Random Thoughts Thread. (Clean version)

[Phil]

Never bet on PSN staying up.

Well it's doing ok so far.

[Hard core Rikki]

It might still be up, but security seems to have remained just as flimsy as before. One of Sony's ISP was breached and players have reported to have had points stolen from their accounts.
Again, Sony had no clue who was behind it, and even found out there were thousands of succesful attempts.
But as usual, nothing that bowing in front of journalists couldnt fix.

Sony ISP Hacked, Customer Points Stolen | Sankaku Complex (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/05/21/sony-isp-hacked-customer-points-stolen/)

[Phil]

I'm not to worried. I buy hard copies of all my games, Ive never registered my credit card with PSN.

If someone wants to make off with my new copy of Infamous that I am downloading, feel free.

[Hard core Rikki]

Its time to steal your face, DNA and fingerprints.

[Phil]

Sony lawyers will protect me :p

lol Tcos has not been on Steams Ng group for 886 days.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Well you have a point. But meh. I added you on Steam btw. Though I am hardly ever on.

I'm not on much either unless I get new Steam games as I did a week ago.

[gamefreak94]

Maximum Temperature = 44C (111F)
Mind = Fried!

[Thanakil]

Guys, stop complaining about "corporate pigs" for 2 minutes and actually read this.
The DCA zombie arises again : Respectful Insolence (http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/05/the_dca_zombie_arises_again.php)

There's no miracle cure. It's playing with your hate against big companies to make you believe into something that isn't actually true.

[Xblade]

Fair enough............but if there were a cure......and it wasn't profitable.......



Do you think pharmaceutical corps would pick it up? :p

[Hard core Rikki]

Not as long as its more profitable to keep sick people sick.

[Xtreme2damax]

It seems people are losing touch with common sense and all rationality. Basically guilty with no chance of proving innocence, and no fair trials. Even the innocent are being declared guilty. What is the world coming to?

[GeominorAI]

That is just how the justice system works.

Related videos:

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LX6kVRsdXW4

[Beatrix]

More money for the lawyers I guess

[Xtreme2damax]

That is just how the justice system works.

Related videos:

xWAwPnwrvI4

LX6kVRsdXW4

Heh, I loved that movie though even though it got poor reviews by critics from what I've read.

By the way, I wasn't specifically referring to the justice system. But yeah, injustice is everywhere, not just the judicial system in reference to the law.

[DarkSamus]

It seems people are losing touch with common sense and all rationality. Basically guilty with no chance of proving innocence, and no fair trials. Even the innocent are being declared guilty. What is the world coming to?

:rolleyes:

[Xtreme2damax]

Well it's true, isn't it?

[Beatrix]

You guys aern't fighting again are you?

[DarkSamus]

Stop trying to bring it up, I have zero interest in talking to you or ANYONE ELSE about this matter.

If you can't see what you did then you are blind. (I don't expect anyone else to know the issue other then you)

@ everyone else, keep your noses out of it as it does not involve you. (Not accusing anyone, just saying this before it happens)

I am trying to keep this off the public pages but x2dm seems determined to keep hinting at the issue on the public pages when if he put real thought into it he might actually figure it out himself.

Now can we just drop this from the forums topics as its no-ones business but ours please?

[DarkSamus]

You guys aern't fighting again are you?

No fighting going on here.

Why didn't the forum merge these posts?

[Xtreme2damax]

Read my PM's, I already admitted I was careless, I realize that. I listened to you, I apologized even though an apology wasn't needed as I've done nothing that needs apologizing. I realize it was wrong to not listen to anyone, disregard anyone that didn't see it my way or agree with me, I refused to listen to concern and wrote it off as attacks against me.

I did the right thing by not drowning myself in further debt, and the responsible thing by not filing bankruptcy and will be paying off my debts. You are confusing the situation by making it out to be more than what it is.

You are also reading too much into my post that sparked this.

There is not anything else to say, so I'm leaving it at this.

[Bill_gates]

the texture coordinate system in opengl continues to confound me...

[Xtreme2damax]

the texture coordinate system in opengl continues to confound me...

Isn't OpenGL supposed to be a simpler API than DirectX or is it the other way around? Maybe that was true a while back. What are you trying to do, perhaps someone can help.

[Bill_gates]

Isn't OpenGL supposed to be a simpler API DirectX or is it the other way around? Maybe that was true a while back. What are you trying to do, perhaps someone can help.

Ive used both an I don't find one "easier" than the other just slightly different.
in fact i finally figured it out by glancing at a directx tutorial. :p The coordinate system is pretty much like java except no matter how large the texture is you range between 0 and 1. Not to mention the coordinate system also serves as a scaling factor.

a good example according to a tutorial I read:
If you set the top left corner of the quad to have texture coordinates of (0,0) and the bottom right corner to have (0.5,0.5) then the top left quarter of your texture would be used to cover the entire quad

[Xblade]

Stop trying to bring it up, I have zero interest in talking to you or ANYONE ELSE about this matter.

If you can't see what you did then you are blind. (I don't expect anyone else to know the issue other then you)

@ everyone else, keep your noses out of it as it does not involve you. (Not accusing anyone, just saying this before it happens)

I am trying to keep this off the public pages but x2dm seems determined to keep hinting at the issue on the public pages when if he put real thought into it he might actually figure it out himself.

Now can we just drop this from the forums topics as its no-ones business but ours please?

It was you that just provoked him. If you don't want to talk about stop TALKING about it.

[zidine00]

ughhhhh just found out one of my diablo 2 cds is damaged, great so i now have 3 new coasters.

no wait, 4 lod included.

wait never mind lucky me it was the cinematics disc that was screwed.

[Xtreme2damax]

What happened? Did you break them or scratch them? If they're just scratched hopefully you can still save them.

:Edit: I didn't see your edit. :/

Guess you got it sorted somewhat?

[ElijahTW]

I have lived through at least THREE world endings. 1994, 2000, and 2011. I'm invincible.

[Xtreme2damax]

Now we just got to wait until the year 2036 for Apophis. :p

[Strike105X]

Your getting ahead of yourself, don't forget about December 2012 :P.

[DarkSamus]

It was you that just provoked him. If you don't want to talk about stop TALKING about it.

You need to learn to read, you can't see how obvious it is his comment that I quoted was directed at me?

