Seriously, where is it? I can't find it. ...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

I think I could get rich playing Tetris if anybody was paying for tournaments. With a good controller, I can get to level 17 or so in NES Tetris without breaking a sweat. Anybody want to pay me to kic...

Games - Posted By QuantumBeep

I have a question for the big pool of techies here. I need a really big CRT computer monitor (more than 21 inches), but I can\\\\\\\'t find one ANYWHERE. Ebay doesn\\\\\\\'t even have a...

Tech Support - Posted By QuantumBeep

Super Mario Bros. Theme played on... Tesla coils! http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/super-mario-bros-tesla-coil-319567.php...

Music - Posted By QuantumBeep

Just to tell you how horribly gruesome Sony is, I hate Sony with a passion normally reserved for people who make fun of dramatic scenes at the movie theater and animals that poo on my food. That's how...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

People... Karma exists! It doesn't cost you anything! Hand out karma to anyone who contributes to a discussion. It feels good to know that people are reading what you have to sa...

Shuzak Current Affairs - Posted By QuantumBeep

So I've gotten tired of being fat and unfit and I've switched to eating strictly fresh fruit and plain seafood, not fried. I've lost 30 pounds in three months. Has anyone...

Food - Posted By QuantumBeep

I've decided to take up video gaming! Right now I have a Playstation 2 and a fully gaming-capable computer (it'll play any game available). Out of PC games of any vintage, Playstation/P...

Games - Posted By QuantumBeep

I have a sticky note next to my monitor with those words on it. It's changed my life. The consequences of that simple fact are infinite in their reach. I don't have time to waste being ...

Life - Posted By QuantumBeep

I'd love to get an email notification when a new topic is posted to Shuzak. It would help the scatter-brained among us to remember that Shuzak exists. After all, I keep Gmail open all ...

Suggest Shuzak! - Posted By QuantumBeep

Once, I was working at one of those phone centers where they take catalog orders for dozens of different mail-order companies. Each of us had a cubicle and a little Dell running Windows 2000. ...

Social Issues - Posted By QuantumBeep

Many of the most well-know historical anecdotes never happened - you know, "let them eat cake" and all that. What is your favorite oft-repeated bit of mishistory?...

History - Posted By QuantumBeep

Users, as a rule, hate DRM and the usage restrictions it creates. Content developers, on the other hand, justifiably need some form of assurance that the content they spend millions of dollars to crea...

Politics - Posted By QuantumBeep

I'm watching I, Robot right now, and I'm wondering how the producers got away with naming the movie as such - the lead character in the movie doesn't even appear in the books at all. Wh...

Movies and Film - Posted By QuantumBeep

Ever gotten a traffic ticket that you didn't deserve? An indecent-exposure citation that you did deserve? I've had four tickets, but due to wacky jurisdiction issues, my drivin...

The Fascist Army - Posted By QuantumBeep

There's a lady - let's call her Sam - who has been calling me every two days or so for the past six months. She wants to sell me credit-card processing for my business. I'm tired of hea...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Got ten minutes to read a good story? Check ...

Books/Reading - Posted By QuantumBeep

So the goofy guys over at HubPages decided to benchmark a 1986 Mac Plus against an AMD dual-core processor on common office productivity applications - everyday Word and Excel operations. Guess which ...

Tech Support - Posted By QuantumBeep

I've used Mozilla Firefox exclusively since mid-2003, and I've loved every minute of it - until recently. The latest releases seem to be absurdly RAM-hungry, to the point that my 512MB-...

Firefox - Posted By QuantumBeep

Everyone has a movie they love to watch, in spite of (or because of) its complete lack of intellectual/artistic value. Summer blockbuster action movies, comic book thrillers, horror flicks? What's you...

Movies and Film - Posted By QuantumBeep

Just wanted to say that I really like the Google ads. Seriously. I love seeing what Google thinks is relevant to Shuzak. I just saw an ad for the \"Antichrist Bible of Pe...

Suggest Shuzak! - Posted By QuantumBeep

Is there a particular hardware/software setup that you really love? Tell us about your favorite distro! Do you think Windows Me was the best operating system ever? Do y...

Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

I keep noticing little dropped references to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from many of you. How many Douglas Adams fans do we have here? I suggest that a "geek" could be defined...

Books/Reading - Posted By QuantumBeep

Have you ever invented something? Ever come up with an idea that your would have prototyped and patented, had you the funds? Ever see someone else develop and sell something that you th...

Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

Do you have something in particular that you're looking for in a date/partner/spouse? Have you already found the perfect one? Did you ever get what you wanted, and found yourself disappointed?...

Love - Posted By QuantumBeep

Do you spend much time in front of your TV? What\'s the best thing to watch right now? I watch almost no TV at all, so I really don\'t pick up on what\'s good and what\'s not. Am I mis...

Home Theater Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

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Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Let's try it again!...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

One of my posts finally went through when I added the group name to the Related Terms field. ...

