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by De Rigueur
Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:36 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Problem with SATA drive
Replies: 15
Views: 1584

fwiw, I got the replacement drive today. It spins up and bios detects it.
by De Rigueur
Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:18 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Problem with SATA drive
Replies: 15
Views: 1584

It could be that all my sata connections are bad. I don't have another sata device or sata capable machine so I can't test that theory.
by De Rigueur
Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:27 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Problem with SATA drive
Replies: 15
Views: 1584

I used a volt meter to see that power is getting to the drive. Tried plugging the data cable into different sata ports on the board. Used the 'detect' function on all the sata slots in the bios. The drive's still not spinning. I guess it's doa.
by De Rigueur
Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:08 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Problem with SATA drive
Replies: 15
Views: 1584

Problem with SATA drive

I got a new seagate sata hard drive and connected it, but it doesn't seem to be spinning (and it's not being detected in bios). Tried 2 power cables and 2 data cables.

Is it a bad drive or am I missing something?
by De Rigueur
Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Musician's Help and Opinions Needed
Replies: 6
Views: 746

Those M-audio buds were probably designed with a neutral, flat frequency response to be used in systems with a separate monitor mix. If you only want to hear yourself well enough to sing on key, what I do is stick an earplug into one ear. I'm not really a vocalist, but on the rare occasions that I s...
by De Rigueur
Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:52 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: English is hard
Replies: 22
Views: 1725

Reminds me of the children's poem, Three rodents with defective vision.
by De Rigueur
Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:55 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Greetings, people of Uplink.

Are we still on schedule for a Sunday launch?
by De Rigueur
Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What your favorite Modern FPS game?
Replies: 35
Views: 2327

Re:

Kyouryuu wrote:Another recent FPS I liked was Prey. Aside from arguably having the best graphics of any of the Doom 3 engine games, it had a neat plot that didn't take itself too seriously. The parts with Art Bell on the radio were awesome.
I liked it, too. Good voice acting.
by De Rigueur
Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religions of Peace (or murder?)
Replies: 26
Views: 1776

Re:

I am attempting to appeal to ethical intuition here Dependence on intuitions is not without its difficulties. One is a lack of consensus about which intuitions to follow. Also, I think intuitions are, to a large degree, culturally conditioned and so there is a danger of setting up culture (instead ...
by De Rigueur
Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:51 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religions of Peace (or murder?)
Replies: 26
Views: 1776

Re:

Both religions have the same metaethical theory, that is, that the good is what God commands. The sort of objection you raise can be applied to any ethical system based on authority and I believe it is ultimately question-begging. The objector begins with the hypothesis that the good (or more accur...
by De Rigueur
Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religions of Peace (or murder?)
Replies: 26
Views: 1776

Re:

Krom wrote: It has little or nothing to do with religion and is instead a problem with society and humans in general.
Preach it, Krom! I agree.
by De Rigueur
Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:39 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I think I now know Jesus.
Replies: 27
Views: 2071

Re:

[Discussing the "in it for the reward" motivation]... it's a common misperception, even among Christians themselves. I would almost say " especially among Christians". It's amazing how many churches I've been to where the message is solely about getting oneself to heaven or avoi...
by De Rigueur
Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:41 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Re:

psionik wrote:Lets just say that we have taken steps to end the constant promise of updates and no delivery.
When I try to view the CD page, I get a pop-up asking for User Name and Password.
by De Rigueur
Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:35 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I think I now know Jesus.
Replies: 27
Views: 2071

I, too, find in Jesus an inspiring example of noble self-sacrifice. Imitating that aspect of Jesus' teaching is a virtue worth cultivating. I do think, however, that the debate about whether the ends justify the means is a problem for ethics in general, not just ethics based on religion. As for the ...
by De Rigueur
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:52 am
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Re:

psionik wrote:Major update coming soon.
Congrats for making progress!
by De Rigueur
Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:34 am
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Re:

HighOctane_Jared wrote:The site was temporarily down, try it again.
Thanks
by De Rigueur
Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:57 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Is the uplinkstudios website down? Will it come back?
by De Rigueur
Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:40 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Apple Safari browser for Windows
Replies: 16
Views: 2007

Re:

Mobius wrote:Disclaimer: I'm sitting on the end of a 10Mb/s fibre-to-the-premises which connects straight to Internet backbone.
Well, I'm sitting at the end of a 41.2 Kbps dial-up connection. :D
by De Rigueur
Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:38 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Apple Safari browser for Windows
Replies: 16
Views: 2007

Apple Safari browser for Windows

Anyone use this?
I thought I'd give it a try just to snub Microsoft.
by De Rigueur
Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:25 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Weight Lifting and Belly Fat
Replies: 28
Views: 1810

Maybe try 'long walks on the beach' with your gf. :) I do weights regularly and you can keep your heart rate up if you don't rest much between sets. Another thing, if you do it enough to increase the size of you chest, shoulders and lats, your belly will be proportionately smaller. I've also heard t...
by De Rigueur
Thu May 31, 2007 9:44 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Spam Wars
Replies: 6
Views: 777

Somebody said this before:

\"In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their p*nises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship\"
by De Rigueur
Thu May 31, 2007 8:31 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Spam Wars
Replies: 6
Views: 777

Spam Wars

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070531/D8PFBJ3G0.html SEATTLE (AP) - A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail. Robert Alan Solowa...
by De Rigueur
Fri May 18, 2007 7:12 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What's your fave old film...(movie)?
Replies: 38
Views: 2446

Re:

Jon the Great wrote:Without a Clue (1988)

All time favorite movie. Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes and Ben Kingsley as Watson.
In a similar vein,
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)

John Cleese play Holmes.

