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• Says the Google employee. : c0bra
• I agree with that "idiot" : ConfusedUs
• Quite the forehead. http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2010/01/500x_4248741500_b703996e39-t... : danws6
• maybe he wants to be the head of his own company, not a google subsidiary. And omg, he's got an awesome w... : filthysock
• u mad? : proclone1
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  Damn... : bolneze
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    Fuck these guys Im with you virus - shoulda taken the money and ran : bolneze
    • He already has money. : Hiro
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  Why? The article doesn't have enough substance to judge. : dahanese
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    Well, I saw it reported in other reputable sources days ago, now it's in valleywag and getting reposted b... : askedrelic
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      Yeah - the Groupon thing I'm not really sure about. I guess there is too much about that deal that doesn... : virus
      • Google trying to buy Groupon is Google trying to buy anything that is popular, especially for the adverti... : askedrelic
  • maybe if they mention it's from google a couple more times... : wetard
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  You know what's cool? 100 billion : Serpico74
  • ^^^^^ : cookblaze
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  Hm, strange responses so far shacknews. I guess I should explain myself. First of all, there's no way... : virus
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    I AM SO ANGRY AT YOUR INTERNET COMMENT : askedrelic
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      hahahaha (proclone1) : virus
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        re: your 3rd point (why not take $100 mill, work at google, and then retire) You may have rose tinted ... : askedrelic
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          Android. Now your point is moot. Android is something that has not changed because of corporate culture... : virus
          • Dodgeball founder Dennis Crowley and Lars Rasmussen might dispute that! It may not be specific over corpo... : askedrelic
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            I still think his point is valid. Some people out there don't want that life and don't want google. Must ... : dahanese
            • Yeah right on. You always have *something* negative to say in my threads, it's cool. : virus
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    Maybe it's not about the money to him, but the challenge of taking on a giant. : danws6
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      Hence I believe him to be an idiot. =\ : virus
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        That's probably why you are still at google instead of off trying to create your own startups. : danws6
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          Or a million other reasons / things. I guess we'll never know really, but $100M is a lot of fucking mone... : virus
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            Yes, I am sure he is and idiot after helping start facebook and now another successful website that obvio... : pancake humper
            • pancake humper you rrr so dumb, you can't even see it : askedrelic
            • Phhht he practically stumbled into all that stuff. : Cubictoast
            • He didn't help start facebook... He was in charge of facebook connect and platform. : cltcprd
          • so you're calling him an idiot based on his bio. : proclone1
          • dont lean too hard : spaceless
        • srsly you work at google? YOU FAILURE : bolneze
        • ding ding ding : the city
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        I think he's an idiot too. But I also thought facebook was redundant at the time, twitter was useless and... : emcea
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          In the long run, I hope he does well. I can't stand facebook and I think that anything that brings compe... : virus
          • Would you rather have him tak the 100mill or make you a better social network? : Cubictoast
        • Heck I still think Facebook and Twitter are useless :/ : nukewinter
  • how much is a couple hundred thousand users worth in ad revenue? : filthysock
  • Were you familiar with the terms? It could have been all for stock that took a decade to vest and require... : d3tached
  • Obviously he isn't just in for the cash and does not want his baby to be part of "big G". Its his busines... : Lukiopimp
• I seriously want to slap that cockeyed fucking twat. 100 million?! I mean, even if you don't need the mon... : dumb.
