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• The man at the end who got "stuck" on the tree trunk made me burst out laughing. Thanks for this! : Dong Patrol
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlW0_r_japA Dude had some serious showmanship. : lightly inclined
  • The kick at 1:44 was smoooooth! : purekillforce

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  Oh crap, what song is that at the credits? I remember that from a game. : pigvomit
  • errr retry screen. : pigvomit
  • Star Fox : pukerat
• Ow, my poor hand : invisible_kid
• It says I have today's high score. Is that right? OMG! This is the high point of my life! : nodge69
• Second level destroys my hand... : Zips
• 8006442 This game is easier when you're a bass player. : rick
• that game is easier than your mother. : CoRDS
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  9984225 This game is easier when you're a guitar player : Sludgehead
  • oops correction: 10361397 : Sludgehead
• that dead space 2 ad makes me reload the page. it's so long! : ArB
• awesome :P 10,466,279 : Guypz0r

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• yup, fucking awesome game : moshman

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• Yeah :I : Godhatesfatpeople
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  wait until you hit the most retarded ancient greek guitar hero. :( : CoRDS
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    He's playing the good God of War (s) 1 and 2 collection I think, not the 3'rd one which is mediocre in co... : abrasion
    • the third one is the best. even with that part in it. : CoRDS
• fucking hades. : skryte

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  I liked it! : Serpico74
  • Cool, I just started downloading it over Xbox Live. I just looked at the website and apparently Jack has... : choppp

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• Cool. I have done this before a few years ago (thanks to the shack!) and it's pretty interesting the resu... : ovrlrd
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  I just found one inside a hospital or doctors office.. theres a gurney and some machines in view and som... : alphablu
  • what'd you search? i tried the search terms in the actual article but it just sends me to more articles a... : StolenNosferatu

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  Ah yes, the Tommy Westphall universe. : greasyjohn
  • Fully explains the ending of BSG. : Wheatloaf

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  congrats on the car, it's very nice and quick but i hope you bought the extended warranty. : arizona bay
  • I have CPO until end of 2013, but I have option to buy extended until end of 2011. We'll see. : sodomy
• gratz! I have the '09 and love it. My co-worker has an '07, check the nav (we have different versions) a... : grandmasterlee
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  nice looking ride. how was the sale? : hirez
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    Went very smooth. Only really took ~ 20 minutes. I was bummed I didn't get much for my trade-in, but the ... : sodomy
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      I take it you have pretty awesome credit? : Pacalon
      • High FICO was 814. :> ... Low was like 789 or some BS. : sodomy
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      what was the final price they gave you? you can sm if you rather not say, im just trying to judge the val... : smacknca
      • For the 335i? Price was basically 27k + tax/license/etc. : sodomy
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  Make sure it has the high pressure fuel pump problem fixed. There was a recall about it in October. h... : ant_hillbilly
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    that's not fixed, even in the 2011's, BMW just replaces the fuel pump everytime you get the car services,... : grandmasterlee
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      Seriously? That's crazy. : Nixx2004
      • yeah, they won't admit it but my service guy told me they just replace them as preventative maintenance a... : grandmasterlee
      • yeah, mines going in next week. i dont mind except i was JUST there and complained about these very issue... : smacknca
  • Will do. Thx for link. : sodomy
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  Nice car. Does it have the latest model of HPFP? : alexvj
  • No. I've heard a lot about it though. I'll be taking it in tomorrow for mats and will talk to the guys. : sodomy

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  How does it work? : edgewise
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    i'd imagine you use the head of the screw to pry open the bottle. : chrisschutz
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      Yep. It's an elegant design. I think I'm going to keep a few lag screws on the bike with good bottle-open... : cpt_gloval
      • Or you could just screw one of them into your bike in an out of the way place, and then you can just brin... : famine101
  • you smash the bottle open with the hammer : veras
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  My friends parents came back from Africa with a spear. Like a real spear. Even Used I believe. His dad... : daroach1414
  • pretty sure you can just check it in and its fine. : StolenNosferatu
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    AFRICA: Beer and spears! : the if
    • and AIDS. don't forget the AIDS. : edgewise

