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Alright, I'd have to go with...5. 3D Mark '05--a program that tests your system's gaming capabilities: graphics card, processor, RAM, etc.4. Roxio Easy CD Creator 5--great burning and audio editing program3. Fruity Loops--awesome program in which you can write your own songs2. Notepad--you can do just about anything in Notepad. I particularly use it for programming in HTML, Z80 Assembly, etc.1. Hex Workshop 4.2--the best program ever!! Free for download, and you can hex edit levels and weapons in games like Halo.

Interesting idea...however, I can see some flaws. So far, nothing has been able to generate 100% efficiency or higher, and it appears to be impossible.Basically in your system, you are converting electrical energy into mechanical energy, and then with the generator it is being reconverted into electrical energy through back-EMF. I think that, in perfect conditions, this would yield 100% efficiency. However, perfect conditions are unattainable...forces such as friction and heat loss due to resistance in the wires would lower the efficiency of the machine. Therefore, we end up with less energy than what we started with.Instead, I think that we should try to convert matter into energy, for this actually will generate more output energy than what is input. It is for this reason that, once we perfect it, fusion will be the next big breakthrough in energy...a huge output with little or no environmental consequences.

I remember seeing a special on TV about experiments in robotic prosthetics.In one of the experiments they did, they implanted a wireless chip into a rat that would interface with its brain. The chip was linked to a computer. What they did is they put the rat in a maze and set it loose. At first, the rat was completely lost, but then the man on the computer (somehow) began to feed the rat directions through the implanted chip.So clearly interfacing with the brain is possible, but there are a lot more advances to be made in the field before we see people walking around with a robotic prosthesis.

Funny that you should mention older movies...Indeed, the advances in technology have been incredible, but have the advances in computers really helped the special effects of movies?Looking back 12 years ago to 1993, Jurassic Park was first released. To me, this movie had some of the best special effects, and I think it still does. It seems that in this movie, the visual effects artists created a perfect balance of animatronics and computer graphics.Now, some of the newer movies' special effects are created using computers instead of actual people and animatronics. Sure, this does add a great deal of possibilities to the special effects industry, but you have to admit that some of these computer-generated effects look pretty cheesy (there are some exceptions, of course, like most of The Matrix or The Lord of the Rings trilogies). It seems movie makers are taking the cheap way out...why spend hundreds of thousands on animatronics when you could just do it on a computer and save a lot of money?I'm sure that the technology of computer-generated special effects will improve in the coming years, but for now I think that the movies rely too much on computer graphics.

There is another possible explanation for the inaccurate carbon dating.Scientists believe that, back in the 15th century, the shroud suffered some fire damage, which is why it has the holes and burns in it today. They believe that the fire could easily have deposited some newer carbon atoms on the cloth, thus throwing off the results of the carbon dating tests.

Hex modding the map files of Halo is awesome; the gun combinations you can get are absolutely insane.Try modding to shotgun so that instead of shooting out pellets, it shoots out tank shells or plasma cannons. The result is a gun with so much power that with one shot you can shoot a Warthog from one base in Blood Gulch all the way over to the other.

I don't really think there is much of a risk to Earth by running a fusion reactor on it. There's probably more of a risk by running fission reactors. Firstly, fusion doesn't generate any harmful products, so there's practically no environmental risk there. And secondly, Any amount of power we create on Earth would not screw up the planet. We're getting the fuel from seawater on Earth. Therefore, we would not be screwing up the energy balance of Earth at all due to the Laws of Conservation of Energy and Matter.

Hello all.I was wondering...is there anyone out there who likes Jethro Tull, or has even heard of them? If you do, which songs of theirs do you like?And has anyone ever heard the full, 42-minute version of Thick as a Brick? What do you think?

I hear you, tattoopunk.There used to be an age when music was good and original; that is, back in the 60s and 70s. Back then, bands used to generate quality, original music that is a lost art today.Today, when an original band appears, there are about 15 other bands waiting to copy their style. Not only that, but today, any band can make and sell music, regardless of how talented they are.Back in the golden era of music, albums were developed with clear themes and original, creative cover art that supported those themes. Today, CDs are just a compilation of random songs with random cover art (this is why I like Trans-Siberian Orchestra; their music tells a story and the cover art is relevant). It's just not the same anymore.As for sound quality, I could go either way. CDs are clearer, but there's something about the archaic sound of vinyls that is appealing as well.

My dad has the biggest vinyl collection I have ever seen...probably 500 or more. This includes some of the following:QueenJethro TullJourneyLynyrd SkynyrdLed ZeppelinThe BeatlesThe ClashTrapezeThe WhoTriumviratPink FloydBlodwyn Pigand a whole lot more...

Here are my favorites:Jethro TullQueenLinkin ParkGreen DayWeezerSmash MouthThe Whoand, of course, Trans-Siberian Orchestra

I like rock music, especially classic rock. At the moment, I am listening to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.I'd have to say my all-time favorite is actually a Jethro Tull song called "The Third Hoorah"...best song ever

I like some of U2's music, particularly "Elevation", "Mysterious Ways", and "Vertigo", though I might not agree with the comment that they're the biggest band in the world today.

Yeah, it's definitely unique, I can say that...yeah, but some of it's pretty good, like the song from Gone in 60 Seconds and "Honey".

Well, if you're looking to keep your card for another two years, it wouldn't hurt to spend a little extra to go with the better card.If you're upgrading from a 32 MB card, you'll be pretty amazed with whatever you get...