              I understand what you mean, but do you not appreciate the irony that your handle is pancake humper? : Agrona
              • no? : pancake humper
              • Look man, PANcake Humper is not amateur hour. I mean did the Old Spice guy reply to your tweet? : geedeck
            • SteelSeries, cool...I like their mousepads : Rasnowl
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            Everyone calm down :)I'm honestly not that good. If my playing affects the tournament negatively then I ... : Blucklesworth
            • Special rule : You can only use one unit in each game. That unit shall be randomly selected from a distr... : walker270
            • No need to drop out. : sigpro
            • the mass phoenix and advanced cannon rushes i witnessed in beta say otherwise : valael
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          I thought the whole point was amateur hour :( : daedraug
          • Just because it's 'amateur' players doesn't mean the production will be amateur :) : pancake humper
          • the players are amateur. the tournament isn't : electroly
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            Pro casters ONLY. >:( : deject
            • doesn't that exclude chill >:( : daedraug
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          Which is why BigT will be casting Chill's games : Serpico74
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            That's a sure way to get me out of tournament. : Blucklesworth
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              At least I don't play Terrans, kekkeke - BigT to Chill : LoioshDwaggie
              • You could almost feel Idra's rage all the way from Korea when BigT said that : Serpico74
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            ^^^^^^ 9 out of 10 times BigT is a pro : LoioshDwaggie
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              Clearly BiggerT is the bigger and better choice. : MercFox1
              • That should be my new casting persona. : Blucklesworth
          • Pretty sure this will never happen, lol Bigger T for life. : oldschoolbob-o
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  Got a newer phone with a keyboard now i can type million times better than a touch screen keyboard. i hop... : pluto69
  • I heard he was planning on scheduling matches at 8am on mondays and expecting them to be completed by noo... : maulla
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  have i told you today how much i love you pancake humpa : rbjester
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    this dude will be in the top 8 no doubt. unless there is an epic clash with chill, demius, or that frenzi... : maulla
    • there's a couple other players that are really good too... : flagg209
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      It would suck to be eliminated early : frenziedbadger
      • As a bronze player this is exactly what I expect : bolange
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  I forgot the rules, is this a B03? Single elimination? Or do we just have BO1 until we get down to 16 or ... : frenziedbadger
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    I should probably just check your comment history. I'm so smart : frenziedbadger
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      That stuff has not been done and finalized yet. That will be coming soon. : pancake humper
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        I kinda like the double elimination style. Knowing that I have a second chance if I screw up is nice, tho... : frenziedbadger
        • Not going to happen here unfortunately. : pancake humper
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          There are way to many people for it to be double elimination. : sigpro
          • That's true, it would have to switch towards the end if used at all : frenziedbadger
• Will we be streaming live or replays? The finals last tournament, i don't think it took away by streaming... : Demius
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  I'm so excited about this and I blow at SC. Thanks for putting this all together. : raija
  • I'm excited too. And I'm foolish enough to think I have a chance to win it : frenziedbadger
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  so does anyone want to practice 1v1? I almost never play 1v1 so i figure i should do it more (but i'd ra... : valael
  • toast.938 i'll be on tonight. just changed from zerg to protoss, will need some practice. : Enraged Pineapple
  • I can play this evening as well. KangDang 992 : KangDang
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    i'll be on tonight : mwasher
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      Ya right : maulla
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        When do you want to play our match for the other tournament? : razlebol
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          maybe this weekend. i've only played 9 1v1 games so i want to get a few more in : maulla
          • Sure. Let me know when you can play. : razlebol
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        no i'm serious : mwasher
        • I believe you bro : maulla
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  I probably won't be able to watch these live.if in any way possible please offer spoiler free vod links o... : razorblade79
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    These will always be done for games that are casted. (Spoiler-free linking) PH did this for the previous ... : LoioshDwaggie
    • ok cool, looking forward to it! this seems to be way more professional than it should be for a shackleagu... : razorblade79
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  I just got final confirmation and approval of my requested prize list and the go-ahead to post the inform : pancake humper
  • Prizes! This will be fun but prizes are pretty sweet too. Thanks SteelSeries! : moogle
  • Seems like some pretty cool stuff : frenziedbadger
  • I was excited, I loved the last tourney! Thanks to you and Chill for putting so much time into this. : Serpico74
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    love their keyboards (at least the 7g). haven't used any of their other stuff though. but holy shit t... : valael
    • The LEDs in the 6Gv2 aren't that bad. I haven't used a 7G but I'm assuming that they those down for the n... : Serpico74
  • awesome : dignan
  • I'm so pumped to get stomped out in this! : TheVietSpecial
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    What's a QCK? : razlebol
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      Nevermind.. Just found out. : razlebol
      • ^^^ and that's why they do it :) : MikkleThePickle
• Can I sign up for reserve without being ranked? : etherboy
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  Question about the tournament. Are we stuck with the race we choose or can we change whenever we want? : razlebol
