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- May 15, 2024, 7:15 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
- Replies: 1351
- Views: 245796
Re: The Official PS4 thread!
Eh, I disagree with the sentiment that just because data breaches happen, you shouldn't be at all guarded with your personal information. The bits of info you list might not be the worst on their own, but can be put together with other information to better assist people in socially engineering you...
- May 13, 2024, 7:09 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
- Replies: 117
- Views: 7509
Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread
Well hey. Xbox/Microsoft sure had a great week of PR. After spending ~$70b to acquire a bunch of studios they are now giving everyone the boot, even at studios (Tango Gameworks in particular) that recently released a successful game albeit it critically but apparently not financially. Well hey that'...
- May 9, 2024, 7:19 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Californication
- Replies: 83
- Views: 11478
Re: Californication
I have retrieved all the seasons and have been considering rewatching this. Who is with me?
- May 9, 2024, 2:22 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
I think the Intel processors are fine it's just their idea of what "in spec" means. Along with the motherboard vendors cranking stuff up too high as a default. Not a good combo!
- May 6, 2024, 6:26 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
- Replies: 1351
- Views: 245796
Re: The Official PS4 thread!
They shouldn't have caved! The requirement was there from day one. The issue was that due to massive popularity, which the servers couldn't handle, the devs (Arrowhead), and not Sony, turned that requirement off. So people who bought it, then played after the initial refund period, would not be able...
- April 24, 2024, 7:02 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
Seeing reports about 13/14 gen Intel processors having some issues. So you might want to look into that if you haven't already!
- April 17, 2024, 7:31 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Where'd all the McCain/Palin supporters go?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 10488
Re: Where'd all the McCain/Palin supporters go?
Arizona House Republicans again block repeal of 1864 abortion ban
Fuckin Republicans, man. Taking women back to civil war times. Great job!
- April 15, 2024, 2:03 am
- Forum: Site/Board Development
- Topic: Cloudflare?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22799
Re: Cloudflare?
It's weird that VV mostly works for me now but more and more sites seem to be using Cloudflare and the VPN provider I use seems to have a lot of their servers on the 'block list'. I suppose this is how big brother wins the war against VPNs.. Block all their servers from accessing anything. Why have ...
- March 31, 2024, 2:33 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1290
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They need to make a nice high budget series with good writing, actors and special effects. Speaking of that.. I watched the 2023 Dungeons & Dragons:Honor Among Thieves movie and I found it quite entertaining. Surely better than the ones they made 20 years ago that I had totally forgotten about....
- March 31, 2024, 1:52 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Replies: 64
- Views: 11716
Re: Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Funk hates it if that influences your decision any.
It has some low points but overall it's entertaining. If you like non-PC comedy that is.
It has some low points but overall it's entertaining. If you like non-PC comedy that is.
- March 29, 2024, 8:50 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Replies: 64
- Views: 11716
Re: Always Sunny in Philadelphia
This show is still being made so obviously someone thinks it is funny and still worth the bother to make and/or watch.
Although I think Season 18 may be the final one.
Although I think Season 18 may be the final one.
- March 28, 2024, 10:12 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1840
Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
It looks like civitai made some changes which has broken the model browser in Stability Matrix. At least for me. I don't see anyone else reporting issues though so I'm not sure what's with that. I'm undecided on the new Content Rating system but it's nice that I can now filter out anime and furry (a...
- March 7, 2024, 2:56 pm
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Ghost of Tsushima (PS4)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3027
- March 7, 2024, 2:54 pm
- Forum: Everquest General Discussion
- Topic: My EQ Life...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 434
Re: My EQ Life...
Don't do it!
EQ is going to be 25 years old this year. Let that sink in.
EQ is going to be 25 years old this year. Let that sink in.
- February 15, 2024, 8:50 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
- Replies: 117
- Views: 7509
Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread
Well there's a shock... The internet was freaking out about nothing. 4 'old' xbox games coming to Switch and PS5: Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded. That's it. All those xbox fanatics can stop their crying now. But it was quite entertaining for the past two weeks so I'm sad that is...
