Quote from robt :

Where abouts are you Dan? My GF lives between upware and reach, their internet suplier is as reliable as an old citroen One day they will get 2mb. the next day they get faster upload then download, then sometimes it wont even work or runs slower than 56k dial up!

i am in wicken mate, just here! to be exact, last house on the left as you head towards stretham, although that pic is well old on streetview, volvo and rover are long gone lol

and we are on orange broadband, the medium package so im told, its mum n dads internet, and we have been told that this is as fast as we can expect to get via orange, yet the house next door, which is joined to ours, are recieving between 6 and 8 meg, which is apparently because their phone line comes in underground and ours is from a telegraph pole, thats meant to be why we get no speed.

i think it speaks for itself, absolute joke of a speed IMO.

I know i do live in quite a small village, but one of the largest university cities in the country is barely 10 miles away, plus if you scoot just 3 miles over to the next town (soham) then you're on 8meg if not quicker, it just seems to me that in 2010 this kind of speed isnt really acceptable.

Am i right, do i have a point, or am i just being OTT about it??

Quote from dadge :

just go into the garage tomorrow and advise them that the conversation you are about to have will be done in the style of a power ranger.

I read your post in my head in the voice of frankie boyle, which made it all the more funnier!

Exactly PMD, and if the truth be told, everyone knows where they stand, nobody got hurt and no harm was done, i cant see that as a bad thing.

I believe that it is known in the trade as 'caps lock fury!'

Quote from DevilDare :

Clearly not then.

Finally, something we totally agree on!

In all seriousness tho, if you can sit there and say that if you were in this situation, you would say and do exactly as your holier than thou posting style with regard to never ever betraying anyone, don't rock the boat etc, and you honestly believe that you would and could do everything 'by the book' so to speak, if you were presented with a similar situation such as mine, then you my friend, have never, NEVER felt true love, yet.

Fact.

When the time comes that you feel real love, it gets you in your heart, ties your stomach up in knots, and pretty much takes over your mind, any clear headed person would love to behave in the way you have suggested, i know i would have done, but lets not forget, i never asked to fall in love with her, but i did, and when and if a similar situation happens to you at some point, then maybe you will understand it a bit more in depth, it isnt as simple as right and wrong, throw love into the equation and real logic pretty much buggers off!

I'm not trying to be condescending or a know all devildare, because im really not, but it just doesnt seem like you fully understand just what falling in love with the wrong person is actually like, and what it does to you, its easy to say that you'd just say nothing, but in real life, if you really had fallen in love with someone like this then saying nothing isnt an option, it really cant be done, you'd go mad if you tried to keep a lid on it.

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 19:34.

Quote from DevilDare :

I'm sorry thats just dumb.





Basically, according to this, women/girls cannot leave their current boyfriends if they do not have a immediate replacement.

My point is, if she was unhappy with him she would of left him already and wouldnt have waited for you to come riding on a white horse to rescue her.

I never suggested that at all, and never for one moment suggested that she needed 'rescuing' at any point in this thread, was merely stating what took place, i never said she would have needed anyone else to step and give 'permission' for her leave him, although i have known that to be the case numerous times in the past with various circles of friends, people stay with other people sometimes simply because its easiest thing to do, and another person can come along which can make them see the light so to speak, although i never suggested that in my previous posts.

Why are reading overly into things and coming up with suggestions that i never even wrote??

I never mentioned permission my friend.

And you are correct, thats precisely what i am saying, looks like she is happy with him, because she didnt leave him for me, thats kinda my whole point.

I wasn't trying to deny anybody of anything mr.dare, i was simply being honest with her, and honest with myself, plus if all it had taken was me declaring my feelings to make her jump ship from her current relationship then surely that would have proven (if it had happened) that she wasnt truly happy with him, because if she was (or is) then she wouldnt (didnt) leave?

I dont know if this will help at all, but on the older fords that we use for banger racing, we wire 2 12v batteries up in series to feed the starter motors with 24v, which works very well despite them only being designed for 12v, however, when we tried it on some japanese cars we found that it was too much and we blew a lot of starter motors up that way on the nissans, so we now wire 2 12v batteries up in parallell instead, as nissan engines tend to get very tight when overly hot, and a single 12v battery just isnt enough to fire it up again if the engine is baking hot.

