The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: Floyd10 on July 19, 2004, 03:41:43 pm
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I am going to be purchasing a new laptop instead of BMOAC. It's a new Area-51m extreme. Alienware has some nice computers. ok, so yeah!
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Floyds random post this week..... ;D
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Don't you mean of the day?
Or maybe of the hour?
J'oz here!
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Am I supposed to take a hit of acid for this thread to make sense or something? ???
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I have only a quarter tank of gas, so I'll stop to fill it up on the way home from work today.
I think I'll buy a bottle of Mountain Dew too.
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Floyd has 337 meaningful posts in 43 days....
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622!
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Floyd has 337 meaningful posts in 43 days....
Not ALL of them have been meaningful ;)
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Floyds random post this week..... ;D
Who's Floyd? I HAVE seen a certain Mr James St James posting under an assumed name :P
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Mmmmmmmm Bacon!
-Goz
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! SPOON !
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The cats outside are cold.
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So I take it that no one here cares that I have no plans to build a cab for a really long time (14 yrs prob)? Ok, cool
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So I take it that no one here cares that I have no plans to build a cab for a really long time (14 yrs prob)? Ok, cool
Actually, after I heards the news, I was planning on hunting you down so I could throw joysticks and trackballs at you. Why not just build a single stick cp instead? Something like this: http://www.massystems.com/PS-NOVA.jpg (http://www.massystems.com/PS-NOVA.jpg)
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So I take it that no one here cares that I have no plans to build a cab for a really long time (14 yrs prob)? Ok, cool
It takes you 14 years to save enough money to buy either a) a laptop or b) parts for a mame machine?
Man, time to look for a new job! :o :'(
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He told me the other day he was 16.......Could be a problem
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Sorry Floyd,
Remember that time that I was going to do that thing that I didn't tell you about? Well, I might not have done it but I thought about another thing which probably did happen. Thanks for the stuff about the stuff.
(Gotta love Floyds randomness)
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He told me the other day he was 16.......Could be a problem
Explains things...
-Goz
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no sweat, us USB to connect it to one of these babies:
http://www.ugiansky.com/trashcade/
then you can have your cake and eat it too...
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I really am dedicating all of my funds to this laptop. Very expensive. Also, I am moving to NYC when I turn 18 or 19, so it would pe pointless to start this here anyway. by 14 I meant i will be 30. Lots f stuff in my life. Well, anyways, I will end this post now
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Why on earth are you overpaying so much for an alienware laptop? Totally not worth it IMHO. Get a sager... they build alienware's systems anyway IIRC and are much cheaper. Or a new Dell XPS which game great and are rock solid. Or get an Athlon64 Emachines lappy, and upgrade the ram and cpu for wayyyy less than what you'd pay for an Alienware.
Of course, if you're 16, you prolly want a freaky color and that cutesy little alien head ;) It's your money.
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Not sure of Floyd10 / James St James / etc reason, but the fact that the alienwares upgradable graphics module is pretty sweet. In theory (if alienwae doesn't change things) you could upgrade your graphics core whever you want... 1 year from now or 3 years from now or every year (rich kid). and still keep the same lappy.
I agree that they are overpriced laptops that use high end parts and sport the bling bling that today's kids think are da shiznit but there are some good aspects to owning one (I don't).
just some additional perspective and a shamless attempt to use this thread to bolster my post count some more.
-Goz
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My post count is looking a little low. Here is a quick booster.
J'oz not here.
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lol
Im not 100% that I'm going with alienware, I just havent seen another one that fits what I want exactly. Besides, this comes with games, a mouse, and a t-shirt ;)
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So, Floyd10, what'cha doin' in New York? Going to school? Just curious. Best of luck to you!
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So, Floyd10, what'cha doin' in New York? Going to school? Just curious. Best of luck to you!
My career of choice is going to be a musician. I figure that it's a good place to get on my feet. Also, good clubs :D
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So, Floyd10, what'cha doin' in New York? Going to school? Just curious. Best of luck to you!
My career of choice is going to be a musician. I figure that it's a good place to get on my feet. Also, good clubs :D
That's probably a good place to go for that. Either there or Nashville. That place is hopping with musicians because of all the recording studios there. Again, good luck, my friend.
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Im not 100% that I'm going with alienware, I just havent seen another one that fits what I want exactly. Besides, this comes with games, a mouse, and a t-shirt
A t-shirt well why didn't you say so....makes total scence now.
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FYI Floyd, if you want a laptop that has a battery that last longer than one hour i wouldn't bother with the Area 51. Yeah its super powerful and stuff, but it weighs 11 pounds and the battery life sucks horribly. Look for a laptop with a fast Pentium M in it if I were you.
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Okies
EDIT: BTW, dowes anyone know a good laptop case website? If I'm gonna build my own (Which I would like to do) I need to know where to find it... Fruitlessly googling
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Fruitlessly googling
Google Fruit? What's that taste like? Kinda like chicken?
