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by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 26, 2010, 9:16 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Liberals, Atheists Smarter?
Replies: 35
Views: 4553

Re: Liberals, Atheists Smarter?

Winnow wrote:Correction: Independents/Atheists smarter
I didn't know there was a checkbox marked "Liberal" on the voter registration form. Interesting.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 25, 2010, 6:40 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Mass Effect 2
Replies: 148
Views: 28931

Re: Mass Effect 2

The main story is such a big part for me in these games, I don't really understand how you can play through them multiple times - there aren't *that* many different plotlines you can follow.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 16, 2010, 3:20 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Who wants to help build a Desktop?
Replies: 11
Views: 2194

Re: Who wants to help build a Desktop?

I know you will probably use the current monitor you have but keep this in mind, much like how a stereo is only as good as it's speakers, I feel the same holds true for computers as well. You system may be kick ass but if it looks like shit on the display... Yeah, after getting out my old, giant Vi...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 15, 2010, 11:50 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Converting DVD to AVI?
Replies: 12
Views: 2840

Re: Converting DVD to AVI?

Quick and (somewhat) dirty, not the greatest quality, but it works: 1. Download and install both DVD Decrypter and AutoGK . 2. Insert your DVD. Open DVD Decrypter. 3. Choose IFO mode (Click "Mode" then select "IFO") 4. Click the "Decrypt" button. The main movie from you...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 15, 2010, 11:36 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Who wants to help build a Desktop?
Replies: 11
Views: 2194

Re: Who wants to help build a Desktop?

Following Bubba's list a bit Case I'm a huge ANTEC fanboy as far as cases go. P183 is a great one, quiet, easy to install in, great airflow and looks decent. Possibly the Sonata III as you're on a budget - it comes with a pretty good 500w psu. Motherboard / Processor This of course depends on what C...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 14, 2010, 5:25 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New machine for ~$1000
Replies: 2
Views: 1198

Re: New machine for ~$1000

http://techreport.com/articles.x/17787/4 is a good starting point.

Another good list of suggestions here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showth ... t369821733
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 12, 2010, 1:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Translation Needed
Replies: 14
Views: 4553

Re: Translation Needed

Røvhatte is the correct, literal translation. But yeah, røvbanan (røvbananer in the plural) is an actual derogatory word - although one you'd be more likely to hear in a playground or spoken ironically-hipster-pseudo-cool-like. Another good one is dickbiscuit = pikansjos (literally dick anchovy). Bu...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 11, 2010, 3:36 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama cancels moon missions
Replies: 153
Views: 35735

Re: Obama cancels moon missions

*~*stragi*~* wrote:nick: 8) sylvus: :shock: jice: :| winnow: :BIG: stragi: :vv_hyper: kilmoll: :vv_one_samuria: sylvos: :vv_pie1:

i hope this helps guys
what about me tt
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 10, 2010, 5:28 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: 2010 Oscar Nominations
Replies: 15
Views: 2235

Re: 2010 Oscar Nominations

My pic(k)s: BEST PICTURE "The Hurt Locker" possibly "Precious" if the Academy is feeling socially responsible this year or "Up in the Air" if they're feeling emotional. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE George Clooney for "Up in the Air" although Colin Firth is amazing ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 5, 2010, 9:43 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Teeth
Replies: 4
Views: 806

Re: Teeth

I know they completely revamped the Danish dentist education a few years back to focus more on a "holistic" approach. Apparently, under the old system, too many dentists were completely unaware of any dental conditions that were symptomatic of other illnesses (except the old well-establish...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 5, 2010, 9:39 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Anti-virus advice
Replies: 19
Views: 3621

Re: Anti-virus advice

I've been running ESET NOD32 / Smart Security for a while on both vista and 7, very happy with it. No hits, small footprint, daily updates.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 5, 2010, 7:01 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama cancels moon missions
Replies: 153
Views: 35735

