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Looks like today is all about being fat. I also found this gem on Digg. "The 7 stages of being fat" - http://www.maxim.com/humor/articles/83875/7-stages-being-fat.html

Speaking of which, check out this article: http://healthyliving.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/27/an-even-fatter-future-for-america/9441/ Looks like all Americans will be fat by 2050.

For me, these were the advantages, but they may have changed nowadays: 1. Customize everything, including case 2. Usually cheaper (my old build was $200-300 less, but that may have changed nowadays) 3. If you don't want an OS, you don't pay for one (I already had a copy of XP, so I didn't have to pay $100 more) I think the higher price the model, the less it makes sense to customize. If your budget is around $500-1000, customization is the way to go.

Is this media center box or will you be using it for anything else? The reason I ask is that most machines nowadays can play 1080p video with no problem. My 2 year old machine, built by myself with C2D E6400 (i think), plays 1080p video without a hitch. It can't play all the latest and greatest video games, but I don't have much time for video games nowadays. However, I do play a lot of game that came out 3-5 years ago, which look fantastic. I guess if you are going to be editing tons of home video footage in 1080i, then maybe getting the latest and greatest makes sense. If you just need a reasonably fast machine, you can get one for under $1000. I also might wait until you can get Windows 7 64bit. I hear it kicks Vista's butt.

The .ca extension is Canada, so my guess is French.

Too late, you just did

At least now I know why you are so active on the website. You have 4-5 extra hours per day over the rest of us! Man, I am so jealous. I could scan and upload 1 magazine per day with that kinda schedule.

Best of luck! These exams are for Windows Tech Support/IT? (I know MS has hundreds of different tests)

I knew someone who was sick and literally slept through an entire day. He went to bed Friday night and woke up Sunday morning. That would freak me out and piss me off if I slept through a Saturday.

Interesting. I haven't had 8 hours of sleep in a long time. If I got 7 hours a night for a week, I would consider that heaven. I remember getting 10 hours once only, and it was because prior to that I didn't sleep for 3 days straight due to the onset of bronchitis. Once I received meds with Codeine, I konked out for 10 hours that night and woke up super refreshed.

And getting 4 hours a night doesn't screw with your head? I get all out of whack when I go 2 night with little sleep.

Why only 4 hours of sleep a night? Insomnia or just being too busy? 4 hours of sleep completely ruins a day and leaves me with no energy for anything. I used to try to get as little as I could get by on, but eventually realized life is more enjoyable with around 6.5-8.

What do you listen to? I listen to mostly classc rock and 320 sounds extremely crisp. My biggest improvement in sound came not from encoding at a higher bitrate but by spending $100 on Grados SR80 headphones. Even listening to tv shows was a huge improvement. Everything was extremely crisp.

I agree that there is a mathematical difference, but you are definitely in the small minority of people who can tell. They have done tests with 192 vs 256 and most can't even tell tell the difference then. I feel just fine with 320

Unless you have a $5K sound system setup or $500 headphones, you aren't going to be able to notice much difference, if any. Because I listen to music all over the place, mp3 at 320 is the best trade off. MP3s can't be beat for flexibility. I equate the difference between flac & 320 mp3 like that of JPEG 9 vs JPEG 10. Sure mathematically there is a difference, but if you ask most people, they can't tell, so why bother.

You mean the Honda Civic isn't considered a muscle car? And you better ask your gf first about the 2nd part of that question.

Reading this makes me want to research about the appendix and make sure that if mine ever bursts I get the hospital quickly. I also should not have read this post while eating my 2nd bowl of cereal this morning.

I totally agree. MKII was the greatest in the series.

1. Available 2. Only fourth movie available 3. Not Available 4. Not available 5. Not available (supposedly later this year) 6. Available 7. Available 8. All 4 available 9. Available 10. Only first and last one available It's a bummer the a ton of the best movies are not available yet. I guess they are trying to milk the DVD sales as long as possible.

Based on some of her other recent posts, I was thinking it might have also involved whip cream

Glad to hear it!

I hope this isn't a hint as to how well that email to the boss went over.

There are several reasons why CD is king over things such as vinyl and cassette: 1. Convenience - small and can jump to tracks 2. Lossless quality - you can't get better sound unless you go from stereo to 5.1 or are at a recording in person However, do you see CDs being around in 20 years. I don't. Sales of CDs have gone down to almost nothing as of late. Lossless digital is where it is at. I ripped all my music CDs and then sold them on Craigslist. Why keep them? Do people still use them on a regular basis? Not really. Mp3 players will make them obsolete in a decade. Several reasons why I believe you are wrong Blu-ray is not being adopted in high numbers because 1. Technology is still too expensive 2. Most people haven't experienced HD because they don't have a HD TV Once you can get a blu-ray player for $30 at Wal-Mart and Blu-Ray discs for $10 a pop, kiss DVD goodbye. The other reasons is that HD TVs are too expensive. Once they come down in price, eveyone will want to watch movies in hi-def. People aren't used to hi-def TV yet. DVD also took a while to adopt, so will Blu-Ray. However, now that all TV is broadcast digitally, people will get used to watching all TV in HD. There will always be people who don't want to change, but those people are still watching VHS or no TV at all. I believe once the price is competitive with DVD and everyone has a 42 inch or greater TV screen, they will start picking up Blu-Ray. Now the price point might be as low as $10 each, but if it's low enough, people will want it. I bet the discs cost a few dollars each, so who knows what will happen. Of course I could also see us completely jumping over Blu-Ray and going straight to digital copies of movies. With internet speeds increasing every year, what's to say we won't start buying movies online from Itunes. I can download a 10GB movie in a few hours. Once most people have FIOS or something equivalent, that time gets cut in half. Now that I think about it, this is probably a more accurate prediction for the next 10 years. Whatever happens, I'm excited about the new tech

There will always be people to pay for cable TV, whether it be through satellite or wire. I bet the percentage of people who dl shows is under 10% in the US. And of those people, probably half (myself included) would never fork over $50/month for cable TV. Plus, Time Warner still gets $29.95/month from me for Internet. They have made plenty off me the last 5 years. I bet it costs them less than $10/month for my service. That is why when I called them 6 months ago to ask for a lower price (was paying $46.95/month), they didn't hesitate to drop it to $29.95. The truth is that media companies will just have to get creative with how they make money. Talk radio, along with newspapers are nearly dead. Everyone gets podcasts and the daily news from the internet. Plus, many tv shows are already available on the internet for free either from the broadcaster's website or hulu.com. For example, I watched this week's A&E's "Intervention" last night from their website. They just put commercials every 10 min or so. The reason I did this instead of downloading the show was convenience. I didn't want to wait to download the show. Media companies have to adapt to the internet or die. Simple as that. Lots of people will lose jobs, but that's life.

I agree with you Jake. Storing movies and tv shows on hard drive is the best option. No clutter and instant access once the PC is on. I am sure glad hard drive prices are dropping. Backing up 1.5 TB of stuff used to be crazy expensive. Now it's only $120 or so.