Good thing your passport wasn't labeled #5, or the cleaning people would have no moral qualms with swiping it.
Good thing your passport wasn't labeled #5, or the cleaning people would have no moral qualms with swiping it.
Hope is the denial of reality
IRS decided to randomly hold my tax return for 3 weeks, some sort of test against tax fraud. I'm guessing to see if someone else would file under the same SSN? I know Tampa is a hot bad for that shit, but damn. Thankfully I got the money today, so I can pay all the wedding expenses with cash
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Think I'm going to order the Corsair H100 today. It should fit in the top if the case, its a little pricey for a CPU cooler at ~$100 bucks, but I figured that since the top fans can cost around $20, and a solid air cooler can come in at about $70, the price difference is minimum.Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
Water cooling is always a reason for happiness.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I'm using the H60 currently - the H100 probably would be overkill, as the H60 keeps my CPU at ambient temperature when idling and at around 35 °C when using 100% of all 4 cores. Didn't try overclocking yet, though (have not seen the need for that either, currently)
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
I'm on the H50. It never gets higher than the high 70's, and usually idles around 35-40. i-7 920 2.66Ghz overclocked to 4.2. Also haven't had much need to overclock, did it anyways.
What's the point of even going with watercooling if you're not going to overclock? While your temperature numbers are impressive, the heat sink the processor ships with is almost certainly good enough.I'm using the H60 currently - the H100 probably would be overkill, as the H60 keeps my CPU at ambient temperature when idling and at around 35 °C when using 100% of all 4 cores. Didn't try overclocking yet, though (have not seen the need for that either, currently
I figured it would be overkill, but I'm trying to fill up the case's cooling abilities without ending up with extra crap. Case comes with a rear 120mm fan, but no top exhaust fans, and the rear half of the top is nothing but a honeycomb design for either dual 120mm fans or one of those huge 200mm fans like the case uses as a front intake.
The H100 takes care of the empty exhaust space up top, without me tossing away any fans, and removes the need to purchase a seperate CPU cooler. If its overkill, thats awesome, may mean being able to get away with only installing a single fan to the bottom of the rad.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Noise?
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Who says that I'm not going to? It's not necessary at the moment - but I have some reserves for the future so I don't need to upgrade as fast.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
My new box arrived the other day. I kinda broke my own rules and didn't do a custom build this time.
But it's got 20 TB of storage in RAID6, so I won't be complaining. Now I just gotta find a place to plug it in where it won't keep tripping breakers.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
That costs more than all the computers I've bought over the last 10 years combined.
Hope is the denial of reality
*shudder* Dell products....
Maybe not. I didn't exactly pay the 20K new from Dell price, ya know. (If only I was that rich and stupid.) More like the "look what I found sitting on the back of a delivery truck" price. Moved the warranty over to myself on Monday, and am still kinda half-expecting a call from some PD in the state it came from, honestly.That costs more than all the computers I've bought over the last 10 years combined.
What's wrong with Dells? They're awesome. Solid, easy to service, great support, etc. I bet I've bought at least a couple dozen over the years for personal use and as gifts to friends and family, and no problems, except for the time I stepped on one and shattered the LCD... but I figure that's mostly my fault, and to be fair, the laptop screen wasn't rated to support the weight of a fully grown man.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
I have two PCs from them now. One's been around for 3.5 years and works fine. The other broke after half a year (as far as I could tell, one of the RAM readers broke). I called the tech support people, and after 10 minutes of pointless tests, they told me they'll replace my motherboard (for free). They had someone come to my house (in Cornland, USA) the next day with the new motherboard. Computer works fine now.
Hope is the denial of reality
Yeh my last PC was a Dell. Despite my particular model being known to have a slightly flaky PSU, which had to be replaced, had no other issue in 5 years.
The one thing I didn't like though is that Dell have developed their own system of connectivity, so other hard drives can't be put into a Dell machine, and Dell's drives can't be removed and put into other boxes, which I've found annoying.
amazing series of ECG cases/lectures by a wonderful manI freaking love the internet. There is so much didactic medical stuff out there, esp. in emergency medicine
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I guess they've improved in the last ten years then. Timbuk's point was one reason I dislike them. Their shitty customer service was another.
Dell got a bad rap a few years ago because they were hit hardest when everyone was getting bad and exploding caps, and it came at time when Dell had started cutting back on tech/customer support, so that just pissed everyone off even more.
Now its back to your standard WTF stories over at The Consumerist.
