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nowadays things are a lot more simple and streamlined with less parts to worry about when building a pc. most of the parts only fit in one way so its hard to mess anything up. the most time consuming aspect is either cable management (which can be optional if youre lazy) and the header plug in's (case usb's, LED lights, power switch ect.) which will require taking a thorough look at your motherboards manual.

outside of those you just screw your motherboard in. put your cpu, thermal paste on and then the cpu fan, make sure to plug the fan in. from there plug in your RAM, graphics card (make sure to screw it in), hard drives and hook them all to the motherboard. then put in your power supply and hook that to all the case fans, gpu and motherboard.

modern motherboards eliminated a lot of the other crap you had to worry about like sound cards and ethernet cards along with hdd's getting smaller and being able to plug directly into the motherboard eliminating space and psu cables for them. optical drives are also getting phased out in favor of usb and digital usage. pc building is as easy as ever really.

WizardofHoth posted...

Noone has ever brought a gun in the church. Period.

that you know of. its called concealed carry for a reason.

Webmaster4531 posted...

Fixed that for you. Only way that makes sentence makes sense.

2/3rds of my family are republicans. i grew up in northern michigan, i know lots of hunters and militia types, those who you tend to see vote right more often. yeah, i personally dont know anyone (who has mentioned it) who at the very least hasnt recognized that the climate is changing to some degree. theres enough scientific data out there to acknowledge it. the difference of opinions is in the actual severity of it.

i wasnt saying those types of denyers arnt out there, just that i havnt met them.

i dont know many right leaning individuals who deny climate change or think we shouldnt be moving towards clean energy. the problem is the crazy mentality a lot of people have to it. "doing something" tends to mean were all going to die in 20 years unless we bankrupt the country and install heavy socialist policies.

as mentioned our whole way of life cant just be flipped on a dime like that. we have to take incremental steps which is going to take time and is something we are naturally working towards (albeit maybe not as fast as id like). regardless if things really are that bad then none of this really matters anyway. if we are all going to go into a new ice age or w/e in a few decades then pretty much nothing we do now, no matter how extreme is going to matter and stop this planet from the course its on.

If you were going to carry a weapon for protection why wouldnt you carry in church? especially when places of worship tend to be prime targets for terrorism.

spudger posted...

if you have to bring your deadly weapon to church; something is broken.

yeah, people.

this is nothing new. synagogues and mosques have been dealing with this shit for literally thousands of years. christian churches in other parts of the world have also had to deal with it (like in Sri Lanka).

if youre playing the witcher for the combat then best to quit right now. not to say its bad, but it never gets better than serviceable. that isnt why the game has garnered so much praise and its not going to be apparent why its recieved a majority of that praise in just a few hours of gameplay.

you cant really compare this game to the souls-like games,. they are VERY different in what they are trying to do.

Austin_Era_II posted...

You can own a gun here. There are limits though. I might get my license and get one soon.

yes you can, but its fairly restrictive. im not licensing anything. im not registering anything, im not giving up my handguns or AK's and im not pinning my mags.

i live in michigan. cold weather doesnt bother me.

your politicians and gun laws however do.

Cartwheel_Kick posted... Finally, taking action now would help making the country free of guns over time. If this had been done 20 years ago there would be much less guns in circulation today as well as less shootings. Same in 20 years if action is taken now...

any action on guns wont mean much of anything unless the core problems are tackled. the US is much more violent than any other first world country and im not talking gun violence either. it stands highly likely if you were to go after guns in a major way criminals wont give up anything. the point of wearing them down over time also holds much less water now that the internet is a thing. 3d printing, parts kits, 80% receivers ect. not to mention the black market that would be expanded on on 400-500million firearms already in circulation.

in the end it would mean citizens have less options while criminals still largely hold theirs. there might be some decline, but it wont be as much as you think and any lives potentially saved would most likely be taken up by those who now hold more power over others and are more free to commit more crimes especially when the country is already under policed and especially by a police force that has no legal right to save your ass.

the notion of that statement isnt technically true. most of the time governments rephrase what constitutes as a mass shooting (domestic incidents tend to be left off the table in a lot of instances) and in general those incidents may happen less, but are never completely eliminated. theres actually a lot of shootings in the countries everyone likes to bring up, they just dont have high body counts largely do to them being personal 1 on 1 affairs or gang affiliated.

