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  1. Joeboo

    Buying a car?

    I test drove both a Nisson Pathfinder and Murano, I liked them quite a bit, we just ruled out a 7-seater early on, so I didn't end up doing a lot of research on the Pathfinder. Out of all the 7-seaters that we looked at, I probably liked the Mazda CX-9 the best, but it was also probably one of...
  2. Joeboo

    Buying a car?

    That's exactly my scenario. We just had our first kid, I have a Ford Escape, my wife has a Ford Mustang, so the Mustang has to go. I'm not going to worry about upgrading my Escape to something larger as long as my wife has a slightly larger vehicle. Hers will now be the roadtrip car, we don't...
  3. Joeboo

    Buying a car?

    Yeah the CX-9 was the one outlier that we test drove, since it had a 3rd row, so I consider it more of a large SUV. We decided we didn't need a 3rd row, it would just be folded down 99% of the time for the extra cargo space. I own a Ford Escape now, and my father has both an Explorer(without...
  4. Joeboo

    Buying a car?

    Anyone have any experience or opinion on Hyundais in general, or the new Santa Fes specifically? Leaning towards buying one for my wife, and I've never personally owned anything other than a Ford(family that used to work for Ford). Seems great, relatively inexpensive for a mid-sized SUV...
  5. Joeboo

    Windows 8

    lol goddamnit. That's the funniest thing I've read in weeks here
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I used to have my mom drive me 20 minutes across town to a different arcade just because it had a Virtua Fighter machine set up as best 3 of 5 per match, rather than best 2 of 3 like the arcade that was 5 minutes from our house. That extra round added up when you were plunking rolls of quarters...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    the best fighting game of all time was Bushido Blade. Running 1-hit kill with a sledgehammer 2 seconds into a match FTW
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    Parent Thread

    http://www.rerolled.org/showthread.php?50-Parent-Thread
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    Torrents

    I have 2 IPT invites, if someone wants one, PM me your email address (have to send out invites via email through IPT, can't just send you a link to click)
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    Desktop Computers

    One of the first 4K monitors coming to market: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...0513621&type=1 The ASUS PQ321 True 4K UHD Monitor is a 31.5-inch LED-backlit 4K Ultra HD display. It has a 3840 x 2160 resolution IGZO display with a 16:9 aspect ratio Lets hope they are affordable in...
  11. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    Most major cell phone companies offer some sort of device(often free of charge) to boost their cell signal in your home if you are having that many issues. I'm not sure of the exact process, or how many times you have to call tech support to bitch about your signal, but there is a solution...
  12. Joeboo

    SimCity

    That, or a hacked/cracked version that just opens up the entire region as 1 big city map. If that happens, I'll be reasonably satisfied with the game.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Hey look, Sony can still make stupid decisions too: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...-for-ps4-games I guess it's nice for the small amount of people that actually have a Vita, but that has to be a pain in the ass for developers that don't want anything to do with the Vita
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    Desktop Computers

    Nvidia 660Ti or AMD 7950, just depends on whether you like Nvidia or AMD cards better. Both are roughly $300. Some games are a tad faster on one, some a tad faster on the other, but performance is pretty much a wash between the 2. I'd go with whichever one I could find cheaper, or whichever...
  15. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    I always wonder why phone manufacturers worry about constantly making phones lighter and thinner when people just slap big bulky cases on them anyways. I can't stand putting a case on my phone, just kills the entire aesthetic, no matter which phone it is. Of course, my phone is either in my...
  16. Joeboo

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    edit - whoops nm, wrong thread
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Wouldn't all of that be massively limited by your internet connection bandwidth? I can't see your average person possibly having enough download bandwidth to stream a high-end graphical game without noticeable lag. Not until we are all on Google Fiber or something similar. Shit, I have a...
  18. Joeboo

    Car Audio

    lol. 1990 Ford Escort(American version, not Euro) was my first car when I turned 16 almost 20 years ago now. Had to turn off the A/C to accelrate up a hill. I think it had like 85 HP I think around 1994 or 1995 I had an aftermarket stereo + speakers put in it, pretty sure it was a pioneer...
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    Parent Thread

    Guess I have to start posting in this thread instead of the pregnancy thread since the kid's actually here now... Quick baby update, Luke will be 3 weeks old in a couple days, still in neonatal intensive care, but gaining weight and up to 3lbs 5oz(from birth weight 2lbs 8oz). Hope to have him...
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    Desktop Computers

    Now just don't let it auto-update to that driver number again, lol.
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    Desktop Computers

