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  1. BrainEater

    Does Ryzen potentially "kill" the unofficial consumer Xeon DIY PC builds?

    whoa there big boy ! I've spent 20,000$ on casemods that failed.It's one of my hobbies. so now , when I spend that on a nice Xeon system, I'm the effing enemy. My numbers speak for themselves. Relax guys. Number 1, and #2 on the Cinebench are AMD systems . Don't hang onto that for long tho...
  2. BrainEater

    Does Ryzen potentially "kill" the unofficial consumer Xeon DIY PC builds?

    The title was : Does Ryzen potentially "kill" the unofficial consumer Xeon DIY PC builds? My answer was no. ----- Thanks for the post PG ! you are right. I wasn't trying to impress.I'd have shown the dual 8168 Xeons if I was.....7000+ cinebench. ----- Zinfamous , you should probably read up on...
  3. BrainEater

    Why do family members hold grudges forever?

    It's not stupid actually.Allow me to give the other side. My family is supposed to be my anchor.I will die for my family. When I get effing effed by parts of my so called family for 20 years , That's that. Fuck you. Why did evolution give you friends ? Because you can't effing pick your...
  4. BrainEater

    Do you back your car in to a parking spot?

    Roger that....AND , I always back in where a curb is. I drive a ford f250 XLT..Hanging the tail over the grass is the only way to park and not be sticking way out into the lot. Too bad more pickup drivers don't do this.
  5. BrainEater

    How do garden hose threads work?

    No , actually pipe sizing / thread sizing is a giant pain in the ass.It's the thing that's more complicated than it needs to be. You have to understand , pipe size and thread specifications have been developed in many different countries, over a hundred years at least.They are all effing...
  6. BrainEater

    Ad's on this site.(bad)

    I have to say , the ad's on this site are terrible. ----- I'm a member at several forums, I don't run adblockers, I understand how forums generate revenue that way.I even click on 'em sometimes. I have no problems except here.I get massive lag/lockups/etc. Not only that , but I don't want...
  7. BrainEater

    What is the NRA about?

    I'll tell you what the NRA means to me. I'm a Canadian. I went to a summer camp in Washington state for a couple years as a kid. The NRA taught me about gun basics,gun safety, and how to shoot. I've still got some of the certificates...I owe the NRA a debt of gratitude. ---- Regardless of the...
  8. BrainEater

    Elmo shares how refugee kids are just like us (Not Satire)

    I don't care if 'media' uses other 'media' for whatever.It's all mashup anyways. ---- Here's what I wanted to say : You should have left that thread open man ! That was going places.....Seems like true love to me ! :D
  9. BrainEater

    How do garden hose threads work?

    Yep. Here , this will help ; https://www.plumbingsupply.com/pipethreadsizing.html
  10. BrainEater

    How do garden hose threads work?

    Yes , spigot thread. A 'garden hose thread' is a 3/4 inch concentric thread.it's not the same as 3/4 inch NPT. You need a 3/4 NPT to 3/4 'hose end' adapter first....then you can screw whatever you need to the NPT side. edit ; After checking that link , that's what you want.it's 3/4" hose thread...
  11. BrainEater

    Bring your dead batteries back to life

    Car batteries and computer batteries are totally different animals. Lead acid desulfanation is a lot different than say 'whisker popping' on a Ni-Cad.... Phone and computer batteries are mostly lithium types now. --- As far as car batteries goes : buy a high quality battery....don't bother with...
  12. BrainEater

    At what are you the best?

    Ok, I am surprised this hasn't come up yet. allow me fellas. ---- I am THE best at masturbating...None shall pass !! --- Heh.
  13. BrainEater

    Software for making timelapse?

    One of the regulars at my brewery, does time lapse stuff a lot....he did a time lapse of our brewery construction.I'll dig up the link. His latest work , is "moving time lapse"...He made an arduino controlled slide stage for time lapse. -- Let me dig up some of his work. He's the most hardcore...
  14. BrainEater

    Digital Black and White.

    Cool ! Thanks for the response ! I took the shots today . I used my 6d with a 40mm STM prime.Took 5 mins.Got all RAW images. I suspect this probably should be a "photoshop" thread......I'm betting that's where I'll be spending the next 8 hours. Cheers ! :D
  15. BrainEater

    Digital Black and White.

    Ah.....apologies. I want nice poster sized black and white photographs , to print onto 2' x 3' (or larger) posters....this is where I'm curiuos about large format. Question 1 : Film or Digital ? a canon 6d does 5k images , but I'm not sure if this is enough for a crisp poster. Question 2 : If...
  16. BrainEater

    Digital Black and White.

    Not ONE comment eh ? OK. I am after a large format black and white to get professionally printed onto a big poster. ---- Do I use digital at all ? Or should I pay for a real large format film b/w ? Throw me a bone.
  17. BrainEater

    How much do you want to pay to see well know musicians? Such as

    I gotta call you on this , sorry.That's bullshit !!. You are a Justin Bieber fan, admit it !! ----- I'll just leave this here : Canadian singers ; Leonard Cohen Joni Mitchell Alanis Morrisette Neil Young Paul Anka Bruce Cockburn Gordon Downie Burton Cummings , Etc Etc OH YEA , and fucking...
  18. BrainEater

    Odds that N Korea blow themselves up with their own nuke

    Not really a myth. I'll direct you to : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fishbowl The starfish prime test shot enlightened us to EMP. While yes , not ALL electronics will fry , Please be aware they can 'tune' the characteristics of a nuclear device , to emit whatever they want. I assure...
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    Digital Black and White.

