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Hmm, new motherboard is in, only apparently the motherboard didn't come with its own drivers and stuff, and it doesn't recognise like half the hardware? It's a totally different make and model of motherboard. CD drives ain't being recognised, apparently it has some USB but then it's also got some USB issue and I'm confused, my brother wants me to get the drivers and stick them on usb stick then take it from there, which I'm about to do. If it doesn't work recongising the USB stick, what can I do, considering CDs are out of the question given that it's not picking up the drives? (also doesnt recognise the ethernet controller or something, so internetting on the comp is currently out of the question) EDIT: Blargh! Noes! I installed the motherboard chipset drivers that I downloaded from the motherboard site(tis an Abit AV-8, apparently) from the USB stick as windows managed to pick it up, then it said that it needed to restart which is fairly standard, and now it says windows won't boot cos it's missing a driver file from /system32/! (isapnp.sys) Why is this happening! It told me to fix it with the windows setup cd, but it won't seem to boot from the cd drive(even after i changed it to secondary device in the bios) and so we're kind of screwed? The comp has a floppy drive, and presumably there may be a way to boot from usb? Can we fix this?

It was indeed a very magical game, I don't know why, think it was the music as it happens(i can hear it in my head right now, do doo dodododo do doo do, either from the forest or dungeons?). Not played for time though, not sure if I have the original cart, but my sister did later buy DX(not sure where that is either!). Didn't really get too fussed up with that. LA original also has the awesome map/select screen warp glitch, I found out about that on tinternets and made full use of it to interesting effect(I love glitches like that). Very good game though, and I unfortunately tend to overlook it often in my Zelda rankings cos I haven't played for so long, and cos it's a bit too similar to LttP, which takes my preference. EDIT: The first bit of music in this is sort of what I was thinking/talking about. EDITEDIT: Oo oo! Head to 4.20, that's the one!! Man, definitely the music that makes this game. Just listen to this stuff, it's genius for what it was, imo.

DK64 was awesome, totally brilliant and genius game, think it was overlooked cos it was late on and didn't really do anything too 'revolutionary'. I remember that castle too, wasn't my favourite of levels to be fair, I think it was one of the last ones too so it was kind of dissappointing.

It was sort of done already with Ages and OoT It could be quite an interesting concept if done well though(again by future I don't mean too futery). With OoT it was basically the same world with small differences, with Ages there was quite a significant difference between the past world and present, and they made excellent use of the colour pallette to give the past a slightly...browner look? I must say, the whole time/clock thing was an aspect I really loved about OoT and MM, though I think there's the obvious problem of the clock like in MM, taking up alot of the game's space like(like, to have things happening at a set clock time, keeping track of all of them must take up alot, right?)

Personally, it'd depend how cut up I was, I tend to need a bit of space and time after shit like that just to get my head around(namely, time and space with nothing of the other person), I imagine it'd be a bit painful posting and being constantly reminded. If it was amicable, it should be fine enough, I guess. Were it someone I was with and got them to join, I'd totally be like they have to stop posting cos I was here first, lol. I think I'd be ok for a while as as you may have noticed I often just stop posting for half a year, as long as it's not forever then I'd be cool. I'm kind of in love with the forums and all the cool people here, it'd be weird to give it all up! Especially for a stupid girl(cos you'd have to be stupid to not be with me, rite?). (I'm secretly waiting for Dog-Amoto to announce some illicit affair he's been having with a forumite...)

Guess it could be a problem if someone was leeching her internet, but without security I don't see why it'd slow it down at all or cause any issues. You checked the NWFC site for troubleshooting stuff?

Personally, I think all this discussion about art style is silly, I don't think the problem with any Zelda game has been art style. Whilst I'll admit graphics can add alot to the game, in my mind they're low down on the list of what makes a game good. It SHOULD be all about the gameplay, even if it had a ridiculously pants story(albeit not one of these crazy futuristic space age ones) if it kept all the gameplay elements that makes a zelda Zelda, it'd be a good game. By that I mean, as I mentioned before, side-quests, minigames, useful collectables(partially or fully optional), capacity upgrades, heart pieces etc TP fell in that it didn't have much in the way of side-quests, the mini-games were a bit sparse and shallow, the collectables weren't too useful. Poe souls and bugs for money? Bit shallow, in Oracles you could collect rings which actually had their own uses, gave some depth, in MM you had the masks. In OoT you had the Skulltulas, with certain upgrades and things at different collective intervals. I don't remember how I got capacity upgrades in TP come to think of it, though I can remember for most other Zeldas. I was excited when I found out heart pieces were in 5 pieces too, but dissappointed in the game cos the processes for getting them didn't seem so interesting. I'll admit, I haven't played TP since it came out, so my memory is a bit vague and possibly a bit biased, as I've played the other Zeldas through more than once usually(if only halfway through), but maybe it's some sort of sign that I've never felt the same motivation to replay TP?

