borntohula

no, not today, anyways. you should visit the music section sometime. although he hasn't done it in awhile, that i've noticed. also, consider that you're only posting in this thread to defend sodamntired... and not actually responding to his "topic" that you're somehow defending the validity of... would you have replied to his thread otherwise?

it's an interesting video. i'd say that i'd like it more were it not for the song, and if there hadn't been such literal interpretations of the song's lyrics. but some of your shots were nice, particularly the hallway in the beginning. also, azalroth: there are ways of getting around hulu's country detection thing.

so, update time: i thought all was well once i reformatted. the computer started up just fine, and windows was working again. once i started trying to reinstall some drivers, however, things kinda went back to normal. i tried to install the driver for my network card, and the program had an error and wouldn't let me continue. i didn't think much of it, and so i just gave up and tried to install the driver for my sound card instead. when that failed too, i knew something was wrong. also ,the computer has gone back to turning itself off without warning, so i'm forced to think that this is more than just a virus or windows problem. i should have clarified earlier that the power did go out in my house yesterday, and thats when things got really shitty, but because my comp had been acting up before, i didn't really want to attribute the problems with the power-outage. plus, we have a surge protector on this line, so i really didn't think it was an issue. also, i thought that my ability to start up in safe mode, and to have the computer run in safe mode was proof that power wasn't a problem. but because my computer continually shuts itself off without warning, and then will not reboot unless i unplug, then plug it back in first, i think that my power supply might be shot. i don't know much about this area of my computer, so i'm not sure what to do at the moment. is it fixable? is it worth fixing if that's the issue?

this leads me to the obvious question.... if you could have anything rock memorabilia that you wanted, what would it be?

currently formatting now!!! i figured out why F5 wasn't taking me to "where to boot menu"... when i turn my computer on, it will crash, but then automatically restart, and i didn't realize that when it restarts due to an error, it automatically defaults to bringing up the "safe mode" menu. so i was hitting F5, F2 and all that to no avail. finally, after your post, i realized what i had been doing wrong, and tried starting the computer up, opting to go into safe-mode, and then shutting down properly from there. once i booted the computer up again, it was able to bring me to the BIOS menu, and it also picked up the CD in the drive. i probably should've caught this earlier, but i had no idea that it would default to the safe-mode menu... so i was really confused. but now things seem to be going smoothly with the formatting, anyways. i'm an avid user of firefox-- i have been for years, which is probably why my computer has lasted this long in the first place, and i'd say my browsing habits are pretty conservative. i rarely visit places i'm unfamiliar with or accept files that i'm unsure of... i think windows firewall might've been off, but my computer has been confused abotu that sort of thing for some time. a few years ago i was running panda security software because i heard from some roomates that it was superior to norton (which i was having major problems with), but it was a pig and took up a lot of space, so i eventually got rid of it... and i also think it was a bit too invasive for me... but i think i had turned off windows firewall at that point, and never turned it back on. i'll be a bit more diligent with security this time around though (if my problem was just a virus)... so you still swear by AVG? do you run multiple virus detectors?

especially those alberta beef tacos AMIRITE GUYS???

the dollarama here in canada used to sell sweet DVDs. for the price of, you guessed it, a dollar, you could buy a DVD with two old horror films on it (usually from the 60s)! my girlfriend and i have the whole set. they're so old and cheesy.

thanks for your help. i'll give it a shot tomorrow... i'm sick of that computer today. actually, it's funny that you mention AVG because that's what i've been running. it was working great for me initially, and i kept up with the updates and scans (although i cut the amount of scans performed to only once a week). it still managed to catch anything that was trying to infect me, and i used to get plenty of alerts from it as it would catch things on the fly... but then it stopped. as i was transfering files to my external drive, i managed to find a virus in the process, embedded in the windows folder. AVG isn't finding it in its scans for some reason. it was called "brastk.exe" and after looking up how to fix it on the net, i managed to find and delete it and its associated files as well. but it seems as though it's only one of many viruses. initially i thought the problem was more than just a virus, and actually a hardware issue, but if that were the case, i wouldnt be able to even load safe-mode, right? a hardware issue wouldnt discriminate between safe mode or normal mode, right? i've also run ccleaner, to see if there was a problem with the registry. no dice.

this is what i'm talking about. but this: was actually funny. who knew you could quip?

really? i didn't think gang of losers was that mellow... maybe i need to listen to it again. it's not loud by any means, but in comparison to no cities left it really didn't seem mellow.