Suggest Shuzak! - Posted By QuantumBeep

We've had several topics that have covered this in passing, but I would like to hear your opinions head-on. Is the population problem so severe that having children is unjustifiable? Sh...

Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

Do you love to read a good book? Tell us about your favorite writer, and what you like about his work OR Tell us about the author you love to hate. Do horror thri...

Books/Reading - Posted By QuantumBeep

What, you expected me to say something? Well, I won\'t....

Test Community - Posted By QuantumBeep

Project: Write a short story (five paragraphs tops) about a true event that would have been vastly different/better/more interesting if a Terminator Slinky were involved. Alternate: Pos...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Alright, I know a bunch of you are SF fans, so I imagine we've got plenty of flair for the speculative. What do you think would be different about the world if Al Gore had been elected...

Politics - Posted By QuantumBeep

Do you think there are too many humans? If you do, what do you think should be done about it? Obviously, the kindest solution to overpopulation would be birth control, but that is undep...

Food - Posted By QuantumBeep

Is there anything wrong with extramarital sex? What about pornography? Some people define their sexual morals based on their religious views; I'm only familiar with the Christian perspe...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Simple question: Do you think that heavy regulation is necessary to protect us from the possible ills of genetically engineered food? Does anyone know of an instance of modified foodstu...

Modding - Posted By QuantumBeep

I've been reading a lot of news articles lately about patent trolls patenting obvious inventions to collect legal/patent fees from companies. That pisses me off. Then I read several cas...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Share your favorite funny/witty/pithy quotes with us! Format: one quote per post. You are welcome to use quotes even if you don't know the precise wording; just note this fact with you...

Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

What do you believe about killing? Is killing humans always wrong? Animals? Plants? Is war evil? What about capital punishment? I'm completely up in the air on this one, ...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Ever play a Rougealike? It's an RPG written for a pure text console. Your character is represented by an @ sign, and you navigate through incredibly detailed ASCII worlds, collect weapons, items, and ...

Games - Posted By QuantumBeep

Please, please, please use a POST field to pass text I've typed through, so I don't have to retype my post if I forget to add tags. I just made a carefully-crafted topic that took me ab...

Suggest Shuzak! - Posted By QuantumBeep

It's an unquestionable fact that geeks have an affinity for dangerous and exotic substances. Be it explosives, psychedelics, microbial pathogens, or the purple tube in your nightstand drawer, tell us ...

Evil - Posted By QuantumBeep

Everyone has had an experience with a gadget or program that did bad things unexpectedly. Wouldn't it be nice if products had warning labels describing user-unfriendly attributes of products? The make...

Tech Support - Posted By QuantumBeep

What was the event that started you on the holy path to Geekdom? When I was three (yes, three), my geek grandpa gave me a broken tape recorder - you know, the kind they added to the TR...

What Is A Geek? - Posted By QuantumBeep

I grew up being taught the Bible, so naturally I was told the story of Jonah and the Whale when I was very small. Back then, I automatically believed that the story was true. There hav...

Geeks In Wales - Posted By QuantumBeep

Don't just turn me off as another just-dumped whiner. That's totally not me. Here's what on my mind: Ever looked at an online personals ad? I remember when online personals first began to hit i...

Help! - Posted By QuantumBeep

What's on your "optional" shopping list? Be it an exotic car, a Japanese vending machine full of certified-used schoolgirl panties, or a mail-order bride, there's probably something yo...

Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

Share your favorite geeky jokes here. Only tell ones that actually made you laugh the first time. (Definition of a geeky joke: You're a geek. If you really like it, it's a geeky joke.)...

Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

They say that the Cold War is over, but Russia seems to be just as threatening under the surface as ever. Do you think that there's any risk of nuclear war in the future? Have you turned your bomb she...

Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

Does anyone here avoid eating meat? Certain types of meat? Whether it's moral, spiritual, dietary, or just because you haven't caught one yet, almost everyone has something they can't/w...

Green Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

So the entire user community surrounding Digg has spoken. The HD-DVD encryption key isn't going to be buried underneath a steaming pile of litigation. Doesn't that make you smile?...

Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

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Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

Do you consider yourself anonymous when acting under a username? Would you tell the world something you would never tell your closest friend in person? Are you less shy/more sociable in...

Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

*poof!* You have been transported 15 years back in time. What will you change? p.s. Assume time travel is possible, for the sake of discuss...

Chit Chat - Posted By QuantumBeep

My iPod won't turn on. Does your iPod show the "critical battery charge" icon? (icon list ...

Tech Support - Posted By QuantumBeep

So I've got a PC and a massive collection of NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis ROMs, all neatly organized on my hard drive and back up on DVD. I have my computer connected to my TV, I use high quality Logit...

Home Theater Geeks - Posted By QuantumBeep

If your computer locks up on the Welcome Screen after you choose a username, try this: Press Alt+Tab (press them both at the same time). If there is a dialog box behind the Welcome Scre...

Tech Support - Posted By QuantumBeep