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Off Topic / Can't Think of an Argumentative Topic

« on: November 18, 2011, 10:01:20 AM »

hello all
I need to choose and research a topic for Monday. The topic has to be persuasive (I have to persuade something in it). I've been searching for a week straight now and nothing sparks my interest. It has to be something not overly used though (e.g the death penalty, smoking).

Please help me! :C

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Games / Poleriders - Two Player Game by Foddy.net

« on: November 18, 2011, 04:12:05 AM »

http://www.foddy.net/PoleRiders.html

From the makers of qwop and girp comes a two player game where you must use bendy pole jump sticks to hit a ball to the other side. Your opponent is trying to hit it the other way.

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Off Topic / Where was the 'opinions' topic?

« on: November 17, 2011, 02:41:40 PM »

You know that topic called Opinions: blablablah? Where the question changed every once and a while? Does anyone have a link to that cause I need it but can't find it by searching :c
thanks in advance!

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Off Topic / Feeling Down - Need Happiness

« on: November 13, 2011, 03:02:01 PM »

hi
im feeling a bit sad :c
I'm having thoughts about death and I miss my parents.
Do you guys have any funny videos/things for me to watch, I've already watched like the entire cinemassacre libary and like all the good cyanide and happiness videos.
Please, I really need cheering up. Thank you, c:

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Off Topic / The Official Blockland Christmas Thread - Christmas!

« on: November 07, 2011, 12:32:12 PM »

That's right folks, it's the Blockland Christmas thread.


Freeze, what are you thinking? It's only November the 7th, why are you making a Christmas thread now?

Yes yes, I know, a christmas thread in November? Think of it this way: It's only six and a half weeks away. November is when snow starts to come and 'Santa' starts 'making' presents. There is no other holidays (unless you have a religion and something special comes up) in between now and christmas. this is the time when people start thinking about what they want for christmas and just generally getting into that christmas mood! :D

Christmas is about presents, family, food, snow and happiness. The Christians believe it was the birth of Jesus which is why some people and schools put on 'nativities' where the re-enact what they think happened. A lot of other people just celebrate it as a holiday when 'santa' comes in the night with presents. Then enjoy a lovely full feast of food as lunch.


My nana (granny) and aunty are coming over for christmas for me. :D
Does anyone know any good vegetarian christmas dishes, I've not eaten meat in a while and want to keep it going, it'll be hard at christmas lunch but I'll keep going! :c

My wishlist:
New Computer
Valve & Dark Horse Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam Powered Stories
A £5 laser pen :D

And if anyone could be so kind so gift me portal 2 over steam it'd be nice. :D

Anyone got snow yet?


/Discuss snow, christmas, presents and everything like such!

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Off Topic / Charity Talk

« on: November 01, 2011, 03:14:28 PM »

Okay so first of all: This post will probably make me sound like a real richard but it's not what it seems. I still think charity is a great thing and I still donate to it like a good man would. I just feel I need to say this or it will come out badly in public.

Onto the story: Today we had a 'talk', an assembly of some sort. For this we miss PE again (which isn't THAT bad 'cause we are doing gymnastics right now but I'd still rather being doing it than sitting in a warm gym hall). The talk was about a charity that helps kids with disabilities. Some women came in and talked to us about them. About what they do and how it helps. About how we were all wanted to go on a sponsored walk for it. Now this is all good and well but this went on for about FIFTY MINUTES. Five or ten of those minutes we watched a dvd about all the kids and what they had to say. What I really think is HORRIBLE is that they take pictures of all the kids and put it on the wall, the ones who pass away they put a butterfly/dragonfly on their photo. Let's just think about that for a second, they are putting dead children's photos on the wall. I just think that A. That must be horrible for the parents and B. I think it's very sad. While they were all talking there was also this consistent buzzing noise coming from the speakers which nobody bothered to try and fix. The seats were also very uncomfortable.

Basically I had to sit through a boring uncomfortable talk about charity which I'm pretty sure NOBODY enjoyed. It makes a more negative impression than it makes a positive one. This isn't what charity should be about! It is supposed to be about giving and happiness. Not giving an excuse to make all of us bored to death. I know for a fact everyone would have gone on the walk and donated if they had just given out a letter. Partly because it's for charity and partly because it's probably going to be fun. It would have saved so much time and happiness. I don't think that schools and representatives understand that nobody wants to sit through a boring talk that doesn't help AT ALL.

So now I'm going on a long walk on November the 30th and hoping to get at least £20 for the charity. Maybe £30 if I'm lucky. Why couldn't they have just sent out a note explaining it? Why?

Discuss long, boring and useless talks.

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Off Topic / Meat: Help :c

« on: October 16, 2011, 12:16:14 PM »

Recently I've started to feel bad when I eat meat. I keep thinking it was once a living thing. It tastes so good though. I don't want to not eat meat because I love it but I feel bad. Help me! ;(

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Off Topic / iPod Touch - Restoring Photo's from Camera Roll?

