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No. I am a voracious reader. Like you, I tend to finish a book if I start it. There have been few that I haven't finished, but those that I haven't, I have well and truly gave up on...erm...given up on. There are books that I have found more harrowing to finish than others, they take longer to finish and I tend to take a break from reading after I've finished them. But I do finish them. Dante's divine trilogy -- at the point where the angel warns you not to continue reading if you aren't a believer, I stopped reading. Yes, I really did heed her warning. I think if I ever made a movie version, I'd portray her as a dominatrix, and Dante as a willing submissive. Atlas Shrugged -- jesus fucking h christ, that woman can wax philosophical. I think she did the writing equivalent of forgetting where she was in the story. Those are the only two that I can remember not finishing. Re: Barker -- even though I cited him as my favourite author for the longest time, I used to think he didn't know how to finish a book. I used to think his endings were long and wandering and winding and that he lost his path. It wasn't until I more recently read his book, Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story that I think I finally got him -- he writes his books as if they were a sexual act between the writer and the reader. The climax doesn't come at the end, the climax comes before the end, and everything that follows is resolution, so -- like a good lover -- he takes his time with the resolution. At least, that's my theory. It ends up making more sense. PS Irrespective of whether or not you agree with my theory, finish Imajica -- one of my favourite books by him, along with Weaveworld. PPS I just looked on wikipedia, and it looks like there's going to be a third book of the art (Great and Secret Show, Everville). P^3S I'll probably finish Dante's trilogy despite her admonishments, but I'll probably read the whole thing again.

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Mine had her own thread, but they're basically just links to my videos (she's the four: "What I Wake Up To" [1 & 2], "Ceiling Cat's Perspective" and "Luvbug").

Is there a game for Appleseed? We watched Ex Machina recently, and I thought there was (it's safe to say that based purely on the visuals, there should be), but can't seem to find anything.

It was meant to be self-deprecating humor, but if you have a guilt complex, I can't help you. No, seriously, if I was putting words in your mouth, I'd try to find some way to let you know, like quote you and change what it said.

I'm white. So I have a stereotype to live up to.

!!! Moar details, please.

That would be the most awesomest office rig evar!!!1!

I don't understand your leap from "I'll need at least a preamp" to "might as well get an integrated". Other than that I agree with everything. Yes, it would be superfluous to get actives if you're getting an amp, but I don't see why you need to get an amp. A preamp will do just fine. That said, if you're bent on gettting an amp & passive speakers, then by all means, get an amp & passive speakers. I was just offering an alternative that I thought would provide good value. I think you should buy them and tell us if they're any good. There are several Quad L-series speakers owners on this forum, both active and passive, and I think all of us are happy with them (with the possible exception of the guy who sold his, and I think he was happy with his, he just upgraded to something a lot better).

Maybe it makes more sense with the quotes (I modified your post, Earl, to show the quotes -- I think I got it right, let me know if not, and I'll fix it -- was the second one from Morph/dogfish/megaloholic?).

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.faq&ID=56db3c36a93a984b77cdbe0e270fa298

Oh, that's right, it had digital inputs. Oh, well, something else then, and they're not even really necessary -- there are volume controls on the Quads, just not easily accessible.

I should have said: linkies? I did understand that it was parts, but that's not beyond me.

So was it still holding a charge before you connected it to anything?

No, they don't isolate worth shit. Yeah, I'd recommend the Beyer DT770.

http://www.head-case.org/speakers/cheap_active_speaker_recommendations-t3574.0.html http://www.head-case.org/speakers/powered_speakers_or_keep_my_amp-t3309.0.html http://www.head-case.org/speakers/computer_speakers-t2374.0.html My personal suggestion: Quad 11L actives, then skip the integrated, and think about getting a source that has variable out, like the Cambridge Audio 840...c? I forget.

Wishlisted and wishlisted... And WRT: Mia -- first of all, I didn't know they had a chick in the band. And: I bet she plays bass. (wanders off, looks it up) (buzzer sound) -- WRONG!!!1! Choirs of the Eye is amazing; I ended up finding Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue relatively disappointing, so I only ended up listening to it once -- I should listen to it again, I remember not disliking it, just not finding anything like "The Antique" or "Manifold Curiosity" on it. Did you download the live version of "The Antique" from their site? Is awesome.

That's correct.

Maybe you can use it to get IE7 to get my spoiler tags to work correctly in IE7.

Also, you can arrange them in a combination of in series and in parallel to fine-tune the load that it presents to the amp.

Is this where we sign up to be on the waiting list to purchase the Menace? Is that better?

Linky?