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  1. Joeboo

    Las Vegas

    The last time I was there (2012) it seemed like that property had put all of their money recently into The Palazzo sister property that is attached to the Venetian. The Palazzo is REALLY nice and brand new(well, new as of 3 years ago I guess) but the Venetian had been a little neglected for a...
  2. Joeboo

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

    Hell, Captain America 2 was better than Avengers anyways. And never, ever discount the Star Wars freaks that will go see the movie 40 times in the theater. They are out there, and there's a decent amount of them.
  3. Joeboo

    Path of Exile

    Nothing that I can really think of at the moment, I have a 5L Cloak of Defiance, which was the main thing I needed for my build, so I'm doing alright. There's definitely a lot of empty space in the guild stash in standard though, it wouldn't ever hurt for someone to chuck their dead hardcore...
  4. Joeboo

    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    if it makes you feel any better, I'm in KC and I still don't have access to google fiber yet, 3+ years after they started rolling it out. Goddamn its a slow process. If they announce a new city today, half the city might have fiber by 2020 at the rate they move.
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    Desktop Computers

    NVidia forced to change official spec sheet for the 970 NVIDIA updates GeForce GTX 970 specifications to 56 ROPs after reports of 3.5GB issue | VideoCardz.com Basically, the card is running 3.5GB of memory on a 224bit bus and .5 GB on a 32 bit bus, not 4GB on a 256bit bus They chalk it...
  6. Joeboo

    Parent Thread

    So my 1.5 y.o. kid is apparently part goat He apparently ate an entire apple core the other day I've always given him little bite-sized pieces of apple when I'm eating one, but he seemed to indicate that he wanted an entire apple to gnaw on. So I gave him half an apple, he sat down and...
  7. Joeboo

    Path of Exile

    Holy Christ, running maps with +~150% IIQuantity gear + gem(in addition to normal map mods) is nuts. I damn near run out of portals just trucking all the rares and uniques back to town. I can see why it was removed from the game.
  8. Joeboo

    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

    and Batman wouldn't stand a chance against Superman. Human being vs immortal god alien. Not close. No amount of technology can breach that gap
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    This song is basically the music for Personal Jesus with new lyrics
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    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

    Fucking Bilbo's only level 9? That bastard will be getting killed trying to collect 30 hog anuses everytime he pulls an add.
  11. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    This is a little complicated, with multiple rebates and promo codes, but it boils down to TWO 240GB OCZ SSDs for $110. Hell of a deal 2-Pack 240GB OCZ ARC 100 SSDs $110
  12. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Yeah, if it was a brand-name pre-built PC to begin with, they are notorious for having cheap/shoddy PSUs
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    Home buying thread

    Are you married? If not, keep renting and keep your options open. Chances are when you find the person you want to marry, their work will be an hour commute from your home on the opposite side of town and you'll have to sell and move anyways. Or in my situation, they'll already own their own...
  14. Joeboo

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    Yeah, if that next hop after the gateway IP is an issue, then it's probably an issue with the coaxial line in your home/yard. I had an issue where rain was seeping into the cable box on the outside of my home, my connection would go to shit for 3-4 hours everytime it rained more than 1/8" or...
  15. Joeboo

    The Fast Food Thread

    Oh god, no (I almost spoilered the pic as NSFW, goddamn that's gross)
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Gamechanger, folks
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    Windows 8

    How is Windows 10 performance compared to Win 8.1? Similar? Faster? More/less of a resource hog? I was really happy with the performance gains of 8 over 7, I'd love to see a similar improvement again when going to 10, but I think that's almost too much to ask for.
  18. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    Yeah, I'm good with robots enslaving mankind as long as they destroy Time Warner & Comcast first. It'll be worth it.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Panera's best sandwich used to be their chicken salad on a croissant. Had awesome bean sprouts on it. Then there was that e-coli bean sprout scare several years ago and they stopped serving those, then they stopped serving sandwiches on croissants, then they stopped giving those sour dough...
  20. Joeboo

    The Get Up Kids

    Big fan, they're from my hometown. I went to high school with James Dewees. Probably about the biggest band to come out of KC in the past 25 years, outside of Puddle of Mudd(bleh)
  21. Joeboo

    Sex, Drugs, Riffs & Solos: The Rock Thread \m/

    Went to see Wolfmother 4 or 5 years ago, and J Roddy Walston and the Business was opening for them. Had never heard of them before(their first album had just come out) but they blew the whole place away. They got the whole venue worked up into more of a frenzy than Wolfmother ever did. I...
  22. Joeboo

