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Tested.com |OT| Lean Into It If It's Racist

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Jintor

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Well they get some stuff, I remember them mentioning it, but like most other enthusiast sites it's out on rotation. Some of it - a lot of it - they have to return, I'd assume.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I read an article on their site about the new Nook, probably by a freelancer or something.
 
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Timedog

good credit (by proxy)
In a frenzy, I went to their website and searched internet porn and found none. If they lied about that, what else could they be lying about?
 
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bionic77

Member
eznark said:
Just finished the podcast. That discussion at the end hurt my head.

I'm glad someone finally came out and said ASoIaF is garbage. Been saying it on GAF for years (and just yesterday in the what are you reading thread). I wish Martin would just sell the rights to the world and let someone who can write take the world and characters forward.
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Finally a thread on the best non-sports podcast on the internet (at least that I have discovered). I have to disagree with you and Will on ASOIAF. The books are horrendously flawed, but the setting and some (very few at this point) of the characters are really well done. The books definitely jumped the shark and can be a little masochistic, but I still find them to be entertaining. Then again I am actually going to finish the Wheel of Times Books so my opinion might not be the best on the subject!

Back to the thread. The tested guys should test out some of the different VOIP services and boxes that support them. I tried out a cheapo one that I got from Amazon that let me go through Google Voice and so far it works flawlessly. If I can get it to work with 911 and take my current number I think I will drop the landline and save some money every month. Would love to see them take on the issue with their usual thoroughness.
 
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FStop7

Banned
Will could not have been more wrong about A Song of Ice and Fire. Maybe he has a short attention span or is ADD.
 
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Dany

Banned
FStop7 said:
Will could not have been more wrong about A Song of Ice and Fire. Maybe he has a short attention span or is ADD.
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Yeah, I am in the middle of book 4 and really loved it. So much has happened.
 
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eznark

Banned
FStop7 said:
Will could not have been more wrong about A Song of Ice and Fire. Maybe he has a short attention span or is ADD.
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Or he values quality writing over setting? Of course....he also really loved Ready Player One so that can't be the case.

Reamde is fantastic so far, so that's nice!

They used to have a pretty active Book thread on their forums but I haven't been to them in forever.
 
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Fjordson

Member
FStop7 said:
Will could not have been more wrong about A Song of Ice and Fire. Maybe he has a short attention span or is ADD.
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Lmao seriously. And it wasn't even the usual "SErIES IS BORING NEEDS MORE ACTION!" he told Gary to stop before Storm of Swords.

And then said Kingkiller Chroincles was way better.

Don't do this Gary.
 
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Suite Pee

Willing to learn
Think I'll start using this site. I've been trying to switch over to smaller outlets with more enthused people (GiantBomb, Destructoid, RPS, etc.).
 
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bearythebear

Member
Fjordson said:
Lmao seriously. And it wasn't even the usual "SErIES IS BORING NEEDS MORE ACTION!" he told Gary to stop before Storm of Swords.

And then said Kingkiller Chroincles was way better.

Don't do this Gary.
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Ugh, I got through half of "The name of the wind" before getting kinda bored. I dunno, some super special kid you solves all his problems because he's the best at every single thing ever, is not really interesting to me.
 
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bananas

Banned
Apparently Gary's not going to be on the podcast this week, but Brad's there so it's all good.

Streams up, will start in 24 minutes, btw.
 
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eznark

Banned
On this week's episode, Will shares haunting tales from his youth, Norm learns the truth about apple butter, and Brad asks a pertinent question. All that, plus the death of mobile Flash, the latest on the Nook Tablet, what's up with Tegra 3, and another edition of fake outtakes.
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BocoDragon

or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
onlyindreams said:
Can someone explain the reference in this thread title? I'm guessing its got something to do with the podcast
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Gary really likes his coffee.
 
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Recon

Banned
Vyer said:
I think I want to listen to the 24 hour podcast......
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It is surprising good for being 24 hours. It drags in some parts of the early morning segments, but its all worth a listen. The Video stream was fantastic though.
 