Re: Obama cancels moon missions

blahblahblahobamablahblahobamablahblahblah It's sad. You're not even trying anymore. And you are? Why, yes, I like to think that I am. I stated my point of view on the topic earlier in this thread. And I haven't turned to XTR3M3 TROLLING or repeating "it's obama's fault" ad nauseam to get...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 3, 2010, 11:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama cancels moon missions
Replies: 153
Views: 35735

Re: Obama cancels moon missions

Winnow wrote:blahblahblahobamablahblahobamablahblahblah
It's sad. You're not even trying anymore.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 3, 2010, 9:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama cancels moon missions
Replies: 153
Views: 35735

Re: Obama cancels moon missions

How exactly is Mars better than moon? Unless they are developing some type of warp drive, then neither of them is realistically better than the other. Nothing inside our own solar system is worth exploring as options for resources. If they were working towards something that would allow travel in t...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 3, 2010, 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The TRUTH about Porcine Copulatoris!
Replies: 42
Views: 10752

Re: The TRUTH about Porcine Copulatoris!

Since we're threadnecroing anyway, does anyone have the original thread? seems to have died in a fire.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
February 3, 2010, 8:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hahahahah Fuck EQ and Veeshan
Replies: 90
Views: 23915

Re: Hahahahah Fuck EQ and Veeshan

Leonaerd wrote:the first vv thread i remember reading! :vv_bow:
noob
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 26, 2010, 7:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: VV Dying
Replies: 75
Views: 17659

Re: VV Dying

As time has passed, the things that brought us together here fade. And along with that my willingness to tolerate lame trolling and ridiculous partisan jackassery. When I click "View new posts", half of what pops up will contain such unmitigated levels of bullshit that it's a waste of my t...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 25, 2010, 3:07 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Thai Peanut Sauce
Replies: 7
Views: 3785

Re: Thai Peanut Sauce

Mine usually goes something like

dry roasted peanuts
chunky peanut butter
lime juice
grated fresh ginger
birds eye chiles
a tiny bit of honey or tamarind paste
garlic
more garlic
more chili
more ginger
more
MORE
MORE!
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 23, 2010, 8:11 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: U.S. Keeps Science Lead and is more Humane than your Country
Replies: 28
Views: 3508

Re: U.S. Keeps Science Lead and is more Humane than your Country

I like the sporting team analogy better. Sometimes I use us/we when I talk about the Eagles with friends, but I sure as hell don't think I had anything to do with their success or failures. Yes, there are cases where parents possibly have some justificable pride, and I agree the sports analogy is a...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 21, 2010, 4:14 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: U.S. Keeps Science Lead and is more Humane than your Country
Replies: 28
Views: 3508

Re: U.S. Keeps Science Lead and is more Humane than your Country

You are either the biggest troll I've ever seen, or the biggest xenophobic squirt of piss. I can't decide which. Bit o' both. Bit o' both. Yeah, being proud of your country is disgusting. Only when you're proud just because it's your country. Political debate took a real hit in the western world wh...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 10, 2010, 6:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do to retards...
Replies: 60
Views: 16179

Re: Do to retards...

Noysyrump wrote: Had 'British' english been worth bullocks, perhaps it would have allowed them to maintain world power status
What do castrated cattle have to do with anything?
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 9, 2010, 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Dude abides...What if?
Replies: 6
Views: 1716

Re: The Dude abides...What if?

Xouqoa wrote:I think I'd like to see this performed on stage.
http://www.dm-theatrics.com/
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 8, 2010, 12:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: VV Dying
Replies: 75
Views: 17659

Re: VV Dying

At no one in particular: fuk u hitler! On a serious note: Being married with a 10-month old baby will eat up a lot of your free time. I'm also working a lot harder lately (but getting compensated for it, so that's good). I check in here maybe once every 6 months, and hope all of you are well in you...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 7, 2010, 9:29 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Avatar
Replies: 100
Views: 21154

Re: Avatar

Exactly on both points. People have such obnoxiously high expectations for movies that pretty much anything is set to fail from the start. Obnoxiously high expectations? I'm sorry if I would like THE MOVIE EVENT OF THE DECADE!!!1! to be more than regurgitated pap, storywise. I'd like more than &quo...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 7, 2010, 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Dude abides...What if?
Replies: 6
Views: 1716

The Dude abides...What if?