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  Meh, who are we to judge? : watcherxp
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    Well, I'm willing to judge this article as "trashy." : JarEme
    • yeah, with you on that one : watcherxp
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  The problem with turning down offers like that, is that it's really dangerous to your business. If a comp... : haiku
  • Agreed. Article is speculative, making it sound like the author's perception of things is obviously corre... : Dr_Cube
• Probably wasn't totally his decision. I'll withhold my judgement until I know everything that went into h... : mr.sleepy
• you ever wonder that back in the day when companies werent swooped up and gutted like that it made for a ... : spiderfill
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  Is it possible the guy wants to retain control of his business rather than sell it off? He may not need o... : SigENeaT
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    I can't imagine creating any business that I wouldn't be willing to sell for an enormous amount of money.... : ArB
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      Are you one of those people who hate on art? I am not trying to compare a business to art (especially soc... : SigENeaT
      • There comes a point where DUDE HOLY SHIT $100,000,000!!! For that kind of money you could live the life o... : Floppygrandma
• one of our exec assistants just went to that startup. hope it does well : hamachi
• google seems like a cool place to work but apparently it requires a huge ego : kill9
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  Actually I think he's awesome. Never heard of Path before, would definitely use it if I had an iPhone. : kabex
  • The biggest limitation with it right now is that it is iphone only. I would definitely use it as the idea... : d3tached
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  sounds like he already made all the money he needs. The Google offer probably came with a set of handcuff... : steelsamurai
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    An employee will never understand that concept. : kabex
    • Sure you can. You just have to have an open mind and be willing to learn. : dahanese
• I would too http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm : dognose
• Lol I know him :) : cltcprd
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  Interesting. Shawn Fanning of Napster fame is part of Path. http://www.path.com/about : ShekkyBoy
  • yea well so is michael jackson! : Patch-e
  • Michael Jackson too! lol : ThomW
• google is desperate for social networking stuff as they get their ass kicked by Facebook. : gyokuro
• I got no problem with a dude who has already made all the money he needs, and has since set up the enviro... : NexusOne
• Who knows what the contract requirements were, virus. I can imagine a number of stipulations being comple... : stuka
• You know, I can understand a guy that just wants to run his little business and not play in the major lea... : melt_core
• The groupon one was funnier : 60days
• Some people don't need the money. : furiouschuck
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  According to a 1993 biography of Gates, Perot said Gates wanted an asking price of $40 million to $60 mil... : handofthrawn
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    That is a terrible comparison. In 1993, MS was worth way more than that and was on the edge of releasing ... : shirif
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      It's the biography that's 1993. When was the proposed deal? : guigr
      • Seems to be the late 70s "As the '70s were drawing to a close, there was one company Perot had his eye... : handofthrawn
    • The biography was 1993, not the time of the offer. I realize MS was worth more than that considering whe... : handofthrawn
  • Wow, Perot is an interesting guy. Made a start up with $1,000 in 1962, eventually sold his stake to GM f... : lightsam
• David Morin? More like Moran! : reZaun
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  maybe he loves his creation and doesn't want to part with it. would you sell one of your children to goog... : dotpain
  • I'd have 3 kids then sell all 3 for that much money! >:o : Jimbo Ro
• Get a brain Morin! : SolveChrist
• He should of took the hundred milion and stock and kept himself on the board. What a dumbass. That site s... : bozer
• The guy probably has a decent amount of money anyways and faith in his ability to make a reasonable livin... : edgewise
• Wait, he's a successful guy even by his own solo standards and they're basically trash talking him in thi... : Godhatesfatpeople
• I've learned not to judge founders when they turn down crazy good offers. Yeah, the money makes it easy t... : Dr_Cube

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  The Left 4 Dead games are really good. : dognose
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    Put over 300hrs into the first one. Got kindnof Burnt out on them :( : Strid3rtheGreat
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      I play all of the addon custom campaigns to keep it fresh :) : dognose
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        ALL of them : watcherxp
        • Well, all of the cute ones :) : dognose
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      Sounds like you need to move on to L4D2 then. : pimpium
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        don't tell dognose]s I didn't care at all for l4d2. Put like 12 hrs into it and couldn't play anymore. : Strid3rtheGreat
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          Did you do two close tags? : dognose
          • I messed up two small tags : Strid3rtheGreat
        • you are broken : watcherxp
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          I can't understand what you are saying. : pimpium
          • It hurts. I call the Nolan Batman movies boring, I get yelled at, but this guy is allowed to say this bu... : dognose
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  Too much choice, let the shack choose for you! I vote for mass effect 2 : filthysock
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    Beaten it already. :( : Strid3rtheGreat
    • play it again as a lady. : genocidalrobot
    • dead space 2 : BouillonCubes
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      How many games have you not started? : filthysock
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        Oh god, couldn't even begin to number them. I have 108 of them installed ATM and the large majority of th... : Strid3rtheGreat
        • Play Evil Genius. : thetangent
• Just play Civ and you'll be fine. : Thick Axelrod
• I recommend you play Team Fortress 2. Unless Dognose is online. Then play Left 4 Dead 2 with him. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I've found that watching a video of a game you are slightly interested in helps gets you in the mood to p... : Matt Burris
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    I find speed runs, competitive matches and Quick Looks are very entertaining when I'm not actually in a m... : SeaLlama
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      i find quicklooks to be frustratingly annoying to watch since it seems the player rarely bothered to read... : roushimsx
      • Same here, I find the QL's to be very annoying and frustrating to watch. On top of that, the silly conve... : Matt Burris
