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So I just bought myself a domain, and I'm setting up a phpBB for it. (Not linking it, not trying to advertise here). What are some of you all's favorite phpBB features, plugins, and themes? The site the BBS is on is (at least initially) going to be kind of a catch all "whatever I feel like putt...

MSNBC has been playing video of a guy who looks a little like Gadhafi lying dead on the ground.

I know this is totally off topic for the current discussion, but I didn't know where else to put this. I was screwing around on facebook or twitter or something and found one of the Occupy Wallstreet pages. Linked on it was this website, with a quote saying "this is the idea we need": Glob...

Thanks guys, that helped. Now I'm just waiting for a response.

I think I know where I wanna take this discussion, but I'm hoping for some input from the more experienced debaters here. Considering God doesn't exist is it possible to be a real christian? PROVE IT BITCH. the burden of proof is on the believer, bitch. And do you not believe that there is no God? A...

summary from The Week here The billionaire Koch brothers: Tea Party puppetmasters? The New Yorker makes a case that a pair of wealthy brothers is the force behind the Tea Party movement. Here, 5 key assertions from a new article posted on August 24, 2010, at 3:45 PM The New Yorker's Jane Mayer has ...

So apparently Valve's "surprise" is Portal 2 will be coming to the PS3 with some exclusive Steam integration features. Probably exciting for PS3 owners, but nowhere near worth the hype to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_GwmYMbPd8

Censorship sucks, but I doubt it's going away anytime soon.

This is the first I've heard of this show though, and I'm very excited. I love the shitmydadsays twitter page. It's the only thing I think I'll ever bother to check out on that site. I might actually turn my tv on to check this out.

This game was awesome; I'm passing this info on to everyone I know who owns a PC and hasn't played the game yet.

Can't wait for Portal 2.

I'm sure Linus Torvalds has his own crazy way of saying it. Is it important how you say it? I call it 'Lie-nux' because it's a giant con on nerds. :) It's not important, but I was curious. The IPA pronunciation is helpful, but it doesn't really explain which one is more correct. I guess it doesn't ...

I searched for a thread about this but couldn't find one. Apologies if this has been discussed before. I don't use Linux, but I've always believed the pronunciation was something like lin-ucks, with a short 'i'. In a college class recently though, a professor who DOES use Linux referred to if a few ...

E-cigs are pretty awesome. Some advice though; be careful if you order one over the internet. Research the company and make sure they aren't trying to screw you over. I say this because I got a LUX E-cigarette from some random website that advertised "free equipment, just pay shipping and handl...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm looking forward to trying my hand at this soon. I'll post my results and any questions in this thread. For my first batch I'm gonna use someone else's recipe for a pale ale, using a kit that comes with all the necessary ingredients. If I can get that to come out g...

Does anyone here brew their own beer or other alcohol? Got any advice for someone who wants to start doing so? I ordered How to Brew , but in the meantime I'm searching for advice on the different methods and specifics of the process, and of course different recipes to try out. I'm gonna be getting ...

I think you mean Skippy the Droid, who is non-canon. It wasn't Skippy the droid. This droid was a dead Jedi whose life energy was imprinted on a protocol droid by his Jedi girlfriend. He could use the Force I'm pretty sure. The fleet of ships they were in was (I think) the Katana fleet. It was defi...

In the SW universe, I seem to remember there being a droid somewhere that was capable of using the Force. I think it was a droid that had a Force user's soul or life force inside of it, and I THINK it was in that old novel where Luke Skywalker falls in love with a Force user trapped inside that flee...

LSD is no joke, sure, you won't die from it, but the effects are unpredictable and the psychological problems from it can be severe. Some people who take that trip just don't come back, I think that makes it more dangerous than pot, booze, or tobacco. Is this based on any real medical evidence or s...

I really hope you guys can help me. Just last night Google started redirecting to a USA Today page that says something like "The requested information cannot be found." Gmail doesn't load at all, and searches through Mozilla (Using Google for the search function) say something like "T...

I just came across an interview on CivSol with two soldiers. One of them was the soldier who got the children out of the van in the video. http://www.civsol.org/content/second-member-of-company-involved-in-wikileaks-inc The men in the audio clip echo some of what those in this thread have said, and ...

The proposed change to the law would put "all Church institutions, including your parish, at risk," says the letter, which was signed by Connecticut's three Roman Catholic bishops. Well now, maybe they should have thought of that before molesting children. :roll: Judging from the response...

Yeah, I don't see why its even newsworthy, myself, or why its relevant that they were Google employees, for that matter. I agree - what possible ramifications could a verdict like this possibly have? It's not like it puts every web-hosting company in Italy in an impossible situation, is it? Oh wait...

This makes no sense at all to me. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE61N0Q120100224 UPDATE 1-Google execs convicted in Italy for Down's video *Three convicted on privacy charges *Video showed bullying of boy with Down's (Adds quotes, details, background) MILAN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A Milan court ha...

This is awesome. The 20 gig HDD that came with my used 360 can hold like 1, maybe 2 games and associated DLC. I was thinking of buying a bigger HDD for as much as I paid for the goddamn console itself, but instead I'll just go buy a couple 16 gb flash drives.

Alright, I get it now. Wikipedia's explanation of begging the question was too dense for me, a found a much better example here . That combined with your post makes it pretty explicit. Thanks. :) Alyrium, I felt I couldn't have stated your point better than you did, so I went ahead and quoted part o...

Thanks for the responses you guys. Helps a lot.

Formless, can you elaborate on how he's begging the question? I don't quite see it.