- February 8, 2024, 10:24 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official PS3 thread!
- Replies: 1556
- Views: 319458
Re: The Official PS3 thread!
I hooked up the ole PS3 to play through Spec Ops The Line and yeah... It's hard going back to the past. Even for a game installed on the HDD the load times are lengthy. And, from what I understand, as they used a SATA 2 interface there's no real benefit to adding an SSD from the few videos I've watc...
- February 8, 2024, 10:02 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
- Replies: 117
- Views: 7509
Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread
It is quite amusing seeing the absolute meltdown of the hardcore xbox fanboys at the rumors of some (not all!) previously xbox exclusive games coming to Switch and PS5. They (the xbox zealots) are losing their goddamn minds at something that may not even be true and it is rather entertaining. People...
- February 7, 2024, 10:14 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Hobbit Trailer
- Replies: 63
- Views: 15693
Re: Hobbit Trailer
I never did get around to watching the third Hobbit movie. Someone did release a 4 hour 'Tolkien Edit' of the three combined so maybe I will watch that instead. Even if the quality is a bit on the DVD side.
- February 7, 2024, 9:17 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: The Witcher (Netflix)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3396
Re: The Witcher (Netflix)
I still haven't watched Season 3 but may get around to it someday.
And with Henry gone I probably won't bother with any other seasons that may come along.
And with Henry gone I probably won't bother with any other seasons that may come along.
- January 31, 2024, 9:53 pm
- Forum: Site/Board Development
- Topic: Cloudflare?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22799
Re: Cloudflare?
For years Cloudflare has blocked me while on VPN from accessing this site but has recently started working.
Which is good because my work recently starting blocking this site as it's classified as 'Gaming'. Really? This site hasn't been gaming-related for years.
Which is good because my work recently starting blocking this site as it's classified as 'Gaming'. Really? This site hasn't been gaming-related for years.
- January 25, 2024, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
Looking at previous orders I see I paid $100 for the 2 TB 980 Pro (with heatsink) and now they are $175 so I think I'll hold off on buying two of those like I was planning. I am going to gamble that those will be cheaper than that by the time intel releases their 15th generation CPUs (Arrow Lake) in...
- January 21, 2024, 4:23 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
My only other advice is to wait two weeks and see if some of those components go on sale over Black Friday. Buy any SSD stuff soon though as Samsung said they are raising nand prices 20% per quarter over the next 2-3 quarters. At least I believe that’s what I saw reported somewhere. I guess that wa...
- January 14, 2024, 12:37 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
There was an issue with those cables when the 4090s came out. The main cause was the connector might not give you enough feedback and people think they were plugged in all the way but they actually weren't. Which was leading to melted/burned cards. So while it was user error for the most part the po...
- January 3, 2024, 1:00 am
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Horizon Forbidden West (PS5/PS4)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 736
Re: Horizon Forbidden West (PS5/PS4)
I still haven't gotten around to playing this. I think I waited because with the first one I finished it right away and then by the time the DLC came out many months later I didn't feel like going back and try to remember how to play it. Now that the DLC is out I'll get to it someday!
- January 3, 2024, 12:47 am
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Google Stadia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2829
Re: Google Stadia
I do get the concern about Google abandoning things but I don't see it happening here. A lot of things they give up on have been free products. Once people get into their ecosystem and start spending actual money it will be a lot harder for them to just pull the plug on the whole thing. Maybe I am ...
- January 3, 2024, 12:42 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
If you went with the K over the KF then you can at least install Windows and get everything setup while waiting on a GPU. See.. Worth the extra $15 or whatever miniscule amount it is!
- December 18, 2023, 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I fucking did it...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2224
Re: I fucking did it...
I think they have one every year these days. Sadly it's mostly just cut and paste spells with new levels and AAs. At least the last time I looked. Which to be honest has been a few years now.
- December 18, 2023, 9:58 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Where'd all the McCain/Palin supporters go?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 10488
Re: Where'd all the McCain/Palin supporters go?
