Random Thoughts Thread. (Clean version)

[Noja87]

Giant Spider Crab Sheds Whole Body - CollegeHumor video (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1937782)

[gamefreak94]

You mean Benazier Bhuto, GF? I thought she was somewhat one of the successful female leaders. Her being assassinated made her a martyr. I am surprised you feel that way toward her.

The shear magnitude of crime which she did to the country is unpublishable even by death. She just has too many people who lick her @$$ in the West so she's portrayed as a hero to the world. She was little more then a parasite who siphoned all the hard-earned wealth of the people into her own pocket. Kudos to the who ever sent her to the graveyard once and for all, must be enjoying having cookies in hell with her father who turned the country from one making rapid development to a failed state in 5 years.

[Strike105X]

Maybe she was being played ? or maybe the system was just to corrupt for even a prime minister to do something ? I'm saying this cause we have one in a similar position here trying to do good but the system is so corrupt its almost impossible.... also usually the good people get assassinated not the bad ones at least in politics, i'm not talking about drug lords or smugglers etc :P...

[makotech222]

The shear magnitude of crime which she did to the country is unpublishable even by death. She just has too many people who lick her @$$ in the West so she's portrayed as a hero to the world. She was little more then a parasite who siphoned all the hard-earned wealth of the people into her own pocket. Kudos to the who ever sent her to the graveyard once and for all, must be enjoying having cookies in hell with her father who turned the country from one making rapid development to a failed state in 5 years.

hah i remember when she was on some news show over here in the US and yeah, she SEEMED like a good person and they were making her out to be one IIRC. Its funny how horribly bad the media is here. I have to be 100% conscious when i listen to what they say, otherwise they will start brainwashing me :P

[Kaizen]

Women cannot control a country, they get too tied up in social status and feed into their power lust.

Margaret Thatcher.

[Ahielia]

Women cannot control a country, they get too tied up in social status and feed into their power lust.

And men don't?

Face it, (nearly) all humans want power. And the ones that have it, only want more.

[gamefreak94]

Maybe she was being played ? or maybe the system was just to corrupt for even a prime minister to do something ? I'm saying this cause we have one in a similar position here trying to do good but the system is so corrupt its almost impossible.... also usually the good people get assassinated not the bad ones at least in politics, i'm not talking about drug lords or smugglers etc :P...

Nope, it was her father who corrupted the system in the first place, nationalized everything so all the investors ran away, destroyed public education, literally severed the country into 2 pieces (what is now Bangladesh used to be East Pakistan....not anymore, all cuz of him). Her daughter openly claimed to follow in his footsteps and did so too. She had a 40 million pound palace in Surrey, England, she wore diamond-studded spectacles, and had expensive properties all over the world, not to mention hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cash in Swiss bank accounts, ALL of this came from the tax money of working people. Here, people are literally dying of starvation and then there's her and her husband who enjoy lives of immense luxury (and I'm not saying this stuff out of my ass, go search on Google if you want, there's scans of official documents of their assets).

If there's anyone who really tried to, and practically did good things to this country it was him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan) and him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia-ul-Haq). And what's ironic is that these two are the most bad-mouthed leaders purely because they're military men and because the latter was also responsible for the execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto i.e. Benzair's father.

[Kaizen]

And men don't?

Face it, (nearly) all humans want power. And the ones that have it, only want more.

Men like to use their power and show dominance. Women like to show others they have power.

ie, women leaders tend to try and show they're good leaders rather than ignoring others judgement and doing what's needed

[Kazuya]

We've had a female prime minister twice, WORST leader EVER (not that her father and her husband who's currently in office is any better). I felt like holding a party the day she was assassinated, too bad all of her d***head supporters were out on the street on a robbing/burning fest.
We all have had BAD governants regardless of their sex genre. It's politics for god's sake, you don't succed in them without the proper skills, period.

Right now we have a famel governor in my city which I happen to detest as a person (I know her personally from some bussiness years ago) but I gotta recognize the work she is doing. She has more pants than most men I know and can easily control the city.

That's what we all need. Leaders. Leader material exist regardless of the genre.

This may sound silly, but could you guys recommend me a nice romantic/ or intimate restaurant that I could suggest a couple to? If you can't name a specific restaurant, just please tell me the kind of atmosphere and food items you think would be at a restaurant that you would go to for a nice date? I need a male's point of view so feedback from you guys would be very much appreciated.

I will tell you but you gottahave in mind I'm a little girlish, i.e. I love romantic movies.

What I love the most is a place where I can talk, hear the woman talking, sharing. That way I can look at her eyes. So even a small corner in a Starbucks with jazz music at low volumen, dim lights and few people can work.

I prefer Italian, some pasta maybe, it doesn't fail.

[Exodus]

This may sound silly, but could you guys recommend me a nice romantic/ or intimate restaurant that I could suggest a couple to? If you can't name a specific restaurant, just please tell me the kind of atmosphere and food items you think would be at a restaurant that you would go to for a nice date? I need a male's point of view so feedback from you guys would be very much appreciated.
I imagine most non-high maintenance men don't really care about where they eat, as long as it's not fast food. It's about the girl across the table.

[Irukapooka]

I imagine most non-high maintenance men don't really care about where they eat, as long as it's not fast food. It's about the girl across the table.I know, but sometimes the food sets the mood, you know what I mean? I was thinking about suggesting a nice Italian place but those always seem like the first choice someone would have to take a person on a romantic date to. Don't get me wrong, I freaking love Italian but I had another idea, which is a nice sushi place or tepanyaki. Sushi would be a bit more private. Tepanyaki is more about having fun and entertainment to be shared with strangers. So it's a toss up.

[Desred]

I know, but sometimes the food sets the mood, you know what I mean? I was thinking about suggesting a nice Italian place but those always seem like the first choice someone would have to take a person on a romantic date to. Don't get me wrong, I freaking love Italian but I had another idea, which is a nice sushi place or tepanyaki. Sushi would be a bit more private. Tepanyaki is more about having fun and entertainment to be shared with strangers. So it's a toss up.

Personally, I would go for sushi. It's really the better choice of the two if you go for romantic.

[ElijahTW]

I imagine most non-high maintenance men don't really care about where they eat, as long as it's not fast food. It's about the girl across the table.

Exactly. I'm happy anywhere so long as it's with my girlfriend. The rest of it is just a bonus.

[bobrocks95]

Exactly. I'm happy anywhere so long as it's with my girlfriend. The rest of it is just a bonus.

But shouldn't the bonus be warm, succulent, and tasty if possible?

I think she has been too busy stabbing Rudd in the back to bother with games.

Which is good because the guy in line after Atkinson (the douche who blockades the changes) approves of mature game ratings. Which is fabulous.

Did you ever get an unedited version of L4D2? I heard the edited one sucks.

[ElijahTW]

But shouldn't the bonus be warm, succulent, and tasty if possible?.

.....Yes, yes it should. :onthepull

[snickothemule]

But shouldn't the bonus be warm, succulent, and tasty if possible?



Did you ever get an unedited version of L4D2? I heard the edited one sucks.

I did indeed. The hilarious thing is that it was half the cost of the Australian version.

[Kazuya]

I know, but sometimes the food sets the mood, you know what I mean? I was thinking about suggesting a nice Italian place but those always seem like the first choice someone would have to take a person on a romantic date to. Don't get me wrong, I freaking love Italian but I had another idea, which is a nice sushi place or tepanyaki. Sushi would be a bit more private. Tepanyaki is more about having fun and entertainment to be shared with strangers. So it's a toss up.

I'd go for Sushi instead of Tepanyaki. That way the couple can feel it's about them. After some private encounters then Tepanyaki and fun shared with strangers can be a way to do entertaining things after having enjoyed some fun together.

Btw, people who go out this weekend: don't forget to take a camera with you and post pictures in the corresponding thread. It's not how you look but how much fun you have.

(Yep, drank too much coffee and coke today, hence the "I love you all" mood)

[Ahielia]

I think my girlfriend has a small bolt loose inside her brain sometimes..

Today, she said she was still mad about something I said on Saturday...
But, and here's the funny part, she can't remember what I had said!
And neither can I.

[Kaizen]

I think my girlfriend has a small bolt loose inside her brain sometimes..

Today, she said she was still mad about something I said on Saturday...
But, and here's the funny part, she can't remember what I had said!
And neither can I.

Do you have any other girls on rotation?

It might be worth shopping around, there's high maintanence girls and then there's ones with severe boundary issues

[Ahielia]

"On rotation" as in if I'm seeing any other girls atm, or have the opportunity to do so?

No.
Not that I've been looking..

[Boltzmann]

I think my girlfriend has a small bolt loose inside her brain sometimes..

Today, she said she was still mad about something I said on Saturday...
But, and here's the funny part, she can't remember what I had said!
And neither can I.

