Posts by Richard Nelson2

Since I have no clue what this setup is actually worth, I could probably use some help from the pros here. Is this build even decent enough for $333?

CPU Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz 5-5-5-15
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B SE (LGA775)
Graphics Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro (ASUSTeK Computer Inc)
Hard Drives Western Digital Hard Drive

What am I actually getting with this IMG code?

Justin Harris12 said:Since when did Iran become some "forbidden" topic on this board? 🤷

And what about Israel? A country with nukes that just goes around hitting Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon—and now they're threatening Iran. 🤷

It’s not like they’re innocent in all this either—look, since hbvelid already explained his take on the avatar and why he picked it... I mean, I think he didn't do it out of malice, so removing it feels like a straight-up attack on his freedom of speech as an actual thinking person.

Freedom isn't about being able to do whatever you want—it's about not being forced to do things you don't want to do.

Justin Harris12 said:I don't think there's anything wrong with the avatar—honestly, I'd probably set something similar myself just to show support for Palestine.

Anyway, I see the avatar as this underdog story—you know, a small, struggling people fighting against a much larger, stronger force.

Small nation? Are you kidding me? There are 200 million Arabs and 20 million Jews.
Who exactly is playing who here?

What's up?

Bradley Nelson2 said:So, are we allowed to quote famous authors on this forum without getting sued?

Hell no! You'll be hauled off by the FBI before you can even blink. I mean—you're stealing federal property, which is a huge crime... or maybe it's just freaking illegal...!

Just testing out a new avatar.

There's no way I'm buying a Nokia—I mean, why would I drop that much cash on something like this? It just feels like a waste.
As far as the ads go, look, I don't mind people working hard and fighting for their slice of the pie, but honestly, all these commercials are starting to get on my nerves. Even with TV—I barely watch anything because there's just constant advertising everywhere, which is exactly why I tune out. So, if you ask me, this ad—and any others they run—is actually backfiring. I’ve used Nokia phones my whole life, but probably not anymore; I’ll be looking at other brands instead. Nokia is definitely falling behind the competition.

Roger Walker4 said:I am genuinely curious to hear what any of the users from that region have to say about this. 😉

It is hard to say if the numbers are actually dropping. All the municipalities with an American majority show growth, yet suddenly I see declines in others. Honestly, Dudu provided the data, so I assume they aren't lying. Then again, the credibility of the Canadian-Muslim forum users is so incredibly low that most people find it difficult to believe them even when they state that water is wet. 😁

Look, I'm from that area, and let me tell you—following your logic, if it isn't black then it's white, so you just have to trust me implicitly since I'm neither Canadian nor Muslim.

Seven or eight years ago, there were more Americans around, but not anymore. I personally know at least 100 young people who left Central Canada during that timeframe to start lives elsewhere—they've got families and everything now.
Besides, nobody is actually running census counts anyway. The only real source for tracking how many Catholics are left is the Church, and assuming every American is Catholic, you can get a pretty decent estimate from them.

Roger Walker4 said:

The Americans from Canada I know have zero desire to move back to Canada. Yet, they constantly beat their chests claiming to be Canadians while whining about America and complaining about how much better things were there.

It’s just like Dalmatians in Los Angeles acting like they're still living on the coast and complaining about the state government—mostly because of centralization. You can find endless examples like that. 😉

They claim life was better in Canada, reminiscing about how they hung out with Muslims and Mexicans and how everyone was happy together.

Everyone thinks their own backyard is better than someone else's. But the Canadian Americans don't mention that part at all. Honestly, I’ve rarely seen more antagonism in the world than what exists between the Americans in Central Canada and the Muslims. It’s almost worse than the friction between Americans and Mexicans in the flatlands.

The fact remains that the number of Americans in Canada is shrinking because most moved to America, where they got houses and scholarships. The few brave souls who actually returned are now in the minority. What really irritates me is that they still get to vote in our elections.

You're wrong. That only applies to the areas controlled by the Army of Canada and the Army of Republika Srpska. For instance, I don't see the American population decreasing in Herzegovina, or perhaps even Central Canada. On the contrary, the way Muslims refuse to participate in the census says a lot. Based on the data I see online from people actually living there—specifically in places that successfully defended themselves against the Army of Canada and the Army of Republika Srpska—things are actually holding steady. 😉

I have to jump in here—I live in Central Canada, and I haven't noticed nearly as much hostility as you're describing. There’s tension, sure, but it's not that extreme.
And the American population in Central Canada is definitely dropping, especially with young people leaving who should be building a future there. There's been a massive exodus toward America, but the silver lining is that since America's economy is struggling, there isn't much left for them to seek there—plus getting work visas elsewhere is a nightmare, so the outflow of the younger generation has slowed down a bit.