      • i find myself just watching playthroughs while i do something else :/ : Unleashed
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    I started watching a Let's Play of Dead Space 2... 12 hours later I felt like I played it myself! Saved ... : coyoterys
    • Well that's dumb. : OrkO
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  Pretty common problem with having too much choice. Just go with whatever type of game you're in the mood ... : roushimsx
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    Yea indie games have kind of been my go to's as of late. Played some trails hd 2 for awhile yesterday. An... : Strid3rtheGreat
    • ain't nothing wrong with taking a week or two off from larger games! You should get in on some of the ... : roushimsx
• Change media. Read a book, watch a movie or some TV or something. That always does it for me. : Rotten Deadite
• I just started playing Salker, SoC with the complete pack for the first time. It seems like it could be ... : TheVietSpecial
• You're perfectly normal - Steam is meant for impulsive spending which is probably why they generated over... : jingletard
• i tried to play magicka when i got it with people. no one wanted to play with me. : spaceless
• This happens to me too. So weird. : Sgt_Boomstick
• I am like this pretty much every day. I look over my hundreds of games on PC and 360, and then I look ove... : OverloadUT
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  thats like having 300 channels on TV, and noting to watch :D : Demius
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    Yea except I've paid an average of $10 per channel. : Strid3rtheGreat
    • I feel your pain. If you don't count the two pre-orders just waiting, I've got exactly 300 purchased tit... : RomSteady
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  now buy an iphone or ipad and start buying! : gyokuro
  • Already been there :( : Strid3rtheGreat
• Join the club. : The Grolar Bear
• I'm closing in on 400 and want to play all of them, wth is wrong with you mang : dael
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  Play Amnesia! : David Craddock
  • He doesn't remember how... : RomSteady
• you are getting old. : dopeman
• Damn, your steam library puts mine to shame (124). And I thought I had a disorder. : DewFuel
• What's the most recent game you played? : Maddog_Delphi97
• Try dating. It's like gaming only with better graphics :-) : piocsic
• Sounds like your hitting a brick wall here. This happens to me sometimes when I get burnt out of video ga... : Techy007
• 1.) You have too much money, gift me games instead 2.) you have an unknown, incurable disease. may jes... : pukerat
• Every single game you bought is terrible. You have shit taste in games. : enyakk

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  Main Menu, then something like select downloaded campaign or something. Forget where but click around, yo... : judge
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    i dont see the shit there, just darkspawn chronicals. god damnit!!!!!!! : spaceless
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      maybe this is some sort of steam bug : spaceless
      • im trying this http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=2777097347b90424dc3035672e03ec80&t=... : spaceless
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  why do you say the spoilered message? : akirabob
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    she left me. i was really nice to her and i gave her presents. i wouldnt put out and she was going to lea : spaceless
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      hmm i didn't have this issue. : akirabob
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        she told me either she would have sex with me and absorb the arch-demons essence with our baby, leave and : spaceless
        • Interesting, but not likely. Killing her mother and giving her the grimior is optional. She takes the b : lightsam
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      Play the Witch Hunt DLC. : deject
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        not enough points :( : spaceless
        • how many points do you need? : Volatus32x
      • ugh. As much as I loved Dragon Age, I hate all the DLC stuff. I wish I could just pay more up front for a... : K1Bond007
    • sounds like real life : umegastar
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  Just make sure you aren't wearing the cool DLC armor or you'll start Awakenings naked. Bullshit. : invisible_kid
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    cailin's armour comes through : dantastic
    • Hm, I think it is the high warden armor that must not. I know it was one of those cool massive sets. : invisible_kid
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  if you have that crazy powerful moon sword, get ready to cry : wtf242
  • my starfang!! : spaceless
  • I know right :( : moe6
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  Just FYI there's a bug in Awakening. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but if you ever find your c... : doozer667
  • Worst bug ever! Happened to me on play-through of Awakenings, but like you I had enough spare stuff to... : trebarg
  • I still haven't gone back to play since that. To top it off there were character quests that couldn't be ... : Pettytheft
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  Can you knock down the difficulty and play threw DA:O like you play through Mass Effect? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Yes, you can change the difficulty at any time. Although the difference between easy and normal is fairl... : doozer667
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  DA2: is Morrigan back? All the videos I've seen seem to make no mention or hint of the first DA : moe6
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    I get the impression that she won't be. If you play Witch Hunt you find out that A- Flemeth isn't dead, : doozer667
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      Morrigan goes through the portal. Not Flemeth. : doozer667
      • Maybe it depends if you killed her or made a deal with her. : lightsam
    • I don't really think it implies it more than straight out states it and includes her in a bunch of promot : Crimsonbeak
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    I'm just glad that Sandal is back :D : Dave-A
    • enchantment? : arcane_
  • Oh, found this on these forums http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/141/index/3064634 "DA2's story... : doozer667
  • it doesn't sound like it which sucks. that was the best storyline to come out of part 1. : wtf242
  • guess it depends on what happens at the end of the DLC involving her. i haven't played it yet and i didn... : dantastic
• I got about 90% of the way done with the game and I lost my save when the HDD crashed on me. I never g... : Arcath
• you hit start new game and are given an option of Origins or Awakenings and some other DLC. A lot of the... : dantastic
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  i just got this gifted from the hubby, im so excited to play it! i'm about to finish the game this mornin... : arcane_
  • minor spoiler not really even worthy of a spoiler tag, but all but 1 of the characters you got to know in... : valael

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  I've seen two from your list, but I think the #1 in my mind was Moon, followed by Inception then the othe... : dumb.
