Went looking at the new computers and came across this package, which seemed pretty good to me. With my limited knowledge though, I can't be sure. Tell me, would you buy this:

~ Intel Celeron Pentium 4
~ 2.8 GHz processor
~ 512MB DDRam
~ 40GB hard drive
~ DVD "Superdrive" (I think by that it means it's a DVD burner)
~ 15" Acer LCD Display
~ 6 USB ports
~ 56k internal modem
~ Norton Antivirus
~ Windows XP
~ 128MB video card - Radeon 9200
~ HP PSC 1350 Printer, Copier and Scanner in one

All for $2499 (Aussie dollars)? It seems pretty good to me, what do you think?

At 4/14/04 07:52 AM, StrawberrySocks wrote: this topic has no relevance whatso ever to me. Also I dont know what you're talking about, Explain,

If it has no relevance, why do you require an explanation?

At 4/13/04 11:47 PM, TheGreenHiroofGHI wrote: After that, keep on crawling and shooting groins till a FBI Car comes along, jump onto it and start jumping and shooting down.

I find it easier to just shoot the front of it while on the ground. IIRC, that also kills the agents coming out the back door.

At 4/14/04 06:56 AM, thegreatmorph wrote: yeah you don't realise how many people look up to you unless you talk to them.

I guess you know by experience, thegreatmorph?

At 4/14/04 02:30 AM, Baron_Von_Bad_Guy wrote: It's going to be hell once we reach the second to the last badge, I forget how many points it is to the last one, all I know is it is a ton, but it will be well worth it!

It's a whopping 4,500 points Baron. Just ask Recon or Bila, they're trekking through it right now.

At 4/14/04 04:22 AM, XwaynecoltX wrote: I think you should set your goals higher then that...

I was once told to set my goals low, so that even a minor success seems like a major achievement. Roffles!

At 4/14/04 04:20 AM, Aasha wrote: BUT TEH MAGAZINE SAID RPG!

Meh. Magazines get it wrong often enough. I remember when I was eagerly awaited the release of GTA: Vice City and the magazines kept saying an earlier date than what actually happened. They can be good though, demo discs are fun!

At 4/14/04 04:23 AM, Alkador wrote: The Sword of Justice:
What should Alex do? Why?
1. "But what?"
2. "Well, we were told that we were the ones"
3. "Brian, can you tell me what you've been holding back since we met?"

I'll go #1 Alkador. I like to stay on subject. #3 is very tempting though...

Right-click on the name of the submission and click "Open in New Window". That way can just quit out of the new window you have made and get back to the Portal page without having to load it up again.

At 4/14/04 01:46 AM, XkwiziTOnE wrote: Hello everyone just had a minute to stop in and say hello to everyone............................

Why hello there extreme user of the period! How goes it?

At 4/14/04 01:46 AM, Aasha wrote: Conker's Bad Fur Day is another one...

Conkers? An RPG? I would have thought it was a platformer/shooter.

At 4/13/04 07:06 PM, moongod wrote: It doesnt get hard to move up until you get closer to the top 50 anyway.

Not if you're getting 1000 points a week! I used to be ranked 81st but I've been passed by many going super fast. I'm finding it tough to move up at my rate...

At 4/13/04 06:21 AM, Alkador wrote: Also, who makes up the council?

_redruM_, Recon_Rebel, mr_trivia, Afterburner and myself are the 5 council members. These are the people who will be posting the list.

2nd Point:
I think that Red_rum's idea sounds a lot better than James'

Yes, my idea sucked :( At least it got Red thinking though.

At 4/13/04 12:40 AM, Losperman wrote: It's ok, we all make mistakes sometimes.

Socks are secksay.

At 4/12/04 08:52 AM, jonthomson wrote: They're ten points apart right now. Pimp's not missed a thing. AFAIK, HT missed one, and Pimp's got today's in first.

I must have been viewing an old page then. When NG had a bit of down time the other day and I tried to access it, instead of getting an error it just showed me the last page I had seen. I must have seen an old Top 50 EXP List and thought it was a current one. Silly me.

