i leveled up my age today, im 26 now :P

Crap. Once again my computer has crashed and once again I lost pretty much everything that was on it. Not that it was anything of great importance, but it's still rather annoying to lose several gigs of music, pictures and other files. On top of that I gotta reinstall like a dozen of programs again.

Blargh!

Achievement of the Day
Dent0n: Level 45. Congrats!

Congrats to:
Coop83: Top 25 BP - Better luck next time ;)
NewsReporter: Level 28
Hacsev: 24,000 BP
AndrewGlisson13: Corporal
GoryBlizzard: 6 Years on NG
AndrewGlisson13: Level 14
Pokemonpoeguygcn: Level 22
Toocool100: Happy 26th Birthday!

Thanks to:
Coop83
Odyssic

At 11/21/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 11/20/09 08:28 AM, Auz wrote: There were projects planned on monday, thursday and friday morning but when I tried to enroll, 15 minutes after the site opened, everything was full already. Now I gotta do those projects around May and only have two days a week of lectures until Christmas. I'm quite enjoying this schedule to be honest :p

That's like my best friend's sister - she had about 6 hours a week of lectures during the entire first year. When I was at Uni, I had 40-45 hour weeks, that started at 7am daily, otherwise I'd miss the bus >:(

Normally it's similar here. The last couple of periods I had 32-36 hour weeks while the max study time per week was supposed to be 40 hours. The number of hours you missed with the lectures you had to compensate with doing homework until it adds up to 40. The only problem with that idea/system is that the more hours of lectures you have, the more homework you usually have =/ Thus I would always go well over those 40 hours if I actually did my homework.

Anyway now I still got 16 hour weeks, but to be honest I skip quite a lot of lectures :p

16,000 Experience!

Not long until I get the coolest weapon of all.

I hope I can get to the replies later, but right now my PC fucks up... if I boot up Win XP it won't start the explorer.exe, which means no icons and no taskbar.
Okay, I can start that manually, but it sucks. Also, if I try to start opera, windows starts the Internet Explorer instead! O_O And the IE immediatly closes down with an error message.

Yeah right, as if I had the time to deal with fucking computer problems right now... maybe I'll install Win 7 today. We'll see. :/

Sounds like your computer is completely screwed and the chainsaw definently isn't the best weapon.
I haven't really voted much at all since I created this account but in the last 2 weeks I've been voting on as many new submissions as I can and I've gotten from about 450 to 800, is that a good rate?

Level 48

Listening to:

Overkill - Horrorscope

Thanks to:

Coop83
Odyssic
Auz

At 11/20/09 01:30 PM, Coop83 wrote: Top 25 B/Per

Nicely done, you're one step closer to passing me.

At 11/21/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: It could be similar circumstances to when Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles back-catalogue.

Wait what? O_o

At 11/21/09 08:35 AM, Auz wrote: Blargh!

Damn, that sucks. :(

At 11/21/09 09:39 AM, Haggard wrote: Not long until I get the coolest weapon of all.

CHAINSAW! :D

Okay, I can start that manually, but it sucks. Also, if I try to start opera, windows starts the Internet Explorer instead! O_O And the IE immediatly closes down with an error message.

What the hell? :O Microsoft must be playing tricks on you! If I ever got IE instead of Opera, I'd scream.

4,000 of the experience points variety.

moar pls

Long last achievement, 2000 posts ;)

Congratz.. i think.

Rev is out and about; congrats to:
Coop83 - Top 25 in B/P
NewsReporter - Level 28
Dent0n - Level 45!
Auz - 54k B/P!
Hacsev - 24k B/P
GoryBlizzard - 6 Years on NG
AndrewGlisson - Corporal and Level 14
Pokemonpoeguygcn - Level 22
Toocool100 - 26 Years Old!
Haggard - 16k Exp
Molotov - Level 48
Rabid-Animals - 10,000 Total Stats
Statwhore - 4,000 Exp
EJR - 4,000 Exp
BillyProgrammer - 2,000 Posts

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At 11/20/09 12:55 PM, Bahamut wrote: Is it even possible to copyright claim William Tell Overture? One of my videos on YouTube used the grand finale and apparently one record company has rights over it. Oh well, they only put an ad on so it's not like they took the whole video down just for that.