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    Moon was 2009. Inception was awesome though. : nurglich
    • But I watched it in 2010. But yeah you're right. : dumb.
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  I haven't seen any of those. : not work safe
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    you would really like Exit Through the Gift Shop and Blue Valentine : wtf242
    • I see giftshop in Netflix all the time but I am kinda stuck on tv shows right now. I really enjoyed Nat G... : not work safe
• King's Speech, The Figther, Black Swan... saw a lot of good foreign flicks on net...flix : Navy Spitfire
• Black Swan was really good. I really don't like Aronofsky movies mostly, but this was pretty watchable. : askedrelic
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  My favorite was The King's Speech. : NastyJack
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    have not seen it yet! : wtf242
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      It's really good. : shortbuscaptain
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        I just bought tickets to see it Monday : wtf242
        • It's a meh movie with stunningly acted roles. That's where the gold is. : Super Sparker
  • Never heard of it, but it's added to my queue now! : CrustaR
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  Have you seen Once? The trailer for Blue Valentine looked very similar to Once : sikander
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    yes.... Blue Valentine is much better than Once... also very different movies : wtf242
    • but i did like once... don't get me wrong : wtf242
• social network, toy story 3, kings speech, despicable me : arizona bay
• Winter's Bone was... depressing and absolutely amazing at the same time. : shortbuscaptain
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  I am really surprised how rave of reviews Winter's Bone got. I found it to be pretty darn slow. An inte... : nukewinter
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    I loved it. It was a great thriller without being over the top. Great slice of life mystery. I was glued ... : wtf242
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      The part when he got pulled over with the girl was fucking intense. The look in his eyes, fuck. : shortbuscaptain
      • yeah the main guy in the movie was fucking awesome. There were some flat out scary parts in that movie wh... : wtf242
  • The fix for slowness is to use the 1.1x or 1.2x FF speeds in your player. powerdvd does this quite well ... : rms
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  did you see How to Train Your Dragon and The Town? : grabbie
  • I saw The Town. It was good but I didn't love it. It was a good movie. I think what hurt my opinion about... : wtf242
• Black Swan, Inception, The Social Network : porp
• I don't watch many movies: Kick-Ass Inception Tron Toy Story 3 : bling1bling
• Animal Kingdom was good : Porkasaurus
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  So is Exit Through the Gift Shop supposed to be fake? I started reading about it online and it sounded li... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • Really liked the movie anyway, whether it's fake or not. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • nobody knows. I suspect it's banksy trolling the world : wtf242
• I've only seen Kick-Ass, Social Network and TS3 from that list but now I want to see them all. you can a... : tunis5000
• Also It's so retarded that Michelle Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Blue Valentine but Ry... : wtf242
• Inception, The Town, Kick-Ass, The A-Team, Toy Story 3 : retarded talking dinosaur
• good movies i saw in 2010 toy story 3 the social network machete kick-ass exit through the gift sh... : EvilDolemite
• 1) Toy Story 3 2) How To Train Your Dragon 3) Inception 4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part ... : thetangent
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  The Social Network, True Grit, Exit Through The Gift Shop, MacGruber : Serpico74
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    I know you're into the LA art scene... do you think the entire thing is fake? : wtf242
    • also i completely forgot about True Grit. It would have been ahead of kickass : wtf242
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      I think it is fake and that the film is a commentary on art, commercialism, instafame, etc etc. That said : Serpico74
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        yeah i think it's brilliant and it fits Banksy's personality perfectly. it's going to be weird if it wins... : wtf242
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          what's so awesome about it is it really is a documentary about street artists like banksy... it just kind... : wtf242
          • I also love that it successfully turns the protagonist into the antagonist, so funny. : Serpico74
• Inception, uhhh Inception, aaannnd Inception ...i think Inception was the only movie i watched in 2010 : CecilPhilpot
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  Kick-Ass : dognose
