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    Need Help Choosing a Tower Case...

    I wanted to thank everybody for their precious help. I'll pull the trigger on the ABS tonight. One last question: should I get particularly long cables (SATA, Power, etc...) or the case doesn't call for very long cables?
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    Need Help Choosing a Tower Case...

    Very nice! However it looks like it is only for sale in Europe (I am in the US).
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    Need Help Choosing a Tower Case...

    Thanks a lot for your help. I didn't consider going for an all-intakes configuration but it sounds like it could work better considering the big mesh window. Did you find it a good case to route cables and work in? I have built a couple of systems but I am still a novice..
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    Need Help Choosing a Tower Case...

    I will be soon building a new computer, and I am starting to research parts starting from my case and cooling devices. Info on the system (might change a little): CPU: i7 920 (mild overclock) Hard Drives: 1SSD, 1 Raptor 150, 3 other 3.5" hard drives Optical Drives: 1 Blue Ray, 1 DVD-RW...
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    Official Election 2008 Results Thread - Federal

    Look, I am a foreign citizen, so I can't vote and I am just an observer. Obama has undeniably a ton of charisma. Charisma is what make politicians relevant. Policies work or not for reasons beyond the reach of a single man, even a man as powerful and influential as the president of the US...
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    Official Election 2008 Results Thread - Federal

    Well, frankly right now if I were looking for money the US would be one of the last places I would be looking for...
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    Official Election 2008 Results Thread - Federal

    The financial markets overseas too...
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    Official Election 2008 Results Thread - Federal

    I've been living in the US for quite some time now, and I can tell you that right now I am receiving e-mails from 4 continents, from people watching this first Obama speech. For the first time in my lifetime the US has a president most people in the rest of the world really admire, and many...
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    Obama says "Everybody should be bilingual, or everybody should be trilingual."

    I think a lot of people in the US underestimate what knowing another language or two can make for your life. When I started living most of the year here, I noticed there's something peculiar in the way most Americans look at culture and knowledge: they often focus on the mechanical and...
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    His Holiness the Dalai Llama (lame) is directly linked to the Nazi Heil Hitler!

    Everybody knows the swastika is an ancient south Asian symbol... the nazis took it from there, not the other way around... And being an alpinist familiar with Harrer and the story of his Eiger Nordwand climb I can tell you everything stated in that other website is grossly mistaken... It...
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    what are some "luxury" items that you cant do without?

    Wine. Especially this wine and this wine and this wine.
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    What do you expect the World order to be in the next twenty years?

    The growth in China and India during the last couple of decades has been tremendous, and while it is true that their GDP/capita is still comparatively low, it is still incredibly higher than before. You don't change two countries with billions of people overnight. This graph might give you an...
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    What do you expect the World order to be in the next twenty years?

    In fact, we have pretty accurate economic projections. I particularly like the models used in the BRIC research by the Goldman Sachs global economic research group. Some conclusions: India is scheduled to overcome the US in economic size by 2045/2050 (much faster than predicted by the same...
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    French suggest boycott of Olympic opening ceremonies

    The bad idea was having the Olympic games in China to start with. It's not that countries did not know what the Chinese record on human rights was before this last Tibet crisis. Of course as usual money was the most important factor in choosing the host country, and now we all face a decision...
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    Chavez threatens to stop shipping oil to U.S.

    Not really. Oil is not, contrary to the popular belief, a fungible commodity.
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    Who buys this crap?

    Those who can't afford Italian suits? :D Seriously: I guess it's a long time since you had a walk in the meat packing district in NYC, or you would know there is quite a lot of people buying his stuff...
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    Things to do in NYC?

    Broadway: Avenue Q is very good, The Lion King has quite amazing choreographies as does Billie Eliot. You also have the classics like Chicago or The Phantom of the Opera which are always good. Rent is also great. Right now you also have some good stuff off-Broadway: for example Piaf can be great...
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    Russia ready for the next arms race....

    Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia Also Russia has been enjoying massive Current Account surpluses since 2001, and its macroeconomic outlook looks extremely interesting, which is why capital is raining in. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...an_current_account.jpg...
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    "Save Darfur" activists = mostly White

    I spent quite some time living and traveling in Africa and my feeling is you won't reach a 5% white population in the continent. And this is considering the places in northern Africa where you have indigenous white people such as the Kabils. I understand you guess quite a lot of people must...
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    US dollar touches a new euro low

    Yes, but that was quite a long ago, the british pound is not the US dollar, and Soros was enjoying the surprise effect, as at the time it was considered out of question that a major currency could be attacked by private speculators, albeit big ones as Soros' Fund. Currency instruments are...
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    US dollar touches a new euro low

    You'd be right if you were talking about investment products. When an asset class starts being targeted by your mother and her friends, it's usually nearing the end of a bubble. But currencies are not investment products, they are just a ratio, and are linked to very practical macroeconomic...
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    Mini "Smart" Car

    Acceleration is actually pretty good, being the car very light. The top speed is electronically limited.
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    Mini "Smart" Car

    Yes, but that's also because in the US you drive surrounded by SUVs, because everybody probably think the same thing about being in an accident with a small car. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy: as long as everybody will drive a SUV, you will be surrounded by SUVs. In Europe SUVs are...
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    Mini "Smart" Car

    People in Europe don't buy smart cars for their gas mileage, but for their ability to negotiate extremely narrow paths in medieval city-centers and because you always find a spot to park them. Plus, in many countries they really are fashion statements and status symbols. The wait list to get...
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    CIA: Waterboarding only used on three Al Qaeda members

    One day, our sons will look back at these times in disbelief, and wonder how could have been possible that we fell so low.
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    US dollar touches a new euro low

    At PPP is already the second: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...tries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29 And I find quite odd how so many people here blame the EU about the falling dollar. It is not the Euro rising, it's the US dollar falling! The Euro/Swiss Frank has been quite stable, as it has been the...
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    Books on Portfolio Management

    Start from this one: http://www.amazon.com/Managing...&qid=1193528104&sr=8-8
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    Ron Mueck - Artist - Ever seen his work before?

    I did. His work is really impressive. If you like it on the web, you'll be overwhelmed when you see it live.
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    So GF is dragging me to a ballet tonight

    Try harder, without prejudice. Ballet is wonderful and you might actually like it (maybe) if you don't start with the idea that you will not like it no matter what (which is the attitude you have now). Is the Don Quixote in the choreography by Marius Petipa? If so it's great, one of the best...
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    another 46 BILLION, Bush wants for the war...

    I kinda do, considering I work as a portfolio manager. That's exactly the reason why I made that comment. For example, they invest it. How exactly buying Russian 2028 bonds help the American economy? How about some nice Eurostoxx50 options? Swiss deposits? Overseas facilities in countries...
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    another 46 BILLION, Bush wants for the war...

    You mean pumped back in a few companies, in a couple of industries... not exactly the same thing as pumped back into the economy...
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    U.S. women sailors die in base shooting

    Women belong everywhere they want to. And I find quite amusing the comments about physical strength. I went to graduate school with an Israeli girl who used to be a captain in her country's military. She stood 5'4" and I saw her leave 3 guys unconscious one night after they tried to steal...
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    Dumbledore was gay??

    Yeah, I know. I find seriously scary that some people still exist that think books can be "dangerous"...
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    Dumbledore was gay??

    Scary. I will never understand how people can still be so ignorant in the 21st century. Books are works of art, and as such they obviously enclose all aspects of human life and behaviour. This doesn't mean they are meant to encourage any of those. A few of the most important books ever...
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    Professional Sports

    Yet they often incur in terrible injuries. A bad tackle can destroy a career, and they know it. Soccer must be about skill and creativity, not about physical contact. Watch boxing if you want a sport where the bigger guy wins...
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    Wind power

    They are not very popular in the US, but they are elsewhere, notably in Germany, Spain, Italy and Denmark (which produces 20% of its energy consumption by wind farm).
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    China buying 3com

    China will be the next hegemonic power. There's no way around this, and every single international affairs scholars knows it. There's a tremendous amount of research on this topic and all of it projects China as the world's largest economy in a very short time. The interesting thing is even...
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    Poll: Some Germans see good in Nazi rule

    I was wondering how long would it take for you to post here... I was getting kinda worried... seriously! :P
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    Poll: Some Germans see good in Nazi rule

    Hitler was almost universally praised by the leaders of other countries for these same reasons. Germany after WWI was on its knees and the period leading to WWII was indeed a period of incredible economic expansion and infrastructure building. Winston Churchill: I have always said that if...
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    Will Conservatives start their own awards program?

    Of course it has it. Those nasty liberals giving prizes to liberal scumbags like Kissinger and Winston Churchill.... :laugh: