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I foresee the next step: Lexx: The most powerful weapon of destruction in the two universes!... Regarding the article, I think it would be in everybodys best interest if they can refine the process and skip the embryo controversy (sp?). On the other hand, you now have to worry about that too when you go to the dentist. Demand to get your pulled teeth with you when you leave.

Hey, that is (among other things) what forums are for Glad to see you decided for the do-it-yourself option. Careful though, it can be addictive. Unless you use excessive physcial force to bash it together, there is very little you can do wrong when assembling it. Everybody has their own preferred order in which to do things. I've bought my pc's bit by bit over time and assembled they as I received the components. Looking some like 1. attach PSU to Case (if purchased seperately), 2. Hook up the motherboard to Case, 3. put in RAM and CPU (plus CPU fan), 4. Plug in other cards (sound, gfx, whatever) 5. attach drives to Case and connect to motherboard 6. Hook up other stuff (keyboard, monitor, mouse etc.) 7. Cross fingers, pray if it helps, switch on main power Other people do things in a different order.

No numbers, just generally what Samm said. It depends on what you need it for. Office/Gaming use and a dual core should do nicely. I am slightly biased towards quad cores, but that is because I use software that likes cores. The more the merrier. My Baldurs Gate 2 doesn't run any faster though

So, are you going to get your own "dev-tag" on the codemasters forums (assuming they have an online community)?

if i put "Dont care" on the droids list, would you have said "dont care"? No I genuinely liked T3 as a character. The mysterious, manipulating droid that knows everything that has gone on before and behind the scenes, pulling the strings and doing his masters (Revans) bidding. Not to mention that he had a lot of attitude... As for the trappings of the characters, i.e. length, size colour of what they wield and wear etc. I am very indifferent, yes

T3 Don't care Don't care

Thread pruned a bit... Sorry guys, the profanity thing *does* apply to pictures. Give them the black ink treatment in MS Paint or whatever next time?

Nah, you know what they say about teaching old dogs new tricks Exactly Cruelty, thy name be woman!

I voted for some things. Hate him or love him, he had a lot of character. He never survived to the end of any of my games though

Never been in a relationship, never loved anybody (in the romantic literary sense), never believed "love" to be anything more than an instinct to ensure the survival of the species (making me a failure since I don't contribute to it).... There are people I care about and would give my left kidney for and there are people I don't care about (I would sell their left kidney if I could), but the affliction that seems to make your wits seep out through a hole in the bottom of your head and make people deaf, dumb and blind at the same time? Not really. A brain doctor would probably lock me behind bars for good if he/she ever started digging around in my mind

That has a familiar ring to it Congratulations with your new computer

Advertising for a country... life was simpler when all they wanted to sell was cheap sportswear (shoes anyone?) >_

All hail our new rodent overlords! Emperor Rattus I the Bionic is now granting his subjects an audience.

Nice >_

Wasn't one of the major arguments for moving from 2d to 3d engines the cheaper and faster creation of assets? >_

This is probably the longest back, I remember hearing about the conflict: The first major crisis faced by the Gamsakhurdia regime was in the South Ossetian Autonomous Region, which was largely populated by Ossetians, a separate ethnic group speaking a language based on Persian. In December 1990, Gamsakhurdia summarily abolished the region's autonomous status within Georgia in response to its longtime efforts to gain independence. When the South Ossetian regional legislature took its first steps toward secession and union with the North Ossetian Autonomous Republic of Russia, Georgian forces invaded. The resulting conflict lasted throughout 1991, causing thousands of casualties and creating tens of thousands of refugees on both sides of the Georgian-Russian border. Yeltsin mediated a cease-fire in July 1992. A year later, the cease-fire was still in place, enforced by Ossetian and Georgian troops together with six Russian battalions. Representatives of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE) attempted mediation, but the two sides remained intractable. In July 1993, the South Ossetian government declared negotiations over and threatened to renew large-scale combat, but the cease-fire held through early 1994. Exerpt from Library of Congress. Things haven't really improved the last 18 years.

Asus 62 does sound a bit on the high side Edit: Scary, isn't it? I spent my bonus and then some (and I don't even have a decent gfx card yet)

Pool of Radiance: The ruins of Neverwinter

How do you say "Milli Vanilli" in Chinese?

I've always been a sucker for old Celtic and Norse designs. Of course, it depends on how the rest of your place looks like inside... a bit hard to imagine from your descriptions so far

Retiring it to the old threads home... continued here...

Start of old topic End of old topic Haven't watched any movies recently

Forgot that one. Haven't even installed it yet. One of these days... I forgot a number of "OEM" games that came with various cards over the years: Soldier of Fortune II, Hitman II, Die by The Sword, Big Mutha Truckers and Unreal Tournament. Not necessarily anything wrong or bad about them, I just keep forgetting that I have them (except Unreal T. which is in its nature "uncompletable")

In reverse chronological order... Trackmania - Only got it recently. Still plenty of tracks to go around Tombraider: Anniversary - Made it to Atlantis then got overwhelmed by boredom (reinstalled the original and completed afterwards instead) Victoria, an Empire under the Sun - Just takes an awful long time to complete... Neverwinter Nights 1 - Made it to somewhere mid chapter 4 then got overwhelmed by boredom (never tried SoU which was also in the box) Trespasser - It didn't like my hardware back then, maybe I should pick it up again Deathtrap Dungeon - Made some progress then got overwhelmed by boredom (insert list of 16 and 8 bit games here)

Yay, the poll works now Then I noticed this at the bottom after voting... First Vote : Sunday, 02 March 2008 08:14 Last Vote : Saturday, 09 August 2008 19:20 I think this vote is rigged