Recent content by Auryg

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    UL80VT still worth buying?

    Hey all - I need a laptop for web design work and occasional gaming. I'll be hauling it around a lot so I'd like it to at least be somewhat portable, and I was thinking of getting the Asus UL80VT, but it seems weird to buy a laptop that's nearly a year old. Are there better options out now...
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    What do you keep the heat at normally?

    These threads are always an e-peen match on just how cold they can take. And anyways, it depends on the location, and person.
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    50 Mbps to the home for $49/month

    Do you think Hulu would be around if everyone decided the 384 was enough? YouTube? Speaking of my own industry, flash games couldn't be as big. Xbox and PS3 couldn't have their downloadable games section. Steam wouldn't exist. The list goes on - it's funny how technical advancements need to...
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    More men taking wives' last names

    My ex-gf's brother could have taken on the surname Wolf. His name would have been Leif Wolf. Much, much better than his regular last name.
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    On the piracy that's "not occurring" in PC Gaming...

    They're making a product worse because a portion of the population (pirates) aren't buying it. Pirates will still pirate it, but now less customers are going to want it. I bought UT2k4 and Half life 1 BECAUSE of mods. Call of Duty's matchmaking system is the best I've used - Halo's sucks in...
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    Who all here has fixed their Xbox 360 RROD with the X-clamp method?

    I've fixed 3. 2 broke again after a year or so, and the other is running on two years so far.
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    Post an image link to the goofiest gadget you ever bought...

    Philips Scuba VR Helmet. I guess it was cool in some ways, but the resolution was pretty low, and I could never bother to put the darn thing on.
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    Anyone use Resveratrol?

    It's being studied pretty heavily with good results so far from what I've read. It may be one of the few supplements that actually does something..but at this point they haven't really tested it on humans so the bad could outweigh the good. I'm more interested in it's ability to slow aging (I...
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    Website Critique Needed

    Thanks. It's annoying to develop on a high resolution screen and then realize what you thought looked awesome will be annoying to others. I should get a second screen and have it run at 1024x768 at all times :P
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    Civlization IV Complete Edition - $19.99 on Steam

    Dangit...so..tempting! How are the expansions?
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    Website Critique Needed

    Hey everyone, some of you might have seen the website in my signature for a while now. I think I finally have it to the point where it's ready for a critique. There is still a *lot* to do with the site - I'm learning that web development is never, ever "done." The address is...
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    Girlfriend's surgery didn't go as planned today...

    My mom got a staph infection that nearly killed her from a similar type of surgery. That actually is do to the hospital's incompetence. Turns out they're infamous for the amount of infections people get there from surgery.
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    Website question

    The hell? He was trying to help you out, as he thought you didn't understand what a repost was. He wasn't being mean at all.
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    Sleep Apnea folks....who's using a CPAP and how goes it?

    I had a sleep study done. Turns out it wasn't sleep apnea, and thank god. Wearing that thing for even 10 minutes was annoying as hell.
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    Things English lacks.

    Snow Heavy Snow Light Snow Flurries Wet Snow Snow that's good for making snowballs Sleet Slush A lot other I'm not listing We've got plenty, as I write from Duluth :P The whole 'eskimos have 20 different words for snow' thing is just because of the way their language is set up...