General Discussion 5

Latias fan · Aug 07, 2012 2:05 AM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

I must have missed that part.
Hey Clock-la, is your avatar from Soul Eater?

Yes it is.

Stormy · Aug 07, 2012 2:22 AM

It seems kind of strange to me to be opposed to doing something as simple as finding a source for your information. I'm not saying that you're wrong (I honestly have no idea and don't really even care), but it strikes me as saying you don't really know if what you're saying is true.

Hwd45 · Aug 07, 2012 11:24 AM

Stormy wrote:

It seems kind of strange to me to be opposed to doing something as simple as finding a source for your information. I'm not saying that you're wrong (I honestly have no idea and don't really even care), but it strikes me as saying you don't really know if what you're saying is true.

Part of the reason that I didn't get the sources was because I had learnt most of this stuff from places that I couldn't remember the source. Of course, that doesn't mean I couldn't just get a source, but the reason I didn't wasn't is still fuzzy to me, I was probably just being really lazy...

Neotyguy40 wrote:

I find it heartening that people on this forum are asking for proof. However, it's also disheartening that people on this forum are, yet again, rejecting theories just because it's called a theory.
A theory is a collection of facts based on empirical evidence to explain some sort of phenomenon. It does not mean it is wrong or right. Theories can be disproven, but they are still theories. They will never become a law. In fact, laws can be disproven as well (and have been for centuries).
Hwd did a pretty decent job of explaining the higgs mechanism and why we can't go faster than light. The issue that was left out is that we don't exactly know the exact details of how the higgs mechanism works. In fact, there isn't even a proven explanation for gravity (which isn't really useful in microphysics anyways, but should still be explained).
As for proof to back up what hwd said, here is an article on the higgs boson. And here is an article for why exactly we can't go faster than light. If you want to get to the source, however, you will need to do some more heavy reading. Here is an english translation of Einstein's Special Relativity paper.
As for the Pluto thing... It really is a horrible example. That's not science, that's linguistics when you're simply changing the definition.

I like this post big_smile
Also, thanks for getting sources, which I lazily decided not to get...

Clock-la · Aug 07, 2012 12:16 PM

Conclution to debate.

Alians will help us :3

Latias fan · Aug 07, 2012 1:16 PM

http://www.gamesradar.com/next-gen-xbox … microsoft/

And no one was really surprised. We knew we would get a new xbox and PS3 for years now.

Hwd45 · Aug 07, 2012 3:08 PM

Latias fan wrote:

http://www.gamesradar.com/next-gen-xbox … microsoft/
And no one was really surprised. We knew we would get a new xbox and PS3 for years now.

Well it's good to see that they've finally actually announced it.

Clock-la · Aug 07, 2012 11:34 PM

Just finished soul eater realy enjoyed it smile

bane dragon · Aug 07, 2012 11:38 PM

I read the manga. Heard the anime was way off towards the end.

Clock-la · Aug 07, 2012 11:44 PM

If the manga is on going then it would be tongue

bane dragon · Aug 07, 2012 11:50 PM

Well, I meant even before it actually ended. tongue I think it ended because it saw the direction the manga was going and didn't want to scare off the kids who watched it.

Clock-la · Aug 08, 2012 12:08 AM

But the anime is rated 15 tongue

bane dragon · Aug 08, 2012 12:24 AM

Yeah, but there's some twisted themes in Soul Eater (mostly dealing with the madness) later on. Plus the art style has a twist for the more abstract and...wierd. You'd have to read it. XD

Clock-la · Aug 08, 2012 10:30 AM

I see tongue still im glad eruka frog lived tongue

Latias fan · Aug 08, 2012 2:09 PM

Clock-la wrote:

Just finished soul eater realy enjoyed it

Glad to see that you liked it. Now go watch Cowboy Bebop.

Clock-la · Aug 08, 2012 8:42 PM

lolno.

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Latias fan · Aug 08, 2012 9:28 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/xbo … 28818.html

Why the *bleep* are gamers this stupid? Get something to eat! Drink! Sleep! God *bleep*...I gladly take breaks from playing games to eat and drink and I love to sleep, and I'm a huge gamer. *bleep*, people. The parents are stupid too, but the gamer even moreso.

Clock-la · Aug 08, 2012 9:45 PM

-.- how do they do that?

Edit: watching crash canyon. By lord this is awful.

Edit 2... Bord now so heres a minnie crash canyon review...

Awful boring show. Its trying WAY to hard to be family guy or simpons or amy of them type of shows, it just fails sooooo hard.

My advise for it would be to stop trying to be a seth macfallen show and just...i donno chance it into a kids show.

