Search results

  1. K

    Megazoom or HD video

    First off, I have no interest in an SLR, as I definitely do not take enough pictures to ever make it useful. My last camera was an old Canon SD100 (I got it in 2003 I think) Not exactly the greatest picture taker but it suited me for 5+ years until the CCD completely junked out last week...
  2. K

    Got a PS3 for Christmas, what should I be jumping into.

    Just a footnote, I have a Wii and 360 already and I beat Fallout 3 on the PC so that is out. So my dad got me the 160GB PS3 for a Christmas/B-day present and I just got home late last night so I haven't plugged it in. It came with Uncharted and I hear Littlebigplanet is a must have, but what...
  3. K

    Best way to plan a road trip for weather?

    As I mentioned in the title, I am looking to drive from Denver to Las Vegas on Wednesday the 24th, but I want to make sure I won't be turning a 10 hour drive into a 18 hour drive due to snow. I typed in all the locations on the way into Weather.com's forecaster, but it leaves a pretty frigging...
  4. K

    Compact system with Optical in

    So right now I have an Onkyo 705 + Athena/BIC setup in my living room and Onkyo 605+Onkyo Speakers/Sub for the bedroom. Alas my office audio is a problem these days. Currently in my office I have: PC w/Altec Lansing 5.1 Computer Speakers and CMOY Headphone AMP + Senheiser HD-555's Dell...
  5. K

    Kia Commercials

    Can someone explain to me the logic behind Kia commercials. Aside from the fact that their car's blatantly rip off the exterior look of certain luxury brands, they try to directly compare themselves to those brands. They basically go as far as to say someone should directly compare a Kia to a...
  6. K

    What golf ball do you play and how good are you?

    I just started golfing this year and have stepped up from shooting 73 in 9 (first round ever) to about a 50 per 9 avg, with a 47 being my current best, although I still have maybe 12rounds total under my belt. I am playing with some pretty decent clubs my dad gave me. The Wedges (L,S) are...
  7. K

    Who is at fault here?

    I know I am spinning it a bit, but I will tell you ahead of time I was kind of grumpy on the phone because he was acting like he wasn't going to come for 2 weeks. Ok, so I bought a 2br/2ba condo in June of last year, and as I was in the buying process my friend told me he really wanted the...
  8. K

    Someone is blocking garage doors and car keys in my neighborhood

    So as the title says, some asshat appears to be broadcasting a pretty strong signal in the 390Mhz band in my neighborhood (condos, so double hard to locate). It is basically making car keys and garage doors completely useless, as any wireless signal they would pick up is completely getting...
  9. K

    Question for Australians and Kiwis... Netball

    So I just spent 3 weeks down under and it was a fantastic trip. I had alot of fun in my down time watching Rugby and Australian Rules football down there and both were plenty entertaining. However there also seemed to be a ton of coverage of womens netball. Which appears to be the worst...
  10. K

    Where to buy a TV stand.

    Well I am pretty much done with my TV being up on the fireplace. It isnt that bad to watch on a daily basis when its me and my housemate, but having more than 2 people is a problem, since the person on the big couch pretty much has to be laying down for a good view. Also I cant really move the...
  11. K

    What is the best song by a fake band from a movie?

    So I am curious, what would people consider the best song to be written explicitly for a fake band in a movie. Meaning take a movie which featured a band that is not a real band, and had a "hit song" in the movie. What is your favorite one of these. Personally Ive always liked We All Die...
  12. K

    Team Fortress 2 Feb 14th Update Problems

    Anyone notice the February 14th TF2 update has introduced alot of video problems to the game? Mostly frame rate drops and things, even with identical settings to before. Before I averaged well over 60 FPS in all situations no matter what I was doing. Now if theres lots of explosions and...
  13. K

    Athena LS Series speakers on sale at audioadvisor

    Just a heads up, Audioadvisor just put all the Athena LS series Speakers on clearance as well as some other Athena models. Prices are 50% of what they were just yesterday, though shipping is no longer free. LS-100B went from 200 to 100 per pair (about 130 after shipping, 2nd best price per...
  14. K

    Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics

    If this is a repost I apologize, but I searched and didn't find it. Anyways I just remembered this from a coworker showing me it over the summer, and yeah its pretty old: http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm The sad part is the information is actually really useful as an introduction to...
  15. K

    When did the use of a taser become national news?