a lot of time when someone also mentions that phrase they like to cite countries who rarely had very many mass shootings to begin. countries that may have had 1, then enacted heavy gun control and that went down to 0 or maybe 1 every several years. that type of ratio is impossible to get any real type of data from especially in comparison to america where mass shootings vary wildly year by year. its incredibly difficult to get a consistent result.

another area that tends to get over looked when spouting about gun deaths is that it rarely ever takes overall homicides into account. when heavy gun control gets enacted you usually see an increase in other forms of deaths (especially arson) that tend to either replace or take up a good percentage of deaths that may have theoretically been taken up by guns. on top of homicides other forms of crimes also get an uptick like rapes, home invasions and robberies.

a lot of the other places that have heavy gun control also have a lot of other safety nets and social programs in place that tend to curb unease and the will to lash out. the US has a strong issue with this that breeds discontent and resentment which makes it easier for people to turn to violence. theoretically tackling stuff like healthcare, less pay gaps, better job security ect. could significantly reduce over all violence each year without ever touching guns and humanity as a whole could be in a better place going forward.

lastly the US has a liberal estimate of 400+ million guns in it. there are more guns than people. because of that it stands highly likely that they will be used in more crimes and deaths. thats the way everything works. however taking that into consideration and how some people think if guns truly were the problem, if true then the US would be a mad max apocalyptic wasteland right now. this isnt the case and based on what we know only about .03-.05% of firearms in civilians hands typically get used for nefarious purposes. statistically these types of shooting situations based on population size and gun availability are EXCEPTIONALLY low. but because of how the news network and social media work you tend ot hear about every little thing making the situation seem like an epidemic despite gun violence in general going down nearly year after year and over 50% from where we were in the 90's.

FuneralFroth posted...

Yeah idk, maybe for the house but i just cant walk around with that. If i can find a real compact 9mm or 45 that i can shoot well then sure. But id rather be armed with something *I* can shoot than a cannon im gonna be a bad shot with.

have you tried officer models? the springfield EMP and ruger SR1911 are pretty awesome for a 9mm 1911 in those price ranges.

personally unless you want a ppk for the cool factor i dont see much point in .380 any more when 9mm exists. but if it works for you then more power to ya.

Solid Sonic posted...

ARs are expensive and I don't like the caliber it shoots anyway.

depends on where you live of course, but in the states its not hard to find AR's for $400 even with 7.62x39 conversions for them. ironically good quality AK's are now more expensive.

why would i ever want something like that, officer? those are scary.

I spent over $1100 on ammo this week from them.

no, im not proud of my self.

RE2 had the multiple scenarios, but they were largely the same. stil a run through the (original) A and B canon stories would probably take ~8-9hours together. RE3 only had one scenario, but it was about 6-7hours and included a number of random item placements, alternate puzzle solutions and alternate scenario choices which hightened the replay value. a second run atleast is pretty highly recommended.

good for virginians. the bills, much like most gun control are a trainwreck.

im one of those freaks who gets more sauce over cheese.

545x39 posted...

Imagine living somewhere where you have to register/license your firearms.

/shudder

its the best one so yes.

iv never met a gun hoarder who actually did anything illegal with them because they love them so much they dont want to risk getting them taking away. nearly al crimes commited with guns are done by people who own 1-2 so id be more worried about kyle from seattle who bought an ar just after learning his gf cheated on him and lost his job.

that said, i do think a good chunk of them would stand up if they feel their rights were really backed into a corner. living in michigan there is no shortage of militia types who know their way around a pressure cooker.

every day and its something iv been working towards for the last 5 years.

they work (which is very important) and the after market is there. thats about it. their triggers arnt good, their frames are blocky, they are over priced for what they are and their ergos are mediocre. theres a lot of other pistols id turn to over a glock (like an m&p if you need a polymer gun which are also 25% cheaper) of which they are only really popular because they happened to come along at the right time and corner the market with insane discounts to LEO agencies which saturated their availability and boosted their name.

if youre going to spend $500-600 on a handgun it might as well be a CZ, Beretta or even a lower end sig. or even if you feel like buying turkish shit you can get some really nice guns for the money like their cz clones which are also full metal frames under $400. personally im a CZ fan.

much like most of these draconian laws they keep redefining what terms mean (and conveniently keep adding items that have already been there to their lists) and make them as broad as possible to trap as many people as they can. as it stands by their own definitions they want to ban probably 90% of firearms across all categories. most firearms use magazines, are detachable and are capable of receiving more than 10 rounds. a glock 19 in California is the same as a glock 19 in texas.

i make more than that and i travel substantially less, so no.

megamanfreakXD posted...

