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- April 22, 2009, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: 24" LCD Monitors (Discussion and Pictures)
- Replies: 154
- Views: 84273
Re: 24" LCD Monitors (Discussion and Pictures)
My Acer AL2423W died this morning after 2.5 years. The backlight comes on just long enough to flash the Acer logo, then shuts off again. After spending an hour trying to find support information in the mess of self-targeting redirects and broken links on Acer's site I gave up for now and bought a Sa...
- October 27, 2008, 8:13 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Prison...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1190
Prison...
...is not something that you just vacation in. It's not a big hotel. It's a series of cubes. And if you don't understand, those cubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your convicts in, they get in line and they're going to be [redacted] by anyone that puts into that cube enormous a...
- October 9, 2008, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Out of ideas. Out of touch. Out of time.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3079
Re: Out of ideas. Out of touch. Out of time.
I'd like to see Xyun's map realized, but I'm not quite optimistic enough to see Indiana flipping just yet. I would predict between 329-364 depending on how Ohio and/or North Carolina flip.
- October 8, 2008, 2:49 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Presidential debate - October 7th
- Replies: 107
- Views: 8490
Re: Presidential debate - October 7th
Where did I say anything about time spent answering? What was pissing me off about Obama was him consistently thinking he got special treatment and could keep making a response after he had his turn to answer the question, even though it was clearly stated in the rules and reiterated to him several ...
- October 7, 2008, 4:08 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Does Palin win the VP debate if...
- Replies: 318
- Views: 16701
Re: Does Palin win the VP debate if...
I can't quite put my finger on it, but this suddenly springs to mind.
- October 2, 2008, 1:38 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
- Replies: 1919
- Views: 193558
Re: Obama WILL be the next president
If you head up I-5 a few miles towards Longview/Kelso it gets pretty hickish, but Vancouver itself is made up mostly of Portland commuters.
- October 2, 2008, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
- Replies: 1919
- Views: 193558
Re: Obama WILL be the next president
WA may be a bit closer.... Here's a breakdown of the state, as I see it. 1- Northern suburbs of Seattle, including Everett: There is a fair rural presence here, but I don't think it's enough to offset the urban sprawl that has built up north of Seattle. Also, Boeing has a plant here, and them airpl...
- September 25, 2008, 2:14 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Campaign Suspension!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2105
Re: Campaign Suspension!
The Senate would have a large say in this thing....which last I checked both of them were a member of. Neither of them are members of a relevant senate commitee or negotiating team. As such their say in this thing is simply their vote on the final measure. This. The only two pens in Washington that...
- September 23, 2008, 3:28 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Seems that a certain couple can't seem to get along!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2311
Re: Seems that a certain couple can't seem to get along!
With unfavorability ratings going through the roof McCain/Palin is going to win it *for* them.
- September 22, 2008, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Nationalizing American corporations is...?
- Replies: 117
- Views: 9085
Re: Nationalizing American corporations is...?
Granted, that bill might have helped with Fannie Mae and Freedie Mac, but what of the rest of the market? I'm no economist, but isn't it a bit of a stretch to tie the collapse of Bear Sterns, AIG, Merril Lynch, etc all back to those two organizations? I'm not saying it wouldn't have helped, but I th...
- September 22, 2008, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Nationalizing American corporations is...?
- Replies: 117
- Views: 9085
Re: Nationalizing American corporations is...?
I found this over at Daily Kos. It's an opinion piece, and hardly an unbiased one, but it has a lot of good information and history on how the current financial situation has developed over the last few decades.
Three Times is Enemy Action
Three Times is Enemy Action
- September 18, 2008, 3:42 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
- Replies: 1107
- Views: 90995
Re: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
Let's talk about Spain. You know, that little known Latin American country.
- September 11, 2008, 10:57 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: If you don't vote you're a moron
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1257
Re: If you don't vote you're a moron
Amg hey!
- September 11, 2008, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: If you don't vote you're a moron
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1257
Re: If you don't vote you're a moron
Ahh, but there's the rub. The constitution doesn't grant the people the right to elect the president and vice-president; that power is reserved for the states which, in turn, may appoint their electors as they see fit, in accordance with state law. Abolishing the electoral college and going with a s...
- September 11, 2008, 4:11 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: If you don't vote you're a moron
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1257
If you don't vote you're a moron
My fellow Americans: Craig Ferguson tells viewers, "If you don't vote you're a moron" There is no zeal like the zeal of the convert. And having been recently sworn in as an official United States citizen, late-night funnyman Craig Ferguson is outraged that his new countrymen go to the pol...
- September 9, 2008, 6:00 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: No one knows what war is like...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1206
Re: No one knows what war is like...
yep move on, but the talking morons on TV will pretend the world is ending over these kinds of comments. They have to scream about something. Exactly. Gaffes may be gaffes, but just telling people to 'move on' doesn't stop the talking heads- and some people do listen to the talking heads. Only in b...