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  This http://tf2tron.blogspot.com/ + http://www.gamebanana.com/maps/49609 : ant_hillbilly
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    I'll work on that for next week. cool. : hirez
    • The is only 3MB so add it to your server. I already placed it up on my webhost for ingame downloads so yo... : Alco23
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    These are pretty shitty, to be honest. : DrWaffles
    • ???? : MoreVespeneGas
• t minus 70 minutes...and counting! : hirez
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  IGI, because I'll be having lunch in about 40 mins :( : dodob
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    Shackwest isn't up yet :\ : dodob
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      I'll put it up right now, just for you. please hold. : hirez
      • and awaaaaaay we go! : hirez
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  come on in ! : hirez
  • I'm trying to download that plr_nightfall map, but it is taking forever. :( : ConsFEARacy
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  hey, we're playing dustbowl. : hirez
  • Oh, good! : ConsFEARacy
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    My sound is not working and I simply cannot without hearing the soothing sounds of your voice. : laurgasms
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      That's a mad-lib sentence. Insert your own verb. : laurgasms
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        meditate : hirez
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          Abuse of mod power, I saw what you really wrote. : laurgasms
          • "Hey, look! A Popinjay!" <points right and quickly exits stage left.> : hirez
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  ggs all! nice rounds on dustbowl! : hirez
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    a lot of dustbowl : RikiTiki2
    • you are a credit to snipers everywhere. : hirez
• And GGs to you all. : limpossible
• A fine evening folks. : spazzium
• GG's everyone. : thecatinthehat

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  How did you go about finding the answer? I often wonder the same thing about classical pieces used in adv... : Juno
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    Sadly, just memory, in the thread they tried all sorts of electronic ways of figuring it out. I remember : Lunatic Angelic
    • ...my Chopin CDs... Nice! : Nixx2004
    • Just use Shazam : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  I need link to original post. : Nixx2004
  • Yeah seriously. Was this really years ago? >_> : Ambient80
• The answer was 42, but what was the question? : surround

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• I've read it ~10 times. It's one of those books that only gets better the more times you read it. Enjoy... : CrustaR
• Been a DAMN long time since I've done that... : kallanta
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  I liked the road so I bought All The Pretty Horses and No Country For Old Men and am reading the latter n... : Zero|DPX
  • All The Pretty Horses and the two that follow that are great. No Country is more like The Road, though. : dirge23
  • I loved The Road, and No Country for Old Men. but I liked The Road a lot more, it was just so intense. : beedeegee
  • Blood Meridian is his best book : wtf242
  • Blood Meridian, Suttree, and Child of God are excellent. : The Wilhelm Scream
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  That book was awful. The Road was a good read however : Drewus
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    i can see not liking it, but awful? no. : dirge23
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      The way it was written was pretty damn awful. People ragged on The Road for having a poor writing style, ... : Drewus
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        you mean The Road that won the Pulitzer Prize? : dirge23
        • That would be the one. I really liked The Road, and the style only took me a couple of chapters to get... : Drewus
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  Book Hijack Shack I need more recommendations for books! I currently have in my amazon cart Neuromance... : R@zzle
  • Lolita by Nabokov : sgtsanity
• Reading that was like reading a ripped up copy of a thesaurus. : Druuge
• That guy can write like nothing else I've ever read. : Rodeoclash

