Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 17:36:54 UTC
in journal: #6985Comment #34782
4GB RAM is in mine, to go with a 3.0ghz quad core and a 5750. It's plenty, seems to be a perfect starting point for gaming computers. I don't see needing to upgrade to 8 for while.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 17:15:42 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62109
"since the sex of a child is not hard to determine, to put it mildly"
Actually, babies are not born with fully developed genitals.
Most baby boys are born with genitals so small (after all, a penis and a clitoris are essentially the same organ), and with their testicles retracted into their bodies (why your "balls drop" during puberty), that they are often confused with girls. This is not rare, and the mistake is often caught after the first month or so of being born.
also, today I learned "gender dysphoria" is the medical name that his been given to a person who believes they are of the opposite gender. I'm not ruling out the genetic or biological aspects of this condition. It's established that this condition develops in the womb. However, this condition is unrelated to sexual preference. A man who thinks he's a woman could still be attracted to either gender.
I still am not convinced that you are born knowing who you want to have sex with, as babies are born without sex drives. These drives develop in the early teens, usually. It is around this time that a preference is developed, although it can be much later (early adulthood) before the preference is realized.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 14:20:11 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62108
Chicken: Never read any documented cases of gender confusion at birth? The parents raise a little boy as a little girl. They realize their mistake eventually, or the kid does when he reaches the age where it is explained that men and women have different genitalia. Do you know what happens when the mistake is realized? Much more often than not, the boy chooses to continue living as a girl, because that's who he(she) is.
That is gender identity.
And don't ask me to go round up documented examples for you, you can do it yourself if you're that interested.
"Your sexual orientation is, naturally, decided by who you want to have sex with." Exactly what I've been saying the whole time.
"So your point is that sexuality is a social construct, I take it?" Yes, that's exactly the point. See? You did understand. Forgive me for not being clearer, it was quite late and I had a few beers in me.
"Your sexual orientation is, naturally, decided by who you want to have sex with." followed by: "there are tons of studies that indicate the genetical and biological aspects of sexuality" confused me a bit. Do you think it is determined by your preference, or at birth? Pick one.
I'll fully admit to enjoying debate. If you do not enjoy it, I'd be happy to stop.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 09:26:16 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62107
lol Jeff
DiscoStu: Yes. You could essentially have a woman's brain. I've met people exactly like this. If you did, you'd have figured it out by now though.
When you were a boy, you would'nt have looked at the women on the magazines the same lustful way as the other boys for example. You'd have wished you were the woman on the cover, or imagined yourself in their awesome clothes.
This is called gender identity.
Anatomically, obviously, you would still be a man. But everything that makes you who you are is in that little wad of flesh in your head, and if it thinks it's a woman, well...
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 01:58:41 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62106
Yeah, people describe themselves as that and there are indeed people who are not interested in sex with anyone. When I said it didn't exist in humans, I mean the literal biological attribute of a living organism reproducing without intercourse.
Some fish or shit do it I bet.
edit: she could also have said that to try to get laid
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 01:53:09 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62105
Also, I just realized you called something I said ridiculous and then repeated it nearly word for word three sentences later. You seem to understand it just fine.
I simply should not have responded, this is clearly not the place nor the time.
Cpt.Terror, that situation is not uncommon at all when people are discovering their own sexuality. I doubt a person on the planet has ever just woken up one day and gone "Oh! I'm totally gay!".
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 00:46:24 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62104
I think this is a healthy way for him to vent. As I said, friends come and go. His friend has gone, so he has come to other friends.
But yeah, we know nothing about the situation and can only offer obscure life advice.
and Chicken, I guess to sum it up: Everyone on earth is bisexual, they just have sex with who they want. Some want men, some want women. Your own gender is entirely irrelevant.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 00:34:47 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62103
They are describing actual things, yes. Our sexual preferences. They are that and only that though, preferences. You see another human being, the wad of flesh and chemicals in your head releases some hormones, and you call it love.
If you were raised to believe that you are born one or the other, or that it is a choice, or that it is genetic, you will obviously have trouble with it.
Again, I said it was not easy to think about. Best not to dwell on it, especially if you are less than totally secure with yourself.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-13 23:38:32 UTC
in journal: #6983Comment #62102
Stu, you may very well have done absolutely nothing wrong. One of the facts of life is that friends come, and friends go. More often than not, friends simply drift their separate ways with no hard feelings. You can't let this fact ruin the memories of the good times, or it will make you miserable.
