• CIPWTTKT&GC v 0x15 (v21): Thinkpads are Forever
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[QUOTE=digigamer17;38383488]Awww I wanna do that.[/QUOTE] Then start collecting broken shit and then repair it.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;38383496']Then start collecting broken shit and then repair it.[/QUOTE] I'd do that. Parents are in the fucking way. "No more laptops/monitors/gadgets". I've seen other users online with a fuckload. Even on YouTube someone dumpster dives and finds laptops. I only have 1 now since my fucking parents sold the others to someone else in the family. WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
[QUOTE=digigamer17;38383504]I'd do that. Parents are in the fucking way. "No more laptops/monitors/gadgets". I've seen other users online with a fuckload. Even on YouTube someone dumpster dives and finds laptops. I only have 1 now since my fucking parents sold the others to someone else in the family. WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.[/QUOTE] Damn, that sucks. Everybody that knows me well enough, knows that I find shit all the time. I even have a stack of 6 laptops. I also have like 5 computers in the basement :v I've also never bought any video game consoles, and I have found 2x Original xbox 2x PS1 (One is even modded) 2x PS2 (I gave one away though, so I only have one) 1x X360 and 1x PSP Slim c: How old are you anyway? Talk to your parents about it, they shouldn't decide what you can keep and what you can't. Unless you're like 8 years old...
[QUOTE=Warship;38384956]Damn, that sucks. Everybody that knows me well enough, knows that I find shit all the time. I even have a stack of 6 laptops. I also have like 5 computers in the basement :v I've also never bought any video game consoles, and I have found 2x Original xbox 2x PS1 (One is even modded) 2x PS2 (I gave one away though, so I only have one) 1x X360 and 1x PSP Slim c: How old are you anyway? Talk to your parents about it, they shouldn't decide what you can keep and what you can't. Unless you're like 8 years old...[/QUOTE] 16. Hell 6 laptops? More than I ever owned in my life.
I think I should be more jealous of the people who throw away consoles than the ones who find them. Nobody who actually hasn't got a fuckton of money should ever throw out anything that both costs several hundreds and works.
[QUOTE=esalaka;38385025]I think I should be more jealous of the people who throw away consoles than the ones who find them. Nobody who actually hasn't got a fuckton of money should ever throw out anything that both costs several hundreds and works.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but in the case of the xbox 360, I think it might've been in water and the owners just assumed it was broken. There's rust inside. Works 100% though. The power supply that was laying with it was cut, so that's also kinda weird. Luckily I found a power supply that fit it, a couple of weeks later.
[QUOTE=esalaka;38385025]I think I should be more jealous of the people who throw away consoles than the ones who find them. Nobody who actually hasn't got a fuckton of money should ever throw out anything that both costs several hundreds and works.[/QUOTE] Their loss. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] But don't just collect stuff or you'd end up like MIPS.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;38385386']Their loss. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] But don't just collect stuff or you'd end up like MIPS.[/QUOTE] You'll never know when you need a stack of old satellite receivers and VCRs!
[QUOTE=benjgvps;38385484]You'll never know when you need a stack of old satellite receivers and VCRs![/QUOTE] You're right, you'll never know that time.
[QUOTE=benjgvps;38385484]You'll never know when you need a stack of old satellite receivers and VCRs![/QUOTE] He might need the Boeing 747 instruction manuals for when he discovers digimon!
[QUOTE=Protocol7;38383047]nah, the new Modern UI is great for tablets a combination of: A) being overpriced, B) a shitty introduction to the Modern UI gestures, C) lack of apps, D) a low resolution screen, E) outdated hardware, and F) poor desktop integration made the Surface bad With that said, if you can afford it/have disposable income like me, if you get a handle on how to use the OS and if you don't use a lot of apps like me, it's perfectly fine (and blows any Android tab outta the water IMO.) [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] To be fair I also have the Vivo Tab RT instead of the surface which is thinner and has a much better keyboard implementation IMO. I'll do a vid review for FP once my keyboard dock [I]surfaces[/I][/QUOTE] I would've still bought one if MS didn't restrict running non-metro apps on Windows RT to only ones made by Microsoft.
I kind of want to scavenge a bunch of crap electronics and make some sort of franken-robot. That would be awesome.