That's weird, since most girls have eidetic memory when it comes to remembering what you said, when you said it and how you said it. Its amazing how much our perception (and subsequent encoding) is selective.

[Exodus]

They're manipulative. Plain and simple. Haha.

[Boltzmann]

They're manipulative. Plain and simple. Haha.

Natural selection is a ***** :D

[verboten999]

That's weird, since most girls have eidetic memory when it comes to remembering what you said, when you said it and how you said it. Its amazing how much our perception (and subsequent encoding) is selective.

Relevant to the topic of perception from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception)
The processes of perception routinely alter what humans see. When people view something with a preconceived concept about it, they tend to take those concepts and see them whether or not they are there. This problem stems from the fact that humans are unable to understand new information, without the inherent bias of their previous knowledge. A person’s knowledge creates his or her reality as much as the truth, because the human mind can only contemplate that to which it has been exposed. When objects are viewed without understanding, the mind will try to reach for something that it already recognizes, in order to process what it is viewing. That which most closely relates to the unfamiliar from our past experiences, makes up what we see when we look at things that we don’t comprehend.

[Silenus]

Two great albums this month.

Eminem Recovery.

The Roots - How I got over.

[Lex_Light]

Yesterday I didn't had Internet for some hours of the afternoon... :)
BTW, Spain won against Chile! :D

[Silenus]

Did a lot of things yesterday, was quite busy, but my biggest accomplishment was fixing my daughter's little bike.

Some parents are so soft. (including myself)

[Boltzmann]

Relevant to the topic of perception from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception)

Too much post-modernist for my empirical taste :p

Specially here: "A person’s knowledge creates his or her reality as much as the truth". I can't fly by flapping my arms, no matter what my prior knowledge might be. Reality doesn't care about your preconceived notions.

[Kaizen]

Too much post-modernist for my empirical taste :p

Specially here: "A person’s knowledge creates his or her reality as much as the truth". I can't fly by flapping my arms, no matter what my prior knowledge might be. Reality doesn't care about your preconceived notions.

It is correct outside the bounds of physics.

A cheerful man will live in a cheerful world. His bodily subcommunication brought on by his happy state will influence others into being more friendly and perceptive. His smile and free voice pitch will have people respond to him in a light hearted disposition. Re-inforcing his happy mind.

An angry-aggressive man will live in an angry world, where his aggressive or intentive demenour will turn people and circumstance against him. His snappy tone of speech will cause people to scowl and feed his anger.

Victim identities will seek reasons to justify their feelings and end up short changed. They'll act helpless and people will respond with ignorance or kindness to his victimised frame, whilst they judge his social status as both the ambivelant lowest and highest in all interaction with no command of power.

A racist will see racial injustice, a dreamer will see potential.

What would a happy optimist with an infernal amount of anger see?

Anger is intent and power is the ability to act.
Power is used only with intent.

Answering this question will give you infinite motivation.

[makotech222]

It is correct outside the bounds of physics.

A cheerful man will live in a cheerful world. His bodily subcommunication brought on by his happy state will influence others into being more friendly and perceptive. His smile and free voice pitch will have people respond to him in a light hearted disposition. Re-inforcing his happy mind.

An angry-aggressive man will live in an angry world, where his aggressive or intentive demenour will turn people and circumstance against him. His snappy tone of speech will cause people to scowl and feed his anger.

Victim identities will seek reasons to justify their feelings and end up short changed. They'll act helpless and people will respond with ignorance or kindness to his victimised frame, whilst they judge his social status as both the ambivelant lowest and highest in all interaction with no command of power.

A racist will see racial injustice, a dreamer will see potential.

What would a happy optimist with an infernal amount of anger see?

Anger is intent and power is the ability to act.
Power is used only with intent.

Answering this question will give you infinite motivation.

Epic post is epic.

[Desred]

It is correct outside the bounds of physics.

A cheerful man will live in a cheerful world. His bodily subcommunication brought on by his happy state will influence others into being more friendly and perceptive. His smile and free voice pitch will have people respond to him in a light hearted disposition. Re-inforcing his happy mind.

An angry-aggressive man will live in an angry world, where his aggressive or intentive demenour will turn people and circumstance against him. His snappy tone of speech will cause people to scowl and feed his anger.

Victim identities will seek reasons to justify their feelings and end up short changed. They'll act helpless and people will respond with ignorance or kindness to his victimised frame, whilst they judge his social status as both the ambivelant lowest and highest in all interaction with no command of power.

A racist will see racial injustice, a dreamer will see potential.

What would a happy optimist with an infernal amount of anger see?

Anger is intent and power is the ability to act.
Power is used only with intent.

Answering this question will give you infinite motivation.

Isn't here a little problem with that this is more or less theoretical?

A only cheerful man doesn't exist just as a optimist isn't always optimistic be it to himself or only on outer appearance. Personalitys can't be described so easily.

[Boltzmann]

A cheerful man will live in a cheerful world. His bodily subcommunication brought on by his happy state will influence others into being more friendly and perceptive. His smile and free voice pitch will have people respond to him in a light hearted disposition. Re-inforcing his happy mind.

Yeah, I see that you're right. That's why nothing bad ever happens to cheerful people. I've never seen one murdered/robbed/raped or even wronged by an unethical coworker. Their sheer cheerfulness ( :rolleyes: ) keeps the would-be felon at bay.

Oh no, if you think happy thoughts only happy things will happen to you. Bill Gates must be one hell of a cheerful guy :rolleyes:

And I pity these angry guys. I've never seen one of them succeed in life...

[verboten999]

True, objective world will always be the objective world, whatever what the subject think of it. I was referring to the subjective world experienced by the subject himself. Kaizen's post rings true for that. A preconceived notion is something that is most likely not to change no matter what the subject experiences, even as there are evidences laid upon him/ herself.

Cognitive dissonance will likely to occur, whereas when the objective reality is evident what one usually do is to change his/ her perceived nature of the object instead of changing his/ her own way of perceiving things, thus still keeping his/ her way of how he/ she sees and give meanings to reality. How one perceives the world is not the same as how the world is.

An extreme example story: A delusional (a term which we usually use to identify such symptoms) patient in a mental institution was convinced that a bee was living and buzzing in his abdomen. A therapist trying to alter the delusional thought put a dead bee into the man's feces and said that the bee was dead and was out of the abdomen. For a while the man looked as if he overcame the obsessive thought. The next day, he came to the therapist and said that the one bee was out, but it had already laid eggs before, and that there were more bees in his stomach.

[Strike105X]

RT: did i mention i finished college yesterday ? :lol:

[Boltzmann]

I was referring to the subjective world experienced by the subject himself.

I stated my objection pretty clearly "A person’s knowledge creates his or her reality as much as the truth". You can't "create your reality", you can't make yourself fly.

And even negative people with low self-esteem issues can achieve some pretty neat things in life.

External reality trumps everything.

Kaizen actually implied that being a "cheerful person" will improve your odds in life. And the Wikipedia quote says that "personal knowledge creates reality". I'm sorry, but that's just BS used to sell self-help books.

Your subject experience cannot alter objective reality. That's all I'm arguing for.

[Strike105X]

Perseverance+Attitude>reality

[Boltzmann]

Perseverance+Attitude>reality

Sure, that's why those persevering guys with a winning attitude never get killed. They get to make their own reality :rolleyes:

[Exodus]

Perseverance+Attitude>reality

Believe you can fly, and flap those arms as fast as you can and you will fly! Go ahead and try it.

[Strike105X]

Of course some brains are necessary.... People thought it was impossible to fly ... yet looky here ...

http://www.esai.org/summit/2010/images/travel/plane.jpg

[Boltzmann]

Believe you can fly, and flap those arms as fast as you can and you will fly! Go ahead and try it.

:lol: This forum need more maggots like you :p

[Exodus]

Of course some brains are necessary.... People thought it was impossible to fly ... yet looky here ...

Reality says you cannot fly by swinging your arms. You said Perseverance+Attitude>reality, therefore your formula is wrong. You should be adding "logic" to the left side, in which case the entire formula is useless.

Since logic is something the person comes up with, and if they deem an outcome to be illogical (where it may very well be logical for someone else), their perseverance and attitude will reflect it. Thus, perseverance and attitude equal logic. So, ignoring the potential squaring of logic, you have logic > reality, and since logic is based on reality, logic = reality. Done. I have no idea what I proved that for, but there ya go. That's what happens when I'm bored.

[Strike105X]

Do bear in mind both of you that i was talking about "everyday reality" not about fantasies...

[Ahielia]

Of course some brains are necessary.... People thought it was impossible to fly ... yet looky here ...

If you can run as fast as an airplane, then it's maybe possible that you can actually fly.

