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by Testiculese
Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:36 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 3X
Replies: 97
Views: 7415

To speculate, the smokescreen would be planned obsolescence. Appliances used to be built to last 20 years. Now you're lucky to get a year out of most of them. This is by design. Software is now running with the same baton. Since it's not physical, they have to break it intentionally somehow. Develop...
by Testiculese
Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:59 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 3X
Replies: 97
Views: 7415

Spore comes with SecuROM. If that's not a reason to not buy it, I don't know what is. I had a perfectly running OS with 30-odd games installed. I'm talking nintendo emulators, Duke Nukem side scroller, Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, Doom(s), D1/2/3, Unreal 1/2, UT1/2/3, (Can you understand the sheer a...
by Testiculese
Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why does God allow Evil?
Replies: 175
Views: 10400

I'm 35. So actually, more than 20 years.
by Testiculese
Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:54 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why does God allow Evil?
Replies: 175
Views: 10400

Re:

flip wrote:"Lord I'd like to believe but I have skepticism and doubt. I would like for you to help me believe if it is that you really exist."

Give it a reasonable amount of time.
Would 20 years be considered reasonable?
by Testiculese
Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:29 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Sharing a file or folder over the net ?
Replies: 5
Views: 1537

www.rapidshare.com

Upload anything under 100mb, get a private link, email link, click link, download file.

Use Telecrossing when d/l'ing, it has 100+kb transfers, the rest are EU.
by Testiculese
Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why does God allow Evil?
Replies: 175
Views: 10400

Don't know, wasn't there. People have helped me before without a word from me. They observed, or caught clues, and were nice, helpful people. Personally, I've done the same thing as someone did for you. I don't like taking credit for doing things for others, and I would not want to embarrass the per...
by Testiculese
Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why does God allow Evil?
Replies: 175
Views: 10400

And many, many other dogs, who are just as deserving, die of starvation every day. Your story is in the far minority. Shouldn't the ratio be reversed? Obviously, some nice person cared, and helped. That's why it was on your porch. If it was a god, the food would be in your house, on your table eh? W...
by Testiculese
Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why does God allow Evil?
Replies: 175
Views: 10400

I had thought of this question when I was young, and unsure if a god, of any kind, existed. Going from observation of the world, I thought this was a pretty easy question. Supposing such a thing exists, there are one of two answers, based off the answer to \" Is god unwilling or unable?\" ...
by Testiculese
Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Raising the Driving Age
Replies: 29
Views: 1922

PA changed to 18. I support it, kids at 16 are stupid behind the wheel. They should get driver's ed, a permit, and such at 16, however, and they can practice at school and with parents for two years. The system as it stood was, you turn 16, you take a crappy little test (that apparently only 1 out o...
by Testiculese
Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 3X
Replies: 97
Views: 7415

It's not a calculated risk, it's lunacy. The game was cracked before it was released. Every game that has been released has been cracked either before release or by the weekend. Why is it that the people who crack it get to enjoy the game at it's fullest, while people who buy it get harassed, shut o...
by Testiculese
Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:34 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: A Star is Born
Replies: 16
Views: 1413

World of threats and dangers? Apparently she's not clued in that we are creating them...
by Testiculese
Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:59 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Labor Day!
Replies: 10
Views: 975

I spent Thursday 'till Monday out in the woods on the quad. Put over 200 miles on the trails.
by Testiculese
Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:44 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: A new hope...
Replies: 22
Views: 2303

Youtube is such garbage. I couldn't watch the clip because it's so slow...and when I paused it to let it buffer, it doesn't buffer.
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:13 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Good monitor?
Replies: 12
Views: 1555

zipzoomfly is ok.
butterflyphoto is good too

I've purchased from both.
by Testiculese
Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Military Wants Your Thoughts
Replies: 14
Views: 1123

A lot of people, if not most people, think in pictures, not words. I wonder how effective it will be...
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic:
Replies: 24
Views: 2163

Then don't, otherwise, you would be saying that Sharia laws are acceptable in our framework of government.
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:07 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Existential Agnostic Solipsist
Replies: 35
Views: 3206

I find it absolutely impossible that the 'reality' that most people see actually exists. They don't see reality at all, they are most definitely in their own little dream world.
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:01 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic:
Replies: 24
Views: 2163

It should be, Jeff.

