Good call on the speakers, but I would go with Onkio for the receiver. Of course, he wants to keep it cheap. I was able to build a nice system for about $1500 (mostly stuff from uBid) using Infinity speakers. Of course I would have gotten a different TV. Bad thing is though, right now I have an InFocus LCD projector and da-lite screen. Nothing compares to 120 inches! (no, I am not a rich bastard with nothing better to do, I got the 6k projector for under 3k and it's still on my damn credit card)
a pretty good system would be:
Reciever left and right speakers + subs rear speakers center Of course, you need to be sure and use Monster cable.
The statements are true. A programmer's sex life does suffer at times. There is a trick to it though! In my personal experience, getting some has only been a problem *between* girlfriends. Once I have a girlfriend it's not that much of a problem. The trick is FINDING a girlfriend after a breakup. For me, as I am sure is true for most nerds, the club scene is out. Who wants to sit in a really loud bar mostly full of people that you wouldn't get along with? Also, the black lights do weird things with my CRT tan.:) The workplace is pretty much out. With sexual harassment suits like they are now, despite the other problems that could arise, workplace relationships are not the best idea. Meeting chicks online is risky. Of the two that I have met... Well, I don't want to get into that. So what's left? My solution has been friends of friends! Instead of asking out a lady from work, ask her to help you find a woman. Surely they have friends. The best part is that if you work at a tech firm, there is a good chance that a lady you work with will know a nice geek girl that will understand what you mean if you happen to throw out a term like "hash table". (drool... 'Whisper code in my ear baby':) ) In the mean time, between girlfriends, there is always Internet porn.
Cryogenic Specter
btw, if none of the above will work for you at all, try this code snippet:
if (chicksClothes == ON) { if (removeClothes(&chick)) { goAtIt(&me, &chick); } else { getOutOfMyHouse(&chick); } }
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Good call on the speakers, but I would go with Onkio for the receiver. Of course, he wants to keep it cheap. I was able to build a nice system for about $1500 (mostly stuff from uBid) using Infinity speakers. Of course I would have gotten a different TV. Bad thing is though, right now I have an InFocus LCD projector and da-lite screen. Nothing compares to 120 inches! (no, I am not a rich bastard with nothing better to do, I got the 6k projector for under 3k and it's still on my damn credit card) a pretty good system would be:
Reciever
left and right speakers + subs
rear speakers
center
Of course, you need to be sure and use Monster cable.
The statements are true. A programmer's sex life does suffer at times. There is a trick to it though! In my personal experience, getting some has only been a problem *between* girlfriends. Once I have a girlfriend it's not that much of a problem. The trick is FINDING a girlfriend after a breakup. :) The workplace is pretty much out. With sexual harassment suits like they are now, despite the other problems that could arise, workplace relationships are not the best idea. Meeting chicks online is risky. Of the two that I have met... Well, I don't want to get into that. :) )
For me, as I am sure is true for most nerds, the club scene is out. Who wants to sit in a really loud bar mostly full of people that you wouldn't get along with? Also, the black lights do weird things with my CRT tan.
So what's left? My solution has been friends of friends! Instead of asking out a lady from work, ask her to help you find a woman. Surely they have friends. The best part is that if you work at a tech firm, there is a good chance that a lady you work with will know a nice geek girl that will understand what you mean if you happen to throw out a term like "hash table". (drool... 'Whisper code in my ear baby'
In the mean time, between girlfriends, there is always Internet porn.
Cryogenic Specter
btw, if none of the above will work for you at all, try this code snippet:
if (chicksClothes == ON)
{
if (removeClothes(&chick))
{
goAtIt(&me, &chick);
} else {
getOutOfMyHouse(&chick);
}
}