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Massaging them with a stylus is all I did. There weren't as many as I made it seem, anyway.

Well, they were actually stuck and I've managed to unstick the majority of them, so all is well again. I still have one on my main monitor that won't come unstuck, but it is in kind of a redundant portion of the screen so I don't think it matters too much. It would be nice if I did get it to turn on again, but not essential.

They aren't even two weeks old. :V I have terrible luck with monitors. All that has lasted of mine is my 17" LCD from 2005 or so. My last widescreen died also.

Having to send my two back because of 3 dead pixels on one and two whole lines of them on the other. What a disappointment, ASUS. I thought they were supposed to be a reliable brand. I shall be asking for a refund because I certainly do not want another pair of them.

Anything off Meshuggah's Catch Thirtythree. Hint: the drums are programmed.

Who else had a lonely Christmas here? ;A; On another note, I'm going to finish up Minami-ke completely soon. I'm unfortunately in the minority about Okawari; i.e., I really liked it and thought it was a vast improvement over the first season. Other than that, I've just been playing VNs and grazing bullets.

I usually set the sample rate to 44100Hz.

I think you're ripping in Apple Lossless. Try setting it to 320kbps MP3 or the highest quality VBR MP3 setting. Unless you're really acute and know what you're listening for, you won't be able to tell the difference between high-quality MP3 and lossless. You'd also need sensitive headphones and probably an amplifier. Not to mention lossless formats are meant for archiving and not for listening.

Oh man. 4 glasses of cheap wine later... Merry Christmas.

Picture as promised! I like them a lot - nice and sharp and brilliant contrast. Couldn't have asked for better for the price.

I have bad acne on my back and shoulders, but it's starting to die down a little now. I hardly ever get any on my face apart from under my hairline. It doesn't really bother me too much.

Okay guys, cool it down a bit. No need to argue over who had the worst school life. -- I don't avoid talking to unattractive people. Actually, I don't avoid talking to anyone. I'm not terribly social, (and by that, I mean I prefer to be on my own and I find myself at a loss for something to say in groups of more than four people) but I'm not going to avoid talking to someone because I deem them to be "unattractive." In fact, that's a really shallow way of thinking. You could be passing up an opportunity to meet a great person just because they're fat, have acne, or any other things that you deem make a person "unattractive." I won't say I've never judged a book by its cover, but it's always fairer to judge after you've read it.

I posted this in the movie thread, but I didn't really want to go too in-depth there (and not to mention, it's far more suitable for this thread anyway): 5 Centimeters per Second. Wow; just... wow. I was not prepared for it at all. Actually, it completely destroyed every expectation I had of it within ten minutes. I was expecting some kind of awful tragedy for easy tears, but no... I was captivated by it. I found the first episode to be particularly painful (I could relate to that kind of nervous waiting all too well) and I'll have to admit to tearing up a couple of times. It was almost too much in some places. The second episode... well, it's almost impossible not to be able to relate to that sort of situation. It wasn't quite as painful as the first, but still, it was incredibly touching and beautiful. The depiction of the scenery of Tanegashima was superb, and the skies were just completely stunning and added to the incredible atmosphere that this movie has. The whole e-mails thing was pretty depressing, too... I really can't think of anything to describe this movie well enough; you need to experience it if you haven't. I didn't like the third episode quite as much, mainly due to it being so short. It almost felt unresolved and it was hard to keep up with, but I figured out what was going on eventually. I liked the ending of this episode very much, though. I'm checking out other Makoto Shinkai works now, such as "The Place Promised in Our Early Days," "Hoshi no Koe," "She and Her Cat," and so on.

I've ordered two 1080p displays as my Christmas present. Hugely looking forward to using them as it's going to be a massive step up from 1280*1024. What I ordered; I'll take pics when I get them and set them up.

Martyr's album "Feeding the Abscess."

And by the time I'm 18, I'll look about 30. It happens with people with red hair in their genetics. Or maybe everyone just looks exceptionally old these days. Who knows.

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Why would anyone buy Skullcandy in the first place? Absolutely terrible headphones. Yes, they'll sound "amazing" over your iPod earphones, but overall they are a waste of money when you can find something that is a lot better in the sound and build quality department for a fraction of the cost of Skullcandy headphones. I agree with sbrideau about Philips. I've had two low-end sets and they were very good, especially for what I paid. I'm going to buy some AKG K240 Mk. II headphones soon, because my Sennheisers are starting to wear out now. If you want in-ears, you can't go wrong with Sennheiser CX300 IEMs. I've had a set of those for two years now and I would fully recommend them to anyone.

I'm just taking a dig at RATM because I hate them with the very core of my being.

It's amazing how many people overlook the fact that RATM is signed to Sony Records. So much for down with the man.

Sigur Rós - [Popplagið]

They could've picked a band that's actually good.

I'll suggest Eluvium: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pULmu86AXaY[/yt] [yt] [/yt] [yt] [/yt] Probably not quite what you're looking for, but he is the best ambient artist in my opinion.

For me: - Drivers - Wireless drivers - Antivirus (avast!) - Browser (Firefox) - IRC client (mIRC + nbs-irc) - IM clients - Network meter (NetMeter) - Media players, codecs (foobar2000, Combined Community Codec Pack, Media Player Classic Homecinema, CoreAVC) - Various other software (uTorrent, Speedfan, etc)