- September 9, 2008, 5:12 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: No one knows what war is like...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1206
Re: No one knows what war is like...
Do you have any interest in the electoral process from start to finish, or do you simply care for the end result? It might be a non-issue for you and for me, but gaffes like this do have downstream effects. Sure, what she said was simply an easily dismissed mistake in the immediate timeframe , but o...
- September 9, 2008, 4:55 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: No one knows what war is like...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1206
No one knows what war is like...
...other than my family. Period. Ouch. I'm sure she meant to say something else, like 'better than', but it's what she said that is going to get jumped on. I'm pretty sure military families are pretty high on the Rebublican "do not piss off" list, so I would expect to see the McCain spin ...
- September 8, 2008, 11:27 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Orleans Hate Thread
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2829
Re: New Orleans Hate Thread
[...]I get to live in an environment that is culturally and idealogically compatible with me. What the heck does this mean? Are you ideologically against dry weather? Culturally for flannel? Sorry, I guess I was being a bit too eloquent for some in this crowd. Seattle is one of a few places I've be...
- September 8, 2008, 2:34 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Orleans Hate Thread
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2829
Re: New Orleans Hate Thread
A part of the reason I still live in MN is because I don't have to deal with any large scale natural disasters.. ever. A tornado hits a few times a season, but I think the worst ever in my lifetime is a tornado that maybe causes 2 or 3 deaths along with property damage.. That's no where near the sc...
- August 20, 2008, 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A lesson in proper English
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2899
Re: A lesson in proper English
Supposably.
Using an apostrophe in a plural (two tree's).
Should/could/would of.
All in all though, I could care less.
Using an apostrophe in a plural (two tree's).
Should/could/would of.
All in all though, I could care less.
- August 13, 2008, 12:29 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: South Ossetia
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4673
Re: South Ossetia
Georgia must be loaning troops to the Iraq efforts. Third after the US and Britain, as I recall. Georgia is one of the most staunch US allies in the region. If you assume a kernel of truth to what everyone is saying you get a pretty fucked up story. -Breakaway forces lob a rocket into Georgian terr...
- August 13, 2008, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
- Replies: 1107
- Views: 90995
Re: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
I fucking love the internet.Funkmasterr wrote:libaganda
- July 28, 2008, 3:19 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The media is not biased
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4949
Re: The media is not biased
Republicans like to talk a lot about the "liberal media." Is it true? The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, which has been studying the media 20 years, has now released a study that shows 72% of the opinions expressed on CBS, NBC, and ABC about Obama were neg...
- February 28, 2008, 2:06 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
- Replies: 1919
- Views: 193558
Re: Obama WILL be the next president
Ah, but did he both reject *and* denounce it?Sueven wrote:It also gave us a chance to see whether Obama would support or reject the hanging of a Che flag in his offices (answer: reject).
- January 29, 2008, 12:47 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: State of the Union
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1453
Re: State of the Union
Oh, did someone else give it? I haven't had a chance to see it yet.
- January 3, 2008, 12:50 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: 2 Different Iowa Polls, 2 Different Results
- Replies: 8
- Views: 896
Re: 2 Different Iowa Polls, 2 Different Results
Is CNN pushing Clinton? Or are the sample sizes and general legitimacy of the polls so poor that they are entirely useless, and in fact harmful to the process? From http://www.electoral-vote.com: Speaking of primaries and caucuses, the first one is on Thursday, in Iowa. We have three new polls and ...
- December 11, 2007, 11:11 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Photographers?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4513
Re: Photographers?
The stock lens on the XTi is 18mm at the wide end, and has a nontrivial amount of barrel distortion (the effect that is greatly increased to give a fisheye lens it's look), which is what you're seeing there. The geography plays into the effect as well. Sadly, since graduating and getting a new job I...
- November 12, 2007, 11:01 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Rove in the WSJ
- Replies: 4
- Views: 478
Re: Rove in the WSJ
How can you effect change when you're being effectively cockblocked?
- August 26, 2007, 3:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is your job?
- Replies: 151
- Views: 19533
Re: What is your job?
I'm currently a quality control metalurgist for a circuit board manufacturer. I examine cross sections of boards off our production lines to make sure that the metals being plated onto the boards are being applied evenly and cleanly. It's boring, menial work that doesn't really register on the excit...
- August 14, 2007, 3:13 am
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Anyone drive a GTI?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3777
Re: Anyone drive a GTI?
I'm currently paying $400/6 mo. for full coverage on my (1999 SL2) Saturn. I've done preliminary pricing on insurance for the GTI and expect it to go to about $600/6 mo. for the 2-door model, and probably somewhat lower than that for the 4-door model (though I have yet to find an company which inclu...
- August 11, 2007, 3:18 am
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Anyone drive a GTI?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3777
Anyone drive a GTI?
