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by Jim Z
Sun May 18, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Warning: Adult Link Inside
Replies: 10
Views: 2398

©LINT wrote:Long time JimZ. How 'bout them Canes? :lol
ROL. I'm more worried about seeing Stars right now.
by Jim Z
Sat May 17, 2008 8:18 am
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Warning: Adult Link Inside
Replies: 10
Views: 2398

*groan*
by Jim Z
Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Where should the swap file go?
Replies: 3
Views: 1607

it really doesn't matter. if page file performance is affecting your game/load times, then you are in dire need of more RAM.
by Jim Z
Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:21 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Huge alienware curved monitor
Replies: 5
Views: 1560

I saw this thing at CES. It's an interesting concept, but the "stitching" between the separate displays was distracting. I tend to agree with Shacknews's take.
by Jim Z
Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:16 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Weird weather today in Michigan
Replies: 2
Views: 1234

I spent this week in Lost Wages... er, I mean Las Vegas, and it was actually cooler there than it was here. freaky.
by Jim Z
Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:57 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Just for fun.. Guess the total
Replies: 14
Views: 2948

Originally posted by TheSovereign
u done all that and didnt tellem to check the timing...
:P

timing's electronic. DIS and all that. can't adjust it.
I'm guesing $215
$260
by Jim Z
Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:27 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Underwater Jet Plane
Replies: 6
Views: 1744

Then again I'm also amazed it lasted that long ingesting some serious quantities of water. turbines don't care. they're not like piston engines, they can't hydrolock. water will put the fire out if it's running, but they can restart. I was thinking that having a huge amount of water coming into the...
by Jim Z
Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:59 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Windows XP 64
Replies: 2
Views: 1332

No real point right now. Driver support is still sketchy (especially with things like printers and TV tuner cards.) plus, the lack of 16-bit support means some applications which use old versions of Installshield might not install. I wager it'll be best to wait for Vista before looking at going 64-b...
by Jim Z
Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:53 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Electric guitar to sound card?
Replies: 4
Views: 1535

by Jim Z
Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:28 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Can a USB 2 flash drive be used for the page file
Replies: 8
Views: 1753

I was wondering if you could use a 2 Gig USB 2 flash drive for the virtual memory page file instead of the hard drive. I think Windows will let you, but it's a horrible idea. I would hope it would be faster than a hard drive since it's solid state. Flash memory is a lot slower than you seem to thin...
by Jim Z
Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:37 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Repeated use of "the Wilhelm scream" over the years in movies
Replies: 10
Views: 2948

heh. the foley arts must be a dying profession.
by Jim Z
Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:40 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: AMD AM2 DDR2 Vs. S939 DDR1
Replies: 5
Views: 1699

Originally posted by 123cool
its already been proven that for AM2 to outperform the current 939 platform you need the fastest DDR2 memory you can get.

right. K8 is very latency sensitive, and the increased latency of DDR2 just thrashes it.
by Jim Z
Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:22 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: what makes this a super model ?
Replies: 5
Views: 1750

what makes this a super model ?
a meth-addict physique and a metric ass-ton of makeup.
by Jim Z
Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:16 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: Wild next-gen case design from Dell
Replies: 13
Views: 2585

I gotta believe that's just a concept rendering. I can't see Dell doing something that far out there.
by Jim Z
Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:42 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: 3.3 million firecrackers
Replies: 2
Views: 1356

that was frickin' awesome. I only wish the sound was better...