Quote from Becky Rose :

...and besides, what right does a friend have to deny you of love?

This is precisely the viewpoint i had taken on it, if we ever had a chance then i would never have known if i hadn't said anything, plus if it had worked out as i was hoping, then losing a friend would have been quite a big thing, but given the extent of my feelings about her, it would have almost been trivial in the same breath.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Dude, you gotta tell people how you feel... so say she ditched her current bf for his best friend, better sooner than later. You gotta tell the girl how much you want it, if you love someone that much, you don't care about other people, you only care about the lover and the love'e. That's what real love is.

Precisely, pretty much how i was going to respond to devildares post.

I know its not really the right thing to do, and i never set out to fall for my mates GF and i do feel bad for doing so, because he is a good friend of mine, but if you fall in love with someone, theres nothing you or anyone else can say or do to stop it, it just happens, once you start falling, everything else goes out the window.

I just had to, rightly or wrongly, let her know, and now i have, i do feel like shite because she is all i really wanted and the outcome wasn't really what i was hoping for, but at the same time i strangely feel a little bit better in a way because im not carrying this around on my own anymore thinking does she feel the same or not, because she knows now, we know where we stand with eachother now.

I know people would say well sort of friend are you supposed to be if you were gonna steel his girlfriend, but just throw love in the mix and its not as simple as that, not at all, and would i feel guilty if we had got together, i would have felt bad for him, yes, but guilty, no.

i decided that tonight, it was now or never, time to man up, so i did, i sat her down and told her the truth, face to face, and that i agree the timing is lousy, but that it had to be said because its burning me out.

So i told her, i love her more than anything, want to be with her more than anything, and i just want her.

She did seem a bit shocked really, she said she knew i liked her, but not this badly.

Im not going to lie, there were a few tears, from both of us, i dont think theres any shame in admitting that, she said that she does definately feel something for me too (which means i wasnt wrong) and maybe if things had been different then who knows, i then offered the viewpoint of if you dont try then you never know so lets make things different, (holding her hand accross the table now) which probably sounded a bit desperate, but who the **** cares (at that point) if it works then its progress!

To which she replied that eventhough a part of her wants to take that chance, lets say she did, and we tried to be together, then i would never be able to trust her properly because of it, if she could do it to her current bf (to be with me) then id always end up thinking that she would be capable of doing the same to me at some point, which is quite a good way of putting it, and it does have some truth to it i suppose.

So in a nutshell, despite everything, she just cant do it to him because she loves him, he loves her, and she isnt that cruel to be able to betray him like that with one of his best mates, it just wouldnt be right.

So we both stood up, held eachother face to face, had a good look into eachothers eyes, i gently kissed her lips and said, if only eh? at which point we both started welling up again, looking into eachothers faces was just making it worse for both of us, so we than had a good long hug, i was blubbing again a little bit, and i could tell she was too, so i kissed her hair, and as hard as it was (for either of us) to let go, we did, so i then went outside for a fag, she went to re-do her make up, and then by the time fag was smoked and makeup was redone her fella was then in from work.

So although i feel like absolute shit, i also feel that a weight has been lifted, she knows now, and thats it, were cool, job done, and case closed.

I am upset, but in all honesty, not really surprised, fate deals the cards, all we can do is play the game.

So, time to move on then, a rave, that im going to, on new years eve, full of scantily clad birds you say, hmm, interesting....

Ultrabeat vs. Scott Brown - Elysium [I Go Crazy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzrF5aryrsw

I know, it just kind of fitted what i was trying to get accross.

that was just a quarter of the full lyric, 64 beats is about the usual length rhyme for me as well, i did write a 128 one once, and its one of my faves, but i dont think i ever found a track that had a constant 128 of beats without a drop or fill or vocals in the way, used to have to split it into bits, and then forget the order because its so long haha

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Dan, it'll happen. Just when you finally give up hope, there will be a girl in the Penalty box, flirting with you.. then creep you on FB and a beautiful thing will grow from that.

