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by Neost
December 28, 2006, 1:04 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New cpu wont boot
Replies: 2
Views: 560

I recently upgraded an asus P4S800D-X socket 478 mobo with a 3.0ghz processor. I had issues and had rma'ed the mobo. When I installed the cpu in the rma, it wouldn't boot. I figured I had fried my processor on the bad mobo so I ordered a new cpu. When I went to pull the cpu block off, the processor ...
by Neost
December 26, 2006, 1:46 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Creative Zen
Replies: 5
Views: 850

Nice. Thanks for the heads up.
by Neost
December 26, 2006, 12:14 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Creative Zen
Replies: 5
Views: 850

Creative Zen

30gb Zen on sale at BB for 200 bucks.

Anything better out there? I'm thinking of grabbing one after work today.
by Neost
December 26, 2006, 12:12 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Creative Zen
Replies: 0
Views: 392

Creative Zen

30gb Zen on sale at BB for 200 bucks.

Anything better out there? I'm thinking of grabbing one after work today.
by Neost
December 20, 2006, 10:49 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: USB Flash Drives
Replies: 13
Views: 1961

and of course with Vista and a flash drive fast enough you can use the READYBOOST feature to cache shit and improve vista's performance. NOTE: I couldn't type it with a straight face. I've got 3 different flash drives that I've acquired at various functions, plus one that I bought myself. Not one ha...
by Neost
December 12, 2006, 11:52 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Hosed on my DSL bill!
Replies: 7
Views: 989

I called at&t (formerly sbc) yesterday because i noticed my dsl had doubled from teh previous months bill. I was on the dsl pro plan, 1.5mb down/512kb up for 24.95 a month and it had reached the end of the 1 year committment. The price jumped, but they told me that I would get a credit next mont...
by Neost
November 13, 2006, 3:13 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: The Official Anti-Ohio State Thread
Replies: 46
Views: 16542

I'm a Michigan fan this weekend, for sure.

I hope ya'll run Troy Smith into the dirt.
by Neost
November 1, 2006, 10:58 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Another one of those what to buy posts...
Replies: 30
Views: 2882

I'm not a big AMD guy, rarely used them but my understanding right now is that price/performance the AMD64X2's are probably the most bang for the buck. Every review I've read suggests the Intel Core 2 Duo outperforms the AMD's but are still higher priced so you'll pay a premium for that extra bit of...
by Neost
October 20, 2006, 12:51 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Nice to be out of Jesusland...
Replies: 13
Views: 2209

yeah, nice catch to rob Rolens of a homer and I had my doubts about wainwright when they brought him in but he held on to fucking do it and do it WITH STYLE. Sat Beltran down looking??? who'd a thunk it?
by Neost
October 19, 2006, 4:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IE7 now retail.
Replies: 6
Views: 700

Took em a whole 24 hours: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/19/1326247 "Not 24 hours after the release of IE7, Secunia reports Internet Explorer Arbitrary Content Disclosure Vulnerability. So much for the "you wanted it easier and more secure" slogan found on Microsoft's IE Web...
by Neost
October 18, 2006, 7:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sickening
Replies: 24
Views: 1547

Even though he was just following precedent, I bet that judge is out of a job soon. If I read this correct that means the US government has to get in line for the leftovers just like everyone else. But I bet they still get 1st shot at putting that money in their coffers instead of helping out the pe...
by Neost
October 12, 2006, 11:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best inter-office prank
Replies: 44
Views: 7392

so, your freshman year were you sweet on your suite-mates or suite on your sweet-mates?
by Neost
October 12, 2006, 12:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: guys i just used text pad to run a macro on some numbers and
Replies: 13
Views: 1279

Might I recommend one of these for all your house-wrecking needs?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=63914

Not as fast as say a front-end loader or backhoe, but just as satisfying at the end of the day.
by Neost
October 12, 2006, 12:32 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Dell 20" WS
Replies: 13
Views: 2034

Dell 20" WS

Saw this on Gizmodo: Dell has announced this lower-end 20-inch widescreen LCD display, the e207wfp. It has a 1680 x 1050 resolution with a DVI input. It also has a 5ms response time and a price tag of $289. Three hundos for a 20-inch wide monitor, hot diggity damn! It should be available immediately...
by Neost
October 8, 2006, 6:27 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Death Penalty
Replies: 77
Views: 9063

Kyo, you throw reform/rehab around like these guys can all be sent through a 12 step program, given a support buddy and will walk away all sunshine and productive.

And that's just an unrealistic outlook.