MaxwellTheScribblenaut · Aug 09, 2012 2:00 PM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=835_1344412426

Apparently a small plane crashed yesterday. Fortunately, no one was killed, and only minor injuries happened. WARNING: GRAPHIC!

Hwd45 · Aug 09, 2012 2:59 PM

Latias fan wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/xbo … 28818.html
Why the *bleep* are gamers this stupid? Get something to eat! Drink! Sleep! God *bleep*...I gladly take breaks from playing games to eat and drink and I love to sleep, and I'm a huge gamer. *bleep*, people. The parents are stupid too, but the gamer even moreso.

People get worried when this kind of things happens, but it's not the games that's doing it, it's the stupidity of the gamer. How on Earth could someone forget to drink?

Latias fan · Aug 10, 2012 12:17 AM

Finished KH3D, The epic events were pretty *bleep* epic, I'll give you that. Best KH game? Hard to say. It's either this or KH2, and KH2 may be in the top spot still. I'll let the game sink in as I do more side-quests and get more spirits. I let them slack the second half of the game.

Also got the secret ending and with it a secret message. The secret message?

▼Hidden text

Clock-la · Aug 10, 2012 10:31 AM

Oh boy more Kingdom hearts padding.

Latias fan · Aug 11, 2012 12:56 AM

http://www.gamespot.com/news/free-to-pl … ec-6391160

I hope to god free2play is not the future. I just really dont like the idea of microtransactioning every little thing. LoL does it fine enough IMO, even if it can be a tad pay2win (really its more so grind2win). I much rather prefer paying $60 upfront for a full complete game then getting nickel'd and dime'd all the time for a game that is probably half *bleep*ed.

Clock-la · Aug 11, 2012 10:17 AM

^ I agree. DONT WANNA PAY TO PLAY :<

Stormy · Aug 11, 2012 2:39 PM

I got a free Mac Mini from work. They were getting rid of a bunch of old ones from 2006. I have never owned a Mac before in my life, so I don't really know how to do much of anything. XD

Neotyguy40 · Aug 12, 2012 5:00 AM

Stormy wrote:

I got a free Mac Mini from work. They were getting rid of a bunch of old ones from 2006. I have never owned a Mac before in my life, so I don't really know how to do much of anything. XD

Nice catch. Macs have a *NIX operating system, so if you know anything about Linux or Unix then you'll be familiar with how the files are organized. If not then you shouldn't worry too much. Most of the folders are hidden.

They're extremely good at video or graphics editing. Adobe production software like Photoshop/Illustrator/Lightroom will run a lot better on it than on its Window's counterpart. So if you're into drawing, photography, video/audio editing, or something similar then you can set it up for these specifically and go crazy.

Office applications are pretty much the same as Windows or Linux. You still got the same MS Office applications if you use those, and the Neo Office suite is basically the OS X version of Open Office, if you're into using the free software. However, there's also Apple's proprietary iWork suite, which is basically MS Office with a 'cleaner' design (this is subjective though). It generally runs as fast as MS Office will on Windows, but if you want to share a file with Windows then you need to be certain you export it properly.

If you're a gamer then you won't have many options. Nearly every stereotype you hear about Mac on gaming is true. Steam, of course, is available, but there are not too many games that will run on it. In the case of those that do, you should make sure your computer has the required graphics card. Apple and companies like AMD and Nvidia don't really give much effort into drivers outside of graphic editing.

They're very simple to set up. In fact I would say OS X 10.6 and up are easier to set up than Windows 7 or Linux (possibly excluding Ubuntu and Fedora). The issue is that they are a little TOO easy to set up. They don't really give you many options at the start, so you'll need to go into your system preferences and change them after everything is installed. If you have an older OS version and one of the old mice they give with them, you'll even need to enable double clicking for it.

They're pretty secure as well. Most certainly not as secure as Apple will ever admit to, but much more secure than Window's fanboys will argue. All computers can get some form of malware onto them. Windows is most susceptible because it's widely used. However, OS X is also susceptible as well. Macs can definitely get Adware, Spyware, and (theoretically?) Trojans as easy as Windows can. However, they won't get Viruses or Worms unless you specifically install them (or there's a rootkit installed).

I don't really know what else to say. They hold their price better than any other computer by nearly a factor of 3, so you may be able to sell it for a few hundred (yes, even an old 2006 model). Upgrading the OS is pretty cheap too. iTunes actually doesn't suck on it. And apart from popular belief, Photo Booth does, in fact, lose its appeal after your first day using it.

If anyone disagrees, just say so. I grew up using all 3 major operating systems, so I don't actually know what it's like transitioning from one to another. It's all subjective.

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