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I know a certain lady here who would love a beard! She's mostly hetero, but she likes the butch look :)

Congrats to all the winners.

At 2/25/14 10:17 PM, Conal wrote: If I connect 3 (very short) Cat5 cables into a Cat7 cable via a splitter, feed the Cat7 cable through the hole, then attach a 3-way splitter at the end, would I end up with three 100MHz Ethernet ports? My theory is that Cat7 would only be using half its possible bandwidth (300MHz of 600MHz).

Well, I never did much network work, but I have two close friends who run cable, deal with crappy software, etc... Why three cables to begin with? Maybe run a cat7 wire down and split from there? I did plenty of audio work, and can tell you the less connectors, the better. And there is bleed from all types of cables; running three different cables carrying different signals can reduce the output of all of them! Weird fact: if you run a cat5 cable to your computer, and tape another length of cable right along side of it (unconnected bare wire, just along the cable itself), you can increase the throughput by double digits easy!

Is this an intelligent idea and should it work?

Yeah, it's a good idea for your situation, but it might over engineered, and may degrade the overall throughput. Guess it depends on how well insulated the cables are, but there will still be bleed.

At 2/24/14 10:47 PM, VicariousE wrote: I'm still aiming for an Asus board (again; last one was a Socket 939), just not the one you're getting, sadly. Oh well, I guess I'll take a chance and actually spend some bucks on WIN7 Pro... it's on sale for less than 100$ on tigerdirect just now.

Probably a good choice, Windows 8 needs more time to "settle in" with software developers and the like; but it doesn't look as disastrous as Vista, so it is future-proof.

Oh what fun a new OS will be... you'd think menu and control systems, would be nice and logical and streamlined by now. "The more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." Engineer Scott, Star Trek III

My current old board might look like most of today's, but trust me, it's different. I upgrade the RAM with 2GB DDR2 at 667MHz, it is the ConRoe1333-D667 R1.0. It looks to me like a semi-low-range gaming motherboard from 2007, with several drawbacks. Namely the fact that the motherboard can support up to 4GB (without being quite able to address all of it).

Ha, what's looks? I've got stuff older than that, that looks about the same.

On the plus side; it has 1 PCIe x16 slot, manual overclocking abilities in the BIOS and editable thermodynamic data. The BIOS also has CPU throttling and a boot failure guard, which is a lifesaver for making complicated mistakes. I've got 4 SATA II ports which don't support RAID or hot-swapping, an okay selection of processors (LGA 775, but no quad cores) and Wake-On-Lan.

That's interesting.

It's not a "terrible" motherboard and there are so many expensive upgrades I could do, it's just not worth it. I need a new motherboard.

Agreed, though it would probably make a nice media center, you throw a half decent audio card in it.

Overclocking and underclocking are things I would recommend to anyone, depending on the temperatures their computer reaches when going at a full 100% for long periods of time. Some modern systems will overclock dynamically, when more CPU power is needed for e certain application, but we're talking about old-school systems, when these methods were all DIY.

That's why I was happy with Asus. The presets and manual ability to fettle with things really helped... that's why my crappy laptop's internal wifi G outclassed my sister's brand new wifi N laptop - settings to increase the latency, this, that, and other old timey radio settings.

God, I can't wait for my future computer. I've updated the plans, with more to go. I need to label every single wire too. Better to be over-prepared than unprepared. Making specific plans also helps refine your knowledge in the subject, the only thing difficult to predict is the length of the cables you'll need internally.

I know the feel. But back in 2007, it seemed a little easier to figure out a good rig for myself. Now that I got bucks to spend... there's a lot more variety in prices now, and it's a chore to find out where the Achilles heels are

Here's another picture of my current machine; cable management is important.

Damn, looks like a bare (but exceptionally tidy) cupboard! Onboard video?

Congrats to the winners!

