who here is "unplugged" ?

[Shockwave]

I guess it all depends on how old the thing is. I have replaced many HP video cards for less than $50 bucks with a little added heat sync protection. Usually good to go for another 7 years. I started this in 2000.

Anything older than that could be the suck.

If I can't upgrade, then yeah, trash it is. I'm a huge fan of 7. Not so much of Vista. XP pretty much ain't worth wasting my time even though I love the program. If it's still fixable (broken connection or something stupid like that) I'll keep it.

I'm not really trying to make money flipping these things, I just love having them.

Built my own Desktop strictly for video editing. It's a frickin' powerhouse. Heats up the whole room when clips are rendering. I use Adobe Premier Elements 8 and it sucks A LOT of power! This thing cost me about 4 bills to put together. If I wanted to buy one at Best Buy of equivalent size and power, I woulda paid almost 3 K ~

It all depends. If you have a Desktop PC that is old as hell, I'll still take it just for parts. Other than that most of it will indeed be obsolete. No high speed USB ports, obsolete hard drives, software, the power of a broken Honda...

I have a killer homebuilt desktop I use for gaming and various CAD/CAM  programs I use for both work and personal shit... laptop pretty much just for tuning computer controlled engines and for my wife to do schoolwork. Picked uo the hp that needsd a video card, it had a decent ati card in it..... it was going to cost 200 for the card and tje fuckin laptop was only worth 150 anymore (was 750+ in 2010) so I said fuck it.

[WOOO]

I wasn't taking anything personally, mind you. I was just making an observation about how everything seems divided into two categories on Getbig; those being what's gay and what's not. I actually find it amusing. It also reminds me of when I was in grade school and kids would do this over the dumbest stuff, like what people wore with what, etc.

humans describe things best in black/white terms

[Big Chiro Flex]

I wasn't taking anything personally, mind you. I was just making an observation about how everything seems divided into two categories on Getbig; those being what's gay and what's not. I actually find it amusing. It also reminds me of when I was in grade school and kids would do this over the dumbest stuff, like what people wore with what, etc.

It's funny to call your buddy a "phaggot" every once in awhile. It's an endearing term used to communicate heterosexual brotherly love. Feel me, phaggot?

[Roger Bacon]

It's funny to call your buddy a "phaggot" every once in awhile. It's an endearing term used to communicate heterosexual brotherly love. Feel me, phaggot?

lol

[Kwon_2]

[doison]

Elvis died?

Yeah...it was all over the TV news

[Primemuscle]

humans describe things best in black/white terms

Well then I must be a superhuman because I see the world in multiple colors.

[Primemuscle]

Ok, Prime test your knowledge. What was that PBS show from the 80s-possible early 90s that featured a ship that was a floating lab for kids? It was like a reality show of sorts and it had an adult captain, yet there were teens who conducted experiments of some type and were the crew.

*Edit, I found it. It was called The Voyage of The Mimi

Thanks for finding it. I never heard of the show. I never would have found it for you.

[Primemuscle]

It's funny to call your buddy a "phaggot" every once in awhile. It's an endearing term used to communicate heterosexual brotherly love. Feel me, phaggot?

There are probably a few generations difference between us. When I was young, homosexual activities were illegal. No one in their right mind wanted to be called a phaggot. Incidentally, I think Getbig editing the spelling f.a.g.g.o.t is stupid. Is there something more PC about the term homo? I doubt it.

[240 is Back]

I use tv for background stuff as I work.  that's it.  I cannot remember the last time I just sat on the couch and watched tv for 30 minutes.  Maybe 2-3 times a year when playing with all the nieces & nephews and the NFL is on.   NEVER do I just sit and watch TV.  I'd go crazy.

I'm a musician and always learning new songs... usually I'll just put on some youtube and loop them to get familiar with changes, harmonies, etc.  Today's mix included:

Leads to
[ Invalid YouTube link ]

and arrangement/ half-ass leads to

[Primemuscle]

I must admit that my evenings are spent watching mostly network television shows with my wife. I will also often watch The Chew with her in the afternoon. She records it everyday that it airs. Needless to say, with winter approaching, television viewing at our house is on the upswing. It could be a senior thing. Watching television is easier than trying to figure some other thing to do with the day. Most of you work. My wife and I are retired. We have more time on our hands then most folks. And if that sounds like an excuse, well it is.