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    you changing from terrans or stop playing random? :P : Lionel2b
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      I wanna know if I can switch based on the map or opponent I'm playing. : razlebol
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        im fairly certain it will be like most other tournaments where you pick a race and stick to it : maulla
        • ^^^^^^^^^ : pancake humper
        • Meh that's too bad. I don't understand why they do this. Also, not every tournament does this. There ... : razlebol
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  Taken a heck of a while to get everyone. : abrasion
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    What is this shit abrasion? 128 player tournament and now you are bitching because it took a few days for... : pancake humper
    • hes like my mother in law. will take any good situation and find a way to nitpick it : maulla
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      How is that bitching, god you try far too hard to 'out me' it's hilarious man. : abrasion
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        what was the point of the post then, it seemed like bitching to me. considering the percentage of posts ... : valael
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          It's surprised, valael the emotion today that was missed was 'surprise' - considering it's free entry and : abrasion
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            you can't blame anyone for taking it the wrong way given your post history. : valael
            • There is over 110,000 posts there, if you think the vast majority is complaining you're kidding yourself. : abrasion
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    There's just no pleasing you. : walker270
    • You 3 are seriously retarded, the continual "oh abrasion stop whining" from you lot is epic - you're inca... : abrasion
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  :-( http://lionel2b.shackspace.com/steel.jpg : Lionel2b
  • Where da headphones at?!?! : pancake humper
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    Its ok, you weren't going to win anyway ;) : Serpico74
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      :) people will definitely enjoy the loot. steel series really stepped up with some quality products. awes... : Lionel2b
      • razer and steelseries seem pretty awesome as far as supporting smaller gaming communities. i'm was prett... : valael
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    how do you like the mouse? is the middle button stupidly firm like the G9's? i've kind of wanted to t... : valael
    • XAI is the most precise mouse I've used for shooters. It's not the most comfortable though, so I'd prefer... : Lionel2b

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  new apple tv 99 dollars with netflix ipod has 2 hd cameras and facetime nano has touch screen : lukej1337
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    Fucking assholes I JUST bought a fucking iPod Touch too. Gaaaaaaaah : dumb.
    • First Week of September has been a ipod refresh for years. : DarkWolf5
    • that darn change thing get's ya every time. Not like we didn't know it was coming. : watcherxp
    • The new iPods come out every September, and have for years. : sgtsanity
    • Thanks! If it wasn't for your purchase, we wouldn't have the new awesomeness that is out today! : sukabljat
    • Are you Leo Laporte? : Schnapple
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      I dare someone to do it. you know you want to. : mikecyb
      • I think that goes double for mods. :P : owly
    • Can you not return it? : pyide
    • http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ : ninjase
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    Did they try to promote the FM on the new iPod as a revolutionary, never before seen feature? I wasn't ab... : ColoradoCNC
    • yeah, they marketed is as free dual channel, wireless, streaming audio with a 50+ mile range. Talk abo... : watcherxp
  • 5 dolla movie rentals and 1 dolla to stream a tv show : oldschoolbob-o
• iOS 4.1 next week. adds iPhone/iPod Touch shit iOS 4.2 in November. adds iPad shit AppleTV redesigned... : walker270
• http://www.engadget.com/tag/Ipod2010/ : Jonathan
• www.apple.com : not work safe
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  TL:DR version: You will be buying more of their shit soon. : VegasX
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    sorry, i don't look like this fag http://www.iskin.com/ipad/vu/ : spectr3
    • what the...? : bamb
    • LATFH. : Fred Garvin
    • Whoops, instinctively punched my screen when that loaded. : Ely
    • yo dawg... : VivaMachete
    • HAHAHA : ErneX
    • Haha, god damn.. : Greymatter42
    • LOL what the christ. : TastyWheat
    • hahahahaha shit : virus
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      hey insulting him is like insulting askedrelic : Kombit
      • it's not an insult if it's true? : zerog83
    • hahahahah : Milleh
    • ilold : Merconium
    • Ectomorphs and apple, hand in hand really. : abrasion
    • that is a DEEP V : mankeroo
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      Am I missing something ? what's wrong with this dude? : mnok
      • ^HE'S ONE OF THEM : eonix
      • you are missing something. : dirge23
      • this is a great reply : valael
      • You were a member of the 'girl pees in can' audience, weren't you? : Danny5225
    • You can see erect nipples in this one http://www.iskin.com/ipad/vu/images/gallery/05.jpg : ShekkyBoy
    • i see that guy at starbucks. EVERY. FUCKING. DAY. : Metatron85
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  If the new Apple TV can run XBMC I will buy the shit out of it : OverloadUT
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    The old one can (and boxee) so I don't see why it won't. : zuff
    • the new one doesn't have a hard drive though, does it? : mikecyb
    • The reason why it won't is that the new one is redesigned. : OverloadUT
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    It can't unless it runs on ARM, which I believe it does not. : Yanks
    • Was the old AppleTV ARM? : OverloadUT
• marginal improvements to 4+ year old product lines for the same price as last year's model : jimmy-buffett
• Nothing really exciting. Apple TV seems okay. : jingletard
• ios updates are always welcome. kinda meh on the apple tv. everything else is useless too me. : re4ctor
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  Speaking of Apple, my contract runs out in October and I was gonna pick up an iPhone 4 to upgrade my 3G..... : Pacalon
  • Verizon model rumours with fixed antenna have been getting louder. : abrasion
• So does iTunes AirPlay stream to iPhones and iPods now or after another ios update? : kek