But with our current physiology, that just won't happen.

[Strike105X]

I was referring to the plane, creating the tool, damn i didn't think i had to explain that...

That's it i'm outta here gonna take my flying c o c k out for some flying...

http://i50.tinypic.com/33c8x02.jpg

why is that word censored ? ... sure there's a swearing as well but the main meaning is still the one defining a Rooster

[ElijahTW]

Me and my friend (who is a certified mechanic, and I'm working towards getting certified) were talking about opening up a car repair shop. There is a garage for rent in my area for $1500 a month and includes all the tools and such. While the rent is reasonable, I wonder how high the insurance for such a business is.

Our plan is basically to entirely undercut the competition, to the point where, after expenses, we are only earning a small profit. And of course, good service. Build a customer base, let word of mouth be our advertising. Then slowly raise prices to a point where profit margins are higher - but still maintain prices lower than the competition.

I'm really liking the idea of being a partial owner of my own business, and since tools and such are included with rent, the risk of a large loss in case of failure is low, but the thought still makes me nervous.

Now to start reading.

[makotech222]

Customer service is a needed quality lately for car repair. They always try to cheat you :P

[ElijahTW]

Customer service is a needed quality lately for car repair. They always try to cheat you :P

Yeah. And prices for car repair are extremely high - around here it's as much as 80-90 dollars an hour.

An idea me and my friend had would be set prices for most common auto repairs - so customers don't have to worry about us cheating them by taking our time only to earn more money. Though I'm not quite sure how viable this is. Other ideas we've thought of is something like "We get your car done on by the time we quoted, or it's 10% off!" or something like that. Still not sure on the viability of these. Have to run some calculations. Now I kind of wish I had bothered to actual remember stuff from math - and not just memorize it for the tests and then forget it. Though my girlfriend is a genius in that regard, so I could always hire her for that.

[Exodus]

Do bear in mind both of you that i was talking about "everyday reality" not about fantasies...
Space travel could have been considered a fantasy.

[verboten999]

Your subject experience cannot alter objective reality. That's all I'm arguing for.

I'm not gonna contest that, because it is true. It seems that we speak in different terms :D

Objective world can be altered, by means of the subject's phenomenological space. True, that we as the observer of what we call reality, one cannot fly (though how we see it as a reality itself gives different meanings to each of us). But for the one who does jump and plummets into the ground (as we see it), if s/he believes that s/he can fly, than it would be called flight, no matter how short it was. :lol:

At least, I think it can also be seen that way :p

[Strike105X]

Space travel could have been considered a fantasy.

lol you really like to twist my words don't you ? :P

[Boltzmann]

I was referring to the plane, creating the tool, damn i didn't think i had to explain that...

But heavier-than-air flight is clearly possible. Birds do it all the time, before recorded history. Creating an airplane just shows the power of human ingenuity, not that "perseverance+attitude>reality". Thinking that your attitude can trump the laws of physics is just delusional. Period.

[Strike105X]

Damn sorry for this but are you stupid or something ? when i said perseverance+attitude>reality, i meant it more as a figurative statement (thing which is pretty obvious) meaning that people will always find a way to improve themselves or there status if they persevere not about literally bending reality to there will, i'm not a retard you know, i don't think in god and other fairy tales so i sure as hell don't think humans can fly or bend psychics with there mind.

[Boltzmann]

Damn sorry for this but are you stupid or something ? when i said perseverance+attitude>reality, i meant it more as a figurative statement (thing which is pretty obvious) meaning that people will always find a way to improve themselves or there status if they persevere not about literally bending reality to there will, i'm not a retard you know, i don't think in god and other fairy tales so i sure as hell don't think humans can fly or bend psychics with there mind.

Then stop saying things which can be so easily misconstrued. Specially as an answer to a post of mine where I'm arguing that you can't change your external reality by changing your disposition.

Crap like "perseverance+attitude>reality" can only be found in self-help books and webpages about psychic powers.

And in a place where people believe in super-aristocracies who run the world, its not so far-fetched to assume they also believe in using the power of your mind to change the world.

[Desred]

Crap like "perseverance+attitude>reality" can only be found in self-help books and webpages about psychic powers.

Note here that that only counts for our known reality. We don't know enough about the entire universe to assume the laws of physics are valid and active in every possible situation.

But I agree with you on this mostly.

[gamefreak94]

Yeah. And prices for car repair are extremely high - around here it's as much as 80-90 dollars an hour.

An idea me and my friend had would be set prices for most common auto repairs - so customers don't have to worry about us cheating them by taking our time only to earn more money. Though I'm not quite sure how viable this is. Other ideas we've thought of is something like "We get your car done on by the time we quoted, or it's 10% off!" or something like that. Still not sure on the viability of these. Have to run some calculations. Now I kind of wish I had bothered to actual remember stuff from math - and not just memorize it for the tests and then forget it. Though my girlfriend is a genius in that regard, so I could always hire her for that.

Car repairs there are charged by the hour? oO That's a blatant rip-off! Charge a fixed sum of money for every repair and people should come running in.

[ElijahTW]

You know I hear a lot of people complaining about games being all about graphics today, and have horrible story lines. I don't disagree with this really, but story lines are overrated too!

Some of the most fun games I've ever played didn't have much of a story line. Yoshi's Island - you bring little mario to his home and fight some bad guys along the way. The whole story line right there - but it is fun despite the lack of story line and by today's standards, lame graphics.

What ever happened to games that are just fun? They didn't need $5 million in story line development nor graphics development.

I've come to realization that there are very few "fun" games nowadays. Don't even say the Wii because they're ran the Nintendo game franchises into the ground. And most of the other games are just uncreative mass market bull****.

The only game I've played recently that was truly just fun (albeit a tad too easy) was Crayon Physics. The Story Line? Get the ball where it needs to go. Simple. Fun. If I wanted a complex story line, I'd read a book or watch a movie.

I dunno, just my opinion.

[gamefreak94]

Kind of related to cars, we sold out old rickety Nissan Sunny 88 (sedan type, 1.3L engine) for Rs.220,000 i.e. $2600. Not too shabby a price I guess...

[ElijahTW]

Kind of related to cars, we sold out old rickety Nissan Sunny 88 (sedan type, 1.3L engine) for Rs.220,000 i.e. $2600. Not too shabby a price I guess...

a '88? $2600 isn't a bad selling price for that at all, at least compared to my area. Around here, unless it's some kind of special car, you won't see an 80s model go for over 8 or 9 hundred dollars.

[Ahielia]

Tomorrow (in 12 hours 45 minutes), I'm leaving for Bulgaria (Sunny Beach)!

I'm looking forward to it, gonna spend a week there.

[ElijahTW]

Car repairs there are charged by the hour? oO That's a blatant rip-off! Charge a fixed sum of money for every repair and people should come running in.

Yeah it is a ripoff, and you can bet they take their sweet time.

[Kaizen]

RUNNING ON A TREADMILL PLAYING ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK.
HARMONY HARMONY OHHHHHH LOOOOOVE.

Always.

[Strike105X]

My ride seems almost to be completed: Giant Gundam Nearly Completed (http://kotaku.com/5574170/giant-gundam-nearly-completed)

[Silenus]

New Wonder Woman Costume.

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/06/newwwcostume.jpg

Your thoughts?

[Desred]

Let's just say it works....

Halfway....

Well except for whatever the glowing thing is.... (Her whip?)

That looks totally horrible..

[ozzgx4]

Federer is out of wimbledon :cry:

[Strike105X]

I want to remember a horror movie... it was about some white gals (young in high school) who lived in tokyo and went in a haunted mansion as a dare. They woke up a ghostly spooky girl who started kidnapping them. If anyone knows the name due share, oh yeah it was the second movie of that title if i remember right ...

[Kazuya]

Isn't it The Grude 2?
Btw, the eastern version which came first is called Ju On.

[Strike105X]

Thanks Kazuya, that's the one XD.

[Kazuya]

I saw that movie at 10:00 pm on an october 31st. It was the premiere and when I walked out of the cinema it was raining and you couldn't see the moon or stars, just plain clouds and rain. Really spooky.

My friend invited me to stay at her house because she was afraid. I was in the bedroom and when she went to the bath I moved to the corridor next to the bathroom. So when she returned I started walking behind her and did that gutural sound the monster from that movie does and she screamed right at my ears :D

[Gladiator@]

And the new Spider-Man is...


... Josh Hutcherson.


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/marissa4410/josh_hutcherson_1214851785.jpg


Oh noes!

[Exodus]

Who?

[Kaizen]

I have a broken left anular finger. Hit it with a sledgehammer.

Still playing guitar though, it's actually been a breakthrough day with my best playing this year

lesson learned, hammers are good

[Radix865]

And the new Spider-Man is...


