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☃ / Random story game thread.

« on: June 10, 2008, 07:36:48 AM »

Another 1 word at a time random story game thread. Last one was deleted so I'll just start 'er up. Also, copy the last bit of text and bold your added last word. I'll try updating this post with the current story. Ok? OK.

Starting at Monkey Island, we ventured deep ♥ vagina cavern.  Pen marks were conceived underwater molesting lawyers. Until Flaffl B& his firstborn sister-in-law, demons, grandfathers, and batshit attorneys, which obviously can't eat.  So, Spectere masturbated apeshittedly into Kuroneko's sandwich.  Kuroneko said, "Thanks!" and fapped ferociously, burning his busta's tailhole into submission. "FINISH HIM!", exclaimed Zakamiro, as vladgd displayed his cock. "Eat my dick," stentorian dickgirls said, "NIGGA IMMA FINANCE YO' CROSS-DRESSIN' MAN-SLAVE!" Fucking lesbians shat on Kuroneko's Styrofoam jellybeans.  Jupiter aligned its thong abruptly without remorse, into Zakamiro's urethra. "Ouch," Zakamiro vociferated flamboyantly, grabbing saibbob's alcohol before vladgd ate him.  "Awww shit, busta! vladgd chomped on rio's buttcheeks, nigga!!" Suddenly, Arch0wl surprised the attorneys with a subpoena.  Despite Jack Thompson's anus, NewF erotically massaged his girlfriends spinal cord. Unfortunately, Bobbias exploded.

After the Belgian Olympics, we sabotaged twenty of sq3r's hamster jetpacks indiscriminately, only (4*15)/2-15 minutes after flypie screamed, "SQUIDLYDOO!!" did the spaghetti bowls shit boogaloo. While the dancing Scandinavian octopus ink'd, pigeons did

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Computing / Turn your PS3 into a PC.

« on: June 06, 2008, 04:30:48 AM »

Won't void your warranty, either.

Here's the link.

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☃ / Emilio's Comedy Barn!

« on: June 05, 2008, 02:52:32 AM »

Emilio's Comedy Barn!

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☃ / crispy toast

« on: June 02, 2008, 08:43:49 AM »

goes good with strawberry jam.

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☃ / [NSFW] s.net's xhtml non-compliance.

« on: June 01, 2008, 05:49:06 AM »

I was bored and clicked the buttons at the bottom, and s.net isn't compliant because the < in |)|)R FR3A|< isn't "&lt;" Yep. THought y'all should know.

also (courtesy of the cactus one):

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☃ / I made a computer.

« on: May 31, 2008, 09:05:40 AM »

Read this, I spent hours on this stupid post. Literally.



Here's the tour, first off, it starts with this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112169
Read the specs. 8 places for hard drives, 7 places for cd rom drives, etc.
Take a look at the internals:
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=208&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=61&g=f
http://lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/upload/image/V2010/V2010s1.jpg
or check out:

It has room for two power supplies, and the hard drives are stored in their own special place at the bottom. Seriously, look at the thermal benefits of this.

This is the motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131274

Given the structure of the motherboard, I can fit two 9800 GX2's onto it, as well as the included pci-e soundcard, a pci video card, and, since the motherboard lacks RAID support, a 16x pci-e sata raid controller card. The motherboard also supports up to 8 GB of DDR3 RAM @ 2000 megahertz.

Ok, so let's load 'er up with two vidya cards:
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130355

These will be in SLI, and since I plan on using two monitors, I'll need a second video card to display the second monitor and tv output, since an SLI setup is for one monitor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143110


Anyway, I'll also need 8 GB of DDR3 memory, found here:
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145185


Quadcore 3.2Ghz processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115051

Power supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341014

Great thing about that power supply is that it can deliver all 1000 watts on a single rail. Why would that be important? Well, power supplies don't put all their wattage on each rail, it's so much wattage per rail. If you have a high-powered system, it's a serious problem should one rail be overloaded. This single-rail system allows for ALL wattage to be used when needed, which is incredibly crucial when trying to feed two monstrous video cards in SLI.
This is a video of it:

Anyway, I'll have two of these, and this will have several benefits: 1) It will be able to power the entire rig 2) it will improve the airflow on the bottom half of the case.

Continuing on to storage...

