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  1. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    Yeah, roundup kills EVERYTHING, its like the napalm of yard products. And while its some seriously harsh chemicals, I wouldn't really hesitate to use it in a yard. I'd never use it in a spot where I'd eventually be growing a garden or something, but it's not like you or your pets are going to...
  2. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    I think the video card comment was more along the lines of, why spend that much for 1080p gaming at this point? If he builds a whole new computer with 1080p gaming in mind, he's not going to be going to 2160p or 4K gaming anytime soon(not in the next year or two). For Nvidia, I'd spend $300 on...
  3. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    All of that is pretty terrible...except flipping the burgers constantly. That's actually a good practice(but you still want to stop before they are well done and dry) The Burger Lab: How Often Should You Flip a Burger? | A Hamburger Today
  4. Joeboo

    Home Improvement

    Like someone stated earlier, first focus on nuking all the weeds, then once they are gone/under control, focus on growing grass. If you try to mix the two you'll get mediocre results on both. Take this summer to just annihilate all your weeds, then plant seed in the fall.
  5. Joeboo

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Bamboo would probably make a pretty nice cutting board, it's harder(more resistant to gouges and cuts) than a lot of woods like oak, birch, ash, pine, etc. I don't have a clue what most cutting boards are usually made out of, but I think a few of the only fairly common woods that are much...
  6. Joeboo

    The Beer Thread

    TIME TO CELEBRATE!! My favorite beer in the history of beer is back in stores as of today after a 3 year absence. If you live anywhere where you have access to Boulevard products(mostly the Midwest), look for this, you won't be disappointed: Boulevard Two Jokers Double-Wit Here's a...
  7. Joeboo

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Everyone knows you are supposed to keep your wood well oiled
  8. Joeboo

    Torrents

    Yeah I'm up to something ridiculous like 23,000 bonus points. I don't even know what I'll ever do with all of them, wish I could buy more invites with them or something. I get 3 per month but I do sometimes run out and have to wait for more depending on the month.
  9. Joeboo

    HDTVs

    I bought this 55" LED 2 months ago, and I couldn't be happier.http://www.costco.com/LG-55%22-Class...100107653.htmlIt looks phenomenal after I calibrated it(based on avforums.com), damn near as good as my LG Plasma. The only difference between the 2014 Costco model and the 2014 retail...
  10. Joeboo

    The Fast Food Thread

    Limeaide > Lemonade Make it a cherry limeade from Sonic with their crunchy little rat poop-sized ice cubes and then you have the best fast-food beverage in existence
  11. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    More like fatberry
  12. Joeboo

    HDTVs

    I've read several articles and reviews on the subject of the inward-curved OLED screens and the general consensus seems to be that it is mostly gimmick. Now, OLED screens themselves are absolutely badass, but the curvature is questionable. The only thing the curve actually does is reduce...
  13. Joeboo

    Torrents

    And gaining rapidly...nice work You probably have a good amount of bonus points built up now too for nuking stuff you don't want to seed. It's nice once you have a lot of those at your disposal and you never have to worry about whether something is going to seed decently or not.
  14. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    I have that exact monitor stand, and its amazing having your monitors up off your desk. I have a 27" Qnix 1440p LED on one side, and a 28" Hanns-G 1200p LCD on the other side. The LCD is a good 5-6lbs over the claimed weight limit for the clamp, and it still has been fine for the 8-9 months...
  15. Joeboo

    HDTVs

    Its really all just dependent on screen size vs viewing distance as far as if your average person can tell a difference or not. If you have a 42" TV and you're sitting 10 feet back from it, 720p, 1080p, and 4K are all going to look the same, it just really doesn't matter. Now, get a 60" TV and...
  16. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Stock cooling is totally fine if you aren't overclocking and you aren't overly worried about noise. They aren't going to shorten the life of your cpu or anything of that sort. That being said you can get a good aftermarket air cooler for under $30 so we aren't talking a ton of money but if you...
  17. Joeboo

    You know you're getting old when.....