... Josh Hutcherson.

*picture of some dude*

Oh noes!

I tought it was gonna be foreskin... I mean Foreman, I mean the guy who played Eric Foreman in 70's show and played the venom wussy in spiderman 3. But I guess they sacked that idea, thank god!!!

I have a broken left anular finger. Hit it with a sledgehammer.

Still playing guitar though, it's actually been a breakthrough day with my best playing this year

lesson learned, hammers are good

How the hell did you manage to hit your finger with a sledgehammer???oO They're two handed! If you used it with one hand you certainly deserved your broken finger...:p

[Hy-Def]

Seconded.

[Lex_Light]

And the new Spider-Man is...


... Josh Hutcherson.


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/marissa4410/josh_hutcherson_1214851785.jpg


Oh noes!

It looks like Robert Pattinson! Oh, no!

[ozzgx4]

And the new Spider-Man is...


... Josh Hutcherson.

Oh noes!
Didn't they cancel Spiderman 4?

[IronRaven]

Yes, but it became a reboot. So technically it's not Spiderman 4, it's Spiderman:All Over Again

[Squall-Leonhart]

lol, wtf. stfu Lex.

looks nothing like that vagina fearing *****.

[Lex_Light]

Yes, but it became a reboot. So technically it's not Spiderman 4, it's Spiderman:All Over Again

It's logic, because the Spiderman movies were BAD, but BAD, BAD, BAD.

[Desred]

It's actually based more on USM than the original run. I find him to be pretty okay looking for Parker, actually. Just please hire a writer that can write good quibs.

I mean, thats like the thing the first two spiderman movies delieverd. SM 2 was very good by the way.

And whats this talk about a third movie? You people dreamt that or somethin'?

And @Lex: You couldn't be more wrong on the first two. ESPECIALLY on two.

[Lex_Light]

It's actually based more on USM than the original run. I find him to be pretty okay looking for Parker, actually. Just please hire a writer that can write good quibs.

I mean, thats like the thing the first two spiderman movies delieverd. SM 2 was very good by the way.

And whats this talk about a third movie? You people dreamt that or somethin'?

And @Lex: You couldn't be more wrong on the first two. ESPECIALLY on two.

Oops, I'm sorry. Then, the third one is the black sheep of the Spiderman movies? xD

[gamefreak94]

looks nothing like that vagina fearing *****.

I wouldn't blame him if he was afraid of yours :P

[gamefreak94]

Anyone using a 360 wired controller on their PC? Me wants to buy one, need some feedback though.

[Lex_Light]

Gamefreak, you could edit your post, not double-posting.

[Kaizen]

I tought it was gonna be foreskin... I mean Foreman, I mean the guy who played Eric Foreman in 70's show and played the venom wussy in spiderman 3. But I guess they sacked that idea, thank god!!!



How the hell did you manage to hit your finger with a sledgehammer???oO They're two handed! If you used it with one hand you certainly deserved your broken finger...:p

Was breaking up tree stumps, you have to edge in an axe head with a few light hits until it drives in a little before you can really hammer the stump apart.

I'm surprisingly strong now though and that light tap to the finger takes different meaning since the subject was a 5kg lump of metal

[gamefreak94]

Gamefreak, you could edit your post, not double-posting.

vbul failure. Auto-merge double post usually happens.

[Kaizen]

Anyone using a 360 wired controller on their PC? Me wants to buy one, need some feedback though.

Yeah, it's brilliant.

PC games are preconfigured for it and it's great for emulators.

Gabest's xpad is pretty win for pcsx2

[gamefreak94]

Great! I'm getting one then.

BTW, is there any special controller which is PC-compatible or is any wired controller compatible?

[Gareth1977]

Yeah, it's brilliant.

PC games are preconfigured for it and it's great for emulators.

Gabest's xpad is pretty win for pcsx2

Agreed, also using 360 controller.

Great! I'm getting one then.

BTW, is there any special controller which is PC-compatible or is any wired controller compatible?

Get an official 360 controller, some third party versions dont work as well on PC

[Gladiator@]

Paranormal Activity 2 Trailer Pulled From Texas Theaters

Twihards breathlessly awaiting their shirtless werewolves and tousled vampire hair in Eclipse are apparently not taking too kindly to an appetizer of disappearing babies. Cinemark is pulling the trailer for Paramount’s Paranormal Activity 2 from several Texas theaters after “numerous complaints” that the 72-second trailer was too scary, and threatened that it may remove the clip from additional theaters this weekend. This is probably the best news Paramount could have hoped for.

lol

You can watch the trailer here:

http://forums.ngemu.com/open-discussion/134883-perpetual-movie-trailers.html#post1875524

(You can but you won't, because you show no love for that thread =/)

[Kaizen]

Great! I'm getting one then.

BTW, is there any special controller which is PC-compatible or is any wired controller compatible?

I wasn't sure either a few years back but I have now bought both the 'wired controller for windows' and the xbox 360 specific one.

The windows version is more expensive in a game shop but both are actually identical in every way with the exception of a driver disk. Drivers update when you plug it in though and both vista and win7 have the 360 pad driver preinstalled

[Gladiator@]

And the new Spider-Man is...




... Andrew Garfield.




http://www.cinepop.com.br/fotos2/homemaranha4_2.jpg



Oh noes!

ps: now it's official. those news about josh hutcherson were wrong. blame sony.

[Squall-Leonhart]

360 controllers have **** dpads, making them useless for fighters.

[gamefreak94]

My main forte for this controller will be racing games...

[Squall-Leonhart]

Then you really don't want a 360 pad, most racers still use Directinput for wheel and forcefeedback support.

[Gareth1977]

Works well with any racer i have played

[Squall-Leonhart]

bs.

[Gareth1977]

Ohh im not going to spar with you Squall. All i can say from my own experience is i don't have any problems with the 360 controllers with any kind of game.

[Hy-Def]

Yay!

[Silenus]

And so it begins again. A *shocking* number of people type "twilight sega" when they mean "twilight saga".

[Hy-Def]

And so it begins again. A *shocking* number of people type "twilight sega" when they mean "twilight saga".

DO not tell me you haven't played Twilight: Moons on Sega?!?! :p

[Lex_Light]

No, he/she was talking about Twilight saga.
Oh noes, more sparkling vampires NO!

[Radix865]

Ohh im not going to spar with you Squall. All i can say from my own experience is i don't have any problems with the 360 controllers with any kind of game.

Even if you have no problems you sure hell can find better controllers than the s**tbox one, the design of that thing is... Bah! I mean, have you tried other controllers?

And no, I'm not going to say "GF, get a PS3 controller" as that thing doesn't work perfectly on PC(at least mine doesn't) either. Simply get a controller made for PC only... Or if it's simply driving, why not get a wheel while you're at it?

When using pad on PC I use Logitech Chillstream(PS3 version, as it's also my second controller for PS3) but I wouldn't recommend that, it somehow has some problems when pressing multiple buttons at once and some lag(noticed the lag when playing Soul Calibur 4, not funny...). The authentic PS3 controller worked somewhat well, but connecting it was sometimes a pain, as it sometimes decided to connect and sometimes just didn't... And it needs a program to connect at all, it's freebie though.

[Desred]

Even if you have no problems you sure hell can find better controllers than the s**tbox one, the design of that thing is... Bah! I mean, have you tried other controllers?

And no, I'm not going to say "GF, get a PS3 controller" as that thing doesn't work perfectly on PC(at least mine doesn't) either. Simply get a controller made for PC only... Or if it's simply driving, why not get a wheel while you're at it?

When using pad on PC I use Logitech Chillstream(PS3 version, as it's also my second controller for PS3) but I wouldn't recommend that, it somehow has some problems when pressing multiple buttons at once and some lag(noticed the lag when playing Soul Calibur 4, not funny...). The authentic PS3 controller worked somewhat well, but connecting it was sometimes a pain, as it sometimes decided to connect and sometimes just didn't... And it needs a program to connect at all, it's freebie though.

Actually, the 360 controller is my personal favorit concerning 3rd Person games. Marvelous triggers and a very good grip.

[Gareth1977]

Even if you have no problems you sure hell can find better controllers than the s**tbox one, the design of that thing is... Bah! I mean, have you tried other controllers? .

I have been into PC gaming for a very long time and have tried many controllers. The 360 controller is my favorite.

[Kaizen]

I've played every racing game released for the last three years.

360 pad works on all.

[Radix865]

Actually, the 360 controller is my personal favorit concerning 3rd Person games. Marvelous triggers and a very good grip.

At first I tought you said "1st person games" and I was ready to take emergancy measures with a nailbat.

