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    Fallout: New Vegas

    in Computer and Console

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    When I'm roleplaying a game sometimes I enjoy playing the game after I beat it. I've worked all this time to meet a certain goal throughout the whole game and all I get to see of it is a short video showing or telling me what happened. Also when I go back to play, if I have to load one from before I beat the game it just makes everything I've done in that end sequence seem like a waste of time from a leveling perspective and any items I obtain I won't have next time.

     

    I don't see why it's so hard to understand. I can see why you wouldn't care but I don't see why you couldn't understand. Why can't you people be more understanding?

    Fallout: New Vegas

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    So what are the chances of silencers being a mod on guns? Or at least still having guns with silencers on them. Have you guys already found out the answer to this earlier? Don't make me look all the way through the old threads, just tell me I can't stand the suspense!

    Credit Agencies

    in Way Off-Topic

    Posted · Edited by thepixiesrock

    Yeah I mean, one of the things you learn early on in economics is that it's riddled with "self fulfilling prophecies" and I agree. CRA's probably do make the problems of the economy worse. The guy who wrote this article seems to want to get rid of credit rating all together, and I mean, on a micro scale maybe that's fine, but on a macro scale I'm not sure how that would work. I feel like we need it but there's just a lot of room for improvement. Like with this whole housing market crisis we had that he mentions for example. Yeah they screwed up and didn't really understand what they were rating. So when mortgages that had AAA ratings were defaulting, you knew there was a problem with the ratings. I'm not sure not having ratings at all would have helped though. Like, would the people who invest in whatever they are investing in have to research it themselves? I mean in most cases there isn't time for that.

     

    I mean, this whole housing thing is just one instance, and I don't really blame the CRA's entirely for the bad ratings. Nobody really knew what was going on in the housing bubble, and I'm not sure how not having ratings would help the system.

     

     

    As for your specific case Wals, I mean yeah I assume a person's rating would be placed purely on a buyer/business history or whatever if we're talking in terms of a loans or investiment into the person as a company or something, and like, those other factors such as health and personal relationships affect the person, but there isn't a reliable way to measure that, so the CRA's can only really stick to factors they can reliably measure obviously. I mean, I'm just not sure that mental breakdowns and divorce and what not represent a significant enough problem to cause them to take that into account when rating people, on a large scale.

     

    Like, let's assume the grad student and the manager each want to open a business, so they ask for a loan. I'm sure their rating would be based on if they are making money now and how much, what their past credit history would look like, how long they've been working, and what not. Like, I would think that the thinking behind it would be that the 40 year old manager is less of a risk just from life experience assuming all the other points of his background are in good standing. So like, if something did happen to him, based on his history, he would be able to handle it better than the grad student just because the grad student wouldn't have the same experience in the working world. Like, the grad student could suffer any number of unknown non-business related problems. Any number of health risks or relationship hazards (we've all been there) or whatever, and not know how to handle it, or he might. The point being that there isn't a reliable way to measure those unknowns. I don't really think that's reason to throw out the rating system

     

    Also what that guy up there said about assets. I'm a big dumb idiot.

    URGENT computer problem

    in Skeeter's Junkyard

    Posted

    I think we need more than that ... can you get into safe mode?

     

    http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm

     

    Yeah I've been running it in safe mode

     

    Test it with different RAM sticks.

     

    What does that mean? When I've googled the issue I've seen a lot of mention of RAM but I don't really know what to do or how to test anything with different RAM sticks. I'm not really sure what that even means really, but it might be the solution I'm looking for!

    URGENT computer problem

    in Skeeter's Junkyard

    Posted

    Hey so I have some Dell Laptop running windows vista, and everytime I turn it on and like, it loads up, within a minute or two a blue screen comes up saying "page error in unpaged area" or something like that, and then it just like, restarts. Does anyone know if I can fix that?

    I just want to be friends again

    in Way Off-Topic

    Posted

    "Economics and Political Science"

     

    How is it/why did you choose that?

     

    I mean I could have done music instead but yeah, I just kind of picked them because they are interesting as long as I keep an "I'm not going to get involved" sort of stand point. I just hope I never form an absolute opinion on anything.

     

    I mean the creative side of me feels I've made a huge mistake, but if I want to move to New York and afford to buy Tom Ford suits and Ray-Bans, sacrafices must be made.

    I just want to be friends again

    in Way Off-Topic

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    PIXIE STICK!

     

    *pounces on ThePixiesRock and shoves a German Chocolate Cake down his throat*

    Haha hey Hades, still doing that I see.

     

    OMG HIHI ASL?

    cam2cam?

     

    You think you can just waltz back into my life? Well it's too late mister, I've moved on.

     

    I've said it before (a few seconds ago in your profile) and I'll say it again. I want to be in your life again. I want to see our son.

     

    We don't love you, anymore.

    That's ok, I love you enough for the both of us.

     

    I'll give you rekindle, right in the face.

    I won't fight back.

     

    How is school going, Pixie?

    It's alright. I'm majoring in Economics and Political Science. Except right now school isn't going so well because of personal reasons, but overall I think I've had a good run. I heard you got married, is that true? I mean, Surrep told me that like a long time ago last I talked to him on MSN but he has made that joke before so I wasn't sure.

    Dragon Age story/plot discussion

    in Computer and Console

    Posted

    Yeah so whenever you unlock one of the specializations, it applies to previous saves, so if you save it before you unlock it, you can unlock it and then just reload you save and it will still be unlocked. That way whatever you had to give up or do to unlock it you won't have had to.

     

    So I know I'm quoting myself but nobody responded to it, and I was wondering did anyone else noticed this?

    Dragon Age story/plot discussion

    in Computer and Console

    Posted

    Yeah I was afraid of that. It seems like so much management though. I mean I even put the game on casual and my party members don't last long and then I'm not far behind. I'm a mage but I've put all my spells into shape shifting and like, the "primal" spells, and none in the other things. I also messed up my character by putting points in dexterity and strength. I wanted someone who could use weapons and cast spells. My bad.

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