    I'm just getting into taking B/W photo's, but , newb. I have a Canon 6D , and several manuals I am reading. While I assume I'm using post processing on this , (I use adobe) , I'd like thoughts on doing cool black and white digitally. :D
  20. BrainEater

    Odds that N Korea blow themselves up with their own nuke

    No odds. 100%.I'm pretty sure it's happened already. NK has had several 'fizzles' on their way to unverified* nuclear status.I'm almost frightened to think what the death toll on that project is. ------ :astonished: - * Unverified means this : We have never seen an above ground test from NK.We...
  21. BrainEater

    How much do you want to pay to see well know musicians? Such as

    Nah , I'm in Calgary Alberta Canada. I appreciate the thought tho.....My passport is expired , otherwise I might have taken you up on that....California ain't that far. :beercheers:
  22. BrainEater

    Who's buying Skylake-X? (You may now change your vote)

    Interesting. The industry is only *slightly* larger than Intel.I'm a 300 baud guy too.I remember installing ram chips into a tx-1000 Haha ! I have used both AMD and Intel and ATI and Nvidia , etc ad nauseam. I don't care about 'fanboi' , I care about the 'best'. I do video rendering , and...
  23. BrainEater

    How much do you want to pay to see well know musicians? Such as

    I debated about this , TOOL sold out in like 3mins here.No sale. If I want to 'listen' to anything , I do at home on my headphones , live music is different. If I want to do the 'live music' thang , it's because of the social interaction etc.... ;)
  24. BrainEater

    Who's buying Skylake-X? (You may now change your vote)

    Yea ! I'm buying the best Skylake-x there is probably. I run a 3930k with 3x 1070's , so I have an upgrade path. I was saving for a dual Xeon rig already so....easy peasy. :D
  25. BrainEater

    So how do I get all the water out of Everclear?

    Haha ! Once again , we Canadians helping the Americans with their booze !! :D
  26. BrainEater

    So how do I get all the water out of Everclear?

    I will add this : I'm fully aware that anhydrous ethanol is basically only used for chemistry , or bragging rights.\ ---- If you don't already know how to purify ethanol (organic chem 101) you probably should not be doing the chemistry to purify it. That does not mean I won't tell you. I'm...
  27. BrainEater

    So how do I get all the water out of Everclear?

    Reflux the ethanol (boil) with fresh quicklime for several hours, then redistill.Take that distillate and then reflux again with powdered magnesium.Redistill again. That should getcha there. ;)
  28. BrainEater

    So what'cha packing? (camera bags)

    I don't have a pic of all my gear in it's home right now. I started out with a Lowepro slingshot 150....That didn't cut it so I bought this : http://store.lowepro.com/ca/backpacks/whistler-bp-450-aw-ca ----- Caveat : I ski with this . I mostly empty it before I hit the hill...It's got straps...
  29. BrainEater

    I just hit 2 BILLION on F@H

    Nice Job Mark ! I've never met anyone with more impressive stats. 2 billion is cool and all , It's your 217,000 + work units I like. Cheers !
  30. BrainEater

    Human-pig 'chimera embryos' detailed

    Interestingly , actual cannibals have described 'human' as being like pork.....Look up 'long pork' . ---- They are only doing this gene splicing to investigate growing human organs in pig surrogates. That doesn't bother me . When they start splicing humans and crocodiles , I'll worry. :D
  31. BrainEater

    Is it possible for criminals to sell electronics intentionally infected with malware?

    The answer is yes. I see someone covered the laptop angle ; I have some used rooted phones for sale. :p
  32. BrainEater

    11th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season 3-way Race

    Thanks for havin us guys !! Team AnandTech really brought the heat.....Good work everyone , both our teams (and science) came out ahead ! --- I'm just packing the truck for a proper introduction to 2017.....A week long ski trip. Have a great new year everyone , be safe , have a beer for folding...
  33. BrainEater

    11th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season 3-way Race

    Man , you guys were not producing 36 Mppd , when I came here and challenged you , really good work team AnandTech ! You guys were just barely outproducing us. I'm going to say cheers now , on beating us , ( between Christmas , and ski week , I might not be around at the end ..) ----- Cheers ! ...
  34. BrainEater

    11th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season 3-way Race

    Ah sweet , yea time to take a rest guys !! I wouldn't want you to beat us by a billion points !! haha ------- I'm still getting stuff online. Finally got that one rig stable , went in today to put in the TITAN ..: CorsairAX750 psu , proprietary cables that I don't have. *grumble,grumble*...I'm...
  35. BrainEater

    11th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season 3-way Race

    Thanks ! I actually had to install kb3020369 and kb3125574 as well , but it's updating finally.
  36. BrainEater

    11th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season 3-way Race

    Nice job ! By my calculations , you guys can totally shut off , and beat us. That doesn't mean we are slowing down...20mppd or bust !! As far as my team is concerned , this contest is going till june !! haha ---- Ugh , I've got a win7 box that won't update , 24 hrs + on 'checking for...
  37. BrainEater

    11th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season 3-way Race

    Yea you are off by a cool million , which means we only need 313 M points to catch you. (hahaha) Petrusbroder , you are doing a fantastic job of keeping stats. Thank you from everyone ! -- I'm not sure what hardware you are running , but turn off SLI for folding.Also , most cards will fold...