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Ted Nelson is awesome. He is an 'American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist' who talks about the history of computing like Howard Zinn does United States history. There are certain paradigms in computing that are so ubiquitous that you wouldn't ever even think to question it, but which are nevertheless false and have caused a lot of problems in information technology today. I just sort of assumed that everything has sorta been worked out, ... scientifically or mathematically, or something. I mean, their computer scientists for corn's sake! Anyway, watch this shorter video that will give you a sense of what I mean (below) and then watch a longer video below that.

Hallo, I am finished with Apple for my OS i plan on using Linux/Ubuntu. I realize there are a lot of computer experts on the boards so i thought i might entreat you to impart some technical suggestions. I am trying to start the year with a brand new PC, put together from scratch. optimally i'd like to have a unit with a 500$ value. I'm curious if any of you experts out there would know what would be a good deal I plan on using computer for playing online games like minecraft and wurm as well perhaps some FPS's like rainbow six and rainbow six vegas. Now i also would like to do some video editing / animation if possible and litecoin mine-ing. Below is a list of what i have so far any positive recommendations are welcome. Inventory so far: Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm ... 49.99$ Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard ...89.99$ Possible GPU's: ASUS R7250-1GD5 Radeon R7 250 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card 89.99$ or a SAPPHIRE 100358L Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card ... 99.99$ Power Supply: EVGA 500 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 500W Active PFC ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.91 3 Year Warranty 100-B1-0500-KR Power Supply 49.99$ CPU:AMD Athlon X4 740 Trinity 3.2GHz Socket FM2 65W Quad-Core Desktop Processor AD740XOKHJBOX ...74.99$ RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL ...48.99$ I will also be purchasing a 1TB blue drive or 1.5TB if possible. Thanks again for any help, please remember this is my first build so please excuse any rookie mistakes. Danke!