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by Hoarmurath
December 10, 2005, 12:51 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: I rarely buy DVDs
Replies: 13
Views: 1071

Meow thread like the present!
by Hoarmurath
December 8, 2005, 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: fuk u n1ck
Replies: 23
Views: 1368

fag Takes one to know one! A popular saying indeed. Not true though. I do however believe that a gay guy can tell if another guy is gay better than a straight guy could. Are you coming on to me? Are you laying on the floor in front of me? Veiled attempt to ressurect the "nested quotes" th...
by Hoarmurath
December 6, 2005, 6:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ARB!
Replies: 21
Views: 1674

Happy Birthday!
by Hoarmurath
December 2, 2005, 2:12 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Colbert Report
Replies: 9
Views: 771

"And at #1 AGAIN on the Threatdown.....BEARS!"

Haha I love that.

I also love the sidebar text when he does the "Word" segment.
by Hoarmurath
December 1, 2005, 2:08 pm
Forum: Christmas
Topic: Help! $25 gift idea
Replies: 59
Views: 22930

Those gifts are contrary to the spirit of the game! They are actually useful and worth something!
by Hoarmurath
December 1, 2005, 1:23 pm
Forum: Christmas
Topic: Help! $25 gift idea
Replies: 59
Views: 22930

http://www.jonessoda.com/files_new/turkey05.html

It's a great gift for White Elephant because it's not something that people need to keep around for long, it's kind of whacky, and it makes for stimulating conversation.

Also, if memory serves, it's right around $20.
by Hoarmurath
November 28, 2005, 2:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gnome Punting
Replies: 8
Views: 1413

1003 feet.

Hey I'm #6 for the day!
by Hoarmurath
November 15, 2005, 10:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY COATIEBUNS!
Replies: 9
Views: 1094

Happy birthday! :D
by Hoarmurath
November 14, 2005, 8:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TD-27 up and at 'em, soon to be Gamma
Replies: 8
Views: 1024

Wins what? The "I can use Google" award or the "I actually *use* wikipedia" award? I suppose I'm eligible for both... At any rate, WX was a telegraph abbreviation for "weather". WX was the common telegraph abbreviation for weather. It was used primarily with Morse code,...
by Hoarmurath
November 14, 2005, 5:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TD-27 up and at 'em, soon to be Gamma
Replies: 8
Views: 1024

Upper level wind shear FTW!
by Hoarmurath
November 14, 2005, 1:09 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: is there a way..
Replies: 6
Views: 763

Hauppage makes really good TV capture cards, although you'd probably need another video card for playing games. I honestly don't know the details, but I keep hearing about <a href="http://www.hauppage.com/">these cards</a> for making your own Linux-based PVR, and they get good reviews for ...
by Hoarmurath
November 12, 2005, 8:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the beer connoiseur...
Replies: 12
Views: 1497

For the beer connoiseur...

<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Cont ... d=23562</a>
by Hoarmurath
November 12, 2005, 12:48 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: And then there were none...
Replies: 5
Views: 794

Woops, found the article on CNN.com. Anyway, the relevant quote from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/11/vanishing.vets.ap/index.html">this article</a> follows. The Census Bureau stopped asking for data about those veterans years ago. Using a report of 65,000 alive in 1990 as a basel...
by Hoarmurath
November 12, 2005, 12:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: And then there were none...
Replies: 5
Views: 794

I read that the U.S. quit keeping track of WWI vets specifically around 1990, but they estimate that there are around one or two dozen American WWI vets still alive.
by Hoarmurath
November 9, 2005, 8:34 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Guitar Hero
Replies: 11
Views: 1550

This thread might actually go somewhere if it was instead titled "Jukebox Hero."
by Hoarmurath
November 9, 2005, 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sony Music oops!!
Replies: 12
Views: 1728

According to <a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/brief/34">this article</a>, some enterprising youths are using this technology to aid them in cheating at World of Warcraft.
by Hoarmurath
November 1, 2005, 10:13 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Ma Bell is coming back?
Replies: 15
Views: 1746

Found this article about SBC quite interesting as well... http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/31/1548247 For those who'd rather not read the article, here is the blurb that accompanied it on Slashdot: "If there were any delusions that Ma Bell Wasn't Back, SBC CEO Edward Witacre has cle...
by Hoarmurath
October 31, 2005, 8:09 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Aftermarket GPS for cars
Replies: 1
Views: 399

Aftermarket GPS for cars

I may be getting a job in the near future that will have me overseas for up to 6 months out of the year, and my wife sucks at driving, so we're thinking about getting a GPS unit for her car that can help her out. I like a lot of the new features, especially the voice prompts, of the newer units, but...
by Hoarmurath
October 30, 2005, 7:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: 1 Tb/s download speed.
Replies: 4
Views: 864

