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Comment on $15 Dell XPS case at surplus sale. by Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:59:58 +0000

My CM stacker 830 is pretty awesome, but this is (believe it or not) bigger and looks better. It also isn’t made of mesh, so it would be a lot quieter. To put my rig in it I’d have to mod it to ATX, which would be nice for being future forward, but a bit of work. Maybe make it ATX and do a nice Alien Swarm mod to it when some DLC comes out for it? I have some other stuff I need to finish first though. For now I’ll just hang onto it.

Comment on $15 Dell XPS case at surplus sale. by Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:25:19 +0000

Is it BTX or something else?

Are you going to put your main gaming rig into it, or another rig? The case you have for your gaming rig is pretty sweet, I thought.

Comment on A long awaited update to the Cube by Linotype

Linotype — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:01:13 +0000

Hi there.
I’ve been DYING to make myself my very own companion cube, and now I’ve realized after watching your clips and pics that it’s(excuse my language= fucking makeable.
One little question only: What did you make the cube of? Paper? Plastic? Metal, even?
Greetings, Li

Comment on Ran a red light, but I don’t think it’s my fault. by Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:52:41 +0000

Also, the intersection reminds me of one in Morristown, NJ that was near where I lived. They solved it by putting the actual stoplights on either side of the bridge, making the area under the bridge part of the actual intersection rather than being right before/after it. I think you’ll be able to poke around it to see what I mean here:
http://tinyurl.com/35kcyts

Comment on Ran a red light, but I don’t think it’s my fault. by Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:46:54 +0000

I think it’s definitely strange. If I hadn’t read your description then it wouldn’t have been clear to me exactly what the flashing light was trying to say to me. The fact that they set up a stoplight cam tells me that the whole thing is wacky enough that it’s an ongoing issue, which they decided to profit from rather than fix properly. You might be able to fight it based on that. You might also want to look into deferring the ticket if you haven’t already deferred a ticket in Washington. It would be an easier process than fighting it.

Comment on Ran a red light, but I don’t think it’s my fault. by Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:48:20 +0000

The video shows me breaking and then letting off the break at the stop line. If I was trying to push the light I wouldn’t have been breaking all the way in like that. Also, my speed was 31mph (according to the ticket). If I were trying to push the light I would have likely been doing 40mph (like most of the other traffic on the road).

I’m fairly sure I’ll get out of this one. RCW 46.61.050 states that the traffic control devices must be clearly legible or else the the chapter will not be enforced against the alleged violator. This intersection misuses the signal ahead sign and uses a blinking red light improperly as well. I would consider myself at least ordinarily observant and after showing this to several people they agree that they would probably have done the same thing unless they were familiar with the intersection.

Part of what made the stop line invisible is the amount of contrast the shadow of the bridge creates. The entire shadow looks more or less black until you are in it yourself at which point you are already on the stop line. The signal ahead sign gives a false impression that the intersection is further ahead. From the angle of the video the existence of the intersection is obvious, but if you were driving down the road you wouldn’t see it until you were already under the bridge.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.050

Comment on Ran a red light, but I don’t think it’s my fault. by Some random

Some random — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:31:27 +0000

Well while I can see thats a confusing intersection, I don’t think you handled it properly, from the vid, you seemed to be going pretty fast before you came close to the intersection. If its hard to determine whether you should stop or keep going at an intersection, you should always slow down.

Unfortunately your problem in defending against your ticket is thats its really only your word against the video evidence. If I didn’t know your story about the incident, from the video it just looks like your hooning it to beat the traffic lights and unfortunately thats probably how the law sees it and will remain seeing it.

Sorry to say i’m doubtful you’d be able to fight this ticket successfully.

Comment on The Ten Best Computer Cases Ever. by Mauro

Mauro — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:39:09 +0000

Cool Master forever! I’m not a funboy, but the cool master case is the best in commerce. I’ve always take one of this case and never have problem. Temperature, noise, space are all considered in this kind of case. I’ve do some modification in one Armored case to fit an old Scsi backplane, but nothing important.

Regards

Mauro

Comment on Day 8 Bod Mod Update: I’m fatter! by Shaun

Shaun — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:22:30 +0000

It’s worth mentioning that body weight fluctuates more than five pounds day to day, and can even change that much within a given day. A lot of that is water weight, but can also have to do with when you’ve eaten and other factors.

Make sure you’re weighing yourself at a consistent time of the day. Mornings are usually best, before you’ve had breakfast. That is typically when you are at your lightest, and will be one of the most consistent times.

I wouldn’t be too concerned about going from 204 to 207. It’s most likely water weight, and isn’t anything significant. It does show, though, that you haven’t lost much of anything yet. Typically the first five pounds are supposed to be the easiest to lose, as you’re just dropping the water weight. After that is when it gets hard(er).

Comment on Three Month Weight Loss Challenge: Day 2 by Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:30:55 +0000

Thanks. I’ll have to do that. I’m running out of the stuff I have now. It’s also grown on my quite a bit. The chocolate and cookies and cream used to be hard to drink, but now I mix them and they’re pretty good. The strawberry has always been the worst. I have to mix it with a lot of different things to make it drinkable.