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  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    ok i'm out for the night, i think

    Are you sure?

    you got me!! =)

    This thread is like the sourh pole of the magnet and we all are north poles

    Right?!

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Not much but enough to keep the adrenaline going

    20 euros is a lot for me though. Congrats.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

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    take a good care of the thread while i'm sleeping..

    That i can promise, to the best of my knowledge.

    promise accepted!

    Not needed anymore i guess. Since you are here as well

    And will return later I guess.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Not a gambler though.

    Me as well. DOn't wanna lose the money I have for money I could prolly make.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:
    Hey, bchot, how do you feel about taking this thread to page 800? Can we both do that?

    Maybe tomorrow...

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @bchot said:
    i don't even need the top prize..

    Second is good enough I think.

    How about you?

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad
    edited December 2025

    Also great song, by stereophonics. @ralf would like.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Dude... Lots of work mails coming in..don't people enjoy weekends anymore.

    I guess not. Weekends don't hold the value they had half a century ago, Ig.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Oh well...

    Why, what's wrong?

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @bchot said:
    cause if i don't - i will end up buying one.. while it's same result, the tea from the mug you win is much more enjoyable. i bet.

    Good thinking. Time for tea

    I am a tea drinker as well. Coffee messes with my sleep. @TrK loves coffee

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @bchot said:

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    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Hard to follow real conversation

    It can get hard.

    that's what she said..

    :lol: Phuket! I don't know how I always end up.commenting unintended inuendos.

    INNUENDO.. when i was young, my parents bought me my first PC - 386DX40. and afterwards they bought me a 14400 baud modem.. and i instituted a BBS at home, people would call my modem using theirs, my phone line would always be busy (overnight), and basically they could get files I was sharing, and upload theirs, and leave messages and read others' messages. very very archaic.. i called my BBS - INNUENDO. i was very into Queen back then, and it's one of their songs, and a name for the whole album.. was so much fun.. my dad kept expecting a huge phone bill but it was never different cause they called me, and it was always from same city, so no extra charges.. but he was freaking out first couple of months..

    I wish I could say I could relate to any of these. Infact, many of the terms are alien to me. I have used dialup connections and stuff in the past though, cause back then, India was slower at catching up with the latest tech in the field.

    well to use dialup you needed a modem.. BBS is Bulletin Board System, it's like a forum in text mode.. =) was..

    then i joined FIDONET, had my own node at home, participated in echoes (like forum again, just all over the world).. modems were used to exchange those posts in echoes. and then central hubs would exchange with hubs in other cities.. it sounds cumbersome, but happened very fast.. and those who were hubs - they usually were somehow connected to avoid paying city -to city calling fees. and eventually they switched to exchanging all posts and stuff via internet.. and finally fidonet became obsolete.. it still exists tho, i think,..,

    Yes it still exists!

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:

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    in any case, i am out for the near future. have fun, stay thirsty..
    =)

    Me as well. Got some work to complete as well. I am happy we hit 750. Will be back for more hype very soon

    seems like there was zero hyping for the past 5hrs.. everybody got something to do this weekend.. somehow not the way it's always been..

    Well, usually we have people from multiple timezones on this thread. So, hyping was mostly equally shared. This year though some of the usual hype squad members aren't very active :(

    For example, last year while US/UK/EU members of the hype squad handled hyping for a time period, we Indians used to handle the other. This time though trk, xpress and sikkygoose aren't very active.

    sikky goose is sick probably.. i think our active start has beaten off anyone's desire to be part of this..

    That's not usually how this happens, talking based on experience..new members join mid thread and have been known to make it to the leaderboard. But, yes, usually the top guys who get the top 3 positions are usually people who join early on
    This year, the Indians have been busy, xpress with his work, last year he was WFH, trk has that issue to sort out, etc. that's the reason imo

    I see.

    Yah, that's been the pattern, but, it's always unpredictable.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

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    A single picture can't explain what pain is, right? What about this one?

    Has anyone gotten this before? I check the CPU placement atleast 5 times from all angles with direct light from all sides, before I close the CPU lid on the motherboard. In the current market, such a mistake would be extremely costly.

    BTW, anyone here have experience with bending the pins back to their original position. I have seen people recommend either a razor blade or a plier. If you have done this before, which one would you recommend?

    Did it with a plier once, no issue. Gotta be careful though.

    Yah, I haven't built many PCs to face this issue but the images and videos online of bent pins scares me. So, wa prepping for something like that in the future.

    you can't get ready for that.. first you say - it's only a couple of pins.. then you try leveling them, and push a few others off while doing that.. then it's a knife in your hand trying to straighten whole rows of pins.. end up just saying PHUKET..

    Yah, I know, in the end, I will just have to use the dorra from my Bangkok fund to get a new CPU :lol:

    see you getting it.. lady boys will love you! =)

    I am scared of them. I hate strangers getting all cozy and too touchy with me

    it's understandable. then dinner first!

    No, on a serious note, there are places like that in India too, that I have heard of. They are like extremely rare though.

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    as they said in Soviet Union in a movie from like in 1960-70s..