How abundant is ammo? Do I still need to run pass zombies like the original RE2?

The original RE2 had gobs of ammo. unless you were playing on the hard difficulty you didnt need to run past almost anything. the remake overall is much more strict on ammo in comparison with enemies requiring more to put down and overall you find less. that said there is still enough to kill everything in the game, but you will need to be much more pick and choosey at certain parts.

the camera position is similar to 4, but the core gameplay design is much more methodical and in tune to its survival horror roots. less action, lots more inventory management, back tracking, item conservation, more puzzles, more atmospheric tone in general and on normal a few good bites are lethal. it feels like a more proper upgrade to the original (series) rather than taking inspiration from 4.

dont know if its for you, but it is a great game and does what its doing extremely well.

confusing.

never saw a point to pcc's, but they are fun for what they are and they are one of the better ones out there if you dont want an AR-9.

as far as a single item i currently have then my truck which is a 2010 tacoma. collectively, all my gun stuff. in the next coming years i plan to have about 100k saved up to put towards a substantial down payment on a house.

of course not, officer.

growing up in lower east michigan...there aint much difference.

deupd_u posted...

Even a SCCY is only $25 more than a Hi Point

id trust the hi point over a sccy.

the most iv ever spent on a watch was $150 and that one i dont even use and is currently in my bug out bag. my casio i have on now i got for..maybe $10 and it works fine. meanwhile i own an sr-15 with all the other crap on it thats worth around $3.5k.

had to put down two pets. one with a tumor growing out of her jaw that required a $3000 operation, but only a 10-20% chance of surviving because of her age. made the choice to go forward putting her down. 13 years old tho, she lived a good life, otherwise if she was considerably younger id probably go through with the operation.

the other was my cat, Zep who was an orange tabby i had for 10 years before he got colon cancer. this one really gut me as i had to watch his health decline over a year from one of the most loving, easy going and expressive animals iv ever seen in my life just deteriorate into a scared shell that couldnt make it to the litter box and didnt want to be around anyone by the end. this was 4 years ago and i still get choked up thinking about him. tried everything outside of a low probability operation, but his health by that time was so far deteriorated he had a low chance of surviving. made the call to put him to sleep and i ended up actually watching the life leave his eyes at the time. im still pretty fucking up over it.

Mead posted...

Imagine thinking that someone exhibiting signs that theyre unstable and violent should not have their guns taken away

imagine someone gets to have their private property taken away that they have a constitutional right to have because a girl friend had a grudge to pick. and have fun with the lawyer fees getting them back (undamaged).

Mead posted...

Yet thats not at all the kind of legislation that the senate refuses to pass

Do those bills entail an AWB or Red Flag laws? cause if so then yeah they want to take way peoples guns. does it include a universal background check? a UBC thats impossible to enforce without registration that makes it easier to take peoples guns?

Mead posted...

Yet countless folks like to act like anyone that wants the senate to pass even moderate firearm legislation is trying to break into homes and rip guns out of defenseless childrens cribs

Because you can look at places like california, new york and new jersey and many other countries to see where those who are in charge want the conversation to go. california has nearly everything gun control activists want and yet shootings still happen daily and they are still pumping out gun control laws with little to no results. countries who barely ever have shootings are implementing even more laws to clamp down on its citizens specifically because of what happens in the US regardless. its just never ever enough.

just look at the universal background check bill that got shot down recently in the senate. just after the last school shooting you had a ton of people blaming mitch mcconnell (well, theres no shortage of shit to blame on him regardless) that that bill could have stopped it despite it 100% not being what the bill does. a good chunk of people DO want to take peoples guns (Pelosi has stated this on numerous occasions and more recently Beto), they just know not to open their gobs too much until their voted in office. now more and more are not hiding it.

now do i personally think most democrats want to take everyones guns away? no. i think most just want UBC's, mag limits, maybe an AWB(which is fucking awful in its own right) or red flag laws (which is even worse than an AWB) and will leave it at that (tho i also believe most dont really know what a lot of the bills entail they just want something, anything passed to make themselves feel good). however those people are not who get voted into office and those who get voted into office are not listening to those people. they are listening to the loudest screeching vocal minority.