[dead serious mode]Anyone who says a pad, any PAD, works better in FPS than mouse/keyboard is in danger.[/dead serious mode]

But on third person games(and altogether) I've always felt that the s**tbox controller was kinda "fat" and I think some of the buttons are just in stupid places, especially those black and white buttons... And I'm one of those people who feel that the analog sticks are better in the middle as in Playstation controller. Could be that I'm used to that but still. And okay, the triggers are a little slippery in PS controllers but I've never seen that as a big problem. Plus they sell the trigger parts that fix the problem.

And yes, as it happens my friend has "modified" s**tbox, 360 and PS2 and we've been playing 2-player games quite a lot at his place... So I have used the s**tbox controller. He actually uses PS2 controller with an adaptor as he also thinks it's better. And I have to use the real s**tbox controller... That bastard. Anyone wondering, I don't have many 2-player games so we're playing at his place.

[Gareth1977]

Anyone who says a pad, any PAD, works better in FPS than mouse/keyboard is in danger.

On that I agree.

But on third person games(and altogether) I've always felt that the s**tbox controller was kinda "fat" and I think some of the buttons are just in stupid places, especially those black and white buttons...

What are you talking about? that's the original xbox controller.

[Radix865]

On that I agree.

Good...

What are you talking about? that's the original xbox controller.

http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/416M50Y4ACL._SS500_.jpg

I don't know wether it's the original or something... I've been using the one in that picture, I completely forgot to mention the placement of start and select, someone needs to be shot...

[Gareth1977]

Yes thats the original xbox controller, we are talking about the 360 controller, which is a big improvement.

[Desred]

Yeah, that's not the 360.

It isn't as good. The 360 controller is godly.

[Gareth1977]

Could be worse, did you ever see the original original huge xbox controller when the console was first released?

http://www.gaminggenerations.com/store/images/xbox_duke_controller.jpg

[Squall-Leonhart]

quit lying to your selves. the 360 pad is a pos.

[Radix865]

Ah right... Okay, I was wrong. Can't say much about the 360 controller then. As he only has one controller for the 360.

[Silenus]

Is it Picachu's day.

I'm seeing picachu's pic in the forum tree.

[makotech222]

the 360 pad is the best i've ever used, outside of a keyboard and mouse :)

the ps3 l2/r2 buttons are weird..

[ElijahTW]

quit lying to your selves. the 360 pad is a pos.

Because your opinion is definite and noone else could have a differing opinion? I happen to think the Xbox 360 controller is fantastic. The d-pad isn't perfect but it's not too bad.

[Squall-Leonhart]

its a plastic pos with no grip what so ever.

[makotech222]

Because your opinion is definite and noone else could have a differing opinion? I happen to think the Xbox 360 controller is fantastic. The d-pad isn't perfect but it's not too bad.

haha he's always like that.

its a plastic pos with no grip what so ever.

what should it be made out of? aluminum? grip feels fine to me

[Squall-Leonhart]

rubber grips k thnx :P

[snickothemule]

360 controller is perfectly fine outside of the d-pad. Insanely comfortable and feels fantastic.

[ozzgx4]

His hayfever is really pissing me off:mad:

[Dennemark]

I've played on the 360 many times, though i don't have one, and i find the original xbox controller(not the very first one) to feel better in my hands. The 360 controller just seems too bulky to me. Then again, i DO have a PS2 and a similar controller for my pc.

I got a classmate who has a 360(who doesn't ?) and he keeps boasting about its amazing grip and the feel it has in your hands. Many classmates of mine disagree, because it is either too big or too heavy. I think it makes me play slower because my thumbs need to move longer to reach a button. I have to strech my left thumb alot to reach the d-pad. Too much spacing imo.

But that doesn't stop people from liking it i suppose. All i want in a controller is 4 shoulder buttons, 4-6 face buttons, a good d-pad that is not hard to reach and 2 good analog sticks that can be pushed. And start and select ofcourse. And the size ? DualShock2 is a good size :)

[Squall-Leonhart]

I've played on the 360 many times, though i don't have one, and i find the original xbox controller(not the very first one) to feel better in my hands. The 360 controller just seems too bulky to me. Then again, i DO have a PS2 and a similar controller for my pc.
^ This.

The only 360 type pad i would even consider is the Saitek Cyborg

Cyborg Rumble Pad (http://www.cyborggaming.com/prod/cyborgpad.htm)

[Boltzmann]

Today's SMBC (http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1927) makes me wonder what would be like to play for the other team:

http://imgur.com/8IhlR.gif

[Gareth1977]

Notice how the negative comments on the 360 controller are coming from people who dont actually own one.

[Squall-Leonhart]

Notice how the negative comments on the 360 controller are coming from people who dont actually own one.

You don't have to own one, to have used one.

[Gareth1977]

That's correct. but is the opinion of one that has used the controller once or twice, more accurate than one that uses it daily?

[Squall-Leonhart]

If the control isn't comfortable or attractive at first use, its not going to suddenly grow on a person.

[Gareth1977]

So we are in agreement, its a matter of opinion

[Noja87]

The Last Airbender Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://beta.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/)

lol i knew it.

[Squall-Leonhart]

So we are in agreement, its a matter of opinion


no, its a matter of some people are stupid and let a low quality control grow on them while paying through the nose for the pos plastic shell.

[Silenus]

The Last Airbender Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://beta.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/)

lol i knew it.

Didn't think it would be that bad.

[Gareth1977]

Are you calling me stupid? think hard before opening that door

[Desred]

no, its a matter of some people are stupid and let a low quality control grow on them while paying through the nose for the pos plastic shell.

My answer?

Well, to hell with it. I love to be appearently stupid since out of all the controlers I ever owned (includes every console controller since psx) this is the one that works best.

So yeah, I'm "stupid" and proud of it.

@Airbender: I'm still going to watch it. I can't honestly believe that it should be that bad. Especially concerning the people who worked on it.

[ElijahTW]

rubber grips k thnx :P

Well, us normal peoples hands aren't greasy from the Vaseline you use to jerk off with constantly.

[Gareth1977]

Well, us normal people whose hands aren't greasy from the Vaseline you use to jerk off with constantly.

:lol:

[gamefreak94]

D-pad is for emulation right? No worries there, haven't used an emu in years. Either way I don't much of an option, I confirmed with the seller and he said it's the official one which works fine on PC. Insha Allah I'm getting it tomorrow.

@Radix: That's not to say I don't intend on trying SF4 or a few other action games I've been laying off due to poor keyboard controls :D

[gamefreak94]

Well, us normal people whose hands aren't greasy from the Vaseline you use to jerk off with constantly.

It's partly your fault though since you posted pics of your GF :P

Edit: vbull's gay, no auto-merge double post...

[Kaizen]

The gamecube pad was the best for comfort though

[Noja87]

I liked the Xbox S controller a lot better. It was perfect for everything.

[Noja87]

The Window Phone | SmilePanic (http://smilepanic.com/the-window-phone)

[Prafull]

Greatest Tennis Player of All Time

VAMOS

http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=211413&stc=1&d=1278264249

[gamefreak94]

umm...how do you safely eject the 360 controller? Don't see an icon for it in the system tray?

[koko]

^ This.

The only 360 type pad i would even consider is the Saitek Cyborg

Cyborg Rumble Pad (http://www.cyborggaming.com/prod/cyborgpad.htm)
Good. But still ****ty with fighting or football games.

I wouldn't waste my money on MS gamepad. PS3 gamepad works with PC too. And it is the best gamepad so far.

umm...how do you safely eject the 360 controller? Don't see an icon for it in the system tray?
Because it doesn't need to remove it safely.

[Exodus]

umm...how do you safely eject the 360 controller? Don't see an icon for it in the system tray?
All the USB safe ejection stuff is for things with memory on it. See, if you try to remove them while data is being written or read, **** hits the fan. Controllers wouldn't have that issue.

[Desred]

Good. But still ****ty with fighting or football games.

I wouldn't waste my money on MS gamepad. PS3 gamepad works with PC too. And it is the best gamepad so far.


I actually hate the ps3 pad. Too little and bad triggers. Especially in new games triggers have become way too important. Yeah, there are solutions but none of them work statisfingly for me. Also the Analog sticks on the 360 are way better.

[koko]

I actually hate the ps3 pad. Too little and bad triggers. Especially in new games triggers have become way too important. Yeah, there are solutions but none of them work statisfingly for me. Also the Analog sticks on the 360 are way better.
I don't want any solution for those triggers because I like them. I like the analog sticks of PS3 gamepad because they are side by side.

It is a matter of opinion.

[Lex_Light]

Greatest Tennis Player of All Time

VAMOS

http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=211413&stc=1&d=1278264249

C'mon Rafa, C'mon! :D

[Kaizen]

umm...how do you safely eject the 360 controller? Don't see an icon for it in the system tray?

yank it out

[ElijahTW]

I got one of those 80s type stereo systems. You know, the ones with the big old HiFi Floor Speakers, that to me somehow sound better than any "high-end" speakers you can find today. Each speaker is 20 Watt RMS, and they are loud as hell for 40 watt and sound amazing even at high volume.