And no, you can't be turned gay.
I will share with you one of life's little secrets, one that's not necessarily pleasant or easy to think about: Gay and straight are just words in a language invented by humans. There is no such thing as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual. There is sexual, and asexual. Asexual doesn't exist in humans, we are incapable of reproducing on our own.
I'm aware this view may anger certain people, and I mean absolutely no offense by it.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-31 00:09:04 UTC
in news: Get those entries in!Comment #99764
I couldn't play it because the quality of my mouse at the time was so bad that I couldn't put the crosshairs on the pixel-sized targets down the range.
So I never qualified, and never played. Sounds like the Army to me, lol.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-28 22:11:32 UTC
in journal: #6959Comment #57175
Sounds like you accidentally soldered two wires together on your old set. Anyways, that set looks pretty sweet, sure beats my flimsy little plastic set.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-26 12:37:41 UTC
in vault item: Gm_NightFieldComment #18696
dizzlizzin' thiz shizzle
ran around in it for ten minutes, thoughts: Not bad striker, some neat touches in here. I can tell that it is 95% done but nothing that could really impede on the gameplay. You ARE going to get complaints about the darkness but do not be mad, I pity the people with low-contrast monitors! No problem seeing in the dark here and I find it a bit refreshing.
+plenty of room(for on-foot shenanigans) +nets for games +lightning is cool +plenty of 3D skybox going on
A bit hard figuring out where exactly I am playing, setting wise. Obviously a lot of chemical/gas things going on in the skybox. Although for GMod I can't really complain, I mean, just look at flatgrass. It is flat. It is grass.
-kind of cramped for vehicles -skybox trees incorrectly lit -ramp uses a burned wood texture on the bottom for some reason -(various other obligatory nit-picks to make myself look smart here)
if it were me I would add stadium lights to illuminate either both ends of the field or just the middle, leaving SOME really dark areas (I suppose that's what people want when they download something called "nightfield" anyways). edit: just saw the lightswitch bit in your description, probably nullifies everything I just said
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-25 11:35:42 UTC
in vault item: Small PoxComment #18694
D/Lin this hot shit
edit: that was NEAT! Could be that IDK how to do any of that scripted stuff, but that was really fuckin cool. This is going to make some people want to do colabs with you. I only wish the compo lasted longer so you could've finished!
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-24 14:28:52 UTC
in journal: #6951Comment #60731
Jeff I couldn't agree more. Speaking of all getting along, will someone please go over and slap both North and South Korea's shit around until they stop bickering like children? I say we air-drop a few thousand pallets of beer right on the border and MAKE them get along.
Although they would probably just fight over the beer.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-23 19:45:15 UTC
in vault item: Last ChristmasComment #18690
I thought it was pretty good. I didn't cheat like a cheating cheater cheats on the fire escape, and I lasted until the second pair of tanks showed up. I'll save my rating until you update it (hope you do!) because fixing the issues mentioned before, plus the obvious stuff like that oddly lit section of wall(99% of the time caused by using a model texture on brushwork) will bump my rating up from like a 3.5 to 4.5
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 19:16:53 UTC
in journal: #6945Comment #66288
If you have your heart set on consoles for some reason, then let the list of exclusive titles decide. IMHO $50 a year for an online service is pretty reasonable, especially considering I've only heard bad things about the speed of PSN.
But if it were me, I'd take that $250 i was going to spend on a PS3 and just buy a beastly video card that kicks the shit out of either console.
Wow, that's deep. And deeply depressing.
Care if I cheer it up a bit? If you have fun with them, then you didn't waste your time. Time spent having fun is not time wasted!
edit: also, you most certainly DO have boobs. just not very big ones.
(unless you're fat)
"Anatomically, obviously, you would still be a man. But everything that makes you who you are is in that little wad of flesh in your head"
clarity
Actually, babies are not born with fully developed genitals.
Most baby boys are born with genitals so small (after all, a penis and a clitoris are essentially the same organ), and with their testicles retracted into their bodies (why your "balls drop" during puberty), that they are often confused with girls. This is not rare, and the mistake is often caught after the first month or so of being born.
It's much less common, however, for a girl to be confused with a boy, but here is one such case http://www.medindia.net/news/Gender-Confusion-78441-1.htm.
also, today I learned "gender dysphoria" is the medical name that his been given to a person who believes they are of the opposite gender. I'm not ruling out the genetic or biological aspects of this condition. It's established that this condition develops in the womb. However, this condition is unrelated to sexual preference. A man who thinks he's a woman could still be attracted to either gender.
