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  1. OriginalJoeCool

    AMD Talks Llano & Radeon HD 6800

    Me neither! This is exciting!:D
  2. OriginalJoeCool

    Fan-Made Duke Nukem 3D Remake Gets the OK

    Just the title "Duke Nukem 3D" fills me with nostalgia.... I still love that game.
  3. OriginalJoeCool

    Duke Nuken Forever demo keys for Borderlands on PC

    I'm just glad someone's going to finish that game. :p
  4. OriginalJoeCool

    iPhone 4 82% More Prone to Accidental Screen Damage

    During my stint working for Fido (**shudder**), I heard many stories about the iPhone. People smashed it, ran over it with their vehicle, let their toddlers flush it down the toilet. I once estimated that the iPhone lasts about a week after being delivered to the customer ;). That's not even to...
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    Ubuntu 10.10 - Search for the ultimate question

    I had forgotten KDE does that, but I'm not sure about Gnome...
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    Ubuntu 10.10 - Search for the ultimate question

    I remember when I first started using Vista, sometimes the GUI would crash. I'm not sure if it was a driver problem, but Windows would just restart the explorer.exe process. I wonder why they couldn't just implement something like that. If all else fails, just restart the GUI, rather than leave...
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    Ubuntu 10.10 - Search for the ultimate question

    Maybe the issue was more severe with my particular chipset. Ubuntu certainly excels with fonts. They just look great period. Particularly on laptops, fonts can look like crud after a fresh install of some distros.
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    Ubuntu 10.10 - Search for the ultimate question

    I'll probably check out 10.10 at some point. However, I've had a lot of bad luck with Ubuntu. I find Canonical pushes packages into the repositories before they're ready and in some cases when still broken. I began experiencing extremely frequent Xorg lockups after upgrading to 8.10 Intrepid...
  9. OriginalJoeCool

    Geico commercials

    I like the Geico commercials, which is unusual, since I find most ads to be pretty irritating. These people know how to make us laugh, rather than cringe.
  10. OriginalJoeCool

    Microsoft Brings Back Windows 7 Family Pack (For a Limited Time)

    How long did this promotion run last time?
  11. OriginalJoeCool

    AMD to Modify its Radeon HD 6000 Naming Scheme?

    I hope they don't do this. It would be pointless, wouldn't it?
  12. OriginalJoeCool

    Is Blu-ray Going to be "Passed By" as a Format?

    Like Homer Simpson says, going back is like rubbing dirt in your eyes!
  13. OriginalJoeCool

    Specs for AMD's Radeon HD 6750 and HD 6770 Leaked

    This makes me think I should just go ahead with my original plan to get the 5870.
  14. OriginalJoeCool

    Is Blu-ray Going to be "Passed By" as a Format?

    I wonder how long we have until Blu-Ray becomes obsolete!
  15. OriginalJoeCool

    Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 5.0

    How quickly technology becomes obsolete.... Looks cool, though.
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