    Seriously, why have people become so sensitive to the use of force that a taser, despite being infinitely safer than a shot to a limb to the suspect also makes a cops job safer because its non-lethal force for subduing a suspect, when danger isnt aparent. Idiot is *enter crime here* and...
  16. K

    Silverstone LC16M HTPC Case w/Imon remote. 204.51 Shipped

    Cheapest I have found otherwise is ~225+15 shipping ($240). Most companies are in the 250-270 range for this case. http://www.frys.com, search product number: Silver: # 5033505 Black: # 5033485 pictures: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Computer+Case+-+Retail This case is a...
  17. K

    2 Identical Systems, Neither Will Install Ubuntu or Fedora

    Here is the design of them: Asus P5B-Plus Intel Q6600 Patriot 2x2GB 5-5-5-12 DDR2 Seagate 500GB 7200.10 Samsung SATA DVD-RW Drives (I was told to go sata, since linux didnt like the Jmicron controllers) Gigabyte - 7600GT Seasonic 550W S12+ High Efficiency Power Supply Dell 2407WFP...
  18. K

    DDR3 Pricing Estimations?

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20070426140713.html I gotta be honest, I dont remember when DDR2 came out what the prices were, since I never actually used it until I started building Core 2 Duo/Quad/Xeon computers at work recently. Also I still dont use DDR2 at home, since I...
  19. K

    Is there anything I need to know about choosing a motherboard for Linux?

    I am planning on building 2 computers for running software defined radio applications in linux, and since this is entirely processor limited we wanted to go with some higher end processors and get bang for the buck by building them. Currently all of our SDR work is compiled and working in...
  20. K

    Someone Explain Princess Mononoke to me. (Mononoke-hime)

    Seriously, I absolutely hated this movie. The animation was great, but it felt like I was watching a tale of a bunch of incredibly stubborn angry people making their own lives and the lives of everything else worse with their actions. I really feel like I don't get it, because it has an 8.3 on...
  21. K

    Did anyone here ever play Asherons Call?

    I dunno I was trying to think of the old days of MMORPG's where the communities tended to be tighter due to fewer options (Pretty much back then it was EQ, Asherons Call or Ultima Online) Anyways I was on harvestgain with 3 chars when I quit Calamesius - Level 118 Unarmed - Had the...
  22. K

    Thank god for the Xbox 360 Warranty.

    So Friday my Xbox 360 gave me the dreaded 3 blinking red lights of death. The xbox 360 equivalent to the RSOD. I immediately called customer service since this was in fact my second Xbox 360. My first one was one of the dreaded 2005 production date 360's and it failed just as predicted...
  23. K

    Router Vs. Switch Performance

    Here is my setup: 2 Desktop Computers with gigabit ethernet ports 1 Laptop with 100 megabit ethernet, Wireless G Internal 1 Laptop with Gigabit, Wireless G internal 1 Network Printer 1 Xbox 360 Possibly a Wii and/or PS3 in the future Which setup would you suggest? Currently I have a...
  24. K

    Who has actually broken a motherboard due to a big heatsink?

    I always hear talk about breaking a mobo with big heatsinks, especially with the newer gigantic ones that have been coming out lately (Cooler Master GeminII, Scythe Infinity, Tuniq Tower, Big Typhoon, Sonic Tower etc etc.) I want to know if anyone has actually personally destroyed their mobo...
  25. K

    Best Socket 771 Heatsink

    I am looking for some heatsinks to replace the heatsinks on my 8 Core Workstation at work. The 2 stock fans that came with it spin so freaking fast it sounds like theres a giant bee stuck in the case. Where can I find a good Socket 771 HS? they seem to have completely different mounting...
  26. K

    Should I get a dog?