What rehabilitation and/or reform methods do you think would work?
by Neost
October 7, 2006, 12:45 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Vista RC2 released
Replies: 4
Views: 831

why would they call it rc2 and not provide the same level of support through windows update or not let you upgrade to windows vista? I haven't installed rc1 yet, was thinking about doing it today if i can determine if i have SATA drivers that will work. I"m about 90% sure I have drivers for eve...
by Neost
October 4, 2006, 5:24 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: uTorrent issue?
Replies: 23
Views: 2856

there are free options for usenet. Check with your ISP and see if they have usenet servers avaialbe, or search for free usenet servers. There are several free newsreaders you can use also. While the quality of the binaries you find off free servers is sometimes questionable and retention times are u...
by Neost
October 4, 2006, 5:15 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Death Penalty
Replies: 77
Views: 9063

Yeah, i voted with the majority so far but it took a minute to think it through. For instance, a drunk driver crosses the median and hits a school bus killing many, many kids. That fucker oughta hang, right? but where does that fall in the choices? It isn't premeditated, it is sort of an accident bu...
by Neost
October 4, 2006, 3:07 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: 24" LCD Monitors (Discussion and Pictures)
Replies: 154
Views: 85099

thread derail but I ordered a new MB from newegg a couple of weeks ago. Paid the 3 dollars for rush order and 21 bucks for overnightshipping. the motherboard shipped from their Memphis distribution center, about a 2 hour drive from where I live. If I had ordered it 3 day with the rush it would've on...
by Neost
October 4, 2006, 2:53 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Reccommend me a wireless solution!
Replies: 5
Views: 710

The MIMO boxes pretty much take out any holes you might have in your coverage, giving you a better signal quality over a wider area than the normal WRT54G. If your place isn't very big and you won't be going through more than 1 wall you probably don't need to go to the expense of a MIMO wireless rou...
by Neost
October 4, 2006, 2:44 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Alleged 'Unfixable' Exploit in Firefox
Replies: 3
Views: 744

/. has this link: http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/10/03/1628257.shtml that claims this is probably a hoax and at worst someone could cause your browser to crash. "'As part of our talk we mentioned that there was a previously known Firefox vulnerability that could result in a stack overflow ending ...
by Neost
October 4, 2006, 2:35 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: You cant make this shit up!!
Replies: 7
Views: 847

we have a product called facetime we use to log all IM's into/out of our corporate network. It requires resetting the IM servers IP to the facetime box but that's easy to do when everyone runs the standard corporate image. Plus, most IM's (with the exception of the shitty exchange IM you get with Mi...
by Neost
September 21, 2006, 5:36 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Giganews Usage
Replies: 108
Views: 51158

Man, I've really been slacking off lately: 09/11/2005 10/11/2005 30.00 30,515,031,668 30.52 10/11/2005 11/11/2005 31.04 33,325,741,399 33.33 11/11/2005 12/11/2005 30.00 44,029,660,044 44.03 12/11/2005 01/11/2006 31.00 37,959,397,830 37.96 01/11/2006 02/11/2006 31.00 30,446,718,404 30.45 02/11/2006 0...
by Neost
September 20, 2006, 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tired of this Spam... We need a Poll!
Replies: 27
Views: 2446

Gotta go with TP. You can usually wad enough of it up to clean most anything and I've been stuck in the field before without TP. It sucks major ass. I guess you could use paper towels or napkins on your ass long enough to build up calluses and then it wouldn't matter, but getting there is definitely...
by Neost
September 15, 2006, 2:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: And the US government just got more rights to spy on people
Replies: 75
Views: 5518

murderous, inhuman, coldhearted, calculating she-man
That is the absolute best description of Hillary Clinton I have ever heard or read.

Well, except for the murderous part maybe....nah, it fits.

What this country needs is a solid, non-kook libertarian candidate....if there is such a thing.
by Neost
September 14, 2006, 3:43 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Something good out of the mess?
Replies: 21
Views: 1987

you fuckers think you have all the answers.
Don't confuse having an opinion with having an answer.
by Neost
September 14, 2006, 3:40 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: And the US government just got more rights to spy on people
Replies: 75
Views: 5518

You guys that think this isn't a big deal are the same people that will watch personal rights erode to the point of this being something other than a democracy. You give em an inch, they take a mile. That should be obvious from the introduction of this bill, which is a CYA thing since the judicial b...
by Neost
September 13, 2006, 1:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you give blood?
Replies: 46
Views: 6956

The red cross recently changed their rules concerning blood donation and I find that after giving blood 3x a year or more for 20+ years my blood is no longer good enough.

Apparently being stationed in Europe during the mid to late 80's is enough.
by Neost
September 1, 2006, 6:43 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Music industry continues to fuck itself over
Replies: 18
Views: 1760

Personally I hate tabs. However, I'm with Nick on the fact this is stupid. I guess next they'll be down at the local VFW wanting royalties every time five guys with a bit of talent get together to play a dance. Or another thought. Maybe they'll expect royalties every time someone sits down with a gu...
by Neost
August 31, 2006, 10:12 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Engadget
Replies: 7
Views: 922

I haven't seen any sharpreader posts so I'm giving it a try.

Looks good so far. It's a snap adding new sites and it comes with a couple of default ones that I'll keep for now.

