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    Quote Originally Posted by NM
    I'm also transferring as a matter of fact. And yes, I'm going from a university to a college (although the college I'm going to is in the city, I'm transferring to a school that's in Boston). I'm a little bit worried about meeting new people and such but that's how it was when I first started out in college anyway. And then eventually, it become a really nice experience. If that's what your worried about, you just have to give it some time and then things will flow smoothly.
    COOL, you'll be about 2 hours away from my school and 20 minutes away from my house. What school you going to NM?

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    Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. I got into their 6 year Pharmacy program and their putting me in Year 2 of it...so basically I get to be a sophomore again, lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NM
    Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. I got into their 6 year Pharmacy program and their putting me in Year 2 of it...so basically I get to be a sophomore again, lol.
    Not bad, I hear that school gets more competitive every year, must have been tough to transfer into.

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    maybe i just have low standards.... but i'm happy going to community college. only transferring i'm planning on is transferring to a better paying job.

    on an off topic note.... is 60 degrees celcius hot..... (hopes his computer doesn't melt under the stress its being put under)

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    60C is a bit on the warm side, but it depends what the component is. For most solid-state stuff (cpu's, gpu's) I'd say that's within the tolerances. Generally, most cpus are rated for 70-75C peak (so try to stay below there and you're fine) and modern gpus for more like 90-100C.

    If it's a disk, it's definitely on the hot side. If it's ram, it's probably also on the hot side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bbaucom
    maybe i just have low standards.... but i'm happy going to community college. only transferring i'm planning on is transferring to a better paying job.

    on an off topic note.... is 60 degrees celcius hot..... (hopes his computer doesn't melt under the stress its being put under)
    get a fan.

    EDIT: go to Newegg.com and then go to cooling.
    Last edited by SK; Thu, 05-03-2007 at 07:40 PM.

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    Question: What is the difference between MGS 2 and 3, and the Substance versions of each?
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    The Substance versions are basically "extended" versions of the original game. For the MGS2 Substance version, VR missions were added, as well as a mode called Snake Tales, where you do some missions as Snake. MGS3's Subsistence version had a new camera for the original game, and included online play. There was also a bonus disc with Subsistence, which was basically an interview with Hideo Kojima (although I think you had to pre-order Subsistence back then to get it).
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    MGS 2 sucks, it's a crappy story and a crappy environment. It's a Metal Gear Solid, but doesn't improve much on the existing gameplay.

    MGS 3 is awesome. The story isn't great, but interesting since it's set before the other games. The gameplay is very fun, since the jungle environment is rich and full of innovative quirks to play around with. Bees on your face bitch! Also, the introduction of the Medkit and Camo systems are pretty cool new things, and I love catching your own food.

    Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance has the old game, a couple not so hot Easter Eggs, but one big, big addition: about 500 stand-alone missions (some VR, others situated in the game environment) and "Snake Tales" a short series of tasks without a great deal of story, also set in the Big Shell (aka lame) environment.

    Metal Gear Solid 3: Substance is the original game plus the first two Metal Gear games ever (these are oldies boys), a very handy first-person camera mode for the normal game and online play (up to 8 players, 5 or so kinds of games). It's worth buying Substance 3 just for the new camera mode, it makes the game much less restrictive and really opens up the awesome interactive environment.

    edit - goddamn beat me to the punch NM...

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    Did my post from a couple hours ago get deleted?

    ...weird

    Anyway, thanks for the help guys. Awesome that you knew about it Apraxhren.

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    I'm trying to find info about an anime for my mother. It's an old show from the seventies or eighties. All she remembers is that it's about a bee (named Hach or Hachi) that's searching for his mother who was the queen bee.

    I've had no luck in finding any info. Hope someone knows what I'm talking about.

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    If anyone here doesn't know/answer, I just asked on the Animenewsnetwork forums for you.

    If anyone knows what the hell that show is (lol bees), it'll be someone from that forum.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    Quote Originally Posted by el_boss
    I'm trying to find info about an anime for my mother. It's an old show from the seventies or eighties. All she remembers is that it's about a bee (named Hach or Hachi) that's searching for his mother who was the queen bee.

    I've had no luck in finding any info. Hope someone knows what I'm talking about.

    Looks like this is the show: The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee

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    Nice one Apraxhren!

    So after reading about that show, I'm seriously intrigued because it sounds cute. And then I read this:
    It`s the beginning of an adventure that will make him meet all kinds of friendly insects who try to help him out, but unfortunately for most of them, they will not survive the end of the episode...
    and I'm just completely mortified.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    Hmm... Sounds like pretty truthful for an insect life: It's very short.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo
    Nice one Apraxhren!

    So after reading about that show, I'm seriously intrigued because it sounds cute. And then I read this:


    It`s the beginning of an adventure that will make him meet all kinds of friendly insects who try to help him out, but unfortunately for most of them, they will not survive the end of the episode...

    and I'm just completely mortified.

    HAH! that is classic...but i actually need a little help with hardware purchasing...specifically hard drive. is it worth it to cop an 80 gig? or should i go bigger?

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    bigger is probably better. You can get a 500 gig disk for in the neighborhood of $90(us) these days ... which is pretty dang cheap.

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