anyone heard this yet? is it worth looking into? their most recent releases have all been pretty disappointing...

yeah, i commend you on the thread-starting as well, but try to think of things that people can actually contribute to... don't just post things that your mom forwards you... otherwise the only way people can contribute is to ridicule you... and we've all seen how well you take criticism.

so my PC is on the fritz, and i'm pretty sure it has got some kind of virus. when i try to boot it up normally, it always crashes after the windows (XP) loading bar. the computer then restarts, and brings me back to square one. it boots up fine in safe-mode, so i was able to rescue my files no problem. my problem is that i can't seem to format the goddamn thing and start from scratch. earlier today i tried to repair windows so that i could move my files over to my external hard drive, as i couldn't access it in safe-mode. i also wanted to see if repairing the issue was realistic. so at startup, i ran my XP boot CD, and the repair failed. instead, i had to run safe-mode with networking, and transfer my files that way. a bit slower of a process, but it worked. anyways, now that i want to format my hard drive, i can't, because for whatever reason, my XP boot disk is not being read while the computer starts up. i've held f5 while it boots as well, and don't even get the usual menu display asking me where i'd like to boot from (is that the bIOS menu thing i'm referring to? i have no idea). so i'm completely confused and not really sure about what my next step should be at this point. why isn't my CD being read anymore? is there another way for me to format my hard drive? is there a way for me to start up in DOS perhaps? any help would be greatly appreciated.

when you say "post graduate" does that mean you have a post-graduate degree in something, or does it mean that you have just finished your undergraduate?

it looks interesting, because it's a canadian war movie, but it also just looks like a by-the-numbers war movie and happens to be canadian. i'll see it, but i'm not expecting a lot from it.

concept art for the new stargate show: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=61531

news! bad news about raskulinecz, but what can you do? good news is, duvall can handle the old stuff well, so they'll be exciting to see live: still though, change your fucking name guys.

the new album is real good, but it's not for everybody. really somber, kind of bedroom rock kind of stuff. very intimate.

i like "put it off" quite a bit, and it doesn't seemto be a song that a lot of people (casual fans, like myself) are familiar with.

great album. easily one of the best and most significant albums to come from the united states. its such a touchstone for so many bands that i listen to that i'm kinda mad at myself for not getting to it sooner. i also haven't listened to it on headphones yet, which i really should get to doing.

yeah, may lost in her riding pretty badly, but it was a riding that she picked... she didn't live there prior to the election i dont think... i think dion had the right ideas, but was not leadership material.

after hearing the libs trying to capitalize on people voting strategically this past week, i've decided to go with the greens. they have no chance of winning in my riding, but i think it's a better choice than fuelling the liberals who have been sustained on the "left vote" for far too long. they openly buy into the idea that voting for the other parties works the same as a vote in favour of the conservatives, and i don't like the sound of that philosophy one bit. i don't like the two party system, and i believe that the best way for me to not participate in it (aside from apathy) is to vote green. elizabeth may has done exceptionally well for herself this election, and i think that it should not go unrewarded. i'm excited to see how well the greens do for themselves this time around now that they've been able to participate in the debate. i'm feeling pretty optimistic that they'll do quite well for themselves. hopefully they can get more than one seat this time.

no it doesn't. it's way too glossy to be steve albini. i think it really just depends on the band. i know that of the reissues that i've bought, i've been quite happy with them. the "legacy edition" reissue of sonic youth's daydream nation is quite good because they leave the first disc alone, but include a second one with a live performance of the album in it's entirety. i also have the legacy version of jeff buckley's grace and they, too, left his album alone and just included a CD of extras and a DVD (i think) as well. the CD is great because there are no shitty demos on it... just other covers and things that he had been working on at the same time. considering he only lived to finish one album, this kind of inclusion is one that's wholly necessary and well-worth it in my opinion.

i could've sworn there was a thread for this already... but if not, well done.

that's the problem in having the first four songs be all noel's. it sets the bar far too high for the second half. in some cases, this kind of technique works for bands with multiple songwriters, as they use their differences to play off of one another. here it just highlights the weaknesses of liam, gem and andy because none of them are good enough at writing to have a style that's distanced enough from noel to be interesting, yet they're different enough from him that it's noticeable; they lack the chops to write really hard-hitting songs. not to dismiss their output outright, but it's no coincidence that the second half is incredibly monotonous and only has two contributions from noel. as far as the album is concerned, it sounds like an oasis album, but it's hardly the "return to form" the music press is heralding it as.