[Exodus]

What happened in 1994? I missed that one.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Here in SA Mandela was released and all white people were fearing a "legal" massacre in reciprocation of Apartheid (thus the end of their world)...dunno what the rest of the world was worried about though.

[Xblade]

You need to learn to read, you can't see how obvious it is his comment that I quoted was directed at me?

Ok so, you haven't mentioned at all why you've "lost respect"(as if anyone cares) for Xtreme, yet you keep posting outburst repeating so and telling people to mind their business when no one is asking.


How the **** am I supposed to be able to tell and why should I care to begin with? It takes two to tango, if you want it dropped don't reply to him.

[ElijahTW]

So I was trying to install Visual Basic 6 on Windows 7. It was refusing to install complaining about missing files.

As I was cussing out Microsoft for this travesty, I realized that the VB6 setup files for some reason hadn't completely been copied from my flash drive to my hard drive.

Heh.

I love Visual Basic 6. The last version before Microsoft destroyed it and took the "Basic" out of it. It should now just be called Visual .NET

[Xblade]

:rotflmao:

That happens to me too. Most recently when I was manually updating my ps3 and it wasn't detecting the file..........I didn't let it finish copying. :|

[Bill_gates]

A lotta people hate on Microsoft unnecessarily....

[Beatrix]

Yep. I am far more frustrated when I try to use mom's Mac than my Asus.

[ElijahTW]

A study I've done involving only myself has found that people are less likely to visit a site if they change their design often.

[Silenus]

Good one BigIg.

[Silenus]

I have upgraded to a wireless keyboard and mouse. Why haven't I done this years ago?

Bluetooth baby.

I'm not going back to wires.

[snickothemule]

I've recently gone back to a wired keyboard and mouse, I seem to be happier with it even considering the wires. Now I use my wireless keyboard for my HTPC.

[ElijahTW]

I installed Windows ME on a old PC. Mainly for nostalgic purposes since that was the OS I was using when I really got into computers.

But what's really odd, is that this dinosaur with a 650MHz processor and 256MB of ram is almost as peppy as my Windows 7 machine with a 3.2GHz dual core processor and 6GB of ram, as far as general computer usage goes. Obviously it's capabilities are very limited, but still. Sure, WinME was a terrible OS in many regards, but the fact that general computer usage efficiency hasn't improved even with processors multitudes faster and 24x the RAM says something.

[DarkSamus]

I used to have a wireless keyboard/mouse but having to change the batteries in the mouse every week started to annoy me. (The keyboard only needed replacement batteries every 6 months or so)

I went out and bought the combo of a G15 keyboard and G9 mouse and have never looked back (Although the feet on mouse mouse need to be replaced and the cord has frayed)

[Strike105X]

I installed Windows ME on a old PC. Mainly for nostalgic purposes since that was the OS I was using when I really got into computers.

But what's really odd, is that this dinosaur with a 650MHz processor and 256MB of ram is almost as peppy as my Windows 7 machine with a 3.2GHz dual core processor and 6GB of ram, as far as general computer usage goes. Obviously it's capabilities are very limited, but still. Sure, WinME was a terrible OS in many regards, but the fact that general computer usage efficiency hasn't improved even with processors multitudes faster and 24x the RAM says something.

With windows 98 you get same performance (maybe better) and better stability... ME must've been the most unstable buggy piece of OS i ever saw...

[Kaizen]

Driving lesson in 40 mins.
It's raining like it's rapture outside and I am bricking it lol.

Still, I just have to remind myself of all the drivers I know who are retard level thick.
They all just happen to be girls.

I'm honestly surprised some of them can get out of bed safely in the morning and if they can drive, so can I.

[Xblade]

I drove for the first time last week.......its was a huge frigging truck.........I was scared shietless. But I want to do it again.

[Kaizen]

I drove for the first time last week.......its was a huge frigging truck.........I was scared shietless. But I want to do it again.

http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/107/432/original/i_hug_that_feel.png?1300595876

Lesson was great.

Drivin around for 2 hours and it was fun fun fun.

Kinda like gran turismo 3 doing the sunday cup in a mazdaspeed demio.

[Xtreme2damax]

I got to get my permit and license at some point. I just don't have money for insurance or a car so I basically would have nothing to drive.

[Silenus]

Drivin around for 2 hours and it was fun fun fun.

Kinda like gran turismo 3 doing the sunday cup in a mazdaspeed demio.

Please don't quote the friday song. :mad:

My Mom taught me how to drive.
I was very scared the first time I went to the highway, big buses passing me by.
I just stayed on my line.
It was awesome.

[Xblade]

After friday comes saturday, then comes sunday.......now its monday!!

FUN FUN FUN.

[DarkSamus]

Its Tuesday here.

[Exodus]

Yeah? How's the future looking?

[DarkSamus]

very wet and rainy

[ozzgx4]

Bright! :D

Edit: wait, the suns gone...

[Xtreme2damax]

Windy, suns peeking through clouds here and it's windy.

[DarkSamus]

Yesterday morning we had fog that was so thick you could barely see 10 meters in front of you and it took til almost lunch time to fully lift.

[Silenus]

by therealnickdanger on 5/20/2011 1:57:12 pm , rating: 5
jobs 24:3-20

as jobs sat on the mount of cupertino, the geniuses came to him privately, saying, "tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" and jobs answered them, "see that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'i am the steve,' and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of bots and rumors of bots. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end of apple is not yet. For os will rise against os, and beta against beta, and there will be viruses and fragmentation in various sectors. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains."

"then they will deliver you up to geeksquad and put you to death, and you will be hated by all geeks for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and load other oss. And many false prophets will arise and lead many to other guis. And because malware will be increased, the monitors of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the mac will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all corporations, and then the end will come."

awesome!

[Noja87]

I am eating Delicious corn icecream and now you are all jelly! nom nom nom nom!

[Ahielia]

That feel when people tell you to get your hair cut, but they don't notice it when you do.
Pic related.
http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=214895&stc=1&d=1306169769

[Phil]

Yeah? How's the future looking?

Bright. Very bright indeed.

[Xtreme2damax]

I wonder when we'll get a thunderstorm where I live. Right now it's sunny, it was cloudy yesterday and sprinkling a bit. There hasn't been a thunderstorm in a few or so weeks now.

