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Off Topic / Re: WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS v21

« on: February 26, 2013, 01:37:09 AM »

If they are comparing them to League and COD both of them are a huge step up right away from those games.

People who act like this piss me off.

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Off Topic / Re: The Rec. Drug Thread - FAQ, Q&A, and general information.

« on: February 26, 2013, 01:35:18 AM »

Is it like, "trashy" if I ask a guy who I know smokes weed to smoke with me
Like I kind of like him but idk if that would make me look really stupid to him or something and he'd be turned off. Eek help!

Why would it look trashy? Unless you plan on mooching everything off of him there's nothing wrong with it.

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Off Topic / Re: A Fruit That Cures All Arthritis - Just Don't Eat it Wrong!

« on: February 26, 2013, 12:23:05 AM »

I'll take my insulin for diabetes over any "natural" remedy.

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Off Topic / Re: The Computer Megathread V2 - Don't make a new thread, post help questions here!

« on: February 25, 2013, 11:25:21 PM »

its a single gpu, so what? wouldn't you be going for performance, not "being cool for using a single gpu"? Or am I missing something?

That a single gpu scales better. A 690 is pretty much sli and might not run as good on some games. Anyone buying a gtx titan is probably considering buying a second titan.

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Off Topic / Re: The Computer Megathread V2 - Don't make a new thread, post help questions here!

« on: February 25, 2013, 11:13:07 PM »

just got this power supply; real happy

and one more thing - why would someone choose a gtx titan over a 690 when they are the same price? isn't the 690 faster

Because the titan is a single gpu. Also anyone buying either really doesn't give a stuff about price.

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Off Topic / Re: WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS v21

« on: February 25, 2013, 11:07:25 PM »

"woew u ply anyfin otr tan contr strak sors or dot 2 lol NERD ---_________    ---"

I have no idea what you're saying. But if  you only play dota 2 or source you are a nerd.

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Off Topic / Re: A Fruit That Cures All Arthritis - Just Don't Eat it Wrong!

« on: February 25, 2013, 10:33:03 PM »

drug companies cant make money off natural things. if everyone knew that 90% of what people buy prescription meds for can be grown in their backyward, there wouldnt be money to make.

Do you honestly believe in every conspiracy you spout off here?

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Off Topic / Re: The Computer Megathread V2 - Don't make a new thread, post help questions here!

« on: February 25, 2013, 10:17:26 PM »

Why would a major computer hardware manufacturer be offering a high school kid a full scholarship and a job. It's also funny that you're saying you moved up from building computers at some computer store to working at MSI.

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Off Topic / Re: The Computer Megathread V2 - Don't make a new thread, post help questions here!

« on: February 25, 2013, 10:13:15 PM »

@Elecro

I was going to tell you this via Steam but seeing as you didn't accept my request, I'll do it here.

A computer is not something you can 'make do' with, as each and every part has its own individual purpose, and cheaping out on a single one will cause your entire new machine to run at the same performance level as before.

You don't like to hear, and I much less like saying it, but save your money.  You will be a lot happier with a machine you acquire 6 months down the road collecting the money you find/earn rather than making some horrible impulse purchase.  Please just trust me on this as I'm only trying to help you.


On the note of the actual topic, after working at my current workplace for around 4 months as the lead in building custom machines, I was fired due to a new person buying the franchise I actually worked in and wanting to clean the place out.

However, I've been offered a career at MSI that has a very nice starting pay and they will pay for my schooling to get a bachelors degree in computer technology.

Just thought I'd let you all know what you're learning here in this topic can and will contribute to the rest of your life.

I think you might be a chronic liar

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Off Topic / Re: A Fruit That Cures All Arthritis - Just Don't Eat it Wrong!

« on: February 25, 2013, 10:05:06 PM »

Well I'm sure at least some natural therapies are effective, you just need to prove that they are. However, many natural therapies have been proven to be ineffective (But usually safe). I can point out some pretty big systematic reviews of clinical studies for some specific examples if you want.

It's not just a coincidence that the FDA doesn't tend to approve things that are natural (pulled right out of the ground, minimally processed, etc). However, it's not because they're trying to hide the real cures or anything. It's because the methodology for ensuring how much of one type of drug exists in a pill of a fixed mass requires a lot of chemical processing. Additionally, a lot of these natural medicines vary significantly in chemical composition. For example, in one systematic review I looked at for an anti-insomnia treatment with Valerian root, there were 4 or 5 different ways that manufacturers created the final product, which would skew data if you indiscriminately selected different medicines to be taken by the experimental cohort.

The difficulty here is that the FDA looks for medicines whose effect on the body can be explained in physiological terms using chemistry and modern science. When you know a drug is effective but you can't explain why, it makes it incredibly difficult to sham-control a treatment in a clinical study because you don't know what the effective step is.

Oh also, I forgot to mention that it's not illegal to advertise effects for treatments that haven't been approved by the FDA. You'll just have to place a disclaimer on your website or on your TV commercials..

You know why natural medicine doesn't really exist anymore? Anything that actually worked became real medicine.

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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.

« on: February 25, 2013, 10:03:57 PM »

the black card? More like the yellow card, amirite guis.

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Off Topic / Re: The Computer Megathread V2 - Don't make a new thread, post help questions here!

« on: February 25, 2013, 05:09:12 PM »

a bottleneck affects performance ...

Don't even bother, nothing gets through to him.

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Off Topic / Re: If money wasnt a problem, what job would you do?

« on: February 25, 2013, 02:58:05 PM »

Professional Breather
$500 a week!

That would still be a stuffty life. 24k a year is awful, though I guess I could get another job to do along with breathing.

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Off Topic / Re: Anonymous Blockland Survey: What is your favorite type of cheese?

« on: February 25, 2013, 02:57:05 PM »

well ur dum

Oh and believe me if I could stomach other cheeses I would eat them as well, it's just that they disgust me.

You disgust me.

I used to not like cheese, and still don't really like it by itself. Melt it and stuff it gets so much better.

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Off Topic / Re: Anonymous Blockland Survey: What is your favorite type of cheese?

« on: February 25, 2013, 02:42:56 PM »

I don't really like cheese so I only really eat American and Mozzarrella.Anyone who thinks American isn't a cheese is an idiot.

Seriously how is it not a cheese?

It's pretty much the same thing as cheese whiz. It's nothing like real cheese. It's blasphemous and disgusting.