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  1. Jysin

    Desktop Computers

    Alienware used to be what Origin is today. They were an independent company that built enthusiast level monster gaming computers that equally looked impressive. (Obviously if you wanted to burn money and / or couldn't build your own). Dell bought them out and has owned them for what's probably...
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    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    Forget those little rally cars. There's no truck I want to drive more than this thing!
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    The Walking Dead

    I thought it was generally accepted that is associated with "The Wolves". That suburb before Alexandria was clearly overrun by an outside group. There was the dismembered zombies everywhere, as well as the grafitti on the wall in the screen grab below. Since then, all the "W" shit has started.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I'd be more worried about inhaling that shit into your lungs. (You are running and breathing heavy, right?) Fuck knows what it's made of.
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    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Kills the entire point of the thing as a "fitness watch". Fucking dumb. The Endomodo app works equally as well and then I only need my phone (multi platform) and no stupid wrist watch for the same function.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    I had this massive argument with my bank over this. They would not approve my loan unless the documents were signed and faxed over. (I am overseas) I asked what the fuck the difference is if I just signed the document, scanned it, and emailed it to them. Completely unacceptable!! "Must be faxed...
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    New Progression Server confirmed

    Yep. I miss that server! Post-Velious was horrible, as you said. Prior to that, loads of fun. I don't think I can remember an Emu getting a "Preferred" listing so quickly. It had a good following for what it was.
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    Desktop Computers

    Origin is simply insane on cost. (worse than Alienware, mostly because Alienware have been dilluted by Dell) They have to be nearly twice the price as a DIY.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Curious what that would look like wired.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Pizoi hit the nail on the head about the shared bandwidth. You also said you are using WiFi, which is never going to be 100%. Try the same test wired and see how it looks.
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    Desktop Computers

    I think you missed they key word of WRITES. Media Servers get hammered in reads, not really writes. I've got a fuckton of 1080p DTS HD-MA movies and full HD TV series downloads and I think I am sitting at ~8TB for my entire collection that has taken years and is spread across multiple hard...
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    Project 1999 - Making Norrath Great Again

    As someone who played a chanter, this contradicts pretty much everything I have read on P99. If you are Charming, the magic number to shoot for is 200. After that is the diminishing returs that you are describing. After 200, go for INT.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    The ones found in the deployed showers were known as "desert jellyfish".
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    Computer Issues

    Just had my first PSU failure in over a decade. Frustrating to say the least. Corsair HX850, so it has a 7 year warranty thankfully.
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    Laptop Computers

    ^ That's pretty solid ^
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    Laptop Computers

    At 5-600, you are pretty limited for true gaming unless she is talking about Facebook / Minecraft games.
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    Smartphones

    I will admit, the 10 minute charge for ~4 hours use sounds cool on the S6. I'd like to see real world results first. Galaxy phones have always charged significantly faster than Apple due to the 2A charge. Apple still charges at a gimp 1A rate.
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    Smartphones

    This. It costs about $10 and you would spend more time opening the box from Amazon than you would swapping the battery out from your phone. Amazon.com: Samsung Galaxy S4 Replacement Battery (2600mAh): Cell Phones Accessories Want to do that on an iPhone? Bend over and open your wallet if...
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    Red99

    My Chanter has like 100k worth of droppable gear on him plus cash in the bank and tagged in <Holocaust>. There's no way I am just handing out his info to random forum pals. I've only been off a couple weeks. Hopefully will be back before you guys even catch up to me.
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    Smartphones

    I went with a couple iPhones before my Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, and S5. The way this is shaking out, I just think I will hold this S5 and wait to see what rolls around next year from everyone.
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    Computer Issues

    When they go, they go. It can be dead on arrival, dead 2 months after you installed, 2 years after, etc.
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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    Stumbled across this: Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements Pretty interesting pics. (Click each element on the Periodic Table)
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    What color is this dress

    Why has no one taken into consideration the huge flaw in this. The obvious variable being what shitty monitor / display you are looking at. If everyone were stood in the same room looking at the exact same object under the same lighting, this discussion would have more merit. (Or identical...
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    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    People who have 60k to throw at a pick up truck, usually have money to modify them. My point being, I think it's going to be a hell of a lot more difficult to get the same modified numbers with that Ecoboost V6 than the older V8.
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    Desktop Computers

    That means 2016 for an nVidia chip after their announced delays.
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    Red99

    Still have my fully kitted out 55 Enchanter. I might look into playing again when I get some RL stuff taken care of.
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    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    So the new Raptor will have a modified version of Ecoboost V6 rumored to be at ~450hp. That is all well and good for a stock engine, but I can't help but think it severly hinders the aftermarket. Lots of companies offered blown versions of the old V8 producing massive HP. To get that Ecoboost V6...
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    Smartphones

    High-capacity storage is extremely expensive stuff. SanDisk said it will go on sale sometime in the spring -- and cost $400. Might as well but the built-in memory at that price! There's certainly a level when the microSD cards start getting expensive. 64G can be found for 30-40, but the 128G...
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    Red99

    Chanter. I really want to come back but I have some damn certification exams I need to be working on.
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    Home buying thread

    Fucking astounding people fail so hard at math when it is typically one of the biggest purchases of one's life! Scary. Sorry Arative. Loads of people do shit like this every damn day.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Most Business class flights roundtrip to / from Europe are around $4k-5k in my experience. I have had work spash out for a few, booked some myself on unbearably long flights (New Zealand), and otherwise used miles when possible. In ~15 years of living abroad, I have never paid more than $5500...
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    Red99

    Reminder, I have played up to 55 here. Just saying, it gets much worse. You haven't run across corpse camping dicks yet. You can call LNS to get you corpse, but are then forced to leave the zone under the LNS rules. And there goes your swarm xp until said dick decides to leave.
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    Red99

    I'd just be weary of the feasibility to keep up swarm kiting. The higher level you get, you run into exponentially more PVP. Swarm kiting takes quite a while to down the packs of mobs and you are one PK root or snare away from eating an XP death.
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    New Progression Server confirmed

    That's depressing.. to say the least.
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    Oscars 2015

    Gone Girl was my definite favorite of the year. Nightcrawler was interesting, but not even close in my book.
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    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    Gillian Anderson has aged well. She is still smoking for 46 years old! Never knew she had the British accent either. Interesting segment on the trucks. I'd love to know how much fuel Jeremy blew through revving the tits off that thing the whole way up the mountain.
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    Smartphones

    Exactly. 128GB microSD card is <$100 easily. You can buy the minimum memory spec version phone and add your own card cheap. If you buy the manufacturer's version of that, it's usually 3x the price.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I was kinda happy dropping ~25lb getting to 220 at 5'10". (Halfway point) Shaming the fuck out of these dudes at 200, I must still be a god damned hambeast in denial. /sulk
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    Smartphones

    Dropbox offers that on a few manufacturers' phones. They lure you in with that, hoping you pony up when it expires.