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• Some boards just get flaky with all the slots populated. : ZenzenTen
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  Some gigabyte boards hate having all 4 dimm slots filled. The only way to get it to work is to set the r... : ant_hillbilly
  • Also, the CAS/timings are pretty important too, right? The memory says 9-9-9-24 but my BIOS/motherboard d... : askedrelic
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  Some ram, especially higher end stuff, works better at higher voltages. Additionally, your PSU might hav... : bipolar
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    ^ read this cause you're undervolting your ram : bipolar
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      Thanks! Should I be worried about jumping up too fast and frying stuff? My motherboard settings go 1.64 a... : askedrelic
      • Anything 1.7 or under will be completely fine (depending on your other ram, make sure it's rated to at le... : bipolar
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  Son does it say you're running your latencies at 6-6-6? Try 8-8-8 : ryuuseki
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    Or 9-9-9 even : ryuuseki
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      See this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25155913#itemanchor_25155913 I'm trying to trust "auto" ... : askedrelic
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        Yeah, 9-9-9-24 @ 1333mhz @ 1.65v should be fine to get into booting. : ryuuseki
        • Also I know nothing about Intel procesors since about 2005, but your QPI seems suspiciously high. Bring t... : ryuuseki
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  Is the new memory different fron the current memory? : Mr. Goodwrench
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    brand/speed/latency-wise I mean : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Nope, exact same kit. 9 months ago I bought it for $130. Now it sells for $50. : askedrelic
• I have the same MB, I had a similar issue (sometime), turned of X.M.P and all is fine. BTW only seeing... : watcherxp

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  "What of the others? They tried and failed?" "They tried and died." : wendigo
  • THE PAIN!!! : Lucien Irenicus
• *squeeze* : MoreVespeneGas

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  Halo: Reach : Xencer
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    WHY CANT YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS : Magus
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      COD:BLOPS : proclone1
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        New Vegas : the_burd
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          Bad Company 2 : HamChowder
          • 2010's unsung heroes right here. : Fenring42
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            I did miss this one, maybe I'll pick it up : Magus
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              You should. I've played it on both PC and 360; it's a great game regardless of platform. : HamChowder
              • ^This : Xencer
  • oh for fucks sake : JohnnyRey
• The Club Earth Defense Force 2017 Too Human Conan Stranglehold Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Warriors Orochi... : Delithio
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  Darksiders is rad. : Fenring42
  • ooo good one. : Magus
• Just Cause 2 Saints Row 2 Mercenaries 2 Crackdown 2 : dvldog760
• Crackdown 1 and 2 : OverloadUT
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Vanquish : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Skate 3 : GrimmyD
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  The Darkness Deadly Premonition 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Beautiful Katamari Call of Juarez: Bound ... : Alastayr
  • Wolverine was good if you like action games similar to God of War. Also way better than the movie. : HamChowder
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    Let me double down on 50 Cent Blood on the Sand. Other than sub-par boss battles, it's actually really go... : DialDforDan
    • 50 Cent, huh? Whacking terrorists in the ME? What a weird game. : Magus
  • I just started Call of Juarez: BiB. I like the voice acting and the graphics are, of course, cool. Not th... : varsindarkin
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  Hannah Montana: The Movie for the 360. You know you want it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7HOuOXxAp... : mastermike569
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    You NEED to watch this one, this seriously is the money shot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CS4ODEZlok&f... : mastermike569
    • Holy fuck, i cant stop laughing at the guy who does the walk through, he's so so gay. : mastermike569
    • WHAT THE SHIT : Magus
• Two Worlds 2! : Dong Patrol
• b-grade? There is only one answer: EDF! EDF! EDF! : Masem
• Alone in the Dark is fairly okay, some cool bits. : quadeh
• fucking Singularity. cool weapons and a neat premise. : varsindarkin

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• It is this kind of developer stuff that I am wildly jealous of as a non-Apple user. : Deathlove
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  yeah, I love this kind of shit. I haven't seen the inside of a Chase branch in a long time since I can do... : yoonix
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    I noticed that it didn't ask me any of the more complicated questions that TurboTax on the web usually do... : OverloadUT
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      it says 1040-EZ right on the app icon : electroly
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        Haha I just got so excited when it said it would use a photograph of my W2 that I stopped reading and dow... : OverloadUT
        • still crazy that they do it at all, though. the only difference between a 1040-EZ app and a 1040/1040A a... : electroly
    • yeah, it's just EZ. : yoonix
• shut the hell up, seriously?? : zerog83
• wow. this is a thing that exists. the future is crazy. too bad it's only 1040-EZ :( : electroly
• interesting ... anyone use the android version? : homeboyJim

