Recent content by CognitiveDissonance

Thanks, lucky I asked before buying XD I think I'll just get the exact build proposed by Stoogie, minus the sound-card which I'll get a bit later. Great info-depth by the way, Stoogie. Any idea where it's available for $250? Thanks for the motherboard tip, I'll get the gigabyte instead...

Thanks for the help guys. Awesome effort Stoogie! If I buy that exact setup from pcasegear, is it necessary to buy (/steal from my old PC) disc drives etc? So, is the sound-card required for gaming and average quality music? Or does it just boost quality?

Hi, I'm looking to build a gaming PC for $1000 Australian, but I'm not all that familiar with the latest parts / the art of building a computer. Any advice would be much appreciated. Does this look okay? HD: 1 TB Seagate RAM: 4GB DDR3 Kingston CASE: Antec 902 PSU: Corsair 650W TX GPU...

Hi. Try: The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind - first book is "Wizard's First Rule" Farseer books by Robin Hobb Cecilia Dart Thornton's novels The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks The Quickening series by Fiona Macintosh The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Enjoy :D

Steam did this survey, check their site for lots of data.

Something to do with the fact it goes from 0 - 9 ... ? How about: It can save your life in a hot situation, but when you get too close, it may vanish. What is 'it'?

There was this one time, when I was skydiving, me and my buddies were parachuting down over a tropical island. It was night time and we were all talking to each other via microphone setups when all of a sudden it was as if we were hit by a solid force. My companions started yelling and confusion...

Excellent, then we're in agreement on all points. :D

While you're right in that very few people disagree with these widely held notions, the fact that even one person does not means that there is no such thing as universal morals. While semantically it is only a short stretch, philosophically there is an enormous difference. If one person...

Well, kid. Clearly you haven't given this any thought whatsoever. Allow me to educate you in my enlightened ways. Just kidding, I'm not really /that/ much of a smug nihilistic jerk. :D Anyhow, I still have to disagree. If they were universal they would have to apply to serial killers...

Simple, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Matter can spontaneously appear from nothing in the form of the singularity which gave birth to the universe because on an infinite time scale everything is possible. :D And thank you "InconceivableTruth", very kind of you.

That comic came off in a different light to me, it seemed as if it highlighted the unwillingness or inability of those from more "practical" doctrines, to condescend to thought experiments. Despite the fact that Einstein himself used such theoretical propositions to stimulate discussion, many...

Why? If you are implying there is some kind of moral obligation not to eat human meat, how so? There is structurally no difference between eating a human steak and a cow steak. The fact that a human was once like us is completely irrelevant, in death whether you believe in a spirit or not...

Straight from http://www.cracked.com/article_18430_6-historic-acts-revenge-that-put-kill-bill-to-shame.html #4. Dante Alighieri Writes The Divine Comedy as a Literary Fuck You The Republic of Florence was long divided when it came to Pope Boniface VIII. Half the country would have gladly...

To be frank, Pimppeter2's probation for his post on page one is complete and utter bullshit. The over-militarization of these forums is extremely disappointing. I understand wanting to preserve the maturity and valuable discussion of a forum, but there is a limit. Being a stoic, emotionless...