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Re: Private: Stopper Postcard Measures The Time Between Sending And Receiving

chancegarcia — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:20:12 -0000

so what stops the post office from stopping the stopper? =p

Re: Private: Orbitwheels Are Like A Monowheel/Inline Skate Mashup

chancegarcia — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:09:32 -0000

Freeline skates look sturdy and safer...just generally better. and jesus, that lawyer warning text goes on forever.

Re: Private: Roland DT-HD1 Drum Tutor - Learn To Play The Drums For Realsies

chancegarcia — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:35:12 -0000

Any idea if the software will work with the ION Drumrocker? Part of the allure of the Drumrocker is being able to Rock Band and have some real(ish) drums. I had a glitch with mine and have missed it since it has been in the shop. Planning on doing the real drum thing with it when it gets back but that's another story.

Re: Frustrate Your Friends With The Toilet Roll Puzzle

Chance Garcia — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:15:54 -0000

Alternate use: install after roommate is no longer pulling their weight on sharing expenses

Re: New Accessory Bundle From Nintendo Seems Pointless

Chance Garcia — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:41:33 -0000

The same thing happens with a few Rock Band music packs. Songs are $0.99 cents and the pack of 3 is $2.99. I always thought it odd and chalked off the $0.02 to convenience fee but definitely agree that bundles/packs should save you money.

Re: I’m Making a Home Office PC. Help?

chance — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:10:03 -0000

Going with your $1000 limit. I would get the following:
Home Office PC Build

-2 monitors (min 20 in with min ~1600x~1200 resolution) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... = ~$340
- quad core processor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item...) =~$170
- motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... = ~$60
- case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... = ~27
- cooling fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... =~$22
- 4GB memory (ddr2 1066) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... = ~$82
- video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... = ~$75
- hdd (320GB 16MB cache SATA3)x3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... = ~$120
- external backup http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... =~$90

the external drive puts you under the limit but I would personally spend the extra $30 to up it to 1TB. No solid justifications on some of the parts besides dual monitors increase my productivity and the multicore allows me to virtualize. Also, don't know if that budget limit is excluding shipping which was my assumption.