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  if you watch from the loginpage, it's constantly ticking up : jimmy_legs
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    Woah. I've noticed the counting before but I didn't pay that much attention to it. I wonder how my email ... : MagicWishMonkey
    • No idea, and not that I know of but probably. : jimmy_legs
  • Mine is always gmail space + paid picasaweb space. So right now I'm using 0.7g for gmail, and my total s... : riptyde
• FOREVER : ryuuseki
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  all the time : harold.johnson
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    at about 1kbps last I looked. but I think the rate has changed : hanabal
    • logout from gmail and go to gmail.com, you'll see the counter grow. : shirif
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  Hijack: how does the gradual space increase work? Surely if its as gradual as they make it look, users in... : Creepin_Jeezus
  • Read up on bigtable. Fragmentation of data is a design element, not an issue/problem. : batkiwi
• damn.. You are currently using 3368 MB (44%) of your 7546 MB. : Wheatloaf
• You are currently using 3778 MB (50%) of your 7546 MB. : umegastar
• every microsecond. : shirif
• i always thought everyone got the same amount? mine is at 7546 right now too. : vitek r
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  You are currently using 7018 MB (93%) of your 7546 MB. : SockMonkeh
  • You're cruisin' for a bruisin' : MagicWishMonkey
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    wtf. how? : riptyde
    • Linux ISO's : Sailor of Fortune
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    Sock Monkeh, you had better tone that usage down or there's gonna be trouble!! : CrustaR
    • You can tell it's real because it's italicized. : SockMonkeh
• wow accessing my account You are currently using 981 MB (13%) of your 7546 MB : proclone1
• You are currently using 1117 MB (14%) of your 7546 MB. : ColoradoCNC
• Using google for your domain: You are currently using 746 MB (9%) of your 7541 MB. : devnullgt
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  How does google a multi billion dollar corporation offer the equivalent of 75 cents worth of space to the... : thecatinthehat
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    those ads net far more than 75c worth : filthysock
    • And most people don't use much of their available space anyway. : MagicWishMonkey
  • they only give the illusion of allocating that much space anyway. i seriously doubt if even 1% of users g... : erotic sock
• Haha, I checked my oldest account and it told me what my recovery email was. I haven't used said email ac... : Ambient80
• You are currently using 24 MB (0%) of your 7546 MB. = D : pixelat3d
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  I don't even remember how I handled email before Gmail. : Ellissd
  • I used Thunderbird and it was slow as shit. I still use Outlook for work, and it locks up/crashes several... : MagicWishMonkey
  • I started at Hotmail, but once spam started to be a problem I moved to gmail. : PointlesS76
• You are currently using 6313 MB (24%) of your 25600 MB. Suck it, Trebek! : Zero|DPX
• You are currently using 1266MB (16%) of your 7546MB. : CoRDS

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  i'm pretty sure a crate is only ever opened if dracula is in there : dirge23
  • Just imagine the visuals. The enemies arrive and suddenly it's a mass orgy of crate-murder as characters... : eldersveld
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/12/20/ : OverloadUT

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• They made agreements with studios to delay releases a month or so to get more streaming rights : multisync
• I use the imdb top 250 to fill out my queue : roushimsx

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• 4564341235 For posterity. : Lunatic Angelic

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  it looked like he was going to take on Iron Man : gyokuro
  • haha :D : Godhatesfatpeople
• Cool bikes. : Magus
• Thanks for the share. Very cool film. : Garnett Lee
• That's really cool. : Rag and Bone Man
• not a fan of motorcycles, but this was a cool watch : lokdown

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  Press start... : Mexistache
  • Herpaderp, thanks. : Fenring42
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  I dont think Crysis 2 is a bad game, its just mediocre. My biggest problem with it is i've put 300 hours ... : gyokuro
  • I'd agree the actual game is mediocre, but the netcode is kinda terrible. : Fenring42
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  The demo map blows : Slowtreme
  • It's way better on the objective mode, but still not very good. : Fenring42

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• Dead Rising 2, Little Big Planet : trelain
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  Bionic MOTHERFUCKING Commando Rearmed 2 comes out tomorrow. Split screen co-op (only, no networking, but... : cornchak
  • Yeap, local co-op. Didn't realize BC:R2 was out tomorrow... must get. : quadeh

