07-08-2005 00:27									#31
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Cool MarkG! Can't wait to see that puppy on The World Community Grid.

And...are you left handed?

	07-08-2005 00:38									#32
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quote: Originally posted by DanS My new PC that I put together last week. It resides in the stereo cabinet, with my receiver, cable TV box, DVD player, etc. Pentium D 280 (2.8 GHz x 2 processors)

Good god it's ugly!

	07-08-2005 00:44									#33
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I thought we had already established that your sense of aesthetics is, ummm... strange, to say the least.

I'm about to reconfigure the cabinet, so that the facade of the computer is all that you will see if you open the door. It'll look super nice.

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	07-08-2005 03:07									#34
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quote: Originally posted by DanS My new PC that I put together last week. It resides in the stereo cabinet, with my receiver, cable TV box, DVD player, etc. Pentium D 280 (2.8 GHz x 2 processors)

that's like... HUGE!

	07-08-2005 03:08									#35
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quote: Originally posted by DanS And here's the monitor...

that's a cool monitor. post a photo with you playing civ3 on it and you'll be my hero!

	07-08-2005 03:12									#36
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quote: Originally posted by PLATO And...are you left handed?

yeah, but i'm actually bi-handed when it comes to mice

	08-08-2005 06:52									#37
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quote: Originally posted by DanS Pentium D 280 (2.8 GHz x 2 processors)

Cool!

I'm getting a new pc, a D 830 tuesday (hopefully)

	08-08-2005 07:12									#38
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I can't say I approve. I've just spent the day trying to teach some of my wife's friends to use XP. Whoever designed it should be shot.

	08-08-2005 07:19									#39
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A lot of it is far more intuitive on OS X, for sure.

For example, to browse the internet on Windows XP you go: Start -> Internet Explorer

To browse the internet on OS X you click on Safari.

	08-08-2005 07:19									#40
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quote: Monitor looks nice, computer is abomination. If this is what PLUS subscriptions are being wasted on...

Indeed. Nice to know Markos is getting something for all his hard work on the site.

	08-08-2005 07:28									#41
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I went to my mothers house this weekend and found an emac, of all things, and much to my dismay was forced to use it to surf the net. Man that was painful. What fun, maneuvering multiple browser windows and cutting/pasting with a one button cliche.

	08-08-2005 13:37									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Asher For example, to browse the internet on Windows XP you go: Start -> Internet Explorer

No ****ing way. And you can't browse the Internet.

More like "Start -> Mozilla Firefox" to me and any decent PC user.

	08-08-2005 13:39									#43
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quote: Originally posted by asleepathewheel I'm getting a new pc, a D 830 tuesday (hopefully)

Good money wasted. I would have seriously recommended that you would have first looked at what AMD has to offer. Would have been more rewarding for any gamer. Also you'll end up with "a roaring PC with a hot heart", ie. a damn noisy and excessively heat producing system.

	08-08-2005 13:44									#44
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Start --> FireHoes Explorer

Ted Coded His Own Browser

	08-08-2005 13:54									#45
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quote: Originally posted by PLATO Cool MarkG! Can't wait to see that puppy on The World Community Grid.

currently left it running the first package, i think it will do one every 6 hours

	08-08-2005 15:53									#46
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quote: Originally posted by asleepathewheel I went to my mothers house this weekend and found an emac, of all things, and much to my dismay was forced to use it to surf the net. Man that was painful. What fun, maneuvering multiple browser windows and cutting/pasting with a one button cliche.

I'm guessing you're a retard then.

	08-08-2005 16:17									#47
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No, he's just sensible. Once had to use an iMac and that was a real PIA. First of all couldn't find out how you can install programs and most of all couldn't find all system settings. Not to mention the mouse and keyboard were crap. Yeah, Macs rule... Go firgure...

I'm sure they can be perfectly nice and fine computers, but they're not comfortable for PC users, much like it's vice versa.

However getting off-topic.

	08-08-2005 17:38									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Rasbelin Good money wasted. I would have seriously recommended that you would have first looked at what AMD has to offer. Would have been more rewarding for any gamer. Also you'll end up with "a roaring PC with a hot heart", ie. a damn noisy and excessively heat producing system.

Unfortunately at this time I don't have time to build a pc, and I needed a new one asap. Got the dual core because my wife does pretty intense stats work at home (while working on her dissertation) and I think this will do nicely for it. And it was reasonably priced from, don't laugh, Dell, from whom I already had a line of credit available. All those factors add up to a purchase. If I were a hard core gamer, I would have gone elsewhere, but frankly the only thing I'll be playing probably over the next year is CIV and maybe something from paradox.

	08-08-2005 17:38									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon I'm guessing you're a retard then.

a very impatient retard.

	08-08-2005 18:04									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Rasbelin Good money wasted. I would have seriously recommended that you would have first looked at what AMD has to offer. Would have been more rewarding for any gamer. Also you'll end up with "a roaring PC with a hot heart", ie. a damn noisy and excessively heat producing system.

You don't have the requirements that he has, and have made no effort to find them out, so how can you know what's good for him?

Primarily, I use the computer for video decoding and deinterlacing, not games. And this is an area where the Intel architecture is more than competitive with AMD.

	09-08-2005 02:18									#51
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quote: Originally posted by PLATO Cool MarkG! Can't wait to see that puppy on The World Community Grid.

so far it takes 2.5 hours on average for each package

	09-08-2005 02:27									#52
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Where's your AMD X2 4800 with 2x Geforce 7800's in SLI?

Me no like until I see Doom 3 running at 80 FPS at 1600x1200 with full AA and AF

	09-08-2005 02:39									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Whaleboy Where's your AMD X2 4800 with 2x Geforce 7800's in SLI?

i'm sorry


urgent announcement!!!:

all plus users are required to pay an additional "urgent civ4 fund need" of 68.66$ in order to keep their plus status.

thank you for your attention

	09-08-2005 02:50									#54
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Hell, they've paid once, they'll surely pay again.