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Nah I bought a set of N adapters for use with it. I moved my router a bit today though and that seemed to make at least a little bit of difference.

My favourite PC was the first one I ever built at 11 years old. Pentium III, 128MB RAM, 40GB Maxtor IDE HDD, Radeon 9000 and some old AsRock motherboard. I even managed to get XP running well on it. The thing lasted about two years until one day the CPU just finally gave in. I don't have it anymore - most of the other parts have been swapped out into quick builds for the rest of my family. I had a PC before that, but it was really a nasty piece of work. We got it in 1999, and it struggled to run Windows 98 even back then.

I used to use a N adapter with a G router (backwards compatible). Worked absolutely fine, but obviously no improvement. Wireless will affect your speed depending on how far away you are from the router. For example, when I used to use wireless in my bedroom, my speeds were 1/10 of what they were supposed to be, and my ping kept [bleep]ing up to ridiculous levels (and that was with an excellent signal!) If you're going to be fairly close to your router, you should be fine and the difference would be negligable. Another thing you may wish to consider is the susceptibility to interference; but you can switch channels until you find one that doesn't conflict with other wireless devices in your house. Another thing to note: I didn't notice any improvement with wireless-N. I switched out my faithful Belkin for a Netgear DGN2000, and the wireless clients in my house have stated that they've noticed no difference over the wireless-G router. It could be because it's a Netgear, but there's something to think about. Wireless is useful sometimes, though. Just not if you're at the other end of a big house.

Hell, lots of people on here probably have trouble interacting with people in general. It's easy to strip yourself of that though. I did it in a couple of months.

I thought that these laws were supposed to prevent proper child pornography; not extend into the realm of art. I fail to understand why there need be such a fuss over loli manga or anything of the related ilk. Am I missing something here? Somebody tell me if I am, but I sure don't think so. "Victims need not exist". BS. They're fictional characters. From what I know of people into this sort of thing, it becomes clear that fictional characters aren't hurting anybody. The United Kingdom passed a similar law recently, and I myself and several of my fellow anime/manga fans are absolutely incensed. This not only applies to lolicon, but come on. How many anime characters look under 18? A [bleep]ing lot. A five year old getting raped is disturbing, but we can't damn well convict people on the grounds that they saw something disturbing. Get into the real world. Oh yeah, that appears to be in section 18 of the US Code, section on child pornography must make people feel real secure.

^ If that's the case, then I'm not very manly. (I don't get so many of those anymore) My cold still hasn't eased up. I feel dreadful, and I think I'm going to go and lie down for a bit.

With great power comes great responsibility, and it seems as though the human race has one fundamental flaw: when one is given power, the sense of responsibility seems to become lost. We all understand that power corrupts. However, the human race has a desire to be in charge and stand above the rest. Power is essentially the root of all evil, but it's a double-edged sword, really - I don't think I really need to explain my reasoning of why I feel this way. In an ideal world, power would be equally shared amongst all; but this simply cannot work because of human greed. However, a powerless society is completely unfathomable. If there were to be nobody superior to the rest of us, we would simply end up even more miserable.

Yeah, I get you. It honestly does take a while for the feeling of them no longer being there to finally seem real. I lost my granddad 9 years ago, and it still seems as if he was here yesterday. However, the best thing you can do for yourself right now is to not get worked up - if you do, you'll end up getting crazily delusional about the whole prospect of your loss. In situations like these, it's always best to try and keep as level-headed as you possibly can. Don't cry too much, and certainly don't become mopish: remember your friend in a fond light, but carry on with your daily life at the same time. All the best.

Gone off rap already?

SilverSword admitting to liking all of Dream Theater's albums... never thought I'd see tha-- wait a sec! I think I also blame maudlin of the Well's 'Part the Second' for re-igniting my love for prog metal. Which I must add is better than every DT album ever. Also, I need to add that I'm almost delusionally feverish, and am on a maximum dose of painkillers right now. Yeah.

One Step More and You Die, or Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined. All their albums are excellent though. Get One Step More and You Die for sure though. I once read a good analogy of it, "public transport in musical form". Can't say whether I agree or not, but regardless, it does feel like a 'journey'. maudlin of the Well - The Blue Ghost/Shedding Qlipoth

Dunno probably a 6 or a 7

Whoa, I was acting like such an [wagon] earlier on. Disregard all of that crap. Here's my opinion: Every moment of it was brilliant. They said they were going to combine all their previous efforts at epics together, and boy, has it paid off. This album made me love Dream Theater again. "The Best of Times" is my favourite track, and I really like "The Count of Tuscany" too. The other tracks are great too, but they didn't speak to me in the same way that those two did. "Wither" grew on me after a minute or so. I thought that one was pretty meh at first, but then it turned into a classic Dream Theater ballad. I love Dream Theater's ballads. All in all, a VERY strong album, and probably one of the best they've ever put out! (it's hard for me to say that, because I love all of their albums). I'd rank it somewhere in between Scenes From a Memory and A Change of Seasons. 8/10. I'm definitely buying the collector's edition.

I have a cold. I feel like crap. Been years since I've had a cold so I'd forgotten how rotten it feels. And what's worse is that it's summer, so I'm aching and feverish in the heat. F*cking brilliant.

Hey this is the same guy who posted that thread about making friends. Here is my advice again: quit RuneScape.

Asobi Seksu - Mizu Asobi

That's probably my favourite from the new album. Track #5 - Sunshower This might be my album of the year for 2009. It's pretty close between this and maudlin of the Well's new release, Part the Second; but I think this one takes it because it's just so blissful and dreamy. It's like I'm listening to Slowdive, but more upbeat and outgoing than that. Hush is strong and bold, but timid and shy at the same time. There's a mini-review for you.

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (including Mirrors)

Great band. Dream Theater - Pull Me Under In light of their new album, (which, after my little rant, was a LOT better than I expected) I'm listening to some of my DT CDs that I bought a year or so ago when I wanted to start buying music.

Took the words out of my mouth. Green Day is a band that's raking in the cash anyway, and if people can't buy their CD at Wal-Mart, they'll simply go to another store to buy it. This is childish; they're still acting like arrogant teens when every member of that band must be at least 30. I guess some people just don't grow out of that silly rebellious ideology.

Wait till they bite you... Well, yeah. But things like that don't really terrify me. It's just the concept of a spindly, fast-moving house spider that really creeps me out.

Tool - Lateralus I used to write this band off a lot. Honestly though, Maynard is a brilliant frontman and the band compose some solid material. They're not quite as deep and meaningful as some of their devotees like to make out (in my opinion), but that doesn't stop them from writing and playing great alternative rock songs.

Realistically large spiders get me. I'm talking large house spiders and stuff, not those [bleep]ers you see in Australia. I simply laugh at those.

[bleep] YES. ANOTHER GORGUTS FAN. And yeah, I think Clouded is the best song on the album too. It's almost doom metal in a way. Also, the lyrics to the whole album are absolutely fantastic. Some of the best metal lyrics I've ever read. Opeth - The Moor

Chicken soup is pretty cool, and so are kievs, but more for the garlic sauce. Otherwise, I'm not too keen on chicken (and meat in general).