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LloydDobler posted:This is weird... So I just discovered a new (to me) band called The Twilight Sad. Scottish shoegazey gloomy wall of sound rock, and I really dig it. Holy poo poo, that is crazy! I had no idea of the two band relations nor the relation to Singer Porsche (whose dedication to small details I love)! If you like Twilight Sad and Catherine Wheel you should consider checking out KEXP.org. They're a indie station here in Seattle that play a ton of great music across a lot of genres (though generally independent) and the best part is that they stream it online for free and also have free music podcasts. You should check out the morning show as it would not be uncommon at all to here both of those bands within the same music block. Fart Pipe posted:...Hellcat that I will get to drive 2015 keeps looking up for everyone, drat I'm jealous! You'll have to post a lot (and I do mean a LOT) of snapchats of that Hellcat once you have access to one. OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Are there any internet providors that do a monthly use billing or is it pretty much all contract. I'm pretty sure we're in the same billing zone for Comcast and their Internet that is one step up from the cheapest/worst is $49.95/mo if you own your own cable modem (which can be purchased online for not much and are worth buying since Comcast charges $5-7/mo to rent/lease one). It's still more than it should cost in my opinion, but until the fiber options that the city is trying to encourage actually happen and drive prices down it's about the best we've got. There is still CenturyLink too, but yeah, they're contract and I've heard a lot of anecdotal stories about most of their service being garbage. Fo3 posted:Trying to not think about things. Don't apologize man, we AI goons are in this online junkyard together. That is until we go to the great junkyard in the sky, but hopefully for you and all of us that's a long ways off so we can enjoy tons of stupid car poo poo before then. edit: Good luck on your interview Bandman Mat_Drinks fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Dec 5, 2014 |
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Fo3 posted:Trying to not think about things. The gently caress is this? Call for some help. I'd ask other aus members to contact you, but your country is crazy spread out.
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Mat_Drinks posted:2015 keeps looking up for everyone, drat I'm jealous! You'll have to post a lot (and I do mean a LOT) of snapchats of that Hellcat once you have access to one. Oh god yes, Im busting out the gopro for that one with the remote mic near the exhaust like I did with the C10. I hope he does get it cause its either that or the regular SRT8. I'm not complaining if its just the SRT but still, Hellcat.
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Fo3 posted:Trying to not think about things. Tomorrow (probably today in your time) is the 10th anniversary of this: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/206373
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2014 sucked. let us all hope and pray that next year blows instead.
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Elmnt80 posted:Play eve again, join groon. They don't care if you are GSF blacklisted. Are groon allied with GSF? Cuz all of my poo poo was in Mittanigrad and I gave all my isk (5bn) and three capitals named RIP Tusen Takk to Fawlty. AFAIK I'm blacklisted from all of the CFC for posting about Burn Jita on SA according to the head spymaster dude so between giving all my stuff away and that I don't want to play anymore. I had a few head guys pulling for me but it didn't work out. Plus I'm married now and don't have much spare time anyways.
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Fo3 posted:Trying to not think about things. Your well being is important to me and I'm guessing a lot of us here so you don't get the benefit of us not giving a poo poo.  Talk it out with someone, anyone, even us cretins if you have to.
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Tusen Takk posted:Plus I'm married now and don't have much spare time anyways. Like that stops anyone. 
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I'm thinking about finally upgrading to an LCD LED TV, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the options out there (of which 1/3 are Saumsung and 1/3 are brands that sound lovely or I know are lovely). Since most of us are tech nerds too, do any of you have decent review or information sites you'd recommend that collate and compare information well? I can watch a youtube review and read an Amazon review, but I don't feel like that's helping much. The tough spot I'm in too is that I kind of don't like the way the picture on most 120hz TVs looks because many, to me, appear ultra sharp and ultra real in a bad way. I don't want to see the pores on peoples skin. Or maybe I'm just sitting too close to the TV 
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Mat_Drinks posted:The tough spot I'm in too is that I kind of don't like the way the picture on most 120hz TVs looks because many, to me, appear ultra sharp and ultra real in a bad way. I don't want to see the pores on peoples skin. Or maybe I'm just sitting too close to the TV Take off your glasses. CRT-lite! I have, well, all Samsungs. I had one with lovely caps - and they sent someone out to fix it about a year after the warranty expired. Still works perfectly, even if it is only 1080p. The speakers are complete poo poo, but I don't watch stuff that needs loud explosions, so I could give slightly less of a gently caress than if it just had audio out. Enjoy your new video display tuner-thing!