At 4/12/04 06:07 PM, _redruM_ wrote: The way I see it, NG would still be our homebase where we would recruit members and such. Still, I don't know that it's necessarry. At this point, at least.

I see no point in having another forum, but if there was stuff there that wasn't possible here that would be cool.

I'll have to ask her for permission before I show you anything. She is quite self-conscious about the job she does.

Ok, no problem.

But she is currently working on a site for one of the parks in our city.

Is she getting paid for it or just doing it for fun? That would be an interesting thing to do...

At 4/12/04 06:44 AM, Shrapnel wrote: Please explain the Japanese lady in Bill Murray's hotel room.

Sounds like Lost In Translation to me.

kthx.

That's ok. Just don't let it happen again.

Dobio ate my snake before it could shoot off its poison.

I don't think I've seen that movie. I'll put it on my to-do list.

At 4/12/04 08:06 AM, alpe wrote: but hey, maby humantarget forgets to deposit his exp

Speaking of missing deposits, it seems Pimp has done exactly that. The Top 50 EXP List now displays humantarget52 as 30 points ahead, compared to the 10 it was a few days ago. I very much doubt that humantarget has received bonus EXP or cheated the system in some way, so the only logical explanation is that Pimp missed one or more deposits.

At 4/12/04 01:54 AM, _redruM_ wrote: I thought it would be the other way around. I personally find it more convenient to come here and post than go all the way to my inbox, but I guess people are different.

They're already in their inbox if they're reading the email, which means replying back by email takes a single click while coming to the forum could take a lot more. But it's a moot point really, as we're the only ones talking about it.

Very well. Have we decided on Council Members then?

Um... not really. I was just stating the advantages of going with the council. *sigh* I suppose it is the best option though. Ok, council it is.

If so, I will volunteer to handle the next list.

Get it over and done with as soon as possible eh? That's usually my attitude too..

Works for me. If I'm going to be doing the Member's List this week, I might as well undertake this, too. That way I can post the answer along with the list.

What if someone guesses it correctly before then?

It's funny you should mention it. My girlfriend has offered a few times to make a website for this club, as she has experience doing so and has made some good sites. There would be some advantages to it, but I'd like some opinions on whether or not you think it would be necessarry.

!!! Wow, that's a very nice offer. I think it might be going a bit too far though, moving away from NG isn't something we need to do. If it's ok, can I see some of the sites she has made? I am very intrigued...

At 4/12/04 06:46 AM, mr_trivia wrote: Silly slayer, Trix are for kids.

Heh heh, that's exactly the phrase that came to mind when I first decided to reply to that post...

By the way, Does anyone know what a 2nd-Person shooter would be like?

Nope. I'm not really sure exactly what 2nd person perspective is, even though my English teacher explained it once. I didn't think it was very important, so I ignored it. Meh.

At 4/12/04 12:49 AM, Slayer_The_Mercenary wrote: everytime you use "silly " with anyones name it make you sound kinda gay.

It only sounds gay if you say it with that homosexual accent thingy, with the funny 's' pronunciation. That's pretty hard to recreate on an internet forum. Silly Slayer!

At 4/11/04 12:49 AM, Aasha wrote: Promoted? What do you mean?

It's explained in the email I sent you, but basically if you post more than the person ranked above you then you can take their position. It's more complicated than that, but that's all I can be bothered typing.

At 4/11/04 02:03 AM, _redruM_ wrote: Regarding James' Email

Thanks Red, you and CHEESE are the only ones I've got a reply from so far.

I suggest we discuss [the email] here, as it's much more convenient than playing email tag with about 12 different email addresses.

True, but some people might only have one sentence to say and it would be more convenient for them to hit reply in their inbox rather than come here and post.

Point #1.
Rotation of Member's List responsibilities

Any way works for me. Since the council is made up of mature, responsible people and some of the other members may not be quite up to the job, having the council do it could be a bit safer. I don't want the council to be doing everything though, I would like the whole club to be able to be involved in something.

Point #2.
RPG guessing

That's a good game Red, much more appropriate for the Club. If the game in question isn't guessed by a certain time, clues could be given.

Point #3.

