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by Luckmorne
Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:09 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Gas in the trunk?
Replies: 76
Views: 14888

i know a few people who do this. personally i dont see much of a problem with it. A federally approved container isnt going to leak fumes and as far as a rear end collision igniting it.... well if its hard enough to crush the trunk and destroy the gas can good bet is it killed your gas tank too. Mos...
by Luckmorne
Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:19 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How old are you?
Replies: 65
Views: 12892

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by Luckmorne
Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:33 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Drivers?
Replies: 4
Views: 1502

well i knew what i was getting. about half the reviews on newegg said as much as well. i wasnt planning on running it on air anyways so i didnt much mind seeing as it was the cheapest 6600gt out there. just been having driver issues like i said.... but it appears to be fine now. Its just amusing to ...
by Luckmorne
Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:48 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Drivers?
Replies: 4
Views: 1502

yeah... it would overheat and crash within seconds with the stock cooling... go EVGA!!! haha. its hooked into my watercooling system. runs cool as a kitten now. I run it at stock speeds... no need to go faster i can live with 5fps less. I just installed the old drivers from nvidia... 81.90? somethin...
by Luckmorne
Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:59 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Drivers?
Replies: 4
Views: 1502

Drivers?

Ok... so I'm ok with the occasional crash during WoW (every 2-3 hours) but I just reinstalled Doom 3 to give it a run on the new(er) 6600GT and it won't go 3 mins (literally) without crashing. Not talking system hang.... just disappears and I'm staring at desktop. Anyone know where I can get the lat...
by Luckmorne
Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: newegg mistake
Replies: 8
Views: 1491

i ran into a problem like this with newegg on my last build. Accidentally ordered the wrong mobo (Abit has a habit of having very similar part numbers). Anyways - just called Newegg as soon as I realized and they said send it back and we'll exchange it with the one you really wanted. Took a week but...
by Luckmorne
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:18 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: The Idiocy of World War 2 Games
Replies: 37
Views: 8961

I do agree that gameplay is what really matters. That is why many we still return to good, old classics like Masters of Magic, Starcraft and so forth despite their "ancient" graphics. Their gameplay still pwns 90% of what is currently out there in the market. YES! Bout 12 friends and I have a "Star...
by Luckmorne
Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:57 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Best way to get high paying manual labor job?
Replies: 10
Views: 2304

work for an oil company. i hear tell that manual laborers in canada working in the strip mine oil fields make about 120,000 a year. even if that figure was in canadian its still pretty amazing.
by Luckmorne
Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:50 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: X800GTO vs. 6800GS
Replies: 6
Views: 1859

yeah.... read over all the reviews and such again - found an eVGA 6600GT for $120 after rebates on newegg... went with that. No real sense in buying a high end card since its only going to have to last a year or two before i switch over to pci-e. thanks to all for your suggestions though.
by Luckmorne
Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:43 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Favorite Brand/Style of Spirits!
Replies: 38
Views: 7312

Admiral Nelson's Spiced Rum

- When you can make a rum and coke thats upwards 60% rum and it still tastes just fine you know someone's doing something right.

oh and did i mention that the admiral is a true friend of the ladies?
by Luckmorne
Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:33 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: 2k machine can't see drives in XP machine. Ok reverse way.
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

similar experience. tried for 2 hours to get a printer shared when both machines were XP and plugged into the same router. Nothing worked - father suggested running Network Wizard.... worked just that fast. Silly Microsoft.
by Luckmorne
Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:43 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Old School Ownage!
Replies: 24
Views: 3398

so yeah... he makes a comment about how you HAVE to have a Soundblaster Pro or Pro2. because "it runs the whole thing." Which makes me think they found someway to get the processor on the soundcard to do most of the work. Tell me if im wrong. But I can say i owned a Soundblaster Pro back in my 486/3...
by Luckmorne
Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:23 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Whats your video card history...(and favorite)?
Replies: 55
Views: 14000

- 2 Color Green and white display - Hercules CGA (Herc was 4 color right?) - Gateway 2000 256 Color VGA (when my father brought it home and turned it on boy was I surprised to see the beautiful blue in the windows logo) - S3 Diamond 4MB - nVidia Voodoo 3000 16mb - PNY Geforce 3 64MB - MSI RX9800 128...
by Luckmorne
Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:08 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: X800GTO vs. 6800GS
Replies: 6
Views: 1859

X800GTO vs. 6800GS

Ok... so for once shelling out the extra money for an extended warranty came in handy. Purchased an MSI RX9800 2 summers ago which just died about a week ago. Newegg no longer carries and is refunding the full $197 i paid back in the day!! Craziness I know. So now I have decisions to make. I'm looki...
by Luckmorne
Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:31 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Automotive experts please.
Replies: 40
Views: 5172

in my experience everything that breaks on a cavvy costs about $300. i used to have a chevrolet blazer - needed a new radiator, cost about $300... and im betting that truck radiators run a bit more expensive than the thing in your car. :-) im going to go ahead and agree with everyone else though... ...
by Luckmorne
Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:44 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Chip that slows Light
Replies: 64
Views: 9141

well, actually matter can be completely destroyed by getting hit with anti-matter. The collision produces a burst of energy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-matter scroll down to "Antimatter as fuel" You just proved my point... "produces a burst of energy" You think the energy just comes from now...
by Luckmorne
Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:05 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Chip that slows Light
Replies: 64
Views: 9141