It's probably not the actual song that is copyrighted but the orchestra who did did the song that is. They can copyright their rendition of the 1812 Overture and sell it.

At 11/21/09 09:39 AM, Haggard wrote: I hope I can get to the replies later, but right now my PC fucks up... if I boot up Win XP it won't start the explorer.exe, which means no icons and no taskbar.

In order to fix that I would say you would have to format and reinstall WinXP. If you can get Win7 I would just go ahead and install that. Though it's very odd to have IE start with Opera. It might be because explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe are interrelated so if you are having trouble with one the other will act up. Who knows. :/

Total B/P points: 11,111

1,000 blams.

Two days catch up...
Sorry if I missed anyone. I really don't want to double check, I just want to get my PC back up running like it is supposed to. Still quite a long way to go it seems. :/

Listening to:
Big Brother & The Holding Company - All Is Loneliness, Coo Coo (Single), The Last Time (Single), Combination Of The Two, I Need A Man To Love

At 11/19/09 02:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/19/09 04:14 AM, Coop83 wrote: They've either both been held hostage, or they've been sleeping together!

Maybe it's BOTH?

Munchausen's Syndrome?

Maybe. Or they kidnapped themselves in some sort of foreplay...

I pray for your sake that it is not The Simpsons :P

And what if I would buy Simpsons before Futurama?

Two words for you - Mega Flare. Bahamut's going to go completely ape shit.

But why do I get mega flare'd if I simply buy some season of the Simpsons before I buy some of Futurama? That's pretty Nazi-like to force your opinion on me in such a cruel way. :P

Oh yeah, I always wanted to make such a Nazi comparison here on NG, and now I've finally made it! XD

Currently I own exactly as much seasons of The Simpsons as I own of Futurama. Zero. -.-

You've saved yourself there then :P

*phew*, no mega flare'd Haggard for the time being.

At 11/17/09 03:27 AM, Coop83 wrote:

That's strange. Someone else has your 'recreational material'

If you get aroused by the Commercial code, you must be a very strange person. :P

Not me personally, but you know these internet types. Shady characters that get aroused by the mundane, ridiculous and unthinkable, who take pains to tell anyone willing to listen, even giving video evidence sometimes.

Whoever gets aroused by officialese should be shot. Really.

In the face. With a selection of rusty kitchen utensils, fired from a catapult at close range.

At VERY close range.

At 11/20/09 08:28 AM, Auz wrote: Apologies and congrats to:
Haggard: 1,100 Audio Reviews

Thanks!

At 11/20/09 12:02 PM, reverend wrote: Rev is suffering from burnout; congrats to:
Haggard - 1,110 Audio Reviews

Thanks!

At 11/20/09 12:55 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/19/09 02:25 PM, Haggard wrote: And what if I would buy Simpsons before Futurama?

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO!!!!!

But why? I like Simpsons. And I like Futurama (yeah, I didn't stop watching it because I didn't like it, it was just a matter of TV stations not showing it for some time and then I never really got back into it).

At 11/19/09 11:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: NO! There's nothing more than that and dragons. :P

Well, but then there's Futurama, Porn and dragons, so that's more than Futurama and porn, right? :P

Point taken but there's nothing more than dragon porn in Futurama. :P Too bad they've not covered that idea in the show, lol.

Maybe you should give em a hint then? -.-

Goddamn, what did you ask for?

Well... how about: Nothing? I only get money for christmas for quite a few years now. Then I buy the presents myself. It's much more relaxing for my parents and me. XD

Heh, and I'm thinking of asking for jack shit for Christmas because I hate Christmas. Fucking commercialised bullshit.

Commercialised bullshit or not, commercialization can't deter me from celebrating christmas with my family. They way we celebrated it for my whole life.

YES! However, I will say one thing about them: Joey DeMaio is a prick these days!

Actually, he's a prick all the time.

Nope, it's only been more recent.

Maybe he's been even more of a prick recent, but he definitely was a prick before as well.

Then check the goddamn channel!

