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  1. JJ, there's a button under the "Instant UBB Code" heading that says "URL." Use it. If you can't find it for some reason, then it's... code: [ URL=http://www.whatever.com/your/link/is ]Link[ /URL ] (Without the spaces, obviously...) I already tested my sig, but here it is again, just in case. [ 12-01-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  2. code: [ IMG ]http://www.URL.com/of/your/pic[ /IMG ] (without the spaces, obviously...) There's a button under the "Instant UBB Code" thing that lets you put a pic in, called "Image". [ 12-01-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  3. Whoo! I spent $894.92 last night, and I'm feelin' fine. My DDR RAM (all 512MB of it... I decided to upgrade a bit. ) just came today (gotta love free 2-day shipping ) and my video card should be here on Monday or so. The rest of the stuff late next week or early the week after. I decided to just go with the Taisol CGK742092. Not the best, perhaps, but AMD recommends it up to 1900+ and the price is nice. If it doesn't work out too well (i.e., if my comp continually suffers from heat problems), I'll just get a better one. Thanks for all the help and support, guys. Putting these things together can be a hassle sometimes, especially with so much new stuff on the market (trying to learn all the improvements in computers since '98 [what my current computer is] can be rather overwhelming...). [ 11-30-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ] [ 11-30-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  4. Argh. So many choices. Does anyone have any suggestions on which fan to get to support an Athlon XP 1800+ (yeah, I decided to go with it)? I've found everything but that, now. There are tons and tons of choices, but a lot of the little blurbs about the fans don't say what speed they safely support up to...
  5. Akira: Yeah, I know. I'd like to have a G3Ti, but it's a bit late now. The card's already shipped, and I haven't got the money not the time to return it and buy a newer card now. Oh, well. I'll wait 'til the GeForce4 is out and get one of those. Also, thanks for the fan info link. The CPU fan has probably been one of the biggest worries I've had while putting this thing together... Not too much experience in that matter, at least with AMD fans.
  6. I just found out why my video hasn't gotten here yet: they ran out of stock for that card. However, they offered a GeForce 2 Ti with TV out for only $15 more, so I'm getting one of those now. Not too much of an increase, to be sure, but it's still one step better than the G2 Pro. Besides, a G2 Ti for $115 (shipping included in that price) isn't bad. [ 11-27-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  7. Uhm... Personally, I like using the shuttles to get around, but besides the pain it is to get them to let go of you and not have them HJ billions of klicks away, it does seem like a pretty cheap exploit. Anyway, my real point is that I just had a small comment about the "weight" thing: Remember where the shuttle and whatever craft it's towing are. In space! Do you understand the concept behind that? Weight has no bearing in space, only mass, and mass in space doesn't limit transportation. There's no friction (well, an incredibly small amount of it, anyway. Not enough to be noticed until after some centuries of travel, no doubt...unless you smash into something solid. ). You could go outside and flick your CC and 1) your finger'd hurt like hell, 2) the CC would move in the direction you flicked it at whatever speed your finger's flicking action gave it. In atmosphere, everything changes, which is probably why the shuttle couldn't lift the CC after a certain point. [ 11-27-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  8. My mistake. It doesn't matter, anyway. I've made up my mind to get at least a 3, most likely 5 piece speaker system, and 'cause of that I'll be getting a sound card to go with it. If it doesn't work, I return the card and get a different one until it does.
  9. Space is nothing, don't you understand? In space there's about a maximum of one atom of matter per cubic meter, with the very very rare star/planet/moon/galaxy/nubula/whathaveyou thrown in. Have you seen those pictures of nubulae and such taken by the Hubble? In a lot of those, the different elements in them are given more color so you can actually see them...
  10. Gallion: Yeah, I know, that's why I'm having a friend who builds computers for a living help install the fan for me. SC: Sound isn't that big of a deal for me. If I do get the 5 piece speaker set (not sure yet) then I'll probably get a decent sound card, but if I don't and just go with some generibrand speakers the integrated one is good enough for me.
  11. Oh, on the matter of cooling... I wasn't really sure what fan to get. I was thinking about this one: http://www.tcwo.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_pr...1gi2Ty0HOCiiA7f Edit: This is just the CPU fan, obviously I'm going to get other fans for the rest of the comp... It says it supports up to 1700+ on that page, but if you go to one of the Athlon CPU pages (specifically the 1800+ and up pages..) it says that that fan is recommended. How in the world does that work?? Well, it shouldn't matter too much, since I'll probably get the 1700+ (I dunno, though... That 1800+ is mighty tempting. ) Sidenote: Check out the spiffy new thing at the bottom that lets you scroll through the page! That must be brand new, and I like, I like. Edit #2: (*sigh* I should really think these messages through a bit more 'fore I post 'em... Oh, well.) On the bottom of the posting page, that is, not the regular thread page. [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ] [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  12. I'm getting this stuff from a multitude of sites... Ask me on AIM, Nova, and I'll give you links to a few of 'em; don't wanna list 'em all here. Heh. Gallion: The G2 is just a temp card 'til prices on the G3s drop enough for it to fit my budget. I had to keep this comp under $1000, and that G2 was only $100 total (I already bought it last week to upgrade my current system a bit...didn't think I would be getting the new one so quickly), so...I'll "suffer" for now. Hey, nearly anything's better than the comp I have now: PII 350 with a Voodoo 3 16MB card. I give you permission to wince.
  13. Yes! My dad officially gave me permission to start ordering the parts for my new comp. Finally no more 7 average fps, even in space. Here's the specs: [*]MSI K7T266 Pro2 (MS6380 v2.0), Socket-A, Via KT266A-chipset based for Athlon and Duron PGA CPUs with Built-in Sound Controller [*]AMD Athlon Socket-A PGA 1200 (1.2 GHz) using 200MHz FSB w/128k L1 full-speed cache and 256k L2 full-speed Cache. (I'm most likely gonna be selling this one to a friend and getting an Athlon XP 1700+ ) [*]256MB DDR SDRAM CD2100/DDR266 [*]InWin ATX-Style S500 w/300W power supply (I'll probably bump that up a bit if I get the 1700+, though) [*]40GB Western Digital internal EIDE hard drive [*]Mitsumi 1.44 MB 3.5" [*]AOC 17" flatscreen monitor (16" viewable, .25mm dpi, 1600x1200 max resolution) [*]GeForce 2 PRO 64 MB DDR video RAM w/ RAM heatsinks [*]Lite On 16X DVD/48X CD-ROM [*]CD-RW 16x10x40 EIDE/ATAPI (haven't decided which brand to get yet...there are two I'm leaning toward, though) [*]56K Zoom Fax/Modem PCI Internal, Model 1120M, V.90 OEM version. (no cable or dsl in my town! ) [*]Windows XP [*]Some speakers (Other thing I haven't truly decided on yet...although I saw a nice 5 piece set a couple days ago.) [*]All the necessary fans. I haven't totaled up the final price, but at last check it was somewhere in the range of $800. [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ] [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
  14. Look in the Spare Parts category... A fighter is listed as "Fighter Asset" and a shuttle as "Shuttle Asset." ... and an OC is an "OC Asset" TTFN [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ] [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Gallion ]
  15. Man, I really wish I still had that game. I'd like to see what a smart Resnig could do, like...actually take a piss in the toilet instead of his pants, or not drool all over himself while on-station. Hell, he might even be able to teach the marines something useful! ...No, that'd be pushing it. [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Ancharon ]
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