For the C:\ drive, it would be a RAID array in RAID 10 (1 + 0) of four 300GB disks at 10,000 RPM. What this means is 600 GB in a theoretical 12 GB/s read speed, 6 GB/s write speed. (Think about it, four ungodly fast 10k rpm drives reading information at once) Also included is redundancy, so should one drive ever fail, it may be easily swapped out with a new one with no data lost.
This is the RAID card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103086
And this is the hard drive:
4x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

For the X:\ drive, it would also be in a RAID array of RAID 10, but this time with four disks of 1 TB each. Again, 2 TB at a theoretical 12 GB/s read, 6 GB/s write.
4x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148278

Next, two blu-ray burners attached via SATA on the motherboard:
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827131055

As well as two lightscribe DVD burners, (SATA, mobo):
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156

Both setups should allow for sufficient bluray/dvd/cd copying. (make 3 copies from a dvd at once, even)

Next, the computer will be displayed by two 24" LCDs:
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009125
Obviously, the left one will be in SLI, while the right will be powered by the GeForce 6200.

The keyboard will be able to have a special LCD screen on each key (fucking epic, no doubt [for an epic computer]):
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23205

As well as the mouse, that apparently does special shit when you wave it around like a wiimote or something:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104089

Of course, we can't forget our good old friend Arctic Silver 5 for greasing our heatsink:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

Ok, ok.. Heatsink? Well, what heatsink? Would I really settle for the heatsink/fan that came with the processor? Of course not!

We'll be watercooling this one.

First, the pump. It's a big, beefy one, as it should be: it has lots of water to push:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=142&cat=26&page=1#tabs

Shortly after being pumped, our water needs to be cooled down first. Let's cool them down with 7 120mm radiators. Two of these:
2x http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=260&cat=90&page=1
and one of these to mount to the 120mm fan in the rear:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=255&cat=90&page=1

To cool down the radiators, we will add six 120mm fans to the radiators, and switch out the stock rear fan for a new one of these:
7x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185054

Since these are extremely high-performance fans, let's add a fan controller to tone the radiator fans down a bit when we don't want things to get so loud:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999172

Since we don't really like noise, let's go ahead and get some attenuators to polish the line connection:
7x http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=127&products_id=4612

So, now the water is nice and chilly, ready to go to our CPU through our water block:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=199&products_id=23665

And then to the northbridge on the motherboard, which was handily already included with a waterblock. From there, it will pass through one of our two 9800 GX2's through these:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=336&cat=48&page=1

Then to this to cool down that 6200:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=150&cat=48&page=1

And then back to the other 9800 GX2, back to the pump.

Along the way of the whole loop, we'll need 8 feet of tygon tubing (a little extra never hurt):
8x http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=172&cat=33&page=1

Twenty-Four clamps to secure the tubing to the barbs (4 for spares):
24x http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=62

A fillport for our tubed-style reservoir/T line:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=56&cat=95&page=1

And lastly, a T-line tree fitting:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=239&cat=95&page=1

Wait, don't forget the water non-conductive formula:
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=311&cat=63&page=1

Here's the Specs:

3.2 Ghz Quadcore
8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM
2.6 TB Total storage, split via:
   600 GB RAID 1 + 0, 4x 300 GB 10k RPM
   2 TB RAID 1 + 0, 4x 1 TB
SLI'd 9800 GX2's. (Dual-SLI)
2,000 Watts power potential (damn near)
2 bluray burners
2 DVD burners
8 120mm fans, 140mm fan, (6 120mm's in a fan controller)
GeForce 6200 PCI
Two 24" LCD monitors
Extensive watercooling, including 6 120mm radiators for 3 video cards, north bridge, CPU.

And that's about it, I think. Thanks for reading.

Is it sex, or is it love? Either way, I might actually kill someone for this setup.

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Random Chat / The "Is s.net becoming modular?" thread.

« on: May 31, 2008, 05:48:47 AM »

I want to say "modular", but I don't think that's the case... I just wanted to point out a trend I noticed...

It's like, "____ Thread", or "ITT: This". I dunno. It's sorta atypical I guess. Kinda cool. Ok, maybe I just wasted your time. But yeah. We have a fruit thread. Fuck yeah.

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☃ / Wanna be cool? Let me tell you a secret!

« on: May 29, 2008, 06:22:21 AM »

IT'S HIP TO BE SQ3R.

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Media / The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

« on: May 27, 2008, 03:12:45 AM »

Great show or greatest show?

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Random Chat / Spectere.net connection difficulties.

« on: May 20, 2008, 05:09:26 AM »

looks like it's having some problems, yet nobody's really said anything about em (sneaky confirmed)... Spec?