Foo, had to copy and paste, thanks to NG being down

At 2/24/14 03:41 PM, Conal wrote: Is that the little square motherboard thingy? It was about as wide as the processor socket itself.

Wild, isn't it? Last itme I farted around with electronics at such a basic level, was this thing.

I have no idea. The TUF series motherboards (like the Sabertooth) have a 5 year warranty, so I think your licence is safe regardless, if Asus are that confident. That's if you're getting that board, of course.

I'm still aiming for an Asus board (again; last one was a Socket 939), just not the one you're getting, sadly. Oh well, I guess I'll take a chance and actually spend some bucks on WIN7 Pro... it's on sale for less than 100$ on tigerdirect just now.

Here's my current old-banger of a rig. I've just discovered that you can actually route your wires behind the motherboard to help maintain a thermodynamically efficient system, the airflow is great. Overclocked by +600MHz and just 41C with the case open.

That was the thing that piqued my interest about your MB! I think they've had that design for a while now, but was kinda rare to find on a competitively priced MB before.

It would average around over 47C in BIOS, but now it's 40C (with the door shut). Those ribbon cables must really affect wind direction, so bare that in mind if you're struggling to keep it cool.

That much is certain... and if I'm going for a thirsty 125w, 8 chip AMD CPU... yeah, gotta be careful with a stock fan regardless. I'm going for the 4 GHz chip, and I can't see any reason why I'd overclock the bugger. Either way, I know I'll forget something when I place my order, so I might just go back and get a water cooler. Or I could just get a modular PSU right out of the gate... that would help some.

I'm just wondering if anyone's gonna end up with the 1/2" copper unions I left over at Tom's.... probably worth 5 bucks apiece new. Maybe Tim grabbed them for emergency purposes, or someone else grabbed them for some drug smoking appliance O_o

Aww, I was hoping you'd get stuck with something I bought (left) at NG HQ last year :(

At 2/24/14 01:14 PM, supergandhi64 wrote:

At 2/24/14 11:55 AM, epicaldude wrote: We already told you kiddo why your thesis above is retarded. "Well adjusted" people who stand up against gangs, corruption, etc, are often placed in jail or murdered, if they do not hide well.

Funny How You Associate "Well Adjusted" With People Who Get Involved With Mexican Drug Trafficking Cartels . . . Also What Thesis Are You Talking About? I Haven't Presented Any Thesis

--supergandhi64

Funny how you like to twist someones words around, to defend tyranny! A reasonable expectation of privacy, is (was) guaranteed by our Constitution... so Tor and the Darknet seem like a necessary evil.

At 2/24/14 01:04 PM, jonthomson wrote: loooooooooooooooooooooool using tor for no reason and whining why a private website blocks you for doing so

Too true, Tom owns the playground, he makes the rules, benevolent leader that he is...

At 2/24/14 12:35 PM, liljim wrote:

At 2/24/14 12:33 PM, VicariousE wrote: First! So, the new supporter upgrade page glitched the site a bit before coming online... a bit disconcerting!

No, that was not the cause of the problems. Caching issue with the main css file.

So, when that happens, the web page becomes 'unstylized', is that the term? It's happened a few times in the past, no big whoop.

First! So, the new supporter upgrade page glitched the site a bit before coming online... a bit disconcerting!

At 2/22/14 02:56 AM, TheMajormel wrote: liberals

Probably, though mostly the liberals hijacked by communism

cliques

Are there? Just similar type users...

users who post shitty porn on their newspost

Yeah, we need better porn, or hentai, rather. Porn is a violation of the user agreement.

shitty hentai artists

Don't knock a homies hustle |:

any thing of the electronica genre

Oh please.

rambo

Ah, my nickname in high school lol

stoners

Nah, lazy people suck though... they just come in and beg for YouTube subscribers. It was kinda nice when we had an influx in, what, 2009, of a bunch of YouTubers, but they either gave up and walked away, or starting begging for subs, thinking they could emulate the talent we have here. dA is another story....

discuss

NG doesn't advertise, so why would anyone think we were here? It's not cancer, it's hunger.