Hmm, trouble is, i already found her, she just isnt with me, she's with someone else, just got to grow the balls and tell her, without mr (bigger and tougher than me!) boyfriend knowing about it, i know her well enough to be sure she wouldnt tell him if i confessed my feelings, its just finding that time and place where i can without fear of anyone overhearing, which wont be easy as they are moving in together, tomorrow.

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Mon 13 Dec 2010, 23:14.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

I'm having good luck with them right now, so I'm pretty pleased

I wish i could say the same, i have never been a bastard when it comes to girls, but i guess you just become less immature with time, so im hoping that this will work in my favour, and i for one agree with the being a decent guy is the best way, and wouldnt ever laugh at anybody for admitting it.

/dons flame proof suit...

I would just be so chuffed if it could for once, just once, work for me like it is in the films, where the nice dependable guy ends up with the girl at the end.

I am now going to be uber sad by quoting (in part, its the last 16 bar block from a 64 bar one) one of my own lyrics, because i think it kinda fits most situations in life.

"You cant ever lose the will to try
its the hopes that keep the dreams alive
never be shy say what you feel inside
and be hardcore till the day you die!"

Well, maybe not the last line because its a rave lyric from my emceeing days, but i guess you get the sentiment im getting at and what im trying to say.

I dont mind some drum n bass, but for me its all about the h-a-r-d-c-o-r-e!

26 years old (nearly 27!) 5' 11" and 9 stone 8, i'll just leave this info here.

I had one of those kettcar things at the age of about 8 or 9, i liked contact sports then even at a young age, i will never forget the day i tried to lunge another child (who had a better kettcar than i did) with regard to spinning him out, but i was going too fast, missed him and hit a kerb so hard in it that the entire front pretty much fell off, all the welds that held the front tubing together ripped away, the steering bar bent, both front wheels were off it and one was snapped in 2, it was completely ruined, but after a quick call to kettler my dad very kindly got me another set of wheels for it, and my mates dad who's a blacksmith very kindly straightened and added in new stronger metal, before welding it all up nice and solid and respraying it for me, it was tough as nails after that, the front of it was like a bloody battering ram!

I did a speedy edit, picture and method of crashing wasnt there to start with

My face is broken as of last night, me no likey.

I have no idea how handlebars can mysteriously come loose but mine did, at quite some speed, faceplanted the road, lovely.

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Fri 10 Dec 2010, 14:52.

Gammer, Recon And Klubfiller - Bang Yer Head Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... L8jUo&feature=related

Quote from hazaky :

Yup

AF is not AA so i have no idea what sjava is sayin.

I think he is trying to say why isnt there an AA section, because it is usually directly above or below AF, but we now know why.

google takes me here, http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-012644.htm#8

which says...

Quote :

Anti-Aliasing

Anti-aliasing is used to reduce stair-step patterns on the edges of polygons in games. It gives a smoother, slightly blurred look to the edges. Full scene anti-aliasing accomplishes this by rendering each frame at a larger resolution, then scaling it down to fit the actual screen resolution. This can lower the frame rate by a large amount, while increasing quality by a small amount. Usually, increasing the screen resolution is a better tradeoff than turning on anti-aliasing. Anti-aliasing is only useful for games when a lot of extra graphics performance is available. Intel chipsets with integrated graphics do not support full scene anti-aliasing. Anti-aliased lines are supported in OpenGL* applications.

and at the bottom...

Quote :

This applies to:

Intel® 82810 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
Intel® 82815 Graphics Controller
Intel® 82830M Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller
Intel® 82852/82855 Graphics Controller Family
Intel® 82865G Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
Intel® 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family
Intel® 82945G Express Chipset
Intel® 82946GZ Graphics Controller
Intel® 82G965 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
Intel® B43 Express Chipset
Intel® G31 Express Chipset
Intel® G33 Express Chipset
Intel® G35 Express Chipset
Intel® G41 Express Chipset
Intel® G43 Express Chipset
Intel® G45 Express Chipset
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

So it looks like you don't have the AA option because that chipset can't do AA.