Hoping I get some money this week so I can pay my bills, I'm already a day late on my Fios bill. >_<

[Xblade]

We've getting non stop rain for days........-_- and thunderstorms.

[Noja87]

same...but thats to be expected lol

[Silenus]

Yeah it's called:

Las aguas de mayo.

:P

[ElijahTW]

Please continue to hold and the next available agent will be with you shortly.
Ughh..

*five minutes later*

Thank you for continuing to hold. Your call is very important to us. A representative will be with your shortly.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu------

[Beatrix]

I feel lost and pissed. Furious and apprehensive. Grrr

[Phil]

What's up?

[Beatrix]

read my PM

[verboten999]

One moment it was bright and sunny, crazy thunder storm with crazy wind and rain the next. It only lasted 10-15 minutes. And then it was bright and sunny all over again.

Don't you just love tropical climate?

[ElijahTW]

Why is it that a 75 watt RMS home sound system is considerably louder than a 150 watt RMS car sound system? I find that really odd, especially considering a car's small space. Are the speaker designs that different or what?

My Logitech X530 system's subwoofer pounds pretty damn hard, and it's only getting 25 watts. iirc

[Kaizen]

Why is it that a 75 watt RMS home sound system is considerably louder than a 150 watt RMS car sound system? I find that really odd, especially considering a car's small space. Are the speaker designs that different or what?

My Logitech X530 system's subwoofer pounds pretty damn hard, and it's only getting 25 watts. iirc

Car amps can sometimes be fitted with power restriction.
Your amp may be restricted to 60W

Also, note the voltage at which the RMS rating is cited.

like 150W at 14.4v is inferior to 150W at 12v.
Something to do with how cars electrics can fluctuate in supplying power that lowers output to the speakers.

[ElijahTW]

Anyone ever tried to look up a "how to" video on youtube? If you have, no doubt you've ran across "Expert Village" videos. Quite possibly the worst "how to video" publishers in the world.

Not only do they have "experts" that do not even know what they're talking about, in the rare case you find one of their videos that have someone who has at least read a book on the subject, they, for some stupid reason, split the tutorial into 412 pieces. Now, I'm fine with having multiple parts (especially considering youtube's 10 minute limit), but they got a bit beyond that. A simple step may be cut into 5 one minute videos. WHY?

The worst part about it, is that they're hard to avoid because they're split up into so many parts. A search for "replacing a home air conditioner" brings up all 4000 parts of expert village's take on it before you get to see any other uploaders version.

So damn annoying. I wish youtube would ban them.

protip: add -expertvillage to your search query to remove all results that are from them.

[Princess Garnet]

The limit is beyond ten minutes now (I think it's fifteen?), but any videos from before that was raised will, of course, still be ten minutes long at most (the exceptions aside).

[ElijahTW]

The limit is beyond ten minutes now (I think it's fifteen?), but any videos from before that was raised will, of course, still be ten minutes long at most (the exceptions aside).

Either way, there is no damn excuse for a simple tutorial being split into 47 parts, unless it takes 47 x (youtube's time limit) in length.

This sums it of nicely:
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[Xblade]

protip: add -expertvillage to your search query to remove all results that are from them.[/SIZE]

Best thing I've learned all day.

[ElijahTW]

Here is the kind of mental stimulation you receive from expertvillage:

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"Because your specs have to be aligned properly with the specs of the software"

Sounds religious in a way.

[Princess Garnet]

Either way, there is no damn excuse for a simple tutorial being split into 47 parts, unless it takes 47 x (youtube's time limit) in length.I was speaking solely about the video length, not about Expert Village's videos.

[Ahielia]

2zoqXOsMw84

http://forums.ngemu.com/attachments/open-discussion/213571d1295730826-freemasonry-mystery-revealed-1270146091387.jpg

[redlofredlof]

can I use that image as an avatar?

[Phil]

It's fascinating what you can accomplish through bidirectional thought.

[Noja87]

http://imageshack.us/m/219/5281/1306326248227.jpg

my sides...cant stop laughing...god hahaha

[Strike105X]

She owned him hard :rotflmao:.

[Phil]

^ Indeed :p

[Silenus]

I just lost a couple of braincells watching expertvillage.

Good thing Noja saved the day.

[Xblade]

I saved myself the plight.......

[Xtreme2damax]

I have some slight discomfort/pain right under my right ear at the top of my neck, really annoying.

[Ahielia]

http://imageshack.us/m/219/5281/1306326248227.jpg

my sides...cant stop laughing...god hahaha

I'm so glad I don't have that problem :lol:


RT: I never want to be a doctor.
Many things that they do is so ****ing disgusting, and I'm not particularly squeamish.
Nor am I much of a people person, so that's a plus.

[Silenus]

Speaking of people's person.

I'm not that much either.

But for my wife, I can put a poker face and make people think that I actually care. :p

heck maybe that's part of a people's person.

[Noja87]

Im more nervous of my brother using my car with his recently acquired license than when i was doing my drivers license test for the first time. He just doesn't pay attention to anything and it scares me ****less. But if i dont let him drive he will never learn.

[Xblade]

Speaking of people's person.

I'm not that much either.

But for my wife, I can put a poker face and make people think that I actually care. :p

heck maybe that's part of a people's person.

If the person is really important to me, I'll think of the plight the issue is causing them rather then if I actually think the problem is worth a damn. :|

[redlofredlof]

Car amps can sometimes be fitted with power restriction.
Your amp may be restricted to 60W

Also, note the voltage at which the RMS rating is cited.

like 150W at 14.4v is inferior to 150W at 12v.
Something to do with how cars electrics can fluctuate in supplying power that lowers output to the speakers.

its easy dear, do the math
150/14.4=~10 amps
150/12=12.5 amps
more current means better.

[ElijahTW]

Ohms is important, too.

A lot of older (particularly GM) cars had 10 ohm speakers, which sounded absolutely horrible.

[redlofredlof]

Ohms is important, too.

A lot of older (particularly GM) cars had 10 ohm speakers, which sounded absolutely horrible.

well as I said, current is important. less ohms means more current, more current means more electric flux around the speaker coil, more flux means better audio response from the speaker cone.

[Phil]

A lot also depends on the mags and drivers themselves.

Bigig, AC Delco make substandard car systems, they should stick to the supplier business.