I'm also going to go with just because Einstein said it doesnt make it right SA. I mean... Newton got stuff wrong too and he's much more Godlike than Einstein when it comes to general phsyics. What about Aristotle? he was wrong for centuries.... sure Einstein did some great work but just because he ...
by Luckmorne
Sat Sep 24, 2005 9:58 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Helicopter problem (science question)
Replies: 31
Views: 5067

the helicopter while "hovering" is actually travelling at about 900mph around the center of the earth - or the same speed as the particular spot on the earth it is above. in order for the helicopter to truly hover in the frame of reference youre asking for it would have to be travelling at about 900...
by Luckmorne
Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:13 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Pleistocene America: Redux
Replies: 24
Views: 4173

there is no hard evidence to suggest that humans caused the ice age north american megafauna to go extinct. all told the main reason was probably just the change in climate - for the better part of 100,000 years most of NA was one big glacier and when t receded over the course of a few thousand year...
by Luckmorne
Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:32 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Free games!
Replies: 4
Views: 1084

by Luckmorne
Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:33 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Automatic windows update restart
Replies: 4
Views: 890

Automatic windows update restart

ok so.... i noticed that when XP runs its automatic updates the window that pops up every 11 mins asking to restart now has a counter telling you its going to do it automatically unless you tell it not to.... wll long story short i was working on something at work - had to get up to go get something...
by Luckmorne
Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:20 am
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: Just a thought for those Dale Earnhardt fans
Replies: 27
Views: 5765

Re: Just a thought for those Dale Earnhardt fans

:D I know this dont apply to many of you people in the northern hemisphere Maybe i shouldnt poke fun.... but last I checked NASCAR didnt race anywhere but the northern hemisphere - i mean I know Formula 1 gets around a lot... but I never remember hearing anything about a NASCAR race in Argentina or...
by Luckmorne
Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:53 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: From WoW back to D2
Replies: 16
Views: 3343

last i played D2 was about a year ago... but as long as you stay on closed b.net you should always been in good shape. blizzard still keeps up with the hacks and bans users when they find them. I totally agree with you about the pace of WoW.... D2 was just a lot more fun to play. Nothing like walkin...
by Luckmorne
Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:42 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: 50cal Sniper Work - Slightly Graphic Video -
Replies: 29
Views: 2741

Israelis use Barrets for anti personel all the time. At least according to Time magazine... but hey what do they know?
by Luckmorne
Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:40 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dont ya mean type - Reqiescat in Pace
Replies: 13258
Views: 1744241

address is by post i think.... change the number at the end to 2970. that corresponds to page 100
by Luckmorne
Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:06 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What Antique Computers Do You Have?
Replies: 32
Views: 5924

ive got a 486/33 lying around somewhere. running 8mb extended RAM with a soundblaster pro card (YES!). at one point the family had an A.D.A.M. not sure if its still around or not - also not sure if that qualifies as a computer. it could boot off of cassette tapes or cartridges... Zaxxon was the best...
by Luckmorne
Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:55 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dont ya mean type - Reqiescat in Pace
Replies: 13258
Views: 1744241

so yeah i thought the discussion was about beer? anyone ever notice the aftertaste from Blue Moon is a lot like hot dogs? i wonder if itd go well with hot dogs as a result. personally... i do not like hot dogs much. ill eat them if theres nothing else around. my favorite topping for hot dogs is ched...
by Luckmorne
Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:59 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: i really want to understand this stuff, can ne 1 help me!!!s
Replies: 96
Views: 12413

i go to RIT... which is also the location of the national technical institute for the deaf. about 1/4 of the student population is deaf or hard of hearing. needless to say i have dealings with deaf people from time to time - mostly through IM or similar methods of communication since i dont know sig...
by Luckmorne
Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:45 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: i really want to understand this stuff, can ne 1 help me!!!s
Replies: 96
Views: 12413

skyline... ive always been curious. are you using a translator to come up with the things you say or do you actually speak english that way? i could understand if youre using a translator to your language - saying what you want - and then translating back... like a weird version of telephone. Im lea...
by Luckmorne
Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:50 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dont ya mean type - Reqiescat in Pace
Replies: 13258
Views: 1744241

I ended up with a broken nose for pretty much no reason. It clicks now :o They really need to let you chaps start carrying again... of course i live in the 2nd hardest state of the union to get a carry permit in.... so i just usually have a big knife in my bag or a baseball bat in the car for situa...
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