    Woman would sign a song at NY event: And I'm alone, i'm so alone..
    And Communist Party rep would add: With my coworkers, comrades and compatriots!

    Lol! Were you actually a USSR citizen back in 80s and 90s?

    yes i was. i was a PIONEER for 1 year.. =) it's like 2nd step towards being a COMMUNIST. thankfully then it all went to hell in 1991..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Pioneers_(Soviet_Union)

    Oh, i didnt know of this. I am guessing you came to states after college and such. How was USSR back in those days?

    USSR ended in 91. I came to USA in 2001. i grew up in Russia. it was not so great.. otherwise i wouldn't be where i am now..

    More chances to advance in life in US?

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Too bad but it is what is is.

    Yah, fortunately, yes. I do a lot more activity on the thread though.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Nothing can be done :(

    You can party hard though, keeps your mind off RL problems.

  • ralfralf Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Also great song, by stereophonics. @ralf would like.

    Which one?

    Also for some reason I've always pronounced that band name as stair-ee-OFF-on-ics. I think it was maybe a joke on some TV show once.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

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    @bchot said:
    or this one

    So they just teach you communist ideology?

    and yes, they did. starting even earlier in 1st grade in school you became OCTOBER-something, cause the great revolution happened in october back in 1917 or something like that.. when communists took over Russia, made it into Soviet Union, and Lenin was in charge for a few years.. i;m sure you can read about it from trusted sources..

    Yeah, but always nice to hear from firsthand experience.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

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    Watched MI: FR completely and I believe this was the perfect ending to the franchise. Loved it!

    the ending was very colorful with those planes and all. very very eye pleasing.

    Yes, and I love the way they kept playing with the aspect ratio

    second that

    Esp the scene where he ejects from USS Ohio where he turns that wheel to open the ejection chamber. With each turn of the wheel, the screen expands to cover full scree. It was visually pleasing to watch.

    his face is not that pleasing anymore.. he old.. but his 1st wife.. omg.. she aged worse..

    Katie Holmes? Nicole Kidman is my favourite among his ex-wives though. She has gotten old, but, was really good in Special Ops: lioness.

    she too old.. and she did breast augmentation.. and started showing it right away on TV.. now them breasts look nasty IMHO..

    Oh, I was talking mostly about the face. Whatever she did with the face has seriously backfired.

    backfired all around.. =)

    Too bad innit?

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  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    Hiya @ralf !

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @bchot said:

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    oops. correction.. his second wife.. apparently he was married 3 times. and none stuck..

    Oh yah. You were talking about Kidman. Yah, she prolly has gone under the knife multiple times bye now or maybe botox or something. But, man, she used to be so damn beautiful

    yep can't deny that.. she was really good looking. ages ago..

    Yup. Shouldn't have done too much botox I am guessing. It has affected her acting skills as well, almost 0 expression on face

    true that! she is not the Nicole we learned to love..

    Me sad :(

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:
    Hey, bchot, how do you feel about taking this thread to page 800? Can we both do that?

    tomorrow - maybe.. but tonight - i am off to bed.. it's time.. feed the cats one last supper, and sleep.

    Sleep well!

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @bchot said:
    good night

    Night!

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

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    @Saragoldfarb said:

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    @Saragoldfarb said:
    We need pakjes @dustinc , if only for the Dutch!

    Missed a pakje on page 742. But, why only for the Dutch though. I would love to celebrate any and every festival out there.

    Dang.

    Don't worry. More to come. The mug giveaway hasn't happened yet, i believe

    there was 1 mug giveaway in the very beginning. i think after 2 initial VPS giveaways. something like that..

    Oh I missed that one I guess

    We all did :(

    Were you active at the beginning of the thread?

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad
    edited December 2025

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

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    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

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    @Saragoldfarb said:
    Hard to follow real conversation

    It can get hard.

    that's what she said..

    :lol: Phuket! I don't know how I always end up.commenting unintended inuendos.

    INNUENDO.. when i was young, my parents bought me my first PC - 386DX40. and afterwards they bought me a 14400 baud modem.. and i instituted a BBS at home, people would call my modem using theirs, my phone line would always be busy (overnight), and basically they could get files I was sharing, and upload theirs, and leave messages and read others' messages. very very archaic.. i called my BBS - INNUENDO. i was very into Queen back then, and it's one of their songs, and a name for the whole album.. was so much fun.. my dad kept expecting a huge phone bill but it was never different cause they called me, and it was always from same city, so no extra charges.. but he was freaking out first couple of months..

    I wish I could say I could relate to any of these. Infact, many of the terms are alien to me. I have used dialup connections and stuff in the past though, cause back then, India was slower at catching up with the latest tech in the field.

    well to use dialup you needed a modem.. BBS is Bulletin Board System, it's like a forum in text mode.. =) was..

    then i joined FIDONET, had my own node at home, participated in echoes (like forum again, just all over the world).. modems were used to exchange those posts in echoes. and then central hubs would exchange with hubs in other cities.. it sounds cumbersome, but happened very fast.. and those who were hubs - they usually were somehow connected to avoid paying city -to city calling fees. and eventually they switched to exchanging all posts and stuff via internet.. and finally fidonet became obsolete.. it still exists tho, i think,..,

    I believe I saw something of the sorts you mention in Young Sheldon where he gets access to a computer.