Just to say thanks for the help guys(and throw on a tiny question ) my dad got his friend's friend round to look at it, who just took the RAM out and turned the computer on, then told us it was the motherboard because apparently it should make some noise and cry a bit when it hasn't got any RAM in. Think my brother's looking to get a new/replacement motherboard for it. Question I have, if it's a different motherboard, is there going to be any major/notable issue with the changeover and windows/hardware configurations? I don't want windows to get confused and break when it's all fixed up, but I fear it will, cos you know...it's windows.

I actually just had a really nice hot shower, this thread made me really want one! I'd have had a bath, but I was afraid I'd fall asleep in it, and it's also kind of noisy to run a bath at this hour of the night. It does feel kinda lovely to crawl into bed after a nice hot shower or a good soak in the bath, mmm! I'm gonna nod off shortly!

Aww, you guys! Thanks for the photo love, I was not expecting it and now it's well cheered me up ! Glad my silly face and shirt(it was weird wearing a girl's shirt, the buttons are wrong!) gave some smiles Alot of people keep telling me to straighten my hair more though(it's only ever been seen like...twice) but I have no straightners of my own nor the ability to straighten it well/without burning myself, but maybe I shall invest and change all that after xmas monies come in! (and high five Flink for the Desmond's love) It's my general photo face, as if I don't force my face to be silly in photos, it finds hideous ways to be silly all by itself. Looks like I'm not the only one! Eyyy, it's the Fonz! I well love it And just for Letty, I shall pimp you one of these fine ladies should you choose; Haha, Shorty is a genius. I get well annoyed when I find silly pictures of me on my own camera too! I am confused by the former picture though, what is all that mysteriously amazing light being caused by??

I do believe you were told to leave it, so why not just leave it? Let's cheer this thread up...with some straightening! Pre-Straighting... Straightening... Post-Straightening! And an added bonus, me looking really gay in a girl's pimping shirt. I don't know how they captured this moment, and never even thought myself capable of such beauty!

Amusing twist on things lol

Heh, I was checking out half your youtube vids earlier, proper good stuff. Loved Scare Clare lol. I don't know why I'm awake though, I was out all night and got in at 7, slept til 12/1 when I was awoken by my mate ringing to see if I was going to his today, but I am so tired I said I should stay home and get a good night's sleep in my own bed(he has a hard floor and nothing to offer as he's in halls) so I'm gonna go up tomorrow for a night of dancing like a fool! Right now though, I'm gonna try and get productive and do shit I'm sposed to be doing.

I haven't had a bath in ages! I was always a Bathy growing up, then sort of round my teens started hitting up the showertimes(i also used to be the kind of person who bathed/showered before sleeping, rather than ins morning) but yeah, now I'm a proper shower convert. It's easier, faster, cleaner, less watery, and kinda nicer cos it doesn't slowly get colder! Only ever have baths when the shower's broke now. Also good thing bout the shower now it's electric, means we can have hot washes even if the boiler breaks(our boiler used to break alot). Also no suffering from terrible lack of water pressure(see boiler).

But...but....they're so pretty!! I much prefer Bonfires though, but nobody has them and they're a bitch to get together yourself. Not had a good bonfire in aaaaages

Heh, the lesbians/twice as much were my contribution(through a joke between me and my mate, the lesbians were just a natural neccessity for the trailer). I do believe I suggested the line about getting some more though. I have to say that sadly, the party that trailer was for was the last to occur at the house, and I probably had a better time spending an entire night filming the trailer(sober) than I did at the last party. We just ended up with it overhyped. Out of interest, is anyone here from round london or anything going to be heading to Blackheath's fireworks? I mean, it's a pretty huge display, and quite free. Tis awesome, and I'd deffo recommend to anyone in the area!