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Mat_Drinks posted:I'm thinking about finally upgrading to an LCD LED TV, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the options out there (of which 1/3 are Saumsung and 1/3 are brands that sound lovely or I know are lovely). Since most of us are tech nerds too, do any of you have decent review or information sites you'd recommend that collate and compare information well? I can watch a youtube review and read an Amazon review, but I don't feel like that's helping much. 120Hz means that it can refresh the pixels 120 times a second. If you're complaining about frame rate stuff, it'd be because movies are filmed at 24 frames per second and day time soap opera are filmed at 60Hz. I don't know how this relates to seeing people's pores on their skin, but have you considered watching stuff that wasn't filmed with a macro lens? Just go buy the biggest Samsung you can afford.
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At the stores, you have to remember they're cranking out the most clear picture they can because they want you to buy poo poo. and a lot of the soap opera affect is them using their "smoothing" technology which you can turn off to varying degrees.
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I used to work for a big electrical retailer just as 120/300/600Hz TV's were coming to market. That poo poo messes with my head, my brain starts trying to rectify the image like some sort of magic eye picture and it just gives me a headache.  And you say we were cranking out the clearest image possible, all the TVs out on the floor were running off a single blu-ray player split between literally dozens of component splitters under-floor. There was one TV hooked up with a HDMI cable that we used to try and up-sell people on cables.
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jammyozzy posted:I used to work for a big electrical retailer just as 120/300/600Hz TV's were coming to market. That poo poo messes with my head, my brain starts trying to rectify the image like some sort of magic eye picture and it just gives me a headache. So you're saying the better looking one may not be the "Best Buy", huh?  I never even bothered. I have no idea what refresh rate my 5+ year old TV has. It did ATSC and NTSC. I can play my bideogarms without having to solder more poo poo. Samsung? Sold!
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Viggen posted:Take off your glasses. CRT-lite! I have a Samsung DLP that's served me well for about 8 years now, but the bulb is going. Well, or the color wheel. But from what I've read I won't know until I start replacing parts or have someone come out which quickly gets more expensive and difficult than it'd be to just buy a new one (that'd be better in most ways than my current TV anyway) Phone posted:120Hz means that it can refresh the pixels 120 times a second. If you're complaining about frame rate stuff, it'd be because movies are filmed at 24 frames per second and day time soap opera are filmed at 60Hz. I don't know how this relates to seeing people's pores on their skin, but have you considered watching stuff that wasn't filmed with a macro lens? ssjonizuka posted:At the stores, you have to remember they're cranking out the most clear picture they can because they want you to buy poo poo. and a lot of the soap opera affect is them using their "smoothing" technology which you can turn off to varying degrees. Ahhh I'm really glad I posted something so that I could find the name of it. The "pores" comment was a poor way of referring to the technology making the picture look so real it looks unrealistic. I'm reading on it now and it looks like I'm not the only person who finds it messes with my eyes and also just plain pulls me out of movies. This seems to explain it really well: http://www.rtings.com/info/what-is-the-soap-opera-effect-on-tvs jammyozzy posted:I used to work for a big electrical retailer just as 120/300/600Hz TV's were coming to market. That poo poo messes with my head, my brain starts trying to rectify the image like some sort of magic eye picture and it just gives me a headache. Same, it fucks with my eyes. Maybe I'll get used it, but it's nice to know I'll be able to turn it off at whim.
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jammyozzy posted:I used to work for a big electrical retailer just as 120/300/600Hz TV's were coming to market. That poo poo messes with my head, my brain starts trying to rectify the image like some sort of magic eye picture and it just gives me a headache. We purchased a JVC 55" LED LCD TV for $500 thats 120 Hz for the new house. Hopefully it'll be good.
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Mat_Drinks posted:I'm thinking about finally upgrading to an LCD LED TV, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the options out there (of which 1/3 are Saumsung and 1/3 are brands that sound lovely or I know are lovely). Since most of us are tech nerds too, do any of you have decent review or information sites you'd recommend that collate and compare information well? I can watch a youtube review and read an Amazon review, but I don't feel like that's helping much. It's not all encompassing but this site is fantastic for TV reviews. http://www.rtings.com/ there's an ongoing thread over in 'inspect your gadgets' btw
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Mat_Drinks posted:I'm thinking about finally upgrading to an LCD LED TV, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the options out there (of which 1/3 are Saumsung and 1/3 are brands that sound lovely or I know are lovely). Since most of us are tech nerds too, do any of you have decent review or information sites you'd recommend that collate and compare information well? I can watch a youtube review and read an Amazon review, but I don't feel like that's helping much. We do have a gadget subforum here, go fast forward to the last few pages of the HDTV thread. You'll get pretty solid recommendations without even having to post a question. On the other hand, my company CFO is a serious AV geek, (he's got a $30k home theater in his basement with subwoofers that require 240V on their own breakers). He just bought an LG OLED display (one of the curved ones) which was on sale for one day at a local microcenter, got it for $2k and he says it's the best god drat picture he's ever seen, ever. They're around $3500 normally.
