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So I ended up buying a bunch of parts to build my own. I'll be one of those nerdy kids on message boards and post my specs: Processor: INTEL CORE I5 3570K Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H (Z77 LGA1155) Video Card: SAPPHIRE AMD HD6850 Power: ROSEWILL RG530-S12 530W Memory: 4GB X2 PATRIOT DDR3 1600 SSD Drive: 60G OCZ SATAIII HDD: 500G WD SATAIII All for $755 with tax/shipping and about $55 bucks in rebates/credits, a free $50 game (Dirt 3) and a free 1 year additional warranty on the power supply. My only "regret" is that the power supply is 530W and if I ever wanted to add a 2nd AMD card and do the whole crossfire thing it's technically supposed to have 600W. I might try it out, or worst case just buy another 50-60 dollar power supply. With my current AMD card I always intended to get a second one but never did, so chances are I'll never do it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:11 AM) Clearly Holder isn't dead. He was just getting the s*** kicked out of him since Linden had already used up the verbal warning. I'm sure he's not dead, but Linden (and Holder) know what happened, and they're cops. Why would The Chief do something so stupid and risk being charged?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 8, 2012 -> 01:52 AM) Come on Borgias, why does every show I watch have to end up having scenes with dudes banging! I'm really loving S2 though. The storyline w/ Lucrezia and Julia and the mom is kind of boring me. But I love Cesare and Micoletto (sp?) going around kicking ass. I thought the same thing. Every major drama now HAS to have a gay storyline. And this one didn't even make sense. That was incestual right? Or was he just a family friend? Season 2 has been better than one for sure.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 7, 2012 -> 06:46 PM) Not like a steak. The placenta gets dehydrated and put into pill capsules. Some eat it like a steak though. Here's a couple articles about the whole thing. http://www.babble.com/pregnancy/pregnancy-...lacenta-eating/ http://www.salon.com/2010/06/24/placenta_for_dinner/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...0,5280664.story

During my wife's pregnancy these last few months I've learned there is a disturbingly large number of women who take their placentas home and eat them like a steak. January Jones, of Mad Men fame, reportedly has done this. W.T.F.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2012 -> 11:58 AM) State of Illinois =! the US government, default reserve currency of the world. It would have shoved the rest of the Eurozone over the edge and made 2008's crash look mild. There are also very serious problems in even figuring out what happens with payments at that point, since there aren't any prioritization schemes on the books. Every single payment would be challenged in court by someone who didn't get theirs. Has Illinois actually defaulted on debt obligations? Well obviously they're not the same. And i'm not sure if they've defaulted on something like bonds, but I know they're 6 months to 2 years behind on their bills to creditors. This state is beyond f***ed.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:57 PM) It's more of a philosophical question than a scientific one imo. Exactly. We know, scientifically, what's going to happen. The question is when/if we should stop it from happening.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:55 PM) And 4 to 5 weeks? Some women find out they're pregnant when they miss their period. That's 4 weeks right there. Yeah, admittedly that's the problem. But around that period of time. Certainly not 20 weeks later.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:52 PM) Okay so you merely disagree at the time frame and as Ive said, Im willing to leave that up to science. If we are going to shrink the time frame, then we also need to increase availability of morning after, as well as remove any "24 hour waiting" or similar periods, because we have to ensure a mother has access to an abortion within 4-5 weeks. Would you consider a law that made every pregnant mother have to get a consultation on abortion and be given an appointment for one if they desire, within the first week of pregnancy? I don't see why we need to "increase" the availability of the morning after pill. If it's available, as it is now, then that's all that is required. In order to get the pill you need to visit a doctor anyway right? So there doesn't need to be a requirement for a consultation.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:42 PM) This is the insulting part--the assumption that women choose abortion on a whim and don't really understand anything about it and they wouldn't make this choice if only they did. What evidence is there that women are ignorant of the gravity of the decision they are making over their reproductive health? What evidence is there that the women who do regret it were ignorant and took the situation lightly? BTW, I see parallels here between the increased rates of depression and substance abuse in the LGBT community. When someone is consistently shamed, there's going to be an impact. I'm not going to google a bunch of abortion studies at work, though. I wouldn't be shocked if abortion rates fell in states that enacted 24hr waiting periods, but that single stat wouldn't tell us if it was due to informing these ignorant women of the ramifications of their choices or if it is due to the extra hurdles and expenses imposed. You'd need to somehow find out how many women changed their mind after the consultation. 75% of women who get abortions are 30 or younger, and nearly 60% are low income. I don't think it's all that much of a jump to conclude that these women don't have all day to surf the internet to come to an informed decision about it.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) Then what is your position, they are alive immediately at conception and therefore deserving of protection? Ive taken the time to try and outline my position, I get that you disagree with it, but instead of rehashing the same argument, why not present me with your position and why its better than mine. I told you i'd go with 4-5 weeks, the point of time where a heartbeat can be heard.