The thing is, I was mistaken about my Comcast bill. It is actually up to $275 a month provided we don't rent any movies. This is disgusting and absurd. Although we can well afford this, it seems somehow wrong. There has to be a cheaper means of entertainment. I am going to look into dish tomorrow. One thing that really irks me is that Comcast rewards new customers with special deals, while us longtime subscribers pay the full bore price. We are their gravy train and I don't like it one bit. 

[King Shizzo]

There are probably a few generations difference between us. When I was young, homosexual activities were illegal. No one in their right mind wanted to be called a phaggot. Incidentally, I think Getbig editing the spelling f.a.g.g.o.t is stupid. Is there something more PC about the term homo? I doubt it.

I pray that you are not being literal here.

[Natural Man]

I must admit that my evenings are spent watching mostly network television shows with my wife. I will also often watch The Chew with her in the afternoon. She records it everyday that it airs. Needless to say, with winter approaching, television viewing at our house is on the upswing. It could be a senior thing. Watching television is easier than trying to figure some other thing to do with the day. Most of you work. My wife and I are retired. We have more time on our hands then most folks. And if that sounds like an excuse, well it is.

The thing is, I was mistaken about my Comcast bill. It is actually up to $275 a month provided we don't rent any movies. This is disgusting and absurd. Although we can well afford this, it seems somehow wrong. There has to be a cheaper means of entertainment. I am going to look into dish tomorrow. One thing that really irks me is that Comcast rewards new customers with special deals, while us longtime subscribers pay the full bore price. We are their gravy train and I don't like it one bit. 

[King Shizzo]

I must admit that my evenings are spent watching mostly network television shows with my wife. I will also often watch The Chew with her in the afternoon. She records it everyday that it airs. Needless to say, with winter approaching, television viewing at our house is on the upswing. It could be a senior thing. Watching television is easier than trying to figure some other thing to do with the day. Most of you work. My wife and I are retired. We have more time on our hands then most folks. And if that sounds like an excuse, well it is.

The thing is, I was mistaken about my Comcast bill. It is actually up to $275 a month provided we don't rent any movies. This is disgusting and absurd. Although we can well afford this, it seems somehow wrong. There has to be a cheaper means of entertainment. I am going to look into dish tomorrow. One thing that really irks me is that Comcast rewards new customers with special deals, while us longtime subscribers pay the full bore price. We are their gravy train and I don't like it one bit. 

You shouldn't be under a contract with Comcast. Which means you can threaten to leave and then ask for the best deal that a new subscriber would get.

[Primemuscle]

I pray that you are not being literal here.

I am being literal. There were laws against gay sex in the 1950's and 1960's.

Sodomy laws in the United States, which outlawed a variety of sexual acts, were historically universal. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes as well, sometimes even acts between married persons.

Through the 20th century, the gradual liberalization of American sexual mores led to the elimination of sodomy laws in most states. During this time, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick in 1986. However, in 2003 the Supreme Court reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states (Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia).

Prior to 1962, sodomy was a felony in every state, punished by a lengthy term of imprisonment and/or hard labor. In that year, the Model Penal Code (MPC) — developed by the American Law Institute to promote uniformity among the states as they modernized their statutes — struck a compromise that removed consensual sodomy from its criminal code while making it a crime to solicit for sodomy. In 1962 Illinois adopted the recommendations of the Model Penal Code and thus became the first state to remove criminal penalties for consensual sodomy from its criminal code, almost a decade before any other state.

[Primemuscle]

You shouldn't be under a contract with Comcast. Which means you can threaten to leave and then ask for the best deal that a new subscriber would get.

You are right of course. I could threaten to leave and I may. I plan to explore my options first. It is possible dish might be a better solution. Unfortunately, there are no other options besides dish available at this time where I live. Comcast almost has a monopoly which explains why they can charge as much as they do.