    So, I have always loved dogs my whole life, and have had 2 growing up. The first was a female Beagle my parents got when I was 7. She died of cancer on her spine when I was 17. About 3 weeks later we got another female beagle, and I have loved her since. However when I was 18 I went to college...
  27. K

    Breaking Report, Amish Internet Trends

    http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/8036/amishinternetusage3da.jpg
  28. K

    Zalman ZM-MFC2 Fan Controller

    Well, I saw the ZM-MFC2 at CES and figured I would wait a month to see if any info would come out, and so far all I have found is a review with no known release or price. Hopefully it comes soon, but for now heres a review...
  29. K

    Every 60 Second Lag Spike

    I am having a peculiar problem in vista. Every 60 seconds on the nose I get a crash in connectivity for 1 second, then things return to normal. This makes playing online games obviously quite difficult. From what I gather, this problem is associated with windows attempting to find a better...
  30. K

    8800 GTX Lockups, Only When Not Gaming

    Rig: A8N32-SLI FX-60 Silverstone Strider - 750W (The 2 PCIe Connectors are on Rails 3 and 4) EVGA 8800GTX (replaced an X1900XTX) 2GB DDR 2x 1280x1024 LCDS (Soon to be a 2407WFP) At the moment, I have nothing overclocked at all, and CoolNQuiet is enabled (though it was with the...
  31. K

    Looking for Labview Experts

    Everyone in controls system has seen the good old inverted pendulum on a cart problem, and theres a nice demo animation in matlab, however my professor has a thing for labview and my project needs to be done within it. For my animation, I am trying to do the system of a pendulum on a cart...
  32. K

    4 New Lian-Li HTPC Cases

    One thing I like about all 4 of these cases is they are designed to fit in perfectly with a stereo rack ~17 inches wide. Also all three of them are fantastically styled IMO, especially when compared to the older V800/880 HTPC cases that Lian-Li made which I never cared for too much. First up...
  33. K

    Irrational Fears?

    Mine is clowns, I FREAKING HATE THEM. Clowns are due to seeing the movie IT and Killer Clowns from Outer space numerous times when I was like 8 years old. KCOS ive seen since and its horid, but IT still creeps me out to this day. But if your dressed as a clown and come near me, I may kick...
  34. K

    My Chemical Romance on SNL

    Their performance was painful to watch, geez. This makes me feel bad I actually liked their first CD like 4 years ago.
  35. K

    Creating custom resolutions in a locked driver

    My laptop uses Intel 85252/85255 integrated video, and while its not the best it can do 1920x1200 video for my desktop, however I want to kill 120 lines essentially. I am trying to get 1920x1080 resolution out of my laptop, however it appears that the driver for controlling the output is...
  36. K

    Getting 1920x1080 out of my laptop

    I have an inspiron 700m with a 1.6GHz pentium M in it. I can get it to output 1920x1200 to my TV, but I cant find a way to get 1920x1080. Does anyone know a registry tweak, video hack or anything I can do to mess with the preset resolutions of my video adapter. The adapter is an Intel...
  37. K

    Am I the only one who thinks the Wii/PS3 twitch controllers will

    Both the PS3 and Wii controllers are going to have sensors in them that detect motion and allow you to control your character. Thinks like swinging a sword will actually require you to do a swinging motion with the controller.. Am I the only one who thinks that people are going to break...
  38. K

    New Zalman VGA Cooler

    Was wandering Zalman's site just now and I noticed this: http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.asp?idx=215&code=013 Looks like they simply took a VF900LED and put red LED's on it and chromed it like the CNPS9500 AM2. *edit* anyone else hoping they come out with a VGA HSF that...
  39. K

    Best GPU Cooler on the market?

    So, I recently acquired an X1900XTX with a VF700 HSF installed on it. After running a bunch of games, including oblvion, I noticed the most excessively hot temperatures occuring with Titan Quest. I am monitoring temps using the Catalyst Control Center on my second monitor. If I play Titan...
  40. K

    Takeru Kobayashi New Bratwurst Eating Champion, 58 Sausages!

    I just watched a truly frightening event on ESPN. Kobiyashi just dominated the competition this year at the Johnsonville Brat Eating contest, where he shattered Sonya Thomas's record set last year by 23. Second place was 13 back at 45. I find competitive eating like a train wreck, its...