    Here's one that turned 60 this year
  18. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    1. Stock cooler are fine if you aren't overlocking(or just overclocking a little bit, like taking a 3.4ghz CPU up to 4ghz). The main advantage of aftermarket coolers is that they will often be quieter, and will help if you are pushing high overclocks (1ghz+ over stock speeds). A lot of stock...
  19. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Nah, don't worry about a sound card, on-board sound is perfectly fine for gaming and listening to music. That ASRock mobo is solid, I'm a big fan of ASRock, they make solid boards that are very reasonably priced. I have an ASRock in my current gaming PC, an intel 3570k CPU that's been...
  20. Joeboo

    Torrents

    You have been placed back into the circle of trust
  21. Joeboo

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Couldn't agree with this more if I had posted it myelf
  22. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Maybe it is the McCheese family reunion
  23. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Yeah, by the time I lean back and relax in my computer chair, I'm probably 3 feet from my 27" 1440p monitor. I'm not seeing those differences while playing a typical game. You'd have stop and really stare and nitpick for a while to see it.
  24. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Eh, I wouldn't say that it's huge. At 1400p and especially 4K, AA does nothing at that point for the major stuff you are mostly looking at, characters, buildings, vehicles, trees, etc. Yeah the occasional fence line or power line looks slightly better, but at that point is the performance hit...
  25. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    I generally can't see a difference most of the time between very low AA(2x or 4x) and higher levels of AA(8x or 16x) at 1440p. Some games I can't see any practical difference with AA as opposed to no AA(mostly games with fast movement that rarely stop for long, racing games, FPS, etc) the...
  26. Joeboo

    Car Insurance

    You almost always want to shop around when moving to a new state. Just because your company is one of the cheapest where you lived before has almost no correlation in a new state. Rates will vary wildly even within the same company from state to state, depending on how profitable(or not) they...
  27. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    The nice thing about going up to a 1440p monitor is that you really don't even need AA of any kind(and definitely not 8x or 16x. 1440p is getting close to the point that the pixels are small enough that your vision can't hardly see jagged edges even without AA. I'd suspect that by the time we...
  28. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    As an alternative, I wouldn't mind the current line of EVOs becoming even less expensive, rather than bringing out a new line of them. I'd be goddamned thrilled if I could pick up a 1TB Evo for about $250-300 sometime in the next year.
  29. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I've always thought something like this would be absolutely badass, but a tad impractical most of the time: Would cost a goddamned fortune in charcoal to get that thing completely fired up.
  30. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    Just rename them the Washington Bullets. That was the best Washington team name ever. Stupid PC police.
  31. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Yeah it was these and they are awesome, my wife has made them several times Baked Ham and Cheese Party Sandwiches Recipe - Allrecipes.com The sauce that goes over the top of them and soaks into the buns is ridiculously good.
  32. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    Very nice. I hope we see an Evo line based on the 850 V-NAND design soon. The 840 Evos are still the best bang for your buck as far as Samsung SSDs go. Heck, a 512GB EVO isn't much more than just a 256GB Pro. I'll happily take double the capacity over 10% more performance, especially...
  33. Joeboo

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Made a big bowl of chicken salad using Costco roasted rotisserie chicken. Goddamn is that good stuff. So much better than using canned chicken it's not even funny. Just went with this recipe(basically had to double it based on the amount of chicken I got off of the 1 Costco chicken) but...
  34. Joeboo

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    That's fine, nobody likes Oklahoma anyways
  35. Joeboo

    Tablets

    Little bit of a sale going on right now on the 32GB one, $199 at Wal-Mart Nexus 7 32gb WiFi 2013 199 + tax *NEW* - Slickdeals.net Don't see them a whole lot cheaper than that unless you get a refurb
  36. Joeboo

    Car Insurance

    Not all companies offer any discount for paying the full thing, and some only charge a very small monthly fee for going monthly. My company charges $2 per monthly bill after the 1st renewal bill each 6 months, so you only get the $2 charge for 5 of the 6 months. $20 a year isn't a horrible...
  37. Joeboo

    Torrents

    The porn = "Fedor collection 2012 3D"
  38. Joeboo

    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    Let's go Royals! Royals Pitchers Get Called Out By Stripper For Being Cheap Jerks
  39. Joeboo

    Desktop Computers

    If you get an H100i, just make sure to grab the bios updates from Corsairs web site. For whatever reason, mine had an audible pump noise when I first got it, but a bios update completely fixed that(no clue how that works, but it did)