I'm looking to buy a new car in the next few months, as my Saturn is starting to show it's age and is really just not that much fun to drive. I've heard a lot of good stuff about the 2007 VW GTI and was wondering if anyone here has any experience with it.
- August 1, 2007, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: BSOD/Bios not detecting harddisk/Windows freezing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2129
Re: BSOD/Bios not detecting harddisk/Windows freezing
Before spending a bunch of money in any case, install the new drive and see if you can't copy any of the files over; it may be just too unstable to boot, but work well enough to transfer at least some data.
- July 31, 2007, 9:47 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Bill Walsh Dies at 75
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1274
Re: Bill Walsh Dies at 75
I grew up in the bay area during the Walsh era with SF. Much
- July 19, 2007, 12:51 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Are you in favor of a Fresh Start in the CE Forum?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3039
Re: Are you in favor of a Fresh Start in the CE Forum?
I thought we had one called VeeshanVault which served that purpose. Was I mistaken? If so I clearly owe some apologies.Mak wrote:Or we could just make a forum called FUCK YOU! and let that be the place for ripping each other to shreds?
- July 16, 2007, 7:54 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Girls should shut the hell up about thier problems!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 716
Re: Girls should shut the hell up about thier problems!
Co-ruminating. Cooooo-ruminating. Co-ruuuuuuminating.
Fun word.
Fun word.
- July 9, 2007, 8:58 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Bush commutes Libby sentence
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6810
Re: Bush commutes Libby sentence
I'd be curious to know the median age of the posters on this forum. I only suggest that because of the attempts to draw on the end of Clinton's term as relevant to what is going on here. To be perfectly honest, when Clinton left office I was 22 years old. I had barely gotten my own political footing...
- July 4, 2007, 3:49 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Bush commutes Libby sentence
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6810
Re: Bush commutes Libby sentence
Yeah, and they're (we're?) just asking..."how is it relevant?"Fash wrote:I'm just saying it's relevant.
- June 12, 2007, 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This is a test of the neww VV system
- Replies: 68
- Views: 6899
Re: This is a test of the neww VV system
SAVE FERRIS
- June 11, 2007, 2:58 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Paris back IN jail... (now with REAL *shock* and *awe*)
- Replies: 161
- Views: 8648
Re: Paris back IN jail... (now with REAL *shock* and *awe*)
I want to be different, like everybody else I want to be like I want to be just like all the different people I have no further interest in being the same, because I have seen difference all around, and now I know that that's what I want I don't want to blend in and be indistinguishable, I want to ...
- June 7, 2007, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Ron Paul
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1723
Re: Ron Paul
Agreed, but I also know too many people that think that living *without* credit is equally acceptable.miir wrote:I know too many people who think that living on credit is an acceptable and normal
- June 6, 2007, 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: #1 Song from your D.O.B.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5462
Re: #1 Song from your D.O.B.
1978 ... "Le Freak" by Chic
So many good songs...again the '70s make me cry.
So many good songs...again the '70s make me cry.
- May 21, 2007, 11:06 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Odd virus/problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 502
iexplore.exe is the executable for Internet Explorer...it's possible (probable?) that something you have installed (purposefully or malicious) is causing IE to be launched and eat up your memory and processor time. As Canoe suggested, (and assuming you've already checked for malicious software) chec...
- May 16, 2007, 5:16 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Censorship is alive and well on XM Radio
- Replies: 97
- Views: 10118
- May 2, 2007, 4:50 pm
- Forum: Vanguard - Saga of Heroes
- Topic: So when SoE buys out VG....
- Replies: 85
- Views: 21629
I agree. I don't think SOE had anything to do with Vanguard going live when it did. They promised more than they could deliver when they said they were going to deliver it and ran out of money. Gotta pay the bills somehow. I'm inclined to think that SOE would have prefered that Sigil release a slig...
- April 24, 2007, 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Un-Ban Cartalas?
- Replies: 354
- Views: 33845
Where did I say I cared what you (or anyone) thinks about me donating? You cared enough to make sure we knew. But what I fail to see is the difference between him doing that in one sentence, and other people here that do the same thing but stretch their bullshit out to be a paragraph or two long. O...
- April 23, 2007, 3:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Un-Ban Cartalas?
- Replies: 354
- Views: 33845
I don't have anything constructive to contribute that hasn't already been said, but this stood out to me. And just because you run this fucking site doesn't give your opinion anymore fucking weight. Actually, it kind of gives said opinion the ultimate weight because in the end neither you nor I nor ...
- April 23, 2007, 2:18 am
- Forum: Lord of the Rings Online
- Topic: Character names
- Replies: 69
- Views: 14265
- April 2, 2007, 2:04 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Oh No! Don't look at the chocolate Jesus!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5084
- March 30, 2007, 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You know what game was really rad?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1176