About to go replace the stock, 20 year old speakers in my car. Wish me luck sipwicket.
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;43477543]I literally thought the trashcan was some kind of really late april fools joke when I first saw it
[editline]9th January 2014[/editline]
I think if jobs were alive he would have canned (ehehehe) that design[/QUOTE]
It's an amazing piece of engineering, though.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;43476023]Yeah, those quad core machines REALLY ran silent when the coolant starts to spray everywhere.[/QUOTE]
That was a flaw on the first generation G5 systems (which on their own suck a LOT of ass between the bad LCU's and first generation RoHS problems). By the time IBM was shipping the dual core CPU modules they had overhauled the entire LCU. Quad G5's are still $200+ machines whereas the first gen 2.5's are around $75 IF it survives a ram upgrade.
[QUOTE=dai;43476493]hundreds of dollars for an annual subscription to their video library of tutorials, lectures and resources created by industry professionals in many major media production artforms like 3D modeling, animation, concept design, digital to traditional, decades of experience each
and then there's the web developer
[img]http://i.imgur.com/aN74JIR.png[/img][/QUOTE]
That's just down right embarrassing. Some web developer should really be ashamed.
Using an entire laptop and autoclicker just so I don't get raided in Clash of Clans. What has my life come to?
So, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out on PC.
Gave it a try.
I turned up the ZANGEKI setting to max (it controls how many parts an enemy can be sliced into), and I got so pissed at a robot enemy, I sliced it into so many parts, the game engine forgot gravity exists.
I went to the next room, and all the boxes just floated around, and went through walls.
Took 2-3 days but all the timelapses properly processed from 5k RAW files to 4k UHD YUV444 Avi files. About 70GB. Now to actually edit it.
Looks like uploader names are back on youtube, thank fuck
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;43478724]it also has always-online DRM
goty[/QUOTE]
Didn't even notice, I always have a rock-solid Internet connection.
Someone will eventually crack it.
[QUOTE=dai;43476493]hundreds of dollars for an annual subscription to their video library of tutorials, lectures and resources created by industry professionals in many major media production artforms like 3D modeling, animation, concept design, digital to traditional, decades of experience each
and then there's the web developer
[img]http://i.imgur.com/aN74JIR.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Wow. That's some next level security!
Speaker installation failed, they sounded good but they just wouldn't fit on my car period. :C
Yeah, you'll have to wait until after your car period.
In all seriousness, in what way?
The mount on the stock speakers has three equidistant screw holes for the speakers, and the speakers I bought (Polk DXI651's) were 4 screw mounted. Unless you used a spacer bracket, and with the spacer bracket it was way to high up and wouldn't fit under the rear windshield.
I'll just go exchange them for something better, but eh, not today. I'm already exhausted.
[editline]9th January 2014[/editline]
I mean, they'd fit without the grill, but I'd like the speakers to at least be protected.
[editline]9th January 2014[/editline]
Now serious talk, audio nerds, do I need a grill on my car speakers? They sit in the rear, and it's not like there's anything floating around my car. The only bad part is it'd look [I]really[/I] ghetto, but not having distorted sound from 20 year old speakers versus ghetto looking speakers...
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;43478724]it also has always-online DRM
goty[/QUOTE]
I hate it so much since it's the only thing wrong with it. The game is a [b]perfect[/b] port otherwise. Can't talk about controls since I haven't used keyboard, I just straight up used a controller, and everything about it is wonderfully done. Maxed out on a 6870, 60 FPS solid. Never drops once, even when you slice something into 3000 pieces (which I have done).
It's Kojima. He's smart, he's been working on the PC port for a while [b]as a personal project[/b], there's no way this will last.
The way the always on DRM works is pretty balls though. I just fiddled with it. If you have no connection when starting it, it'll start... then close. If you're ingame when your connection drops you get about 5 minutes to reconnect (No warning or anything, this is from experimentation), then it just closes. No warning, just closes.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;43479726]Speaker installation failed, they sounded good but they just wouldn't fit on my car period. :C[/QUOTE]
They make adapters, or you can just drill new holes.(we have a thread devoted to this kind of thing in AA)
So today I was researching some stuff and found out that the Wii Mini literally only outputs composite video. What the fuck, Nintendo.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;43481645]So today I was researching some stuff and found out that the Wii Mini literally only outputs composite video. What the fuck, Nintendo.[/QUOTE]
today I learned the wii mini is a thing
[QUOTE=wingless;43480565]I hate it so much since it's the only thing wrong with it. The game is a [b]perfect[/b] port otherwise. Can't talk about controls since I haven't used keyboard, I just straight up used a controller, and everything about it is wonderfully done. Maxed out on a 6870, 60 FPS solid. Never drops once, even when you slice something into 3000 pieces (which I have done).
It's Kojima. He's smart, he's been working on the PC port for a while [b]as a personal project[/b], there's no way this will last.
The way the always on DRM works is pretty balls though. I just fiddled with it. If you have no connection when starting it, it'll start... then close. If you're ingame when your connection drops you get about 5 minutes to reconnect (No warning or anything, this is from experimentation), then it just closes. No warning, just closes.[/QUOTE]
There's some speculation on Twitter that it's not actually always-on DRM, just that they messed up integrating with Steam DRM. This is based on there not being any notice of third-party DRM on the Steam page, as well as (supposedly) being able to fix all the problems by replacing a certain Steam .dll with a cracked one.