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    i don't know about you but the scene records via the teddy bear is one the best movie scenes I've ever se... : wtf242
    • records recorded : wtf242
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lG7HQXSOV0 : dognose
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        that scene is so well filmed. i remember when i first watched it... I was expecting the entire movie to b... : wtf242
        • You think it's such a tame movie Unless you typed the name of the movie into google. :-P : thetangent
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          It is my favorite movie. Bruce Willis is rolling in his grave : dognose
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            I love the post-rock soundtrack too. it fits the movie well. : wtf242
            • http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=kick+ass+soundtrac... : dognose
          • My cat just opened this post on my iPad. : romulan
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  Enter the Void and Social Network were the 2 best I saw by a long shot. Inception, Machete and Splice... : Borzoi
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    I have wanted to see Enter the Void. it looks insane. The trailer almost made me feel high... : wtf242
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      gotta see it in a theater if you can - it experiments with low frequency sounds along with the colors and... : Borzoi
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        that sounds like a nightmare. I only see movies at the Alamo Drafthouse and I always drink a lot. This so... : wtf242
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          i only saw it sober the 3 times I've seen it. Some people would walk out less than 10 minutes in in each ... : Borzoi
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            the drafthouse advertised it a lot and i've seen the trailer a bunch. seems very experimental which i lov... : wtf242
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              It's very morally and spiritually ambivalent too. It's like the anti-Holy Mountain, if you've seen that o... : Borzoi
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                that's cool. I will definitely watch it. yeah I own Holy Mountain(wtf?) : wtf242
                • 242, you should definitely check out Enter the Void. It's on Netflix streaming. My g/f really hated the... : CrustaR
• True Grit. : NexusOne
• Not in Order: Centurion Black Swan Mother Inception True Grit Restrepo The King's Speech Carlos... : Godhatesfatpeople
• that's more 2010 movies than I've seen period : MamiyaOtaru
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  Scott Pilgrim, Kick Ass, The Ghost Writer, Enter the Void, Shutter Island, Piranha 3D, Machette : DarthStank
  • Piranha 3D was the biggest surprise for me. : dodob
• Monsters, Black Swan, I Spit on Your Grave, Animal Kingdom, and Despicable Me. : milkandcheese
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  kick-ass, inception, how to train your dragon. http://radula76.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/movies-2010/ : radula
  • i forgot Tangled! that movie was hilarious! : radula
• no order, Kick-Ass, Inception, Moon (yeah they didn't show it here until 2010) : razorblade79
• Eva 2.0 2010 is 1 sad yr for movies : Gapyro
• Favorites of 2010: (I wish I could watch these over and over again...) When in Rome The Last Song Sex ... : mrwolf710
• Scott Pilgrim! : Smoochy666
• Social Network and Inception for me. I really want to see True Grit. : handofthrawn
• No mention of Tron Legacy :( It might not have been a good story, but in terms of spectacle, it was way... : shirif
• The King's Speech, True Grit, Black Swan : Link.

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• Do it. Do it HARD. : dumb.
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  Why not bump up the RAM to 8GB? : David Craddock
  • Otherwise it looks like a sexy beast. : David Craddock
  • 8 GB on triple channel? : JarEme
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    It's a triple-channel memory controller so the next step up would be 9gb but I think 3gb memory modules a... : Prozium
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      Oops, yeah, good catch. Nine GB, then! : David Craddock
      • What? No. 3GB are extremely rare and not even sold anymore. The next step is 12GB (3 x 4GB) : EricZBA
  • anything more than 6 is retarded if you're just gaming. : reverend~heresy
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  No. Just wait until the SB motherboards are back in stock and use the extra money you can save between no... : sigpro
  • yes the sandy bridge 2500k is awesome. faster than 980x in most games, for ~$200 : noven
  • This right here. You'd be paying too much money for an EOL socket + hot chip. : Alastayr
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    Why is Sandy Bridge so important? I haven't been following it at all : justwr!ght
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      It's new. : dumb.