I should go around electronics shops and ask if they have any broken crap I can take off their hands Used to do it and ended up with four or five working (win95-working) computers that I no longer have
[QUOTE=latin_geek;38386210]I should go around electronics shops and ask if they have any broken crap I can take off their hands Used to do it and ended up with four or five working (win95-working) computers that I no longer have[/QUOTE] That's how i get my stuff, i got a dell dimension 5150 with a pentium D 820 last time. Thing's spotless. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] All it needed was a new PSU [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] That's actually reminded me. When i put a pentium D in my other dimension 5150 it says incompatible CPU detected, yet the pentium D 5150 one POSTS normally. Both have identical boards yet the pentium 4 one doesn't like pentium Ds.
Pity there are no electronics shops near where I live, otherwise I would try and get some free stuff.
I could swing by the recycle center, but they seem to keep several eyes and cameras on me whenever i'm near. I don't think they want me looking around :v:
[QUOTE=BreenIsALie;38387385]I could swing by the recycle center, but they seem to keep several eyes and cameras on me whenever i'm near. I don't think they want me looking around :v:[/QUOTE] Which is dumb of them since you're reusing, which is even better than recycling
My college campus had a few monitors. I might drop by the dumpsters and find something useful. But i might need permission.
What the fuck? So I come home and they've finally done the Telcom install. Well, half-done. Quarter-done, really, since it's just piled up on a chair, not properly positioned or anything. All they seem to have installed was the TV box. Still no internet, as far as I can tell. There is an Ethernet port on the TV receiver, but from the specs I was able to google, it's purely for buying PPV shows, not for providing Internet or anything. So yeah, if the office wasn't closed by now I would totally be down there bitching at them. Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow (hint: bitching). Not only that, but when I first tested it there was *terrible* ghosting. Like, you could see outlines from over a second ago. I think I tuned it properly (the receiver was operating in "over-the-air" mode, not cable mode, and in 1080i), but I haven't really made sure. While flipping through the channels, I also noticed I seem to get like five channels worth of The Glenn Beck Program, which is about six more than I would prefer.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;38388022]What the fuck? So I come home and they've finally done the Telcom install. Well, half-done. Quarter-done, really, since it's just piled up on a chair, not properly positioned or anything. All they seem to have installed was the TV box. Still no internet, as far as I can tell. There is an Ethernet port on the TV receiver, but from the specs I was able to google, it's purely for buying PPV shows, not for providing Internet or anything. So yeah, if the office wasn't closed by now I would totally be down there bitching at them. Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow (hint: bitching). Not only that, but when I first tested it there was *terrible* ghosting. Like, you could see outlines from over a second ago. I think I tuned it properly (the receiver was operating in "over-the-air" mode, not cable mode, and in 1080i), but I haven't really made sure. While flipping through the channels, I also noticed I seem to get like five channels worth of The Glenn Beck Program, which is about six more than I would prefer.[/QUOTE] This seems to me like you have Glen Beck supporters in your area. To me, that means pack your shit up and move to Canada.
Canada? But they have [i]socialism[/i] up there!
[QUOTE=gman003-main;38388186]Canada? But they have [i]socialism[/i] up there![/QUOTE] Brazil?
[QUOTE=wingless;38388209]Brazil?[/QUOTE] Mugged, shot repeatedly and then mugged again. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] Go to iceland
Come to the UK.
Australia. Just get some kind of flamethrower to burn every kind of spider.
so i was poking around free mcboot's config to see if I could do anything interesting [t]https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/621500_556152731067507_2135180640_o.jpg[/t] i feel successful
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;38388277']Mugged, shot repeatedly and then mugged again. [editline]9th November 2012[/editline] Go to iceland[/QUOTE] Too cold. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull]And the words are too hard to pronounce.[/url] [QUOTE=SataniX;38388331]Come to the UK.[/QUOTE] Yes, so your nanny/police state can watch me with cameras 24/7. Also socialism. And I visited once, for a week. It rained for most of it.
I can't sleep, it's 1am and for some reason I feel like playing with am radio signals. Let's see if I find something interesting.
[QUOTE=wingless;38388344]Australia. Just get some kind of flamethrower to burn every kind of spider.[/QUOTE] Yes, so then I can be killed by the scorpions, the exploding trees, the various deadly sea creatures, or maybe a drop-bear or five. Plus, I haven't been convicted of any felonies yet. Or did they drop that requirement for immigration?
[QUOTE=gman003-main;38388358]Too cold. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull]And the words are too hard to pronounce.[/url] Yes, so your nanny/police state can watch me with cameras 24/7. Also socialism. And I visited once, for a week. [B]It rained for most of it.[/B][/QUOTE] But that's the good part about the british isles! Ireland is especially nice though
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