Still too lazy. Also, I won't check the channel as long as you don't finish your 100th flash. :P

But checking the channel won't take long while my 100th flash will. :(

If you wheren't so goddamn lazy then it wouldn't take you so long. :P

At 11/21/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop is up a lot earlier than expected. Congratulations to:
Haggard: 1,100 Reviews (Audio)

Thanks!

At 11/21/09 09:55 AM, Nayhan wrote: Sounds like your computer is completely screwed and the chainsaw definently isn't the best weapon.

Wait what? The chainsaw is OF COURSE the best weapon ever on NG.

At 11/21/09 11:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/21/09 09:39 AM, Haggard wrote: Not long until I get the coolest weapon of all.

CHAINSAW! :D

DAMN RIGHT! I wanted to reach that level since the redisign came.

Okay, I can start that manually, but it sucks. Also, if I try to start opera, windows starts the Internet Explorer instead! O_O And the IE immediatly closes down with an error message.

What the hell? :O Microsoft must be playing tricks on you! If I ever got IE instead of Opera, I'd scream.

Yeah, that's what I did. Firefox was of no help either. It kept crashing on random sites.

At 11/21/09 03:05 PM, reverend wrote: Rev is out and about; congrats to:
Haggard - 16k Exp

Thanks!

At 11/21/09 09:39 AM, Haggard wrote: I hope I can get to the replies later, but right now my PC fucks up... if I boot up Win XP it won't start the explorer.exe, which means no icons and no taskbar.

In order to fix that I would say you would have to format and reinstall WinXP.

That's what I did. First time in years I had to do that. :/

If you can get Win7 I would just go ahead and install that.

Yeah, but I need at least 30GB disk space, but the parition I have for my system is only 10GB big (it's enough for XP). So Win 7 has to wait until I buy a new HD. I don't want to mess around with the partitions, it's pretty easy to fuck up the partition table by doing so and then all my files would be lost.

Though it's very odd to have IE start with Opera. It might be because explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe are interrelated so if you are having trouble with one the other will act up. Who knows. :/

I really don't know what went wrong there. I was able to start Firefox, but it kept crashing on random sites.

Congrats to:

Joeyag: Corporal
Kevin: 6,000 Saves
Metal-Therapy: Level 29
Haggard: 1,100 Audio Reviews; 16,000 Experience
FroNickProductions: 6.00 Base Voting Power
Coop83: Top 25 B/Per
NewsReporter: Level 28
Dent0n: Level 45
Auz: 54,000 B/P - 30,000 more than me :P
AndrewGlisson13: Corporal; Level 14
GoryBlizzard: 6 Years on NG
Pokemonpoeguygcn: Level 22
Toocool100: 26 Years IRL
Molotov: Level 48
Rabid-Animals: 10,000 Total Stats
Statwhore: 4,000 Experience
EJR: 4,000 Experience
BillysProgrammer: 2,000 Posts
dx5231: 11,111 B/P
yugimt: 1,000 Blams

Thanks to:

All list makers.

Commander Gamejunkie. That has a nice ring to it.

Another achievement: 8,000 saves

It seems like the more points you get, the longer it takes to get to the next lot.
Blams: 16,000

Thanks for voting, Statwhore! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 4,010 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 20. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 23 hours, 34 minutes, and 14 seconds.

The more experience points you have, combined with BLAM and PROTECTION points, the more your vote is worth!

feed tha need

Statwhore, grats :)

Quick question about the achievement list posters, can anyone do it (to help out) or are they specifically assigned people?

Coop enjoys a nice long lie-in, before congratulating:
Pokemonpoeguygcn: Level 22
Toocool100: 26th Birthday
Haggard: 16,000 Experience
Molotov: Level 48
Rebid-Animals: 10,000 Total Points
Statwhore: 4,000 Experience; Level 20
EJR: 4,000 Experience
BillysProgrammer: 2,000 Posts
dx5231: 11,111 B/P; 8,000 Saves
yugimt: 1,000 Blams
gamejunkie: Commander; 16,000 Blams
IzzyDude: Staff Sergeant

Thank you to:
Odyssic
Auz
Bahamut
reverend
Hacsev

Listening to:
Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great
Iron Maiden - Twilight Zone
Alice Cooper - Lock Me Up
Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word
Iron Maiden - Moonchild

At 11/21/09 06:15 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 11/21/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Cool, I'll see what the budget has left when I'm back from the shops this morning.