Mead posted...

Its almost like we need fewer guns

its almost as if it wont solve the problem, but make people more vulnerable.

Yellow posted...

I don't see any mass shootings in Germany

less guns = less gun violence. thats just how things work. however that doesnt necessarily equate to less violence or less crime (specific types usually shoot up drastically after gun bans like home invasions, rapes and suspiciously arson deaths which shot up 50% for 10 years after Australias buy back) unless you want to dive deeper into what causes those aspects and the US has FAR less of the things that tend to help keep people in check and resort to violence. worse political divides, more blatant racial divide, wider pay gaps with less off time, more homelessness, less healthcare for all, large drug epidemic, glorification of violence in general (especially in inner city gang life) and many other things that tend to make people get unhinged and resort to violence. getting rid of guns is like putting a band aid on a tumor, it might even be worse considering guns DO act as a deterrent.

if the US actually had more social safety nets youd probably see a homicide rate more akin to other euro nations. as it stands for a country of 330million which has anywhere from 350-500million guns in 100million peoples hands the amount of actual death attributed to them is exceptionally low. now thats not to say we shouldnt try to still curve the numbers, but its definitely FAR from an epidemic the way many would have you fear mongered into believing. if guns cause so much death with that many in civilians hands then the US should be a mad max apocalypse right now.

Mead posted...

Drivers license, mandatory insurance, registration and renewal, emissions testing

if you wanted to drive on public roads. similarly if you wanted to carry a gun around on public streets most states (atleast 2/3rds of them) require a concealed license, even for open carry in some states. which requires extra costs, tests, renewals and training along with possible handgun registration (such as my state).

anyway there is also a much bigger reason why cars are as regulated as they are, because they have to be. they are largely needed in day to day life which means hundreds of millions of 2000lbs hunks of metal going side by side with other chunks of metal with a bunch of human meat inside that need to adhere and know 100 different rules and regulations (as opposed to literally 4 to safely operate a gun) on how to operate them otherwise someone can make a mistake (and unlike guns which usually means one casualty) which can result in multitudes of dead people.

Mead posted...

Obviously criminals break the law. Thats what makes them criminals. Doesnt mean we shouldnt have rules.

Id say its more of a case of the system not properly enforcing those rules we already have. there has been a disturbing amount of mass shooters that have gotten past the system, where the FBI specifically stated they shouldnt have if the people in charge actually did their job (including parkland, Dylann Roof, texas church shooter ect).

going condition 3 > no gun at all

by US standards its one of the strictest with over 100 gun laws on the books with several more in the pipe line. in comparison to the rest of the world its either on par or significantly looser, but then those can vary drastically depending on the country.

as far as what democrats want they basically have almost everything including age limits, waiting periods, mental health checks, a specific firearm roster/limitation, mandatory safety training, storage laws, red flag laws, full registration, no open carrying, magazine bans, assault weapon ban, ammo restrictions (as well as additional taxes), mandatory licensing, additional costs for most everything including the background checks, purchase permits, universal background checks among many others and actually getting a concealed carry permit is pretty difficult which combined with no open carry makes the whole "why was there no good guy with a gun" argument specifically in California not hold much water.

so wait. their blaming him for striking down a universal background check bill for causing a school shooting in california..who already has universal background checks in place anyway?

The Great Muta 22 posted...

But there's no need for you to lie about the percentage of people who own guns.

while no one can say how much for certain, there does stand a good chance that its atleast several percentages higher than whats actually reported. private sales with no transaction records are still things in half of the country while 80% AR lowers and glock build kits are almost completely untraceable as well as a boom in 3d printed firearms which is only going to get easier over the years.

OT: they have no case by trying to go after the ad campaign and marketing and if this goes through it pretty much means anyone can sue any gun maker for a death which in turn will put the manufacturers out of business and make firearms extinct. it doesnt matter how many regulations are on the books (ala cars which isnt a good comparison) that it might force when you get down to the "guns are designed to kill and they killed x individual".

