OldJoe

What's your graphics card?

Yes it will work. More and more programs become multi-threaded which is good. But you can't compare it to a single core cpu since those that are single core isn't as good as one core of a Phenom or i5 quad.

Just search on the tube if you want to see it. I watched the game until the 35th min (had to do the dishes+shovelling away snow+shop some beer). But the tackle isn't sinister in anyway, of course nobody aims to break another persons leg... But [cabbage] happens. And if you watch footage you'll see Shawcross has tears coming from him. Hopefully this won't destroy Ramseye's career. But he'll be out for a long time. I remember when i was 11 or 12 and played football during a match and my leg went to hell. I broke it in the area of the ankle and had the plaster on for about 8 weeks i think (don't remember). Altho i can still feel a twitchy nerve or something from it, if you touch in a certain area i get this weird "electric impulse" lol. Tomorrow: League cup final, really nice. I hope Villa grabs it. Then later, will miss a bit of it, Hamburg - Bayern. It's nice that Eurosport airs Bundesliga. Hopefully Berg will play. And when Bayern played Fiorentina some days ago, i almost lost my 25 i betted on the game lol. Thanks crap ref for saving my bet in the 87th min with an offside-goal hehe.

Then i'm catching up with you. I'm a bit weird since i'm very conservative and very liberal in certain areas. If we take weird sentences, weed. I don't know how many times i've read people getting sentenced to prison for a couple of weeks or months for possession of x grams of cannabis. And (as mentioned earlier) the scenario with Piratebay. But of course, that's do with that those companies have pretty well paid lobby groups and lawyers.

Exactly. That's why I never understood "two wrongs don't make a right". They do, because they discourage immoral actions from happening. The problem with this train of thought is that it tends towards acting vengfully and not in a just a manner. If society is to discourage and decry certain acts/behaviours it would be hypocritical and counter-productive to treat just do away with peoples rights like this. A sentence should reflect the severity of the crime, a lesser crime should warrant a lesser sentence that is blaringly obvious but at the same time you have to consider what sort of punishment is most effective - in certain crimes community service is more effective (as is short sentences in some cases). This may not sit well with many people and there may occasionally be errors but a judge is there not just to punish a perpetrator but to pass a sentence that will benefit society in the long run. Having long and severe automatic sentences often doesn't work as a deterant for crimes, especially ones that involve spur of the moment decisions and crimes of passion (I think we;ve had this conversation before). What is also interesting is that so many people call for tougher sentences for criminals regardless of the crime but these are often the same people who would go mad if their taxes were raised to fund the extra prisons to pay for these things. Too often people want revenge rather than justice in the legal system and that just doesn't help, it doesn't I want tougher sentences and lower taxes =) Altho i live in an extremely socialised country. But let's take this: My country leads the number of reported rapes in Europe per capita ( http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/flest-valdtakter-i-sverige-1.853118 +use translation tool). Obviously there's several reasons for this. People know they won't get any serious penalties unless it involves a child i.e. Read my examples above. Also take into consideration that most adults get somewhere between 0-12 months in prison for raping somebody, do you think this is a reasonable sentence? I don't. But the laws as a whole are a joke in my country. I often say this, that you get a more severe sentence when it involves economics than assault for example. Of course it depends on what country you're in and how the economic situation in the country is as a whole, but that's nothing to with raping or gang-assault one person. I also think the police in certain countries invoke different kinds of respect. I can easily say that i have more respect Russian or Brazilian cops than Swedish ones. The big factor there is, that i know those doesn't shy from using force. So yes, i think that force and sentences does play a factor in what kind of respect you have for the law.

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135250 Not the latest chipset, but the price is extremely nice. Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220468 I changed these two so you get ddr3+am3. Heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103064 Cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103652 Psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030 A little bit more expensive, but improved. (you need the heatsink since the cpu is oem) Also you might need some thermal paste, Arctic Silver 5 catches for around 5 bucks.

How many stories do you want from Sweden? We can start by saying, move here if you're a criminal. There's no sentences (basically) and the prisons are very nice, tv included on most rooms! I'll list a few: A family who's daughter got killed by a couple of other teens (victim+murderers about age 15-16), got compensation (don't know the proper word) of about 10k for her death. A girl who were refused to were this headgear... Niqab(?) in school, 14k in compensation. The Piratebay guys, the sentence was like 9-12months in prison +pay 2.8m . Two dudes raped a girl in school (during school time and they went to the same school), victim age 16, [wagon] same age. Sentence person 1: 30h of youth-community service and pay the girl 5000kr (about 500). Sentence person 2: 6 months of closed "youth care" and pay 82 000kr (about 8200). Our law book needs to be re-written for the modern age and stop this crap with "bohoo, poor person who commited the crime.... We'll just give you a slap on the hand and start with the "rehab".