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  Have they determined whether it is hitting at high tide? : ZenzenTen
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    Yep, it will be the monthly lunar high tide. Worst time. Of course if it slows or speeds up that can chan... : bombay
    • Crappy Lunar New Year? Hacked by Chinese. >_< : ZenzenTen
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25154959#itemanchor_25154959 : filthysock
• Come on out I'll buy you a beer :( : SpaecKow
• The Sheraiton there was very nice :( : SeaLlama
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  But the sea lions in your basement! : multisync
  • No basements in Queensland, in fact many of the houses are on stilts. : bombay
• Good luck dude,. stay safe. : CoRDS
• Sydddd-ney. Sydney! Sydney again! *ahhhhhhhh* Definitely watched that movie 3x on Saturday. My son... : riptyde
• Friend just told us the Airlines are overbooked and the airport is in complete chaos. Cross your finge... : bombay

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  can anyone tell me where the marvell ports are on a P8H67 Pro? i've got the picture here: http://ecx.... : electroly
  • in the manual they're just labeled "SATA3G_1" through "SATA3G_4". the bottom two are 1 and 2, the top tw... : electroly
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    All of those are Intel ports. Smaller boards generally don't have additional ports. : ZenzenTen
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      ok i'll just leave it alone then. in 3 years if i'm in the 5% i'll just buy a sata card : electroly
      • actually i'll just ebay it and not disclose the defect. that is waaaaay easier : electroly
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        Well if you're using the 6GB/s ports they're not affected anyway. : Alco23
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          i've got the bluray drive on the 3Gb port : electroly
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            In 3years time you'll be itching for an upgrade anyway! : Alco23
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              yeah i'm not worried. i'm glad it didn't end up being something immediate and/or destructive. RMAs are ... : electroly
              • I was a bit annoyed at first until I realized I have 3 HD's in my PC, and 2 eSata enclosures and realized... : nukewinter
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    Man, the non OC'able boards are so square! : sanchez
    • So cute and petite! : ZenzenTen
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  Newb question: Do I still need to buy a good graphics card if I want to game? If so, should I not bother... : Edges
  • You need a good cpu and graphics card. : sanchez
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    Yes you definitely do need a graphics card, but you should also definitely get a sandy bridge system. Th... : nukewinter
    • Arent even more expensive than Core 2 Quads... : ZenzenTen
  • Thanks for the replies! : Edges

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• Oh i have that. Maybe i should try it out now! : multisync

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• So funny, lol : Monkey0111
• Hahaha family guy. : Snipergen
• * J A M E S W O O D S ' D * : thetangent
• rofl : ColoradoCNC
• haha : Godhatesfatpeople
• hahaha perfect : shortbuscaptain
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bFP5mvIDjY : AgentPothead
• LOL : Downforce

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  Yo, I'm a 41 year old multi-millionaire rebel. Stuck in the front lines of rodeo drive Getting fed up w... : ryuuseki
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    INVESTING IN THE NAME OF : boring gegtik
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      UHHH HELL IT'S THE CLOSING BELL : ryuuseki
      • BETTER HURRY SELL SELL SELL : supermonkeyballz
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    : ( I just like the music : the_burd
    • I'm just having some fun. RATM is good for certain situations. University dorm rooms and the like. : ryuuseki
• please be true please be true : crummynz
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  You don't like good music burd, get out of here. : Thisispol
  • also if its anything like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mKtt7F0rPU I'm so fucking in. : Thisispol
  • I do too! : the_burd

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• Prop bets are funny. :D : DM7
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  18/1 is pretty low odds for Clay Matthews to be MVP, considering how the NFL would rather get AIDS than g... : riptyde
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    i've found that none of the prop bets offer particularly alluring odds, but i will bet on them anyway bec : FrayLo
    • I'd bet the over on the 0.5 sacks for Matthews. There's no way he doesn't get a hand on Rothlisberger at... : riptyde
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  100 bucks on the Steelers. : g.lee
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    God I hope so. But only because I hate the Packers. : lotus2133
    • Rapeburger is going to go get it. Steelers will win. Even though it pains me. I will profit. : g.lee
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  No idea how those odds work. : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • yes:bet 100 to win 115. no:bet 155 to win 100. : FrayLo

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• Same chipset may confuse it? Kinda cool that they can do tha sort of thing. : tsuba
• Should have read that EULA from that HP printer you bought in 1999 @ Futureshop on the 6th of May at 5:43... : ryuuseki

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  *raises hand* I've written a few little bits with it. : zakazi
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    IIRC anything is pretty event machine friendly. Event machine just took care of handling the socket, or d... : zakazi
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      Oh wait, I see. Unless you want an evented version of ldap itself ala em-mysql and the like. : zakazi
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        yeah that's what I was looking for. Most protocols have their own EM implementation.. but fuck i don't kn... : wtf242
        • can't knock node for that sort of thing. So perfect for it for all the comparisons to Rails it's really m... : zakazi
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  i haven't but you might want to hit up aman gupta on twitter just to see if the ruby ldap lib would have ... : afrochops
  • that's a good call, also Aman or Ilya (igvita) may know of existing LDAP ones out there that are just not... : zakazi