<t>Look at what is happening in Texas to see why overturning Roe v Wade was a terrible decision. Luckily she had the resources to go out of state for the procedure but I'd imagine 90% of the people can't do that. And now the Supreme Court is reviewing whether to make Mifepristone illegal because, su...
- December 18, 2023, 9:41 pm
- Forum: Audiophilia
- Topic: Your Music Collection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3072
Re: Your Music Collection
Mine is 100,000 files and 780 GB so not crazy huge. For a while I was only getting flac's but now I find 320k good enough.
At least half are albums that I downloaded and only listened to once. I probably should have deleted them afterwards but never got around to it.
At least half are albums that I downloaded and only listened to once. I probably should have deleted them afterwards but never got around to it.
- December 18, 2023, 9:28 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
- Replies: 68
- Views: 19721
Re: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
March 22nd so you wont have that long to wait to find out for yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT0rIgaiPWA
I probably won't be playing it but for those who are I hope it's good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT0rIgaiPWA
I probably won't be playing it but for those who are I hope it's good!
- December 18, 2023, 9:21 pm
- Forum: Everquest General Discussion
- Topic: Cestus Dei (Veeshan) 1999-2011
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9278
Re: Cestus Dei (Veeshan) 1999-2011
Last update!
I logged on maybe a year ago now only to find out that Cestus Dei has closed up shop. Sad. But it was limping along for the most part with the co-raiding they had been doing for years with.. Uh.. KoF? It's been awhile so I forgot exactly.
I logged on maybe a year ago now only to find out that Cestus Dei has closed up shop. Sad. But it was limping along for the most part with the co-raiding they had been doing for years with.. Uh.. KoF? It's been awhile so I forgot exactly.
- December 18, 2023, 9:14 pm
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: E3 - 2019
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4151
Re: E3 - 2019
RIP E3 (1995-2019).
- December 18, 2023, 9:12 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: iPhone 6, 6+
- Replies: 111
- Views: 51436
Re: iPhone 6, 6+
I've only had 1 iPhone, and have had no issue with it, so not really looking to switch. But other than an iPhone I'm not all the invested in the IOS ecosystem, either. Messaging weirdness doesn't matter too much to me. I'm not a fan of Android although I'm sure they work fine for what they are. I do...
- December 18, 2023, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Non Forced 2019 Upgrade Edition AMD 3950x
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6962
Re: Non Forced 2019 Upgrade Edition AMD 3950x
Search for 870 EVO and you'll see all sorts of issues with early failures. Also, and not 870 in particular, older files are super slow when it comes to transfer rates. I don't know if that has been resolved with firmware updates but there are things you can do to update your file dates so the system...
- December 18, 2023, 9:03 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Everything - File Search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 834
Re: Everything - File Search
I didn't mean content search for Everything. I mean in general. Having an application for that could be nice. I'm sure those exist but I haven't looked into that since I am lazy.
- December 18, 2023, 9:02 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Windows 11 and RTX 3080ti
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1174
Re: Windows 11 and RTX 3080ti
RIP EVGA. I've always, at least since going Nvidia, bought EVGA for my graphics card. No clue who I'll go with now. But I have a couple years before I have to think about that since I won't be upgrading anytime soon. It does seem nice that Intel hasn't killed their graphics cards yet and have been w...
Re: PSVita
RIP Vita. Sony killed it with their proprietary memory cards. Well I guess the cards themselves weren’t the problem but the price was. They really should have been priced liked comparable SD cards. They also fucked up by not making a local output connector. They could have beat the Switch to market ...
- December 15, 2023, 8:49 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
- Replies: 68
- Views: 19721
Re: Dragon's Dogma 360/PS3
Dragon’s Dogma 2 announced for next year!
I have the first one but never got around to playing it.
I have the first one but never got around to playing it.
- December 15, 2023, 8:47 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: Fuse (360/PS3)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3715
Re: Fuse (360/PS3)
It’s funny rereading this thread seeing how much Winnow is trying to gaslight us (and himself) that Fuse was actually good.
