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What we have here is a cheap-o amp from Wal-mart to test my proof of concept of a car stereo hooked up to my computer. The PSU is about an 8 year old never used Thermaltake 400 watt PSU with a single 12V rail. The subs are a set of pre-boxed Boston G2 10" "about" 220 watts @2ohms. Unconfirmed as I did not rip them out of the box to confirm their wattage or their wiring config. My multi-meter said the whole boxed setup was 2 ohms so I said YOLO and hooked it all up. The orange wire from the amp to the subs are indeed house-grade 12-gauge wire with the unwrapped/exposed middle wire cut back. There are 3 yellow and 3 black wires from the PSU to the amp and they do not get hot after an hour of pounding. Over all I'm real happy with the results. Looking to put this somewhere in my life besides my home computer that I can use it regularly for a little extra bump, and would like to move to a single 12" with a 500 watt amp and a EVGA 750 watt PSU. Currently looking at a Rockford Fosgate 12" DVC 400RMS, and JBL 500 watt amp. But that's just a metric for price point and power. Not fussy about brands. Not looking to win any contests, just want my house to shake when I throw grenades lol is that too much to ask??

Start with the AlphaCool Y-splitter and put an in-line 1/4 turn ball valve with a bit of soft tubing to direct the drainage into a container.

Are you allowed to use those logos? It might get ugly if you monetize your channel while using their logo/trademarks.

My wife and I are pretty serious about fitness, and my wife is even more than I am. She's a 120lb powerlifter with a deadlifting record in the 114lb weight class. We also do Spartan Racing (check my pic) and looking to get into the endurance side of the Tough Mudders. To be fair, mostly her but I'll play along because I hate cardio lol. My kids love doing OCR stuff as well, and have done a bunch of the Kids' Races at our OCR venues. I play a few videogames, mostly Warcraft. I only have a GTX 960 so playing maxed out is tough. I only have GTA5, GT6, and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag on my PS3 (which sports a 500G 850 EVO SSD ). I also do 99% of the vehicle maintenance on our cars, thanks to a car buddy who has a lift a couple miles away for more serious stuff (I just replace all my gas lines on my Cobalt). I've also done a few track days with my Cobalt as well: New Hampshire Motor Speedway x2, and Lime Rock Park once. I'd like to get out to Watkin's Glen and literally right up the road from me (compared to 99.999% of you) is Club Motorsports which is a F1-style track with 15 turns over 2.5 miles. But that's big big bucks unless I went on a car club-sponsored track day.

It blows my mind that people think the Earth is flat, even after seeing the LIVE feed from the Tesla Roadster and all the cameras on the Falcon Heavy boosters, etc. But also even when you're on a cruise ship, and even more so when you're flying, you can clearly see the curve across the ocean. I've stood on top of Mount Washington and on a crystal clear day, you can make out a couple rooftops in Boston, but strangely enough, you can't see the Alps/mainland Europe. Then there is a "secret" test track in Germany that VW owns where the straightaway is so long, you can't see the other side, due to the curvature of the Earth. And this is for our friends down under in STRAYA, isn't the moon "upside down" for you guys? I just don't get their logic.

It sure is tough when you have 2 money-pit hobbies lol.

Right click the drive, click Format, ???, profit.

A desk isn't planed down to precise tolerances, and is merely made "flat". You get want you pay for. If you buy a cheap pool table, after a few months or years of play, you will notice high and low spots in the felt, and that's where the lack of quality comes in.

Lots of craftsmanship goes into a quality table. Not even factoring in the aesthetic grooving and designs that are a commonplace in mid to high end tables, there are still elements of the design that have to be perfect. I'm not sure what the material is under the felt whether it's a single piece of wood or slate, but that has to be perfectly planed down flat, free of rises and dips. So just making a table to satisfy those tolerances will make it expensive. You could get plywood, some 2x4's, some bumpers, and green felt and make one yourself and see how much effort goes into a quality table.

