Ugh, I used that in a few builds for people. It worked well, but it was a huge pain in the ass, and removing it was even worse than installation. The removal process made it not worthwhile to ever use again.

Some pastes are better than others for heat dissipation, but it's hard to beat the simplicity and reliability of something like AS5, MX-4, or TX-2. Ultimately, the only difference is 1-2 degrees celsius and that's not going to matter for most people even during heavy overclocking.

No. The computer mouse was named after the rodent because it looked similar. The word was adopted, not invented. Mice is the correct plural, but mouses is still a verb (i.e. he mouses over the correct link before clicking it).

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I have no problem with using adblock, but trying to get it to be used by every random schmoe on the web is a silly idea. If its use tips the scale enough, ads will evolve to a point where they can't be blocked at all. I'm honestly surprised they're not there already.

Most people in forums like this are going to tell you to build your own computer to save money. What they are leaving out is the fact that buying a pre-built PC will usually come with some type of warranty. Yes, it's more expensive, but if a part dies in your personally-built PC, you will be down until you can replace that part, and RMAs frequently involve shipping parts to Taiwan and other countries.

If you want to buy a pre-built PC, there's nothing wrong with it, but make sure the warranty is decent before you pull the trigger. If they offer immediate replacements for failing parts, it will save you a huge amount of hassle if something dies during the warranty period.

I picked up an Alienware M17x R3 about 2 years ago via a Dell business account that yields hefty discounts. It would probably topple the $2000 request without the discounts, but it's been great, and it can run TF2 pubs at well over 500 fps in 1080p with 120hz. The non-gaming battery life is a little over 2 hours. I am fairly certain it is weighs less than a mack truck, but I'd have to measure to be sure.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion and you're welcome to call me whatever you'd like. I don't particularly care whether or not you think I am being tactless. Do you think you are being tactless right now?

It costs next to nothing? It forces me to go against my belief system and it forces me to lie to myself and others. If you consider honesty and your beliefs to be 'next to nothing' then I feel sorry for you, but I value it much more highly.

It's not about politeness, respect, or courtesy. I can be polite and courteous to a transgender man. I can even be respectful to him.

I have at no point acted surprised that people argue about things of this nature. I hope calling me names makes you feel better, but it certainly doesn't make me feel worse.

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I respect that chromosomes aren't relevant to your life. It doesn't change that they are, and always will be, the sex that they were at birth, regardless of their societal gender role.

It doesn't bother me now, and it wouldn't bother me in that situation, either. That person would still be male because they were born male. If science could grow them a uterus and give them the ability to have children and make them 100% female, I think I could consider them female. I still wouldn't want to be romantically involved with them knowing they were male at birth.

I'm not really sure how you evaluate that into bigotry. I'm not putting them down, stepping on their toes, or trying to infringe upon their rights. It's OK that the law backs them up. I back them up, too. I hope they're happy with each other. I would just not consider a man straight when he is romantically involved with another man.

You keep saying that the only difference is chromosomal, but that's just not the case. I'm sure there are many, many transgender males who look female, but there is definitely more to differentiate them than chromosomes. I am not familiar with any existing surgeries to add fallopian tubes or ovaries to transgender men. I'm sure there is some surgical procedure to shave down an adam's apple, but I have never seen a transgender who didn't have a prominent adam's apple.

You are basically correct here. I do consider them men and there is absolutely nothing that will change that. I can steal a crown and gown and sit on a throne, but I am not a king. I could have been adopted by a king when I was a toddler, raised alongside a prince, schooled with the royal family, and I could grow up socially identical to a prince, but I'm not one. A somewhat archaic comparison, but similar nonetheless.

If, in the future, your body became destroyed but your brain could be placed into a female body to save your life, would you still be yourself or would you be the female whose body you're in? This is a tough hypothetical that there's really no way for me to answer without being called out and having my answer reapplied to other instances.

On the one hand, if I respond that I think they're still male, the retort becomes that in another hypothetical, I stated I could consider them female if they had ovaries and everything else. If I respond that I think they're female, the retort becomes that a transgender person is already one sex trapped in the opposite body. Fortunately this is an unlikely scenario, so I don't have to pick one. :p

Nah, it doesn't matter who you find attractive. I don't use the word 'pretty' to define anything masculine. I won't argue with you if you call a guy pretty, but it won't be a word I choose to describe that.

Errr, what? I don't know why you are assuming that because I have these feelings, I let this dominate every moment of my life. In reality, I very very rarely even think about this. I have, to my knowledge, never mistaken a transgender man for a female. I have never 'asked for a blood test' nor do I intend to do so. I do, however, look for obvious signs like an adam's apple. If I get fooled, shame on me.