OK. :) BTW, I recommend ordering from the USA - have them sent to a friend there and have him/her pass them on to you. They're much less expensive there (85 USD, compared to e.g. 105 EUR in Germany), so if yo can, it'll definitely pay to do this.

Damn, I wish I'd known about 2-3 weeks ago. My girlfriend's Grandma was in Houston, seeing her son and his family. I'd have got it mailed to them and solved a problem.

Am I supposed to feel this dejected when someone else quotes Futurama at me?

Nawww. :)

Ok, I won't take it to heart then.

At 11/21/09 08:35 AM, Auz wrote: Congrats to:
Coop83: Top 25 BP - Better luck next time ;)

Fffffffffffffffffffffff!

That's like my best friend's sister - she had about 6 hours a week of lectures during the entire first year. When I was at Uni, I had 40-45 hour weeks, that started at 7am daily, otherwise I'd miss the bus >:(

Normally it's similar here. The last couple of periods I had 32-36 hour weeks while the max study time per week was supposed to be 40 hours. The number of hours you missed with the lectures you had to compensate with doing homework until it adds up to 40. The only problem with that idea/system is that the more hours of lectures you have, the more homework you usually have =/ Thus I would always go well over those 40 hours if I actually did my homework.

Well, the problem was that the lab work (i.e. the fun stuff) didn't make any sense if you didn't attend the lectures. This was a balancing act that I failed at.

Anyway now I still got 16 hour weeks, but to be honest I skip quite a lot of lectures :p

Yeah, we used to skip most of the afternoon lectures, because we slept through them. Drinking at lunch was one of the worst things we could have done, but you live and learn, I suppose.

At 11/21/09 09:55 AM, Nayhan wrote: Sounds like your computer is completely screwed and the chainsaw definently isn't the best weapon.
I haven't really voted much at all since I created this account but in the last 2 weeks I've been voting on as many new submissions as I can and I've gotten from about 450 to 800, is that a good rate?

Well, you'll gain your 10 experience per day for that, which will improve your weapon. Moving up 350 points in 2 weeks isn't bad. You'll gain ranks reasonably quickly that way, so keep it up.

At 11/21/09 11:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/20/09 01:30 PM, Coop83 wrote: Top 25 B/Per

Nicely done, you're one step closer to passing me.

Greg's first though - can I catch him before he reaches 70k?

At 11/21/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: It could be similar circumstances to when Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles back-catalogue.

Wait what? O_o

Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles music back in the 80s. He then did a cover of Come Together - one of the very few songs that sound better as a cover version than the original one. (The other being Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson)

At 11/21/09 05:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/19/09 02:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/19/09 04:14 AM, Coop83 wrote: They've either both been held hostage, or they've been sleeping together!

Maybe it's BOTH?

Munchausen's Syndrome?

Maybe. Or they kidnapped themselves in some sort of foreplay...

Ah, so NEVR does have Hippo AIDS then... poor guy.

I pray for your sake that it is not The Simpsons :P

And what if I would buy Simpsons before Futurama?

Two words for you - Mega Flare. Bahamut's going to go completely ape shit.

But why do I get mega flare'd if I simply buy some season of the Simpsons before I buy some of Futurama? That's pretty Nazi-like to force your opinion on me in such a cruel way. :P

*Coop tries to get images of goose-stepping dragons out of head. Fails.*

Whoever gets aroused by officialese should be shot. Really.

In the face. With a selection of rusty kitchen utensils, fired from a catapult at close range.

At VERY close range.

No, make them fear for their lives, before they are actually killed. Half a mile, perhaps. That should give them a change to pray for death, before the impact ;)

At 11/22/09 01:30 AM, BillysProgrammer wrote: Quick question about the achievement list posters, can anyone do it (to help out) or are they specifically assigned people?

Anyone can do it, so long as they do a good job - Every 1,000 Points (Except total stats, which is 10k); Levels above 9, plus B/P ranks above Private and so forth. Any questions, just look at other lists for pointers or just ask us.

level 19...
nearly 2000 bbs posts

Listening to:

Iron Maiden - Moonchild

Thanks to:

reverend
Hacsev
JKMonkey

At 11/21/09 03:05 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/20/09 12:55 PM, Bahamut wrote: Is it even possible to copyright claim William Tell Overture? One of my videos on YouTube used the grand finale and apparently one record company has rights over it. Oh well, they only put an ad on so it's not like they took the whole video down just for that.

