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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Bring Back the Apocalypse I don't think listening to avant-prog/rock in opposition is a good idea when ill.

You have quite a nice taste in metal. Sigh - Messiahplan

Finally, someone else who knows about Warning! They were one of the best metal discoveries I've made.

Opeth - Beneath the Mire

I usually just use my desktop, and I've been reading that PCI cards are generally a much better solution for desktop wireless use. I'm not too bothered about the link speed of the card because I don't seem to hit above 135Mbps on my home network. The simplest solution would be to use an ethernet cable... but that's not really possible when you have 4 other people who want to connect to the Internet in a large house! Oh, I forgot to mention that my router is a Netgear DGN2000, if this helps any.

My USB wireless adapter seems to show signs that it is on its way out. It's a Tenda W311U, which uses the Ralink 2870 chip. It doesn't handle much throughput before lagging me out either, so I think it's time to get a new one. I'm leaning more towards a PCI card, but here is my problem: everyone seems to have a different opinion about each card, and I'm not well-versed enough in networking equipment to make a concrete decision. I'm looking for a draft-N wireless PCI card, preferably under £50. Suggestions for USB adapters are welcomed if you've had experience with them. I've had pretty rough times with Netgear stuff in the past, but I have no idea if they've changed or not nowadays. Recommend away. Thanks. e: I found this one, which has 4 positive reviews and a really great price tag. I'm still open to suggestions if anyone knows anything better, though. Also, this one. I've heard that D-Link is a pretty good brand too.

Uh emo is a genre of music, kiddo. Since when did bands have to have something in common to belong to the same genre? Here's a handy example for you. Both of these bands are labelled as "progressive metal:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v50wkoofl-4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNFCR0fhuLE Which one is more "progressive" is subject to personal opinion, although I find them both to be equally progressive for different reasons. However, they sound completely different yet belong to the same subgenre of heavy metal; your point is hereby moot.

If you like Master of Reality by Black Sabbath, check out Electric Wizard and to a lesser extent, Church of Misery. A lot of this 'stoner doom' is garbage and almost an insult to doom metal, but those two bands really stood out to me amongst the slew of copycats. Hell, if you like Black Sabbath in general, you need to check out Reverend Bizarre, Candlemass, Warning and Lord Vicar. I don't really listen to 'pure' heavy metal at all; I find it pretty bland and uninspiring. However, when you slow it down... it becomes a whole new level of awesome.

Picked up Gorod's Process of a New Decline, Cult of Luna's Eternal Kingdom and Gojira's From Mars to Sirius today. I meant to get them a while ago.

I've not really found a decent 'pure' heavy metal band in the past twenty years apart from 3 Inches of Blood, a band that is okay at very best.

VLC should play anything you want straight up. I use CCCP (a collection of filters but notably containing the ffdshow video decoder) and Media Player Classic Homecinema with the CoreAVC H.264 decoder.

Solefald - When the Moon Is On the Wave

Not to sound like a snob, but emo in its truest form actually has a lot of relation to the punk, more specifically hardcore movement - listen to Husker Du, Rites of Spring, I Hate Myself, and Sunny Day Real Estate (to a lesser extent). Zierro already said it.

Not so much full songs, but I've had sections of riffing from Gojira's Oroborous and Yama's Messengers stuck in my head. I never, ever seem to get 'catchy' pop stuck in my head; however, I can seem to memorise sections of complex riffs and drum patterns just fine. I don't know what's up there.

Warning - Bridges ;_;

Using 3.7a1pre here and I've yet to encounter a single stability issue. Can't vouch for 3.6 but I would assume it is pretty stable.

I ran avast! for many years before recently installing Avira Antivir. It's pretty decent.

It really depends on how long it takes your router to assign an IP, if you're using the DHCP method versus static (where you input your connection information into your adapter's settings manually).

You "can't" really do it - there is going to be downtime even if you switch networks. If you had the security key for the second network, it would most probably connect automatically.

I kind of want to be an English Second Language teacher, either working here or abroad. I would have to improve my Japanese a lot and get over my fear of school, though. It's probably more than feasible in the long-term.

What is it with you kids and "hating the mainstream" when the music you listen to is mainstream?

There are still plenty of reasons to use XP over 7, at least for me - a lot of my Japanese-language applications have poor support for builds of Windows over 2600. This is, of course, not a problem with Windows 7 but a problem that stems from the atrocious state of software development in Japan. They have absolutely fantastic technology but they are very slow to adopt and adapt to new standards. If you've ever browsed .jp domains, you will still find a lot of sites with plain HTML code and .gif backgrounds. However, Japan is now rapidly gaining on the western world in terms of web and program development. I'm not really sure if you know what you're talking about. Laura has already said it - if it has always worked with XP, it should and most likely will always work with XP. I've never had any of my programs, not even the specialty ones, break due to an update. Nothing broke when I upgraded to SP3 either. Anyway, yes - if you decide to install XP again, I would be more than happy to give you some help with doing so if you need it.

Yes. I also drop a lot of my letters.

You could always try moving your router a little. If my router is moved ever so slightly from where I have it, it'll weaken my wireless signal and slow my connection speed to a crawl. It's amazing how much difference moving something around slightly can make.

Coaltar of the Deepers is another band I like. The inspiration for Plastic Tree's "Platform." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pADYaKph7Uo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOBObMkwMvA&feature=related And finally this one, from their most "experimental" album, "NO THANK YOU": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ifp61aoCtA&feature=related