Unfortunately, the stereo itself doesn't have any external input jack, so I need to find some 40-watt amplifier (or something in that general range) to power them. Something simple with just RCA or preferably 3.5mm in, and speaker out. Maybe I can find some old tube amplifier that adds that awesome warmness to the music.

[ozzgx4]

Greatest Tennis Player of All Time

VAMOS

~image~

I missed the finals:( I was working:mad:

[Noja87]

Trailers & Clips: Paranormal Activity 2 - Teaser Trailer (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/dor/objects/41133/paranormal_activity_2/videos/paranormalactivity2_trlr_070210.html)

She is so killing that dog. Im not watching this sequel because of it :mad:

[Gladiator@]

Trailers & Clips: Paranormal Activity 2 - Teaser Trailer (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/dor/objects/41133/paranormal_activity_2/videos/paranormalactivity2_trlr_070210.html)

She is so killing that dog. Im not watching this sequel because of it :mad:

http://forums.ngemu.com/open-discussion/134883-perpetual-movie-trailers.html

^ Why do you boycott that thread. "/

That trailer was posted there 5 days ago.

http://www.cinepop.com.br/cartazes/harrypotter7_2.jpghttp://www.cinepop.com.br/cartazes/panico4_4.jpg

[Noja87]

Why i wasnt informed of that thread? :mad:

[ozzgx4]

Because you are unimportant :p

[Noja87]

ozz you are fired

[ozzgx4]

Ha I quit!

[Lex_Light]

http://forums.ngemu.com/open-discussion/134883-perpetual-movie-trailers.html

^ Why do you boycott that thread. "/

That trailer was posted there 5 days ago.

http://www.cinepop.com.br/cartazes/harrypotter7_2.jpg

I hope that the two parts of the movie'll be good. :)

[ozzgx4]

I doubt it.

[ozzgx4]

How does Digital rights management affect PC gaming, I don't understand it. I've read some people complaining about it but it's not clear to me as to why they are complaining. Can anyone shed some light here.

[Kazuya]

One word: starforce. It could literaly kill your dvd-rom.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

How does Digital rights management affect PC gaming, I don't understand it. I've read some people complaining about it but it's not clear to me as to why they are complaining. Can anyone shed some light here.

It's copy protection but not just the simple CD or serial check of old it's really invasive stuff these days like forcing you to be online even for single player, limited number of installs, being tied to a service like Steam or Live! and stuff that can even totally wreck your system (and does if outdated) like Securom and StarForce,

[Kaizen]

How does Digital rights management affect PC gaming, I don't understand it. I've read some people complaining about it but it's not clear to me as to why they are complaining. Can anyone shed some light here.

Let's take an example.

Grand theft Auto 4. I use this example since I just installed it today.

How long did it take to install?

1 hour 20 minutes, why? Rockstar social club, games for windows live, forced patch 1.4, issue with dvd checking.

DRM is done in a variety of ways, one is to vary the data stream density of the dvd and code a checksum to verify the chunks. This DESTROYS THE HELL out of your DVD drive.

Another way is forced connection checking which uploads personal data to game servers including every program installed on your pc. Rapelay users unite!

Another DRM method is to foce online key checking at install. When you want to play a classic game in the future, you better crack because that burnout/macguffin game verification server wont be up and running.

More DRM is limited installs, Bioshock had 3. I had an nvidia chipset motherboard which corrupted hard disk data (****ing yalday to that mother****ing nsuckia)

3 installs later, in the space of 1 month. I had no bioshock.

so to sum up, DRM is an invasion of privacy, uses techniques that damage your data and use insideous malware methods of install (that prevent uninstallation), uses verification methods that render your game useless in a few years, uses keys that aren't always included, requires an internet connection always to verify.

If you buy DRM, you rent a product. I can boot up an atari 2600 game as intended but have to CRACK pc games I OWN from the 90's

[ozzgx4]

Damn, then why the heck hasn't DRM been banned/stooped if it's this bad? I mean this in a way is stopping users from buying the games. I certainly wouldn't want to buy a game if it has DRM.

[Ahielia]

Damn, then why the heck hasn't DRM been banned/stooped if it's this bad?

Same reason every DVD that you legally BUY has this "pirating is stealing" message..

To annoy the hell outta the consumers...

[Kazuya]

Indeed, it's funny how a pirated movie doesn't have that ad so no pirate will take notice.

The only ones who will watch them are the legitimate consumers. The ads are designed to make them feel bad instead of praise them for consuming an original product.

If only the legitimate buyer is watching the ad, why the hell they make him feel ashamed when he has't pirated anything in the first place instead of happy because they did the good thing?

[ElijahTW]

Yet if you illegally download the game, it's much less of a DRM in the ass.

Ironic, no?

Indeed, it's funny how a pirated movie doesn't have that ad so no pirate will take notice.

http://i.imgur.com/GxzeV.jpg

[Lex_Light]

Yet if you illegally download the game, it's much less of a DRM in the ass.

Ironic, no?



http://i.imgur.com/GxzeV.jpg

And that's why we should download movies instead of buying them. xD

[gamefreak94]

Meh. My DVD drive's almost trashed simply due to months of no usage, downloading the unauthorized trail version is much more convenient besides the obvious monetary gain.

[Ahielia]

Meh. My DVD drive's almost trashed simply due to months of no usage, downloading the unauthorized trail version is much more convenient besides the obvious monetary gain.

Say what?
Never had that issue with my drives.

[gamefreak94]

Cuz you don't live in an undeveloped world choking with dust...

The read/write works perfectly, but the motor and mechanical system that pushes the tray outside and back inside is totally screwed.

[Strike105X]

Guess the game in which this is taking place:

04m_N3WZH0w

As a bonus:

BWbqCMRl-hI

Spy will love this :evil:.

[Silenus]

RT:


There must be a scientific term for a douchebag who listens to the same ****ing song all day, I'm serious they put it on repeat again and again, hope their radio fries.

[Strike105X]

^Guilty as charged, although i do not do it when i'm with someone, when alone if i really like a song i can listen to it for weeks.

[Kaizen]

RT:


There must be a scientific term for a douchebag who listens to the same ****ing song all day, I'm serious they put it on repeat again and again, hope their radio fries.

Next door neighbour.

[ElijahTW]

Wasn't going to go on vacation this year, but I convinced my girlfriend's mom to let her go with me, so now I am. I plan on spending $8-10k. Where should I go?

[Squall-Leonhart]

wherever there is sun and sand.

[Kaizen]

Wasn't going to go on vacation this year, but I convinced my girlfriend's mom to let her go with me, so now I am. I plan on spending $8-10k. Where should I go?

sao paulo, visit the slum areas

like really, a holiday on a tropic island is nice but uneventful in ten years time,
you'll both remember your trip to brazil and hey, she'll see something new in you

[Ahielia]

Why's the Christian god called "God"?

Why nothing anything cool like "Odin", "Thor" or something?
Did they really have that bad an imagination back then? :p

[gamefreak94]

Wasn't going to go on vacation this year, but I convinced my girlfriend's mom to let her go with me, so now I am. I plan on spending $8-10k. Where should I go?

Dubai. Stay in a good hotel on the palm islands.

[Strike105X]

Tunisia is cheap and has some great locations they treat there own like dirt and foreigners like gods :), just be sure to tip the guy at the reception with let's say around 20-50$ if you wanna have one of the better rooms with a sea side view.

[ozzgx4]

The Carrabian!

[makotech222]

Why's the Christian god called "God"?

Why nothing anything cool like "Odin", "Thor" or something?
Did they really have that bad an imagination back then? :p

official name is Yahweh or something like that

[verboten999]

Wasn't going to go on vacation this year, but I convinced my girlfriend's mom to let her go with me, so now I am. I plan on spending $8-10k. Where should I go?

Bali?

RT: I really need to reduce my weight. Already reaching up to 90kg now. I'm only 175 cm tall, and already I feel sluggish. I'm a sucker for my wife's cooking -_-

[Silenus]

^Guilty as charged, although i do not do it when i'm with someone, when alone if i really like a song i can listen to it for weeks.

Next door neighbour.

They live in front.

Man they start at 7:30 am and don't stop till 11:00 pm, luckily I am always out working just come home at 6pm, and have to put the tv or the computer really loud so I don't lose my mind.

Would love to hire Jonc for a hit.

I've liked songs too, but keep it to yourself nobody wants to hear you sing the same ****ing song all day.

[Kaizen]

Why's the Christian god called "God"?



He's not. Teh holeee spirits is called yahweh

Bali?