[ElijahTW]

Bigig, AC Delco make substandard car systems, they should stick to the supplier business.

Their spark plugs aren't particularly great, either. The 88 Cavalier I owned before needed new spark plugs. Bought the $5 OEM AC Delco plugs. Made sure they were gapped right. Torqued them to spec, made it about 400 miles on them before my engine starting misfiring. Took advantage of the warranty and replaced them - didn't even make it 50 miles before they started causing misfires again. Replaced them with the real cheap brand (autolite, I think) $1.50 spark plugs. Never had a problem with them for the rest of the time that I owned the car.

Also, substandard doesn't even begin to describe their audio systems. My first car, a 96 Chevy Beretta had a stock AC Delco system, absolute garbage. The radio wouldn't pick anything up unless I parked on top the radio tower, sounded like it had a power output of about 2.5 watts, and the tape deck broke my 3.5mm->tape adapter.

The 2000 Cavalier I owned (the one that almost killed me) had a stock AC Delco system in it, and it didn't sound quite as bad, but still not acceptable.

[Phil]

Yeah. They suck on a regular bases. On the other-hand, for heavy industry, they make good stuff. For instance, the Corvette Z06 has hydroformed frames by Delco.

[ElijahTW]

Bon1x-3g4C8

LOL!

[Phil]

That video killed me XD

Im crying. Her voice just sets it off. She's like OK! Omg This has to be fake.

I love how the guy adds it up.

[Princess Garnet]

Also, substandard doesn't even begin to describe their audio systems. My first car, a 96 Chevy Beretta had a stock AC Delco system, absolute garbage. The radio wouldn't pick anything up unless I parked on top the radio tower, sounded like it had a power output of about 2.5 watts, and the tape deck broke my 3.5mm->tape adapter.That's odd. My Beretta and Corsica (both have the same motor) both liked the AC Delco plugs, and from reading around online and asking people I knew about the motor/car, it was the most recommended for the motor. Autolite was said to be okay (and is what the Corsica came with stock), and there was another (Bosch Platinum?) that was said to be avoided (which is what I found in the Beretta when I got it).

I can't speak for the radios much. I put a different one in mine so I could use my MP3 player. The speakers in my Corsica did sound better than the ones in my Beretta though (maybe they were worn, I don't know, I didn't really care).

[Beatrix]

Camping is fun! Posting from my tent :p

[Silenus]

Camping is fun! Posting from my tent :p

I bought a small tent for my daughter.

But we use it inside the house. :p

If you lived around here, you would agree it's not safe to do it outside.
It's not the fauna the problem, it's the humans. :lol:

[Beatrix]

Well I have 3 friends with me. Im in the woods at the back of my house :p. And I have a huge Saint Bernard to protect me, and an extra cellphone, fully charged!

[Princess Garnet]

I wouldn't consider the backyard and technology as much of camping to be honest, but have fun. I've done that before (literally, with an old television and a Nintendo even). However, it doesn't compare with when I trekked across state with a friend and sister and literally camped in the woods. We had phones (not smartphones) for emergency and that was it as far as technology goes. Hiking and fire cooked hotdogs and marshmallows and Smores. Now I want to do it again this year.

[Beatrix]

I wouldn't consider the backyard and technology as much of camping to be honest, but have fun. I've done that before (literally, with an old television and a Nintendo even). However, it doesn't compare with when I trekked across state with a friend and sister and literally camped in the woods. We had phones (not smartphones) for emergency and that was it as far as technology goes. Hiking and fire cooked hotdogs and marshmallows and Smores. Now I want to do it again this year.

Well not in my actual backyard, but in the forest! We are roughly a mile from civilization!

And if you go again this year, im going with you, no excuses!
lol! Christ it's dark out. Time to light a fire :p

[Princess Garnet]

Engh, a mile from the house via the woods in your backward still isn't much of camping to me unless the house itself is alone in the middle of the woods to begin with or something. There's camping, and then there's camping as it should be. I'm not a big nature/camping person but even I say the two experiences are worlds apart. They're both fun though.

[snickothemule]

I used to go camping all the time as a kid when I was in scouts. Best time as a young un', paddle or trek your gear for a few kilometres, set up camp, go fishing, swimming, hiking, build ****, make smoke bombs, awesome times man.

[Phil]

Engh, a mile from the house via the woods in your backward still isn't much of camping to me unless the house itself is alone in the middle of the woods to begin with or something. There's camping, and then there's camping as it should be. I'm not a big nature/camping person but even I say the two experiences are worlds apart. They're both fun though.

World of truth to this. Hiking in the woods behind my own house and getting chased by a bear are two very different activities. Bears are nosy bastards, always rummaging through your belongings like it owns them.

I used to go camping all the time as a kid when I was in scouts. Best time as a young un', paddle or trek your gear for a few kilometres, set up camp, go fishing, swimming, hiking, build ****, make smoke bombs, awesome times man.

You, my upright man, are correct on such assumptions. Due to your Real Man status, you obviously killed a 12 point buck (or in your case a wallaby) for your super, all the while being chased by nasties such as boomslangs and death adders. No home made lunch for you. Truly a staggering feat accomplished by such a young lad. Simply magnificent.

[Noja87]

The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra - Avatar Wiki, the Avatar: The Last Airbender resource (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_Airbender:_Legend_of_Korra)

Holy crap i didnt know this!

http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/1/16/Avatar_Legend_of_Korra.jpg

[Phil]

ZPENFi0EXTE&playnext=1&list=PL51A65BC0D6E8869C

[redlofredlof]

is there any other free maps application like google maps for android?

[ElijahTW]

Hmm... I'm thinking about attempting to convert a car into a CNG/Gasoline Bi-Fuel vehicle. Would make for a fun proect, albeit possibly pointless since there isn't any (many, atleast) CNG refill stations in Ohio. Still, I think CNG could make a nice stop-gap in between gasoline and whatevers next.

[Phil]

Well there is plenty of natural gas cars. Maybe you were thinking of Bio Fuel?

[ElijahTW]

Well there is plenty of natural gas cars. Maybe you were thinking of Bio Fuel?

Nope. I'm not saying it's anything that's never been done before (The Honda Civic DX has been out for awhile) but it would make for a fun project, I think.

