Thaconos
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Yeah, I'm in the Nepean area, very close to the experimental farm. I've lived here for a couple years now, and am really enjoying living in the city.
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Man, that sounds like a lot of fun! If it's not too expensive, I'd love to join in!
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1) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2) Elite Beat Agents/Ouendan!
3) Doom II
4) Sonic Rush
5) Sonic The Hedgehog 2
6) World of Warcraft
7) Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
8) Sonic Riders
9) Prince of Persia Trilogy
10)Phantasy Star Universe (Mainly for the online mode)
One game that I am really looking forward is Sonic and the Secret Rings for the Wii. I also want Twilight Princess, but for me, Sonic comes before Zelda
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I'm in Temple of the Winds right now, and so far there is only one thing that is really bugging me.
Semi-Spoiler.
In WFR, Richard has a tracer cloud linked to him from Darken Rahl. And in TotW, Nathan has one placed on him by Zedd. Zedd says the link makes him weary, and wishes to unlink it, but in order to replace it, he needs physical contact.
My question is, how did Darken Rahl get the tracer cloud placed on Richard without touching him?
Darken Rahl didn't put the tracer cloud on Richard, he put it on the tooth that George gave him. The tooth was from a beast that Darken Rahl had conjured and then sent to watch over the Book of Counted Shadows. Once Darken found out that the book was stolen, and that a tooth was missing from the creature, he traced his magic, which lead him to George. When he found out that George didn't have either item, that they were given to his son, he placed the tracer cloud on the tooth to keep an eye on where Richard was.
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Well, here comes my first message on these forums.
If you are moving to Linux, the suggestion will vary from how comfortable are you with computers, software, typing commands in consoles (welcome to any Linux).
I myself came from Redhat to Fedora (1-3), but for the last 2 years I've been sitting on Gentoo Linux, and find it to be the best distro. However, it is best for me and my needs. Who am I? A college dude, coding all day, every day, I need good decent tools that don't crash on me while I'm coding my project.
I need nice configurations for development tools (KDevelop, gdb, vim, KDE apps, etc.) that work out-of-the-box, I need to stay up-to-date with all packages on my system. I need distro that has all configuration files at my fingertips, good and thought out layout of those config files (and Linux relies on text config files as if it's its blood).I was looking at Gentoo not too long ago, and I think I just might get that one. One reason is that I really like to code stuff, so I also need good tools that don't crash. And the other reason is that it'd be faster for me to download (As I'm only on crappy dial-up
)Also if youre serious about learning linux then I would recommend against dual booting, at least for the first month. If you have windows installed then youll probably be tempted to go back to it every time you cant get something to work, rather than learning how to use linux properly. Diving in at the deep-end is often the best way to learn something new.I was thinking the same thing at first, and if I get that book that skap35 mentioned earlier, it might not be such a bad idea... I'll consider both options while I wait for either the Gentoo download to finish (Which will take about a week >_<), of Fedora Core to arrive by mail, whichever I decide
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World of Warcraft
Server: Azjol-Nerub
Horde side
Nick: Taurenatorr
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Okay, I'll definitely give it a shot then.40GB should be more than enough. What I do is give most of my hard drive to Windows. I then configure Linux to read the Windows partition, so I can still access all my files from both operating systems.Based on this description I'm guessing you use Internet Explorer? Windows is only part of this sort of problem. IE is the other part. If you switch to a better browser like Firefox that should reduce the amount of viruses. Of course, switching all out to Linux is even better since most viruses/popups/trojans target Windows specifically.FireFox is my preferred browser, but I do use IE sometimes as well
Alrighty, I pick it up. Thanks for the tipAlso Thaconos, it might be a good idea to pick up a Linux book so you don't jump into this completely blind. My personal favorite is UNIX: The Complete Reference.
Here's a few tips that I've found useful:1. Try Mcaffee Virusscan rather than Norton.
2. Always have Windows firewall up before connecting to the internet, especially after reinstall.
3. Do not install fire-sharing programs.
4. Do not install any program you don't have to. Anything downloaded free from the internet is likely to include spyware. Judging from a person's computer I had to deal with, porn sites are especially guilty of taking over your computer. Basically, you should be wary of ever clicking "Yes" to install anything unless you know what it is and where it came from.
5. Try the Firefox or Opera browsers. I use Opera, which is getting very good lately.
Thanks for the advice. I follow most of those already. I always have the Windows firewall up, and I almost never agree to those install pop-ups. And like I said earlier in the post, I mostly use FF. I don't browse porn sites, but I do download free software sometimes, but I always try make sure that spyware is not hidden in it. But I still get infected...
