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Off Topic / Re: AlienWare or Custom built?

« on: August 03, 2010, 11:01:50 PM »

Quote from: Tom on August 03, 2010, 10:59:02 PM

He says the Alienware he wants to gets is 6k. You can get a pretty powerful PowerMac for that. Plus, Apple has customer support that's the best according to a couple of surveys.

The PowerMac in that price range has a single Radeon 5870.

The $6k Alienware has SLI GTX480s.

I imagine the difference to be something like this:

5870

SLI GTX480s.

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Off Topic / Re: The internet: good or bad?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:59:50 PM »

Quote from: *Magick* Mage on August 03, 2010, 10:54:12 PM

Oh I see.

In which case, I feel, it has effected our world in both manners equally based upon the path we were already going. And, while it has torn some cultures apart, it has grown and created new ones. It has formed new communities and new societies, while hurting others. It has a seemingly anonymous outlook, which has been used for good and bad.

Essentially, the internet changed the world. How and to what extent, no man can ever be sure. But I feel both the positive and negative have balanced each other out fairly well, though I'd be more tempted to lean to the negative side if only because of my upbringing.

Also it's really hard to directly pin changes in American/ world culture to the advent of the internet. If anything it has, like you said, taken existing societal trends and amplified them.

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Off Topic / Re: AlienWare or Custom built?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:48:12 PM »

Quote from: Tom on August 03, 2010, 10:46:46 PM

If you are going to get an overpriced computer, get a Mac. Better support, and you can install windows.

ffs.

Alienware is not overpriced. You get what you pay for.

By the way, when my friend talked about getting his alienware he said he got information as to exactly who picked and assembled the parts along with how to contact them and he said he's done so twice and they've been incredibly responsive and helpful.

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Off Topic / Re: The internet: good or bad?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:43:01 PM »

Quote from: *Magick* Mage on August 03, 2010, 10:40:35 PM

The internet is a tool, like many things within life. You can't claim it to be either "good" or "bad", in my opinion, just as you can't claim a hammer to be good or bad. Such is determined by how it is used, by what hands it is used, and how one uses what others construct within it. It is a gateway where both good and bad can pass through.

Perhaps I didn't phrase the question right. I'm not talking if the internet is fundamentally good or bad, I'm asking if you think, thusfar, if it's had an overall positive or negative impact on the world, society, cultures, etc.

Which is a perfectly fair and answerable question. Using your example I could say "Yes I think the hammer has had an overall positive impact on the world since its invention".

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Off Topic / Re: AlienWare or Custom built?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:39:46 PM »

Also if you have the dough for it, go alienware. Why not. I know a guy that's had his for two years and hasn't had a single issue with it and he can still max most current games no problem. Those things are damn solid machine if you can pay the entrance fee.

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Off Topic / Re: AlienWare or Custom built?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:36:37 PM »

I have a custom built PC and have had no issues with it. Spent $850 and there are only a handful of games that I can't quite max.

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Off Topic / Re: The internet: good or bad?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:35:38 PM »

Quote from: Roknrollwill on August 03, 2010, 10:34:54 PM

What did you expect? A straight answer?

I expected someone to not be an idiot on a thread to discuss a very serious question. I was on the fence, but now I vote no.

The internet sucks.

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Off Topic / Re: The internet: good or bad?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:34:35 PM »

Quote from: Roknrollwill on August 03, 2010, 10:34:25 PM

All of it depends.

Well no stuff.

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Off Topic / The internet: good or bad?

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:33:33 PM »

The internet is a pretty loving crazy place. There is no disputing that the internet has had a massive impact on almost every facet of our lives, but the only question is, is it a good impact or a bad one?

Both sides could easily be argued. The internet provides a cheap, easy, efficient, fast and reliable way to communicate with, for all intents and purposes, anyone that uses the internet. Sites like Wikipedia provide access to the collective knowledge of the world. The internet benefits so many facets of our lives, including communication, discussion, access to entertainment and information, and commerce. The internet allows small small business, entrepreneurs, merchants and someone just wanting to sell something to have access to a global market.

Obviously the internet has nearly innumerable benefits, but what about some of the negative side effects?

The internet and digital communication in general are directly responsible for social interaction between kids migrating from either face to face conversations or over the phone conversation, to almost exclusive texting, Facebooking, etc. The internet also has crippled our ability to have a past that we can escape. Any information we post to the internet is hard to delete in its entirety, and incriminating information may prevent you from getting a job or any other variety of consequences. When all is said and done, our generation is going to be very very different than our parent's generation or their parent's generation for the simple reason that the social and cultural landscape has been completely different as we grow up. Think about it, in 30-40 years, we're going to have a president that probably grew up saying "lol".

So. All things considered (if that's possible) do you think the world and the people that live in it is a better place because of the internet?

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Games / Re: Blockland: Let's Play [Communism poll inside]

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:14:46 PM »

Quote from: Skip on August 03, 2010, 09:13:03 PM

I absolutely love how Steam announcements are as obvious as someone coming online. I see enough of those stupid boxes down there to not even look for announcements.

I see a lot of Lizard Lounge announcements and events. I tend to tune them out too.

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