I am single at 30, but not for the reason you assume. My fiancee received an incredible job offer when she was studying abroad and I opted not to uproot my entire life and move to another country--which I kind of regret now, actually.

I do agree that love and sex are completely separate. The difference here is that you're suggesting you're in a loving relationship and she wants to, openly, make that change. The situations described before involve willful deceit. Would you continue to love her if she cheated on you? Maybe you would, but many would not. In the situation you describe, I would probably continue to love the person for who they are, but I would not want to continue a romantic relationship with them.

I was trying to do too many things when I read this thread initially. If your drive is not appearing in your BIOS, then it will usually not work beyond the BIOS. If you've tried another drive, you most likely have a board issue of some sort.

I just noticed you included the parts list in your first post. I'm not sure what edition of windows you're installing, but this page should get you to what you need:

http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?cat=Download&Model=H77M

This is quite normal... Your new hardware doesn't have compatible windows generic drivers. What's the make and model of your new motherboard? You really should only need to hit the manufacturer's website, download SATA drivers for your board, and throw them on a thumbdrive. In Windows setup, there is a place where you can specify drivers to use. Point it to the thumbdrive where you've stored the driver files and it should work like a champ.

You seem to be under the delusion that anyone who disagrees with you is a bigot. There is not a person in this thread (to the best of my knowledge, but it's possible I missed a disparaging post) who is acting bigoted toward transgender people. Let me define this word for you.

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OK. I had some time to catch up on the posts. Incoming wall of text.

This is one of the most nonsensical hypotheticals I've ever seen, anywhere. A straight dude would rather be intimate with neither of them. Technically, the feminine one is male and the masculine one is female, but I am attracted to neither--just as any actual straight man.

Yes, it is possible that I may see an m-to-f transgendered person and not immediately realize it. It is possible that that person may be physically attractive and I could be attracted to them while their sex is assumed female by me. I acknowledge that it's even possible that I could go years without being able to physically tell that person is male. I can assure you that in no case would I remain attracted to them after discovering their true sex. Does that make me a bigot? No, I don't think so. I think it makes me unable to love a person whose existence revolves around lying to me about their sex. I don't think that person is undeserving of love. To the contrary, I wish them the best of luck in finding a suitable partner--but it won't be me.

I could have saved myself a lot of 'trouble' by not posting anything at all, but it's a discussion thread, so I have no problem discussing it. You are more than welcome to label me a bigot if that makes you feel better, but a bigot by definition is intolerant and prejudiced. If you use the word 'prejudiced' to mean that I have a predetermined opinion, then I suppose I fall into that category, but I would argue that everyone who opposes my opinion is also prejudiced for the same reason. I am most certainly not intolerant. I am also not at all concerned about the human race ending due to a lack of reproduction. My comments regarding heterosexuality being biologically regular vs. homosexuality being biologically irregular aren't me indicating that I fear for the longevity of the human race, but rather my own principles with which you are welcome to disagree.

So, you agree with me: the m-to-f transgender is still a man. I am not judging that person; merely defining that person as a man, because that person is a man.

This one was directed at bloodsire, but I will add that I would consider that a homosexual relationship because it involves two men. If I had no idea one person was a transgender, I wouldn't think anything of it, because it would visually appear to be a regular (man + woman) couple. It wouldn't even enter my mind unless there was some reason to assume the supposed woman was transgendered.

This scenario is odd. I would say the man is probably very strongly against blacks for some reason. Does that mean he's bigoted? Not necessarily, but it's certainly possible. Maybe he is so innately unattracted to blacks that it ruins the image of the woman for him. Is that bigoted? I would say most likely, but not necessarily. The reason behind the decision would be necessary to determine that.

I've not previously heard of this, and I've never considered it. I could believe it to be accurate if adequate data existed to really convey it is accurate, but it does not change my opinions on the matter.

This might be true, but I will exercise my right to disagree with that assessment. Do you agree with every legality in the world? If you say yes, I do not believe you. A court of law declared that George Zimmerman legally killed Trayvon Martin, but does the entire world agree with that?

They also classify black powder/muzzleloader weapons as 'dangerous weapons' but not 'firearms' because they don't utilize cartridges. How dumb can they be?!

This isn't directed at me, but I will answer it anyway. I would think that person was still an attractive person. I would not consider them 'pretty' because I associate that word with females, and upon knowing the truth, I would not consider that person female.

Do you still want one of these? Your later posts make it sound like you'd rather have the Zowie FK from someone else. If you still want the G400/G400s, I still have both.