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fuck you bitch Then his Mom,

were fucking Microsoft,

I dont recall that happening anytime within the past ... ever? If it was going to get down to -20F, the temperature wouldn't be warm enough to begin with to even remotely cause a tornado. At MOST, the temperature would have been +30 and at that, there's simply not enough moisture in the atmosphere to make it unstable enough for a tornado. Yes, one needs a temperature change, but from 90-70 maybe, not whatever NY gets in the winter. I live right in front of Lake Ontario, so we get a lot of snow. We had a tornado watch because a warm and cold front were meeting, it was extremely humid that dat, and at the time of the watch, almost 45 degrees Fahrenheit out. It was supposed to get down to -20 during the evening after the cold front took over. And it actually only got down to about -2, with 40 mph winds. (My weather men are fucked over ) And no, the predicted "tornado" never actually happened. In facts the winds never got above 55. They died down a lot when the temperature started dropping from like 40 to 0 in about 3 hours.

I go through the homepage, take a quick glance at the news, if I see something new, and interesting I may read it. If not, I check my mod downloads and then go straight to the forums.

Can anybody recommend a good Socket 775 compatible Heatsink for cheap? (Like, under $50, or $40 is possible (my PC budget was $2,000, and I'm at probably over $2,100, but I have a hard time letting go of the really good deals I've obtained (1TB Hard Drive for $100, 64 bit Vista for $100, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT for $150, etc.))) I would like it to be quiet, and do a good job cooling. The only reason I'm asking this is because I've heard that the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550's heat sink is shit, running at average over 70 degrees Celsius. Preferred Stats: Under $50 (ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OVER $55) (Under 40 is better) Under 30dBa (This is the first thing I'd drop if unable to find anything, noise is not a big priority for me. And not like over 30 would be loud anyway.....) Can Keep the CPU under 55 Celsius during a 3.0GHz overclock and under heavy load. (From 2.83) Compatible with my Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor (Socket LGA775) and this motherboard (ATX Form Factor): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128358 Blue LED's would be sweet..... Adjustable Fan Speed (Turn it up under heavy gaming, down under web surfing, etc.) From Newegg, and Free Shipping, otherwise keep price under $35.

Would these two things work properly together and fit in a 5.25" Drive Bay? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...0Media%20Reader http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811993006 And if they're not, can someone please direct me to an External Multi-Media Reader, or a compatible 3.5" to 5.25" Drive Bay Adapter?

Will it modify or erase ANY previous data?

When my computer doesn't work.... Such as: Failing to boot up at all. (Crashing after IDE Detection, Crashing during CPU/ Memory Detection, Crashing during Windows Boot, etc.) Failing to pass the POST due to an overclock. Failing to initialize half my programs 9/10 of the times I boot. Crashes to due to a bad overclock after successful boot. Just plain sucks because it's old, outdated, etc. And there's a couple other things that have happened too, but these happen the most often.

EDIT: When you install Ubuntu, and you partition, does it erase ANY old data? (I'm trying to dual boot, XP installed first)

How old are the majority of people on this site? Who's oldest, and who's youngest I wonder.....

Well, theoretically, if everything went perfectly by the rules, non-Christian's wouldn't be able to get married either. Personally, I'm a reformed Christian, so I think it's OK, unless there's a couple that comes into a church and openly starts talking about how God is not real, or about how he's evil, or if they've done many evil things, then that's really just not right. And Christianity is more of a faith, than a religion.

Zone Alarm is a great firewall, no problems, catches everything. And I don't have MSN...... My System Tray Icons were: (left to right) RightMark CPU Clock Utility (3 Icons) Windows Desktop Search Registry Mechanic VIA Raid Tool Spybot SD Resident Shield AIM (Signed Off) AVG 7.5 Quick Time Zone Alarm Sound Control Windows XP Update Alert

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Man, my computer fucking sucks, an old AMD Athlon 1.8 Gig, 64Meg Video Card, 1 DVD Drive, etc., and it has a 450W PSU. But that's also probably because we had someone build it for us. (Not Dell, HP, etc.) Why the 5400 rpm HDD and low speed DVD Burner? P.S., that processor is almost exactly the same one I am going to get. (2.83 GHz, not 2.66, all else is same)

No, what I mean is, as long as the developers and researchers are determined to squeeze a lot of horsepower in a processor, such fast processing speeds are possible. And we're getting there, the RoadRunner runs at over 1.2 PLOPS (1200 Quadrillion FLOPS)

Limits are human's way of making you think you shouldn't reach higher than they do. Yeah, like in 1985 when they said it would be physically impossible to have a CPU run at over 33 MHz.

Mainly right now, I jsut want to see it more like real life. Like, there are no schools, and only 1 church in GTA4. And the planes don't land or take off. I want to see more of a sims game, with more real life features, interior to every building, etc. And another big thing, I WANT TO SEE FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT. AND THIS TIME MANY KINDS. Like a skimmer, army jet, etc. And maybe you can even jack jumbojets from the airport.

Though Micro SD Cards can only hold like 8GB right now, I heard that possibly within the next decade those will be up in the hundreds of gigabytes range. But then what do we do? The theoretical limit for one of those is one terabyte. So what would happen after we get technology as high as it can do in a hundred years or so....

Oopsee, I bumped a topic over a month old...... But, my current PC has: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz, Single Core, 200 FSB, 512k Cache) 64 MB UniChromeII Onboard Graphics Sound Blaster somethin' old 512MB DDR RAM @ 200 MHz 10/100 Internet DVD-RAM + DVD-ROM Dual Drives Gigabyte K8M800-8237 Motherboard 6 USB Ports PS/2 Keyboard, 4 year old laser USB Mouse CRT 14" Monitor from 1999, currently at 1280x1024, 60 fps, 32 bit color 5W 2.0 Speakers Canon MP530 Printer 450W Power Supply 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive (51.1 GB Used) Windows XP Home Edition SP3 Long Story Short, It fucking sucks But, I will soon have: Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM Video Card: PNY VCG981024GXEB GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail RAM: (2 SETS TOTALING 8GB) OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM And an 80GB IDE 7200RPM Hard Drive (In My Current Computer) Optical Drive #1: LG Black 6X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 6X Blu-ray DVD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner 6X Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD-DVD-ROM Drive Model GGW-H20LK - OEM Optical Drive #2: LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - Retail Multi-Media Reader: Koutech IO-FPM220 3.5" Floppy Drive & Multi Card Reader Front Panel - Retail Monitor: SAMSUNG 2433BW High Glossy Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 20000:1(1000:1) - Retail CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 200W RMS 2.1 Speaker System

Yeah, I'm going to have 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 1066 RAM

How well does Vista's 32-bit emulator work?

I'm not buying until this summer. Will Windows 7 be out by then? (Official, not beta) If it's not, should I get XP, like now, or should I get Vista? I absolutely LOVE XP, but i've heard many good and many bad things about Vista. But I'm tempted to not get XP, as it's almost 10 years old. Do keep in mind that either way, I'll be going 64-bit. So please compare the 64-bit versions, not the 32-bit.

Fuck yeah, I've been a Pats fan since I was 4. My Dad likes the Giants and my home team is actually the Bills, but they suck.

And you know what's a bit ironic, is that I have onboard video, but no onboard sound. An actual sound card.