Computer Forum Chat Thread

[DeltrusDisc]

well, a car is more a necessity in the US, especially out west where your job can be up to 60 miles away from where you live, public transportation is terrible in most places and if you try riding a bike you will be the most hated person on the road, nobody likes bicyclists

Sad facts, all over this post.

I personally love my 2006 Pontiac G6 GT, it's a dream, not terribly loud, comfortable, I've been able to sleep in it, and the sound system isn't too terribly bad. <3 wouldn't trade it in for any car at its pricepoint.

[Deleted]

As long as the car has three pedals...

Drove a SAAB 93 Turbo without a clutch a few months ago and while the driving was great I couldn't stand driving an automatic. Can't say I have much experience though... nor do I need a car really (I live right in the city; walking distance to almost everything). I borrow my moms Ford Focus from time to time. So... I'm with tetris here - uninteresting topic ^^

[Drunkenvalley]

Driving automatic is kinda quirky.

I'm used to it, as after my dad's brain basically burst with blood he hasn't been quite the same. Mostly things that aren't too terribly surprising to see changing when you disable the right hemisphere of the brain. (Such as lack of sensation in his left side.) So he hasn't been very hooked on the idea of driving manual shift for somewhat obvious reasons. (Being able to feel the clutch is pretty handy, it turns out.)

Pretty much every car in my immediate family is an automatic now. Aside from my brother, who drives my mom's old car.

[BicycleMafioso]

Try driving double clutch sometimes. :P

Sorry to hear that about your father, Drunken. It doesn't sound like something one recovers from, but I hope he gets better.

[protput]

2011 VW Polo here. Cheap, fun to ride, good sound.

Manual shift ftw!

[Xuvial]

1997 Mitsubishi Lancer

Now regarding computers, happy 9th birthday PirateBay!

[Evil Inside]

'05 Mazda 3 sp23 semi-auto, nice little car that has some grunt when needed, I almost never drive manual though.


OT: Going to buy myself some sp2500's today, so excited

[Drunkenvalley]

Try driving double clutch sometimes. :P

Sorry to hear that about your father, Drunken. It doesn't sound like something one recovers from, but I hope he gets better.

It's about ten years ago. He's as fine as he'll get. While he can't feel his left side, he recovered the ability to move within a year. He's pretty derp, but generally speaking a good guy.

He basically has extremely little sense of balance left, among things. Ever seen a grown man have trouble keeping a bike straight?

[Xuvial]

OT: Going to buy myself some sp2500's today, so excited

Decided on a soundcard or going with onboard for now?

[Evil Inside]

Decided on a soundcard or going with onboard for now?

Damn things are hard to find, every shop seems to be out of stock.. I've decided to go with the Xonar DX.

[Xuvial]

Xonar DX is great.

One thing about the Xonar cards is that the driver interface isn't the most user-friendly (still better than Creative's interface :P)...there's some stuff which won't make any sense...at first. You need to tweak some settings, especially the EQ (the default EQ presets are all shit, custom all the way) but once you know your way around the interface you'll be able to bring out the full potential of both the card and speakers.

On these forums I've probably got the closest thing to your soon-to-be setup (SP2500's + Xonar STX), I've had it for a few months to play around with, done lots of tweaks...so feel free to ask any questions about the card or speakers, stuff like volume priority...you'll have like 4 different volume dials in total, etc

[Evil Inside]

Thanks, definitely will do once I get them

[BicycleMafioso]

I have the Xonar DX, although I think the interface is pretty much similiar in the older Xonar-families, I could guide you through the interface.

The default EQ gives too much bass for my speakers (standard Logitech; Crap highs, lows drowning mids with bass) yet too little for my headphones. :P

Speaking of which, ordering new headphones today or tomorrow.

[noteworthynerd]

Just ordered! http://i.imgur.com/WMu5h.png

Now I need to watch some videos on how to drain a water loop...

[Xuvial]

You're swapping a water loop with a D14?

/confused

[BicycleMafioso]

Just unhook the CPU-block, elevate it above the rest of them, get a bucket, remove cabling.

Also, I don't think he wants to build water in his TJ08, although I've seen plenty a people who've done just that.

[Evil Inside]

Lol you always seem to be buying new things tetris. Which headphones are you getting?

[BicycleMafioso]

I'm getting them for work, so I need a pair of closed ones who also isolate well and for them to be portable.
Nothing special. I'll show you when they get here (:

[Evil Inside]

Ahh fair enough. I've eased my pc spending somewhat recently, I need to find a job very soon >.>

Always seems that I "need" a new this or that.

[BicycleMafioso]

Also, irrelevant. I overclocked my CPU again (or well, further).
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2513992

That's as high as it wants to go with <1.22 vCore. More and it just gets too warm in there with dual video cards. I can live with that.