[gamefreak94]

CNG feels like you just attached a 2 ton load to the back of your car. Pick-up and acceleration sucks big time...just saying.

Anyway if it's a simple carburettor engine and not bigger then 1.6L then it should be pretty easy if you manage to get your hands on the right CNG kit. Heck the transition from petrol to CNG and vice versa can even be made while the car's moving and without stalling the engine.

[gamefreak94]

*double-post*

[Noja87]

Hey! guys guys! over here! check this out.

TKVZctTCU18

[ShadowPlayer]

I can't play witcher 2 on my crappy GeForce 9600GT with 30FPS even on low, Im desperate :P

[ozzgx4]

The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra - Avatar Wiki, the Avatar: The Last Airbender resource (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_Airbender:_Legend_of_Korra)

Holy crap i didnt know this!


I read about it a few months back. I can't wait :D

[ElijahTW]

CNG feels like you just attached a 2 ton load to the back of your car. Pick-up and acceleration sucks big time...just saying.

Hmm, I've seen some people say that the loss isn't that bad. I suppose it depends on the car.
C
Anyway if it's a simple carburettor engine and not bigger then 1.6L then it should be pretty easy if you manage to get your hands on the right CNG kit. Heck the transition from petrol to CNG and vice versa can even be made while the car's moving and without stalling the engine.

From what I've read, fuel injection conversions isn't complicated either. And the CNG kits are very easily available for about any engine. I'm thinking of buying a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire I saw on craigslist for $800. Description said tranny slips in and out of gear, but I'm sure I could fix it (well, maybe. My last tranny rebuild proect lead to loss hair and eventually just picking up a junk yard tranny that worked...). 2.2L engine, but I saw a youtube video about a guy converting his 2.2L Cavalier and it's the same exact engine.

The main problem is sourcing CNG in the first place. Sure, I have natural gas pumping into my house, but it's not compressed and the machine for that costs thousands of dollars.

[Noja87]

Slept for 14 hours and im still very tired. Why body? why?

[Beatrix]

Same problem here. If I sleep for 6 hours, im fine. If i sleep for 12 hours, im sluggish and tired :(

[Strike105X]

It really depends between which hours you also sleep, between 20:00 and 00:00 its the most restful sleep.

[Naix]

I want to do so many things this week since i am on a little vaccation but i just sleep late and wake up late, I feel lazy all day. haha.

[Princess Garnet]

Slept for 14 hours and im still very tired. Why body? why?You overslept and/or your body's schedule was out of rhythm.

[Silenus]

@BigIg

I think you will enjoy this.

5 Bizarre Pitfalls of Owning a Classic Car | Cracked.com (http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-bizarre-pitfalls-owning-classic-car/)

[ElijahTW]

If I go lay down for a short nap, I end up sleeping ten hours.

If I want to sleep ten hours, I end up taking a short nap.

[Princess Garnet]

@BigIg

I think you will enjoy this.

5 Bizarre Pitfalls of Owning a Classic Car | Cracked.com (http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-bizarre-pitfalls-owning-classic-car/)Ungh! I miss my Beretta and all, but I had to deal with number two a few more times than I care to count when I had it.

[Beatrix]

That happens to me as well. Often actually :p

[Bill_gates]

found my lost PSP still in its case after it was missing for many months
not sure what games to get for it...

[Beatrix]

Crises core?

[Exodus]

In case anyone is cheering for the underdog PCs, I just spent $20 on a new power supply to save my 7.5 year old PC from death. Keeps on tickin'!

[zidine00]

why do anti virus's take so long, been 7 hours already dang it. Only had 4 false positives.

[Strike105X]

7 hours ? oO what HDD processor and antivirus are you using ?

[Beatrix]

In case anyone is cheering for the underdog PCs, I just spent $20 on a new power supply to save my 7.5 year old PC from death. Keeps on tickin'!

Can't wait till it blows up tonight! But hopefully not. 7.5 years is an age in computer terms no?

[zidine00]

no idea about the HDD, (some cheep one i got, i didnt think that far ahead), Pentium E6500 and im using avira. And then there's the fact i have a hell of alot of trash on here.

[Strike105X]

At least tell me the capacity, judging by the CPU and antivirus it shouldn't take so long...

[zidine00]

At least tell me the capacity, judging by the CPU and antivirus it shouldn't take so long...

oh right 500gb.

437 used, what can i say i have a lot of trash.

[Princess Garnet]

In case anyone is cheering for the underdog PCs, I just spent $20 on a new power supply to save my 7.5 year old PC from death. Keeps on tickin'!Oh my! Since I imagine you'll be getting a new one for Diablo III (?), you should have gotten something you could carry over (unless you'll get a pre-built and doing so relatively soon, then sure, why not get anything). Oh, and something that isn't a likely risk.

Didn't you also save the graphics card fan at one point? That sure is one resilient PC.

[Beatrix]

I vote that it will still will work if he pours water over it!

[ElijahTW]

Ungh! I miss my Beretta and all, but I had to deal with number two a few more times than I care to count when I had it.

Which sucks because the Beretta isn't all that fast. (At least the base model 1996 I had, never driven a Z26, though mine had the same 3.1L V6 the Z26 did so I'm sure they're fairly similar.)

[Strike105X]

oh right 500gb.

437 used, what can i say i have a lot of trash.

Still it ain't normal... i also had trash... so much that i had to format the HDD cause i got lost in there (8 Gb unused at the time)... but scanning didn't took nearly as much... maybe your HDD slowed down or something...

[Xblade]

Ehh, I am usually using 900/1000 gigs..........>_>

[ElijahTW]

I need to start wearing of those rubber swimming caps when I'm working under a car. I inevitably always end up with various vehicle fluids in my hair. It comes fairly easily off the skin, but it's a ***** to get out of your hair.

[Princess Garnet]

Which sucks because the Beretta isn't all that fast. (At least the base model 1996 I had, never driven a Z26, though mine had the same 3.1L V6 the Z26 did so I'm sure they're fairly similar.)I didn't have it to be fast, nor were they meant to be very fast anyway. That being said, I never found it by no means slow. I had it because it was a good balance of cost/speed/fuel economy/style for me, and above all, it was small.

