Matricians: Show Your Stuff! (lots of images)

[Mikero]

Yeah, it's nice but it's not all that stylish and I've seen it done many times before so... the "what" remains.

[Johncarllos]

Got my new TV, working good as a second monitor @ 1080p, can be a little fuzzy though as it is over VGA.
Works great for HD cable too, getting the Olympics in 720p is neat.

Using it over DVI and HDMI is really fancy, and it compensates for my surround system having it's front right speaker out by allowing digital audio out AND it's internal speakers running.
It's a little bit tin-y though, lacking almost all bass.

The biggest problem is that in shipping the bottom left of the bezel was badly cracked and I really want a new one in perfect condition so I'm trying to talk to the company to send me a new one, but it'll take 3 weeks, as they have to send me a return box, then back to them, then they send me a new one when they get it.
Washington to freakin' Maine.
Long ways.

I'd be happy if I just got a partial refund though, but the TV I have with this badly cracked bezel is NOT worth the $220 I paid for it.

Pics.

Also, I already kind of fixed the corner with super glue, taped it to hold it while it dried, then took off the tape and used Goo-Gone on it, and it's pretty clean but still...

The bottom right corner is slightly cracked too...

Posted on: February 16, 2010, 11:19:54 PM

Note: I'm not a Nazi: That's a scene from Inglorious Basterds.

[Snare]

Kay, remember my old green harp that I used to have? Well turns out that thing was a piece and I was being gipped so I went to this other store and now I'm renting a top-of-the-line instrument. It's a bit more girly looking what with the gold thingy on top but this thing sounds CRAZY good. Angels got nothing on this #####.

For a lever harp (a non orchestral harp) it's really big too. It's just as tall as me.

[Johncarllos]

Ooooh, I love reed diffusers.

[Snare]

John the things you say sound like you like men. I didn't even know those things were called reed diffusers.

Are you sure you don't wanna make tiny little red bearded children with me?

[Johncarllos]

My mom uses them. My mom made me buy them when she was bed-bound for a little while. I like them because they produce a strong long lasting scent and look nice, as well as being fairly inexpensive.

My favorite scent? Fresh Pine. It makes my room smell like the forest.

[ChaosVortex]

All you're missing are half-eaten animal carcasses thrown about, then.

[Johncarllos]

Nope. I have those.

[ChaosVortex]

Good man.

[Mikero]

Ew Windows 7.

Actually I haven't used it so I don't have an opinion but I've only heard it doesn't actually WORK as well as XP making it not worth it, despite the "new" gimmicks.

I say "new" because something around like 4/5 of those "Windows 7 was my idea" commercials I've seen were showing features that were available on mac like 6 years ago.

I'm really not being a hater, I like and use both operating systems every day, but jeez.

[ASR]

Windows 7 is great. XP's good. Vista is awful.

[Johncarllos]

I like windows 7 better than XP and assloads more than vista.

[Mikero]

I've mixed things but initially most people said it had a lot of problems. Maybe it's been updated significantly since launch. I don't really care either way I'm just sayin'. One guy said he liked Vista better but I dismissed his opinion as herecy, most people like XP better.

The computers for a particular show I don't work on at work use Windows 7 and it at least LOOKS nicer and faster than XP (which is why that show needs it) but I have experience in which an OS looking nicer can make it slower (Mac).

I was never an XP fan, really, but I think I just don't dig Windows all that much (he said while writing this on Windows XP). At least the Home Edition never really impressed me and I still don't really like the blue-green look change (I usually switch it to classic style nowadays). My choice is based more on how it works/doesn't work anyway, and I've grown to really have a strong distaste for things like executable files and having to bother with certain management. All that ##### said I think I'd really like Windows 7 a lot more than past incarnations.

[Snare]

Oh my God. There's a five grand instrument there and none of ya'll bucketheads say anything about it and instead ya ramble on about thems newfangled computers and stink sticks.

[Johncarllos]

It's a beautiful harp, Snare.

[ASR]

music is gay

[AlexThePenguin]

I really love the embellishments.

[Snare]

thank you