Meh, most good games now are switching over to the two-disk system. The last three I bought (BF3, Forza 4, Halo 4) all had two disks, so I imagine that with the amount of content they are promising GTA V will be no different.

As for hard drive space, you really do need to get the larger drives. Yea it's a pain that they aren't included from the start, but it's just something you have to live with.

Nah, I think the photos are shrunk enough just to make it appear that there is AA.

It's damn sexy.

Just got this email from my brother. Really sums up how we both feel about the election.

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And so begin the postmortems. I think the Romney campaign will be a lesson for the ages that you cannot lie and scheme your way to the presidency. The country would have survived if he won, but such a victory would have essentially been fraudulent. In one of my gov classes last year, we were talking about how all the indicators (unemployment, economic growth, etc) suggested that this was an election in which the incumbent should lose. Obama did not triumph in this election; Romney was just too awful of a candidate to ever win. Not liked by conservatives, moderates, or liberals. He fooled people for a little while with the good debate performance, but enough people saw through it and realized that he's a snake.

Another part of his email brought up a story that no one has really talked about. Interesting, because we're going to need a new flag if the story carries through.

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Another interesting story is unfolding that has been almost completely drowned out by the presidential coverage. Puerto Rico held a referendum on their status last night, and it appears that statehood has come out as the preferred choice. The referendum was non-binding, but it is believed that Puerto Rican officials will begin to draft congressional legislation admitting them to the union. We may have a 51st state soon enough.

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And Rappa, I'm sure you're gonna have plenty of political stuff to read for a week or two.

Nah, the people I know are the kinds of people who know so little about politics they barely know the party platforms. They just wanted to seem 'educated' by tweeting about the election.

In fact, they've already stopped tweeting about the election because the big thing now (as opposed to an hour ago) is the fact that Colorado is the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.

It's over.

It's finally f'ing over.

I can go back to having a Facebook and Twitter that's not full of political opinions 24/7.

I think that's one of the overlooked elements of a really good driver. Honestly, I bet all of the drivers (at least the non-pay ones) are almost exactly the same pace if they have the car driving like they want it to. It's the ability to fix a car you don't like or adapt yourself to the car's style that makes good drivers truly great.

I feel like that's something Button did that Kovalainen didn't. As for Hamilton, I know the McLaren has been slow at times but I feel like he hasn't had the sort of experience with this that other drivers have. Hopefully we'll get to see how he deals with it at Mercedes next year.

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OK, but clearly your brother does................... ( at least on this point, ok ? )

Then I guess we do sort of agree, it's just we're more passive in our hatred of our own government.

Not that I agree with Racer X, but as my brother put US elections to his friends in South Africa, "The only real scandal in the US elections is if you actually show up to the polls."

May as well be Tom Hanks in Cast Away.

Is it just me or do they both slam on the throttle and spin their tyres trying to finish, which just creates a massive amount of smoke that makes the crash so bad.

Guess what happened here?
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It's pronounced "Fah que," works sorta like the name Eric Shun.

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1010 bhp and 7600Nm engine for Scania

That's ****ing beast...

This thing is absolutely terrifying.

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GIANT pair of pants

As an American I can say, "Only in America."

I think they'd flat out say we aren't doing PC so you'd go buy a console if they weren't at least trying to put up a PC version.

Sorry for shit quality, but my family got off easy with just this. Definitely won't be power for a few days, probably the whole week. Al that white sky behind the first picture use to be tree canopy, but now my neighbors have 4 trees down in their yard.

edit: official word is no power for 7-10 days for my home town. Man it's good to be in college.

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Something (humorous?) from Twitter. There's sharks in the surge.

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Please, do have some respect for the poor US, after all, in any disaster it's only US citizens who die, the rest are just collateral damage. This affects them so it's the most important thing ever !

Sit back and enjoy the webcams

I'm going to raise your another dose of cynicism and say that the death toll will be noted, but only for a few weeks. In the end, all anyone really remembers is money and how much this storm is going to cost them.

Honestly though, my town has completely shut down. No power and roads are blocked by fallen trees. Apparently a tree on our property missed my family's home by only a few feet and this storm is far from over.

They definitely need to stick to the bridge/tunnel method they used at the X-Games after the Toomas Heikkinen crash.

Beach Haven, New Jersey. Not near where I live, but an idea of what happens to coastal NJ in a hurricane.

Rockclan, there is so much truth in that last statement. I'm essentially just hunkering down and playing ETS2 until the power goes out.

My Uni hasn't cancelled classes, but wind is already picking up here (near Albany, NY) and the rain is starting. Just checked the weather advisory for here and they say 30-40 mph winds in the Hudson River Valley and 60-75 mph on hills, right where my Uni is. I'll be damned if I'm in class tomorrow.

Family in NJ have bunkered down pretty well. Mom cooked the whole weeks food already, Dad got out the generator and my brother is off from school for at least two days. The power there will either be knocked out or shut down for repairs from storm damage, it goes down routinely even in light thunderstorms. While we won't get any flooding, when the power goes down most of our neighbors will get a decent bit of water in their basement. The real issue for my family is going to be falling branches as many of the trees around our house are loaded with dead branches (some of which are at least 20 feet long and plenty heavy) that are bound to fall from the wind.

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Hit 170 kph with a load going down a hill. Few moments later I had to swerve to avoid a car, ran off the road and directly into a guard rail. Instant 65% damage and a ruined bank account.

edit: What's the fastest truck and where can I find a dealership for it?