RT: I really need to reduce my weight. Already reaching up to 90kg now. I'm only 175 cm tall, and already I feel sluggish. I'm a sucker for my wife's cooking -_-

Oh, you fat ****er :p

[Gareth1977]

RT: I really need to reduce my weight. Already reaching up to 90kg now. I'm only 175 cm tall, and already I feel sluggish. I'm a sucker for my wife's cooking -_-

After my divorce i had to start eating my own cooking. For some reason i'm now as thin as a rake.

[Strike105X]

I've liked songs too, but keep it to yourself nobody wants to hear you sing the same ****ing song all day.

Ah lol, you meant noisy neighbors (must have missed that part in your post, so you wheren't refering to people who relisten to the same song but more about those bothering with it)? lol i don't bother no one with what i'm listening :P.

[Ahielia]

He's not. Teh holeee spirits is called yahweh

Then why do so many just call him "God" then? :???:

[Silenus]

Because for them that's the only ONE.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Why's the Christian god called "God"?

Why nothing anything cool like "Odin", "Thor" or something?
Did they really have that bad an imagination back then? :p


He's not. Teh holeee spirits is called yahweh


That's exactly it, there's no imagination involved unlike with all those other fakes.
Also Yahweh is what the jewish call him. When asked for his name he said "I am that I am" (when translated)

Then why do so many just call him "God" then? :???:

Because for them that's the only ONE.

Correct. If you like you could also refer to him as the Holy Trinity though.

[Kaizen]

That's exactly it, there's no imagination involved unlike with all those other fakes.
Also Yahweh is what the jewish call him. When asked for his name he said "I am that I am" (when translated)





Correct. If you like you could also refer to him as the Holy Trinity though.

Jews had the theology first.

It's like nvidia naming cuda then opencl comes out

[Project Epsilon]

Also Yahweh is what the jewish call him. When asked for his name he said "I am that I am" (when translated)
.

Like Popeye!

[cooliscool]

Like Popeye!

Religion has a lot in common with children's stories (fiction, absolutely ridiculous concepts, and so on). :)

[Boltzmann]

That's exactly it, there's no imagination involved unlike with all those other fakes.

As a follower of Odin, I'm deeply insulted by your comment. We should close this thread after this blatant display of Odin-bashing :mad:

BTW, I do have to agree with Kaizen: the jews got there first, so they've the right to name the bearded dude in the sky :)

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

As a follower of Odin, I'm deeply insulted by your comment. We should close this thread after this blatant display of Odin-bashing :mad:

BTW, I do have to agree with Kaizen: the jews got there first, so they've the right to name the bearded dude in the sky :)

Don't worry. I find myself having to rely on Odin as well. Though mine doesn't have immeasurable power, it puts out a clear 610W of Continuous Power.


(incase this joke went over anyone's head my system is being powered by a Gigabyte Odin 720W Power Supply)

[ElijahTW]

Will you guys shut up with all your religious talk? Seriously, Flying Spaghetti Monster is who you should be worshiping, idiots.

[Ahielia]

Seriously, Flying Spaghetti Monster is who you should be worshiping, idiots.

Oh **** yea, he's awesome.
He's my favourite!

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I do shut up about it. I only speak up when someone asks or when incorrect info is given.

[verboten999]

He's not. Teh holeee spirits is called yahweh



Oh, you fat ****er :p

Heh, yeah. Pretty much :p

After my divorce i had to start eating my own cooking. For some reason i'm now as thin as a rake.

Oh man I'm sorry :(

[Boltzmann]

Don't worry. I find myself having to rely on Odin as well. Though mine doesn't have immeasurable power, it puts out a clear 610W of Continuous Power.

Then you're clearly not worshiping the One True Odin. You're a protestant! :p

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Then you're clearly not worshiping the One True Odin. You're a protestant! :p

Why yes I am.

And I have been thinking about getting myself a TRUE*.



*(ThermalRight Ultra 120 Extreme)

[ElijahTW]

I do shut up about it. I only speak up when someone asks or when incorrect info is given.

The correct information is found in the bible of the flying spaghetti monster, nowhere else.

[IamWhatIam]

I've never known of a flying spaghetti monster? What is it?


Edit: I is l33t nw 4 I has da post count numba 1337 jeah!!

[Ahielia]

http://www.forfatterbloggen.no/roller/egeland/resource/flying-spaghetti-monster.jpg

[Kaizen]

I've never known of a flying spaghetti monster? What is it?


Edit: I is l33t nw 4 I has da post count numba 1337 jeah!!

Cthulu, le googles.

I AM STILL WAITING ON THE POSTMAN.

grrrr.

Currently waiting on: 3 hard disks, 5850, 4870, 4850, yate loons, new guitar, tension bands, bluray writer

I hate waiting, I would rather go outside right now but no ...I have to wait.

[redlofredlof]

Cthulu, le googles.

I AM STILL WAITING ON THE POSTMAN.

grrrr.

Currently waiting on: 3 hard disks, 5850, 4870, 4850, yate loons, new guitar, tension bands, bluray writer

I hate waiting, I would rather go outside right now but no ...I have to wait.

Why don't you go buy them straight from the retailer, instead of waiting.

[makotech222]

Cthulu, le googles.

I AM STILL WAITING ON THE POSTMAN.

grrrr.

Currently waiting on: 3 hard disks, 5850, 4870, 4850, yate loons, new guitar, tension bands, bluray writer

I hate waiting, I would rather go outside right now but no ...I have to wait.

why are you buying 3 different video cards

[masta.g.86]

Kaizen mentioned buying "broken" items on ebay.

[ozzgx4]

He's a dealer.

[Kaizen]

Kaizen mentioned buying "broken" items on ebay.


Yup, it's the thrill of gambling but the 4870 is legit new and so is the hard disks and bluray.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Yup, it's the thrill of gambling but the 4870 is legit new and so is the hard disks and bluray.

I don't get you John. You're constantly jumping between being piss poor and buying the whole damn farm.

[Kaizen]

I don't get you John. You're constantly jumping between being piss poor and buying the whole damn farm.

I needed a new pc but wanted to have fun.

Yesterday, I was thinking the same of Eli. He's good with his cash, fixes his own assets like cars and computers, saves regularly, has great personal responsibility and worked for his own stuff when he was younger

.......then wants to spend a big chunk of bankroll on a holiday?

It's akin to this:
People who are fit and healthy don't eat burgers from mcdonalds regularly

I don't go out blowing money all the time, I'm cheap at best.
At one time, I spent every piece of credit available to me. Spending thousands on guitars and games and pc parts but what happened?

I had to sell them all to pay my rent at very unfair prices. Amazing, rare, wonderful things, all sold for measly sums of cash. Pride then a fall. That is why, to this day I have 1 guitar, a £80 strat copy I modded when I was 16, clothes that are 6 years old or more and take the bus. I buy no razors or deodorant, highlights, make-up or any other amenities like massages or manicures.

My spendthrift ways were bad enough to cost me a business. Imagine the cost of partying 7 days a week and not holding back on cash. You'd need 5 full time jobs to cover that kind of spending.

[Silenus]

No deodorant?
Why do people think their sweaty smell is good?

IT IS NOT.

[Kaizen]

No deodorant?
Why do people think their sweaty smell is good?

IT IS NOT.

There's this little thing called washing.

Totally stops the whole smelling thing dead (with either vinegar or chemical hospital hand stripper.)

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I needed a new pc but wanted to have fun.

Yesterday, I was thinking the same of Eli. He's good with his cash, fixes his own assets like cars and computers, saves regularly, has great personal responsibility and worked for his own stuff when he was younger

.......then wants to spend a big chunk of bankroll on a holiday?

It's akin to this:
People who are fit and healthy don't eat burgers from mcdonalds regularly

I don't go out blowing money all the time, I'm cheap at best.
At one time, I spent every piece of credit available to me. Spending thousands on guitars and games and pc parts but what happened?

I had to sell them all to pay my rent at very unfair prices. Amazing, rare, wonderful things, all sold for measly sums of cash. Pride then a fall. That is why, to this day I have 1 guitar, a £80 strat copy I modded when I was 16, clothes that are 6 years old or more and take the bus. I buy no razors or deodorant, highlights, make-up or any other amenities like massages or manicures.

My spendthrift ways were bad enough to cost me a business. Imagine the cost of partying 7 days a week and not holding back on cash. You'd need 5 full time jobs to cover that kind of spending.

Yet you speak of gambling? Cheap people don't do that.

Broken cars and broken graphics cards aren't quite the same thing. You can't just head over the local mechanic and order a replacement part for a graphics card like you can for a car. What Eli does is essentially restoration, he sees potential and fixes it. He doesn't gamble on possibly lost causes whereas with a graphics card if it's broken it's unlikely anyone who's not involved in their development can restore them so the chance you're throwing money away there is pretty high. Not to mention you don't need the cards and they depreciate way faster than cars do so even if you do fix em it's not like selling them will be a huge winfall whereas Eli's returns are generally pretty good.

