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by Fallanthas
June 15, 2004, 3:10 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Active Directory General Question
Replies: 3
Views: 766

Depends on whether your system admin was smart enough to set AD not to accept changes from local profiles or not.


AD can be a bitch. Sometimes it's like trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle without fingers.
by Fallanthas
June 15, 2004, 3:08 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: LCD Projectors
Replies: 3
Views: 789

Bulbs are fairly high dollar, but not as bad as they were a year ago. Do yourself a favor and forget the ultra-portables unless you plan to pack the thing around every day. They build up massive amounts of heat and burn bulbs out constantly. I will have to look around a bit to find one in your price...
by Fallanthas
June 15, 2004, 3:03 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Is your computer clean? Is it really?
Replies: 16
Views: 2339

First twenty minutes of every day.....


1. Virus scan

2. Adware/spyware scan

3. Startup mechanic

4. Reboot

5. Regclean

6. Reboot

7. Get to work


Little bastards. Between the viruses, adware and the spam, the 'Net is gonna be completely unusable in a few years.
by Fallanthas
June 15, 2004, 1:14 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Teh fnord CoH to VV/EQ Name Conversion - OLD
Replies: 76
Views: 32065

Yet to run into anyone, but....


Mordenkain-- dark scrapper

Troll Kin---- mutant tanker
by Fallanthas
March 13, 2004, 1:53 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: ELF (Earth Liberation Front)
Replies: 93
Views: 7168

And obviously animals feel affection for one another in the same way that humans do....


Someone has been watching too much Disney.
by Fallanthas
March 13, 2004, 1:43 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: ELF (Earth Liberation Front)
Replies: 93
Views: 7168

When idoit groups like ELF stop looking for things to burn and start making an effort to contribute to positive environmental impact I will begin to respect them.


Until then, they are a bunch of punks hiding behind ski masks and t-shirt logos.


Nice job of displaying your ignorance, Dar.
by Fallanthas
March 4, 2004, 11:10 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Laptop advice needed....what to buy?
Replies: 7
Views: 1276

Forget a laptop if you want to play EQ.

To the best of my knowledge, there is only one laptop capable of doing hardware T&L, required by the new graphics engine Sony swears is imminent.


Fuckers. Keep your goddamed game.
by Fallanthas
February 27, 2004, 11:58 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Stossel on welfare for the wealthy
Replies: 10
Views: 923

Farm supports are as destructive as the old welfare payments to poor people were. Just as addictive, too. Subsidies are supposed to help farmers recover from low prices caused by overproduction, but the subsidies lead farmers to plant more crops, creating more overproduction, which lowers prices, m...
by Fallanthas
February 18, 2004, 1:37 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Wireless bridge question
Replies: 4
Views: 891

Wireless is an easy setup.


Just rememebr, it's a shared pipe.
by Fallanthas
February 18, 2004, 12:54 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: One small step for Canada, one giant leap for child abuse...
Replies: 21
Views: 1680

Ravv, I have popped my kids ont he behind to get their attention and make them aware they had just crossed a line they should have left alone. My girls are fourteen now, and the best I can recall, I haven't had to physically punish any of them since around age 6. Physical punishment is fine for call...
by Fallanthas
February 16, 2004, 8:57 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Good News
Replies: 5
Views: 743

100% correct, Kelshara . Wouldn't it suck to have to wake up every day and face that particular tightrope?
by Fallanthas
February 16, 2004, 8:56 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: One small step for Canada, one giant leap for child abuse...
Replies: 21
Views: 1680

Yes Kyou, my three involved, honor list students surely indicate that I shouldn't breed, while your constant whining, bitchy, the-world-is-too-easy-for-me attitude tops the list of desirable gene-pool traits. Why don't you go play in traffic or something? Come back when you A. have children and B. c...
by Fallanthas
February 14, 2004, 3:43 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video Card Recommendation - $100 Price Range
Replies: 1
Views: 663

9600 Pro, was running around $85 for a 128 mb card last time I checked.

Proven, stable and only the newest cards are going to give you any better performance.
by Fallanthas
February 14, 2004, 3:38 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: One small step for Canada, one giant leap for child abuse...
Replies: 21
Views: 1680

If you want to call a pop on the butt an act of child abuse, fine, I am a child abuser. Thirty years from now when my kids are productive members of society you can re-think that bullshit. Physical violence? Please. If you can't smack a child on the rear for a transgression without becoming violent,...
by Fallanthas
February 14, 2004, 3:32 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Bush trails Kerry, MSNBC poll says
Replies: 52
Views: 3914

Before you go geting all lit up inside over Kerrys lead, consider that he has had two weeks of solid aritime while Bush is off being President.