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Mat_Drinks posted:I have a Samsung DLP that's served me well for about 8 years now, but the bulb is going. Well, or the color wheel. But from what I've read I won't know until I start replacing parts or have someone come out which quickly gets more expensive and difficult than it'd be to just buy a new one (that'd be better in most ways than my current TV anyway) Yes, and no. HDMI is the new USB. They all plug into the same looking ports, but not all things work- thanks to different revisions. My 2008 is godawful in that it takes at least 3 seconds of signal to get its poo poo together. By that time, many consumer devices say "gently caress this", and stop talking. I actually returned a Blu-Ray player because no matter how I gave it 'FALL BACK TO 640i BITCH' commands, it tried to sniff the TV, failed, and shut off. I have a combination of HDMI 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4. If I try to swap cables to do a test, I need to make sure they are compatible. Yeah. gently caress This, indeed.
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BraveUlysses posted:It's not all encompassing but this site is fantastic for TV reviews. Right on, I actually found rtings by accident with continued hunting just before you posted this and like their layout. LloydDobler posted:We do have a gadget subforum here, go fast forward to the last few pages of the HDTV thread. You'll get pretty solid recommendations without even having to post a question. I know we have other subforums that cover this kind of stuff, but I purposely asked here because I wanted thoughts from car nerds figuring that you all would be more in line with where I'm coming from than the hardcore A/V nerds that will be over there. I'll check out the thread that though too.
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I have asserted dominance over the faulty white goods by cleaning and remaking all the electrical connections, then found out there's no rum to put in my tea. I'm not quite at the point of putting vodka in, so I was pleased to find a drop of cognac in the back of the cupboard. Hopefully I can get on a roll and achieve something tomorrow as well.
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 Goddamn why did we ever get rid of "thinner, sexier" lightswitches on radios? I don't even need to look to make Petty (or Floyd, or commercials) go away. Just lean *snap*. Best $2.50 I've spent in the last year or so. Haven't even tried to test the VCR and other junk that came with it, yet.. E: Just noticed the AC passthrough on the back says "Don't use anything over 500W on this switched plug." Guess I'll clear some space for my 12v/650mA record player.. West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Dec 5, 2014 |
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I can't remember if I've asked this before... one of the inside fender wells on the Midget is sort of bent down at the front side, so if I hit a massive bump it will rub on the tire. I've tried twisting it back with some channel locks and I've tried using a 2x4 & hammer to whack it back up, but it's kind of springy and won't take the new shape very easily. Any recommendations?
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Bigger hammer.  version, wedge a wood block between the tire and metal, crank wheel till its outta the way. results may vary, use as directed.
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Ugh. I got a message from Wells Fargo today stating they say some suspicious debit card activity going on. I called them back and verified four charges I had made, but the fifth one was someone trying to buy $120 worth of groceries in some store in Carlsbad, CA. Luckily they declined it, but this means they have to cancel my card, I had to stop by a branch on my lunch hour to get a temporary one, and now I have to update all the bills I pay online that I used that card for. I mean, I'm glad they declined that charge and were so quick to identify an issue, but it's still quite an inconvenience. gently caress you, person in CA trying to defraud me. I hope your dick and/or vagina rots to blackness and falls off.
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CommieGIR posted:We purchased a JVC 55" LED LCD TV for $500 thats 120 Hz for the new house. Hopefully it'll be good. If it works for you I'm sure it's fantastic, nobody else I worked with complained and most of the customers seemed to like it so whatever. I have serious trouble with most 3D films giving me headaches too, I think my brain is just wired wrong for it. 