It was a Turquoise-ish or Blue-ish 1994 Z26 that I had, and it was in rather good condition too (maybe not perfectly immaculate, but essentially minimal rust, which living in Ohio, you should know how rare that is) and had a sunroof, remote starter, etc. I believe it had only two previous owners, and at least the prior one had it garage kept. It was very clean inside (seats were comfortable). It only had ~53,000 miles when I got it, which is pretty low for a 1994 car.

I miss it, terribly. Some moron pulled out right in front of me trying to go the opposite way late last Autumn (I hit them only going ~20MPH so nobody was hurt thankfully). It was, of course, "totaled" beyond economical cost due to the age/value of the car, so it was a write off. I'd never find another in as good of condition (even finding a decent one around here is next to impossible it seems).

[ElijahTW]

I didn't have it to be fast, nor were they meant to be very fast anyway. That being said, I never found it by no means slow. I had it because it was a good balance of cost/speed/fuel economy/style for me, and above all, it was small.

It was a Turquoise-ish or Blue-ish 1994 Z26 that I had, and it was in rather good condition too (maybe not perfectly immaculate, but essentially minimal rust, which living in Ohio, you should know how rare that is) and had a sunroof, remote starter, etc. I believe it had only two previous owners, and at least the prior one had it garage kept. It was very clean inside. It only had ~53,000 miles when I got it, which is pretty low for a 1994 car.

I miss it, terribly. Some moron pulled out right in front of me trying to go the opposite way late last Autumn (I hit them only going ~20MPH so nobody was hurt thankfully). It was, of course, "totaled" beyond economical cost due to the age/value of the car, so it was a write off. I'd never find another in as good of condition (even finding a decent one around here is next to impossible it seems).

Yeah, they're great little cars. The one I had was in fantastic condition at 110,000 miles. No rust, no apparent mechanical problems, paint job was still nearly flawless, and also had a sunroof like yours. Only problem with that car was that the temp gauge didn't work - which turned out to be a very bad thing. I was driving down the highway and a radiator hose blew - I didn't hear anything, smell anything, or see any smoke until it was too late and the engine was destroyed.

I miss the car because like most people, nothing can be more special than the first car you ever owned.

Edit: The only other problem I had with that car, come to think of it, was that I had to replace the seal for the sunroof.

I replace my radiator hoses every 8,000 miles since owning that car. Overkill? Yeah, probably. But they're like $1.50 a foot of radiator hose, unless you buy the kind that are pre-bent for your vehicle which usually isn't necessary.

[Princess Garnet]

It was my third (?) car I think. My previous (and current, as I'm now back with it) was a 1995 Corsica, which is mechanically almost the same car just with a different body. It's what made me want a Beretta.

[Ahielia]

Worrying is like a rocking chair.
It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

[ElijahTW]

The Corsica is a good car as well. Just replaced a radiator in one - car had around 180k iirc and it was in great shape other than the radiator.

The Beretta, Corsica, and certain years of the Cavaliers are GMs best lower-priced cars.

[Princess Garnet]

Worrying is like a rocking chair.
It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.That's quote worthy.

[Beatrix]

My first car was an 2003 Jeep TJ with 35" swamper tires. Dad reasoned that since I was going to hit things, might as well get me something could simply drive over anything.

[ElijahTW]

Worrying is like a rocking chair.
It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

I call BS. If you shake back in forth in a rocking chair hard enough on a hardwood, you'll slowly move. :lol:

[Princess Garnet]

I call BS. If you shake back in forth in a rocking chair hard enough on a hardwood, you'll slowly move. :lol:Shh! Don't ruin the moment.

[Beatrix]

Yeah, onto your face!

[ElijahTW]

My first car was an 2003 Jeep TJ with 35" swamper tires. Dad reasoned that since I was going to hit things, might as well get me something could simply drive over anything.

I'm sure the gas mileage was fantastic. :lol:

[Beatrix]

Dana 60 axles, 6" SkyJacker lift. She was awesome! About 15 miles to the gallon, off road much less :p

[ElijahTW]

Dana 60 axles, 6" SkyJacker lift. She was awesome! About 15 miles to the gallon, off road much less :p

Eh, 15MPG isn't all that bad for that type of vehicle.

My 96 Ford Explorer got maybe 12MPG but it was in terrible shape and the transmission was fu*cked in a way that caused it to not shift until 4500+ RPM. Still need to put a new transmission on that thing since it was great for hauling stuff around and since it looked like crap already, I didn't really care if I busted up the exterior loading stuff. Was considering fitting a stick shift in there.

[Beatrix]

Well it had a V6. Perhaps your car had a V8? But my Jeep stock got almost 20mpg on the highway (the tires made the engine work harder I think).

I miss having a manual. Even though the Jeep's gearbox was clunky, it just felt faster.

[Phil]

Thanks Mia. Thanks alot. Really, really makes my day.....now can you remove that please.

[Kaizen]

I'm starting to fall for someone and she likes me, we have real chemistry.
P/P reject.

Forever Alone.

Driving lesson in 2 hours or so :)

[Kaizen]

HyperMassiveDoubleToast

[Phil]

Go for it then. Tell her how you feel.

[Irukapooka]

Oh hey guys!

Guess freaking what?

My brother accidently broke my laptop last night...

So if you can't get ahold of me for awhile, you'll know why.

Just wanted to let everyone know.

Peace out.

[Irukapooka]

Oh hey guys!

Guess freaking what?

My brother accidently broke my laptop last night...

So if you can't get ahold of me for awhile, you'll know why.

Just wanted to let everyone know.

Peace out.

[Princess Garnet]

What about your Playstation 3? Can't you use that (even if it's not ideal)?

[Xblade]

The ps3 browser is terribad.....not even plausible without a usb keyboard either.

[Phil]

Oh hey guys!

Guess freaking what?

My brother accidently broke my laptop last night...

So if you can't get ahold of me for awhile, you'll know why.

Just wanted to let everyone know.

Peace out.


Tell him to fix it. But if you can find nowhere cheap enough, ill do it. Ill order the jack tomorrow if I have time. Just let me know.

[Princess Garnet]

The ps3 browser is terribad.....not even plausible without a usb keyboard either.I know it's browser is poor and typing on a controller may be more time consuming/difficult, but it could still work in the meantime.

[Xblade]

A smartphone would be vastly preferable(not sure if she has one). Its what I do if my net goes down.

