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Ye Olde Randome Babble Thread - 112

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by dmc, Apr 14, 2010.

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  1. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Silvery, Jun 16, 2010
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  2. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    Oh, it means white dyke... :p
     
    Triactus, Jun 16, 2010
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  3. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Fair enough
     
    Silvery, Jun 16, 2010
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  4. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    (I'll tell you a secret, Sil. I don't know what WD means either...)
     
    Triactus, Jun 16, 2010
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  5. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I think it's a brand name (Western Digital?).

    Either than or the WD series (WD-40, etc.)
     
    Splunge, Jun 16, 2010
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  6. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    water dispersant -- WD-40 was the 40th version of water dispersant used in the Blackhawk project (SR-71), it was used to prevent ice build-up as the plane went to high altitude.
     
    T2Bruno, Jun 16, 2010
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  7. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Oh

    Anyway I got a photo today :) I'm sponsoring a boy in Zambia called Nicholas and he sent me a picture of him; he's a little sweetie
     
    Silvery, Jun 16, 2010
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  8. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    If he can afford to send you a picture of himself, why do you need to sponsor him?
     
    Splunge, Jun 16, 2010
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  9. Cap'n CJ

    Cap'n CJ Arrr! Veteran

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    Gotta love those stock pictures.
     
    Cap'n CJ, Jun 16, 2010
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  10. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    OK, the charity sent me it. It was still nice :lol:
     
    Silvery, Jun 16, 2010
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  11. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    It was a 500GB Caviar. I got this F'ER as one of two gifts at the end of my internship prior to wrapping that computer tech course.

    Such a premature death makes my 7 year old 120GB Seagate Barracuda look like a tough SOB that just won't die.

    The new 1TB drive is a WD. But, I have a three freaking year warranty.

    The bad sectors reared their head in the OS partition. Some programs plainly refused to run, others ran and then crashed. The drive was heavily partitioned, so I deleted the OS, and I'm going to hook it up as a secondary HD while I transfer everything I can on the new drive and retire the 500GB. This XP install was 1+year old too, so let's call that a fresh start. The 120GB Barracuda is dedicated to FreeBSD.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Jun 17, 2010
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  12. Blackthorne TA

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    Bah! Black Hawk is a helicopter (UH-60), the SR-71 was the Blackbird. And according to the company, WD-40 was first used to potect the oustide of the Atlas from corrosion.
     
    Blackthorne TA, Jun 17, 2010
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  13. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Damn! You beat me to it! Kids these days and all their misinformation! :geezer:


    Anyway...continuing the car stereo saga...

    I want to (and have to) keep my OEM radio since the dual-zone climate control and HVAC controls are all multiplexed together. The problem is, OEM radios put out garbage sound quality...so I would have to buy a device to strip off all that garbage from the pristene audio signals (i.e. JL Audio CleanSweep). From there, I would have to feed the signals in to a 5ch AMP. Add on to that a completely revamped power distribution solution from the battery. All in all, it looks like it's going to cost about $1300. That's a lot of cash I don't have. :aww:

    But since I need new speakers A.S.A.P. (at least for the front), I'm probably going to buy one component each month...hell, the AMP alone is $500... :bad:

    For anyone who cares, I'm going with a JL Audio CleanSweep DSP, and Infinity Kappa series speakers, sub, and 5ch AMP. :money:
     
    Kitrax, Jun 17, 2010
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  14. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    What an ignorant jerk that T2 is ... didn't even know the difference between a helicopter and spy jet (let alone the Atlas program) ... clueless.
     
    T2Bruno, Jun 17, 2010
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  15. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    "Jerk" may be a bit harsh. Let's say "fool" instead, and leave it at that.
     
    Splunge, Jun 17, 2010
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  16. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    I learned this morning that I'm going to Los Angeles for a couple of days for my job at the end of june! I probably won't have time to sight see, but I'll be in LA! :)
     
    Triactus, Jun 17, 2010
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  17. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    My condolences... ;)
     
    Blackthorne TA, Jun 17, 2010
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  18. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    It's that bad? :lol:
     
    Triactus, Jun 17, 2010
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  19. Blades of Vanatar

    Blades of Vanatar Vanatar will rise again Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Yes, actually it is. Good Luck Tri, nice knowing ya!;)

    ---------- Added 0 hours, 44 minutes and 31 seconds later... ----------

    Been sick over the last three days. Ugh, Me no feel good! Sinus,Ears,throat and chest all at the same time. And I have a Warrior-dash this weekend. It's a marathon (literally, you have to run a bit) that involves beer drinking, live music, wearing viking helmets and crawling through mud underneath barbed-wire. Should be a blast, if only I can get myself back into shape, feeling really crappy still.

    Noob question... how to you change a link to words instead of the address? Yes, I'm a supernoob!:)
     
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    Blades of Vanatar, Jun 17, 2010
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  20. Montresor

    Montresor Mostly Harmless Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    Choose the advanced editor, highlight the words you want to create a link on, and enter the link in the dialog box that shows up. :)
     
    Montresor, Jun 17, 2010
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