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  pyide, you have spoken words that shall get you hated on the shack for years. : LoioshDwaggie
  • Actually, as much as I love the game, he's absolutely right. The physics are hilariously bad. But also,... : omnova
  • I've seen loads of complaints from people who love DS about how silly the ragdoll physics are. : NastyJack
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    He's right, but he also pointed out that the floppy rag dolls and what not are minor and don't detract fr... : David Craddock
    • I use what I termed, "The Ragdoll Spin" to get them off of me. Just spin in a quick circle sends them fl... : Derringer
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  I dunno, Dead Space 1 seemed worse to me. : azshack
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    Does that continue on to Dead Space 2? : pyide
    • Yes also bodies get stuck in stuck in elevatorss ad doors and will wobble around forever : llamameat
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  the physics truly are comically bad. i got used to it though. : vitek r
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    I actually found it to be a bit of a stress reliever: here's this big, bad, red-eyed knight that caused m : David Craddock
    • oh god yes. demons souls is one of my favorite games ever. the silly physics are part of the charm in a... : vitek r
• Just for that, the game decided your game of demon souls became 300% harder. : DM7
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5FNJf4az_U : umegastar
• I find it is a humorous distraction that is well needed. part of the charm maybe? : mwasher
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  I've been thinking about this, and the terrible ragdoll physics make sense from a design perspective. Fro : David Craddock
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    By "They didn't want anything in the game to work against you," I mean they wanted to make sure the game ... : David Craddock
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      They don't have to impede the gameplay to make sense. I'd much prefer a stationary lump on the ground tha... : pyide
      • It's a minor thing man, plus it funny when I see it happen. :D : DM7
    • Whatever, every time I rolled to my death fighting the Man Eaters, it was clearly the game's fault! : Derringer
  • they could have just made you move through the corpses instead of push them around like they don't weigh ... : OverloadUT
• I thought it was satisfying to kick around dead bodies after finally killing them. : crummynz
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  doesn't bother me at all. it's demon's souls. lol : Downforce
  • Word. Demon souls doesn't care about your feelings. : DM7

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  Why was it pulled? I have the app already but just wondering. : DM7
  • They don't allow alternative market apps in the Android Marketplace, and thats what they thought it was : Xencer
  • because of Apple's iron grip on... wait, what? : mikecyb
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  The Kongregate app has returned to the Market. http://www.appbrain.com/app/kongregate-arcade/com.kongr... : Wisp!
  • hmm Appbrain said it couldn't be found : mastermike569
• I WANT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS!!! : Xencer

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• There are so much better EMTs to link though. : Slowtreme
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  jesus that girl in their latest video is hot as balls : gmd
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    EMT - Massive Meat Log http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=eIzzx2OolfI This wil... : yldragon
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      ive seen them all ! : gmd
      • Watch them again! : yldragon
  • I don't find balls to be that attractive. : Vividvoid
• I want one but I wouldn't want to make it. : legsbrogan
• we're ready to die for this. what do you know about dying?! : Maarten Goldstein

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  So last year dildo faggins : multisync
  • PC Gamer did give LOTRO mmo of the year last year, if that means anything :) : AgentPothead
• send a tell to Behro, I'm in now. : trOmblyj
• Try /who gladden One of them should be able to toss you an invite. I'll be hopping in shortly, just gonn... : AgentPothead
• Here's a good collection of guides: http://lotro.mmorsel.com/ : alexvj

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• Are you on the right subnet to see it? : Conan

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  good news is that its the chipset not the cpu's : gyokuro
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    It would probably be easier to swap out the CPUs but then they would have to do a total recall. I woul... : rosewood
    • the lithograph fix would be harder because its 32nm not 60nm like the chipset chip : gyokuro

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• Obligatory videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_gfD3nvh-8&hd=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F... : ZenzenTen

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• More like LA people are AWESOME! :D : krym3
• Feline-Groovy : soggybagel
• SO MUCH PUSSY : Godhatesfatpeople

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• Dammit. Sorry for the shitty mobile link. On my phone right now. =( : mindmann

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  where's a good stream? : TPSReport
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    http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/livenow?id=7931459 Not quite sure where the official one is. : Vegtro
    • cool thx. The audio seem to be out of sync, but it's all good : TPSReport