[Silenus]

There's this little thing called washing.

Totally stops the whole smelling thing dead (with either vinegar or chemical hospital hand stripper.)

Good thing they have showers in the office and that you do very small physical activity.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

There's this little thing called washing.

Totally stops the whole smelling thing dead (with either vinegar or chemical hospital hand stripper.)

There's also a damn hot day where the second you get out of the shower you start sweating again.
What are you gonna do on those days? just spend the whole day in the shower?

And on that point, does the cost of the deo outweigh the cost of frequent washing (water charges, electricity for the Gieser (so you can have warm water), time lost, soap and other materials used)?

[Kaizen]

Yet you speak of gambling? Cheap people don't do that.

Broken cars and broken graphics cards aren't quite the same thing. You can't just head over the local mechanic and order a replacement part for a graphics card like you can for a car. What Eli does is essentially restoration, he sees potential and fixes it. He doesn't gamble on possibly lost causes whereas with a graphics card if it's broken it's unlikely anyone who's not involved in their development can restore them so the chance you're throwing money away there is pretty high. Not to mention you don't need the cards and they depreciate way faster than cars do so even if you do fix em it's not like selling them will be a huge winfall whereas Eli's returns are generally pretty good.

bank in/ bank out

I buy 4 cards for the price of 1, 3 work and are resold for 60% of 1 card . Card 4 is also sold for buttons

All the stuff I buy is simple software issues or points to it. ATI cards are really common to cold boot black, it's a motherboard thing. There's also a very common issue of ATI always going black when windows starts, driver issue.

Buy a bunch of these cards and you're quite safe.

GPU's haven't depreciated in a while btw. Even years ago when I bought my 9600gt from novatech, I sold it on ebay for more than purchase price.
A second hand gtx 285 will set you back about £180 on a good day, new ones still sell for £250 plus. (you can buy a 5850 for that)
The 280 was £180 new at EOL

Cars are depreciating like bricks in water, the current economy with the prices of cars = less people buying

people are kinda stupid btw, most faulty items have no physical issue and just need some tlc or a bios reflash

There's also a damn hot day where the second you get out of the shower you start sweating again.
What are you gonna do on those days? just spend the whole day in the shower?

And on that point, does the cost of the deo outweigh the cost of frequent washing (water charges, electricity for the Gieser (so you can have warm water), time lost, soap and other materials used)?

I used to buy deodorant that was about £7.50 a tin, aftershave that was £200 a bottle.

On hot days, there's talcum powder and body wipes. Sweaty smell is caused by bacteria and not the moisture. If you use antibacterial hand solution on your pits in the morning, the multiplying time for bacteria is drastically reduced. Sure, you'll sweat a lot but it'll be a good 6-8 hours before anything even faintly becomes noticeable.

There's always £0.50 roll on antiperspirant where a stick lasts 2 months. No point buying £4 lynx (axe to americans) or £7 G.E at the consumption of 2-3 tins a week when no one is going to come up and criticize you for not smelling like a product

[ElijahTW]

Installed Mac OSX on my PC.

It's beautiful. It's, yes, better than Windows, disregarding some software not available for it. Wouldn't pay for the overpriced hardware, but the OS is fantastic.

Hell, the only thing I've had crash or freeze on me, is, ironically enough, MSN Messenger, a Microsoft product. :lol:

[makotech222]

kids dont crash either, but they also cant drive :D

[Project Epsilon]

just watched a video for God of War: Ghost of Sparta. wow! where was this power in the psp hiding!

[ElijahTW]

Yesterday, I was thinking the same of Eli. He's good with his cash, fixes his own assets like cars and computers, saves regularly, has great personal responsibility and worked for his own stuff when he was younger

.......then wants to spend a big chunk of bankroll on a holiday?

I allow myself to have one or two big expensive purchases a year... nothing that takes up too much of my bank balance though.

I already had $15k in my bank account, and because I got a scholarship to college, the $40k my uncle had saved for me for college was no longer needed for college, so he let me have that to do whatever I want with it. 3/4 of that will be saved, or applied to some sort of investment. The 1/4 is to have some fun with.

[gamefreak94]

Your uncle must be a pretty good guy to let his nephew have whatever he saved up instead of spending it on himself and his kids (if he has any).

[ElijahTW]

After my dad died, he basically became my dad.

[Silenus]

That's a nice man.

[Ahielia]

That's a nice man.

Indeed.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I used to buy deodorant that was about £7.50 a tin, aftershave that was £200 a bottle.



200 on aftershave? I don't think I could spend that much money on aftershave even if I wanted to, even the most exclusive and expensive stuff around here goes for what when converted back ends up about 40 of your pounds, that stuff must have been laced with platinum.

[Boltzmann]

200 on aftershave? I don't think I could spend that much money on aftershave even if I wanted to, even the most exclusive and expensive stuff around here goes for what when converted back ends up about 40 of your pounds, that stuff must have been laced with platinum.

At most I'd spend $43.99 on a Star Trek cologne (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Tiberius-Cologne/dp/B002HMQS14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1278709706&sr=1-1). You see, it has Kirk on the cover ;)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cXqSI3TAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Lol interesting stuff.

[Boltzmann]

This paper is about nothing (http://www.princeton.edu/~dixitak/home/Elaine.pdf).

[Ahielia]

I like rumors.

Apparently me and my girlfriend have had sex in a cold storage at our workplace.

[masta.g.86]

Take it to the next step and make it true.

Soon the rumor will be modified to involve cold cuts and waffles.

[ElijahTW]

I like rumors.

Apparently me and my girlfriend have had sex in a cold storage at our workplace.

Is it a meat storage place? Sticking your meat in, what is essentially a 100-something pound wad of meat in human form, surrounded by meat.

[Ahielia]

Is it a meat storage place? Sticking your meat in, what is essentially a 100-something pound wad of meat in human form, surrounded by meat.

Haha :p
Nah, fruit storage.

[Phil]

Why is all new romance movies about sickly looking vampires? Does blood taste that good?

[Squall-Leonhart]

want me to find out?

[kakashi919]

Why is all new romance movies about sickly looking vampires? Does blood taste that good?

blame twilight and it's crazy fans...

it seems ALL new movies are about vampires nowadays

[Phil]

No Squall, im fine lol

[Hard core Rikki]

This generates viewer empathy toward both protagonist groups. Creating needy and giver sides makes for a typical excuse for romance relationships.

Youll understand when youre sickly, needing blood, and a virgin maiden gets compassionate enough with you to gives you free access to her reserve, as long as you make her imagine she was cared about.

[Phil]

Any girl offering free blood in exchange for companionship is not just an idiot, she is probably a whore.

[Squall-Leonhart]

No Squall, im fine lol


dang... im never gunna get to use these fangs of mine.

[kakashi919]

company for blood? no thanks -_-

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Why is all new romance movies about sickly looking vampires? Does blood taste that good?

Cuz they're trying to copy anime and are failing miserably at it...which is par for the course for hollywood (or any sort of Live Action).

[Boltzmann]

Why is all new romance movies about sickly looking vampires? Does blood taste that good?

Blame it on those tweens who think they understand love, and that Twilight is just the epitome of love. And also those divorced 30-year olds who lost touch with reality and believe that just maybe there's a guy out there who needs them to realize his potential. They're infatuated with an idea of love and sex that doesn't map to reality. At all.

Now we have to suffer through this endless parade of movies about pale guys who never wash their hair and his idiotic girlfriend.

EDIT: And here are 8 Things Twilight Has Ruined (Besides Vampires) (http://www.uproxx.com/feature/2010/06/8-things-twilight-has-ruined-besides-vampires/).

[Phil]

Blame it on those tweens who think they understand love, and that Twilight is just the epitome of love. And also those divorced 30-year olds who lost touch with reality and believe that just maybe there's a guy out there who needs them to realize his potential. They're infatuated with an idea of love and sex that doesn't map to reality. At all.

Now we have to suffer through this endless parade of movies about pale guys who never wash their hair and his idiotic girlfriend.

Teens sure are weird these days..

[Boltzmann]

Teens sure are weird these days..

Now that's because those world-class economic super-aristocrats who run the world's economy want it this way. If only they'd let the teens alone :D

[Xtreme2damax]

Never gonna give life up, never gonna let anyone down..

Btw, never cared for Twilight nor will I watch it. It's seems like Vampires are all the craze nowadays:

- Twilight
- The Vampire Diaries
- True Blood
- The Gates

And many more possibly.

[kakashi919]

Vampire shows need more brutal killing and less 3 way romance stories.