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kastein posted:Half my family and friends are borderline racist, religious conservatives. The other half are very smug, self righteous liberals. All of them spew about everything on Facebook. That's why I deactivated my fb account a while ago. Retardation on both sides that believe drudge and Huffington are news outlets and not blogs. Between that and upworthy/raw for beauty bullshit I deleted my list from 200 people down to 20 that I see on a daily basis. Then I see them on a daily basis so I deactivated my account because I can wait to show people something or call them is there is something that needs immediate attention.
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But who will you post your chicken parmesan pics to now?
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Aug 30, 2014 17:36
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True. That reminds me, I need to reactivate momentarily to selfie my breakfast. Brb.
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MrChips posted:I've never officially got on with Facebook so I guess I win - but you all lose with my stupid posting. I'd like more power too. The fuel pump issue (and horror stories) with the e92 coupled with the no dipstick thing has steered me away from modern BMWs which is a bummer because I like a lot of things about them. I was going to say something about ease of maintenance in modern cars and how if we're doing things right it should be getting easier, but then I remembered that a spark plug change in my BRZ (if I have it at that point) will require lifting the engine 
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Aug 30, 2014 18:21
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FB sucks until you find the "hide all from _" option. Then it's really useful and rarely annoying. Having friends who are on the same page and only post genuinely interesting things helps a lot too.
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Aug 30, 2014 20:00
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Mat_Drinks posted:I'd like more power too. Some of the E9x's problems have been licked by and large, but there seem to be new, larger and more expensive problems cropping up. Fuel injectors are the big one, plus the valve cover is prone to splitting after the CCV fails and tries to inflate the head like a balloon. Still, it can't be that much worse than my E46 experience; let's just say that if I didn't know any better I'd swear my car was built during Oktoberfest.  Beyond that it seems like the interior of the E9x doesn't seem to be holding up all that well; there seem to be a good number of cars with barely 30,000 miles on the clock that have wrinkly, worn-out looking leather on the front seats...far worse than my E46 has (with 93,000 miles on the clock). Also, a disproportionate number of them have gray leather interiors, which for me is an absolute dealbreaker, as is (to a lesser extent) wood trim.
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Aug 30, 2014 20:37
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Well, good news for Viggen: http://m.motortrend.com/wot/1408_nevs_granted_bankruptcy_protection_loses_right_to_saab_name.html Looks like we won't be seeing crappy Chinese electric cars with Saab badges on them after all.
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Aug 30, 2014 20:54
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Viggen posted:Those JetDirect cards are getting more difficult to find (for free). I have a parallel to ethernet adapter which works as a dedicated lpr. If I ever remember the password, I'll reset it and send it on for shipping. I got my decade-use out of it. I have an old Jetdirect ethernet to parellel print server, and it is almost certainly the oldest piece of electronics i use every day. Those old laserjet 3/4s area amazing and indestructible. My 14 year old LJ1300 is still going strong, but clearly nowhere near as tank like as a 3/4.
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Aug 30, 2014 21:55
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Last I checked our warehouse at work still had a few HP 4/xxx series printers with jet direct cards in there. If somebody needs one I can see if they're there and how much they want for them. For price comparison, I purchased a laser printer/fax/scanner in there for $1.73 7 years ago. I've spent more in toner than the unit itself.
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Aug 30, 2014 22:26
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Hey guys long time no chat cause I have not had a working computer! Finally found my old Mac book pro (with the intel duo) circa 2009 at my folks house and was super excited it still works! Except now I cant watch anything that is flash related because my poo poo is 10.5.8. Any of you IT boys know anyway around this or am I hosed into buying a goddamn laptop. Cursing myself for spending 3 grand on this bitch and now I cant even watch porn 5 years later. 