Mad_Max posted...

38th school shooting this year

Jfc

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

yeah, no. thats bullshit. have you actually looked up the individual cases of those "shootings"? they include someone firing off campus and the bullet happens to hit somewhere on the premises hurting no one as a "school shooting" or someone who commits suicide in the parking lot or by someone who got shot via a robbery as a school shooting or a lot of them where someone does get hurt in school its usually a specific attack towards one individual who they know with 0 collateral damage, something that could happen pretty much anywhere. in terms of what most would consider a mass shooting situation at school i can "only" see 4 cases including this latest one this year. one is obviously too much, but spouting those blatantly fear mongering "results" helps no one but causing a largely needless panic that your kid has a decent chance of getting shot at school which is just not true.

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent

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pionear posted...

No reported deaths yet, but when will the madness end...

when people take mental health seriously and actually give a shit about people. there comes a point where its going to get harder and harder to blame the gun. this took place in California which has most of what gun control activists want and yet it still happened and still happens quite frequently in the state and most of these mass shooting situations in the state are done with legally held firearms so you cant throw in that "drove out of state to acquire it" bullshit.

if only california had age limits, waiting periods, mental health checks, type of firearm restrictions, mandatory safety training, storage laws, red flag laws, registration, magazine bans, assault weapon ban, ammo restrictions, mandatory licensing, additional taxes, purchase permits, universal background checks.....wait.

on top of some money (in small bills) id make sure you have a usb (or two) copy of any important documents that might get lost or stolen. also keep a portable battery for charging your phone or anything else. when it comes to batteries id also personally store them in sets of two separated. dont just throw them in a bag. iv done that and if one explodes for what ever reason its probably gonna take others with it.

as far as general stuff youd need in most situations--
knife with a sharpener (can also double for protection if a gun is out of the question)
depending on where you live id also have some type of firearm. a .22 is ideal and you can pack a ton of ammo in a small space.
head light
toilet paper/wet wipes
small first aid kit (id also keep pain killers of some kind, antiseptic and penicillin [look up fish antibiotics, but only use as a last resort])
multitool
a QUALITY pair of shoes or boots (i can not stress this enough, dont cheap out and keep them tied to your pack)
saw/hatchet
water filtration (sawyer mini filter)
water
if you wear glasses or contacts, get a second pair and store them with everything. also keep extras of prescriptions if you need them.
atleast 50 feet of paracord
fire starting kit(matches, lighter, magnesium rod all preferably stored in a water proof container)
some type of cook set and means to wash them (scrubber, little bottle of dish soap)
optionally some spices to go with what ever you might make.
extra pair of underwear and socks
small sewing kit
small fishing kit
contractor garbage bags (tons of uses)
also condoms as mentioned do have a ton of uses and take up hardly no space.
sleeping bag (and make sure its rated for your weather)
BUG SPRAY and/or sun screen depending on where you are.
tent
tarp and/or poncho
some type of blow up cushion to lay on
shemagh (tons of uses)
work gloves
duct tape
90-100% wool blanket
gps/signal mirror/whistle
small tooth brush and tooth paste
compass and maps of areas (and learn how to use them. dont 100% rely on the gps)
and maybe a little survival book to help you out and give you ideas.

this all assumes you are also going to be bugging out with a pack if you need to. if you want to sit tight then on top of all this start hording food, water, toilet paper, paper towels and general hygiene supplys (and store the paper stuff high up and protected incase of flooding if you have to worry about that). if money isnt a huge issue and you dont feel like having to rotate out anything then buy up some mountain house meals (and dont forget the water). they last 12-30+ years. if water is an issue then horde MRE's instead (note their 4-10 year usual shelf life though). if youre a cheap ass then buy as much beans, rice, suger, coffee and pasta as you can and store them in 5 gallon food grade buckets in mylar bags with oxygen absorbents. and dont forget the spices.

theres a lot of other stuff you can do, but id consider those the more notable things.

best animal iv ever owned was an orange tabby who was also the most expressive and easy going animal iv ever seen. lost him 3 years back to cancer. still cant think about it too much or i start to break down.