[spoiler=Inside computer] [spoiler=Desk] Antec Sonata 3 500 ATI 4670 512mb, slightly oc'ed Intel [email protected] Corsair VX 550 (good warranty period+future proofing) Foxconn crap mobo Akasa 965 cpu cooler Hitaci 250gb 7200rpm 8mb cache 2 fans, one Antec and one Fractal design, both 120mm Dealtaco keyboard (i spill coffee randomly so i never buy any expensive keyboards) Saitek gm3200 mouse Logitech X530 speakers Dell (17") and Packard Bell (19") screens 3gb DDR2 ram I would want to buy some new hardware, but i lack the cash.

I can list you some drum 'n' bass if you want. Trance/techno i mostly listen to these Trancemaster albums. But maybe not so much heavy bass in those.

Stealing is a crime and should be punished. Taxes aren't but should remain on a normal level. If you don't like taxes and want to be a true liberal, then there are some countries where you pay no income tax. Taxes are there to provide certain services. Obviously, coming from the highest taxed country in the world (after Denmark pushed thru their reform a few weeks ago), i am a so called "blue" person. I.e. i want lower taxes. But to compare taxes to stealing, no i don't really follow this link as i don't think taxes are equal to stealing from my neighbours house.

Opera. Started using it a few years ago and used it since. For certain crap coded websites i use Firefox or Internet Explorer.

So i might aswell ask, still looking around or have you orderd? If you want i could drop in a couple of more price worthy coolers. I chose the Akasa because it's a good price, i have the Akasa 965 (i think, don't remember lol) and it keeps my cpu (intel [email protected] on full load around 37-40c). So for the price it's good.

Those are a bit more than 130 quid lol.

Intel produce slow cpu's aswell... =) *taliban*

Ok, that's good to know about the PSU and SATAs. TBH I just liked the look of the case, and it just came with 4 fans, none are added by me. Could you explain a little bit what you mean about the crossfire bridges. I know nothing about it besides that it's supposed to connect the 2 GPUs together. And a lot of this is my current build. The following parts are what I'm adding: Additional 4GB RAM 2nd Graphics card 2nd Hard drive 2nd disk drive New case 2nd monitor New PSU Hope that helps if you have any more advice to offer, and thanks for your help so far. Different motherboards have different spacing between the pci-e slots. The CF bridge(s) usually come along with the motherboard, if you don't got any, contact Gigabyte. And i hope you got either Vista or Win7 64 bit, otherwise the ram is pointless (or if you use a 64 bit Linux system).

Yes psu is fine. 4 sata cables. Why 4 fans? More fans doesn't mean it will be better just because it's more. A good air flow is more important. You'll need to make sure the crossfire bridges are the proper length to fit on your mobo. Is this your current setup or is this a new build? Your text is a bit confusing. If it's a new build i don't understand the choice of socket 775.

It's a good balance you got there. But alot of people seem to complain over Dell... I guess HP?

I use Comodo. I've got XP, so there isn't many settings and control over it's firewall, which is why i use a third party.

I should be more interested in the Olympics since my country does well (and has done well so far). But i just watched Anja getting bronze, which was very nice! The problem is the time, because we are +1h gmt here.

Mr Marine: I agree with you to a certain point. I'm not a fan of new cars, they drive better, safer, more fuel efficient and blablabla. But they lack the looks and soul of older cars. I like old American muscle cars, but i prefer old European cars, particularly British and Italian=) Maybe for the reason you just mentioned, curves.

Not many others in this thread lol. At the moment watching Everton - Sporting, 1 - 0 by Pienaar. It was a bit similar to what Guti did a while back. In an hour, Milan - Man U. But, they've put Lyon - Real at the same time aswell... Bit crappy.

A normal Range Rover looks much better in my opinion. And hehe, not much off-roading with that poor ground clearence.

I don't give much for psychiatrists, but that must be a joke since it's not true in most cases.

I don't care too much, but i like the fact that my country has and still is producing aircrafts. My favorite airplane of all time: [spoiler=J29 Tunnan] [spoiler=J37 Viggen] [spoiler=J35 Draken] [spoiler=Tiger Tank] [spoiler=Schwerer Gustav]

qft Sorry for not speaking more internet language than "lol", what's "qft"?