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I preordered Borderlands 2 on my home today. I'm not sure if I really want it, but I preordered it anyway, in case I decide I do want to pick it up, then I'm guaranteed all the preorder shit.

Thought I might as well post this. Anyone here a big "game preorderer"? I've always been the type of person to pay for a game entirely before it comes out, so I'm not hit with $60 at one time. Here's my list of what I have preordered so far: Assassin's Creed 3 [360] - Paid For Dishonored [360] - Paid For Need for Speed: Most Wanted [360] - $20 down CoD: Black Ops II [360] - $20 down South Park: The Stick of Truth [360] - $5 down Lego City: Undercover [WiiU] - $5 down Wii U Pro Controller - $5 down I've been trying to find somewhere to preorder a Wii U, but I haven't found one yet, so I might just have a game and a controller on release day... lol I also have my own personal "preorder bank account" for GTA V and Watch Dogs. Neither are preorderable yet, so I have the money for those sitting in partition of bank account right now. I'm addicted...

Finally picked it up today, gotta say this is awesome. Glad I found something to hold me over til October brings more games!

Man, I've had this preordered and paid in full since the first day I could preorder it. I'm a die hard Assassin's Creed fan, I fucking love the games, I have every one of them.

Quick poll, who's on what theme? I'm on the white/blue theme and see the IPS Community thing. I switched to the red/black one and the SMD logo showed, so it seems to be just the blue/white one.

Think of it like this: If you stay where you are and just drive the 45 minutes everyday, you'll spend $X on gas. If you move, you'll spend $Y, but also pay $Z for rent. If (Y + Z) > X, then stay at home and enjoy the drive. I almost made this mistake a while back. I had a 40 mile drive to work, 40 home. 80 miles a day, 16mpg, figured for $3/gallon, ended up being something like $700 a month. The apartments I was looking were like $1100 a month, PLUS it was still about 10 miles of driving per day, so gas still ended up being like $100 or something. $1200 > $700, so I just stayed at home and dealt with the drive.

Jesus

First off, I know there's a "What are you eating on" thread, but I just wanted to keep this thread for recipes. I don't know if any of you are into cooking or not, but I just thought I'd throw it here anyway. In my free time I like to throw stuff in a pot and see how it comes out. I thought I would document it here and let you all know how it tastes. Feel free to try them yourself, although be warned, I rarely measure stuff. Today's dish, I like to call it the Ultimate Chicken Mac and Cheese Soup. Ingredients: 1LB boneless, skinless chicken breast Mrs Dash Paprika Ground Cumin Ground Mustard Seed Flour Pepsi Next - Paradise Mango flavor "No Yolks" Egg White Pasta (Although any pasta will do) 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup 1/2LB Velveeta Cheese block First, I mixed the Mrs Dash, paprika, cumin, mustard, and flour all in a bowl. I didn't measure it but it seemed like about 1/2 of the mix was flour, 1/3 was an equal mixture of Mrs Dash and paprika, and the last remainder was an equal mixture of the cumin and mustard. I then cut the chicken into small 1 inch slices and put it in the seasoning mixture, covering every piece. The chicken was then put into a frying pan on high, and then covered with about 1/3 of the bottle of Pepsi. Fry it until all there is no more Pepsi in the pan. While that's happened, I had all the noodles cooking in a separate pan. Cook them, drain then, and then put them back in the same pan they were in. Add the 2 cans of condensed soup + 2 cans of water and stir it until the condensed chicken soup is, well, not condensed anymore. At this point I put the cheese block in the noodles and added the chicken to the mix. Stir until the cheese is melted and mixed up. The Verdict: I loved it. Unfortunately no one else is here to try it. I thought the seasoning or the mango pepsi was going to have an overpowering taste, but it all mixed together to have a very great taste. If you feel like trying something new, go ahead and try this.

Welp. Scrap this build. Lost my job today.

If I end up needing to switch to NVidia, I'll do it. I'm only using that card because it's laying on my desk unused at the moment. I'll probably just throw something simple like Ubuntu.

Case: Velocity Micro (Unnamed Prototype Case) Mobo: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP CPU: Intel i5-2320 CPU Cooler: Stock Intel Cooler HDD1: Seagate Barricuda 320GB 7200RPM HDD2: Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green RAM: Patriot 1333MHz 8GB Video: Gigabyte 4650 PSU: Antec Modular 750W Optical: None Because the case is a prototype, I probably won't be able to get exterior shots for you guys. Going with the 2320 because I won't be overclocking or doing anything intense, this is just a linux box. HDD choices because I have them laying around. The video card was also just laying around, so I'm using that. No optical because I have no need for one. I have an external drive I'll use for installationg, but after that I won't need one anymore. Anyway, this machine will be a 24/7 rig. It will be used mainly as a home media server, and eventually will be upgraded to be an Android build rig. I should be starting on this build pretty soon.

Fuck, if I was in the area, I'd take this old fucker. Mainly for the free tank, that shit is like $40 new.

Yeah that one was just throw together to give people an example of what it was.

Don't sell it... BUILD THREAD.

First things first, you need a domain. I recommend purchasing from namecheap.com For about $10/year you can buy your .com address. Others are more or less. Then you'll need hosting. GoDaddy, HostGator, and a few others offer it foras little as $5/month, or you can go through a company such as 000webhost that will host for free. If you want more help, feel free to PM me with specific question and I'll get you going.

Mostly unrelated, but I'll post it anyway. Long story short, the funeral procession was a bunch of hot rods doing burnouts. Coolest shit I've seen in a while.

After looking at it, it seems you get a $500 gift card to B&H Photo. Not as cool as cash, but still cool At least that site sells computers and shit like that, not JUST photo stuff. edit- Don't forget to actually sign up to redeem the prizes too! Not sure if you saw, but you do need to sign up, more info is here.

yup you can.....when i get it, its yours. I don't need it. My wife has a DSLR Sony cam and a nice case already...but i prefer the handheld Cybershot (sony) cams myself. I hope i remember to give it to you but don't worry i won't give it to anyone else. Heck, i don't even know when i am getting this stuff i just know i am on the list! Oh shit really? Thanks dude, that's awesome! edit- Just realized I'm a selfish fuck and didn't even congratulate you! So, congrats bro!

Can I have that case? I need something to protect my DSLR...

oh god

Just some advice: The description of the project makes it seem like any old "Help me back on my feet" things. No offense, but there are tons of those, unless you have some crazy story, it won't fly. If you are attempting to start a computer business, I highly recommend constructing a business model, complete with actual numbers and time lines. Even then, I doubt you will see much of a result. Good luck to you.

I made it all the way to Life before eventually dropping out. I wish I had finished up though, it looks really good on applications and whatnot. Congrats!

They look nice, but they're little turds. Get a real car. edit- In case you're wondering, they're a joint venture between Toyota and Subaru.

64GB sold Please lock

Bump. 8GB sold. 64GB now $250.