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[quote who="SivCorp" reply="14" id="3093419"]But can you truly know Truth if you experience it? Or is it just a perspective? interesting.[/quote]I suppose it all depends on how silly one wants to be while defining 'The Truth'. Problems sprout like twigs on a tree in spring whenever a neutral starting point is not made available. Everything in the real world is subjective and relative to many differing scenarios. So how does one go about defining the ‘truth’ … a word

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[quote who="CJMB" reply="14" id="3093475"]Do you really need your gaming setup to be mobile? [/quote]No, not really ... and I have been rethinking this a bit more thanks to the above suggestions. Considering that my relic has been used for much more mundane things than kicking some alien asses, I could be more reasonable with my portable platform and still upgrade my desktop where I do like to trash the competition. I am such a child (as in a candy store) when I get into this 'got to have

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="9" id="3093378"]More like....need a new badass desktop...cos the other is an oxymoron[/quote]Still got a month or two before my desktop becomes obsolete too ... but it will have to wait it's turn. Surely I don't need to control the universe or all the hordes within it ... just reasonably run most games. The reviews (as far as they can be taken seriously) seem to imply that overheating with an upgraded video card could be a problem. Always some aches and pains

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OK, let’s be straight here … decision made. The hell with the old rat trap (I will fix it out of spite … or I will use it for target practice) … humm. I have been looking at http://www.alienware.com/Landings/laptops.aspx but am not sure I could handle high from the speed, graphics etc. Not sure how much I need to upgrade … I have to do this some for peace of mind. 1. Memory upgrade, 2. Video card up

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="6" id="3093346"]Reply #6 Neilo[/quote]I am the wife silly hahaha ... but I wouldn't let my big peach know for sure ... backup complete.

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Geeze, I have quite a few (~8) critical updates ... I was amazed and exasperated. Better hold off on the advice until I bring this relic into the 21st century, yikes ... sorry about this whaaa. It is a mess … but it does appear I have problems due to the new windows 7. None of the updates will run indicating they are for vista … but windows 7 itself doesn’t seem to be recognized either. I am just going to watch another chapter of Star Gate Atlantis, go to bed and w

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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="2" id="3093203"]Reply #2 Daiwa[/quote]Came with Vista Ultra and replaced it with windows 7 ultimate retail. It has been working quite well except for this 'problem'. The screen res is set to its native resolution and any lower one (only options) just makes things bigger and thus further off my desktop screen (cannot scroll the desktop). I try to keep my drivers up to date and have programs to check for my sorry forgetful arse. I did have to update

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="1" id="3093199"]Can you plug the laptop into an external monitor to see if the problem is replicated there?[/quote]I have the ability but never got around to it ... my cheap thinking at the time was that the same display information would be routed to the other monitor too. I didn't see this as a 'monitor' problem ... I assumed (OMG) that it was the video card but I will rectify this issue later tonight. Just lazy I guess ... I want a new one deep down.</

Need a new badass gaming laptop or something in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Older Sony VAIO laptop @ $1,500.00 on sale Model VGN-AR750E Intel Core 2 CPU model T8100 @ 2.10, 2.10 GHz 4 GB installed 3GB usable (32 bit windows 7 ultimate) NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card When I power up now, more times than not, I end up with a split screen. The right 1/3rd of my display appears on the left side of the screen followed by the left 2/3rd of the display and that is annoying to say the least. Some times this will persist for lo

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[quote who="pacov" reply="11" id="3093043"]I'm just wondering if something in particular has you frustrated about folks not being able to "think out of [a] box."[/quote]Yea I guess there is I just haven't put my finger on it. My (OP) was selfishly intended to get me away from religion for a bit as that is not high up on my likable list of topics. I guess I am afflicted with some sadomasochistic tendencies, my best excuse hahaha. But over the past year, I have learned how to actually i

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[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="6" id="3092766"]Reply #6 Seleuceia[/quote]Well said and is pretty applicable to me (IMO). String theory (I was going to be a math major) is where it is at now though ... I just wish I understood the mechanics better. I read and pretend to learn and at least end up with a reasonable working understanding ... I think hahaha.

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[quote who="Sinperium" reply="7" id="3092817"]you'll barely have time to make educated guesses of your own[/quote]Yep … life is too short … personally be happy and fruitful while you can … whatever it takes. Old age is full of inaccurate memories, many dogmatic views and irrefutable ‘truths’ … and I call it senility. Didn't mean to be so sharp last comment, sorry.