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• Yea, the wired 360 controllers are nice (dpad lol). : famine101
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  I'd be pretty surprised if xbox 360 controllers weren't made in China, but I guess the point is you don't... : Sludgehead
  • They are made in China. : Crimsonbeak
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  Sad thing is you don't even really need a game pad for super meat boy. I got through the main game withou... : DeBurgo
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    Yeah, people (including the developers!) overstate the need for a gamepad. I got 100% on the game without... : Felraiser
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      the thing is analog stick doesn't even do anything. it acts as a d-pad. and for platformers I would say i... : DeBurgo
      • Right. If the game's movement were analog, there would be a good argument for a controller, but it's not,... : Felraiser
      • Super Meat Boy is also the first game I've played where wireless lag, even though it's milliseconds, can ... : pyide
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    I'd like to posit that A+ on all levels (Hell, too) is impossible on a keyboard. : famine101
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      As I said above, I've done it myself. Beat The Kid's warp zone, got all bandages, et cetera. There is no ... : Felraiser
      • Alright Fel, I believe you. I'm not bad at the game, and when I tried at first on my keyboard, it was ... : famine101
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    i cannot fathom that. i cannot imagine playing that game with a keyboard. : EvilDolemite
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      There's only 4 buttons, and for some people it's easier to use 4 digits than 2 thumbs. I can't do it but ... : pyide
      • 4 buttons being left / right / jump / run I don't think up or down does anything but I could be wrong.... : pyide
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        you know what people think about FPS with a gamepad? that's how i feel about platformers with a keyboard.... : EvilDolemite
        • The difference is that, unless a platformer's movement controls are actually analog, there's no "objectiv... : Felraiser
• I use a SNES controller and a Super SmartJoy. Works great. : Zero|DPX
• hahaha wow what the fuck : virus
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  I dunno what it is with people recommending that knockoff shit. You run the risk of malware, shoddy soft... : jingletard
  • So you did buy a $50 Android tablet named EYEPAD? : famine101

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  I played skaven when I had the time : hamachi
  • They're evidently very good in the 8th edition which game out in July. I really like some of their mechan... : Rampancy
  • I played Skaven about 15 years ago, still have a bunch of minis packed away in a box someplace. They are : retardhumper
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  Used to play dwarves and empire, cousin played beastmen/chaos and orcs. Trying to sell all this old st... : famine101
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    That sucks! When I get all set up you can swing by if you ever feel like playing. Brickmatt said he may b... : Rampancy
    • It's been years since I've played actually (stuff sitting around in boxes), so I don't even know what the... : famine101
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  I play Dark Elves! And it's nothing like 40K, has way more varied armies and different play tactics. ... : R@zzle
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    Hooray, another DE player! I did get a battalion box, along with another unit of warriors to split up : Rampancy
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      To be honest, you could probably go all RXB (or as many as it lets you make) and be good without spears. ... : R@zzle
      • well, I shouldn't say most hardy, but definitely the toughest of the elven variety : R@zzle
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  I myself have just finished my 1500 point 40k Eldar army. After being drawn in by lore in DOW 2. : echoinggreen
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    post picks. i'm working on a 2k list at the moment as well : eeeealmo
    • pics* : eeeealmo
• zebosausamaite plays a High Elf army, I think. Most of us that (used to) talk about it are generally 40k... : Wadmaasi
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  I used to have a Dwarf army, but most of my stuff has disappeared through various moves. I have a few of ... : nephilem
  • I never really built my Gyrocopter either. Got most of the pieces still, though =P : famine101
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  I played Chaos before they splintered it into Beastman, Daemons and Warriors. So now I just play Warri... : Derringer
  • That's sad! Those guys would be my first choice if they weren't broken up. I love how they look and their... : Rampancy
• That is pretty neato! : brickmatt

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• Reminds me of Celldweller for reference. : Fred Garvin

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  It turned my TN panel into an IPS. : dognose
  • It turned my IPS panel into an orgasm. : noxiousgg
• cool, thanks! : shirif
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  It saddens me how many people are probably staring at a completely blown out terrible picture when softwa... : boarder2
  • Oh yeah, I feel like my eyes have suddenly been opened to a new world. It's good stuff :) : PenicillinX57
• you mean winkey->calibrate I hate navigating menus now : epit
• Oh god this made the chatty look weird. I feel like my eyes are burning now. : Crabs Jarrard

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  Singing should be banned from cartoons. It's an instant channel changer for me. : PointlesS76
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    This also goes for movies for me. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      also musicals : spiderfill
      • That's what I meant ;) : Godhatesfatpeople
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184 : ThomW
    • which episode was that from? : byorn
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  That Red Bull part had me laughing...hard. : pturvz
  • That was brilliant. Reminded me of the faster paced original episodes : byorn
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  i liked the dog part in the beginning : gyokuro
  • Ya I like when brian handles dog social interactions in english like the one where he sees the other dog ... : johnlocks
• Its funny how many references they make that I'm sure the majority of they're audience don't get. : johnlocks
• I AM ALSO A DOG! : burning eye
• The last 2 seasons I think are the best of the show. I know thats a minority opinion here but I've really... : klearlyunseen