It won’t happen but I’d really like to see Insomniac make/release Overstrike. The game they originally announced before EA got all up in their business.
It won’t happen but I’d really like to see Insomniac make/release Overstrike. The game they originally announced before EA got all up in their business.
- December 15, 2023, 8:36 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: Borderlands 3 (PS4 / PC / XBO)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4064
Re: Borderlands 3 (PS4 / PC / XBO)
I don’t know if they ever fixed the PS4 version (terrible UI performance) but I recently went though BL3 on PS5 and had no issues. Even got the Platinum trophy for it. I did give up on the DLC but I might go back to it someday. I also want to try the Tiny Tina Wonderlands game but no real rush on th...
- December 15, 2023, 8:30 pm
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Google Stadia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2829
Re: Google Stadia
Update! RIP Stadia.
- December 15, 2023, 8:25 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Windows 11 and RTX 3080ti
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1174
Re: Windows 11 and RTX 3080ti
Sounds like Win 12 is on the way sooner rather than later so no reason not to wait and just skip Win11. Unless Win12 ends up being even worse than Win11.
- December 15, 2023, 8:20 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Everything - File Search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 834
Re: Everything - File Search
Content search would be great as long as you can exclude (or include) certain directories. Filenames are fine but for me it’s limiting. Regardless it is better than the search in Windows Explorer which is terrible in all aspects.
- December 15, 2023, 8:15 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Non Forced 2019 Upgrade Edition AMD 3950x
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6962
Re: Non Forced 2019 Upgrade Edition AMD 3950x
My 4TB magnetic was split between ai and emulation so I designated the new SSD for ai with the magnetic only having emulation stuff. At some point I may replace that with an ssd. I have been hearing some issues with the 870 EVO though so that is a bit concerning. Hopefully those have been resolved w...
- December 15, 2023, 8:02 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: iPhone 6, 6+
- Replies: 111
- Views: 51436
Re: iPhone 6, 6+
I don’t use many apps so no real reason to upgrade. I’d say as long as batteries are available that’s the better way to go. Unless you don’t care about money then sure buy a new phone every year. Now that I work from home I’ve almost considered ditching a cellphone and going back to dialup. Although...
- December 15, 2023, 7:55 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Finally building a PC
- Replies: 30
- Views: 927
Re: Finally building a PC
I did see a single 4090 when I was at microcenter the other day. I didn’t check the price but mc isn’t really known for gouging people so I imagine it was at MSRP.
- December 15, 2023, 3:14 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: iPhone 6, 6+
- Replies: 111
- Views: 51436
Re: iPhone 6, 6+
Well I finally joined the 21st century and got a smartphone. Mostly due to a new job that will involve a lot of travel for the next few months so I figured that would be a good investment. I decided to go with the 128GB 6s for my first phone. <…> I wont be one of those people who upgrade every time...
- December 13, 2023, 7:42 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Non Forced 2019 Upgrade Edition AMD 3950x
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6962
Re: Non Forced 2019 Upgrade Edition AMD 3950x
A few recent upgrades lately but nothing too fancy. All of them have been storage related. Replaced an 8 TB drive with an 18TB. That is basically my Plex drive so I have some room to grow now as I was down to a few hundred GB free. Replaced a 250GB SSD (bought in 2014 for $110) with a 1TB SSD ($53 i...
- December 12, 2023, 9:46 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Retro Nostalgia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 734
Re: Retro Nostalgia
Jumpman Jr I actually had the cartridge for so I played that a lot. It’s one of the ones I still occasionally play now. Ultimate Wizard is another. I can’t really remember all the ones I liked but I did play Summer (and Winter) Games from Epyx a lot but never could get into Archon. I did play a bunc...
- December 12, 2023, 9:19 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Everything - File Search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 834
Re: Everything - File Search
It is alright. But super limiting unless all you care about is filenames. I’d really like to search content which I think it can do but is superslow.