Why not make your own laptop? Check out MaximumPC's rig of the month area to see what's possible...and build on that.
FWIW, I would hold out on that Alienware deal unless they throw in a free mouse pad too ;) or at least a coffee mug :P
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Well Floyd... best of luck in being a waiter, bus boy, anything else to scrape up some cash..... (AKA Musician).
:P ;)
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Thanks for the vote of confidance Mr. Dude.
I found one good site called gamingfx or something like that. Good comp for 2088.30
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I hope ya know I'm just joking with ya man... ;D
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Well Floyd... best of luck in being a waiter, bus boy, anything else to scrape up some cash..... (AKA Musician).
:P ;)
Nothing wrong with waiting on tables. Between my house and classic car hobby, the extra 4 grand a year I get for waitering 2-3 Saturdays a month comes in handy.
In college I kept thinking, after I graduate I'm going to get a 'real' job, and I thought waiting tables was beneath me. After 5 years of working a 'real job', I realize it's just a job.
Now I'd happily shovel crap 8 hours a day if it paid enough.
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Ok guys, I didn't mean to offend. My point in case was that musicians tend to work odd jobs and stuff to get by, ya know the whole Jewel thing "I was living in my car, working odd jobs performing on the weekends". I'm a fellow musician myself so I know how it is. If you can cut it in that type of buisiness I have all the respect in the world for you. I wish I could be doing it for a living instead of doing the whole 9:00 - 5:00 deal.
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WHY WON"T THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
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WHY WON"T THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
Stop replying to the thread so it can fade away...
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WHY WON"T THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
Stop replying to the thread so it can fade away...
Oh, Is that how this thing works..........?!?! :o :o
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WHY WON"T THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
Stop replying to the thread so it can fade away...
Oh, Is that how this thing works..........?!?! :o :o
That's how it works.
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Alright, I won't take it personally
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Honestly laptops can be more of a bother than they are worth but I have found that if people are set on them they there is no converting them. Try searching for laptop barebones or laptop shells that can sometimes give you some hits, the other option would be to get a dead laptop off ebay and gut it much like you would a dead arcade cab. But honestly if money is your problem then build a nice desktop for less money with more power.
~Mas
P.S. Alienwares are really overpriced.
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WHY WON"T THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
Stop replying to the thread so it can fade away...
Oh, Is that how this thing works..........?!?! :o :o
That's how it works.
I know.....I was being sarcastic...DOH, I did it again!!!
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lol good going
and I told you, Im building with gamingfx
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Hey guys, what's going on in this thread?? ;)
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Post counts continue to climb.
-Goz
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Are posts in the everything else forum even added to your post count?
edit: I see they are ...
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WHY WON"T THIS THREAD DIE!!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
Stop replying to the thread so it can fade away...
yeah, stop posting!
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I was just checking in to see if this thread was dead yet, but I guess it's not. :)
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Lol.
UPDATE:
I am building a desktop now, with much consideration. Still looking at what I need.
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Still looking at what I need.
I've got it...you need me to post to this thread and keep it at the top!
GO TEAM KEEP-EM-AT-THE-TOP! ;)
BTW, have I told you? You're the best, James St James! :P :P
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on a scale of 1 to gay, this thread ranks pretty gay
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Despite my huge post count, I've never made a shameless post to boost it. (Well maybe once... Just now.)
I figure I've already talked about almost everything there is to talk about on this website. Everything else is sort of deja vu.
However, I've got a garage full of projects coming down the pipeline so expect the posts to be flying again soon. (Not like anybody cares.)
I realize this is a totally random post, but I figured this was an appropriate thread for such rambling. Ok, I'm done now.
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Okies, cool
and btw, ty DK
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I'm thinking there should be a poll on top of both of these threads - only three choices: 1)Sorry, Guys I is worth keeping atop the list 2)Sorry, Guys II is worth keeping atop the list 3)Sorry, Guys we can't keep splitting our valuable time between these threads, pick one so that "It's ALIVE master, It's ALIVE!"
Or do what I do and post to both in case no one read it in that thread. ;)
Everybody with me
James James he's our man if he can't do it
somebody else will...meh :-X
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I am posting to both, just not the same stuff. Oh well.
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different stuff? Like what?
Did this thread die yet? ;)
Oh well, glad to see you're headed off to NewEgg - dozens of purchases from them, and never EVER a problem, even swapped something out for me toot sweet!
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Nice Nice Nice.
;D
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are people still posting here?
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This thread still appears to be a desparate attempt at raising post count. Not sure why as post counts do not directly reflect ones intelligence or experience level. Just random ramblings..
With that said....
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-Goz
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This thread still appears to be a desparate attempt at raising post count. Not sure why as post counts do not directly reflect ones intelligence or experience level. Just random ramblings..
With that said....
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-Goz
Well Put ;)
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Well if Goz gets a free post, then I want one too :)
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This thread still appears to be a desparate attempt at raising post count. Not sure why as post counts do not directly reflect ones intelligence or experience level. Just random ramblings..