What if The Big Lebowski was written by Shakespeare? It might look something like this: http://www.runleiarun.com/lebowski/ JACK SMOKE Thy words are hard; I must equivocate. Put up thy pen, that I may mark it eight. WALTER Nay! I do protest, and draw my sword; It shall teach thee to disobey my word....
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 7, 2010, 9:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do to retards...
Replies: 60
Views: 16179

Re: Do to retards...

seem to be spelling the word "due" as "do" - largely because they obviously pronounce a hard D and say "do to the weather the roads are closed" I think that was the point he was trying to make, guys. Changes in pronunciation happens over time, and words evolve in spell...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 6, 2010, 5:59 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Two Sci-fi movies that may interest VV
Replies: 4
Views: 937

Re: Two Sci-fi movies that may interest VV

Moon was one of my surprise movie highlights of 2009. It's such a shame it never saw theatrical release over here - an intelligent, thoughtprovoking scifi flick like that deserves it.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 6, 2010, 1:58 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Avatar
Replies: 100
Views: 21154

Re: Avatar

Exactly on both points. People have such obnoxiously high expectations for movies that pretty much anything is set to fail from the start. Obnoxiously high expectations? I'm sorry if I would like THE MOVIE EVENT OF THE DECADE!!!1! to be more than regurgitated pap, storywise. I'd like more than &quo...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 5, 2010, 9:16 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Avatar
Replies: 100
Views: 21154

Re: Avatar

The 3D isn't what this movie was all about, granted it was a nice touch. The movie was about the new technology used to create the CGI effects and the realism in the world of Pandora. That is the big deal and what is game changing about this movie, and yes, that is definitely game changing. Most of...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
January 2, 2010, 12:35 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Inglourious Basterds
Replies: 15
Views: 2705

Re: Inglourious Basterds

I really can't fathom why so many people liked this film. I was so disappointed. I had high - very high - hopes, but it fell completely flat. Christoph Waltz was the films one saving grace, and that was nowhere near enough to raise it above mediocrity. And mediocrity from Tarantino is just not good ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
December 26, 2009, 11:55 am
Forum: Christmas
Topic: LOOT.
Replies: 48
Views: 19162

Re: LOOT.

shirts, socks, cookbooks, beer, gift cert to a CSA-scheme, an awesome mauviel saute pan that I've been jonesing for for half a year, some cutlery (bringing me up to about ninety gajillion sets), a big fuckoff chinese cleaver, a bottle of Port Askaig 17 and a french rolling pin.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
December 22, 2009, 5:05 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Avatar
Replies: 100
Views: 21154

Re: Avatar

Winnow, you cannot expect every movie made to have a completely original template that the story follows. Boy meets girl, girl teaches boy, boy falls in love with girl, girls home is threatened, boy wants to save it. That is a template that works very well with viewers and makes a great movie most ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
December 20, 2009, 5:06 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: The Berlusconi-incident
Replies: 9
Views: 1476

Re: The Berlusconi-incident

I believe it's a farcical re-creation of the events leading up to his bloody nose. You should see if you can download a sense of humor from Giganews! Just made up out of the blue? Aslanna already pointed out that Chuck Norris would not be the hitman for Obama! You can't just be throwing out random ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
December 4, 2009, 7:13 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Milky Way
Replies: 11
Views: 1996

Re: Milky Way

Bubba Grizz wrote:This all makes me feel very very small. So screw dieting.
You came here for the chocolate anyway. Image
by Drolgin Steingrinder
November 27, 2009, 5:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guitar help for son's gift
Replies: 9
Views: 3115