I still am not convinced that you are born knowing who you want to have sex with, as babies are born without sex drives. These drives develop in the early teens, usually. It is around this time that a preference is developed, although it can be much later (early adulthood) before the preference is realized.
That is gender identity.
And don't ask me to go round up documented examples for you, you can do it yourself if you're that interested.
"Your sexual orientation is, naturally, decided by who you want to have sex with." Exactly what I've been saying the whole time.
"So your point is that sexuality is a social construct, I take it?" Yes, that's exactly the point. See? You did understand. Forgive me for not being clearer, it was quite late and I had a few beers in me.
"Your sexual orientation is, naturally, decided by who you want to have sex with." followed by:
"there are tons of studies that indicate the genetical and biological aspects of sexuality" confused me a bit. Do you think it is determined by your preference, or at birth? Pick one.
I'll fully admit to enjoying debate. If you do not enjoy it, I'd be happy to stop.
DiscoStu: Yes. You could essentially have a woman's brain. I've met people exactly like this. If you did, you'd have figured it out by now though.
When you were a boy, you would'nt have looked at the women on the magazines the same lustful way as the other boys for example. You'd have wished you were the woman on the cover, or imagined yourself in their awesome clothes.
This is called gender identity.
Anatomically, obviously, you would still be a man. But everything that makes you who you are is in that little wad of flesh in your head, and if it thinks it's a woman, well...
Some fish or shit do it I bet.
edit: she could also have said that to try to get laid
I simply should not have responded, this is clearly not the place nor the time.
Cpt.Terror, that situation is not uncommon at all when people are discovering their own sexuality. I doubt a person on the planet has ever just woken up one day and gone "Oh! I'm totally gay!".
It takes time and experimentation.
But yeah, we know nothing about the situation and can only offer obscure life advice.
and Chicken, I guess to sum it up: Everyone on earth is bisexual, they just have sex with who they want. Some want men, some want women. Your own gender is entirely irrelevant.
If you were raised to believe that you are born one or the other, or that it is a choice, or that it is genetic, you will obviously have trouble with it.
Again, I said it was not easy to think about. Best not to dwell on it, especially if you are less than totally secure with yourself.
And no, you can't be turned gay.
I will share with you one of life's little secrets, one that's not necessarily pleasant or easy to think about: Gay and straight are just words in a language invented by humans. There is no such thing as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual. There is sexual, and asexual. Asexual doesn't exist in humans, we are incapable of reproducing on our own.
I'm aware this view may anger certain people, and I mean absolutely no offense by it.
This is nuts, it's supposed to keep going all damn day too.
damn son, that's a beastly rig. I can't wait until I join the duel vid card club.
So I never qualified, and never played. Sounds like the Army to me, lol.
ran around in it for ten minutes, thoughts:
Not bad striker, some neat touches in here. I can tell that it is 95% done but nothing that could really impede on the gameplay. You ARE going to get complaints about the darkness but do not be mad, I pity the people with low-contrast monitors! No problem seeing in the dark here and I find it a bit refreshing.
+plenty of room(for on-foot shenanigans)
+nets for games
+lightning is cool
+plenty of 3D skybox going on
A bit hard figuring out where exactly I am playing, setting wise. Obviously a lot of chemical/gas things going on in the skybox. Although for GMod I can't really complain, I mean, just look at flatgrass. It is flat. It is grass.
-kind of cramped for vehicles
-skybox trees incorrectly lit
-ramp uses a burned wood texture on the bottom for some reason
-(various other obligatory nit-picks to make myself look smart here)
if it were me I would add stadium lights to illuminate either both ends of the field or just the middle, leaving SOME really dark areas (I suppose that's what people want when they download something called "nightfield" anyways). edit: just saw the lightswitch bit in your description, probably nullifies everything I just said
A solid four star gmod map I think.
edit: that was NEAT! Could be that IDK how to do any of that scripted stuff, but that was really fuckin cool. This is going to make some people want to do colabs with you. I only wish the compo lasted longer so you could've finished!
they're playin us like fiddles and I LOVE IT
...kinda wish I never looked at that :/
Although they would probably just fight over the beer.
Also, what women Strider XD
great map, seasonal stuff is fun!
But if it were me, I'd take that $250 i was going to spend on a PS3 and just buy a beastly video card that kicks the shit out of either console.