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Random Chat / The Future of P2P

« on: May 15, 2008, 10:22:45 PM »

I know we have another thread about Comcast, but I thought it would be cool if we had a thread about this subject, it seems to become more and more of an issue as time goes on. But anyway, yeah, I just thougt it would be cool. Maybe you'll think so too. Feel free to put in your own links

Some links:


Comcast, Cox slow BitTorrent traffic around the clock, study finds
http://www.itworld.com/Net/2607/comcast-cox-slowing-p2p-traffic-080515/index.html

Judge Says First-Ever RIAA Piracy Trial May Need a Do-Over
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/jammie-thomas-n.html

Edit:

All:

Comcast invests in P2P video-delivery startup
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_hi_te/cable_show_comcast_p2p;_ylt=Aq2z2fO6GiVyJvUWTFL9VGas0NUE

Comcast invests in P2P video-delivery startup
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_hi_te/cable_show_comcast_p2p;_ylt=Aq2z2fO6GiVyJvUWTFL9VGas0NUE

Verizon, Comcast Say They Are P2P Friendly
http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=603&doc_id=154410

Four Indicted in Pirate Bay Case
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7219802.stm

Cubit, an Azureus plugin for trackerless torrent searching.
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~bwong/cubit/

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Computing / My Windows networking dilemma.

« on: May 11, 2008, 07:44:49 AM »

So, I'm trying to install apache, mysql, and php on my server computer, "upcompy". It's connected to mine, "m33p3r", via Cat5 from NIC to NIC. Windows is able to bridge the connection from wireless card to network card to upcompy.

upcompy ---> m33p3r ---> router/modem ---> interbutts.


However! When windows does this, my router doesn't even know that upcompy is even on the network. upcompy still gets internet, and can share network files and such fine, but gets an obscure IP: 192.168.0.187.

I set my router to lease DHCP addresses from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200. So, it seems that windows on m33p3r has used its own DHCP server and is leasing addresses from 192.168.0.x.

So, now that you know the bit of background info, here's what I'd really like to do. I want to be able to have upcompy get its address designated by the gateway (the router) by 192.168.1.1, and have port 80 not jacked up and blocked. (in before i need to forward my ports.. I know, I'm trying.....)

So really, I want to have nearly the same effect as if upcompy had its own wireless card slapped into it. Can this be done?

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☃ / You just lost.

« on: May 09, 2008, 08:47:17 AM »

How? Well, for starters, don't forget to blink. If you don't blink every few seconds, your eyes are going to dry out. Are you making sure to blink?

Also, when was the last time you took in a good, deep breath of air? just INHALE all of that air, fill your lungs with that oxygen. One huge problem though.. Through respiration, you need to exhale that CO₂. So go ahead and exhale that air in your lungs.

It's important that you blink and breathe. I wouldn't want your eyes to dry out or for you to pass out from not having air.

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|)|)R FR3|< / The intoxicated replies thread

« on: May 03, 2008, 03:03:12 PM »

Note: move this thread to a better place if need be.

Rules: All (even this one counted) posts you to post must be of you intoxicated in some form. or something liek that.

I figure we have a pretty fair amount of people that choose to lose sobriety once and a while, so why not? And I think we tried this once before.... I think NewF did it.

Anyway, I cristen this thread, a new start on her maiden voyage.  I think sober replies are fine, I guess.



So yeah, drunk or whatuva. yep. had an idea just now about the thread, so i made it. And the guy behind me is making me laugh my ass off. And I am going to shut up now so I don't seem like a fucking idiot when I read this later. But I already fucked up. Shit.


Edit:

Fixed typos, etc. Trying to clean up a little of the slop and residue I left behind.

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Random Chat / I don't want to look like a stalker.

« on: May 02, 2008, 02:51:42 PM »

Haha, I don't know what to name this thread, so i just gave it whatever.

Anyway, so I was reading some interviews of my newly confirmed all-time favorite band, and it turns out the lead singer is an archaeologist in Los Angeles. It's only a 6 hour drive away. Anyway, so the questions the interviewer weren't all that satisfying to me, and so I really want to be able to interview him myself. I managed to get a hold of his work phone number, and work email address [the stalker part?].

So here's the question, is it wrong/inappropriate to call or email him requesting a phone or in-person interview by a method he uses for work? I mean, obviously he'll tour with the band frequently, so needing to work around work and juggling the two is probably a common occurance. Yet, is calling or emailing him at work going to far? :[