If I were on that show, I'd ask \"Why does God continue to allow this idiot airtime?\"
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:00 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: NBC is Nuts (Olympics Opening)
Replies: 13
Views: 1107

Well if you were to be executed for missing a beat, you'd have a fake smile too!
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:55 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic:
Replies: 24
Views: 2163

Total hogwash. Anne Graham is a moron. Newsflash: THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY. When is this going to sink in? The Bible does not belong in schools or the government. PERIOD. Neither does the Koran, the Gold plates (or whatever the Mormons fairy tale is). None of it belongs in the State. This foo...
by Testiculese
Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:21 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Good monitor?
Replies: 12
Views: 1555

Samsung and Viewsonic. Those are the best of the established companies, and have had a long history of quality. I have three Samsungs and two Viewsonics, and I wouldn't recommend anything else for that price range. Warning: If you go widescreen, you are going to hate the 1440x900 rez. It's awfully l...
by Testiculese
Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:19 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: NBC is Nuts (Olympics Opening)
Replies: 13
Views: 1107

Wow, the arrogance of NBC is appalling.
by Testiculese
Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Paris Hilton for President? EEEEEEEEEK!
Replies: 19
Views: 1574

No, I meant it is an addition to his sentence, not a correction of it. Add the two together and you'd then be correct.
by Testiculese
Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:48 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Paris Hilton for President? EEEEEEEEEK!
Replies: 19
Views: 1574

That's an addition, not a correction.
by Testiculese
Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:16 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What to do with the ol' Mountain Bike?
Replies: 11
Views: 1491

Save it for the missus/offspring? Otherwise, you did upgrade...sell it.
by Testiculese
Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:05 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Saturday We All Die
Replies: 36
Views: 3198

Good, I don't feel like dealing with my new project next week.
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:04 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sin
Replies: 41
Views: 2803

Oh yes, forgot about that one, Spooks. I never use the term, so it's inference slipped by. It's inaccurate at it's base, as that is slang, the proper wording would be to criticize, condescend, demean, humiliate, etc.. someone. That still does not make 'fun' a sin. It is irrational. And illogical. Re...
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:47 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Do soon-to-be-fathers go through a 'nesting phase' ?
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

That sounds like mere preparation. You sure won't have the time afterwards!

When I get ready for potential dating, I do the same thing. I just painted every room in my house, for instance... :)
by Testiculese
Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:36 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sin
Replies: 41
Views: 2803

Thanks, Dakatsu, I couldn't find the reference...I call all the religious texts \"the bible\" so nailing them down (pardon the pun) is difficult. Spooks, you seem to have a very skewed sense of the word religion. Religion is a practice of irrationality. Drinking a cup of coffee every morni...
by Testiculese
Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sin
Replies: 41
Views: 2803

Wierd, I am full of peace. This is only broken when having to deal with religion and NJ drivers. I also like the word sin. Means a lot of fun. Some of that fun is watching the religious get all Springer about it, even though it impacts on their life not a speck. (Did you know the blessed book states...
by Testiculese
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:59 pm
Forum: The DBB Marketplace
Topic: The Worlds most Secure USB Flash Drive
Replies: 4
Views: 13061

I would be interested. I don't really like the software, PC-based encryption setups where you have to have the software installed on all the machines. A hardware solution such as this would be a much better option. The cap looks like it doesn't snap on in some way. Every cap on my OCZ drives have be...
by Testiculese
Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:43 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Link only but not for faint of heart.
Replies: 8
Views: 1137

Why don't people hear voices that tell them to do things other than murder and wanton destruction? \"[whoops... .net censored] on the salad bar at Wendy's\"
by Testiculese
Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:49 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Funny tasting ice
Replies: 9
Views: 1277

A box of baking soda in the freezer kills funny tasting ice.
by Testiculese
Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Good Deal?
Replies: 7
Views: 1120

The Acer's contrast is garbage. 700:1 is piss-poor by 2005 standards.
by Testiculese
Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:35 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: I came back! but... (Some rant)
Replies: 7
Views: 1894

Every game degenerates to cater to the lowest common denominator...and for D3 that is Subway Dancer.
by Testiculese
Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:34 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Funny tasting ice
Replies: 9
Views: 1277

I don't use ice. I forgot the recipe.
by Testiculese
Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:32 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What is something a human could do...
Replies: 12
Views: 1508

Draw on the case
disassembly
by Testiculese
Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Favorite Lan Memories
Replies: 38
Views: 7453

Most disappointing is that you didn't smack that lightning-bolt beard off Sandmann :D
by Testiculese
Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:04 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: wife needs a laptop
Replies: 14
Views: 1933

But before you do that, make sure the laptop has XP drivers available. New models are spotty with this.
by Testiculese
Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The Dark Knight
Replies: 30
Views: 2956

I might go to the theatre to see this one. I'll wait until the last day so I don't have to deal with the crowd.

Or I'll buy that new TV I've been looking at and thumb my nose at the theatre yet again.

oh wait, there's an IMAX near me...