A solid way to waste money every month on electricity. Because food does not generate heat, the fridge can stay cool for a long time while only running for a few hours a day. With the computer on, it generates heat that has to be pumped out and actively cooled, so the fridge will be running a LOT instead of the compressor being in an idle/off state.

Reapply thermal paste as well. I just redid the CPU/GPU cooler on my PS3 because the fan would sound like it's taking off. Now it's back to being silent 100% of the time.

I did too! It was soooo cool watching the boosters land up-right side by side!

I took a networking class for my masters degree in IT. It was tough, mostly because of the logic used in networking that I couldn't exactly wrap my head around it. Cisco has "classes" that have a simulator and workbooks for you to use. You can buy the classes and go through them at your own pace. But be ready because after a few of the short intro classes, the nitty-gritty stuff within networking can get pretty muddy.

Think of it like this: Put the software you use the most on the SSD. Since you use Windows 100% of the time, it only makes sense to do a fresh install on the SSD, then like ASUS Killer said, follow those steps to clean up the old HD and you've got a media/image storage drive.

The 850 EVO will last a LONG LONG time I've had one in my PS3, 2 in my PC, and 1 in my wife's PC for 3-4 years and they've never even been reformatted or reimaged. Their longevity is something I would never even worry about.

Truly the VERY first thing they should do.

If walking/body weight exercises are causing excess pain, starting off in a pool is much less painful. It's a common starting point of very over weight people.

You might think so, but carrying around 300 pounds of body weight needs some element of strength. I know if I carried a 130lb back pack (I'm 170) around 24/7 my legs would be HUGE, and I already squat/deadlift a decent amount.

OMG SO TRUE. You want to talk about a "self control-checker"? Measure out (on a food scale) 1 serving of peanut butter. It's depressing.

You can't "outrun" or "outlift" a crappy diet. Understand how food works and it's basically calories in (food, liquids) versus calories out (basil metabolic rate + exercise). You've stated that you hate running. Well, I do a bunch of Spartan Races/OCR, and I still hate running! To get some easy success early on with weight loss, I would start weight lifting. Increasing lean muscle mass will make your body more efficient at burning more calories. You won't gain lean muscle mass with cardio alone. Look at a seasoned marathon runner, they can look almost sickly because they have such little muscle mass. The number on the scale is not very important (as long as it is going down at some rate) as much as the amount of body fat is consistently going down. But understand even body builders and power lifters on regimented bulking programs might only gain 10 pounds a year of lean muscle (after a cut). Early on the weight lifting focuses on using locally stored fat (energy) within the muscles themselves, rather than the outer layers of visible body fat. I've been reading a lot of your posts in this thread. You have a lot to learn about how your body works, and a lot to learn in general. Proper punctuation will help your situation a lot as well. So be humble, and learn as much as you can. You're still very young and can turn yourself around very quickly. If you want this change bad enough, nothing will stop you.

Thanks! The only real thing is it gets horribly out of alignment thanks to all the lateral loading I've put it through. It still gets 35mpg when I'm not pounding on it, and with a full set of Blizzak WS-80s, it is a real head-scratcher in the snow when people stuck on flat ground see me plowing through snow banks like it's nothing.

Hey all, first post. Been a fan of LTT for quite a while, and been creeping around here for a while. I've had my 2005 Cobalt SS/SC since 06, been dailied through hell and high water, and 12 New England winters thanks to a set of dedicated Blizzak WS-80s. I've done a few track days with it, 2 at NHMS and 1 at LimeRock Park. Looking to either get out to Watkins Glen or Club Motorspots (Less than an hour from my house!!), and done about 300 1/4 mile passes with a best at 13.9 @102. I've done a few mods as stock parts have worn out. Sportline springs, short throw shifter, GMPP clutch, Fidanza lightweight FW, P&P the supercharger, 3" intake, (LOUD AF) rotated mounts, sway bars, HID lights+fogs, might have a couple others. Been a long time since I've really put some money into it. It just doesn't die.