It's normal for an opposition candidate to lead populist pools during their primary. Americans like a good scrap.
by Fallanthas
February 14, 2004, 3:07 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hmm, chasing nuts who want nukes, why bother?
Replies: 50
Views: 2815

A missile system is worth a damn against a truck carrying a low payload nuke.

And anyone who thinks Saddam didn't make himself the juiciest choice for a democratic middle eastern state is blind.
by Fallanthas
December 22, 2003, 12:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what classes in EQ are good now
Replies: 138
Views: 11511

Pretty hard to go wrong with a necro.


Most of the changes in the last year and a half have been to make them more group friendly. Can't think of many that have affected their solo play, either.
by Fallanthas
December 9, 2003, 3:29 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Mayonnaise is Apparently Worth Killing For!
Replies: 24
Views: 2166

I've heard that 90% of all their gun-related fatalaties stem from mustard-based vs. ketchup-based arguments.

Ketchup-based versus vinegar-based, fool !
by Fallanthas
December 8, 2003, 1:32 pm
Forum: Everquest General Discussion
Topic: Market prices..
Replies: 8
Views: 1311

Duping and tradeskill bugs.

Having the market on all servers go to shit and the selling price for plat cut in half all at the same time is a bit suspicious.
by Fallanthas
December 8, 2003, 1:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can you guys verify any of these?
Replies: 18
Views: 1606

5 is right in spirit, and most likely also the source of the term "loose woman"......

At least most of that list is creative.
by Fallanthas
December 6, 2003, 3:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reach out and <3 someone
Replies: 19
Views: 1612

I gotta send ARb a bow one of these days. :D


Happy birthday old man!
by Fallanthas
December 4, 2003, 6:30 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6809

That's a good point. Communities don't gather much anymore, so I guess the effects of peer pressure aren't felt very often.


Hmm...
by Fallanthas
December 4, 2003, 4:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6809

Aab,


I think the biggest problem today is that we as adults are no longer allowed to apply peer pressure to other adults in order to maintain a standard of behavior.

The kids do what they are taught to do, either actively or by omission.
by Fallanthas
December 4, 2003, 4:50 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6809

I think you are overstating the position, Toke. I know that's what this board encourages, but... There is nothing wrong with Shaerra staying home if that what she chooses to do. Her argument above was that all women should stay at home, regardless of ambition. After kids enter school, that's a large...
by Fallanthas
December 4, 2003, 3:54 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

Fiction aside (even though it was a great book), the Israelis have used baton rounds for quite a whil.

There 'reported' death toll from them is up to around 40....
by Fallanthas
December 4, 2003, 12:52 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

The homicide death ruling is more of a cae of a coroner who has to fill in the blanks on a death certificate than any type of accusation. He can't exactly list this one as death by natural causes. Chidoro, "Rubber bullets" or baton rounds are usually some type of a ballistic steel or plast...
by Fallanthas
December 4, 2003, 11:20 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6809

Junior high and high school are a social shark pool. Doesn't matter what kind of family you come from, you are gonna get razzed for something. I was picked on for being too tall, having bad skin, not wearing the right clothes, etc. I don't really have a problem with a gay couple getting married. As ...
by Fallanthas
December 3, 2003, 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For those of who who dont like furry animals
Replies: 111
Views: 5653

There isn't a damn thing wrong with shooting prarie dogs. They are a nuisance and dangerous to stock of many kinds.

There is something very wrong with shooting a video of prarie dogs exploding and laughing over it.
by Fallanthas
December 3, 2003, 2:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For those of who who dont like furry animals
Replies: 111
Views: 5653

Being a hunter, I was reading it while imagining Tenr tied to the bumper of his jacked-up 4X4 by a very short rope.


Christ almighty.
by Fallanthas
December 3, 2003, 2:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For those of who who dont like furry animals
Replies: 111
Views: 5653

People like Tenr make me very glad I don't hunt with a rifle.


Give it up, you inbred fuck. You lose.
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 10:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A gift for the guy who has everything
Replies: 12
Views: 1175

Sure, but YOU DON'T LEAVE THE ASS OF THE ANIMAL FLAPPING AT THE NAPE OF YOUR NECK!!!


Amateurs.... :twisted:
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 7:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6809

Religion co-opts societal standards and enforces them, yes. It does so through peer pressure and fear, both very effective. The mistake you are making is assuming religion is a necessity to develop or enforce a standard of behavior. It most definitely is not. Now we can discuss all the morals that m...
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 7:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A gift for the guy who has everything
Replies: 12
Views: 1175

I will stick to my fedora, thanks.
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 6:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

Another one that is kind of interesting is the 'slicker' spray that is being developed.

Basically a target is hosed down with a super slick liquid polymer that makes it impossible to move without falling.


