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Nerve Filter - Sun Rise nicely melodic, purely electronic. never heard of the band before, but worth a listen it seems

decoded feedback - phoenix

Does it matter wether the game itself is philosophical? It got me thinking, it inspired thoughts about questions not only directly asked in the game, but also questions coming up associatively. That's more than any other game (and most books and films) has managed. It made me philosophical - and I think a game itself as something rather abstract cannot be philosophical anyway. All a game can do is what Torment has done, be it by philosophical NPCs (they are pseudo-philosophical, as figures in a game can't really think) or situations constructed by the designers. Yes, games can be art. "Art" has to be defined, of course, but I don't think it's violating a common feeling of what "art" is, when the definition is chosen such that certain games fit in.

fields of the nephilim - new gold dawn fields of the nephilim - she so beautiful... maybe I should buy the whole album someday.

This is what I think not only applies to the world in general, but also specifically to this country. We swiss may not notice how stupid we are, until something really devastating happens because of our racist election/ballot-behaviour. Well, I have to vote, wait and see what happens after this election campaign...

your hd seems a bit expensive, beinga sataI and "only" 150GB... also, ddr2 800 (bandwidth 12 gb/sec in dual-channel) on an intel system with an fsb of 1333 (bandwidth 10.6 gb/sec) is unnecessary. ddr2 667 (bandwidth equal to the one offered by the fsb) would be enough. just some thoughts...

religious goads aside: rowan atkinson, fitting to the situation in swiss parliament that may be about to come

Don't entirely trust my knowledge, as I don't know this first hand, but am reciting what I heard, have read, and seen on TV (probably the most unreliable source in the world) Imo no sane, even slightly informed person could think becoming swiss is easy or immigration laws here are soft - which says much about said party and their followers...

got a tt myself (tsunami). its ok, though it doesn't look as good as on the pictures, since the front leds are not dispersing their light as shown there. plus, the front intake fan sometimes causes the case to resonate, which could easily be cured by decoupling (?) it from the case by some rubber washers. tt is a known brand, can't go really wrong. also, antec might be worth a look. google for some reviews if you like the looks of a case. btw, are you going to buy a phenom when they come out? the bar

kaftan: by using a word ending on "-ist", you already imply extremist. so the answer is no, and there never will be, just like the age of enlightenment that passed without a trace on christian fundamentalists. some random facts: atat

heh, either i was very lucky in my playthroughs, or i'm just better at it but fell wood never struck me as too difficult (except for the fights with these high-ac lights). just use wilderness lore, the info you could gather, and the map annotations, and you got through in quite a timely fashion. plus, the areas did look pretty, as well as the wandering village before. sorry for the ot, but people complaining about this section of iwd2 must not be the only voice here...

geek love poem

you know what? that party has big supporting base in switzerland, about one third of all voters here follow their opinion. in the recent years, beginning as an outsider party, commonly smiled upon, they have become a serious threat. their posters are the first and the most numerous to show up before an eleciton, and mostly represent simply drawn rascist, nationalist or panicmongering subject. they however design them such that they always have an excuse. (like the saying of "black sheep" in the case of the current poster). justice minister blocher blurs the important boundary between judiciary, legislature and executive (being one of seven executive ministers, called "bundesrat", which is comparable to a president in other countries) without having to fear for punishment. why? because if anyone of his minister-colleagues or representants of other parties says anything against the SVP (swiss people's party), they claim it's a complot against them, call it mobbing, and try (mostly successfully) to gain people's compassion, and thus voters. they say that if he isn't allowed to remain in the "bundesrat", the whole party will leave the government and this will make the country unstable. it's a bad situation here, and however much i like living here, the current policy gets me considering to move. but where? france? there's that right-wing populist sarkozy in power. italy? berlusconi still has his fingers everywhere, and the whole system is corrupt (even more so than here). germany? no one does much except talking about the new rise of neo-nazi power. austria? not really, the political situation there is comparable to the one here. out of europe? it's worse than here in switzerland everywhere they speak a language i can talk... so all i can hope for is that people recognize where they put themselves into by voting for this party. i hope it will not take a greater catastrophe to make them - us! realize. walsingham: the svp (said party) claims that we have the weakest laws against immigration, that we're being flooded by illegal immigrants, that criminal immigrants have an easy life here etc., and the people believe them. they believe them because they hate people with accents. people with more temperament. people that are not swiss. they believe the lies because they want to, and everyone is at least a little bit xenophobic at heart.

How about splitscreen? I never know wether I prefer the upper half of the screen or the lower I never got into Halo, just a bad game imo... *shrugs* I'd love more co-op games of the better kind, however, as our nights shooting terrorists in Rogue Spear were filled with suspense and fun, and I greatly enjoyed BG:DA (even though the TV resolution made me feel sick very fast). One day, we'll try NWN2 in co-op again, when certain bugs preventing our progress will be history

fisherspooner - tone poem

Higher power consumption is always good. Buy the PSU with the highest wattage (if that word exists)! No, I mean, just look at the crazy numbers on nowadays vacuum cleaners - our new cheap 1600W cleaner doesn't clean better than our old 800W... BTT, does your PC seem healthy again, Walsingham?

jean michel jarre - equinoxe 4

The two times I tried gaming with such a headphone, I found the sound-quality lacking... I prefer my good old Logitech 5.1 system (though it's not usable for gaming anymore, as we use it for the dvd-player in our livingroom...) or my normal stereo headphones.

the curch - under the milky way sanctuary radio will probably shut down soon - what am I going to listen to then? man, that would suck...

nice, mkreku's got a silver cube People seem very excited about bioshock currently. I think I'll wait a year or two and get it from the bargain bin (not being a shooter-fan at all)...

Samael - Solar Soul (Album) Great new album

Orphaned Land - Mercy They have tracks I prefer to this, but hey, I'm surfing on myspace

german metal festival - people drown in mud

nin - the great destroyer seen them last wednesday for the first time*, and the concert was great! *but certainly not the last, unless reznor decides never to play in europe again because of certain austrian die

I like this.