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I'm back at Duke for a while. Any tl.netters hang out together 'round here?

I'll be the guy wearing tl.net and estro apparel on campus

Megan Fox naked?



The script is by Diablo Cody, who penned Juno. Horror + Diablo Cody characterization + Megan Fox = Fun?

I don't know how I ended up at this page, but somehow my browser went to thepiratebay.org game section and sorted the list by seeders.



Aside from any point about piracy, I just think it's cool to see people getting the StarCraft itch in anticipation of SC2 :D

Twitter Tracker is a hilarious segment from The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. There have been three segments so far and they're all up on Hulu. They're about 4 mins each.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/75638/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-twitter-tracker

http://www.hulu.com/watch/76852/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-twitter-tracker

http://www.hulu.com/watch/78632/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-twitter-tracker-returns

I think Conan is doing great on The Tonight Show!

Poll: Kris or Adam
(Vote): Kris
(Vote): Adam


I picked Adam during Hollywood so I've been happy to see him through to the finals!

I've had trouble finding info on where the good price points are for laptops and I'm not sure how to make decisions on what parts to prioritize for performance.

Ideal laptop:
--16"-17" screen
--1920x1080 native and has enough performance to actually play movies of that quality without a hitch
--Can play WoW with decent settings. This is where I get caught up because I'm not sure if getting a little bit better video card or 4GB memory or a little bit better processor is going to yield much better performance for WoW (being able to increase the video settings while maintaining 40+ FPS). Yeah, WoW has very low minimum requirements, but certain parts of the game and higher video settings have pretty high system requirements.
--Relatively lightweight. 6-7 pounds
--Doesn't look ridiculous. These "gaming laptops" with weird bright colors and cases that look like cheap plastic are out.
--Bluetooth required
--Battery life unimportant
--$1200-$1500

I know that with TV's, 1080p isn't worth it until 42"+ unless you're sitting relatively close to the TV. I assume since laptops are always viewed from really close range, the higher resolution can be appreciated. Is this true? Or is screen resolution a bit of a gimmick for laptop video?

I'm basically just scanning deals from slickdeals.net waiting for a good one, but I'd still like to know if there's a certain video card or processor that is a big jump in performance compared to the ones directly beneath.

I'll bump this post and keep it updated for live streaming of my practice.

IT'S DOWN

http://www.xfire.com/live_video/uglytoss/

Here's what my practice has looked like recently:
--Last full day of practice with eSTRO on January 31 (SangHo owned BeSt and Doctor.K next day BAM)
--In February I played about 20 games, mostly using terran and zerg against D/D+/C- opponents
--In March, 25 games on uglytoss and 5 games on SCL-NonY

So that's about 50 games played in 1.5 months. And now I'm sssssllllllooooowwwww.

It's time to practice.

You can watch me practice live here.

EDIT: I'm done practicing, no more live stream.

I've been building some muscle mass but I want to change pace and cut all my fat. I'll be doing more cardio (both high and low intensity) and eating less calories. But should I change my workout routine?

Should I lessen the intensity and continue the same frequency? Or lift less frequently but still go to failure?

Is it detrimental to continue lifting as much or is it just kinda useless since I won't be building much mass?

Is it possible to actually lose fat and gain muscle at the same time? What kind of diet and workout routine would that demand?

Here's what happened:

I'm using the computer normally (BW open, music playing, web browser, messenger, etc) and the alarm sound goes off, which I guess can only indicate that the computer is overheating. It's strange that it'd overheat though because I've never had it overheat in a cold room with the PC out in the open. I shut down the computer, but Windows XP was waiting to do an update, and in my haste I didn't choose "shut down without updating" and so the first of 5 updates begins. I'm thinking my PC is melting, so I just flip the switch on my power supply to shut down the computer.

I wait a while and turn my PC back on, but it freezes after "Verifying DMI pool data". I have tried to boot from Windows XP CD, but the screen goes black shortly after saying "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware...". I believe I successfully reset BIOS with the jumper but that hasn't changed anything.