« on: October 13, 2011, 01:09:48 PM »

Heyo.
Recently I tried to update to iOS 5. As you may know this includes deleting everything and then re-downloading it from a backup. I have a back-up but about 1/4 through re-downloading the back-up it stops and gives me either error 1 or -1. I now have iOS 5 but with none of my app data or photos. The app data I don't mind as much but I NEED my photos. I still have the back-up from when I had them so basically, how do I manually restore my iPod from that (older, because the iPod automatically took another one when I first synced my apps) back-up?
I've also just realized that the back-up was taken in iOS 4.3.3 and my iPod is now on iOS 5 so is that a problem? I shouldn't think so because that's the back-up that the update tried to use when restoring my iPod for iOS 5.
Help me, I need my photos. :C

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Off Topic / AMD Radeon 6670 v.s Nvidia GeForce GT 440

« on: October 10, 2011, 06:11:30 AM »

Sorry for making so many topics but I need a tincy bit more advice.
Basically, which is a better graphics card?
The AMD Radeon 6670 or the Nvidia GeForce GT 440?
Thanks in advance! :)

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Off Topic / Is This a Good Gaming Computer? Mark II

« on: October 09, 2011, 08:03:28 AM »

NEW TOPIC:
Alright so I've decided to create a new purpose to this topic.
Is this a good gaming computer?
Any adjustments that won't raise my budget at all. My friend says to get intel and nvidia but I cannot afford it, plus I like AMD anyway. :D

Specs:
CASE: Azza Orion Gaming Mid-Tower Case with See-Thru Side Panel (Silver with Blue Lightning)
CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 850 Black Edition Quad-Core
Cooling Fan: Asetek 510LC / Xtremegear Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator (Asetek CPU Water Cooling)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (780L) Chipset DDR3 Socket AM3+ Micro-ATX w/ 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, 1 PCIe X16, 1 PCIe X1, & 2 PCI
MEMORY: 4GB (2x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: AMD Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR3 16X PCIe Video Card
VIDEO CARD 2: None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics
Video Card 3: None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics
Dedicated PhysX Card: None
Power Supply Upgrade: 500 Watts Power Supplies (CoolerMaster Elite 500watt Gaming Power Supply)
Hard Drive: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache HDD (Single Hard Drive)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer DVD±RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology [+12] (Silver Color)
LCD Monitor: 19" TFT Active Matrix LCD Display (BenQ G925HDA 19" 5MS, 1366X768, D-sub, Black LCD Wide Monitor)
Keyboard: Logitec USB Keyboard (Black)
External Wireless Network Adapter: NONE
Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card:
USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

And I already have a USB mouse. Do I need a wireless adapter?

OLD TOPIC:


Help With New Computer Mark II
Hello all.
Some of you may remember me talking about getting a new computer here.
Ethan found me a nice custom system. The problem is the link doesn't work anymore and I can't seem to re-find the correct parts. I need your guy's help to re-find it. If there are any improvements to be made I'll happily accept them as well (like if something's price has dropped and I can upgrade a part or something). Remember I'm getting it for christmas so if a part is on sale use the normal price when adding it up.
I think the total once I upped the PSU by a bit came around to £518.
Thank's in advance! :D

And yes I tried PM-ing Ethan but he doesn't want to reply. :c

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Off Topic / A Screenshot Can Do Things - Tech Demo

« on: September 30, 2011, 04:48:03 PM »

I don't know if there was a topic on this before because this IS about 12 days old but I just think this is the most amazing thing.

A Screenshot Can Do Things - Tech Demo

It's worth the watch, trust me.
Everyone is saying this should be in Portal 3 (I just want it in some game of some sort).

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Off Topic / I Need a Hobby

« on: September 25, 2011, 10:56:24 AM »

I need a hobby guys. D:
Recently I've been feeling a bit empty and I think I need a hobby.
I want something I can do alone and something that doesn't cost much.
Something time consuming, that I can do whenever I want.
Everywhere I look it's the same stuff, sports, walking, reading, clubs. :(
I amn't sporty or clubby and I already read and walk. Help me please!? D:
Suggestions go!

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Drama / Trogtor - Constant Jokes

« on: September 24, 2011, 12:17:10 PM »

First off: THIS IS NOT A HATE THREAD TO TROGTOR. HE IS AN OKAY GUY. THIS IS JUST POINTING OUT SOME ASPECTS THAT ARE RECENTLY ANNOYING.

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Trogtor, an okay guy. The problem is he makes way to many jokes and thinks he is the funniest guy in the world. I would post quotes but there are too many just look at his latest posts and you'll see what I mean. I think this is getting out of hand and just plain annoying.

Also, I know he made a topic to say negative things but that isn't really a serious topic. This topic is serious.

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Off Topic / 10000 Posts

« on: September 24, 2011, 11:40:33 AM »

So I just noticed I now have 10000 posts.

Am I cool now?

Also:
Since this will probably end up happening anyway...

...Post your post count! lol

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Off Topic / Doctor Who Thread - Spoilers

« on: September 24, 2011, 10:28:15 AM »

Info

Doctor Who is a British television show (that is now airing more in America). It features a time and space travelling hero with the species of a timelord who goes by the name of 'The Doctor' or just 'Doctor'. This timelord when dying has a feature to change his appearance and 'regenerate' (allowing a different actor to take the role), though if in the process he his shot or killed in some other way he will die forever. His race was killed long ago in a timewar, a giant war between the timelords and the Daleks, the Doctor's most feared enemy. Even though the Doctor was a rouge timelord he still misses his counterparts. He travels in a bigger on the inside police box named 'The TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space)'. Normally he has one or two companions (ranging from a human, to an alien, to a talking tin dog) with him who eventually die or leave. The show started in 1963 and ended in 1989. It was when revived in 2005. So far the show has had 11 Doctors and the current Doctor is played by Matt Smith.



From left to right all the Doctors. The new show featured the bottom three.

Series 6 Episode Guide

The Impossible Astronaut
Day of the Moon
The Curse of the Black Spot
The Doctor's Wife
The Rebel Flesh
The Almost People
A Good Man Goes to War
Let's Kill Riddler
Night Terrors
The Girl Who Waited
The God Complex
Closing Time
The Wedding of River Song


The show has a series of normally 13, sometimes 14 airing on BBC or BBC America on Saturday Nights.