Of course, you can't cuff someone with that shit on them. :roll:
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 6:21 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

/shrug It happens. Both stress and drugs tend to block pain and delay reaction to just about any of these less-than-lethals. The day that someone comes up with an incapacitating weapon that is A. effective under a broad range of conditions B. easy to use in a stress situation and C. safe law enforce...
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 6:14 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: interesting
Replies: 106
Views: 6809

The farther society gets from a STANDARD, the worse off it becomes.



Don't confuse religion with acceptable behavior.


And homosexual marriage and polygamy have nothing at all to do with one another.
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 6:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

Better than a club over the head, WAY less than reliable. The problem with most less-than-lethals is that they rely on causing a great deal of pain to incapacitate a target. Drugs and stress tend to block pain. Ever seen smeone kicked in the cajones beat the living hell out of the kicker, then fall ...
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 5:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

Bean bags don't stop people worth shit. There was a video of a rioter (can't remember where the riot occured) being played over an over on CNN maybe a year ago showing a guy being shot with bean bags multiple times from ranges of 20 to 5 feet and standing back up after every shot. They don't work. P...
by Fallanthas
December 2, 2003, 2:17 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rodney King redux?
Replies: 37
Views: 3930

It is. Unfortunately for law enforcement, stun gun type weapons are the only less-than-lethal option that seem to be reliable. Pretty much everything else on the market is ineffective against hopped-up perps or wildly inaccurate and unusable in crowded situations. And as Kooky said, stun guns aren't...
by Fallanthas
December 1, 2003, 6:46 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hell Yeah!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 984

It needs to be eliminated altogether.


There isn't any reason to encourage individuals OR buisnesses to drive a larger vehicle than needed.
by Fallanthas
December 1, 2003, 2:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The joy of growing older
Replies: 23
Views: 1857

oil gland at the base of the hair gets infected i think

Yep.


Wait until you get one between your shoulder blades and have to ask someone else to drain it for you.... :oops:
by Fallanthas
November 26, 2003, 8:38 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot damn, "US economic growth hits 8.2 percent in third
Replies: 70
Views: 5079

You make gizmos instead.


Or, in this day and age, you open a call center and sell extended warranties on widgets.
by Fallanthas
November 25, 2003, 2:16 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot damn, "US economic growth hits 8.2 percent in third
Replies: 70
Views: 5079

Chmee, I was discounting Q4 of 2002 and Q1 of 2003 because growth of less than 3% doesn't generally spark job growth. I'm sure investors were happy to see it, but that small in increase isn't likely to have much long term impact. As for the debt, I don't like it, but national debt growth during a mi...
by Fallanthas
November 25, 2003, 2:01 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot damn, "US economic growth hits 8.2 percent in third
Replies: 70
Views: 5079

/shrug


You can only keep your money out of the market for so long. Where else do you go with that kind of cash?

Let's hope this sparks some job growth rather than another increase in 'productivity'.
by Fallanthas
November 25, 2003, 1:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Snipa Down
Replies: 60
Views: 6351

Arch, To ask a society to pay for and support an individual who has forfeited their right to live within that society is stupid. Maximum security prisons? See above. Reprogramming? Considering close to 70% of those released from prison go on to commit another crime, reprogramming flat does not work....
by Fallanthas
November 25, 2003, 1:25 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Hot damn, "US economic growth hits 8.2 percent in third
Replies: 70
Views: 5079

Xmas spikes normally show up in the fourth quarter.


What's intersting about this is that it makes two quarters of sustained growth in a row. Also, third quarter doesn't usually show a lot of growth, due to seasonal work tapering off.
by Fallanthas
November 25, 2003, 1:16 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Snipa Down
Replies: 60
Views: 6351

Killing them doesn't cost more, allowing 20 years of appeals is what drives the cost of the death penalty through the roof.

If you are philisophically opposed, that's fine. Using the cost of the death pnealty as an argument is no more valid than protesting the cost of the judicial system in general.
by Fallanthas
November 25, 2003, 12:52 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Snipa Down
Replies: 60
Views: 6351

A person who can go on a spree like this has no place in civilized society... Leaving you with two choices ( I am unwilling to foot the bill for incarcerating such folks, sorry): 1. Exile - to where? 2. Death You wat to set up an island somewhere to exile such people to, that's fine with me. Until t...
by Fallanthas
November 21, 2003, 7:06 pm
Forum: Buying / Selling - Everquest
Topic: Selling Earth Staff MQ
Replies: 3
Views: 869

Give me a tell and an offer.
by Fallanthas
November 21, 2003, 4:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most Hated 2.0
Replies: 107
Views: 18591

Hate for someone you have only met on a BB?


What a waste of gall.