'Strunk and White says outside (like this).'

I'm not sure about White but I'll stand by Strunk and change my ways henceforth (in fact I'll start right away!).

Oh, but now I have two and that can't be right (can it?). 

You can combine ! and ?, into !? (but maybe that's only for exclamatory questions in comic books.).

You can't combine . with ! or . with ? or . with ; as far as I know (and I don't know a lot!.). ! 

If you are switching from ATI to NVIDIA and vise-versa and fear driver overlap issues, just use DriverCleaner from http://www.drivercleaner.net/ and that's it, problem solved.

If you are putting together a full new PC and not just replacing a videocard, do not expect to just put your old harddrive and expect Windows to work. Even if it does, it's likely to be way slower then it should be. Always do a full Windows reinstall when you do a major upgrade of CPU + motherboard (like going from AMD Tbird to Athlon64 or from Athlon XP to Pentium 4 or whatever).

As to what comes to the whole Windows Activation bullshit, just get a Windows XP PRO SP2 Corporate Edition CD image off the net and you're set. It will NEVER ask you to activate or reactivate or whatever. No matter what hardware changes you make. 

When you at some point do a full system format and reinstallation. Do not forget to split your primary harddrive into multiple partitions, so that you have at least a C: for the OS and apps and D: for everything else. This way you will avoid the trouble of having to fuck around with backupping dozens of gigabytes of important data should you ever need to reinstall Windows. 

!, ?, and ; already have a .

: has 2 

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60225/high/bmepb228377.jpg 

that's all well and good until a hot chick asks you what it represents.

"umm.. it's a computer game that I play a lot"

"Oh." 

I think he should get his money back. 

Maybe his girlfriend did it.
...
Probably not though, huh? 

I consider quake to be bad habbit 

great fun.....two posts in three days..btw the secret word for tonight is "joystick".

(and thanks alot for the recent releases, havent played them all but i will get to it :) 

Yeah
http://theimaginaryworld.com/qwwisp03.jpg 

Just grab a copy of "driver cleaner pro" free software, uninstall ATI, run drivercleaner and clean ATI, then power down and install the nvidia card, power up and bobs your uncles mother 

I took care of his horses for nearly two months and he never paid me once. Bitter memories, man. 

I composed this while playing sin, titled "CPU Bound." (to the tune of simon and garfunkel's "homeward bound")

See pee yooou boound
oh ah wish ah wa-asn't
seeeee peee yoooou bound
BOUND, when the game's a-skippin
BOUND, when ma framerate's dippin
BOUND, you get the idea. 

I just totally hate Bush. Just completely and utterly. I just thought I would express my frustration. 

was free for download right? i couldn't find a single copy of it on Microsoft's site, so i'm picking it up via p2p. 

from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/

The Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 has been replaced by Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition provides a complete integrated development and debugging environment making it the easiest way to create powerful applications using the C/C++ language. Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition also contains an enhanced version of the C/C++ optimizing compiler for the fastest executables. Best of all, the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition is completely free!

:( Although, after using visual studio express for C# the past several months, I kind of like it :O 

but 2005 is a big gui version of it... 2003 was a nice simple command line compiler tool. :P

i downloaded the 2005 one, and it's asking to register it in 30 days too, so i'm not sure what that's all about... 

anyone have perosnalexperience with an lcd/tft monitor and dvi ? I've read stuff on the net but apart from the generic "it's better than vga" I cant pin down exactly what looks better ? Is there less alising for example ?

just asking, becuase dvi-d cables are a pain to find in melbourne and if it's not really worth it, I'd rather save the time and money. 

"i downloaded the 2005 one, and it's asking to register it in 30 days too, so i'm not sure what that's all about..."

Err.... you register and then it doesn't nag you about it anymore... 

BOUND, where my lovelife's loading slow enough for me 

Err.... you register and then it doesn't nag you about it anymore...

oh ok; i just saw the word 'register' and hit cancel right away. usually, that word is synonymous with 'give us your money'. :P

anyway, i got the 2k3 version now, so i'm good. d3 source code, here i come... o.o 

i've been using a DVI lcd display for a while now, so I can't remember what it's like to not have one. Signal quality couldn't be better, but it's a pretty subtle difference to see i guess, you'd probably need to see vga/dvi side by side.

if you're happy with your picture don't bother, if its a hassle to get the cable... all I read is that it addresses the individual pixels 'directly' or some shit. I don't know LCD monitor technology at all. 

regular vga is analog, dvi is digital. Kind of silly to convert a digital signal from the system to analog output and then back to digital display IMO. (which is what you do with an LCD with a VGA interface.) But regardless, most people can't tell the difference unless its on a very high-end digital display.