Recent content by Burns

It's amazing how ugly some new interiors are getting; that dash is atrocious, in multiple ways. Not sure how I feel about the center console, as it looks like most of the buttons at least have some tactile feel to them? Small aside (since I really like HUDs in vehicles): that's just an...

I like playing these free betas to see various games I'm not going to play. I put in as many hours as I can to get my fill of the game, then once it goes live, never look back. Done this with many games, from Shadowbane to New World. As for why I wouldn't pay to play this, it's pretty simple...

Mitsubishi has put a rubbernecking nanny in it's cars: (dude has a mostly American accent, but driving in Australia)

Throwing out an alternative: You can build your own high end quality bookshelf speakers for around half the price of an equal quality store bought (or at least you could, when I did ~8 years ago). Then you get a small two channel amp for them. I built these for around $200, but the same guy has...

The Alpha is closed? I thought it was the same build as the public test servers and they have been running multi day tests on them rather often.

They already stated on the FAQ (or some place on the website/Disco) that there will be at least 3 servers at the start of EA: 1 multi-box, 1 single-box, and 1 PvP.

That's the appeal of the no-box server(s). It will take a full raid of sweaty autists to cock block you instead of just 3 or 4 super sweaties. THJ (and probably numerous other EMUs) had an auto multi-box detector, so I'm sure MnM will probably have something similar as the first line of defense.

According to Wiki, the 1986 pass was in one of the worst possible positions for viewing (opposite side of the sun) and only got to an apparent magnitude of 2.1. Whereas, if any of us make it to the 2061 viewing, it will be much closer, on the same side of the sun as the earth will be on, getting...

12 boxing? If you get into the alpha/beta do you get to make multiple accounts or are people stalking the give-aways and gobbling them all up? I would at least think about trying to get a alpha/beta key if I could two box (any more than that seems annoying), but not going to try to take two...

If you actually want a reclining desk, there are a plethora of them to take ideas from (with pro premades with a big money cost (Ergoquest) to DYI). I generally fart around with GIS to get ideas (example: HERE). No idea how they actually secure the keyboard or keep the mouse from running away on...

I don't recline in mine. I don't even like the foot rest up because it locks the chair and tilts it back too far. So I use a rolling ottoman instead. While sitting up, using the keyboard for gaming is easy enough with it sitting on the left arm of the chair and I made a custom leather mouse...

That should only happen when they are the only new poster since you last checked the thread. Unrelated random:

The front half of the huge gully in front of that tower was/is an phenomenal iron farming spot for one person and if two people cut it in half (front and "back/middle") it was even better. Only problem is that it didn't have salt in the node loot pool, so you couldn't make flux for weapons if...

Probably wont see anything like Hale-Bopp again in our lifetime. I don't think Halley's gets as bright as that comet got. Additionally, if you are stuck in a big city, you are pretty much fucked for looking at many/most celestial objects. Big Bend National Park is the closest "zero" light...

Corroded into tarnished is still in game and super easy, as long as you get the armor to drop, it's all you really need (scrap extra into parts, then combine with a piece to make tarnished). It may be the case that drops themselves are isolated to various mob groups, where some mob areas will...