As we aren't in full control over these pages we can't put little stars next to aliases or change the colour of text in posts. These ideas need us to be in control of the site we're at, but I don't think we should make our own site. It's quite a predicament indeed...

My blams are now 2,000 ahead of my saves. Took longer than I expected...

At 4/10/04 10:30 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: Congrats CHEESEGOD, how many times have you won that bloody trophy?

This is his 11th time by my count. Second only to you, you've won it 16 times. Alkador's won it 5 times, Hellbound 3 times, X once and I've won it 8 times.

... and you're still ranked number 5 punk.

You're still number one rebel.

At 4/10/04 10:32 PM, mr_trivia wrote: Aasha can't be promoted until next week, right?

Uh... guess so. I don't suppose it's a good idea to promote people on their immediate entry to the list.

Members, check your inboxes (Aasha, you should have two emails waiting for you).

Weekly Members List #45

1.) Recon_Rebel (common) 12
2.) FlGMENT (common) 8
3.) mr_trivia (uncommon) 5
4.) Afterburner (common) 6
5.) CHEESEGOD (common) 45
6.) HellboundNinja MIA 3
7.) Alkador (common) 15
8.) Randomzero (common) 18
9.) _redruM_ (common) 21
10.) Slayer_The_Mercenary (common) 19
11.) XkwiziTOnE (very rare) 0
12.) Aasha (uncommon) 39 (0, 39)

Users in bold have gone up a frequency rank
Users in italic have gone down a frequency rank
Unchanged frequency ranks are not emphasised

Under Trial

1.) Bill_Di_Rano (too secret for a schedule) 0 posts in 4 days

Lost Trialers

1.) Bakagami (failed trial)
2.) Aasha (upgraded)

Lost Members

None

152 posts made by 10 members
47 posts made by 9 non-members (3 Under Trial)

Posting Rule

0 - 4 posts = loss in rank
5 - 9 posts = unchanged rank
10+ posts = gain in rank

All new members receive a rank of uncommon

Last tallied post: FlGMENT at 4/10/04 08:47 PM

Silly D0GMA! the_phantom_spancker is highlighted in light blue yet he has not gained a point!

My rate of gain dropped two points and I lost a rank... Judging by the speed of the people behind me I'm about to lose some more ranks too.

At 4/10/04 07:35 PM, Afterburner wrote: Why are most of the regulars not posting much anymore?

Maybe after I've sent out my email with some new ideas it will spark some conversation...

At 4/10/04 07:55 PM, Slayer_The_Mercenary wrote: It's easter vacation right now. It's some religious thing. I don't really care though. i just look at it as a long weekend.

I get two weeks off school for Easter. Wonderful!

At 4/10/04 06:25 AM, -CrashOverride- wrote: But liljim made this sometime in March I think.

Ah ok, that explains why I haven't heard of it until now. I thought it had been around for a long time and I was just ignorant. Although, it doesn't come up in conversation much I suppose...

At 4/10/04 06:10 AM, -CrashOverride- wrote:

At 4/10/04 06:07 AM, bumcheekcity wrote: Mods can delete pics? Very cool.

Sigs and Sig pics too!

Wow, I never knew you had access to sigs... can you only delete them or can you modify them too?

At 4/10/04 05:39 AM, -CrashOverride- wrote: I agree. Especially since that pic is in 4/4 posts. I believe that is considered picture spamming.

I'm glad you're around big fella. Reduces the time I have to look at that atrocity...

PIC DELETION AND BAN! w00t!

At 4/10/04 05:19 AM, BIGMANBRAINY wrote: well? did he make it?

Not as yet, but I'm sure it will get done. Just give it time big man. Patience is the key...

At 4/10/04 04:56 AM, Cojack12 wrote: ya well i am like a newb to this lvling up thing how do u do it? i have whriten like over 120 revues for movies

Fuck you. Go take your gay pictures elsewhere, cockspank.

At 4/10/04 12:38 AM, Aasha wrote: Is that okay?

As far as I'm concerned, that would be wonderful. Add a bit of personality to the game. I am pretty sure CHEESEGOD would be fine with it too, but he has the final word.