I know this is horribly anal, but it's 1 Tb/s, not 1 TB/s. Big difference.
by Hoarmurath
October 29, 2005, 9:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: #23...Beta
Replies: 14
Views: 1496

Xzion wrote:why was there no Y and Z name hurricanes?
They leave out Q, U, X, Y, and Z. Supposedly becaause the pool of names for those letters is too small. Which kind of sucks because I think "Zelda" would be a great name for a hurricane.
by Hoarmurath
October 28, 2005, 9:01 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: #23...Beta
Replies: 14
Views: 1496

Arborealus wrote:4) Many of us know and like Hoarmurath and value his input and interests
First thing I thought when I saw this was "I thought they took out %you%..."
by Hoarmurath
October 28, 2005, 8:59 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: #23...Beta
Replies: 14
Views: 1496

First, I have to disagree with an interesting tidbit that I got from reading Weather Underground was the possibility (although it appears slight) that a Greek-letter storm would get its name retired if it was strong enough and caused enough damage. I don't think there is a provision for retiring let...
by Hoarmurath
October 27, 2005, 12:58 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: #23...Beta
Replies: 14
Views: 1496

#23...Beta

At least it looks like this one won't get very big and won't affect the U.S. Unfortunately, it doesn't take a big hurricane to cause a lot of damage in Nicaragua.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphic ... shtml?3day
by Hoarmurath
October 25, 2005, 11:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Canno!
Replies: 18
Views: 1434

Happy Birthday to everyone's* favorite Narcoleptic Shadowknight! :P

* okay, maybe just mine
by Hoarmurath
October 14, 2005, 4:57 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: video, meet iPod
Replies: 27
Views: 2278

Have they said how much your average one hour TV series episode is going to cost? Right now I think they just have ABC shows, I saw Lost and Desperate Housewives, and they are going for $1.99 per episode or $34.99 for the whole (last) season. Seems reasonable that they'll stick with that pricing fo...
by Hoarmurath
October 14, 2005, 12:22 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: video, meet iPod
Replies: 27
Views: 2278

Apple is Microsoft's bitch because Bill Gates played Steve Jobs like a fiddle in the 80's and now Microsoft owns part of Apple. You can thank Steve Jobs partly for making Microsoft what it is today. Perhaps this is part of the reason that today Microsoft is a software company and Apple is a hardwar...
by Hoarmurath
October 13, 2005, 9:33 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: video, meet iPod
Replies: 27
Views: 2278

Apple is Microsoft's bitch! Microsoft makes a portable media player? They are eating the competition for breakfast because of the marketing hype not necessarily because it's a better product. Sex sells. iPods are sexy. And while an iPod may not be the better product based on certain criteria, it is...
by Hoarmurath
October 6, 2005, 9:35 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Spreading liberty and democracy throughout the middle east
Replies: 31
Views: 2783

Besides which how does that have any bearing on the discussion at hand? Did you google something and sperm yourself about catching a number you believed was wrong? It is utterly moot to the issue, and it can be correct depending on considerations but I am not going to footnote minor points for your...
by Hoarmurath
October 5, 2005, 10:52 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Does anybody else think of Serenity when they masturbate?
Replies: 13
Views: 1601

I never paid enough attention to see how her name is spelled, but yeah, Kaylee is nice.
by Hoarmurath
October 5, 2005, 10:50 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Dealing with juvenile delinquency, Tx style
Replies: 28
Views: 3731

As a Texan myself, I would like to point out that while Texas is messed up in plenty of ways, this judge is quite whacko and does not represent the texas judicial system as a while.

Besides, North of Dallas and you're into Bible Belt territory, Texas can hardly be blamed for that! :P
by Hoarmurath
October 5, 2005, 10:04 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Spreading liberty and democracy throughout the middle east
Replies: 31
Views: 2783

Last time one got seriously pissed they managed to kill 6 million civilians like machinery, launched a world war with casaulties in the hundreds of millions and made the "free" powers of the world the ally of a nation that had starved 12 million of it's own people From all the evidence, i...
by Hoarmurath
October 5, 2005, 9:48 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Battlefield 2
Replies: 123
Views: 18381

The rank changes are interesting, I went from Lance Corporal to Staff Sergeant. The three new unlocks were really nice, too. :)
by Hoarmurath
October 5, 2005, 9:47 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Battlefield 2
Replies: 123
Views: 18381

What the hell, I'll just post the whole changelog for the 1.03 patch... ======================================================================== Patch v1.03 ======================================================================== NEW FEATURES - Wake Island Map Included a remade version of this popul...
by Hoarmurath
October 5, 2005, 9:45 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Battlefield 2
Replies: 123
Views: 18381

It happened to me several times. I believe it's been fixed, assuming that this is correct:
- When a vehicle explodes due to external forces, the driver is no longer mis-credited for the kills.
by Hoarmurath
September 29, 2005, 12:59 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: I know theres a way to do this
Replies: 6
Views: 541

wget! It's open source so I'm sure that Windows ports exist. It's just a ligtweight command-line utility to get files via http.