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The Big Rig

Member
Octoberkast worked out very well, imo. The guests were varied, they talked about a lot of different tech/nerd stuff, and of course, Jeff Green.
 
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eznark

Banned
Vyer said:
I think I want to listen to the 24 hour podcast......
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It's shockingly solid through most of it. Even the bad parts are pretty humorous because they are so out of it. I listened to it all over a week or something. It was glorious.
 
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bionic77

Member
Seeing how many threads we have about routers and printers Tested needs to devote more resources to that so people know to buy laser printers and not waste their money on inkjets and also which routers to buy and how best to set them up.
 
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chickdigger802

Banned
bionic77 said:
Seeing how many threads we have about routers and printers Tested needs to devote more resources to that so people know to buy laser printers and not waste their money on inkjets and also which routers to buy and how best to set them up.
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go bitch about that to will on twitter, or that's what the site encourages you to do ;)
 
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Blackhead

Redarse
bionic77 said:
Seeing how many threads we have about routers and printers Tested needs to devote more resources to that so people know to buy laser printers and not waste their money on inkjets and also which routers to buy and how best to set them up.
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What's the smallest laser printer that's available to buy? I'm actually looking for a portable printer, preferably one that's not made by HP.
 
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bionic77

Member
Greyface said:
What's the smallest laser printer that's available to buy? I'm actually looking for a portable printer, preferably one that's not made by HP.
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I usually go for Brother. You can usually find a cheap one that is B/W with wireless networking for between 70-100 on sale somewhere.

I like Brother printers because so far they have never failed me and most importantly their toner is really cheap compared to that of Samsung and HP.

Here are two I found right away on Amazon. Keep in mind I haven't used either. I use a more expensive multifunction Brother printer currently. I used to use a simpler one (like the $97 model I posted), but they don't make that anymore and I just gave it to my sister last year.

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-HL2270DW-Wireless-Monochrome/dp/B00450DVDY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321032936&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-DCP7065DN-Monochrome-Multi-Function-Networking/dp/B004ULP9QA/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1321032936&sr=8-8
 
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eznark

Banned
Love Brother! I have a pretty awesome all in one here in my home office that has worked great. (MFC-J615W). Has a relatively small footprint for its capabilities and I just bought 30 ink cartridges for $10 on Amazon.

So good!
 
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Blackhead

Redarse
bionic77 said:
I usually go for Brother. You can usually find a cheap one that is B/W with wireless networking for between 70-100 on sale somewhere.

I like Brother printers because so far they have never failed me and most importantly their toner is really cheap compared to that of Samsung and HP.

Here are two I found right away on Amazon. Keep in mind I haven't used either. I use a more expensive multifunction Brother printer currently. I used to use a simpler one (like the $97 model I posted), but they don't make that anymore and I just gave it to my sister last year.

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-HL2270DW-Wireless-Monochrome/dp/B00450DVDY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321032936&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-DCP7065DN-Monochrome-Multi-Function-Networking/dp/B004ULP9QA/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1321032936&sr=8-8
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Thanks for the recommendations but people still buy B&W printers 0_0?! What's the model that you own?
 
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bionic77

Member
Greyface said:
Thanks for the recommendations but people still buy B&W printers 0_0?! What's the model that you own?
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Color is a pain in the ass no matter what printer you have. I don't need color so I just use B&W.

And I have the MFC7840W. It is a total beast for scanning and printing. I don't really use the copying or faxing options that often.

Also I don't know about Brother color printers dude. I only have experience with their black and white so I can't recommend anything regarding that. I know my friend has a Samsung color laser printer and it costs a shit load of money to replace the color toner (I think his has like 4 toners total).
 
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Aaron

Member
Greyface said:
Thanks for the recommendations but people still buy B&W printers 0_0?! What's the model that you own?
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Seriously, you don't want a color printer unless you really need one. They're a pain in the ass.
 
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chickdigger802

Banned
Aaron said:
Seriously, you don't want a color printer unless you really need one. They're a pain in the ass.
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Indeed. I usually just go to kinkos or office depot or some place if I require a professionally done color something.


Norm: PC games motherfucker!

This + Smashbros/mario kart = college.