    Love that series!

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

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    @noob404 said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @noob404 said:

    @noob404 said:
    A single picture can't explain what pain is, right? What about this one?

    Has anyone gotten this before? I check the CPU placement atleast 5 times from all angles with direct light from all sides, before I close the CPU lid on the motherboard. In the current market, such a mistake would be extremely costly.

    BTW, anyone here have experience with bending the pins back to their original position. I have seen people recommend either a razor blade or a plier. If you have done this before, which one would you recommend?

    Did it with a plier once, no issue. Gotta be careful though.

    Yah, I haven't built many PCs to face this issue but the images and videos online of bent pins scares me. So, wa prepping for something like that in the future.

    you can't get ready for that.. first you say - it's only a couple of pins.. then you try leveling them, and push a few others off while doing that.. then it's a knife in your hand trying to straighten whole rows of pins.. end up just saying PHUKET..

    Yah, I know, in the end, I will just have to use the dorra from my Bangkok fund to get a new CPU :lol:

    see you getting it.. lady boys will love you! =)

    I am scared of them. I hate strangers getting all cozy and too touchy with me

    it's understandable. then dinner first!

    No, on a serious note, there are places like that in India too, that I have heard of. They are like extremely rare though.

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    as they said in Soviet Union in a movie from like in 1960-70s..

    Woman would sign a song at NY event: And I'm alone, i'm so alone..
    And Communist Party rep would add: With my coworkers, comrades and compatriots!

    Lol! Were you actually a USSR citizen back in 80s and 90s?

    yes i was. i was a PIONEER for 1 year.. =) it's like 2nd step towards being a COMMUNIST. thankfully then it all went to hell in 1991..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Pioneers_(Soviet_Union)

    Oh, i didnt know of this. I am guessing you came to states after college and such. How was USSR back in those days?

    USSR ended in 91. I came to USA in 2001. i grew up in Russia. it was not so great.. otherwise i wouldn't be where i am now..

    Was the life of a common man that difficult back in USSR days, like North Korea kinda restcictions?

    Probably.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:

    @noob404 said:

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    We need pakjes @dustinc , if only for the Dutch!

    Missed a pakje on page 742. But, why only for the Dutch though. I would love to celebrate any and every festival out there.

    Dang.

    Don't worry. More to come. The mug giveaway hasn't happened yet, i believe

    there was 1 mug giveaway in the very beginning. i think after 2 initial VPS giveaways. something like that..

    Oh I missed that one I guess

    We all did :(

    Were you active at the beginning of the thread?

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    or this one

    So they just teach you communist ideology?

    and yes, they did. starting even earlier in 1st grade in school you became OCTOBER-something, cause the great revolution happened in october back in 1917 or something like that.. when communists took over Russia, made it into Soviet Union, and Lenin was in charge for a few years.. i;m sure you can read about it from trusted sources..

    Yah, we learned about the Bolshevik revolution and such. But, what are you taught in schools like Das Kapital or Communist Manifesto. Or, some version of these texts modified for the Russian context?

    Probably, it's interesting to study though.

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

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    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:
    Watched MI: FR completely and I believe this was the perfect ending to the franchise. Loved it!

    the ending was very colorful with those planes and all. very very eye pleasing.

    Yes, and I love the way they kept playing with the aspect ratio

    second that

    Esp the scene where he ejects from USS Ohio where he turns that wheel to open the ejection chamber. With each turn of the wheel, the screen expands to cover full scree. It was visually pleasing to watch.

    his face is not that pleasing anymore.. he old.. but his 1st wife.. omg.. she aged worse..

    Katie Holmes? Nicole Kidman is my favourite among his ex-wives though. She has gotten old, but, was really good in Special Ops: lioness.

    she too old.. and she did breast augmentation.. and started showing it right away on TV.. now them breasts look nasty IMHO..

    Oh, I was talking mostly about the face. Whatever she did with the face has seriously backfired.

    backfired all around.. =)

    Yes, I mean, it's true. She just got lucky that her role in Special Ops required a stone-faced senior operative.

    Lol

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    oops. correction.. his second wife.. apparently he was married 3 times. and none stuck..

    Oh yah. You were talking about Kidman. Yah, she prolly has gone under the knife multiple times bye now or maybe botox or something. But, man, she used to be so damn beautiful

    yep can't deny that.. she was really good looking. ages ago..

    Yup. Shouldn't have done too much botox I am guessing. It has affected her acting skills as well, almost 0 expression on face

    true that! she is not the Nicole we learned to love..

    Yup! I loved her in the older movies. She also acted in the movie Lion, which is a real story about a kid who got lost in India, was adopted by a couple in Australia, and based on his vague memory and Google Earth, found his long-lost family. Great watch. Dev Patel plays the actual person.

    Sounds like a good watch.

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