[Irukapooka]

thanks phil. :)

I'm currently on my ereader atm. Its not ideal...and my ps3 is no better.

[Phil]

Any USB keyboards works fine. If you learn the browser after awhile, you get used to it.

On another note, my old 80GB BC PS3 died yesterday. Again. And I just paid $80 to fix it. So this Friday im getting another slim (Black Ops bundle-I hate the design but my previous one never failed on me.)

The trick is now I have to get all my old saves off it and my Heavy rain disc that is locked inside.

Once I do that, I may sell it to anyone on here for dirt cheap.

[Princess Garnet]

Black Ops!? No!

[Phil]

lol. I don't care for any Modern Warfare game. It's $299 on sale, same as the regular system, so why not get a free game with it :p

[Princess Garnet]

Does the console itself, or any of it's peripherals, have like any decorations/decals/stickers branding it, though? That was my thought. The game could always be sold, I suppose.

[Phil]

Nope. It's just a plain 160GB slim with the game.

[Beatrix]

Black Ops!? No!

Most returned game in history!

[Phil]

What is there to live for if you lose everything?

Fascinating question.

[ElijahTW]

I see they got rid of the "posted x minutes ago" thing. I like it better this way.

[Phil]

Yeah I noticed that to. It felt a little weird at first, but it's good now.

[Princess Garnet]

I see they got rid of the "posted x minutes ago" thing. I like it better this way.I didn't even notice that. I like it better this way. Almost every other forum, if not every other one, I've been to has had it this way, and it's much better. I hope they don't change it back.

[verboten999]

I wanna go home :(

[DarkSamus]

What's stopping you?

[verboten999]

A mountain of work to be done. Thursday and Friday are holidays. Well, technically Thursday is, but the government decided

Minister1: "Hey why not make Friday a holiday too for the sake of it?"
Minister2: "Hey that's awesome! Let's go for that."
Minister 1 & 2: "DEAL!"

I'm not willing to go into the office while everyone else is busy having their day off. So here I am, still working. It's 17.26 and I've been at the office since 07.00. Maybe I'll go home in about 1-2 hour(s). As long as the pay's good :laugh:

[Noja87]

Did i press a button by mistake somewhere? im getting date instead of hours and minutes when looking at the last post.

[Xblade]

Seems like they changed it yesterday.

[Noja87]

bah i prefer the hours and minutes. Between there is nothing like waking up in the morning with cup of coffee and a laptop with half the drivers missing, half the tools missing, the catalyst control center failing and AVG not detecting anything (as usual). What a great day is ahead of me.


* Note to self: Disable internet after you go to sleep. No one in my house knows how to use a ****ing computer.

EDIT: I think im going to end up formatting. Everything i need to restore another thing is gone. Every folder, every tool. Its almost as if a hacker screw me over.

[Beatrix]

I liked the old style

[Ahielia]

bah i prefer the hours and minutes.

I like it this way :-)

* Note to self: Disable internet after you go to sleep. No one in my house knows how to use a ****ing computer.


Or just password protect your computer and put it in sleep mode or turn it off ;)
Oh, and get a real AV :D

[Strike105X]

Well atm its 3 to 1 cause i also liked the old one more :P.

[Xblade]

I did too ::|.

[Rickroller]

Who would have though, that if you reversed Guile's theme from a NES pirate version of Street Fighter 2, you would hear something very similar to the rick roll theme!

[Princess Garnet]

I like the time stamps (as they are) better than "x days/weeks/years ago". It's more accurate. It still says "today", "yesterday", etc. along with the time, so for you lazy ones that can't do numbers, it's kind of like both anyway.

Then again, I don't really pay attention to it/rely on it. I'm surprised anyone else even noticed.Well atm its 3 to 1 cause i also liked the old one more :P.Ha, there's proof that those who like it the other way are lazy ones that can't do numbers (I'm kidding, but there's two or maybe three more people above you apparently missed to count that like it as it is now better).Did i press a button by mistake somewhere? im getting date instead of hours and minutes when looking at the last post.More proof (again, I kid). Look a mere four, five, and six posts up from yours. Was already asked/answered.

[Xblade]

I hate being idle at home.......seriously gunning for a summer job before next semester starts. Utilizing connections :|. Toes will be stepped on.

[Irukapooka]

Meh...

[ElijahTW]

Meh...

This sheer hidden complexity of the thought process that went into this post seriously boggles my mind.




:p

[Kaizen]

This sheer hidden complexity of the thought process that went into this post seriously boggles my mind.




:p


Meh is usually behaviour exhibited by females for a top up of self esteem.
The trend is for them to join a male oriented community then make token posts with all substantial communication being succubus like in nature.

Meh.

Whats wrong honey.
TOOT TOO TOOOT, white knights abound.

[ElijahTW]

Meh is usually behaviour exhibited by females for a top up of self esteem.
The trend is for them to join a male oriented community then make token posts with all substantial communication being succubus like in nature.

Meh.

Whats wrong honey.
TOOT TOO TOOOT, white knights abound.

Meh.

[redlofredlof]

Whats wrong honey.
TOOT TOO TOOOT, white knights abound.

lol
is the tv working fine?
what kind of tv is it?

[snickothemule]

Eli what's wrong???!???!??!?

[ElijahTW]

You know what pisses me off? When people refer to computers as "hard drives". It's so hard to explain to them that hard drives are a part of a computer, not the whole computer.

[ElijahTW]

Eli what's wrong???!???!??!?

TOOT TOOT! My white knight! :lol:

(*Damn lack of automerge*)

[redlofredlof]

he's just being himself

[snickothemule]

Yeah I know what you mean, its like how the blu-ray drive in my PS3 makes it powerful, without it games would look like the PS2. When I hear crud like that it makes me wish people would learn to do at least a bit of background research to get the terminology and a semi decent understanding of what does what before shouting the first thing that comes into their head.

[ElijahTW]

Yeah, my general generation's age group is supposed to be good with technology. I think they're wrong.

[redlofredlof]

does the ps3 have 5.1 channel analog audio output at the back?

[Irukapooka]

Meh was to the response of the new change to the time with the posts. :p

No need to flatter yourself, Kaizen. ;)

[masta.g.86]

does the ps3 have 5.1 channel analog audio output at the back?