Solid eps. Have a big craving for apple pie now =)
 
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eznark

Banned
So, I had never really picked up on how often these guys (especially Will) curse on the podcast until tonight. I went to run some errands with my wife and daughter (11 months). She is at the stage where she is trying to emulate sounds, so my wife has really been getting on me to swear less.

Anyway, I decided to throw the Tested podcast on as we pulled out of the driveway (wife tolerates-to-likes it). We made it almost half a mile before my wife mentioned the swearing. Another half mile and she says "you can keep this on until the next swear." Not five seconds later Will drops shit and ass about two seconds apart.

Sadly, that marked the end of listening to the tested podcast with my family....

Don't get me wrong, not asking you to change anything. Just gonna have to listen on my commute and while working out from now on.
 
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Recon

Banned
This ep makes me wish for another podcast that is the mix of Giantbomb and Tested. It could be about coffee and toilets, and still be the best podcast of all time.
 
njean777

njean777

Member
eznark said:
So, I had never really picked up on how often these guys (especially Will) curse on the podcast until tonight. I went to run some errands with my wife and daughter (11 months). She is at the stage where she is trying to emulate sounds, so my wife has really been getting on me to swear less.

Anyway, I decided to throw the Tested podcast on as we pulled out of the driveway (wife tolerates-to-likes it). We made it almost half a mile before my wife mentioned the swearing. Another half mile and she says "you can keep this on until the next swear." Not five seconds later Will drops shit and ass about two seconds apart.

Sadly, that marked the end of listening to the tested podcast with my family....

Don't get me wrong, not asking you to change anything. Just gonna have to listen on my commute and while working out from now on.
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To be honest I thought they were tame also, reading that actually wants to make me listen to it again and count how many curse words are in it. I cuss way to much as is.
 
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eznark

Banned
njean777 said:
To be honest I thought they were tame also, reading that actually wants to make me listen to it again and count how many curse words are in it. I cuss way to much as is.
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I had no idea how much I swore until I had a kid. Apparently it is a fuck-ton. I also had no idea they were swearing on the show til my wife pointed it out. It's a lot. I don't care, I listened to the show while rolling my lawn today. Tested finds a way.

Will, great call on Liberty Valance...however, Rope was better.

And seriously, has Norm never watched a good Hitchcock movie??
 
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Hot Coldman

Banned
eznark said:
So, I had never really picked up on how often these guys (especially Will) curse on the podcast until tonight. I went to run some errands with my wife and daughter (11 months). She is at the stage where she is trying to emulate sounds, so my wife has really been getting on me to swear less.

Anyway, I decided to throw the Tested podcast on as we pulled out of the driveway (wife tolerates-to-likes it). We made it almost half a mile before my wife mentioned the swearing. Another half mile and she says "you can keep this on until the next swear." Not five seconds later Will drops shit and ass about two seconds apart.

Sadly, that marked the end of listening to the tested podcast with my family....

Don't get me wrong, not asking you to change anything. Just gonna have to listen on my commute and while working out from now on.
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Reading this couldn't help but make me think of the Idle Thumbs episode where they get a letter from a reader who let his (presumably pretty young) daughter listen to them talk about 'horse bags'. So funny.
 
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eznark

Banned
Green Scar said:
Reading this couldn't help but make me think of the Idle Thumbs episode where they get a letter from a reader who let his (presumably pretty young) daughter listen to them talk about 'horse bags'. So funny.
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Ha! That's exactly what I thought of when I wrote it.
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
What do they usually talk about on the podcasts? Are they sort of like the Giant Bombcast where they often go off into a completely different (and often hilarious) tangent?
 
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randomlyrossy

Member
Yaceka said:
What do they usually talk about on the podcasts? Are they sort of like the Giant Bombcast where they often go off into a completely different (and often hilarious) tangent?
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They talk about the big news stories in tech and whatever they've been "testing" too. Then they usually do a "fake outtakes" at the end, which is their time to talk about any random bullshit they want. Such as space. But yeah they also veer off during the show too, mostly at the beginning. They try not to do it too much though since that's what fake outtakes are for.
 
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