Recent content by Danadcorps

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    Why do people wait until the last minute to cut you off so they can exit?

    That's absolutely true. The lane that is not merging has right of way. The merging person takes full responsibility if an accident is caused.
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    Why do people wait until the last minute to cut you off so they can exit?

    I drive on the NJ Turnpike quite a lot and the worst-mannered drivers are always New Yorkers. I always cruise at 75 - 80 so I get in the left lane to pass and go as far right to cruise (most of the time I'm in the middle lane). The dick New Yorker will sit in the left lane going 65 or 70 (with...
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    Quick Solidworks Question - create separate part from an existing part?

    No. Assemblies are to put together part files. What you should be doing is creating the individual parts. Then use the assembly to put all the parts in and create the mates. Btw, when you create parts, use the natural planes to help with your mates. Center your work and use plane...
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    Totally new build - 670 vs. 680 vs. 7970 (which one?)

    Already got the 670 PE (as I said before he was very impatient and wanted everything ordered almost immediately). He also wanted me to get a case, so I was thinking about the Rosewill Thor v2. It got pretty damn good reviews here on anandtech and is decently cheap. What do you guys think...
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    Totally new build - 670 vs. 680 vs. 7970 (which one?)

    Should I get two of the MSI 670 PE? Right now he will be running his 22" Samsung Syncmaster. Should he be able to run WoW with the 27" perfectly fine (that is his main concern). If he starts playing more demanding games, I will advise him to purchase another card (glad I got the Gigabyte with...
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    Totally new build - 670 vs. 680 vs. 7970 (which one?)

    Thanks for the suggestions guys. I went with the MSI 670 PE for ~$400. I have also successfully convinced him to get a new monitor so I'll try to take him up to the nearest Microcenter (1 hour away) so he can take a look at some of their 27" IPS monitors. The warranty should allay any fears...
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    Yamasaki Catleap Q270 27in 2560x1440 IPS LED LCD Monitor

    I've heard some people had issues with one of these monitors displaying the BIOS (the screen will not show the BIOS at all) and that would be totally unacceptable for me. Have any of you guys have that issue, or know which monitor it was that does this?
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    Totally new build - 670 vs. 680 vs. 7970 (which one?)

    Yeah, I told him that his monitor wasn't a very good one and I've suggested others (mainly the 27" 2560 x 1440's since I want to see one in action :) ), but I've also asked if he wanted a dual/trip setup and he said no. I think I can get him to upgrade his monitor once I explain more about how...
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    Totally new build - 670 vs. 680 vs. 7970 (which one?)

    Hey, I was wondering if you guys could help me out with a new build for my friend. He is currently having bad fps problems with some of his games (he has a 4800 series GPU, Asus Rampage mobo, a Q9650, and 4GB of DDR2 Ram) - mainly WoW after their latest update. I told him that I don't think a...
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    Student gets Suspended for taking PIC of napping Teacher!

    There are an infinite amount of weapons at the disposal of students: almost anything can be turned into a lethal object given the right situation. So let's stop talking about guns, plastic forks, etc since they can all be used as a weapon, although some have certain stereotypes that make them...
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    RANT: Wear Some Damn Deodorant...

    I'm Indian and I don't smell. Then again, I've been in the USA since I was 2 (I'm 26 now). It's not just the Indians though (although they do have a large precentage of bad-smelling people in the US); I've worked out with Asians, Europeans, Africans, and South Americans that all smell bad (and...
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    How successful will Star Wars Episode 1 ***IN 3D!*** be?

    I hope that it will bomb. Not because the movie sucked, which it did so vigorously you think that it intended to do it, but because it wasn't filmed in 3D to begin with. Avatar was the only 3D movie that hasn't given me a headache while watching in 3D, primarily because it was filmed with the...
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    What do you guys use to play MP3's on your computer?

    I hate itunes so I use winamp, mostly because, like Anubis, I am too lazy to customize Foobar. I have Foobar, but I don't like using something that I haven't customized yet.
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    problem with mp3directcut

    Hey, I was using mp3directcut to cut a single trance mix into tracks. However, the time on mp3directcut is not the same as on the actual mp3 file. For example, I want the track to stop at 2 min 11 sec. On mp3directcut the same exact position is at 2 min 25 sec. Furthermore, when i played the...
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    Your Favorite Audio Player?

    I use Winamp. The thing I loved about winamp was all the different skins to choose from. Are there as many skins for foobar? If so, where (besides deviant)?