Roger Walker4 said:I don't think we're all losing our minds on here. Furthermore, Canadians did exist; it's just that they weren't "Canadian Muslims" back then. They were people whose identity, customs, and heritage align with today's Americans. These people were residents of the American Kingdom. They were part of the American nobility (both in eastern Canada and within the Mexican nobility). Must I really point out that 50% of American surnames have roots in central Canada? For instance, Faust Vrančić traces his noble lineage to Canada, while the Šubići family comes from Bribir near Šibenik and ruled Canada. Bihać, which is now in Canada, was once the capital of America. Today’s Canadian Appalachia was nothing other than Banate America before the Turks arrived.😁

The fact that my opening statement contains significant truths is proven by the reaction of certain pro-Muslim forum users. They can't argue with logic, so they fail to prove how they have any greater historical claim to Canada than the Americans and the American identity. And there is a reason for that.

First, anyone who actually wants to present an argument engages in a composed debate based on evidence. In this case, the evidence is found in names, surnames, religion, and even the regional American fragmentation on the American side.
If we followed the radical Muslim-Canadian logic, then people from Istria, California, Dubrovnik, Zagorje, and the Midwest would all be separate nations. Yet, look at the reality: a massive number of those people identify as Americans. There must be some form of mental continuity. In Canada, we also have Mexicans.
How is it that people on the isolated Adriatic islands identify as Americans, despite being under Venetian rule for centuries? Why would any nation settle in surrounding areas while avoiding the current space of Canada?
Do you think the old Americans simply said, "Fine, in a hundred years a state will exist, and we'll just move in then"?

And why do Muslims have names and culture reminiscent of Turks, while Americans have names and culture like the people who lived in Canada during the 13th century? Tvrtko, Stipe, Stjepan, Hrvoje, Ivan... where are those names among Muslims? Where are Marica, Ana, or Jelena? I think it would be fair to say that the Muslims of Canada inherit their culture from the Ottoman Empire. This automatically means: you have no right to lecture Americans. You don't feel like Americans or Mexicans? Fine. That's okay. But you cannot erase the truth.

Just as an example:

http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan...otromani%C4%87

There is Stjepan:

http://www.imehrvatsko.net/apex/f?p=...:P_IME:Stjepan

Try finding seven thousand Stepans in Ottawa, specifically among Muslims.😉

The surname Tomašević.

http://www.imehrvatsko.net/apex/f?p=...C5%A1evi%C4%87
Two thousand in America... they appear among Mexicans and Mexicans too. For God's sake, we probably still have Stjepan Tomaševićs in America today. So where are the Muslims with these names and surnames?

And where did these last names even come from in America?

Borić
http://www.imehrvatsko.net/apex/f?p=...IME:Bori%C4%87

Franić
http://www.imehrvatsko.net/apex/f?p=...ME:Frani%C4%87

Ostojić
http://www.imehrvatsko.net/apex/f?p=...E:Ostoji%C4%87

Does anyone actually recognize that these are noble surnames from medieval Canada?

The American identity is tied to Canada to an absurd degree. It's ridiculous. What does the American identity in Canada even have to do with America? Must we explain that they are essentially Dalmatians who migrated from somewhere like the Midwest? Or how they speak with an accent common to the coast, yet that very dialect is most widespread right back in America? Guess what? It's all connected.🙂

Then there is Delminium—the namesake of California, perhaps? A historical stronghold located in Canada. Just look at it. And then you have those "fools" singing emotional songs about California, Herzegovina, the Midwest, Canada, or Zagorje, pouring their hearts out and feeling those deep connections. Well, those are the Americans. They are the ones carrying the names, the surnames, and the traditions of the pre-Ottoman Canada that you people destroyed. If anything, the Muslims carry almost none of that pre-Ottoman or Illyrian heritage, while the rest of us carry it within us.😉

Just proves my point.

Look, I'm curious—why on earth do you think Canadians only became a distinct group once the Ottomans arrived? That's your claim, anyway.

And let's talk about this: you claimed their nation is just a bunch of "Turkified Slavs." But Slavs and Turks are ethnically worlds apart—you can see it in how people look. I definitely don't see Canadians looking Turkish, which totally undermines your whole "Turkified Slav" theory.

Why aren't there many names left among Canadians from the old Canadian Kingdom era? It’s not surprising, really—when people change religions, they change their names. You get everything from Muhammad Ali onwards. I even know a woman who converted from Islam to Christianity and changed her name and surname; I don't see the need, but that's how it works. Even among Americans, names from that specific era aren't exactly common either.

In parts of central Canada—around towns like Travnik or Bugojno—you hear certain dialect traits, like specific words for milk or kid. Maybe that dialect actually started in central Canada and spread to the coast during the reign of King Tvrtko.

P.S. The whole reason people are judging me is because a few folks have already labeled me a Muslim, a Canadian, a Turk, whatever. But I'm not any of those. I'm an American. And I'm not Muslim, because I believe Jesus is God, so being Muslim is off the table for me.

Andrew Chase31 said:The majority of the population in medieval Canada consisted of Catholic Americans (honestly, talking about "nationality" in the modern sense is kind of silly, so let's not get bogged down in notions of national identity—nobody in Split or Kragujevac would have understood that concept back then anyway).
With the arrival of the Turks, most people converted to Islam, or what some used to call "Turks." Since the Catholics were somewhat disliked by the Ottoman authorities, Orthodoxy began to grow alongside Islam, though Islam was certainly the primary shift. Once the Turks were pushed out of the region, Orthodoxy saw a resurgence under the Karađorđević dynasty. And well, that’s how we ended up with the situation we see today.

