Actually I quite enjoy single-malt Scotch (not Walker blended swill), something from Speyside preferably. Can't stand any sort of smoke though, so the cigar would be out. Also, I'm a big fan of port baby back ribs, served wet and smoked, or a NY Strip steak, moderately seasoned and cooked medium-well. The Wii Fit likes to debate whether I am obese or overweight on a weekly basis, I hover right around 30 BMI. So I think you could safely say I enjoy food.

My point is, you can do all of those things you mentioned without alcohol (It's quite easy to go to a bar and drink soda...I did it for years until I got a taste for good bourbon and scotch). Without food...well you kind of...die. I was just comparing and contrasting different restricted items as a part of my argument.

I was about to flame you for being a moron, but I thought about it again. This is like comparing a fast food meal to a pack of cigarettes. So at least there is precedent for such restrictions.

However, there are key differences. For starters, cigarettes are illegal for anyone under 18. Also, while both are quite unhealthy, cigarettes are far more so, and they provide zero benefit.

Now, that's not necessarily enough to consider it unjustified, but I think this is a slippery slope. What's next? Restrictions on video games to inhibit unhealthy playtime lengths?

We can't have the government protect us from everything...moreover the government shouldn't protect us from everything. We need to learn to be responsible for our actions and to resist the temptation of short term perks with long-term consequences.

So where should the line be drawn? Well, I think food is over the line. Most restricted things, like alcohol, gambling, and tobacco offer little or no benefit, where food at least offers nourishment and is necessary for you to live.

Considering the main point of the no-fly list is to prevent suicide bombings, combined with the fact that it's hard to arrest a corpse, I think the preventative method is a better choice.

(I am in no way endorsing the no-fly list, just using some sarcastic humor to point out the part the parent missed)

I was just going for +Funny...you deserve my Insightful points.

I think the really insightful part was what you hinted at the end: You can deny the bogus Facebook account, but that's only if your employer confronts you with it. They might just treat you differently and you would never know otherwise.

However, I don't know how likely that scenario is, as you have friends (hopefully) that use Facebook, and they would surely at some point want to discuss something posted to your Facebook account.

Why did you type all that extra text when you had the perfect solution from the beginning?

Ditto, especially hit me hard since I am playing STO and subseqently decided to re-watch DS9 in its entirety which I am halfway through (Netflix ftw). My first thought was "Hmm, shouldn't they say Colm Meaney instead of Miles O'Brien?" Then I started watching and was like, "Oh."

This experience has made me realize something though. I'm never going to get laid ever again.

Three Words:

Jam Targeting Sensors.

At 11km buff yourself to high heaven (tac team, atk alpha, hi yield torp, rapid fire), set throttle to max, and fire off your initial volley right as you get in weapons range. Then use Jam targetting sensors right away. NPCs usually seem to not move when you do that (even though it just prevents them from firing..must be an AI bug) so they will keep the same shield facing you, and you can often have them destroyed or at least on the brink of death by the time you get next to them, and you often have little more than a scratch on your forward shields.

Now what was this story about again? I got distracted by something more interesting.

It's actually far more easy than you realize.

I was actually quite good with C++, I just found it considerably more boring than I thought it would be (In retrospect, I'm sure the classroom environment didn't help and I should have looked into tinkering with OSS projects). And I had a passion for hardware way before that.

Furthermore, from working in corporate IT, most people don't understand hardware that well either. That's why they overpay CDW and others to handle it for them. And about half the time those guys don't know what they are talking about.

To answer the poster...any Phenom II or Core 2 CPU avaiable plus a video card where the second number is a 6 or higher (x6xx) available on Newegg will do the trick for Oblivion.