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Aug 30, 2014 22:38
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Preoptopus posted:Hey guys long time no chat cause I have not had a working computer! Finally found my old Mac book pro (with the intel duo) circa 2009 at my folks house and was super excited it still works! Except now I cant watch anything that is flash related because my poo poo is 10.5.8. Any of you IT boys know anyway around this or am I hosed into buying a goddamn laptop. Cursing myself for spending 3 grand on this bitch and now I cant even watch porn 5 years later. Install Linux But seriously that might be a decent option at this point, if you're at all comfortable with Linux.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Install Linux No joke this is what I actually did for an old ex-GF of mine who had no computer and received an ancient original iBook (the first gen candy color ones). It's a pain in the rear end to find a copy of OS8 or 9 to run on it, and the install that was on it was hosed, so I just installed a PPC version of Ubuntu so she could have something to check her email and browse the net on.
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I used to have a Laserjet 4si. It was a beast. Died after 2.4 million pages, and only because I was too lazy to replace the phaser.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:19
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HotCanadianChick posted:Looks like we won't be seeing crappy Chinese electric cars with Saab badges on them after all. We win for losing out yet again! NEVS lasted about as long as Spyker.. only they didn't product anything but spare parts cars during that time.  Wait, did we just derail printerchat? Back to the topic: My 6P would still be with us but I made the mistake of asking a buddy who was a former repair tech to replace the fuser roller because I didn't want to accidentally touch it. Biiig mistake.
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HotCanadianChick posted:No joke this is what I actually did for an old ex-GF of mine who had no computer and received an ancient original iBook (the first gen candy color ones). It's a pain in the rear end to find a copy of OS8 or 9 to run on it That bites. Apple at least used to maintain an archive site with the deprecated System x.x versions and related necessary software. The rest can be scavenged up from elsewhere. I still have a G3 beige that I refuse to get rid of. It's the newest Apple product I own. I keep it because it has PCI ports, SCSI, IDE and localtalk. That last one is a biggie for me. It's been a while but it lets me do horrible things like use the G3 as a file server for my IIgs or a network bridge of sorts for SMB. Plus the G3 can run Bernie II (IIGS emulator) which supports using some of the native G3 hardware like the floppy drive, and can use disk images or directories as virtual devices. It's a useful retrocomputing tool. The downside is the video RAM connector is damaged and I lack the tools to replace it. It has some RAM stolen from a Dell or something shoved in there which really bumps up the maximum resolution / colour depth. I miss having my toys to play with, but when there's a young child around these things have to go away for a while. Got my bigger harder to break toys with wheels outside anyway. e: My screensaver just told me Ubuntu 14.10 is out. Time to upgrade, break my install, hate myself, flatten and reinstall again already? General_Failure fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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I gave up upgrading Ubuntu. I just use the LTS until I have to or I mess up the system enough where I need to reinstall and there's usually a new LTS by then.
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mariooncrack posted:I gave up upgrading Ubuntu. There is an easier way. Its called Debian.  There really isn't a good point to update to any latest-and-greatest Linux anything for a G3 based system, anyhow. You're not going to be getting any magical new plugins to have the same multimedia experience everyone else did back in the 90s. Just find a stable distribution with KDE3 and find a recent Firefox and Thunderbird build.
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Operating systems, underwear, and politicians should all be replaced frequently, and for the same reason.
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kastein posted:Operating systems, underwear, and politicians should all be replaced frequently, and for the same reason. I get about year out of mine. And I hate shopping for them. 
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Welp, apparently we had 2 people not show up for our ufc 117 suite. If you're in the Sacramento area and wanna see the fight, we have 2 extra tix @ 40 each. Edit: as a friend just pointed out, were in spitting distance of fox sports live. keykey fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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quote:So briefs are like x64 - somewhat restrictive and doesn't work for everybody, and boxers are like x32, all worn out and tired and hard to NOT fit in..  But never, ever, ever, ever EVER install anything but PCL5. 
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Was looking at a rental house today that the wife and I liked but not enough for the price. The owner mentioned she lived across the street - I gaze over there and see a Civic Si...MR2 Spyder...AW11...NA Miata...and some sort of Jeep-like thing with an Austin badge on it. CAR PEOPLE! I wish I could justify renting from them.
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kastein posted:Operating systems, underwear, and politicians should all be replaced frequently, and for the same reason. Old, dumb, and full of cum?
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Coasterphreak posted:Old, dumb, and full of poo poo? I fixed that. After today, I think its safe to say I can really dent the poo poo out of the I want to drink this memory right into the ground.