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  Possibly a Charley Waite photo. : soggybagel
  • Sorry, google Charlie Waite. : soggybagel

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  Hahaha. They're playing it wrong, you're supposed to shoot the rocks. : Fenring42
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    What? Why the hell would you do that? : JarEme
    • Didn't everyone just try to kill your party? : Fenring42

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• I'll be there around 9 : RetroRedEyeJr
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  FYI - giving ArcKnight a few more minutes to test out the map changes he's working on : trOmblyj
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    I'm gonna grab a beer and then I'm going in : RetroRedEyeJr
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      we're going to tool around in Zargabad for a bit : trOmblyj
      • I'll tool around in your Zargabad for five bucks : Hemtroll
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  Change in the House of Flies -Mando's Missiles is now incorporated, does not require addon for server : ArcKnight
  • good stuff. also that was a heck of a deftones song even if it was overplayed. : PlanetPerfecto
  • hahahaha the teams : SockMonkeh
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    should have made these changes two weeks ago! Sounds like good stuff! : Hemtroll
    • We'll try to get some early weekend games going so you can join in : trOmblyj
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    Mandos worked great. Really have to rely on infantry to either take out AAA or laze it so you can make a ... : CoreContingency
    • I think I need more practice with the mandos before getting back in the apache. They were really cool tho... : RetroRedEyeJr
    • Additional things needed: -Ammo trucks for aircraft and helicopters to rearm -a surprise I'm cookin... : ArcKnight
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  hehe halo jump incoming : trOmblyj
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    lol no chutes opened : trOmblyj
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      You have to manually open them at about 500m. Did nobody do the HALO jump tutorial? : sigpro
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        Nah, the problem was I think that everybody had on backpacks or secondary weapons, so when the game tried... : ArcKnight
        • lol yeah we were all loaded up : trOmblyj
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          Interesting. I just redid the tutorial from it and it starts you with a coyote backback that has gear in ... : sigpro
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            Nah, you can open the chute whenever you want. I usually open around ~200m. The problem was that they ... : ArcKnight
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              It's weird that the tutorial works the way it does then with being able to get a chute even when you alre... : sigpro
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                The tutorials are scripted all to hell, I'm sure they remove the backpack from the player before spawning... : ArcKnight
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                  (the altitude meter is scripted as well, it's not a part of the chute or anything) : ArcKnight
                  • Stupid scripted scenarios. : sigpro
  • That was epic, 4 jumpers, 4 craters : watcherxp
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    That plus the chopper evac that crashed and killed everyone was hilarious. : noxiousgg
    • Funny, I'm not playing tonight : fadetofunk

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• some screenshots : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=30966&id=167161703326924 : mnok
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  Hoping for some android love. Following on twitter. : whore
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    thanks, whore : mnok
    • Not nice to belittle your fans like th... oh. : famine101
  • Android is the one I'm least comfortable with. The game will not be very demanding processing-wise so it ... : mnok
• Sounds cool. Will keep on eye on the progress. : ErichTopp