Nope. Stereo analog out only. Kinda sad, really since my 5.1 system is 100% analog in.

You have audio over HDMI and optical. At least that's how it is for the "fat" models. Dunno about the slims. They should have both of those as well unless optical out was cut to reduce production costs.

[verboten999]

The change is fine imho. I like it better this way.

[Irukapooka]

Yeah I think I'm really liking it too. :) It took a bit of time to get used to it but it works well.

[Princess Garnet]

You know what pisses me off? When people refer to computers as "hard drives". It's so hard to explain to them that hard drives are a part of a computer, not the whole computer.I don't see them do that with hard drives. I see them do that with "CPU".

I also know people who refer to the entire PC setup as a computer and think the computer "box" is something else (with it's own name).

[Phil]

I've seen them point at a computer monitor and call it a computer. Yep, the inverter board has a built in i7 sir. You see that is why they are so expensive these days.

[Xblade]

Why are the mass majority of people who vote for republicans so blisteringly ignorant? o_o

[Phil]

Because they have money.

Moving on.

I must admit, engaging a Republican in conversation is always more epic than engaging a democrat. I have yet to find out why.

[Xblade]

Because you feel intelligent in comparison?

[Phil]

No. They are just so passionate about their views lol.

[Xblade]

Passion is not far removed from bigotry. :evil:

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I've seen them point at a computer monitor and call it a computer. Yep, the inverter board has a built in i7 sir. You see that is why they are so expensive these days.

How often have you watched a movie where dozens of computer screens get shot up and the boxes never touched but the system gets nuked just the same anyways?

[Phil]

Transformers one comes to mind lol.

[Princess Garnet]

Meh is usually behaviour exhibited by females for a top up of self esteem.
The trend is for them to join a male oriented community then make token posts with all substantial communication being succubus like in nature.

Meh.

Whats wrong honey.
TOOT TOO TOOOT, white knights abound.Meh.

[Phil]

Passion is not far removed from bigotry. :evil:



Meh.

[Noja87]

never seen them call it a hard drive or cpu but yes to the monitor.

[Phinja]

I'm going to iether japan or china to learn to be a ninja... i really am Which shoujld i go to... also do they serve noodles?

[redlofredlof]

no they serve rice with chop sticks and you have to master the technique of holding them with just one hand before you can get to learn any ninja stuff.

[Kaizen]

Meh.

You're a nerd though. Hardcore nerd.

Hell, I do the same. Have accounts on fashion forums. Topless pictures result in PM's aplenty. It's not just guys who solicit in PM's.

I hope to look like greg plitt one day, he's so hot.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/libraphil/gregplitt000052110.jpg
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/15708_365474734854_351504459854_3449420_5457690_n. jpg

[Noja87]

the ****

[Xblade]

I hope to look like greg plitt one day, he's so hot.


Meh.

[Ahielia]

:drool:

[Xblade]

Meh.

[Gladiator@]

http://i85.servimg.com/u/f85/12/25/23/18/kirby_11.png Wtf

http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=215000&stc=1&d=1307051120

no offense

[zidine00]

Sonys been hacked again...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386327,00.asp

[Xblade]

And announcing the that they hacked the site was a good idea........in what dimension?

[Rickroller]

everythings beging hacked and no one knows whos doing it, brilliant!

[Phil]

Well that sucks, as I am buying my new PS3 tomorrow.

[zidine00]

Dont you just love it when a mmo is region locked and they dont tell you until after you download it.....

[Ahielia]

Many are.
If you wanted to make sure, you could've just Googled it, or sent them an email.

[Xblade]

Don't you love it even more when you're region is part of the U.S yet still excluded from services? I hate nexon, and I hate IP blocks.

[Ahielia]

According to many "Americans", neither Alaska nor Hawaii is part of the US either.

[zidine00]

Many are.
If you wanted to make sure, you could've just Googled it, or sent them an email.

sure i could have done that, but dang it!

[Xblade]

I'm in the U.S(UNITED STATES)V.I. Name is apparently for style as we get excluded from many american only game services. Worst part is that we have no one that publishes in our area.

[zidine00]

I hate nexon, and I hate IP blocks.

heh good call, it was a nexon game i was trying to play, turns out the European version has been in 'development' for roughly about a year now.

[Silenus]

http://forums.ngemu.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=215000&stc=1&d=1307051120



no offense

lmao

Gotta save this pic.

[Xblade]

heh good call, it was a nexon game i was trying to play, turns out the European version has been in 'development' for roughly about a year now.

I won't even be able to play the European version whenever it comes out. Nexon sucks. Vindictus's license was bought by wankers.

[Princess Garnet]

According to many "Americans", neither Alaska nor Hawaii is part of the US either.People think they are not part of the contiguous United States, which they are not. Nobody thinks they are not part of the country.

[Xblade]

G-Princess is right. :p

United States|= North America.

Not by itself anyway.

[Exodus]

According to many "Americans", neither Alaska nor Hawaii is part of the US either.

Canada is though. Go figure.

[ElijahTW]

I need a good piece of software to keep track of car repairs I'm doing, create quotes/invoices/etc.

I started with pen and paper, then switched to spread sheets and MS word for the invoices, but it's becoming cumbersome.

Ideas? Google leads mostly to overpriced software that looks like a amateur VB6 programmer made, pretty much.

[redlofredlof]

tally

[Ahielia]

People think they are not part of the contiguous United States, which they are not. Nobody thinks they are not part of the country.

Oh you'd be surprised how many think it's the same thing :p

[Princess Garnet]

Nobody here thinks Alaska and/or Hawaii aren't part of the country.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I need a good piece of software to keep track of car repairs I'm doing, create quotes/invoices/etc.

I started with pen and paper, then switched to spread sheets and MS word for the invoices, but it's becoming cumbersome.

Ideas? Google leads mostly to overpriced software that looks like a amateur VB6 programmer made, pretty much.

Microsoft Office Accounting Express - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Downloads (http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Office-Accounting-Express/3000-2066_4-10599757.html)

QuickBooks Simple Start Free Edition - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Downloads (http://download.cnet.com/QuickBooks-Simple-Start-Free-Edition/3000-2066_4-10608523.html)

[Ahielia]

Nobody here thinks Alaska and/or Hawaii aren't part of the country.

That might be, but I've heard many "Americans" that feel otherwise.