That honestly makes more sense than it being DRM.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;43481969]There's some speculation on Twitter that it's not actually always-on DRM, just that they messed up integrating with Steam DRM. This is based on there not being any notice of third-party DRM on the Steam page, as well as (supposedly) being able to fix all the problems by replacing a certain Steam .dll with a cracked one.
That honestly makes more sense than it being DRM.[/QUOTE]
It appears to be and I think I know what it is. I went through the Steamworks docs (God, they're so horrible) and it looks like they fucked up error handling in their stats reporting and retrieval for achievements. It's the only thing that has the network characteristics that match this and has some semi-fucked up error properties on it, so I can see them forgetting to handle a "oh shit no network" error on that.
[QUOTE=altern;43481708]today I learned the wii mini is a thing[/QUOTE]
It was originally in Canada only, and then it came to Europe and the US for some reason.
They're calling it a "low cost gaming solution" and for $99 with a free game it isn't that bad of deal compared to only other $99 "console", the Ouya.
[QUOTE=wingless;43481999]It appears to be and I think I know what it is. I went through the Steamworks docs (God, they're so horrible) and it looks like they fucked up error handling in their stats reporting and retrieval for achievements. It's the only thing that has the network characteristics that match this and has some semi-fucked up error properties on it, so I can see them forgetting to handle a "oh shit no network" error on that.[/QUOTE]
I really hope that is what the problem is, because I pre-ordered that game (haven't downloaded yet, currently holding off until these issues are either resolved, or until they say for sure that it's DRM so I can demand a refund).
And coincidentally I'll be playing it on a 6870 as well. We'll see how well it scales to 1440p though...
[QUOTE=gman003-main;43482105]I really hope that is what the problem is, because I pre-ordered that game (haven't downloaded yet, currently holding off until these issues are either resolved, or until they say for sure that it's DRM so I can demand a refund).
And coincidentally I'll be playing it on a 6870 as well. We'll see how well it scales to 1440p though...[/QUOTE]
It should do perfectly fine. Like I said, 60 FPS consistent, no drops, maxed out, that's 8x AA. You should still max it out perfectly fine at 4x if you start having troubles.
[QUOTE=Makol;43482022]It was originally in Canada only, and then it came to Europe and the US for some reason.
They're calling it a "low cost gaming solution" and for $99 with a free game it isn't that bad of deal compared to only other $99 "console", the Ouya.[/QUOTE]
No multi-player or online content
[QUOTE=Warship;43475144][t]http://i.imgur.com/PhQTEEA.jpg[/t]
G5 says hi.[/QUOTE]
That's the exact setup my digital photography class used in High school. :v:
The next year we lost funding and they fired a bunch of teachers.
[QUOTE=Makol;43482022]It was originally in Canada only, and then it came to Europe and the US for some reason.
They're calling it a "low cost gaming solution" and for $99 with a free game it isn't that bad of deal compared to only other $99 "console", the Ouya.[/QUOTE]
IMO getting a second hand one for like $50 is a better option because the Wii Mini is pretty shite.
No SD cards, no Wi-Fi, no Gamecube compatibility or Gamecube controller ports.
[QUOTE=wingless;43482152]It should do perfectly fine. Like I said, 60 FPS consistent, no drops, maxed out, that's 8x AA. You should still max it out perfectly fine at 4x if you start having troubles.[/QUOTE]
How is it on CPU usage (particularly when slicing shit up)? I bought the non-Pro version of Windows 8, not realizing it only enables a single socket, so my desktop's effectively a dual-core machine right now.
[QUOTE=garychencool;43482156]No multi-player or online content[/QUOTE]
And?
The Wii had a huge library of games, and with how old it is it's more than likely any games with online features outside of Nintendo's own games won't be able to be played online.
[QUOTE=Del91;43482208]That's the exact setup my digital photography class used in High school. :v:
The next year we lost funding and they fired a bunch of teachers.[/QUOTE]
My high school's art department had the same setup. They upgraded to Mac Pros the year after I graduated, when Photoshop got serious Windows support.
They also had an iMac G3 in the back, which I used to play Pathways into Darkness (old M68K Mac game, only the PPC Macs have the emulator for it (I tried several other emulators, none worked)).
[QUOTE=agentgamma;43482268]IMO getting a second hand one for like $50 is a better option because the Wii Mini is pretty shite.
No SD cards, no Wi-Fi, no Gamecube compatibility or Gamecube controller ports.[/QUOTE]
Someone getting a Wii now is mostly not interested in those things. Plus used consoles won't come with a warranty so if the used one breaks you're out of luck unless you want to try and buy a new one hoping it doesn't break.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;43482299]My high school's art department had the same setup. They upgraded to Mac Pros the year after I graduated, when Photoshop got serious Windows support.
They also had an iMac G3 in the back, which I used to play Pathways into Darkness (old M68K Mac game, only the PPC Macs have the emulator for it (I tried several other emulators, none worked)).[/QUOTE]
The class had like 30 G5's and the teacher taught Film photography, Digital Photography, and Animation. I sucked(absolutely awful) at photography, and photo editing, but for one of the projects I made like a 2 minute long animation in Flash. Ended the year with a B+. I would have taken the Animation class, but they screwed my schedule up so I never got into it. :(
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