[ssmit132]

You're slow. WHiYL threads II, III, and IV have all been named after the star trek movies.

I knew that, the point was that yesterday III was locked and IV was started, and they were the ones I got. Okay, that was probably a bit silly.

[Dilmah G]

I didn't see the point of lockage, how can you get a thread like this off-topic!? I didn't know HLP was capable of such a feat

[Bob-san]

I built a computer and rebuilt it a few times. In the past 2 years, here's the notable work (including upgrades).

#1 (main PC originally): E2140 @ 3.2GHz, 1x2GB DDR2 800, HD3850, 320GB drive, Thermaltake 500W
#2 (more RAM, swapped gfx, new drive): E2140 @ 3.2GHz, 3x2GB DDR2 800, 8800GT, 320GB + 1000GB drives, Corsair 750TX
#3 (swapped gfx): E2140 @ 3.2GHz, 3x2GB DDR2 800, HD3850, 320GB + 1000GB drives, Corsair 750TX
#4 (upgraded from Athlon 64 3500+ and swapped in gfx): Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2x1GB DDR2 800, 8800GT, 160GB drive, Antec 400W
#5 (new PC for friend): Phenom II X4 940 BE, 4x2GB DDR2 1066, HD4870, 1000GB drive, Corsair 650TXD
#6 (<$160 to build new machine from scrap): Athlon 64 3500+, 2x1GB DDR2 800, 80GB drive, OCZ 500W
#7 (new drive, swapped RAM): E2140 @ 3.2GHz, 2x2GB + 2x1GB DDR2 800, HD3850, 320GB + 320GB + 1000GB drives, Corsair 750TX
#8 (swapped RAM): Athlon 64 3500+, 1x2GB DDR2 800, 80GB drive, OCZ 500W

Obviously my main box has gone a long way. 2GB RAM to 6GB, swapped graphics cards a few times, went from a single 320GB drive to a pair of 320's and a 1TB drive. This new PC is going to go to my step-dad for a bit; I may as well take over his P4 + 512MB DDR2 + X300 box after swapping out some parts. He'll get the the Athlon 64 with 2GB DDR2 I suppose. I ought to see what I can do about my sister's PC, in the way of an upgrade. I suppose I could swap in this new 780G+SB700 motherboard, but I don't think I should. I finally got her darned system running properly (I didn't build originally, I rebuilt it) with the X2 4200+. She had that terrible GeForce 6150SE (or some BS like that) chipset on her motherboard. We were lucky we got the late-version PCCHIPS A13G+ V3 (IIRC) because it was at least usable with a mid-to-high-end graphics card. I wouldn't but a HD4890 or GTX275 in there, but it's plenty for an 88GT. I want a new graphics card for my system, though. I am really tempted to buy the same X4_940+790GX combo for $205 or something now, but I don't know. I ought to have asked for that instead of the $160 for a few more parts... the only one of which I actually NEEDED was the motherboard ($65 open-box).


And no, but cranky admins who care about non-offensive spam in a non-post-counted section do.

[Nuke]

Apparently being a threat to national ****ing security is only worth 5000 more dollars on your bail then have four ounces of marijuana.

...wtf?

<-has carried marijuana on an airplane

[Colonol Dekker]

With one hundred percent conviction, I believe you.

[dANGER boy]

Wasted ten minutes creating a test mission that promotes you when you leave just so I could hear the promotion dialogue all the way to Admiral and feel good about myself.

[esarai]

I got back from Georgetown University 4 days ago.  Spent three weeks there studying media and politics, simulating the Congress of the United States in Congressional workshop, and visiting fun places like the CIA. We debated issues like if human personhood should be defined at the moment of conception, whether marijuana should be legalized, if the death penalty should be abolished, if all references to god be removed from U.S. federal documents, whether the U.S. should launch a military attack on N. Korea, if the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan by August 2010 and whether an amendment banning same-sex marriage be added to the U.S. Constitution.

We decided that human personhood should not be defined at conception, that marijuana should be legalized, taxed and regulated by the FDA, that the death penalty be abolished, that all references to god should be retained, that the U.S. should not strike N. Korea, that the U.S. should not withdraw from Afghanistan so soon and that the U.S. should not ban same-sex marriage. Among other things.

I also got to meet with my Representative's Chief of Staff, Ms. Conchita Cruz, and have a chat about how congressional offices are run and how the Speaker of the House relates to the other members of congress.  I also ran into a senator from my state on the way into the Congressional Offices. That was mind-blowingly suprising.

There's a lot more to these stories, but for now, this will do.

 I will note that on the flight home I was listening to Darius' Second Reality tracks, and we had to turn to avoid a thunderstorm, so the clouds were quite billowy and awesome. Right as the normal section ended and the battle started, the entire plane rocked impressively from turbulence.  Best coincidental choreography of RL and music ever.

And for some reason my computer is lagging in its display of entered text. No, its display of everything. **** this is annoying. happens every 3 seconds,. I WANT TO DESTROY EVIL THAT CAUSES THIS ****.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I think I'm sleeping too little. Over the past few days, I've been falling asleep faster and faster on the trip to school and back home, but the moment I shut my eyes, I feel extremely dizzy and have to wake up immediately because I'll suffocate if I don't.

[colecampbell666]

Have asthma or something? I'm going for a week of camping later, and buying new paintball gear.

[Sushi]

----->I heard Palin resigned a couple days ago. n00b

RAGEQUIT!!!

Seriously, though, good for her. Now can we please stop talking about her?

Also, [rant]can we please not talk about 2012 U.S. presidential elections until at least 2011?[/rant]

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I've learned quite a lot about how my stomach operates. Apparently, I cannot eat or drink anything with lots of milk or peanut butter in it for breakfast, because if I do, my stomach goes on strike for the whole morning. The only kind of fried rice that I can eat without getting diarrhoea is the fried rice cooked by my mum.

On Thursday, I ate two slices of cheesecake for breakfast. The result: three toilet breaks in the space of two hours at 10:30 in the morning.

[Colonol Dekker]

Cut an effective wait time of twenty minutes off my journey by changing at bakerloo and catching my train at farringdon instead of poxy elephant and castle. Yay me!
Also guaranteed a SEAT double yay!
 
Looking forward to a fridge overstocked with lager and vodka. Expect coherent but nonsensical gibberish.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I probably won't be sticking around to see that. It's 2:40 am here and I need to get some sleep.

...although I actually slept for two and a half hours earlier in the day...

[Colonol Dekker]

Lazy man, just lazy. . . Ok. Go get forty.

[Sushi]

My wife is making homemade chicken-and-apple sausages. I look forward to getting home for dinner tonight!

[Colonol Dekker]

Sounds good. My fridge is emptyy and i'm on my way to a club in bromley to catch an early slag wrestle
I miss marks and spencer apple and pork, pork pies.

[Snail]

Cut an effective wait time of twenty minutes off my journey by changing at bakerloo and catching my train at farringdon instead of poxy elephant and castle. Yay me!
Also guaranteed a SEAT double yay!
 
Looking forward to a fridge overstocked with lager and vodka. Expect coherent but nonsensical gibberish.

I only go on the tube because I like the sound it makes.

[Colonol Dekker]

Try it at 8.15>9.30, the noise will be the least of your worries as everyone from old people to school kids battle for the sole remaining seat. Tip. . Carry a sharp pencil. . Stabby = win.

[Sushi]

The sausages were every bit as good as I'd hoped. For bonus points, we roasted them over a campfire in front of our apartment complex. Throw in some homemade buns and a bit of mustard... heaven.

[Dilmah G]

I just had 12 dudes at my "crib". I don't think my living room will ever look the same.