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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 09:07 AM) I checked that tomhardware link. If I bought all of the components of their $600 system, does it come with all the parts I need? For example, tiny little screws I need to mount the mother board to the case, wires to connect everything etc. My computer hardware installation is limited to installing some new ram and a video/sound card.....nothing crazy. Also, are all cases equal? Looks like they recommend a $30 case, but why couldn't I just take apart the one I have and use that? Your p/s will come with all the power cords. You'll need a couple of SATA cables to hook up your DVD and HD drives. If you buy the retail version and not the OEM version it may come with the SATA cables. I think my mobo came with at least one and I pillaged the other from my old computer. Some cases have some additional features like front-panel USB and audio ports. But unless you're getting into some crazy high-end stuff where you need to optimize cooling and air flow, just about any case will do. This is the case I got and I'm pretty happy with it. It came with all of the mounting hardware I needed as well as several fans pre-mounted. The blue light is kinda dumb but you could always unplug that if you wanted. Mine's inside of a desk so it doesn't matter. Since the ATX/microATX form factor has been around forever, I'd imagine that you can reuse your old case. Newer cases that aren't the absolute cheapest you can find have some nicer features that can make assembly and wire routing cleaner and easier. Powersupply CPU MoBo Since I'm just using the integrated graphics for now, I needed to make sure I got a MoBo that was compatible with it. The Z68 chipset allows you to use integrated graphics and overclock. The only downside so far is that since it's a microATX, it doesn't have as many slots and features and I haven't been able to hook up my front-panel USB 3.0 connectors. Like you, I used to follow this stuff more closely years ago, but then my computer became outdated to the point I couldn't upgrade and I stopped paying attention. My desktop started barely functioning a few months ago so I finally dug in and read up a little, mostly on Tom's Hardware.

QUOTE (SnB @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 08:08 AM) That was quite entertaining. indeed!

UC Davis has some general guidelines for lawn care here: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/TOOLS/TURF/contents.html

QUOTE (gatnom @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 03:05 AM) Agree with this. Building a computer is a lot easier than people perceive it to be, and you get much better value as well. It really isn't much more complex than building some ikea furniture. I just built a new desktop last month for about $500. A little less memory and storage than the machine in junks post but I didn't cheap out on the mobo or p/s.

Women are still stigmatized as sluts or whores if they take their clothes off for money (or even possibly enjoy premarital sex like that prostitute/slut Sandra Fluke!). I understand what you're saying, though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 08:53 PM) Frontline did another just stellar look at the meltdown and the shadow banking system/derivatives market tonight. I'll add a link or video tomorrow. [removed snark] Frontline is the best show on television

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) Thats not the point. In every industry there is exploitation of the worker. I see people get exploited all day long, in fact our entire society is built on the trying to exploit people (the natural end of capitalism). I assume you are trying to distinguish sex exploitation, but at the end of the day, in the US, thats just about money exploitation, with sex/looks being a talent. If you are seriously saying that porn exploitation in the United States is "a bit less troublesome" that how women are treated in the ME,I am shocked. Do you realize that in the ME women would be murdered for having sex on tv? That sadly isnt even hyperbole. In the US if a girl is raped by a porn director, they could call the police. Now they may not for whatever reasons, but the police wouldnt show up and just say "Oh shes a girl, she has no rights." Wow. Here is an article about Iranian women posing nude in response to sexual repression in Iran. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...Womens-Day.html That was intentionally an understatement!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 09:06 PM) Who cares about honoring women? (in the context of pornography) Pornography is about selling a product. If honoring women made the most money that would be what was sold. Pornography is just a product, the product changes to suit the audience. For the most of history pornography and sex trade was male dominated as women didnt have rights. But now that women are equal, you will start to see the market for their type of pornography go up and more male prostitutes as well. I wouldnt use pornography as a good way to teach any type of real life, its fantasy that sells. You responded to tex making a sarcastic post about porn honoring women.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 08:52 PM) I believe so... So glad he is gone.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 08:40 PM) You can argue there is exploitation with anything. I don't mean the entire concept of porn and everyone who is involved, but I've no doubt that a fair number of young models are indeed exploited despite 'choosing.' Larger issue of power structures and agency there, so I'll just say that, yeah, possible porn exploitation is a bit less troublesome than what women face in the ME. Edit I won't agree that it honors women, though. It routinely portrays women as sexual objects for pleasure and not mutual partners.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 08:09 PM) I know this was sarcasm, but it is actually true. Porn stars have the choice, they make a lot of money and they arent attacked or murdered for having sex/being naked/etc. Theres still the whole aspect of exploitation there and the way porn can end up crafting sexual norms and expectations.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 12:24 PM) Lol, right. Because I could totally see Santorum ordering firefighters not to save a group of girls trapped in a burning building lest they get out into public without covering their faces. No, but I could see him outlawing contraception, shaming any sex outside of marriage and just generally enforcing a retrograde heavily patriarchal social order if he could. There's no reason to pretend that he doesn't hold extremist views.