At 2/20/14 09:50 PM, Conal wrote: Thaaanks. But this is only in theory, I may need to push it further along. But hey, it's worth getting excited about. I start with 8GB DDR3 1866MHz and an Intel Core i7-4770k overclocked to 4.8GHz!

I was looking over this thread a while ago, and noticed @elfer curious about the Pi pocket computer, which turns out to be about as good as the 11 y/o Dell laptop I'm currently using! And there's so much to catch up on, since I built my last rig in 2007.

(non-sequitur) And I've been using less than legit OS's since WIN98 came out... And now that I want to do things right, I've been told, once you install WIN7/8 on a HD for the first time, it pulls the serial number from the MB... and if the MB gets cooked, or you simply want to upgrade, you have to purchase another license to be legit... true?

This is going to be my motherboard, isn't she beautiful? :')

Sure looks to be! Best wishes on a bangin' build!

Eh, they never had shirts in my size anyway. Still glad I bought stuff last year, enough to prove I'm a damn shameless fanboy, of this old relic of a site. I can imagine this will be great relief to Newgrounds staff... who likes mailing stuff anyway?

At 2/21/14 06:47 AM, enochcity wrote: Haven't seen a bird around my place since winter started and honestly I didn't know that crows eat meat :3.

Well, now you know why people live inside, and why we further imprison our food! Hope next time you use a plastic cooler, or something. Rats will chew through all kinds of materials to get at food, and mice are basically cartilage.. they can squeeze though openings of less than 2cm, but they won't chew through aluminum foil... okay, done ranting. Glad the bird didn't get all of it, nasty buggers!

Because we are a nation of laws, not men. If you saw someone wrap their car around a tree, would you check to see if you could help (after calling 911, of course)? I would, despite the risks.

We were asked that in driver's ed, and most of us said yeah, we'd help. No. Stay in your vehicle. If you try to stop someone's bleeding and they die, their next of kin could sue you for wrongful death, practicing medicine without a license, or interference at an accident scene. Conversely, you could get charged with criminal negligence (rare). Either way, you involve yourself in another person's affairs, there's lots more consequences now, than there was last century.

(I also live in New Jersey, the most populous state in the union. We also have the highest cancer/lawyer/guido/car insurance rates in the nation, as well. But we pay higher taxes to offset those problems. Yay.)

At 2/20/14 01:12 AM, Conal wrote: It has the same motherboard and hard drive idea (SDD for system, HDD for storage). Except mine is water-cooled with a 3TB HDD and different graphics functionality.

I've never farted around with water cooling systems, but have seen enough reviews to be slightly wary. Knock on silicon, I've never bought a defective electronic product yet. Bad/badly engineered water pumps for cars, yes.

I already said, "PSU: 1200W £87.41". This will come in handy for the crazy level of stuff I've got planned for it in months to come.

Whoops, long list you have there... should do nicely, but I'd be worried drawing over a kilowatt O_O at least there's some room to maneuver, down the road.

Also, having revised my finances; I might be able to start building this in just 3 months from now!

Looks like a fine build!

At 2/19/14 08:37 PM, Conal wrote: Hey, guys. I've got a realistic plan for building my dream computer, considering I now have money practically falling from my ass hole.

I've got two pennies to rub together as well, but am still wary of going too overboard. I'd love to keep my 500 watt PSU for a new rig, but I know it's too close a call, with an 8 core AMD CPU :p

Intel CPU's don't draw as much as AMD... no clue what your MB or vidya card(s) would draw. So, what's your power supply going to be? Just below a 1000 watts, I'd imagine? Go for the heavier PSU's, and definitely one with a rocker switch in the back.

Level 30 today... only took 13 years.