    Hopefully you have a CPU that has built-in graphics, or an old graphics card you can swap in if you completely remove your current video card. If you can do that & get into windows, remove every instance of Nvidia drivers and try the card in the computer again. If still no dice, it's a goner.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I agree with all of that except load times. RAM generally has very little to do with load times in games, 99% of that is dependent upon the hard drive or disk drive. These things don't have so much RAM that they are going to be able to load up an entire game into RAM, you're still mostly going...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    And also slower having to interface through USB. I can't imagine having to load a game off of an external HD via USB. Sloooooooooooooooooooow
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    But if a developer doesn't optimize specifically for the PS4, then that extra speed basically does nothing on a console. It's not like a PC where you can maybe up the resolution another notch because you have more horsepower, or up the anti-aliasing, shadows, or other graphical options...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Here's the thing though, are most developers going to take the extra time optimizing code just for the PS4s faster memory, as opposed to the XB1 and PC which are both using similar DDR3 memory? Probably not unless it's an exclusive PS4 title. Your typical Tomb Raider, Battlefield, CoD...
  26. Joeboo

    Shaving

    Yeah I do shave in the shower, that definitely helped, as I would still get a little irritation just going across the grain(much less against) before I started shaving in a steamy shower. Really like the shaving mirror that was linked either earlier in this thread or maybe back on FOH...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I worked for Gamestop for 8 years, much of that in management, and still have a lot of friends there. District managers, store managers, etc. They are all jumping ship ASAP. Some already saw the writing on the wall when these rumours started circulating in the last couple years, and almost...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I took my profile over to friends houses all the time with the XBOX 360, couldn't have been an easier process. You can save your profile info + saved games or DLC onto a USB thumb drive. Go to your friends house, plug it into his XBOX, and you're up and going with all your stuff in under a...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I hate DRM as much as the next person(fuck you Simcity), but I just don't see an issue with "always online", whatever that ends up meaning. Whether it's a once a day check, or an initial serial # registration to tie a game to your XBOX Live account when you first purchase it, or whatever. I...
  30. Joeboo

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Anyone able to give a quick, unbiased summary of what Microsoft announced? Can't view any of the live streams/videos of the stuff here at work. So far from what I've been able to piece together -Xbox One -A few exclusive game features/modes (FIFA, CoD) -Media hub with more apps like...
  31. Joeboo

    Shaving

    And I personally avoid the against the grain passes, they still irritate my neck too much even with a DE razor. I generally go with the grain, then the 2 across, in opposite directions for my 3 passes. Doesn't leave my face as smooth as a babys butt, but it looks smooth, and I don't end up...
  32. Joeboo

    Shaving

    Yeah, you might have to do 2 or 3 passes(with a re-lather inbetween)when using no pressure, but it's well worth the time investment to not have any irritation. It's definitely not like a cartridge razor where your face should look clean-shaven after just 1 pass. Usually after my 1st pass it...
  33. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    Really enjoying all the hands-free functionality of the S4 so far, keeps my screen a hell of a lot cleaner, I don't think I'm even going to bother with a screen protector. Can answer the phone, scroll web pages(& zoom/magnify), check notifications, etc without ever touching the phone screen...
  34. Joeboo

    Smartphones

    We might be able to fully charge our cell phones in 30 seconds in the near future, thanks to a highschool science fair winner http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/tech/whiz-kid/
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Yeah, HBO always skips Memorial Day weekend for GoT. They did it last year for season 2 as well. Season 1s lowest rated show was Memorial Day. No one is watching TV in the US on a Sunday night of a 3 day weekend.
  36. Joeboo

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    And this may be WAY more than you want to do in an apartment that you rent, but you can actually buy baseboards now that have empty space in them for running cables as well. Probably wouldn't want to go that far in a place you don't own yourself, but it's a damn nice option for homeowners.
  37. Joeboo

    General Advice Thread

    I've never actually lived in Texas, but from visiting/vacationing there a lot(lot of friends in Texas), Austin is cool, and I've always enjoyed San Antonio as well. West Texas is a desolate shithole(everything between Dallas and Albuquerque, NM blows), and Dallas just seems like the absolute...
  38. Joeboo

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Hey Sean, you might want to pick up some of these from Home Depot/Lowes. I can't remember what they are called exactly, but they were in the isle with all the random wiring stuff. Comes in a pack with several long 4' pieces, and joint "L" pieces for snaking them around corners as well...
  39. Joeboo

    Question about getting TV service in my back bedroom

    There are a lot of wireless cable/satellite boxes out there, U-verse and other providers have them directly, and there are also 3rd party adapters that you can buy to convert an existing cable/satellite box to transmit wirelessly to your TV. Here's an example of a device you can buy to add to...
  40. Joeboo

    Google Play Books

    wasn't quite sure whether to put this in the phone, tablet, or computer threads so figured I just post a new one http://play.google.com/books/uploads Really like the page position/bookmarks saving no matter what device you acess them with.