Lol, ok seriously? So-called? Do maternal instincts not exist or something? I like how "informing" is equated to fear mongering. Seriously, this would be like me arguing that all of the paperwork I have to fill out before a surgery, or my doctor telling me of the various risks of the surgery, is an effort to steer me away from the procedure. Or....maybe it's just informing me of what's about to happen in order to make sure that i'm 100% committed to having the surgery performed. I'm 100% with you that some of the laws are ridiculous, liking being forced to watch an abortion procedure on video before making a decision. Informing and counseling about the decision is a far cry from that though.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:21 PM) On what basis do you make this assumption? I read something a while ago that 20-30% of women regret the decision, even years later. There are also studies that have shown that some women suffer from depression or other mental anxiety over it. I'm not suggesting that it's the overwhelming majority but enough to suggest it's not some easy to decision to be taken lightly for everyone.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 7, 2012 -> 11:55 AM) Part 1, I dont think 24 hours is a huge barrier either, which is why Id have to see the proposal. As I said, it generally goes, first to gyno, then a separate visit days/weeks later for the actual abortion. In that case they usually have spent days/weeks after the gyno visit thinking about their choice. There absolutely should not be any requirement to then wait again at the next appoint. Part 2, it may be a weak standard, but I dont have a better one. Human features does not make something alive, if I create a robot that looks and operates exactly like a human, it would have no rights, why? Because being alive goes beyond mimicking humanity, it goes beyond having human features, it means that it actually has to be a living/breathing human, so while the cells may imitate life, they are definitely not alive. I just do not see any compelling reason to give govt the power to protect that which is not alive. I already think its troubling how much power the govt has over our personal life, so when in doubt, I side against govt. This makes no sense to me. How can cells that make up a person "imitate life?" We're not talking about cells in a petri dish here. We're talking about a developing human being, one that cannot survive without the mother but nonetheless operates in every way just like a human with human parts - blood, electric impulses, etc.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2012 -> 12:01 PM) It's pretty insulting to assume that a woman seeking an abortion doesn't understand the ramifications of what "having an abortion" means. You don't need to know the procedure step-by-step to understand the end result. I'd be pretty shocked to learn that the 24hr waiting period actually causes people to reconsider after the consultation and isn't just another hurdle. I'd bet a lot don't know about the emotional/mental ramifications, which are the most important ones.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 7, 2012 -> 10:42 AM) You can't unspend that money, though. The deficit ceiling has to be raised periodically to pay for goods and services already approved by Congress. It wasn't a budget act. If the tea party House members had gotten their way last summer, the US would have defaulted on payments it already owed. The results would have been catastrophic. Yeah, just look at the remnants of Illinois. Look how the state stopped functioning, how no business performs any work there, etc. etc. I'm surprised people still live in the State given the amount of times the state had defaulted on its' obligations. It would have been harmful, yes, but we'd still be the most secure economy to invest in. Little would have changed. We set the bar. Whether that's at 100% or 99%, we're still at the top.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 7, 2012 -> 11:14 AM) Then I would disagree with that. I can see a legitimate argument about a "cool down", but if you make an appointment go to the dr, you should be able to do whatever you want as you had to wait a few days already. Ignoring the pill version, I'm guessing most women who get physical abortions don't know exactly what will happen or what the effects will be. They set up an appointment with a doctor but they're given the explanation right there. That's not enough time to consider the ramifications of the decision IMO, and adding a 24 hour wait isn't some huge barrier.. I still think this is such a weak standard to go by. Go look at the development of babies around that time period. They're 100% human at that point, with distinct human features. It's not just a bundle of microscopic cells.

So I finally finished The Hunger Games trilogy last night. I'd give the whole story a B or B+. The ending of the third book left me really unsatisfied...lots of build up and then...meh. I think i'm going to start The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo set now.

QUOTE (juddling @ May 7, 2012 -> 11:09 AM) I laughed when i saw the head Cool Whip guy and realized it was Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell. Man, that guy has gotten huge. also it took me a minute to place Pete's latest conquest as Alexis Bidel (sp?) from Gilmore Girls..... Yeah, everyone is s***ting on her performance. I wasn't wowed, but I also didn't find it distracting like some TV critics.

So... Parks & Rec - better. Still too much campaign. Andy smashing the pie in Jerry's face was funny. The "b" plot with the vans was pretty meh. The Killing - Mad Men - return of Creepy Pete! Also liked that Peggy and Don finally had it out, and then the camera panned to the one remaining Kraft (or whatever company) employee still in the test kitchen. Anyone else feel like Pete's transformation from energetic city dweller to castrated suburbanite is a little quick? I mean it was what, two years?

23-4 free throw advantage in the 4th. Thanks refs

What a bailout. How long does brand get to stay in the lane?

18-2 run. And this is a professional team?

Where the f*** is Taj?!