But as for the McAfee, I won't be getting that now, as I'm short on money at the moment.
Thanks for all your input everyone
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The Dual-booting sounds like a good idea, but I only have a 40 GB hard drive, with 512 MB of RAM, so I don't know if it will slow down my computer. Fedora Core does seem to be the best one, so I'll try it and find out.
One of my main problem with Windows is that it's really easy to hack... I keep getting Viruses, Trojans, Spyware, Adware, and all that wonderful stuff. Windows always seems to make their OS easier to use, but in return they worry less about security.
I use Norton Anti-Virus, and Ad-Aware as protectors, but I still get infections. They're not all that hard to remove, but it's still annoying. And from what I've read from various sites, Linux Distros seem to be much more secure.
Another problem I have is that in the last two months, I've have to reformat three times, because Windows didn't want to boot anymore. I have no idea why either... It’s pretty frustrating
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Lately I have been thinking about switching to a Linux Distro. Windows has been causing me no end of trouble lately, and I'm getting really tired of it. Also, I want to learn something new.
I was wondering if anybody here has any experiance with Linux, and which Distro is the best one for every day use (Browsing the web, email, etc), and which is the most secure. Thanks in advance.
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This is me, taken not even two hours ago, at my Nana's Christmas Eve Party
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I have to agree that FotF is by far the best of the series, for all the reasons already explained. Although, I have yet to read Chainfire, but I hope to get that soon. And I can't wait for the release of Phatom
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I named my dog Gratch, from The Sword of Truth series
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1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Nietzsche (97%)
3. David Hume (83%)
4. Aristotle (75%)
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (74%)
6. Thomas Hobbes (72%)
7. Spinoza (66%)
8. Plato (65%)
9. Stoics (65%)
10. Prescriptivism (64%)
11. Cynics (62%)
12. Epicureans (62%)
13. Aquinas (59%)
14. John Stuart Mill (56%)
15. Kant (56%)
16. Jeremy Bentham (46%)
17. Ockham (43%)
18. St. Augustine (43%)
19. Nel Noddings (17%)
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My favourite games right now are:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Any Sonic game
Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst
Phantasy Star Online Episode 3: C.A.R.D. Revolution
DooM 2
Dune 2000
Currently, I am waiting for the release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion... But I'll probably have to buy a Xbox 360, because as of right now I don't think my computer could handle it.
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Vash accepts guilt for many things which are not his fault.
Vash tries to avoid hurting (let alone killing) even the most evil people.
These are not the attributes of an Objectivist.
Also he is hyper-excitable and just bizarre.
May contain spoilers
Near the beginning of the series, I would agree with you. But I think near the end he comes to realize some of his mistakes. He doesn't accept as much guilt as he did before. He also makes the right decision when he kills Legato before Legato can kill Meryl and Milly.
And personally, I don't think there is anything wrong with being a little bizarre
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Actually, the dragon was always Scarlet. Near the end of WFR, Richard askes Scalet if she had ever flown Darken into Westland before the boundry went down, and she replied that she had, once to Micheal's house, and once to George's place.
Darken needed Carl to get to the underworld, he did not use him to fly overland
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So, to answer the ORIGINAL question, I just discovered a real Objectivist band this morning. I went to an art center last night, to look for a guitarist for my band, and I found a demo CD of this band called SelfMadeSoul. It had three songs on it;"I am what I believe" (which is very uplifting song about being/doing what ever you put your MIND to), "Nightwalk" (Kind of a ballad, nice but nothing too interesting), and "The New Ethic" (A Clear Objectivist Song, hard rock, Avril Lavigne style, using Rand's "Warrant and Sanction" quote directly. All in all pretty good, and I'm going to see about checking out more of their music. If anyone is interested, check out SelfMadeSoul.
I just finished downloading those three songs by SelfMadeSoul, and this band is now one of my favorites. "The New Ethic" is the best of the three, I think. I'm going to be buying the CD from the site very soon
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Hello. I am 17 years old, and I'm pretty new to Objectivism, but I love what I've learned of it. I was introduced to Objectivism through Terry Goodkind's The Sword of Truth Series. I've read Anthem, and I am currently reading Atlas Shrugged. I'm only on page 194, but it's a really great book so far. I hope I'll be able to post here often.
Anyway, it's great to be here, and I hope I'll learn alot. Thanks!
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