It's probably not the actual song that is copyrighted but the orchestra who did did the song that is. They can copyright their rendition of the 1812 Overture and sell it.

Sounds like the original one to me. I would have thought it'd be public domain, hence my surprise at the copyright claim. Heh, funny to think I originally had one other song in that video that I took out to avoid these troubles yet I get it anyway.

At 11/21/09 05:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

Two words for you - Mega Flare. Bahamut's going to go completely ape shit.

But why do I get mega flare'd if I simply buy some season of the Simpsons before I buy some of Futurama? That's pretty Nazi-like to force your opinion on me in such a cruel way. :P

Because Futurama > The Simpsons

At 11/20/09 12:55 PM, Bahamut wrote: Point taken but there's nothing more than dragon porn in Futurama. :P Too bad they've not covered that idea in the show, lol.

Maybe you should give em a hint then? -.-

Yes I should. After all, almost anything's possible in the future, like beer milkshake and an amusement park on the moon.

Heh, and I'm thinking of asking for jack shit for Christmas because I hate Christmas. Fucking commercialised bullshit.

Commercialised bullshit or not, commercialization can't deter me from celebrating christmas with my family. They way we celebrated it for my whole life.

This is what we have the new year for since we see almost everyone then.

Nope, it's only been more recent.

Maybe he's been even more of a prick recent, but he definitely was a prick before as well.

I thought he was hardly a prick back in the days but I sure hate him for suspending Rhapsody. They must have been too epic for him to handle...

But checking the channel won't take long while my 100th flash will. :(

If you wheren't so goddamn lazy then it wouldn't take you so long. :P

But if I work and become lazy, then the flash will come out as shit and not what it was meant to look lke.

At 11/21/09 09:55 AM, Nayhan wrote: Sounds like your computer is completely screwed and the chainsaw definently isn't the best weapon.

Wait what? The chainsaw is OF COURSE the best weapon ever on NG.

No, it's the sword. It's the perfect weapon for my crotch. :D

At 11/21/09 11:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: CHAINSAW! :D

DAMN RIGHT! I wanted to reach that level since the redisign came.

So did I and I remember complaining about taking around 550 days to get there back then. Now I'm past that level and wielding the sword. :D

What the hell? :O Microsoft must be playing tricks on you! If I ever got IE instead of Opera, I'd scream.

Yeah, that's what I did. Firefox was of no help either. It kept crashing on random sites.

Luckily, I only use Firefox to deposit my alts so I have no fears of it crashing.

At 11/21/09 11:56 PM, gamejunkie wrote: It seems like the more points you get, the longer it takes to get to the next lot.
Blams: 16,000

On the bright side, you have more blams than saves. :) We really need more ratios like yours.

At 11/22/09 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Listening to:
Iron Maiden - Twilight Zone

I actually don't have this song. :O

At 11/21/09 11:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Nicely done, you're one step closer to passing me.

Greg's first though - can I catch him before he reaches 70k?

Placing bets, anyone? :)

Wait what? O_o

Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles music back in the 80s.

Now that's just silly.

At 11/21/09 08:35 AM, Auz wrote:
Blargh!

Achievement of the Day
Dent0n: Level 45. Congrats!

W00t!

Turned 36 just a few minutes ago :)

not literally, but my icon is now at 36. It's looking very tribal..

500 posts.

At 11/21/09 08:06 PM, JKMonkey wrote: Congrats to:
Haggard- 1100 Audio Reviews, 16000 Exp.

Thanks!

At 11/22/09 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop enjoys a nice long lie-in, before congratulating:
Haggard: 16,000 Experience

Thanks!

At 11/21/09 05:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/19/09 02:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/19/09 04:14 AM, Coop83 wrote: I pray for your sake that it is not The Simpsons :P

And what if I would buy Simpsons before Futurama?

Two words for you - Mega Flare. Bahamut's going to go completely ape shit.