Re: Guitar help for son's gift

Is there any real reason beyond the guitar's strings for the shape besides traditional looks? Why not go for something radically different? Plenty of reasons. The way the wood is shaped, the way the neck is connected to the body, any hollows etc, all influence tone and sustain. It's not just the di...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
November 27, 2009, 11:50 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Milky Way
Replies: 11
Views: 1996

Re: Milky Way

Eric Idle said: Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour, That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, A sun that is the source of all our power. The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see Are moving at...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
November 27, 2009, 6:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guitar help for son's gift
Replies: 9
Views: 3115

Re: Guitar help for son's gift

Don't get a Floyd Rose-style system unless you get a really good (and expensive) one. If you buy a downmarket one, you'll lose ten times as many strings, you'll go out of tune every twenty minutes and generally be fucking annoyed. The FR-licensed system on my old JPN Fender pissed me off to no end. ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
November 27, 2009, 6:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Warcraft universe 15 years!
Replies: 5
Views: 1196

Re: Warcraft universe 15 years!

That's not Furor. He said "Holy moley". That's not Furor.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
November 18, 2009, 10:19 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Deep fry fish while keeping them alive then eating
Replies: 43
Views: 6333

Re: Deep fry fish while keeping them alive then eating

Best thing to do with a lobster is putting it in the freezer for a few hours before dumping them in the pot. They go into a torpor and never wake up.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
October 27, 2009, 7:42 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 7 Pre-Orders / Deals are up.
Replies: 101
Views: 22077

Re: Windows 7 Pre-Orders / Deals are up.

Thanks Drolgin, but I got this.. Winnow, I wasnt bitching at all I was just stating what I experienced, there are some people who want to know BEFORE they buy. Yeah Drolgin! Jarori did just fine! I wasn't defending Jarori, I was just illuminating Winnow's weird mix of rabid fanboyism, trollish arro...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
October 27, 2009, 6:39 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 7 Pre-Orders / Deals are up.
Replies: 101
Views: 22077

Re: Windows 7 Pre-Orders / Deals are up.

Yea, I actually read the book/pamphlet that came with win7 and typed in essentials and dl most of thoes. Then why were you bitching about an email app? It comes with one, you just have to download it because of all the anti monopoly freaks that harass Microsoft. If Apple wasn't such a piss ant smal...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
October 22, 2009, 4:43 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 7 Pre-Orders / Deals are up.
Replies: 101
Views: 22077

Re: Windows 7 Pre-Orders / Deals are up.

For non-professional use (read: browsing, light gaming, standard office-suite type apps, some music production apps), is there any reason for me to go with Pro or Ultimate? Apparently I'm slightly screwed because I have Vista Business installed on my laptop (and in Danish, no less), so I a) can't do...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
October 4, 2009, 5:29 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Austin people, go see this band!
Replies: 0
Views: 1129

Austin people, go see this band!

Hey! A friend of mine and her band are playing a few gigs in Austin this coming week. The band is Leaving a Small Town - http://www.myspace.com/leavingasmalltown - and I know they're playing Threadgill's South on the 8th. Take a listen and see if it's something for you! There should be a few other g...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 26, 2009, 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Planning a Wedding
Replies: 55
Views: 17942

Re: Planning a Wedding

Congrats, Matt. Much happies to you and the lady.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 26, 2009, 11:37 am
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Lasagna
Replies: 13
Views: 3002

Re: Lasagna

Rough Sauce Bechamel recipe (from memory): ~ 3 tablespoons butter ~ 2 tablespoons flour (all-purpose, not the weird self-raising stuff you guys have) ~ 2 cups of milk salt pepper 1/4- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg Melt butter on low heat in a saucepan. Add flour slowly (you can use a sieve to s.prinkle...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 25, 2009, 10:33 am
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Lasagna
Replies: 13
Views: 3002

Re: Lasagna

Why go with Ricotta over a bechamel though? Bechamels are soooooooooooooooo yummy - and easy!
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 13, 2009, 8:42 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!
Replies: 247
Views: 52404

Re: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!

Xouqoa wrote:I kind of liked Davos' story. >_>
me too.