One of my favorites is Chariots of Fire.
by De Rigueur
Tue May 01, 2007 8:41 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Theistic Evolution
Replies: 66
Views: 4473

Re:

I think you have arrived at the crux of the issue: denying the existence of the Transcendent eventually leads to nihilism. For me personally however, I don't feel compelled to make that denial. Introducing more deities to attribute purpose to life is no more useful than introducing more people to a...
by De Rigueur
Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Theistic Evolution
Replies: 66
Views: 4473

Re:

What was the point? Nothing, except our life here on Earth is as pointless as that star system. It makes no difference what books you read because the end will be played out the same. I may be depressed today, Mobius isn't that far off. :wink: Bettina I think you have arrived at the crux of the iss...
by De Rigueur
Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:49 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Good news for Vista-phobes
Replies: 5
Views: 942

Good news for Vista-phobes

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070419/D8OJVLTO0.html SEATTLE (AP) - Back by popular demand: Windows XP. PC maker Dell Inc. (DELL) (DELL) said on its Web site Thursday it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (MSFT)'s older operating system and Windows Vista whe...
by De Rigueur
Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:35 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Processor replacement
Replies: 12
Views: 1010

Don't need to reinstall windows if you just replace the processor.
What kind of proc do you have?
by De Rigueur
Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:28 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: What Happened?
Replies: 13
Views: 8078

I can access the uplink site, if that's what you're referring to.
by De Rigueur
Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:50 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Family
Replies: 14
Views: 1335

Re: Family

I've come to the conclusion that I need to voice my feelings to my parents about how they treated me while I was growing up. I would like to know if anyone has gone through something like this and how they did it, if it went well and if you felt better afterwards. I know someone (an adult, married ...
by De Rigueur
Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic:
Replies: 7
Views: 1039

Coincidentally, Jesus asked that question in Matthew 21 28\"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' 29\" 'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30\"Then the father went to...
by De Rigueur
Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:36 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Good deal, psionik!
by De Rigueur
Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bad endings to Good movies
Replies: 45
Views: 3396

I never liked the ending to Dead Poets Society.
by De Rigueur
Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:03 am
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

Re:

Big Flopy Donky Dic wrote:so when does this come out ? :-D
A lot of people want to know this. The official release date is "TBA".
by De Rigueur
Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:31 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Need help!
Replies: 24
Views: 1464

My understanding is that the Jewish Sabbath is from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown.

Keep her resume on file for a day shift opening.
by De Rigueur
Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:47 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: number of posts per page
Replies: 10
Views: 2451

number of posts per page

I'm on dial-up and it can take minutes to load a page in a thread because there are so many posts/page.

Is there any way to lower the number of posts per page to improve loading times?
by De Rigueur
Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: If God is loving, why is there so much pain in His creation?
Replies: 77
Views: 7271

Re:

But am I not right at least insofar that you do believe in some things about God without slack (nevermind which things)? I don't claim certainty about any of my beliefs concerning God, if that's what you mean by 'without slack.' I'm aware that I could be fundamentally mistaken about my conception o...
by De Rigueur
Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: If God is loving, why is there so much pain in His creation?
Replies: 77
Views: 7271

Re:

Due to limitations of the human intellect, I'd say that the class of unprovable beliefs is large -- including metaphysical, ethical and aesthetic beliefs. Religious rationalizations are as good as any other kind of rationalization. We aren't talking about proofs. What you quoted was actually my res...
by De Rigueur
Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: If God is loving, why is there so much pain in His creation?
Replies: 77
Views: 7271

Re:

*insert religious rationalization for dogmatic, emotional unprovable belief here* Due to limitations of the human intellect, I'd say that the class of unprovable beliefs is large -- including metaphysical, ethical and aesthetic beliefs. Religious rationalizations are as good as any other kind of ra...
by De Rigueur
Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:48 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: New Core Decision website
Replies: 442
Views: 88474

FWIW, I'm sure most people here are rooting for y'all to succeed. Please keep that in mind. :) BTW, I don't know what the deal is with Mobius. He hasn't always been like this. I remember years ago he and I and others were posting on the Aquanox forums and the Zero-G Marines forums begging the develo...
by De Rigueur
Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:01 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: If God is loving, why is there so much pain in His creation?
Replies: 77
Views: 7271

Re:

why God made wills' corruption inheritable. THAT one I can't answer. Charles Williams speaks about co-inherence, "a universal interdependence of all people and things within a mystical God or 'the Divine.'", and this concept seems to make sense to a lot of people, but I was always too lef...