General discussion

Discussion in 'General Off-Topic' started by Car crusher, Apr 4, 2014.

  1. logoster

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    *1fps* *buttery smooth*

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    no

    that is literally impossible
     
  2. aljowen

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    Actually that is totally possible, But everything on your screen would have to be moving very very slowly. Like each object could be moving at no faster than 1 pixel per second. So i guess we would be playing the game in super slow mo. In which case, yes i would still complain because it would take all day to complete the opening cutscene.
     
  3. DWPro

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    Talking about 'dream PC's', im kinda modest:
    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant


    CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($218.49 @ SuperBiiz)
    CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X41 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H1 3.5g Thermal Paste ($5.56 @ OutletPC)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($116.75 @ OutletPC)
    Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
    Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
    Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($98.99 @ Directron)
    Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.74 @ SuperBiiz)
    Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.74 @ SuperBiiz)
    Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($546.98 @ Newegg)
    Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.18 @ Newegg)
    Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
    Monitor: Asus VS24AH-P 24.0" Monitor ($217.58 @ Newegg)
    Monitor: Asus VS24AH-P 24.0" Monitor ($217.58 @ Newegg)
    Monitor: Asus VS24AH-P 24.0" Monitor ($217.58 @ Newegg)
    Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($8.98 @ OutletPC)
    Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($8.98 @ OutletPC)
    Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($8.98 @ OutletPC)
    Case Fan: Corsair SP140 49.5 CFM 140mm Fan ($15.99 @ Amazon)
    Keyboard: SteelSeries Apex [RAW] Wired Gaming Keyboard ($52.99 @ Amazon)
    Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei RAW Wired Laser Mouse ($44.99 @ Amazon)
    Headphones: SteelSeries Siberia v2 Headset ($44.99 @ Amazon)
    Total: $2521.01
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-04 15:40 EST-0500
     
  4. Dummiesman

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    (imported from here)

    (imported from here)
     
  5. aljowen

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    You ok?
     
  6. redrobin

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    Dual Intel Xeon 8-core CPUs @ 2.9GHz each
    768 GB DDR3 RAM
    21 TB HDD space
    3 GeForce GTX 680's
    Miscellaneous odds and ends (Wifi card, blu-ray drive, etc)

    CoreMC Gen3

    $44,208

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    When I put OSX Yosemite on my MacBook:

     
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  7. aljowen

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    I loved Banjo & Kazooie nuts and bolts so much. It was a fantastic game, it looked fantastic too, even if it did run at like 12fps at times.
     
  8. logoster

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    yeah, but that's cheating IMHO


    also, i just got this lovley comment:

    "+logoster oh you again, please get out of here with your anti-american standpoint"

    wat?

    not only am i AMERICAN, but all my favorite things are, oh yeah, AMERICAN (i mean come on, i'd take an american vehicle over any european vehicle any day, whether it be a gas guzzling v8 muscle car, or a gas guzzling v8 full-size SUV)

    i should just find out how to disable google + youtube comment notifications

    he said this because i said "because 'MURICA, FUCK YEAH"

    like seriously, wth

    i was even DEFENDING an AMERICAN saying

    sigh, youtube commenters are the worst
     
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  9. 14ramosr

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    Cant you simply block people?
     
  10. logoster

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    i can, and i have blocked said person, but doing so from the g+ notifcation thing is complicated, because clicking on their username just brings you to the g+ page, not the youtube page, and to do it without going to that page, you have to report the post

    google just keeps making things unnecessarily complicated
     
  11. Kitteh5

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    Setup with the speakers in it, although the amp still isn't here. They are sitting disconnected, but yeah. DSCN0388.JPG
     
  12. BlueScreen

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    Well, I found a case I want:
    http://eu.coolermaster.com/uk/case/mid-tower/n300/
    It looks great, has good airflow and supports a 240mm radiator if I ever want to go water cooled.

    I think I know what I'm gonna do: Save up, get the GTX 970, sell my 270 and with that money buy a 120 gb SSD and this case.
     
  13. redrobin

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    I just noticed something. I was off-roading with the D-15 and broke the front suspension, as you do when you slam into a rock, and I noticed the the front wheels stopped spinning. It was like the transfer case or the front axles broke or something. Has that always been a feature, or are the devs secretly adding things?
     
  14. SixSixSevenSeven

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    I'd usually go for a 1 gigabit switch for 2 reasons.

    Some of the cheaper 10/100 "switches" are actually hubs not switches, 1 gigabit hubs virtually dont exist. Switches take data from 1 port, check the destination mac address and only send the data on to the port that mac address can be found on (using a table of known mac addresses, if it doesnt know which port the address is on it then acts as a hub and sends on all ports. It can use the mac address incoming data originated from to construct its list of mac addresses). Hubs take data in one 1 port, don't check the data or anything and just chuck it out on all other ports.
    This would mean if you had 4 computers labelled A to D connected to a switch (which is also connected to a router), A wants to send data to D, the data would go from computer A to the switch, then from the switch to computer D, computers B and C plus the router would receive no data and be unaware of this process going on. If the switch was substituted for a hub, when A sends the data, the hub would then send it to B, C, D and the router, only D will accept the data (the others *should* discard it although a rogue device planted by communist spies could actually eavesdrop on it). This increases network bandwidth in use, in particular the connection between the hub/switch and router might be highly desirable for usage by B and C, yet on the hub wasted data from A and D's lan game of quake is hogging bandwidth with the router even though the data isnt going there


    The TP-link you have chosen is a true switch though. "Support MAC address auto-learning and auto-aging" is a giveaway. Hubs are layer 1 devices and have no concept of a MAC address, auto-learning and auto-aging is completely irrelevant to a hub and only of use to a switch.

    Additionally. Many cheaper wireless routers or modems given to you by an ISP, the rear ports are sometimes hubs not switches. You can sometimes get a boost in transfer speeds between ethernet devices on the network simply by getting a switch similar to the one logoster has chosen, connecting 1 port to the router/modem and then your devices to the switch.



    Second reason for gigabit model. If we take the aforementioned computers A to D plus router setup. Computers A through D each trying to communicate with the router (or another upstream device) would be bottlenecked at the 10/100 connection. You can actually buy switches (usually more professional ones rather than consumer) that have 10/100 device ports and then 1 or 2 gigabit ports for upstream/downstream connections. With the devices you've listed, shouldnt really be a problem. I think I'm just still stuck in my computer networking assignment though processes...
     
  15. Dummiesman

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    sweg

    (imported from here)
     
  16. aljowen

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  17. Dummiesman

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    -Custom sounds for all default vehicles
    -Horns
    -Engine overheat/heat simulation (w/SMOKE!)
    -Tire wear simulation
    -Allows you to add a rev limiter
    -Includes groundmodel improvements

    and some other stuff I forget :p
     
  18. BlueScreen

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    tdev add this into the game right now
     
  19. logoster

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    you've been wanting to get out one of your informative super posts for a while now, haven't you

    lel

    anyways, informative as always

    is there a way one could find out whether my modem/router combo device is using a hub or a switch? it's an ARRIS TG862 i believe
     
  20. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Come up with a nice programming project idea for this week now I have the tablet. Pool game on touchscreen, all the android apps I tried sucked. On here I get a full windows environment to play with.

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    I wrote that on a touchscreen too :p

    Without knowing from manufacturer direct or reverse engineering the PCB contents, its incredibly difficult to tell. Only real way is attach a logic analyser supporting Ethernet onto an unused port of modem and see the results. Those are rare and expensive. Or program a custom driver for your network card to read its discarded frames.
     
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