I am doing little tomorrow, probably nothing in fact than going to Surbiton with a mate and getting pissed in his halls. SATURDAY however, is Blackheath. Traditional stuff. I think I've been for the last 6 years running. First time I ended up there half randomly. Second time my mate wanted to go and he was having a party afterwards. His parties are things of legend, we even made a trailer for one once! (contains randomness, slow motion death and mild injokes) Ever since then we've been to Blackheath every year without fail, party or no(we have no party this year, gonna make it a night of adventure). It's probably my most magical night of the year, for some gay reason. I'd really wished I coulda shared it with someone this year, but alas she is not a part of my life. It's still gonna be freaking awesome though!! Surprised she hasn't been the victim of firework related crime! Damn crazy old ladies.

(Half expected a joke from ReZ regarding penises and inner childs) I think the only inner child things I have are occasional kids books that I love and my comics(plus stuck to window spidey), which are probably a bit lame in serious collectors' eyes. I don't consider my old school games to fall into things, you're never too old to game! The only other half obsession I have is with Rubik's cubes, I have lots of mini keychain ones floating about an two full sized, but no official one! I don't think my pint glass collection screams inner child much! I have no soft things anymore either, though I should soon have myself a Yoshi Plushie to call my own I feel kind of sad to not have a secret guilty pleasure

Heh, I'm going to your SU tonight as it happens! Some silly election thing, but I'm mainly just going to get drunk and talk to a pretty girl I know who's kinda cool. Myself? I went to uni and did a degree, but I lived at home, and didn't make too many good close friends at uni(most of my uni mates lived same distance as me, but in opposite directions). Lectures rarely finished after 4 latest, and for most people that's too early to go for a drink, I did little socialising at uni, other than in lectures, class, and sometimes after exams. I do now have a degree, and actual money with very little debt(protip:pay of your student loans as slow as you can, it's free money, maybe even save some in a good interest account if you can, that's free income!). But yeah, I lacked motivation, but somehow scraped through with a 2:1 in Psychology(I also didn't go to many lectures, and didn't go in at all for like 2 months of my second year). A big part of going to uni is the experience of living out, one which I wish I'd lived, but didn't dare place the burden on my parents. I felt kinda like I hadn't lived life at all, been in school and learning constantly from the age of 3, but luckily I have alot of goodness in my life friendwise, and I made the most of it. Secondly and conversely though, I know a guy who after his A-Levels went and got a job with a bank, then went to work for another bank, and I think he was dealing personally with small business owners. I'd heard he was earning very good monies, and I saw him driving a Jag by time I was in second year. As of this year, he's actually bought himself a house, and in a kind of classy place in a few towns over(I say classy, I mean a pricey area). I kind of envy him, as here I am 3 years down the line with not alot to show I feel. Then again, I'm pretty sure he's had to work ALOT harder than me too, I reckon it's a job you've got to be a certain kind of person for, and you also have to do alot of hard graft for, and I am fairly certain he would have, and so feel he kinda deserves what and where he's gotten to. I also have to admit to the counterargument that appearances can be deceptive, and I don't know what his finances are like or if he has tons of debt or credit. So...erm, meh? I guess I lost my point somewhere. P.S King_V, don't stop posting threads! You're busting out some awesome ones which are bringing a nice bit of thinkery and activity to general again!

