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I haven't hopped on this thread in a few years huh?

Update guys: I managed to make it work, no problems. 

I used the first partition as SWAP, it turns out that the partition was there because it was holding a bootloader for Windows 7, as the drive used to boot 7 before I moved it to the SSD.

The Windows 10 installation is actually legacy, so I went to the BIOS and changed settings to force all boots to be in legacy, to prevent any ugly mishaps. 

Thank you all for your help!

Hi guys, 

I'm trying to dual boot a rather unorthodox but simple setup:

I am currently running Windows 10 on Disk 1 (a 120GB mSATA SSD) and wish to install Ubuntu on a 28GB partition which I have already allotted on Disk 0 (the original 280GB mechanical drive which came with the machine). Will installing Ubuntu into the 28G partition affect my E: drive at all? For context, I am not new to Linux dual-booting, as I have done it before on previous machines, but this is my first time doing it with two separate drives.

Thank you!

Consoles are only good if you want to save yourself the work of building/installing/downloading/configuring all the necessary soft/hardware for a gaming PC. but honestly, thats where the fun is in it.

Personally I think the entire console/PC war is stupid. To each their own, no matter how stupid their decision may be.

1 minute ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

pfffft

 

 

BUT BUT BUT

SUPERSONIC FAN BLADE TIPS 

1 minute ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

YES YOU ARE

THAT WAS LAST YEAR

*cries*

have one of my favorite planes: 

am i too late for the trains? ;-;

So I started working at the library recently (two months ago) as patron tech support, meaning that I help people with random issues they have with our public-use computers and book check-in/out systems.

I have witnessed:

• A lady sending ~15 copies of an 8-page email about cats to our print server
• A number of people who literally took the book's barcode and rubbed it against the touchscreen check-out station, when there's a laser right below it?!?
• Someone on the computer literally screaming "BUS DIRECTIONS" at the computer expecting it to load the city's transit website...
• A person tried to fix a paper jam on our printer. By taking out all the paper and expecting it to print again.

2 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

do you have a boyfriend

you're really funny ;-;

this really cute guy in my english class came out to me and admitted that im cute

WHAT DO I DO HALP

1 hour ago, dalekphalm said:

They will read out the same. The barcode itself is duplicated in reverse halfway down the middle.

 

So if you swipe forward, or if you swipe reverse, the same code will be recognized.

Sounds great, thanks!

Quick question for you guys, are swipe barcode readers bidirectional? For example, if the barcode sequence is 01234567 and I swipe the card in reverse so that the numbers appear as 76543210, will they both be interpreted as the same?

Thanks!

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

I thought the ZF was a traditional auto? And the other one was a DSG (double clutch) 

 

You're making me wonder what's in my dads Audi...

Automobile ZFs are traditional autos (we have one on our Mercedes).

I was talking about the ZF Ecomat (which is a rapid-transit bus transmission). Sorry for not making that clear. ://

Anyone have experience with ZF transmissions?

I rode in a bus with one the other day, they sound good but really 'kick' when changing gears, since it's essentially a manual transmission with a computer controlling the gears (no torque converter etc).

when you board the train and some preacher begins a homophobic anti-everything-in-the-world rant and the next stop is 4 minutes away

it got so painful i had to get up and cross over to the next car

8 hours ago, Jlryan said:

9/10 Love it. Slight change to composition and that would have been the perfect product placement photo.

 

-snip-

DSC_0157 by Jamie Ryan, on Flickr

 

Here's my new wallpaper for my 10" tablet.

 

D5200, Samyang 85mm F/1.4 @ F/8.0 ISO800 1/500s shutter

8/10, the bright spot at the top kind of kills the mood for the photo.

I shot this from a cruise ship a while back.

3 hours ago, flowalex said:

Because not all busses have that feature, the ones I ride I have to manually push it open so when I go to a different city muscle memory takes over.  Plus not every bus on every line is the latest model they have a lifespan of 12 years so some lines don't have that feature and again people aren't use to it.

Ah, that makes more sense.

Here in NYC, our older buses require you to actually push on the marking (which hides an electromagnetic tape), while the newer buses have a motion sensor that simulates the electromagnetic tape. I try to manually force the door open if I'm the only one getting off at the stop, so that the door slams behind me, instead of the driver waiting for the door to electronically close.

Some kid went Super Saiyan on the power button when his computer wouldn't turn on in school...poor thing.

Also, again going slightly off topic, but our buses (anyone who lives in a major city knows) have a passenger-operated exit door where you place your hand on a marked area on the door pane and a motion sensor will detect it and open the door, I see people punching, pushing, kicking the living shit out of the door and I'm just sitting there like....

WHY?

If you press hard enough the mark may become permanent, but normally it goes away within 5 minutes or so.

You should still avoid pressing on the panel in the first place.

2 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Maybe the lights were on and no one was home. 

i dont get it?!?

Not exactly tech in the sense that we think of it but I saw an elderly lady on the bus insert her farecard into the farebox slot upside-down and backwards, holding up the boarding line for about 40 seconds before the driver gave up and did it for her.

How hard is it to understand the instructions on this?

went on a cruise vacation expecting hot teen guys but ended up with a bunch of 80-year-old men walking around in speedos on the pool deck. *shudders*

at least I saw one gay couple who were probably around 17/18

On 4/10/2016 at 10:19 AM, Guy_guy said:

9.5/10 really nice picture. It would be a 10 for me if it wasn't for the partial desaturation.

 

Here's one I took yesterday, I just liked the randomness of it, and the colors really don't bring anything to it, so B/W it is. 

 

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9/10, I like the colors and the sharp contrast between the dried grass and the horse.

Here's a Long Island Rail Road commuter train rushing into the city:

58 minutes ago, Snoopyuk said:

Love the contrast but dislike the dull background. 7/10 

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8.5/10, I love how you can see the raindrops in the air.

Here's Amtrak's Acela Express, the fastest train in North America:

looooooooooooool my boyfriend and I got so many looks when we were walking down the street holding hands