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some texas redneck posted:That's an easy 10-20% of drivers here on a clear night. Or driving with their high beams on. Or some bro truck with a giant LED bar blinding the gently caress out of you (makes me miss my 500+ lumen spotlight that I used to use for lighting up addresses during deliveries). Actually, as far as I can tell, the wipers on/lights on thing isn't law in TX, but is strongly suggested. The parking light-only thing is, however, correct, according to the Defensive Driving course I finished on Sunday. The Midniter posted:Ugh. I got a message from Wells Fargo today stating they say some suspicious debit card activity going on. I called them back and verified four charges I had made, but the fifth one was someone trying to buy $120 worth of groceries in some store in Carlsbad, CA. Luckily they declined it, but this means they have to cancel my card, I had to stop by a branch on my lunch hour to get a temporary one, and now I have to update all the bills I pay online that I used that card for. I just got an email that an attempt was made to get into my account there resulting in my password being disabled. All I have at WF is my mortgage. I'm now wondering where the attempted thieves got my account ID. I once had a charge from Philadelphia that Chase caught and killed, saving me time and trouble (and potentially $300.) It was pretty cool that they caught it. TV chat: I'm about to acquire a 57" Mitsubishi DLP from a friend. It works fine, but he says it is sometimes slow to start up. As far as I can tell, that's bad capacitors on something called the DM module, which I can fix no sweat - I recently brought a couple of 22" Viewsonics back to life to double up my viewing pleasure on my Mac/PC . Should be a step up from my 42" Vizio, not that there's anything wrong with the Vizio. It's just, you know, only 42 inches.
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Tusen Takk posted:Are groon allied with GSF? Cuz all of my poo poo was in Mittanigrad and I gave all my isk (5bn) and three capitals named RIP Tusen Takk to Fawlty. They are blue to GSF, but not to the CFC. And since Groon isn't part of the CFC, they don't follow the blacklist with only a couple notable exceptions. But hey, if you ever get the itch and have the time, they're there. Fo3 posted:Trying to not think about things. Too bad, you already posted and found out people care.  Fart Pipe posted:So after talking to the guy about the cars hes gonna have me get some of the ones he owns running first. 72 Javelin, 63 and 67 Oldsmobile and making sure the 48 Roadmaster that I worked on a few years ago is still ready to sell. Then he wants to sell the Javelin and Roadmaster to buy a Hellcat that I will get to drive and holy poo poo Im pretty stoked about that. If I had the money, I would offer to take that 72 Javelin off his hands regardless of condition. Its way up there on the whole "list of cars I will own some day".
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Elmnt80 posted:If I had the money, I would offer to take that 72 Javelin off his hands regardless of condition. Its way up there on the whole "list of cars I will own some day". There was a '71 SST with a 401 on the local Craigslist last time I looked; I'm kind of afraid of looking again because I don't have anywhere to put another car that doesn't run. A '71 AMX is my "someday  " car for sure.E: What I'm trying to say is PIPKIN POST THE AMC
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My New Years resolution includes effort on my Rambler Rogue and a project thread. This forum needs more AMC representation.
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Now I'm with all of you guys on this gently caress 2014 thing. One of my good friends expectedly died of cancer. But I still "expected" her to get through this like that last several times. This time it didn't happen. Knowing it was so much worse and that wasn't realistic that she wouldn't pull through didn't help now that it finally happened. 
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gently caress, sorry about your friend Motronic.  gently caress 2014, but most definitely gently caress Cancer
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Thanks everyone. I don't want to bring the thread down anymore than it already is. But gently caress. Just hitting me pretty hard right now. It will all work out. Honestly I'm now more worried about her husband (one of my best friends). If I can keep him sane then all is good. She was his moon and stars (for those of you who get the reference or otherwise). I just need to keep my friend from running off and doing something stupid now.
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Motronic posted:Thanks everyone. I don't want to bring the thread down anymore than it already is. But gently caress. Go blow up LP bottles in her honor. big ones. like ones they connect to trailer houses.
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Motronic posted:I just need to keep my friend from running off and doing something stupid now. I agree with the blowing poo poo up. Propane tanks are always fun. Maybe go bash the disco around in the woods? 2014 hasn't been awful, got engaged to a great girl, got some neat rides, but I checked my work history today, and I have worked 85 starts (work event - being called to come to work) in 90 days. I am burnt out.
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Elmnt80 posted:If I had the money, I would offer to take that 72 Javelin off his hands regardless of condition. Its way up there on the whole "list of cars I will own some day". Its wicked mint, all of his cars are really nice and very original except for the Roadmaster although he has a stock one too that hes not selling. Only thing that sucks about the Javelin is its a 292/auto on the column. Still a fantastic looking car though.
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I went and got some Corn Dogs, Taquitos, Cheetos and beer like a proper goon on a Friday night. I recommend this for everyone to lift their spirits
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