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        And sandy : shirif
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          And a bridge. : ghostmac
          • And has a busted ass chipset. : Thresher
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      Faster than $1,000 chips for way less money. http://techreport.com/articles.x/20188 : Nixx2004
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        So basically the Core i7-2600K is the same price as the Core i7-950. Core i5-2400 is just as fast as the... : foo
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          I think I'm just going to go balls out and get the Core i7-2600K : foo
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            all of the MBs are being recalled, so you'll have to wait. : jimmy_legs
            • Not all, just the ones with 3Gb SATA ports. I think. : Vimn
      • Thank you! : justwr!ght
  • I have my i5 2500k clocked to 4.8 GHz from 3.3 stock with a motherboard "preset." They are freaken beastl... : d3tached
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  Just wait until computers actually become balls of energy and you play quake 3 at 1 trillion fps : Utopia
  • Just wait until computers actually become balls of energy and you play quake 3 at 1 trillion fps in your ... : Volatus32x
• Yes if you want it NOW No if you can wait till Sandy Bridge Either way, very good system for the pr... : EricZBA
• Would not buy that....any of that. Wait for SB, they have already been out, reviews are amazing, prices ... : SlingBlaze
• Hell no, wait for SB : sanchez
• Wait for SB. Cheaper and faster. : Jimbo Ro
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  go for it, there is always something better on the horizon. : watcherxp
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    See, this is what I'm thinking, too. Waiting for "that new hot thing" is always pointless, since within ... : foo
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      It all depends on what you want out of your computer. Since you are using it for games, if you can wait a... : ovrlrd
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        The primary role of the computer will be work. I just want to be able to play games again, which I haven... : foo
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          I have a couple of spare monitors here. Maybe a 24 or a 23 inch. They are 16:9 TNs. If you want one let m... : EricZBA
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            How much? : foo
            • SM me your address so i can figure out how much shipping is : EricZBA
    • But the new "HOT" thing is out right now, the motherboards just need a chip revision that won't be out ti... : nukewinter
    • You can wait less than a month for SB to be fixed : sanchez
• wait for them to fix the sandybridge chipset...DAAA UH! : gyokuro
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  no no no : atom519
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    Why? : foo
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      Wait for the Sandy Vaginas to roll back around. : shortbuscaptain
      • This. Unless you are absolutely in need of it right now, SB is just too good not to wait for. : atom519
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  Wait for Sound Blaster : Maddog_Delphi97
  • you mean GUS : dooberzoo
  • Dr. Sbaitso from Creative Labs, please enter your name. : Donborvio
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  Change it form a 6850 to a 6950. Its worth the extra money. : SirX
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    That's like another $65 :| : foo
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      worth it. : SirX
      • especially when you can flash it to a 6970. : d3tached
  • If you wait for the Sandy Bridge chipsets to be sorted you'll have all that money and more to throw at a ... : h0cake
• Noooooooo : bolneze
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  Wait for SB, man!!! What are you doing?!?!?!??! : CrustaR
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    Wait , there is a next gen of SB II coming out next fall, wait for that! : watcherxp
    • No, SB 1. : CrustaR
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      No, the first available SB will be plenty fast. You don't have to be a dumbass. : Nixx2004
      • Agreed. : CrustaR
      • my /sarcasm tag must be broken : watcherxp
• wait until you're dead then you won't even need a computer! : sasoi
• i'd wait for sandy : reverend~heresy
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  Why is everyone saying wait for sandy bridge? I thought it was out? : SigENeaT
  • SANDY BRAGINA HAD STD'S : massdev
  • then it got recalled : filthysock
  • they're patching it : reverend~heresy
  • It's on hiatus. : menar003
  • Yea, knocked out : rosewood
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    Intel decided they needed to spend a billion more dollars to add a rotating and thrusting dildo to the ch... : sanchez
    • I knew I should have bought the case with the side window. : Crabs Jarrard
  • http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall http://www.ana... : Sapiens
  • It saw it's shadow and now there's 6 more weeks of debugging : mrblarg
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    Im on my 2600k - just dont use those 3 gb/s SATA ports : GBeer11
    • What if you have more than 2 HDDs and a sATA CD? : Jimbo Ro
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  like the processor that is the same one that i will be getting as long as a nicer one doesn't come out be... : marfa101
  • There are already nicer CPUs out. You just can't get a motherboard for it (easily). : Nixx2004
• Wait for the Sandy Vagina fixes. : sukabljat