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by Top Wop
Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:40 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bike Speedometer
Replies: 5
Views: 706

You could very easily get a Bell $10 unit at WalMart or similar retailers. The one I have works great, shows speed, distance traveled, and trip meter. Its all I ever need.
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:04 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows XP SP3
Replies: 31
Views: 3634

Re:

Sucks? Why would anyone want that piece of trash on their computer? No thanks! If I really wanted to kill myself, I'd jump off a building. It sucks because you cant use the re-install portion of Windows setup per Krom's post, hence making my job of fixing peoples computers more difficult. Otherwise...
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:52 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Just Another \"Police Shoot Poor Animal\" Movie
Replies: 17
Views: 1443

Re:

ccb056 wrote:shoot them all, ask questions later

animals have no god given rights
Sorry for me being blunt, but you're an idiot.
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:46 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows XP SP3
Replies: 31
Views: 3634

That really sucks with the IE7 bit, a real pain in the ass when you have to do a repair. Now im going to have even more gray hair.

But the nice thing is the performance improvement.
by Top Wop
Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Windows 7 new OS in the works.
Replies: 28
Views: 1954

Re:

SirWinner wrote:(Optimize your compiled C Code using well placed and well rewritten Assembly Code!)
Optimize? Microsoft?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh god thats a good one. Optimize is a dirty word at M$.

I bet the heads of the software engineers would explode upon seeing assembly code.

:P
by Top Wop
Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Whats with teamspeak?
Replies: 5
Views: 886

Im not a talkative type person so I stick to text.
by Top Wop
Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:33 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Whatcha playing now?(That is not Descent related)
Replies: 74
Views: 7269

Ive been playing:

College: Final Semester - Drunk Co-ed expansion
and
Job Hunt

:)
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:24 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Windows 7 new OS in the works.
Replies: 28
Views: 1954

Re:

Aggressor Prime wrote:All you will have to do, most likely, is set up Windows 7 with the year 2100 in BIOS. Then set the clock back to normal time. That way, you won't have to worry until 2101.
You're awfully silly. :roll:
by Top Wop
Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:05 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Windows 7 new OS in the works.
Replies: 28
Views: 1954

Im interested in what the end product will be when Windows 7 ships, with all the talk about 'MinWin' and modularity. But for every step M$ takes, it takes 2 backwards with the talk of a yearly subscription. :x

Well, nothing The Pirate Bay couldn't handle...
by Top Wop
Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:02 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 11958

Re:

roid wrote:Interplay should release another sequel to Die By the Sword, but this time on the Wii.
That would be awesome times ten.
by Top Wop
Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 11958

just an FYI... Interplay Stock is currently at just under 6 Cents per Share. Now might be a good time to invest :-) Throw $50 or $100 at it, get a bunch of stock and sit on it for 2 or 3 years. EA is over $50 Activision is around $27 and THQ is around $22 Buying Shares at 6 cents per, and maybe in ...
by Top Wop
Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:36 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Charlton Heston Dead at 84
Replies: 12
Views: 815

RIP, he was a good actor and a good person.
by Top Wop
Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 11958

Re:

Duper wrote:It's not exactly what I would have considered as a shield orb other that it being round and blue.
Have you EVER played descent? :P
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:09 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: It's about frakking time!
Replies: 17
Views: 1454

Ok maybe its going to be a good season after all. I was entertained.
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:08 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Outlook settings being reset after reboot?
Replies: 4
Views: 589

Unless the user is using advanced features of Outlook like scheduling or this is a corporate machine thats imaged, I would suggest to the user that they switch to Thunderbird immediately.
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:38 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Assassin’s Creed
Replies: 5
Views: 698

Wow, is it really that good? I heard from everywhere that it sucks.
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:37 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 11958

Can you say \"repost\"?
by Top Wop
Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: It's about frakking time!
Replies: 17
Views: 1454

I have low expectations.
by Top Wop
Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:16 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Sources, sources, sources...
Replies: 18
Views: 1296

Did you look at local libraries to see if they have any sources? Especially look at microfiche/fringe periodicals. Definitely let the teacher know that the given topic has minimal sources to be found, especially when you need to find 10, which is a gargantuan amount covering such a small period of t...
by Top Wop
Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:58 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: MechWarrior MOD
Replies: 6
Views: 774

Ill buy Crysis when this mod gets released.

