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They only filed a patent on this, though - I expect they file hundreds like these every year, just this one got somehow abused and went from the "hey look at this" post on tech blogs to "HOLY SHIT WTF" on various news media sites

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If you already have a spare monitor, something like this would be excellent, and the hardware isn't going to be outdated any time soon: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103369

some other stuff to look out for if you spend some time browsing newegg or other manufacturer sites (HP, Dell, Acer, blahblah)

processor - for $400 you could get an Intel Core i3 - these are the lowest model of the current next gen Intel cores, and are relatively awesome - you get a big bump in performance vs. the older dual cores and so the hardware's gunna last you a while.
- otherwise, a fairly standard Core2Duo dual core (anything that runs over 2ghz ought to run fine)
- the AMD cores tend to come in a little cheaper than Intel stuff (but you do take a performance hit usually) - look out for Athlon 2s maybe

RAM - again, for $400 you can get 4gb ddr3, like in the link I posted above
- there's really not a lot of reason NOT to go with 4gb ddr3, unless you're getting a great deal on 2gb and plan on buying some more sticks, bumping 2gb to 4gb RAM just helps keep the system running quicker, especially if you're gunna be opening a few slightly hefty photoshop documents

everything else - i wouldn't worry about getting a video card, unless you're planning on editing video or gaming
- I wouldn't expect hard drive space to be an issue - you might be able to pick up 1tb like in the link above, but don't let that be the dealbreaker, anything above 250gb will be fine, and if you need to expand you can grab 1tb drives for about 50 bucks now anyway


hope that all helps!

pirated this yesterday! playing through the first one that came bundled with it, really love it! psyched to start the sequel as well though

I think I would rather him confined to one dusty show than producing a "variety" of other projects, to be honest.

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If Khara wasn't a spider, she wouldn't be calling who we say we are into question. I'm pretty well convinced that it's her, now.

If it's Khara, who goes next? Freeky, seeing as she's the only other person to vote against?

Logic/guesswork/total fucking luck. In general, somebody will post a theory on who they suspect, and everybody sort of follows that. Of course, you don't know about the motives of the person who posted a theory, so it gets tricky.

Either way, it's going right down to the wire. This shit is tense!

It's Khara. Or it's YOU, Blight! But I suspect Khara a little more. If that was a ploy on your part, congratulations.

I'm voting for Khara, and I would urge everybody else to change.

Blight   Posted
Nigel  Posted
Freeky   Luna
Khara   Blight
Luna   Blight
BDS Khara
Villager   Khara

Revised

I think I suspect everybody, for different reasons. Uh-oh.

Not if I get subsumed first! So many people being the good guys, the spiders won't know who to target.

Also yes, I definitely think we should try and move for Khara next round.

Switching to Requia.

Blight   Abstain
Jenne   Abstain
EoC   Requia
Freeky   Posted
Khara   Requia
Luna   Abstain
Requia   Posted
BDS   Requia
Villager   Abstain

I also have a strange feeling about Khara's defensiveness, I would consider her likely to be a spider. While leaves Jenne as the third, I think.

I'm gunna come out with it and admit to being a discordian. I'm not saying anything more, but I swear I'll take as many of you eight legged creepy ass bastards down with me! I might just be a kid, but damnit I'll fuck up some creepy crawly butt. Bring it!




(I have no idea where to vote so I suppose I just gotta abstain for now)

Sorry! I'll abstain, seeing as everybody else is.