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  Sorry if I missed a previous post,but what's the plan for this rifle? Shooting around? High accuracy/long... : DialDforDan
  • Original thread is here http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24958472#itemanchor_24958472 The range I'm... : boarder2
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  If you're gonna go all out, build a Mk 14 Mod 0 from parts. : ZenzenTen
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    I'm not going all out, I'd like to keep a budget of ~$1200 including the optics. : boarder2
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      I'm guessing this is out then: http://www.gunsamerica.com/904995590/Guns/Rifles/Knights-Manufacturing-Rif... : ZenzenTen
      • Do those even have an MSRP? The KAC site says nothing, and I've heard quotes from $6000 to $30000. : lunarbunny
      • Hey that's my go to weapon in ARMA II! : sigpro
  • Close to what I want...I don't want the EBR stock though, I want to put a JAE-100 and Leupold on a nice b... : lunarbunny
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  I owned a Remington 700 SPS. It was baller. For 500 yards, you'll need nice glass and hand loaded round... : xylopagus
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    The retail price on the SPS is like $750, but it sounds like you have to have them special ordered. I don... : boarder2
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      Keep an eye out on gunbroker, you can probably get one hell of a deal. People go OH I WANT A SNIPER RIFLE... : shortbuscaptain
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        Interesting. $50 is steep for a flash simulation, even for me being a software developer myself. : boarder2
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          Yea I picked it up years ago through some calguns discount for like 15 bucks, didn't realize it was that ... : shortbuscaptain
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            Theres an app for that! http://www.iSnipe.ca/ : boarder2
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              Hey that's pretty nifty, it has a large database of factory ammo velocities and does all the calculation ... : shortbuscaptain
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                There are others if you search for ballistics calculators. Couple that are a lot cheaper. I might just wr... : boarder2
                • Yea I used to be all into that but not many ranges here offer much past 500+, driving out to the desert t... : shortbuscaptain
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  The primary differences between the Remington and Savage appear to be barrel twist and profile, with perh... : Code RedBeard
  • Don't think I'll ever be trying anything more than 6-700 yards with this. I'll probably just have to get ... : boarder2
• Remingtons tend to not have the greatest out of the box experience these days (poor fitting and not-so-gr... : Helter Skelter

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• In before haiku parody post : chrisschutz
• bump for cool ambient music : indosauros
• This is really good, reminds of all the time I spent warping around in EVE and just exploring. : ServiusOrtus
• pretty groovy : Smirks D
• holy shit...do they HIDE the volume controls on these fucking embedded players on purpose these days?! WT... : gyokuro
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  What did you use to put this together? : nodge69
  • Logic and my Roland Fantom-S88. Really the keyboard is just a midi controller, all the sounds are made i... : Delaric

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• So much going on : fishbone
• Haha "This is "The Room" of music videos." : Shivawn
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  I thought this was going to be the 'they hunger' mod updated for the source engine. :( : quartic0
  • me too :( MOMMY'S HUUNNNnnnggrryy! : GloriousCow
  • Ditto. :( : deathofrats
  • Yeah I was hoping. That was a great mod. : menar003
  • I thought so too. Now I'm sad. :( : Teiresias
• I've been waiting forever for The Hunger HD. : SockMonkeh
• flashy suit guy drives a sebring. i am disappoint : vassili_zaitsev
• That man has a golden voice. : Sludgehead

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  Not sure how AZ emissions work but OBDII doesn't throw any errors besides the fact that my entire ABS wir... : mystikal
  • From what I understand, Arizona emissions are a lot easier to pass than other states. I have to fight too... : The Kazlor
• was registered in Ohio, fyi. : mystikal
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  In Co theyll check your insurance if its expired and charge a small fine if its over 60 days. : pwnjoo
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    we also have classic plates for cars older 25 years(IIRC) and they get different emmission requirements. : pwnjoo
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      It's actually a year now. 1973 or earlier I think. There are no emissions requirements for them. : boarder2
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        Ah, I shoulda figure it was too good to be true for them to keep that timing :) : pwnjoo
        • It looks like they bumped it up to 30 years? its hard to tell since the dmv still says 25 years and insur... : pwnjoo
    • Damn. My 89 crx is getting close to that classic car status. : Prozium
• I believe it's a pretty small fine. Still haven't renewed on my project car. A lot of people do the dual-... : greasyjohn
• I went in with tags that had been expired for like 8 months. I just had to pay the back dues, and then th... : boarder2
• If the car hasn't been driven you can usually get the dmv to waive the fees. Also, the emissions test inc... : Prozium

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• fine for me. probably a routing or dns issue. try changing your dns? : PlanetPerfecto
• fine for me : harold.johnson
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  What is your username and password? : rosewood
  • How many people actually fall for this? : The Kazlor

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• this is for a small therapy business by the way. probably similar to a dentist office in terms of what th... : Mansmells