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goldsmith

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    Comment #533694

    If people are going to go to the Walmart to buy new games anyway, why wouldn't the indie store them as well? Even if the prices are a little higher, wouldn't the convenience of not…

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    Comment #372288

    Yeah, really. It was a real bandwagon of righteous indignation.

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    Comment #371294

    I understand your sentiment, but if you think that this wouldn't occur in many communities that have a large base of users, you are off base. I don't just mean places like 4chan- h…

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    Comment #371280

    I don't really see how this would define how people see the company behind Justin.tv at all. You would have to find a pretty delusional person to claim that IRC had its reputation …

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    Comment #371265

    he told u he was hardcore

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    Comment #347702

    Protip: people don't go to ESPN, Yahoo, or other sites just for stats.

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    Comment #347689

    How is this taking on anyone? This looks like linkbait.

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    Comment #335708

    I'm always amazed how many people buy into that idea- do you really think that Reagan knew all along that it was a ploy to run the Soviet economy into the ground? SDI was a huge we…

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    Comment #326610

    These books are only slightly better than telling someone to read Who Moved My Cheese or Good to Great. You should read great books because you want a different perspective and wil…

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    Comment #315684

    The organization by relevance is interesting, but through some test searches I did, the more obscure the search, the less this helps. Basically, for something with a Wikipedia/Face…

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    Comment #313804

    Agreed- remember the release of AOL search data two years ago? That may not be a representative sample, but a large number of those users seemed to have no idea what a search engin…

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    Comment #313466

    But if you are a lone suicide bomber, getting caught IS the worst consequence (dying when you explode your bomb is optimal.) Rather than achieving your goal, in the worst case scen…

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    Comment #301064

    I thought I heard the idea for CO2stats somewhere before... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence Oh yeah, that's it.

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    Comment #300985

    Nice article. I'm still surprised that institutional investors were fooled, even despite the Bberg story- that's the kind of thing a portfolio manager might react to quickly, but a…

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    Comment #300977

    So he would have made shitty overproduced garbage with GarageBand on his MacBook Pro? I hope not

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    Comment #300973

    I guess mirroring the OP, I like this concept behind C02Stats, but I am very curious as to how this is precisely calculated (or even roughly estimated.) Do CO2Stats know the power …