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Where is the least poo poo city/town to stay the night at that is like 1 - 2 hours out of San Francisco having driven from Vegas all day. I was thinking we could make it to Santa Cruz and then drive up the coast to San Fran the next morning. We haven't decided if we are driving around and through Bakersfield or we are going through Death valley and Yosemite, which is a massive drive.
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New brake pads from Rockauto showed up. They were listed as Raybestos wholesaler closeout. $7 for the set!  ... da gently caress is this poo poo? To make it even better... these NASCAR MURIKCAN BRANDED BRAKES are made in  Anphear posted:Where is the least poo poo city/town to stay the night at that is like 1 - 2 hours out of San Francisco having driven from Vegas all day. I was thinking we could make it to Santa Cruz and then drive up the coast to San Fran the next morning. We haven't decided if we are driving around and through Bakersfield or we are going through Death valley and Yosemite, which is a massive drive. Monterey is really beautiful, and right at 2 hours south of San Fran. It's a bit south of Santa Cruz though (a little under an hour). Fisherman's Wharf (in Monterey) is a neat place to check out, with a drat good seafood restaurant right on the wharf. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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Aug 31, 2014 08:06
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Be careful, now when you hit the brakes, the car is gonna want to turn to the left.
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Aug 31, 2014 08:15
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Better than the violent shaking I get now! 
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Preoptopus posted:Hey guys long time no chat cause I have not had a working computer! Finally found my old Mac book pro (with the intel duo) circa 2009 at my folks house and was super excited it still works! Except now I cant watch anything that is flash related because my poo poo is 10.5.8. Any of you IT boys know anyway around this or am I hosed into buying a goddamn laptop. Cursing myself for spending 3 grand on this bitch and now I cant even watch porn 5 years later.
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Aug 31, 2014 08:53
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some texas redneck posted:Monterey is really beautiful, and right at 2 hours south of San Fran. It's a bit south of Santa Cruz though (a little under an hour). Hey Laguna Seca is like right down the road too.
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Aug 31, 2014 08:54
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Swing through Marina and say hi to my aunt/uncle/cousin for me.
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I missed out due to my own stupidity on a free HP networked 4000 series printer at work the other day. Thing had a perpetual phantom paperjam, caused by one of the little paper flags getting jammed down. Work was going to ditch it and replace it because it was "Broken". I looked at it, googled the problem, found the problem and poked the flag with a screw driver and it popped back out and it works again. Ive got a Brother MFC colour laser at home tho, so god knows what i would do with a 4000 series HP printer
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You Am I posted:2009 MB Pros can run the latest OSX. You can get 10.9 from the App Store for $20. 10.9 is free. But you have to get it through the App Store, which you don't get untless you have 10.6 or newer, so you need to track down a 10.6 disc first. I'd stick with 10.6 on an 09 anyway, 10.9 is slower on them, especially since it probably only has 2gb RAM.
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For awhile (I don't know if they still do this) Apple would send you a 10.6 disc so you can use it to get the App Store and upgrade to a modern version.
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Yeah they probably will if you call and ask nicely. Or just download an image from places and put it on a thumb drive, not like Apple really cares at this point.
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some texas redneck posted:New brake pads from Rockauto showed up. I feel like every thread I click on has this image in it.
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I tagged along with a coworker to the Porsche dealership where they had a loaded leftover 2013 Boxster S for 60k and now I am trying to justify it being a reasonable financial decision as opposed to a terribly poor one. Must stay strong.
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Residency Evil posted:I tagged along with a coworker to the Porsche dealership where they had a loaded leftover 2013 Boxster S for 60k and now I am trying to justify it being a reasonable financial decision as opposed to a terribly poor one. Must stay strong. For the same money, you could have an Ariel Atom.
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trouser chili posted:For the same money, you could have an Ariel Atom. .. or 20 miatas. E: Dammit I know it is Labor Day weekend, but I invoiced you on Friday, fucktard. Pay me so I can hopefully use it to supplement the money I don't have for a not-quite-emergency trip.
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