Quick Google turned up several different projects, so ymmv.
by Hoarmurath
September 28, 2005, 4:16 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Trading Photos... or dead people (links are NWS)
Replies: 3
Views: 450

Wow I have been to that site quite a bit, and I've never seen a picture of a dead Iraqi/terrorist/insurgent/freedom fighter. Of course, that's because there is a forum specifically for that crap and I don't go into it. To be fair, the site existed at one time without an "Iraq and Afghanistan&qu...
by Hoarmurath
September 26, 2005, 8:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: On the use of fear in politics (unfinished)
Replies: 32
Views: 3866

Re: On the use of fear in politics (unfinished)

The difference between a politician and a philosopher is that the former concerns himself with what is good for man while the latter concerns himself with what is good for mankind. while the standard of living for man has risen, the standard of life for mankind equally lowered. Since "man"...
by Hoarmurath
September 19, 2005, 7:46 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Battlefield 2
Replies: 123
Views: 18381

I mostly play a medic, so getting the medic unlock was natural for me. I think it really depends on what you play the most, although the PKM (Support) seems extremely popular, along with the G3 (Assault), and G36 (Special Ops). So if you play one of those three the most, then I'd get one of those un...
by Hoarmurath
September 18, 2005, 8:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: guess the movie quote, win nothing!
Replies: 100
Views: 8262

That's from "Crazy People", although I can't remember who said it. Good movie though. Ahh so here is one my many favorite quotes from one my my favorite movies... QUOTE: "Well I ain't afraid of all them fuckin' skulls and altars and shit. I used to think if I died in an evil place the...
by Hoarmurath
September 16, 2005, 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fellow Bashed for his "non-white" lips
Replies: 15
Views: 1798

Cartalas wrote:No but a quick google search would help but I guess I can add you to the list of morons.
So let me get ths straight, whenever you see a link posted anywhere, before you click on it, you see what site it leads to, then you Google that site to see what it's about?
by Hoarmurath
September 13, 2005, 1:34 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Headphones
Replies: 3
Views: 521

Several people where I work who do a lot of gaming and VoIP also have the Plantronics DSP500, so apparently it's pretty good. I'm a cheap bastard, though, so I have a crappy headset. :(
by Hoarmurath
August 30, 2005, 9:35 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: School Network Advice
Replies: 10
Views: 1032

I'm averaging 56Mb/s from work to Giganews... (At home I'm limited to 6Mb/s, which is still quite good considering I'm just a regular Time Warner customer.) But anyway, that sucks about the school network. I actually kind of doubt that they only have a T1. Those were quite the bomb before the broadb...
by Hoarmurath
August 23, 2005, 2:55 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Giganews Usage
Replies: 108
Views: 51294

Winnow wrote:I've gotten used to sorting groups so that I can check for pars etc.
Yeah but I'm a lazy bastard. The only newsgroup I actually browse through is alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica.
by Hoarmurath
August 23, 2005, 11:40 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: <3 Texas
Replies: 3
Views: 524

I think this is bullshit. Not only was I deployed overseas in the military without losing my "resident" status, I lived out of state for 4 years and I never lost my residency. I think the people at that school have misinterpreted something. In fact, because I'm a Texas veteran that was dep...
by Hoarmurath
August 23, 2005, 11:22 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Giganews Usage
Replies: 108
Views: 51294

Hey Winnow, you ever use newzbin.com? It's like 50 cents every two weeks, or something like that, and I use it to download .nzb files that my newsreader automatically opens and starts downloading...

I'm wondering is Newsleecher does the same thing maybe? (I've no experience with Newsleecher)
by Hoarmurath
August 12, 2005, 4:54 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Texas to deputize violent racists
Replies: 54
Views: 7956

I just saw on the news yesterday that whites are now the minority in Texas...
by Hoarmurath
August 12, 2005, 12:20 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Texas to deputize violent racists
Replies: 54
Views: 7956

Disgusted, yes. But its texas. The normal laws of rational thought have no impact there. It is the biggest shithole of human waste on the entire planet, outside of certain hell holes in the third world. They have no grasp of reality or history there, and are proud of that. Wow, way to generalize.
by Hoarmurath
August 9, 2005, 1:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For Kyoukan
Replies: 2
Views: 543

That shit is BANANAS!
by Hoarmurath
July 31, 2005, 1:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Take away their guns, and they are still rednecks
Replies: 18
Views: 1175

Kylere wrote:The English have a history of slaughter of minorites that is unparalleled in human experience.
The U.S. has only been around a little over 200 years! Give us time! We'll show those limeys what we're made of!
by Hoarmurath
July 29, 2005, 7:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Funny flow chart
Replies: 2
Views: 1255

That's awesome! Reminds me (sort of) of this flowchart...

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