Trevor Pryce on his early retirement from the NFL

Ezra Klein, upon hearing that Obama was being attacked for eating dog as a child:

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 03:20 PM) Well, I'm not saying dissolve the USDA. There should still be government oversight...but if/when these places run into financial issues brought on by being sloppy or repeating the same mistakes, don't continue to rescue them with taxpayer money. The US beef industry will NOT collapse. There are thousands of US cattle farmers, both small and big that will grow to fill ANY void made by those that shut down because they're lazy/sloppy/etc. But they have to be held accountable. How is it being held accountable when you mess up, the cattle industry gets hurt...and then the government just bails you out. I am 100% in favor of strong regulations and inspections and not bailing out businesses who can't survive without cutting corners and jeopardizing public health.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 03:06 PM) Then maybe the government should allow the free market cattle industry to crash and burn, as it should...instead of rescuing it...like it will. Maybe then they'll get the message that they should be more careful with their testing, etc. We point at the cattle industry for being sloppy...but what you need to point at is the government that rescues them when they make the same mistake over and over again. I'm not exactly a strong defender of our kleptocracy. But there's still a problem with the "kill 'em all and let the market sort 'em out" philosophy, and that's the harm done to all the people prior to, during and after a rather large industry crashes and burns. People end up eating diseased food and getting sick, possibly even dying before "market forces" correct and drive these companies out of business*. Many who have no say over shoddy, profit-first management practices will lose their jobs and a major portion of our food supply will be disrupted. These are just a few things springing to mind; I'm sure there are countless more network effects of letting the US beef industry collapse. If you can head that off with strong regulation, why the hell wouldn't you? *I'm being generous with the assumption that this is a reasonable outcome in a large, complex and mostly opaque economy.

Is the end of the USPS near?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) I guess we can sit around the campfire and speculate on a number of things that may affect international trade, and how the taxpayer will have to pick up the tab on those things, too. Because beef is just one of many...many, many on top of many more. It's a thread about Mad Cow disease and we have pretty recent precedent to speculate on how countries will react. It's not just a bunch of navel-gazing.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 24, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) For reference on this: In 2003, there had been two cases of BSE in the United States and 21 cases in Japan at the time. * Noted that you referenced Japan banning our beef, when in fact, they had 21 cases to our 2 when they instated the 'ban'. They later implemented a partial lift on the ban for cattle 21 months and younger (Veal products). However, US beef remains the safest in the world DESPITE Japans ban...including safer than Japan's beef itself. But Balta's talking about the impact on international trade. It doesn't matter if our beef is safer than Japan's or anyone else's if they take a protectionist stance in response to this report.

California Cows are Happy Crazy Cows edit: I'm getting taco bell ads at the top of this page now. fitting.

Much Ado About Nothing

Tyrion>all

This seems like a pretty low-level guy and it's an obstruction charge for deleting emails. I doubt anyone important will ever face any charges or financial penalties.

Here's some tips: http://www.dannylipford.com/how-to-control...s-in-your-lawn/ The biggest thing is to have a healthy, thick lawn. Weeds can't get established so you don't need to soak your lawn in targeted herbicides to get rid of them.

FWIW, pollen counts are huge this year, and I've assumed that weeds are over-producing this year. My parents use Spring Green and have been pretty happy with them. I don't use anything.