The problem with Israel is they change the subject anyone even talks about nuclear arms. 
However we do know they have some mid-long range ballistic missiles.  They could also have sub launched cruise missiles, but this is less certain.

I'll wait until people can actually get on their servers

Quote from: aithne on June 04, 2012, 08:39:27 am

Motherboard... memory... cpu... hard drive(s)... video card... chassis... fans/cooling things... power stuff...

I don't know shit about computers, so that's all you get.

This is exactly me. Except it took me ages to figure out that the cpu and graphics card were different things.

and now sometimes they're the same, many CPUs have graphics built in - just not very good ones.

Also, Croix, the above build is running on the assumption this will be primarily a gaming machine.  Typically the biggest thing on game machines is getting a good graphics card (like Ogaden said, a level or two under top is good, you can pay $500 for NVidia's top card, but is it really worth it?)  Fast CPU helps, but if you have to make a choice, sacrifice on the CPU first.

Study these two pages well: 
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

On the CPU side, you're quite right going with the i5.

on the other side of things though, don't think choosing an Intel CPU locks you to NVidia, there are a number of good performing Radeon cards on the graphics list

Well, I set her up with Ambassador and NSFW access, but someone else will have to make the Sakura board and give her a Sakura Ambassador memberset.

i would do unspeakable things.

You said she was over 18, right?
What about the girls she's punching?

So, sure, but only after checking IDs

No

I'll do it, but only cause I like you.

http://www.hulu.com/when-they-cry

Think all of season one is up on hulu.  This is pretty much the only one I've ever liked and it's not for the faint of heart.  It's a horror/psychological.  Not real sure how to explain it but I really, really enjoyed it.

I generally describe it as "any slasher film meets Groundhogs Day"

have you seen the second season (Higurashi No Naku Koroni Kai)?

(cranky old man mode ON)
You don't know how spoiled you young whippersnappers are.  What with your digital fansubs released like 2 days after the eps are out in Japan.  We couldn't do that back in my day, what, with our 14.4k modems and all it would take forever to download, much less finding a computer with the processor that could actually play it or the Hard drive space to store it. No, back in my day fansubs came on VHS.  Do you guys even know what a VHS is?  
(cranky old man mode OFF)

Anyway, in cctmsp13's obscure anime corner, I will be looking at some of the lessor know anime I have watched through the years, it'll tend to be older stuff, though not necessarily.

And so we begin...

Chapter 1
The Violinist of Hameln

The Violinist of Hameln (aka Hameln the Violinist due to some translation misunderstandings) is about a violinist named Hamel.  He has two notable features - one, the horn on his head (actually not that noticable, as he wears a hat all the time), and two, he has the power to play magical music.  OK, you say, magical music, like magical how?  Well like summoning a bird - a 100 foot wide bird made of water that he can ride and that will drown you.

So anyway, Hamel lives in a village with his talking crow Oboe.  A girl from the town, Flute come to take Hamel to a festival the town is having, so he can perform on his violin.  They go to the festival, but the town gets attacked by demons.   The villager start fighting back, and do rather well considering they're fighting demons.  During the battle it's revealed that Flute is actually the daughter of Queen Horn (apparently it's a family tradition to ditch their children in remote villages) The villigers due their best to cover Flute and Hameln's getaway, but ultimately fall to the demons.  Unable to escape, Hamel starts playing his magical music, which brings back the villagers as zombies.  The zombie villagers then continue fighting the demons, and Flute and Hamel escape.

So now it's up to Hamel to get Flute to the capitol and Queen Horn, where forces are gathering to protect the capitol from the encroaching demon armies.

Along the way they find out about Pandora's box, guarded by Queen Horn, which if opened would grant the demons limitless power.  They encounter new instrument-named allies and enemies, and discover the secret that Hamel may be one of the demons himself, and may have a connection with Pandora herself.

Ratings:

I don't do the plot justice, the plot is very engaging, with a fair share of twists and turns.  

oh, and yes, in case you noticed, near everyone is named for instruments (like 3 people of the extended cast aren't)

The music for the series is very well done, with a good number of classical violin sequences.

The animation, on the other hand is lacking.  It's quite well drawn, it just lacking in amount.  They love to do the "we're just going to pan an image across the screen" trick.  Really, the animation rate is nearly as low as that guy on PBS who would read a story and paint pictures that go with the story as he's reading it.

overall I'd give it a 6/10.  could have easily been a 8/10 with better animation

Worth watching?:
Definetly worth a try, the plot is strong and moves well, even if the animation is lacking.  

Getting it:
This series has never been released in the US.  It is available from the torrents at animesuki.