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Off Topic / A question about months
« on: February 17, 2011, 05:30:07 PM »
So, we would say that a month from today is March 17th, 2011, right? What would someone say is a month from January 30th?

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Off Topic / I need an image
« on: February 16, 2011, 06:27:35 PM »
I need a picture of the guitar hero playing screen (where the notes would filter down) but there are no notes. It's just empty. I looked for at least a minute and decided to enlist your guys' help.

Like this one on the left, but there's just one player and there are no notes.



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Creativity / My Life in the Capital Wasteland- a Fallout 3 Fanfiction
« on: February 14, 2011, 09:54:41 PM »
This story along with three new chapters has been moved and will only be updated on fanfiction.net if you're still interested.

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Off Topic / Ski question
« on: February 05, 2011, 01:25:23 PM »
Me and my friends are going skiing tomorrow, and I need to rent skis. I don't have skiing boots and was wondering if rented skis are usually the type that have locks for ski boots or if they have the harnesses that clamp onto normal boots? Also, what is the latter called?

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Off Topic / Your name in the real world
« on: February 03, 2011, 07:03:42 PM »
I have listed all male names in a poll and your job is to select what your name is in real life.

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Off Topic / Quick iPod question
« on: February 03, 2011, 07:26:41 AM »
I sold my iPod Touch over a year ago and was thinking about buying the new generation one. As long as I use the same account that I was using before, would I be able to download all the apps and sync all the music I had previously?

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Off Topic / Serj Tankian is a Annoying Orangeet
« on: February 01, 2011, 10:03:24 PM »

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Games / Steam- declining debit card.
« on: January 22, 2011, 07:11:19 PM »
I triple checked all my billing info and have money in my account, but my debit card company is declining my card.

Any idea on what could be causing this?

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Off Topic / My 10,019th post.
« on: January 22, 2011, 06:27:11 PM »
I've been here for two and a half years and clicked the post button 10,019 times.

It's been a crazy ride, you all are great if crazy. Thanks for all the help, fun, laughs, and quickly vanishing memories you all have given me.

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Off Topic / Boston City Hall
« on: January 20, 2011, 09:24:18 PM »




Personally, this is one of my favorite buildings of all time, but this has been all over "top ten ugliest buildings ever", and I've just been reading general hatred for it on the interwebs, so I'd like to hear what you guys think.

Yeah, I like it. Really inspired a lot of my own architecture.



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Off Topic / Do you keep a journal?
« on: January 19, 2011, 11:14:34 PM »
Simple question, really. Do you keep a journal, and discuss journals in this thread.

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Off Topic / Pit and the Pendulum rap.
« on: January 19, 2011, 09:02:36 PM »
Lit teacher showed us this today after studying the Pit and the Pendulum. The funniest thing I've seen in a very long time.
I wanna find out how big the ROOM is!

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Off Topic / FCC give goahead for Comcast-NBC merger.
« on: January 18, 2011, 05:19:27 PM »
End of net neutrality? Not quite, perhaps. Read more, and if you have more info on this topic, please discuse. I'd like to know more about this.
Quote from: copypasta from AP
WASHINGTON -- The federal government on Tuesday gave Comcast, the country's largest cable company, approval to take over NBC Universal, home of the NBC television network.

Comcast is buying a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal from General Electric for $13.8 billion in cash and assets.

The Justice Department said it reached a settlement with Comcast and NBC Universal that allows the companies to proceed with the deal, subject to some conditions.
The five-member Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted 4-1 to approve the deal. Michael Copps, one of the commission's three Democrats and an opponent of media consolidation, voted against the deal.

With the transaction certain to transform the entertainment industry landscape, both the FCC and Justice Department are attaching conditions to prevent Comcast from trampling competitors once it takes control of NBC's vast media empire.

Among other things, they're requiring Comcast to make NBC programming available to competitors including rival cable companies, satellite operators and new Internet video services that could pose a threat to Comcast's core cable business. Regulators want to ensure that emerging online video platforms being developed by companies such as Netflix, Amazon.com and Apple can get the movies and TV shows they need to grow -- and potentially offer a cheaper alternative to monthly cable subscriptions.

Philadelphia-based Comcast has about 23 million cable TV subscribers and nearly 17 million Internet subscribers. It also owns a handful of cable channels, including E! Entertainment and the Golf Channel, and has a controlling interest in the Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers sports teams. Comcast's SportsNet Philadelphia channel carries Flyers, Phillies and 76ers games.

Taking over NBC will transform the company into a media powerhouse. NBC Universal owns the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks; 26 local TV stations; popular cable channels including CNBC, Bravo and Oxygen; the Universal Pictures movie studio and theme parks; and a roughly 30 stake in Hulu.com, which distributes NBC and other broadcast programming online.

The regulatory approvals establish an arbitration process to resolve disputes between Comcast and competitors who want to buy programming. They prohibits Comcast from withholding programming during negotiations -- a practice that broadcasters have been using recently to extract higher fees from cable companies.

A handful of other conditions are designed to ensure that Comcast cannot stifle the growth of the fledgling Internet video market by starving the new industry for content. One requires the company to offer its programming to legitimate Internet video providers on the same terms and conditions that it offers other pay-TV providers. Another requires the company to make comparable programming available at comparable prices to an Internet video provider that has reached an agreement to buy programming from another media company.

Yet another condition requires Comcast to continue offering an affordable, standalone broadband option for customers who want Internet access but not TV service. This condition, too, is intended help drive the growth of online video by allowing consumers to cancel their cable subscriptions without losing their Internet connections.

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Games / Just Cause 1 in 1080p.
« on: January 17, 2011, 07:25:18 PM »
Is there any way to get Just Cause 1 to run in 1080p?

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Off Topic / Another less nooby Xbox360/computers in general question.
« on: January 16, 2011, 09:18:41 PM »
This question specifically applies to consoles, but it can also apply to computers in general I suppose.

What part of the motherboard houses the most basic instructions for how the system should operate, independent of any even vaguely removable component? I'm talking about the most integral instructions.

Specifically for the 360 and consoles in general, what part would contain the OS? On a computer, it'd be the BIOS.

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