I still haven't forgiven Winnow for capricornicus or whatever that was :lol:
by Neost
August 28, 2006, 7:58 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Presenting the Logitech MX-Revolution
Replies: 12
Views: 1833

Love my recently acquired mx-1000. Got used to the weight pretty quick, slides nice on the desktop, seems plenty accurate enough. I need a good wireless keyboard. The one I have right now is a chintzy, low-end logitech my kids got me for my b'day. It had a sucky mouse with it so I went and bought th...
by Neost
August 28, 2006, 7:50 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Political prank?
Replies: 2
Views: 550

Political prank?

CNN is reporting someone played themselves off as a minor functionary at HUD and made some really surprising announcements at a Katrina anniversery function in NO. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/hud.hoax/index.html In addition, the text of the speech is on the web at http://www.hano.us under...
by Neost
August 25, 2006, 7:55 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Text book publishers must be creaming in their pants
Replies: 24
Views: 2387

Phil Plait over at badastronomy.com had some interesting things to point out about the overall situation with the IAU's attempt to define what constitutes a planet:

http://www.badastronomy.com
by Neost
August 15, 2006, 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bird people, help!
Replies: 55
Views: 8311

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/hawk_rshld.html

It does appear to be red shouldered hawk.
by Neost
August 11, 2006, 10:40 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: James Van Allen RIP
Replies: 5
Views: 559

Saw this on the bad astronomy blog site. Definitely a pioneer in the early days of space exploration.

/mourn
by Neost
August 5, 2006, 11:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: this photograph needs a caption
Replies: 15
Views: 1866

If its a rash, try lotrimin. If its lots of tiny red spots, see a doctor!
by Neost
August 5, 2006, 11:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: True Veeshanites Roll Call
Replies: 96
Views: 18462

Similar to Seebs, I watched Nos and a couple of others playing and bought the game end of Oct 99. Started a monk, didn't care for that. Played around with a couple of others and started Neost in Dec '99.

Paladins4life!

Now playing a dwarven Paladin in eq2.
by Neost
August 4, 2006, 6:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I'm curious, do any of you want Israel wiped of the map?
Replies: 38
Views: 3484

I'm not taking one side or the other. I don't care really. But step back a second. It isn't like there were no Jews in the Middle East until 1948 and then all of a sudden several million just plopped down in the area now known as Israel and started shooing Muslims out. Jews have a history in that la...
by Neost
August 3, 2006, 1:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tropical Storm Chris
Replies: 7
Views: 830

Heard this morning Chris was weakening, hopefully it will continue to do so.

Have you tried the Marina for someone who can go run the boat over? They may have someone that can do it and might not even charge a fee.
by Neost
July 28, 2006, 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Perfect Diet
Replies: 16
Views: 1623

The Perfect Diet

story passed on to me via email: I have a Labrador retriever. I was buying a large bag of Purina at Wal-Mart and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog? On impulse, I told her that no, and that I was starting The Purina Diet again although I probably shouldn't because I'd e...
by Neost
July 27, 2006, 4:56 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: You fuckin with the wrong nigga this time...
Replies: 50
Views: 3183

Hmmm... How do you pick up the phone and call Israel? UN Observers: "Hello? Israel? Hey, we're sitting here, don't bomb us!" Israel: "Who is this again?" UN Observers: "This is a UN Observation post in Lebanon. Don't pay any attention to the Hezbollah flag flying next to us!...
by Neost
July 15, 2006, 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rocky!
Replies: 4
Views: 564

Link kaputt
by Neost
July 14, 2006, 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody into high end pens?...
Replies: 29
Views: 2593

Kind of like when I went to buy a grass catcher for my riding mower and the sales guy informed me it was a "lawn tractor" not a riding mower?
by Neost
July 14, 2006, 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP Syd
Replies: 10
Views: 1101

have not heard the dixie cup full of acid story myself. i doubt he would've ever recovered from that kind of hit. IIRC he suffered from mental illness before he started doing psychedelics which pretty much excaberated his condition. There were times he would just wander around on stage, hitting lick...
by Neost
July 11, 2006, 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP Syd
Replies: 10
Views: 1101

They've done so many drugs, diseases are afraid of them......
by Neost
July 11, 2006, 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: RIP Syd
Replies: 10
Views: 1101

RIP Syd

Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd passed away at the age of 60.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... index.html
by Neost
July 11, 2006, 1:18 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: MX1000? WTF?
Replies: 23
Views: 3034

I got the last one Marb had available Saturday. I let it set on the charger until all bars were green and it is still going strong today. Probably had this computer in EQ2 at LEAST 20 hours this weekend between my daugher and myself. Still has 2 green bars. I love the feel of this mouse and how easi...
by Neost
July 10, 2006, 2:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Espresso Machine
Replies: 14
Views: 3361

I have this grinder, which I really like: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1152509484/ref=sr_1_1/602-5552416-9157462?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B0001O2X0A and this espresso machine: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-3/qid=1152509598/ref=sr_1_3/602-5552416-9157462?%5Fencoding=UT...
by Neost
July 9, 2006, 10:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Floppy McNuts
Replies: 19
Views: 2631

You might also be able to pick up a couple used mannequin torsos, a male and female, to help "model" the clothing unless you want to actually use shots of people.
sacrilege! you must use live female models with big breastes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!