LadyCrimson

Hahaha!! That's why I stopped reading general healthcare books...read enough of them and soon you'll think you have every disease & abnormality ever discovered.

It's not snappy...just options. Listing just a program as the solution doesn't tell him how to do it via XP.... Maybe he'd like to know how to do it in Windows alone, regardless...so I told him. :D

I still use an ancient version of Winamp to play things on my computer... :"> I've tried using a few others over the years and they always feel too 'bloated' to me, for my purposes.

It maybe a good program/mod/whatever you call it, but maybe he doesn't want yet another 3rd party program just for one simple visual function he wants.

There are general practictioners and specialists who don't work out of hospitals (they're the ones some HMO insurance programs use) but they won't be cheap either. Some places will accept a payment plan of some kind if you tell them you have no insurance. The cost of the office visit/consult usually isn't too horrible, it's the tests and things. But I wouldn't mess around with it....if it's interfering with work and ability to function, see someone. Such things could be anything simple from some years long casual habit that's finally throwing things out of whack (posture/sitting habits, bad mattress etc) or something more severe - I'd probably start with a chiropractor too. If even that's not affordable, perhaps you could ask some doctors if there are any low-cost clinics around your area that could at least be a starting point.

r-click my computer, click properties, click advanced/performance/visual effects - down at the bottom of the check list, check the "use drop shadows on windows and buttons" if it's already checked, dunno.

*scratches head* Is Imdb's brief list wrong, then? They often can be, cause they don't seem to update those pre-production notes much. Edit: Not that I'm cheering for Hasselhoff to be in the movie. Or the movie itself, for that matter....

That's a very interestingly shaped room, rosbjerg. I like that window shelf with the step raised floor & the ceiling slope of what I assume is a small closet door. The candle holders are cool too. :D I have a sub-woofer under my desk too...not as big/powerful, but I love the bass. Which reminds me, I should get some new PC speakers.

WoT and the Computer/Console forum - average 25 or so is my guess. The entire forum, average around 20. Over the course of the years I feel a bit like the average age on game forums goes up a tad, as all the teen/20's gamers 'back then' age and are still gamers. Depends on the genre somewhat tho - RPG forums tend to be a bit 'older' in general, I find.

What I wish I had:

A desk like that would make me want to sweep an arm around and knock things off just to watch the reaction.

I don't know exact steps w/Photoshop but I imagine it's done using polar coordinate and swirl filters, or something like that - ones that come with PS or ones people download. There's probably several ways to get it done, some better than others, some more 'shortcut-y' and some more pro. This isn't exactly what you want, but it might give you a clue on one or two ways to do things. Tons of tutorials out there, google the swirl. http://www.thedesignworld.com/photoshop-tu...n-swirl-effect/ http://www.tutorialwiz.com/wallpaper2/

All my games (and other things) go on a tall bookshelf on the wall to the left of the desk. My non-game cd-roms go in the desk drawers. And the kitty boxes are behind me to the left, in a big closet. Mmmm, smelliferous! @Kaftan - thicker curtains might make things less visible. :D

I don't usually like games with this kind of backdrop (tech in fantasy) but I'm definitely interested. I'm sure I'll buy it when it comes out - D2 is ancient and it'd be nice to have a newer, similar type on-line game to play that's not a massive multiplayer free for all, if you know what I mean. Too bad it doesn't look like it'll be released for a long time yet. There's an unofficial site up now too, by the same people who did the diabloii.net site. It's a little chunky to load sometimes for me, but I assume it'll eventually be more user-oriented rather than 'official'. http://hellgate.loadedinc.com/

So the Judge will save the donuts, and we'll all have a post-apocalyptic pastry party! We just need someone to save the milk cows.

Let's see... @ Bok - awesome, I love glass and metal and such. @Kor - I'm under 5 feet and that tiny space under the stairs would drive me insane. @mkreku - the only thing I cleaned up on my desk were the other 3 Mt. Dew cans and a waterglass. I left the tealights in the dish and the dirt. I love my huge desk. I use one side for the PC and sit on the other side when I write bills.

Is that a radioactive donut you're trying to poison me with? "

Well, I wasn't really trying to give logical answer there, since the whole "can only use Dark or Light' without penalties is just wishful, good/evil is either black & white, thinking. Imean, even Strength in games is not logical/realistic, since no amount of muscle and stamina is going to enable a human to carry 1000 pounds of gear and armor and do fancy sword fighting at the same time. :D But for the irrational and totally unproven response: In my experience people with very high charisma (the ones who don't have to 'work at it') often also have very high willpower - of certain types, anyway. So I tend to think they're somewhat connected - whether it's chicken or egg first, I don't know, but connection there often is, in my limited observations. Therefore, in fantasy game terms, you could say/pretend that if one has a high charisma, one would also have the mental willpower to allow useage of abilities with less cost - ie, less energy/less effort/less thought. They would be more likely to have the mental make-up (and confidence/ego from all that ass-kissing they've gotten from having such high charisma all their lives) to be able to withstand the mental drain of what's required to 'force' the opposite Force powers to their will better than the average joe. If you want something even more irrational and based on the new movies, one could pretend that the midichlorians are in some way affected by high charisma since they're lifeforms and well, y'know, they get impressed by those above average psychic vibes. :D

Master Speed here too. Pretty much the only one I ever used.

It's not a movie, but I've been watching the 4th season of Seinfield. Good stuff.

Live long and prosper. ...betcha thought it'd be another picture of a flower or something...

We ate all the pizza last night. :D

I fall somewhere in the middle of those two. :D I don't get this one either. I don't like the taste of non-toxic crayons or anchovies either, does that make me immature? If I was starving, I'd eat those things in desperation, but if I have a choice, I will not willingly subject myself to something I don't care for. Drinks of any kind also makes my stomach hurt/too acidic, and I don't like that. *shrug* I also like being sober in a room full of drunks cause it makes for some great picture oppurtunities!

All right, since no one else is/can post one right now, you can all laugh at my home desk, complete with toilet paper (it's allergies, really!) and my not-slick, generic PC things.

Charisma is also associated with a...physical presence, a strength of willpower, a personal magnetism, an aura, if you will, that draws people to someone, even if they don't open their mouth. It's not just about speech itself. People can make the same exact speech, if you don't have that magnetic 'aura' the words alone won't neccesarily impress someone to fanatisicm. People with such charisma can often convince people to do things they wouldn't ordinarly do, thus, to me it makes sense that it might affect abilities to use opposite force powers...a willpower thing, perhaps.