Anywho, the H100 is ordered. That brings my build total up to ~$544. Last "non-core" piece I'm looking into is the sound card. I've always used Creative because of EAX, and I've heard rumors that hardware sound support is returning in Windows 8, so now I have to figure out why Creative is discontinuing the X-Fi line and what its being replaced with.
Starting to settle on some of the last parts as well. Watching prices on the ASRock Extreme4, hoping ATI either drops the price of the 7950 or introduces a 7870/50 line by the end of March, and one of the 22nm i7 3770 CPUs once they are launched.
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"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Not really happy making, but nice nonetheless: the three candidates for leadership of our labour party (one of the biggest parties here) all have a somewhat scientific background. One is a PhD in biology, specialised molecular genetics, and a decent career in genetics/oncology/sciency stuff (and former minister for Education, Culture and Science); one has a MSc in applied physics with a specialization in nuclear physics, and used to run a green energy company; and one has a MSc in industrial engineering and used to work for Philips. One can only hope this means politics in the near future will be a bit more knowledgeable on science/technical stuff, it's sometimes embarrassing to see politicians talk about that (I recall a completely ignorant PVV (that's Wilders' party) holding a speech on nuclear power which made no sense whatsoever, and another PVV member showing a completely lack of understanding of basic statistics, and it's not all limited to one party, though they are the worst at it). I mean, they are supposed to run our country and advances in technology is something they have to deal with, would be nice if they could make some sense of it.
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
As the saying goes: Politics is too important to be left to the politicians..
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
My son is doing his first public stand-up comedy routine tonight at a local college pub. I think he's following a band, so that could go either way for crowd prep. Would love to go-see, but of course that's a horrible idea. Maybe a friend of his will get it on phone video, and I can see it someday...
Oh GGT, you ought to go anyway. My brother plays in one of those loud metal/screaming type bands, and my Mom and Dad drove to DC to hear him play at a bar. But, my bro is in his mid-20s so he's past the "parents are embarrassing" phase. And his girlfriend was there to keep them in check.
Hmmm ... I'm not entirely sure why, but I was really under the impression your son was the quiet, thoughtful type. Certainly not the get up on stage and be the centre of attention type.
Good luck to him.
Ah. Gotcha. Well, maybe if he does a few more and is comfortable in the routine, you can attend. My parents didn't go to Bro's first gig; it was several months later.
Your impression was right, he's the quiet thoughtful type in most social situations. Often downright shy. After reading about 'performers' in general, and comics specifically, that seems to be a common trait. Introverted extroverts, who see and find the stage differently than most other people.
I've been fortunate to have known a couple of comedians and it isn't so unusual for them to be the thoughtful quiet types in one situation and the centre of attention in another - until they were doing a routine or hamming it up for friends you wouldn't guess at their chosen careers. Besides, It's hard to be the life of the party 24/7...
I'm certain my late brother would have made a 1st rate stand up comedian, he was easily able to have a room full of people in hysterics from a young age - he had a variety of styles too, funny voices, cutting jibes, self deprecation, observational humour and innuendo yet to the casual observer he was also most often considered the quiet type.
Good luck to your boy GGT and as much as you would love to see his first routine I agree with your "discretion is the better part of valour" approach - imagine if someone started heckling him?
Cue the enraged mother giving the heckler a dressing down for picking on her kid... actually that could make a half decent routine, there could be a sidekick gig for you after all!
Such is Life...
YES
YES
Frustrating and mysterious Touchpad wifi issues for which no-one seems to have had a good solution, you are pwnd
HAH
God I can't believe something so useless has taken up so much of my time and energy and that I can be so happy about something that will no doubt just lead me to spend more time fiddling about on the tablet instead of paying attention at lectures... but damn does it feel good to defeat an irritating tech-related problem. The solution was incredibly simple too, just that it was buried deep within google's search results and associated with a different thing
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Got the radiator installed. somewhat
currently the rear panel blocks a 2nd fan from being installed in the default position. Going to do some measuring to see if I can make one fit if I shave it down some, but first I'll need a motherboard since new models love to stack a shit load USB ports in that spot
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I got my Galaxy Nexus today, the old Desire was constantly rebooting.
Still has to get used to some stuff. But it runs really smooth.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
I had an amazing day today. Absolutely wonderful.
I spent 10 hours doing, not great but certainly good science, with a highly intelligent, witty and humorous woman who also happens to be fantastically beautiful. And taller than me.
We have an amazing rapport. By the end of the day we were laughing so hard we were crying, my stomach muscles began to ache. Today was the high-light of an already productive week, both in terms of successful work and having a blast.
Spoiler:
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
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