Recent content by dsh

I'm a little late to this party and I think Casual Shinji already said it best but the unfairness of Da Vane's straw man really irritated me and I feel that attacks like this are one of the primary stumbling blocks to having meaningful dialogue about topics like this. Compared to the attitudes...

I've never studied French, but FWIW I'm not sure how effective just jumping into immersion learning would be; I think the contemporary language-learning literature advocates classroom-style study first (including the dreaded rote memorization of vocabulary), and then immersion-style learning...

for what it's worth, if all you want is a Dell computer that can play older games, I'd go for the Inspiron 15R ('2nd gen') off the Dell.com site. You'll get a much larger screen, a setup that's more than enough to meet your requirements, and save $400 off your price estimate of $1200. The...

my usual 'old game' fallbacks are: ArmA: Cold War Assault (aka Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis) Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers Ghost Recon 1 Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield SWAT 3 I guess it's pretty easy to tell where my gaming interests primarily lie. I also have Morrowind...

Movie: 5 Centimeters Per Second TV Show: The Office (US) by default Video Game: ArmA 2: Combined Operations Food: pepperoni pizza Book: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card