This isnt the first time I bought a game just for a mod ether. :D
by Top Wop
Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Godly Tips on How To Punish and Beat Your Christian Child
Replies: 5
Views: 722

Accept Christ and get a free Playstation 2!
lol
by Top Wop
Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:15 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Getting sick of snow and ice!
Replies: 40
Views: 2969

Had to miss Good Friday mass, there was no chance in heck we could make it out and back with all the snow that fell.
by Top Wop
Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:32 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay Back?
Replies: 74
Views: 9562

Re:

D3 needs more than a facelift to work... at about the time it came out, a lot of the people I talked to dropped it fairly quickly because it just wasn't fun to play. It needs a re-evaluation of what makes a game good. 6DOF/360 alone doesn't do it. Word. To me, D1/D2 was much more fun and better in ...
by Top Wop
Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Watch YouTube in HD
Replies: 21
Views: 1441

Re:

Since when did high quality get replaced by high definition? Since marketing execs started coining the phrase to make it sound cool, like HD radio, HD gaming. I guess I have a SHD computer (Super-High-Defenition) because im running at 1600*1200. :roll: Then its going to be super high definition, ul...
by Top Wop
Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Why I hate Vista
Replies: 55
Views: 3882

I tried Vista for several months then got rid of it. Good thing I didn't actually pay for it because its a definite waste of money, except MS Chalked me up as a buyer and thus amongst the elect they perceive as happy customers. :roll: Lets see, the straw that broke the camel's back was a completely ...
by Top Wop
Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:10 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Winter tires mandatory
Replies: 24
Views: 2072

Last few posts echo my sentiments. I live in snow area too. We have cars that have all season tires, and this winter we had a shortage of salt in our region due to the freeze/thaw cycle we had each week for the last oh 2 months. Not once did I or my family ever end up in a ditch or into someone's bu...
by Top Wop
Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: B-tech miniatures, you collect them or no?
Replies: 5
Views: 522

No, I dont collect them, I do other things. :)
by Top Wop
Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Star Wars according to a 3 year old
Replies: 3
Views: 483

...what?

Um, yes, if you clicked the link its exactly like that. :roll:
by Top Wop
Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:36 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Attention AT1 and/or Mechwarrior 2 fans
Replies: 10
Views: 921

Looks more like a Mech 3 remake than Mech 2. That and the hud sucks. But im just nitpicking.
by Top Wop
Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: HD-DVD Officially Dead!
Replies: 15
Views: 1107

HD and all of that other fancy thingamajigs that go along with it isn't going to help the fact that nearly all movies put out by Hollywood today sucks ass. Watching a movie in HD doesn't make it better, instead you are just watching suck at high-res.
by Top Wop
Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:29 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows Update broke itself?
Replies: 18
Views: 1302

Wow I never knew that. Looks like IE7 will never touch my machine.
by Top Wop
Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:27 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Darwin's theory at work...
Replies: 5
Views: 781

Umm, yea, this is exactly why they construct drag strips, so that you can race in a SAFE manner.

Hope every one of those ricers gets a charge.
by Top Wop
Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: School Violence
Replies: 49
Views: 4265

Epic hijack...
by Top Wop
Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:23 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows Update broke itself?
Replies: 18
Views: 1302

If you want to reverse an update, youre supposed to uninstall that update from add-remove programs. Dont use system restore to reverse updates. In fact, ive never used system restore for anything. If something needs to be fixed, I do it myself, which means sticking the XP cd at bootup and selecting ...
by Top Wop
Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:11 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: School Violence
Replies: 49
Views: 4265

Im not going to get into a political discussion here since id rather do that in a more appropriate thread, but this event has me re-evaluating of whether or not I should attend a \"gun free\" school. It was ruled not long ago in a court that you, yourself, are the only one responsible for ...
by Top Wop
Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:23 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Just great...
Replies: 14
Views: 1097

This is the 4th in a week across the country, not (?)including the massacre of the Lane Bryant store in Chicago.

Im still in shock by what happened, to see my school on the news for this reason is just unreal.
by Top Wop
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Just great...
Replies: 14
Views: 1097

Considering that these were gunshot wounds, you have a better chance of surviving vs a bullet when you factor in distance.
by Top Wop
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows Update broke itself?
Replies: 18
Views: 1302

Same thing happened to me, but in Vista, and it was with an update released in November. They had made WU so complicated that attempting to fix it made me feel like some sort of forensic scientist. Cryptic error codes one after another, and after I googled them, id get a series of command lines to p...
by Top Wop
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:09 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Just great...
Replies: 14
Views: 1097

Good news, my roomates friend was upgraded to stable to good, despite the fact that he got shot in the back of the head twice.