Lust and Infatuation are both seeds of Love as far as I'm concerned. They plant in your heart too, and they never ever leave. Just as a bit of fun reading, I'm gonna mention and suggest people check out the Triangular Theory of Love which deals with all types of love, but I think it rather interesting to consider. I also use terms like Love and heart loosely in this post, interchangably maybe with Lust and head, I guess. I'm doing exactly what I'm going to criticise, and dressing it all up. Alot of 'love' relationships grow from a seed of lust, I'd say it grows into infatuation and eventually into love. But my biggest problem with love(I'm a massive cynic) is that it's so over romanticised. Let's face it, we're just animals at the end of the day and it's just alot of shit happening in our bodies. I'll back this point up with the example of people who come out of relationships(or are supposedly in them) and speedily move onto the next person. Apparently loving each and every one of them. It devalues Love, in my eyes. Love is shallow, it's just so intense but also hard to obtain/achieve at times, and very sorely missed when lost, that people inevitably dress it up as some mystic thing that's more than it is. It's a dangerous thing too, it can make and break people, utterly destroy them. Sometimes only for a while, sometimes forever. The pain you get from a broken heart, a broken love, is just as intense as the love itself and it's fucking brutal because you always forget that it actually hurts that much. It puts me off love altogether, sometimes. Being so intense, I think it's impossible to forget or that people just choose deep down not to let go. Why let go of a happy memory(or at least a memory of something so good)? Why give up something that made us feel so alive?! That's what love does, it makes you feel ALIVE, more alive than anything else! Personally, I think no love ever truly dies, it withers and stays in your heart as a dead love, but it's still there as a memory. Even when you 'move on' you still hold a part of that love, that person, in your heart or whatever. You CAN love again though, you can find something new and alive to grow in you, outgrow that old and dead kind of love, and maybe it'll last, or maybe it'll just die as well. I've kind of moved into ramble here. Also gonna highlight jay's post as I found it amusing but also think it's spot on. Some other people have touched on it too, how easily love can turn to hate and bitterness. Does it make it easier to cope? I don't know. If love is so great and so good, why does it turn so easily and readily to something so black and horrible? How do we go so quickly from supposedly loving a person to hating them? My original thread was going to be along the lines of love, whether it dies, whether you truly get over things, move on, but also most importantly(why i liked j's post) what IS love? When does love start, what makes love love? Why isn't an infactuation love, why isn't childhood love love? When does love turn from lust to love? EDIT: I think I want to swap Infatuation and Lust around. Infatuation is the start, then Lust, then Love. Maybe. Damn you love, you confusing bastard!

I'd say it's kind of weird, I've only ever met one person off the internet(excepting N-E guys), which I was actually reluctant to do for all manner of reasons cos I just thought it generally kind of weird. She broke me though, and we met, and got a bit cosy, then she fucked me up royally. She did at no point murder me though, so I guess it was arguably 'safe'. Also, I was clearly the murderous guy and she the innocent girl, so maybe it isn't an issue. The N-E thing was kinda different though, cos there was all of us in a similar boat, lots of us too. For it to have been a murderfest, it'd have to have been a very long conspiracy! I think it's like, you're ok to do it once you're over 18 or so, maybe more closer to 21, just past that age where you could be a pedo/be pedo-ed on. Also though, I think it should be someone you've known a fair while at least, or had alot of interaction with(like talked to them alot and stuff, as we had as forumers). Still, you're old enough now that I think you can meet strangers without fear, as long as you're sensible and stuff(maybe take a friend, or just meet in public, keep your wits about you etc) and it seems you are so I don't really see anything wrong with it! This is ALMOST ultimate, it just needs more popcorn trick. On the note of weirdness, I only felt weird with the girl(who I'd only met like a month before I met you guys, and I kind of only did cos I thought 'fuck it, im meeting a ton of people in a few months, why not!). I remember meeting j7, I'm not sure if it was ever even weird beyond the whole 'omg you're like actually right here in front of me as a fleshy person omg wow'. He was tres cool. So was Twozzok. Man, I miss the meet-up

What time do they announce results, british time? How long will it take/go on for? Also, totally not productive, but I went to wiki main page to try and find out, but instead I just found out Obama's true secret. Blates Lewis Hamilton drives really fast one day and finds out he can GO BACK IN TIME or some shit, I dunno. But Obama is definitely him Lewis Hamilton from the future. Now, it's not been proven by scientists, but it IS 100% fact.

You're a fiend, V! I was going to post a very similar thread to this at some point, but laziness never got me round to it. I'm also about to nap and short pressed for time, so I'm gonna read through this whole thread(only read a few posts so far) then post a nice long response. Currently I'll stick with my short response, which is yes you get over them and no you don't, both at the same time.

I've already got bling(apparently its my thing) but I lack pimp cane or comedy afro. I wanted to be a bit careful doing it, I mean, I can only get away with it cos I'm a bit dark already, but for anyone unaware it was an actual film back in the 60s or something silly, and him being Dracula's Soul Brother was an actual tagline. I'm gonna have a shower now and run out to the shops see what I can pick up!

Lol. I made an awesome pumpkin a few years back(it was hueg pumpkin too that my dad grew, I could fit it fully over my head, but it was heavy and cut into my shoulders too much to wear properly) but yeah, twas awesome. I also now have both a costume(well, a black plastic cape, I need to find some plastic fangs pronto-ish, fairly convinced being on the internet in bed is the least helpful place to be) and a party to go to, which I've totally chavved my way along to, but in a non-gay way, I hope. My costume? Standard vampire fare, ideally, my name? Blackula! Dracula's Soul Brother!