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[quote who="pacov" reply="8" id="3092836"]I get the feeling that the OP is primarily about trying to figure out why people put up barriers to expanding their knowledge. [/quote]Pretty much but still lacking something, hum... I can only envision such mental barriers as a protection factor … so the next question would be ‘protection from what?’ I see no reason why any sentient creature could have serious problems with bettering the old personal database. The only thing that c

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[quote who="Texas Wahine" reply="2" id="3092455"]This is a bit of a personal matter for me as my husband (combat medic) was medically retired due to PTSD. [/quote]My step dad was a navy medic and spent plenty of time with the Marines during WWII (European campaign) and in Korea. Example; he was a POW in France at the ripe old age of 17. His story wasn't a good one sad to say. When he got out there weren't any real 'programs' for the vets ... but even if there were, he wouldn&#

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="116" id="3091238"]Neilo[/quote]I was brought up to believe that all men are born as equals ... but the truth of the matter will be determined later in life depending on where and who we are brainwashed by, what we are willing to learn on our own and our personal constitution. All I will say before I bid you good luck is this: Their one god supposedly gifted mankind with a free will ... but that doesn't seem to apply to religious folk who gift their own children w

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="105" id="3089466"]So much for staying out of it...hehe[/quote]You should have followed your own advice (glad you didn't though). You will not run into a more blithely obsessed and self-destructive zealot here on JU … unless maybe if they are wearing a turban and yelling "Allah Akbar" … maybe. Hahaha ... just remember you were warned!!!

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[quote who="MasonM" reply="4" id="3090489"]Anyone stupid enough to fall for this crap deserves what they get[/quote]Sorry, I forgot for a minute who coppied the OP ... won't happen again.

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[quote who="Sinperium" reply="1" id="3090500"]Physician heal thyself?[/quote]I am sure you didn't mean this as a compliment, so I won't treat it like one. If you don't know the difference between improving one personal data base to enable better decision making skills and just taking someone else’s word on the current subject as if it were say 'gospel' ... well, then there is something one can work on. I am not interested in playing word games any more David. Th

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[quote who="pacov" reply="2" id="3090547"]Did you doubt the folks that raised you were your parents when you were 0-6 years old? Did you assume that the breast you were suckled at was not your birth mothers?[/quote]Be careful of assumptions I always say. I am well aware of the level of knowledge we are born with ... it was just a little play with words is all. That being said, I came from a very dysfunctional family, never knew my natural father (still don’t care) and never cared for my

Epistemology in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Everyone I know is jam packed with information gleaned from their individual life experiences. This is one of the things that make us well … unique individuals. But there is no central knowledge base for us to use … or that we are all willing to use anyway. Information is not of itself knowledge (can be) because it is too subject to embellishments from a multitude of sources … usually from some higher authority or another. If that is the case, the first thing I would thin

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="1149" id="3085671"]Also, 'eternity' could mean [/quote]Eternity (infinity) is fine and quite necessary as a mathematical construct … but it is meaningless when applied to humanity, the earth or even the universe for that matter … our minds are just still too small at this point in our evolution to comprehend such things. Give it another million years or so and we can discuss it … maybe, hahaha.

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[quote]It could be possible, that "God" is nothing more than a wave that interacts with our matter. Influencing our decisions with maybe electrical impulses or something similar. Religion is making "god" more important than it really is. With the advent of more powerful technology, we may be able to see what it is that moves through us all. More than likely, it is just another force of nature. It justs exists. It is there, always has been. But it is not a being, it is not something to worship

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Bummer that, but I too have been scammed in other ways in the past as have most of us at some point(s) in our lives. Hopefully, we learn some valuable lessons in these cases to ease our path over the next hurdle life throws our way.

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[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="104" id="3089122"]You know what truth is ...don't you? [/quote]I do Lula ... but your truth all comes from a Bronze Age black book ... anything BUT science and absolutely improvable. Please do not respond to my posts as they are not intended to apply to you because you already know everything there is to know. I just don’t do bigotry well at all … and that is all you seem to do … well. ATHEIST - ONE WHO DOESN&#39

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[quote who="RogueCaptain" reply="86" id="3080398"]Ok time to play pseudo devil's advocate. From an atheist point of view the best interest in the state and humanity is not to have gay couples because they would ultimately weaken and cripple the human resource element through abnormal (non)procreation and be forced to resort to extreme medical measures in a hopeful attempt to stabilize itself.[/quote]If you could actually just acknowledge what it is to be an atheist, you wouldn’t mak