At 2/19/14 02:54 AM, Sekhem wrote: you sound like a real piece of work

i wish someone would've beat the shit out of you

Product of my environment. There were plenty worse out there though. Had to do something to combat my introverted self...

Done quite illegal things with cops looking straight at me; best to just make eye contact, nod, and resume whatever foolhardy shit you were up to in the first place, at a tastefully reduced rate. @wegra this a good post for people from (New) Jersey, amirite?

I can't think of any specific stunt; it was either a con-job, outright rage (yelling), soliciting (whatever). Public drinking is messy, as is being bombed in public... Mostly it was calling people on their bullshit, to varying degrees.

If you have something worth living for, you'll never be old. You just can't give up, till you've tried to make a go of it.

At 2/15/14 04:58 PM, Skaren wrote: Thanks oodles fellas, the festivities have been in full swing since yesterday morning, a news post will be made on Tuesday if I survive.

At 2/15/14 01:39 PM, Doktar wrote: One step closer to death.

More than one, considering the festivities.

Watch out for gravity and loose women in bars, and you should be fine! Have a snow cone with some Chivas Regal :)

At 2/15/14 03:30 AM, VinnieMackelmore wrote: How about top 5 audio ????

Yeah, and the Art Portal gets left out too, but there's always the Front Page listings. This site's always been about the Flash games and movies, and anything that can help in their production, like musicians, VA's and still artists. But yeah, there needs to be more contests and collabs for musicians, it's been pretty lax these past few years.

At 2/14/14 07:52 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Everyone agrees that Batman and Robin was fucking horrible, but Batman Forever wasn't that much better. I loved it when I was a little kid, but go ahead and try watching that movie now. It's bad.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Raw Deal. Been in love with this flick since it came out in the mid 80's. Arnie uses plenty of multi-syallbic words, don't miss it.

As far as I know, Schumacher hardly has much going for him besides Falling Down and the Lost Boys. I heard Flatliners was good, though, but I haven't seen it.

Flatliners is good! A bit glossy, a bit brat-packish, but it hits all the salient points of NDE (near death experiences). What a good premise: medical school students take it in turns to kill each other, and bring themselves back to life, so they can say, "Cool story, bro." Nice character study too.

And thanks for reminding me of Ravenous! I had deer tacos (and vicodin) while watching it.... plenty of taco sauce, of course. Though I was a bit shocked; one of the tacos said to his brothers on the plate, "He was licking me!!"

At 2/15/14 03:11 AM, yurgenburgen wrote: happy burfdai skaren

Balls, I forgot Skaren's link. I never been to Hooter's, but I've got a Titled Kilt near me. Stereotypically decorated inside: posters of U2, other national celebrities, old war reprints... holy hell, I didn't know the Scot's national animal, was the unicorn!

Your love of esoteric music, fine herb and fine ladies, personifies the best hopes of all mankind! Hope you live to be a 101, and not regret a damn thing.... except for wasting your prime years sulking about this place, lol!

Happy birthday dude, watch out for those bats, horny bears, and orangutans... those critters have a preternatural ability to attack, when they know their prey is hindered by devil ether and strong drink! Where's the NSA when you need them?

You could either start smoking her brand, or, just ask her to swish her mouth with a V8, or something to absorb/wash the chemicals out. Tomato, orange juice... either compromise, or start shopping around for another woman, I guess. Or maybe she'll go for the e-cigarette!

At 2/11/14 12:52 AM, exudaz wrote: Besides, he showed me what he was selling and they looked really poorly wrapped. To the point that some marijuana was coming out one of them.

It's not generally safe to accept something that's wrapped up, could be anything in there! Good luck getting up there; they've gotten a fair bit pickier when it comes to immigration, you'll want some college first... or you could try anyway, They're still hiring oil field workers (last I heard) in the NW, thar's gold in them thar sand dunes.

It's a lot worse next door in China, but we don't make a fuss, because our news is played on the gadgets they make...

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