    Green Day

    Anti-war, Anti-goverment albums were all the rage in the early 2000s, once the aftermath of 9/11 had a few years to wear off. Green Day with American Idiot, Pearl Jam with their "Bushleaguer" song, Bright Eyes "When the President Talks to God", hell the Beastie Boys even had an anti-GeorgeW...
  23. Joeboo

    Path of Exile

    Going to try out some standard league for a while. I really want to see/try Atziri and I just can't get there in any hardcore leagues going self found/crafted for the majority of my gear. Always end up dying in my mid 70s somewhere, once I start pushing beyond lvl 66 maps. I haven't played...
  24. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    So Elon Musk is the Miles Dyson in this Google/Skynet comparison, right?
  25. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    I wonder if the Google/Elon Musk partnership to launch wifi-satellites would be stage 2 of this plan. A truly global gigabit wifi would be amazing, and basically eliminate the need for cell towers anywhere, all phones could just do wifi calling.
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    Desktop Computers

    Yeah, I wouldn't even think about upgrading that anytime soon, other than video cards at some point, unless something flat-out dies and has to be replaced.
  27. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Couple things... What do you have right now? Its possible all you need is a video card upgrade if your PC is under ~5 years old. If you don't want to build a PC, you probably don't want to buy a pre-built and then swap in an SSD, that's almost as complicated as just building a whole PC...
  28. Joeboo

    The Fast Food Thread

    Wendy's definitely has inconsistent quality control across their restaurants. I've had some spicy chicken sandwiches that are a good 50% larger than others. It's like different Wendy's get their food from different warehouses/wholesalers or whatever
  29. Joeboo

    John Wick (2014)

    Well, it's basically exactly what an action movie should be, just nearly endless badass action. 10 minutes to set it up to start, then just an hour + of awesome action rampage with a few small breaks mixed in for comedic relief or story advancement. It doesn't get much better than that for an...
  30. Joeboo

    antivirus / antimaleware

    You sir, are a saint. No chance I would have the patience to do that, lol.
  31. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Honestly, my 970 has been fine at 1440p for several months now. Why would a 4GB card run out of memory just past 3GB though? I get that there is probably some reserve overhead due to windows, DirectX, or whatever, but a full 25% of your RAM? I never remember having significant performance...
  32. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    I offloaded mine to someone here on this forum that lives in my town at a pretty steep discount. I had 2 3gb 660Tis, one with a reference blower(EVGA) and one with aftermarket cooling(Galaxy), sold them both for $150, but they go for about $100-$120 apiece on Ebay, but I didn't want to screw...
  33. Joeboo

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

    I'd be willing to bet that for most men aged 35-50, they care more about Star Wars than any comic book movie. That age range is right in the wheelhouse for being a kid or teenager during the original 3 movies. That shit was HUGE. It was beyond movies, it was in every part of pop culture. It...
  34. Joeboo

    John Wick (2014)

    Well, to be fair the first Matrix is probably the best action movie of the past quarter century. It was groundbreaking.
  35. Joeboo

    College Football 2014-15

    The coaching change alone can't account for that. When the Gators switched from Meyer to Muschamp, their overall class ranking only dropped from #2 in 2010 to #12 in 2011. Even the switch from Ron Zook to Urban Meyer only dropped them from #10 in 2004, to #15 in 2005. Hell, Zooks WORST...
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    College Football 2014-15

    What is happening to Florida? I get that there was a coaching change, but at a place like Florida, or Texas, or USC that rarely completely tanks that recruiting class, they still get high-rated kids just based on their name Only 8 commits so far, none above 3 stars and only 4 kids from the...
  37. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Hold off on buying 970s...looks like there is a widespread memory issue, unkown if it is fixable through a driver update or if this is at the hardware level, but basically the memory bandwith/speed goes to total shit once you start accessing the last gig of memory(3-4 GB VRAM usage) Nvidias...
  38. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I was at the grocery store on Wednesday, was thinking about picking up some steaks as its supposed to be nice this weekend, grilling weather. KC Strips were 13.99/lb and Ribeye was $14.99/lb. W-T-F? I can usually find one or the other on special for $9.99(sometimes as low as $8.99) or so...
  39. Joeboo

    The New England Patriots 2014 Playoffs Thread

    Sounds about right
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    The Fast Food Thread

    I like Panera. My only gripe is that they are way overpriced. Their portions have shrunk quite a bit in the past 5-ish years, yet their prices have gone up quite a bit. $9.00 for half a cold turkey sandwich and 5oz of soup is a bit much.