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I've been out of this thread for so long... 

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3 hours ago, Just-Chill said:

My parents just dont seem to understand that the internet speed affects how fast things load and is the reason why things buffer.

 

Our converations usualy go something like this:

 

Mom: Why is this video buffering, I think we need to change the RAM configuration... or maybe you changed something?

 

Me: No mom! Think of the internet like a pipe. The bigger the pipe, the faster information can travel through it. Our "pipe" is only 6.5Mps "wide". This means that pretty much anything that isn't running on a high performance server (like Netflix or Youtube) is going to have a little bit of buffering. Especially when there are other people on the network.

 

Mom: But there must be some way to fix it... ?

 

Me: Yes, there is, you would need to widen the "pipe" by increasing our download speed. Unfortubatly we cannot increase our downoad speeds any furthur because we live in an area where there are no ISP's that can provide a faster speed. So in short, if you want things to buffer faster... we need to move.

 

So what happens after this conversation?

They still don't get it.

DUMB IT DOWN MORE THAT WAS TECHINCAl

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3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I've been out of this thread for so long... 

RYANNNNNN

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5 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I've been out of this thread for so long... 

you havent missed much fun stuff, only a bit. most of this thread is just random banter at this point tbh

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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8 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I've been out of this thread for so long... 

You and @wkdpaul as well!

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I did an upgraded machine for my friend who is blind a few years ago.  He was on my very old Pentium 820d so I got a vishera 6-core ddr3 and ssd, reused psu gpu (x1900xt) and case.  One day his machine was acting up and when I took it home I realized that the gpu fan pooped out and was overheating crashing and corrupting the OS, being ashamed of the horrible 2006 steel case I got a cheap gpu and cheap case and moved everything over.  That's when it started, every week to every month or two the computer would corrupt the OS.  After several times I started replacing components, basically everything ended up brand new and it still was crashing.  The last time I had it to reinstall windows I had a random thought to unplug the reset button.  As it turned out the reset was exposed and he would randomly bump it (previous case it was recessed and protected).  Haven't had a single problem since.  All that time and money not to mention his mom being convinced I had built him a faulty machine.

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Semi-Open - Beyerdynamic DT880-600 - Fostex T50RP - *AKG K240 studio

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Audio Interface Rode AI-1

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Going to have to add myself to this list.

 

Received a company-wide email from boss complaining about a particular activity that is happening within the company.

 

I replied to him confirming my issues with the activity - naming a few culprits etc.... only i pressed Reply All......

 

Oh.. god..

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28 minutes ago, Akima said:

Going to have to add myself to this list.

 

Received a company-wide email from boss complaining about a particular activity that is happening within the company.

 

I replied to him confirming my issues with the activity - naming a few culprits etc.... only i pressed Reply All......

 

Oh.. god..

Image result for shit just hit the fan

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Laptop (I use it for school):

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39 minutes ago, Akima said:

Going to have to add myself to this list.

 

Received a company-wide email from boss complaining about a particular activity that is happening within the company.

 

I replied to him confirming my issues with the activity - naming a few culprits etc.... only i pressed Reply All......

 

Oh.. god..

*called into HR* "Sir, you fucked yourself over, and you named me as a culprit. *turns into Donald Trump* Your fired. 

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Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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10 hours ago, DocSwag said:

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There are actual people in my school (I mean 97% of the people) that think that this is how you create a server in Minecraft:FyqIJXz.png

 

I don't mean adding a new server, i mean ACTUALLY hosting a server and stuff. t_t

 

 

And there are people who think minecraft server addresses have to start with www.

Beacuse Minecraft probably has server with addresses like www.012.345.678.901:25565.com.

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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18 hours ago, Akima said:

Going to have to add myself to this list.

 

Received a company-wide email from boss complaining about a particular activity that is happening within the company.

 

I replied to him confirming my issues with the activity - naming a few culprits etc.... only i pressed Reply All......

 

Oh.. god..

Damage report. It's an excellent thing when you have Admin control of the Exchange Server!

 

Sifted through 55 inboxes deleting my email. It's a good job we don't allow the majority of staff email access outside of company property.....

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1 hour ago, Akima said:

Damage report. It's an excellent thing when you have Admin control of the Exchange Server!

 

Sifted through 55 inboxes deleting my email. It's a good job we don't allow the majority of staff email access outside of company property.....

So did the situation go bad or are u good?

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25 minutes ago, LucasDerpYT said:

So did the situation go bad or are u good?

I'm good.. just some teasing from the boss.

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Just now, Akima said:

I'm good.. just some teasing from the boss.

What type of teasing? (Lenny)

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18 minutes ago, LucasDerpYT said:

What type of teasing? (Lenny)

Lenny?

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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3 hours ago, Akima said:

Damage report. It's an excellent thing when you have Admin control of the Exchange Server!

 

Sifted through 55 inboxes deleting my email. It's a good job we don't allow the majority of staff email access outside of company property.....

Not sure if I should just laugh or say you have been a bad boy because you abused your admin powers :P

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2 hours ago, NLD1st said:

Not sure if I should just laugh or say you have been a bad boy because you abused your admin powers :P

its not abuse if you are fixing something you messed up :ph34r::ph34r:

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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On 22/03/2017 at 3:40 AM, Just-Chill said:

My parents just dont seem to understand that the internet speed affects how fast things load and is the reason why things buffer.

 

Our converations usualy go something like this:

 

Mom: Why is this video buffering, I think we need to change the RAM configuration... or maybe you changed something?

 

Me: No mom! Think of the internet like a pipe. The bigger the pipe, the faster information can travel through it. Our "pipe" is only 6.5Mps "wide". This means that pretty much anything that isn't running on a high performance server (like Netflix or Youtube) is going to have a little bit of buffering. Especially when there are other people on the network.

 

Mom: But there must be some way to fix it... ?

 

Me: Yes, there is, you would need to widen the "pipe" by increasing our download speed. Unfortubatly we cannot increase our downoad speeds any furthur because we live in an area where there are no ISP's that can provide a faster speed. So in short, if you want things to buffer faster... we need to move.

 

So what happens after this conversation?

They still don't get it.

Just tell her: Just-Chill-out :DxD

 

 

Ill left myself out. Thanks. 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

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On 22-3-2017 at 4:40 AM, Just-Chill said:

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I just took everything gradually over :P

So the only they do now is pay the bills.

Works perfect for everyone.

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On 3/13/2017 at 8:08 AM, Bananasplit_00 said:

holy shit it is... i didn't even realize

woo I am note worthy!

On 3/13/2017 at 6:13 AM, DocSwag said:

No way... Could it really be rainbrodash, the original poster of the women with the 2tb hdd?!?

wow it fells weird to get recognized like that.

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1 hour ago, rainbrodash666 said:

wow it fells weird to get recognized like that.

Well it was the most idiotic thing I've read in my life.

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We finally have Windows 10 at my Course , too bad its Enterprise

 

so we still use IE11 .... *sad trumpet*

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