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  • #271
    Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

    Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post

    Remember when people would leave their computers on overnight to do volunteer distributed computing jobs for the SETI@home or Einstein@home projects?
    Yeah, **** those people. We should make fun of them.
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    Originally posted by SanTropez
    May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
    Originally posted by bigblue_dl
    I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
    Originally posted by Kepler
    When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
    He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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    • #272
      Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

      Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
      Yeah, **** those people. We should make fun of them.
      I should've been more clear. I didn't mind that.

      The crypto nutters can get bent.

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      • #273
        Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

        Ok. Yeah we’re 100% in agreement then.
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        Originally posted by SanTropez
        May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
        Originally posted by bigblue_dl
        I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
        Originally posted by Kepler
        When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
        He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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        • #274
          Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

          You get one of these for Christmas?



          Hope your sewer gets fixed.

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          • #275
            Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

            Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
            I should've been more clear. I didn't mind that.

            The crypto nutters can get bent.
            This.
            Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
            Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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            • #276
              Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

              I like the science behind crypto and the innovation it's inspiring, but I wouldn't go all in on it. May be smart to throw a few bucks at it in case it goes AAPL on us (personal opinion: that ship has already sailed,) but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

              All it takes is a big enough Very Important Entity to say "nope, party's over."
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              • #277
                Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                People who give me gifts without asking what I need or could really use. I appreciate the sentiment, but next time, ASK!
                How dare someone give you a present before asking what you want!

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                • #278
                  Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

                  Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                  The goddam sewer backed up last night. The night before my girlfriend and I were supposed to leave for our first vacation together as a celebration for getting through the holidays. Guess that plan is down the sh-tter.

                  Just... f-ck.

                  Merry f-cking Christmas.
                  sorry.

                  Credit card people grind my gears.
                  Credit Card X bill arrived in the mail with less than 10d before it was due. I decide to call and pay by phone as this is one of those deals where there is no interest for 18 months and with holiday mail, etc I don't trust it to arrive on time. Person taking my numbers takes 3 tries to get it processedbut tells me I am all set. I get a confirmation # that I paid.

                  Christmas Eve we get home, open the mail and they sent us a collections notice for payment not made. Originated the day the payment was due saying they couldn't process the payment.

                  Reader's digest version- the person put in payment as a savings acct, not checking. Meanwhile they wiped our credit limit, sent a nasty notice to the credit ratings people, charged us a 25$ fee (which the person in 'collections' taking the payment never mentioned would be charged).

                  1h, 07 min and 56 seconds later, 3 diff depts, ( mr les spoke to 2 as well, because it is in his name) our credit is reinstated, they're going to send a correction to the credit bureaus and I know it was against company policy for anyone to authorize phone payments and personally process them.

                  Meanwhile... when I checked the bank balances to make sure nothing squirelly happened to make money go away, I found we have $$$ in each account but a charge on our reserve credit. mr les called the bank and no one at the bank can tell us why. This is after we had a mysterious keying error that used a check # 2 times and shorted us 1200+$. Proving one should always balance a checkbook!!

                  To complete the trifecta irony~ the same credit card that sent us to collections- the one that sent the bill so late last month I had to call to make the payment- managed to sent this bill early. Arrived today in the mail as I am on the phone trying to straighten this all out saying I am delinquent and charging me for last month with no notice about collections. I would cancel the thing yesterday except we are interest free for the next 6 months.
                  Last edited by leswp1; 12-26-2018, 04:20 PM.

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                  • #279
                    Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
                    I've seen setups with mineral oil and liquid nitrogen. Overclocking is still a thing, and that makes beaucoup heat.

                    Plus now there's cryptocurrency mining which really chows down on the processing power.
                    Not to mention to the 3 screen setup all at 4K plus the microphone, sound mixer, and face cam for Twitch streaming.
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                    • #280
                      Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                      People still do water cooling? I thought that and case modding died out a decade ago.

                      Shows you how long I've been out of gaming.
                      Case modding is still pretty niche, but water cooling is becoming standard for even moderate gaming rigs. A basic all in one cooling system isn't much more expensive than the higher end traditional heatsinks but works better and quieter (until the water pump fails).

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                      • #281
                        Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

                        Since it seems to be a topic: my bro found the Karateka game on the Nintendo whatever, and was asking me about it, since he knew I played it constantly. Man, that brought me back to all the little tricks and tips. Hilarious trying to walk him through it, since he was never ever a video gamer like some of us (make no mistake, I'm a rookie compared to most of y'all).
                        Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                        Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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                        • #282
                          Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

                          Originally posted by The Rube View Post
                          Since it seems to be a topic: my bro found the Karateka game on the Nintendo whatever, and was asking me about it, since he knew I played it constantly. Man, that brought me back to all the little tricks and tips. Hilarious trying to walk him through it, since he was never ever a video gamer like some of us (make no mistake, I'm a rookie compared to most of y'all).
                          Hope you showed him the two best endings:

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulQB5iYigQ

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo1PYkKU6ck
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                          • #283
                            Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

                            Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
                            Hope you showed him the two best endings:

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulQB5iYigQ

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo1PYkKU6ck
                            I remember those! Freakin' classic! I did not show them, he's too new to it, not a seasoned vet, really.
                            Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                            Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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                            • #284
                              Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

                              My bank sent me my new debit card today with Amber M on it... but didn't send a PIN.
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                              • #285
                                Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                                My bank sent me my new debit card today with Amber M on it... but didn't send a PIN.
                                They come in separate mailings. Wait a day or so, or go to the bank and they'll set you up.
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