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Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on March 18, 2011, 09:33:25 AM ---Sometimes I suspect datora of having prepared all this ahead of time.
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I think he just has a lot of time and wants to be helpful. And a good memory to boot. =P
--- Quote from: xShadow on March 18, 2011, 11:45:52 AM ---I've been meaning to ask this for a while, but why is there always a lone period at the beginning of all of your posts? (@datora)
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Probably to skip a line to make the post look better overall. You can't just skip a line because leading whitespace is trimmed, from what I can tell.
datora:
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@xFang -
Seriously, hope it helps. It wasn't my intention to stop you from asking help, but skimming those topics should make it easier for you to ask more targeted questions, which (theoretically) we should be able to answer more effectively. Win for everyone, with luck.
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on March 18, 2011, 02:24:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: vuzedome on March 18, 2011, 09:33:25 AM ---Sometimes I suspect datora of having prepared all this ahead of time.
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I think he just has a lot of time and wants to be helpful. And a good memory to boot. =P
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Sometimes I do, and if it'll make a difference I don't mind using it (time & memory). I also type & search faster than your average bear, and copypasta none too shabby, either. Not like legendary or anything, but some posts might look like more time than they actually took.
In a case like this topic, I did it specifically because in the future I can just link back to this topic and all the work has already been done. An investment in future brevity, if you will. I taught in a university for over six years (including computer science), so I'm in the habit of annihilating questions with very thorough answers. Some might call it an affliction ... ::)
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on March 18, 2011, 02:24:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: xShadow on March 18, 2011, 11:45:52 AM ---I've been meaning to ask this for a while, but why is there always a lone period at the beginning of all of your posts? (@datora)
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Probably to skip a line to make the post look better overall. You can't just skip a line because leading whitespace is trimmed, from what I can tell.
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Yep. That's pretty much it. Been posting in forums for nearly ten years, and usenet for more than ten years before that. Older forum software had less elegant formatting, so it's a holdover habit to make posts a bit more readable. I could probably drop it, but I'm also in the habit of adding several distinctive touches to things that I do so that forgery attempts have built-in fail for the unwary. Been in some very interesting flame wars where people attempted to pass themselves off as me, sometimes to the great amusement of all. ;D
kitamesume:
if i were rich i wouldnt be asking but i`d be trying out rigs XD every single one that i can think of =P
on topic: ask your retailers around you if they got any setups on sale that fits your needs, it saves you time, money and hassle.
aim for a phenom II X4 or I7 960 and combine it with either GTX 580 or HD6970, 1000$ for a rig is alot, you can actually get the best out with that much money =P.
PS: if only i could have 500$ i could buy myself a decent gaming pc xD or just 200$ to upgrade my poor celeron having 1gb ddr2 that i`m currently using as my power htpc that games! ~woot~
power htpc i own:
Celeron E3300
GT240 GDDR5 512mb
asus P5QPL-AM
1gb ddr2 800 kingston value ram
250gb samsung 7200rpm (OS drive with 200gb partitioned out as a storage)
a cheap tuner for 10$(bought it a week ago, i just needed it to stream on my cable to get rid of my stupid crt tv =P)
bought this rig for 275$, it can play my vids nicely, i could game on up to 1080p tho low settings without AA thanks to my cheap handy gt240.
this thing needs improvements tho, i`m planning on buying Asus P5G41 C M LX @ 55$ first then gonna buy a 2x2gb ddr3 1333 kit @ 45$, gonna wait and buy that tasty up coming gt530 for less power consumption(well if the rumors were true) and buy me a better tuner XD and maybe go fetch me a sound card so i could make my room an in-bed teather lol. oh yea, if someone might ask, i`m using a custom speaker system, its a 2.2 system, 2fronts 1left woofer, 1right woofer, so yea, if front left has a boom, that woofer will make it BOOM.
Natheria:
There is also this... Courtesy of /g/ 8)
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vuzedome:
Nice reference there.
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