With that said....
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-Goz
HA! You obviously have missed the true value in this thread: to give our lives meaning and show just how many inane and random ramblings we have to put forth, thereby saving our real-life compatriots from listening to them and casting doubt upon our sanity! FOOL!
Wait...mebbe you have a point...meh
Chalk up one more post for me ;)
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DrewKaree tied my post count, and that upset me
471 HERE I COME! :-p
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wait a minute. your post count says 472!
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I see your just trying to build up you post count...
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YAY for post counts...FYI everytime you reply to this thread a bunch of ppl get a notification email!!!!!
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and its annoying :)
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NoBonus, this post is for you!
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Posted by: fredster Posted on: Today at 01:40:27pm
NoBonus, this post is for you!
uuuummmm I think you ment it's for GameDork ???
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Lol, the .s were because he just said something very stupid, and it was too easy to insult ;)
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Go Go Go...
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657!
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DrewKaree tied my post count, and that upset me
471 HERE I COME! :-p
That makes me so upset! ;) I can't believe, just to "top the Joneses", you'd do that! Here I come, darnitall.
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wait a minute. your post count says 472!
No it doesn't. It says 474, sheesh!
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YAY for post counts...FYI everytime you reply to this thread a bunch of ppl get a notification email!!!!!
That's RIII-IIGHT! So they get EACH one of these! It's like spam that they ASKED for! :P
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and its annoying :)
sez you! nice try sneaking in a free post while dissing it...we see through your transparent effort to inflate your self worth. ;D
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What is with everyone jacking up there post count? yeesh.
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What is with everyone jacking up there post count? yeesh.
Look bub, you got a problem with that? People are going to do what they are going to do. Why'd you post here? Trying to get your post count up too. Loser.
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What is with everyone jacking up there post count? yeesh.
Look bub, you got a problem with that? People are going to do what they are going to do. Why'd you post here? Trying to get your post count up too. Loser.
Hey now, lets not turn this into a flame warm. Be nice guys. I don't want to have to beg a moderator to seperate you too, because I'm not special enough to be a moderator.... sniff.... sniff.
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Lol, the .s were because he just said something very stupid, and it was too easy to insult ;)
James, you disappoint me. :'( Have you not learned to kick someone when they're down? Go hug a tree/lick a frog/save a whale, ya hippy long-hair!
You don't deserve to wear the moniker James StJames Jr ;)
I'm done...I had to do those last few, otherwise it would have eaten at me for not following the general spirit, but I'm gonna do my part to let this die away.
James, thanks for the opportunity to be stupid for reasons OTHER than the normal ones I choose. My wife appreciates you giving me an outlet. I'm gonna go make her question those vows she made that one day!
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Oh, and lastly, HOW the heck did this get to be a THREE PAGE THREAD?!?!?
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Oh, and lastly, HOW the heck did this get to be a THREE PAGE THREAD?!?!?
Even I think this has gone too far now..... wasn't this thread about a laptop or something....lol
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The randomness of Floyd has over come us. Whas this thread originaly about something? Naw...
-Goz
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Please STOP BUMPING THIS THREAD!!
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Please STOP BUMPING THIS THREAD!!
OK
edit: Oh, wai..
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lol. I am glad that I have some sort of influence on people. Now how to harness this towards world domination...
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lol. I am glad that I have some sort of influence on people. Now how to harness this towards world domination...
First step would be to put two or three rational, on topic thoughts together in some sort of logical order...from there the world's your oyster!
Oh...and fix your avatar (world dominators don't have broken avatars). ;D
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Lol, ok,I will
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I promise I will stop bumping this th.... DOH!
But seriously, wasn't this thread something to do with military intelligence leaks? Or honda civcs? I think the OP should delete his post, so the true meaning can be lost in arcadecontrol lore.... this thread's length should also exceed that of any of the token design threads.
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wait a minute. your post count says 472!
No it doesn't. It says 474, sheesh!
hang on, now it says 487. something fishy's goin on here...
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hahahaha, I shall dominate the world by confusing all about my post count.
Now it says 490...... or does it???????
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PLEASE PEOPLE... JUST LET THIS POST DIE!!! (664 :p)
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it keeps going and going and going
nothing outlast floyds post
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it keeps going and going and going
nothing outlast floyds post
JAMES! LOOKIT! You DO have the power! You mind-pushed missioncontrol to search out a picture of you to post here to show his allegiance to you! You're on your way to world domination! As soon as you get that computer to help you with all your evil plans, you'll be stoppable...woops, UN stoppable. My bad. WAIT! I shouldn't be explaining myself to YOU! D@#N YOU TO #3LL JAMES ST JAMES!
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*shoots tv a la elvis*
Eh, this sucks!
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PLEASE STOP THE BUMP!
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lmao :D :D :D
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*flex*
Thread's dead.
--- Niezche