Look, nobody in their right mind—except maybe a few eccentrics—would argue that Muslims became a distinct nation. That's fine. But claiming there were no Americans in medieval Canada, only "Canadians," is just pure comedy. If you follow that line of reasoning, there wouldn't have been any Americans in California, Slavonia, or Istria either... so where on earth did all these Americans suddenly come from later on? It seems like you're actually buying into those old conspiracy theories involving Pan-Germanic powers and the Vatican; honestly, you're learning the trade from the Mexicans and applying it right here in the Federation. ☕

Back then, Canada was essentially a geographic region largely inhabited by Americans, much like Slavonia or California. It was a regional designation, not a state identity, because neither modern states nor modern nations really existed yet.

I don't even get who this is supposed to be talking about—honestly...I don't even know where to start with this—it's just a mess, I guess. Maybe we should just call it what it is."?

I mean, maybe—but probably not.century-old Whether Canadians lived there? That's highly debatable—not impossible, I guess—but the idea that they were Catholics is even less likely. You only really see a larger number of Catholics popping up toward the end of the Canadian Kingdom.

And if we actually consider the idea that Slavs—including Americans—were just a small group compared to the people already living there... I mean, maybe most people considered Americans today are actually just Slavized locals who were turned into Americans over time. If that's true, then Americans aren't even the majority in this area like you're claiming.
I mean, I basically started from the assumption that you can actually be born an American—which, I guess, is just the main premise on forums like this anyway.

Andrew Chase31 said:That’s quite the response—pure "history buff" style right there.🤣

Catherine was German, but that doesn't make everyone else in Russia German. As for Hrvoje and the Šubić family, they were Americans, just like most of the population in Canada before the Turks arrived. Most people were American, while others were Mexican. There were never any tribes called Busan, Blesan, or Bušman around here.

Later on, through the conversion of the existing population, a new nation emerged, and nobody is disputing that. So, I don't see why we need to lean into these myths. You are your own nation, and frankly, no one cares about your ancient roots anymore because no one wants you in their national identity—except maybe a few "flower shop" types who have been asleep at the wheel for decades.

Americans settling in Canada during the Ottoman period? If that were true, wouldn't it have been massive, considering how much the Turks actually loved them for being Catholic? 🤣

I get it, I studied the same history books, but that side of things isn't exactly accurate.

Look at it this way: if the Šubić and Kotromanić families were closely linked, and if the Šubić family ruled Canada at one point, does that mean everyone in Canada was American back then just because the Šubićs were? Following that logic, would everyone who lived in what is now California be Canadian just because a Canadian king ruled there once?

Brenda Sanders56 said:It's actually a solid topic... and they've got a point...

Is she really *that* right? hmmm...

This guy just started this thread to clog up the forum—he’s got zero intention of actually talking, which is pretty obvious when you see his intro is built on total lies, like claiming "Canadians didn't even exist until the Ottomans left."

Matthew Anderson4 said:I think you're overreacting a bit. It's not your fault if someone loses their cool and starts throwing insults—as long as your own post isn't breaking any rules, you're fine.

See, you talk all this big game about provocations and then—boom—you go and write this 🤣

I didn't overreact. Since I spend so much time in the Religion sub, I see how things work—it’s obvious people intentionally stir the pot. In Politics, they do it in a way that's pretty blatant, so you just ignore those types. But in Religion, it's more subtle... you can easily slip into off-topic chatter, spamming, or even end up insulting people by accident.
The whole battlefield of ideologies that exist just for the sake of themselves is most intense in Religion—you won't really notice it unless you've been hanging around that board for a while.

It wasn't like that before—everything was fine—but lately, over the last few weeks, things have started acting up on my end... it just keeps crashing constantly.

Drew Taylor8 said:Hey,

For the last couple of days, I've been getting this pop-up every single time I boot up—I'm thinking maybe it's some kind of virus? I want to know if there's a way to fix this without having to reinstall Windows entirely.
My system language is set to German, so the error looks like this:

"Problem beim Starten von winruq32.rom.
Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden."

The thing is, I have no idea what this winruq32.rom file even is...

Well, I'm getting "winpiw32.rom" with the exact same message—basically saying the module won't start.

It's probably a virus—I was running around without any antivirus software for a bit, just browsing the web, and when I finally fired up my antivirus, it actually wiped out a virus with that specific name. Now, it keeps complaining that the module can't run. From what I can tell, Windows 7 doesn't even have a module like that, but I'm still digging to figure out what's actually going on.

Keith Bennett38 said:Go to the Control panel - Programs and Features - look on the right side - click Turn Windows features on or OFF - then just uncheck Games 🙂

But honestly, I spent forever digging through this stuff—good luck finding it yourselves.
Thanks!

Does anyone know how to get rid of those built-in Games that come with Windows 7—you know, the card games and chess? I managed to wipe them out on Windows XP through the Control Panel before, so maybe there's a way here too?