But why do I get mega flare'd if I simply buy some season of the Simpsons before I buy some of Futurama? That's pretty Nazi-like to force your opinion on me in such a cruel way. :P

*Coop tries to get images of goose-stepping dragons out of head. Fails.*

Goose-stepping dragons with swords for dicks. o_O

Whoever gets aroused by officialese should be shot. Really.

In the face. With a selection of rusty kitchen utensils, fired from a catapult at close range.

At VERY close range.

No, make them fear for their lives, before they are actually killed. Half a mile, perhaps. That should give them a change to pray for death, before the impact ;)

Well, if we plant that catapult right in front of their faces, I think that will scare them enough.

At 11/22/09 06:50 AM, Odyssic wrote: Congrats to:
Haggard: 16,000 Experience

Thanks!

At 11/22/09 08:26 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/21/09 05:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

Two words for you - Mega Flare. Bahamut's going to go completely ape shit.

But why do I get mega flare'd if I simply buy some season of the Simpsons before I buy some of Futurama? That's pretty Nazi-like to force your opinion on me in such a cruel way. :P

Because Futurama > The Simpsons

But that's just your opinion. :P

Heh, and I'm thinking of asking for jack shit for Christmas because I hate Christmas. Fucking commercialised bullshit.

Commercialised bullshit or not, commercialization can't deter me from celebrating christmas with my family. They way we celebrated it for my whole life.

This is what we have the new year for since we see almost everyone then.

I rather celebrate new year with my friends. :)
Christmas is for the family (-ies), New Year for the friends.

But checking the channel won't take long while my 100th flash will. :(

If you wheren't so goddamn lazy then it wouldn't take you so long. :P

But if I work and become lazy, then the flash will come out as shit and not what it was meant to look lke.

only solution: Stop being lazy. :P

At 11/21/09 09:55 AM, Nayhan wrote: Sounds like your computer is completely screwed and the chainsaw definently isn't the best weapon.

Wait what? The chainsaw is OF COURSE the best weapon ever on NG.

No, it's the sword. It's the perfect weapon for my crotch. :D

Well, it's still a long way for me before I get to the sword. Also, dragons with chainsaws in their crotches... o_O

At 11/21/09 11:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: CHAINSAW! :D

DAMN RIGHT! I wanted to reach that level since the redisign came.

So did I and I remember complaining about taking around 550 days to get there back then. Now I'm past that level and wielding the sword. :D

Yeah, that's the downside of the redisign. You need so long to reach a certain level and once you reach it, it's gone so quickly. -.-

What the hell? :O Microsoft must be playing tricks on you! If I ever got IE instead of Opera, I'd scream.

Yeah, that's what I did. Firefox was of no help either. It kept crashing on random sites.

Luckily, I only use Firefox to deposit my alts so I have no fears of it crashing.

I only use Firefox to check out if the HTML I coded is displayed correctly. But it's quite some time ago I coded anything in HTML. ^^

You passed 24000 B/P! Congrats!

Private First class.

also, over 1 point of VP from B/P only.

Rev is watching the Broncos fall apart; congrats to:
yugimt - 1,000 Blams
dx5231 - 11,111 B/P and 8,000 Saves
IzzyDude - Staff Sergeant
gamejunkie - Commander and 16k Blams
Statwhore - Level 20
dooseyboy - Level 19
Fim - Level 36
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 24k B/P

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At 11/21/09 05:14 PM, Haggard wrote: Yeah, but I need at least 30GB disk space, but the parition I have for my system is only 10GB big (it's enough for XP). So Win 7 has to wait until I buy a new HD. I don't want to mess around with the partitions, it's pretty easy to fuck up the partition table by doing so and then all my files would be lost.

Yeah I'm in the same boat. My laptop is ancient and can't run Win7. So I'm stuck until I decide to get a new one.

Sounds like the original one to me. I would have thought it'd be public domain, hence my surprise at the copyright claim. Heh, funny to think I originally had one other song in that video that I took out to avoid these troubles yet I get it anyway.

Ha! I mixed up my overtures. But most likely the performer hold that right to his/her rendition of that song even though it's the same thing as the public domain version. Somebody had to play it, record it, put it on a CD so you could download it illegally. Who knows, Rossini might not be dead. :)