[CDsDontBurn]

posting from work!

WEEE!!!!

[Judas]

i did that constantly..


newb

[mainman]

lol

[CDsDontBurn]

Originally Posted by Judas

i did that constantly..


newb

i still do it!

it was considerably worse when i worked at the store. that's when i hit my 1k in 1 month spam fest .

[cozumel]

You?

[cozumel]

Spam?

[cozumel]

Naaaahhhh

[Judas]

that's pretty screwed up when the official references drivers cause nothing but problems and issues.... and the ones microsoft provides via windows update for vista work amazingly well... even boosts signal strength it appears....

for a PCI Wireless Adapter....

[cozumel]

Judas, have you any idea how 4x1GB Ballistix PC2-8500 would perform in a GA-P35-DS4? Any stability probs or anything you would care to share pls?

[Judas]

generally running quad sticks seriously reduces the overclocking abilities or stability.... specially the draw on voltage and power..

if you can get the same ratings out of 2x2 vs 4x1.... you'll always better off the 2x2....

course it'd probably be a fair bit more due to the densities...

[cozumel]

Why did they bother putting 4 slots on these cotton pickin' boards man? I mean, what was the damned point if you can't use them without causing problems.

[cozumel]

Believe it or not the adjective cotton-picking comes from Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes cartoons and is used as a general adjective of disapproval, similar to damned. From a 1952 cartoon:

Get your cotton-pickin’ hooks offa me!

Bugs may not have been the first to use it, but he gets credit for first recorded use.

See. DH is a learning experience for everyone!

[CDsDontBurn]

Originally Posted by cozumel

You?

Originally Posted by cozumel

Spam?

Originally Posted by cozumel

Naaaahhhh

yep. that was one of the attributing factors to me no longer being a mod here on DH as well

[cozumel]

And Bugs is DH's favorite cartoon character too!!!

[CDsDontBurn]

that probably....

[CDsDontBurn]

...would have been a different story if....

[CDsDontBurn]

...futurama and family guy characters were included

[cozumel]

Never got into Futurama...

[CDsDontBurn]

you should check it out

[Judas]

it's really unfortuneate of the circumstances around me being a mod on dh...

become mod, not more then a few months later, major life changing decisions are to be made, i then emediately lose any form of internet connection for serveral months, lack of time to post....

and further mental stress...

while i think i could quite possibly manage to become a DH mod again at some point, i don't think i have the ability to make quick enough judgements on alot of things....

course my time spent on dh is slowly growing again.... and now that i'm technically "living" in my own house and not feeling like a freaking workaholic all the time (only internet access was at work, and it's utterly discomforting to be sitting at work for hours playing a few games, chatting it up.. ect. you'd think it would be all fine.. but trust me, it just DOESN'T feel like home and your always on edge, even @ 3am lol....

[Dark Lord]

god does NFS pro street suck. ive only played it for about 15 mins (spent about 45 mins just trying to get the damn thing to run reasonably) and i cant say anything good about it so far.

[CDsDontBurn]

got my car a tune-up the other day. new tires, wheel alighnment, oil-change, NGK spark plugs, fuel filter change, and fuel additive for fuel injector cleaning.

that ran me ~$700

that still doesn't count the brakes, timing belt that still needs to be replaced.

and not to mention that the tranny is starting to slip

the joys of having an AT...

[CDsDontBurn]

timing belt: ~$400...most of this is actual labor cost.

brakes are going to be new pads and rotors all the way around: ~$400 (i want slotted rotors )

tranny needs major repairs: ~$1,600

[Dark Lord]

its so much cheaper when you just do it all your self. except the alignment... i cant exactly do that at home.

[CDsDontBurn]

yea, but there's two things that i don't have that makes go back and pay for those services:

1. the necessary skills to do those tasks - while i can rotate my own tires, do my own oil changes, change my own brakes (both rotors and drums), change the pully belt(s), change an alternator, change a battery, i still lack the skills necessary to do more complex work like changing the timing belt and messing with the tranny.

2. time - despite me knowing some of these things and being able to save money, often times i don't have the time to perform some of these tasks.

[Dark Lord]

just thinking here...

200 for calipers
100 for pads
90 for a set of 4 good junkyard specials, mounted and balanced
35 bucks for oil and the filter
16 for the plugs
15 for the wires
45 for the fuel filters
5 for a can of carb cleaner
70 for a high pro timing chain
500 to rebuild the tranny in your bathtub over the weekend.


total - 1076.00

[Dark Lord]

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

yea, but there's two things that i don't have that makes go back and pay for those services:

1. the necessary skills to do those tasks - while i can rotate my own tires, do my own oil changes, change my own brakes (both rotors and drums), change the pully belt(s), change an alternator, change a battery, i still lack the skills necessary to do more complex work like changing the timing belt and messing with the tranny.

2. time - despite me knowing some of these things and being able to save money, often times i don't have the time to perform some of these tasks.

little tip, i dont know what the fuck im doing when i start 95% of the work on my car.

just need the factory assembly manual and a good shop repair manual, and you know the answers to 99% of your problems.

[CDsDontBurn]

Originally Posted by Dark Lord

just thinking here...

200 for calipers
100 for pads
90 for a set of 4 good junkyard specials, mounted and balanced
35 bucks for oil and the filter
16 for the plugs
15 for the wires
45 for the fuel filters
5 for a can of carb cleaner
70 for a high pro timing chain
500 to rebuild the tranny in your bathtub over the weekend.


total - 1076.00

slotted rotors (4) ~ $200
pads (4) ~ $180
tires (4) ~ $90 + balancing, mounting, etc. - all new
oil ~ $30 is about right
spark plugs ~ $30/ea. x 6 - NGKs aren't cheap...damn JDM shit, lol.
plug wires ~ N/A - car uses coils which are computer controlled....don't know how much those go for either.
timing belt ~ $90 for the belt itself
tranny ~ $500, possibly...but i have no [color=red]TIME[/url]

i <3 my Honda [/sarcasm]

[CDsDontBurn]

my 8 wouldn't have this issue. 4 NGK plugs, an eccentric shaft, and 2 rotors is all i would need to keep my rotary going. no timing belt, manual tranny (a stage 3 clutch and short shifter would still have cost me less than my Honda's tranny rebuild/repair)

[CDsDontBurn]

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