1988, Rick Astley started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Never Gonna Give You Up', also a No.1 in the UK.


That one stuck out to me


Born on:

(The only one ive heard of is Pete Doherty)]
edit: And Danny Jones

1917, Born on this day, Leonard Chess, the founder of the Chess record label, home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Chess died of a heart attack on October 16th 1969, aged 52.

1942, Born on this day, Brian O'Hara, The Fourmost, (1964 UK No.6 single 'A Little Loving'). Hung himself on 27th June 1999.

1942, Born on this day, Paul Kantner, guitar, Jefferson Airplane, (1967 US No.18 single 'White Rabbit').

1946, Born on this day, Liza Minnelli, singer, actress, dancer, daughter of Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli. (1970 film 'Cabaret', 1989 UK No.6 single 'Losing My Mind').

1948, Born on this day, James Taylor, US singer, songwriter, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'You've Got A Friend'. His first album was released on The Beatles Apple label. Married Carly Simon in 1972.

1948, Born on this day, Les Holroyd, Barclay James Harvest, 8 UK Top 40 albums from 1974-87.

1949, Born on this day, Bill Payne, Little Feat, two Top 40 albums during the 70's, best-known songs 'Dixie Chicken' and 'Sailin Shoes'.

1949, Born on this day, Mike Gibbins, drummer with Badfinger, (1970 UK No.4 & US No.7 single 'Come And Get It'). Gibbins died on 4th Oct 2005.

1951, Born on this day, Jack Green, The Pretty Things, (1964 UK No. 10 with 'Don't Bring Me Down').

1956, Born on this day, Steve Harris, bass, Iron Maiden, (1982 UK No.1 album 'The Number Of The Beast', 1991 UK No.1 with 'Bring Your Daughter ...To The Slaughter' & 25 other Top 40 hits).
1957, Born on this day, Marlon Jackson, The Jackson Five, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'I Want You Back', The Jacksons, 1977 UK No.1 single 'Show You The Way To Go').
1965, Born on this day, Coleen Nolan, Nolan Sisters, (1980 UK No.3 single 'I'm In The Mood For Dancing').

1969, Born on this day, Graham Coxon, guitar, Blur, (1994 UK No.1 album 'Parklife' spent over 2 years on the UK chart, 1995 UK No.1 single 'Country House', plus over 12 other UK Top 40 singles).

1975, Born on this day, Kelle Bryan, vocals, Eternal, (1997 UK No.1 single 'I Wanna Be The Only One').

1977, Born on this day, Ben Kenny, bassist, Incubus, (2004 US No.2 and UK No.6 album ‘A Crow Left of the Murder…’, 2006 US No.1 album ‘Light Grenades’).

1979, Born on this day, Pete Doherty, guitar, vocals, The Libertines, (2004 UK No.1 album ‘The Libertines’). Now fronts Babyshambles

1986, Born on this day, Danny Jones, McFly, (2004 UK No.1 single ‘Colours In Her Hair’, 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Room On The 3rd Floor’).

Last edited by jimaxx, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 15:04.

Quote from The Moose :

Sure. I'm just saying it is really easy to download 10Gb a day without much effort. With the massive rise in streaming media (and the quality of it) you can get through 10Gb without thinking about it.



Not quite true You can download 3 gigs between 10am-3pm and another 1.5 gigs between 4pm-9pm without getting throttled. Thats 4.5 gigs during peak hours + whatever you can squeeze in during 3-4pm

Fair enough, maybe misread it when I looked before and dont realy pay attentiont o how much I'm downloading via video's/games/+general downloads.

I stand corrected

The lowest possible Virgin package : \.

Pay for 10mb, get 9-10mb 99% of the time.
Throttled if I download more than 1GB in peak times thoe

(Cant complain thoe since it was a free upgrade from 2mb and I'd never hit that cap once untill 10mb since I didnt like leaving things downloading while im doing things)

Never had a mass downtime, maybe the most of a day or so within the few years weve been with them.

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

I dont like l4d myself, but God I loved this.

Well the soundcard is mainly for music/gaming (positional) purposes, I have a midrangeish headset (music wise) Barracuda 5.1 hp-1 (PHysical 5.1 not virtual) and some cheapish logitech 5.1 speakers which I use from time to time, after been used to the sound and features of the Xonar D2X through these things id rather not go back to a inbuilt soundcard.

Ive never realy gone down the intell route due tomore bang for my buck with AMD, also I'm pritty sure the am3 phenom chipsets are more future proof than the I7 due to amd's plans to use the chip for a while, correct me if so.

If this is true about the ram then I'll listen to you and go for some decent 4gb sets.

The two 4890's I plan to use for gaming, video editing, such and such but I want them to last a while (hence I might wait for the 5 series or gtx3 series)




When it comes to the cpu cooler it apears to me that currently that isnt the main problem with my volume of my computer and if I buy a different cpu fan I'd much rather go down the route of big beasty cooling fan because even thoe sound is a issue I'm much more bothered about perfomance from the system.

Cheers for the help so far.

Jim.

I'm planning on building myself a system which I want to last a while near christmas by splitting the money with my parents, in this system I planned to get:

Asus M4A79T Delux 790fx (am3)
6GB of lowrange ram (Advise against this if you'd like, I realy know nothing of ram)
Either Crossfire 2 4890's or see about 5 series (I prefer nvidia since im used to them, but the prices are rather high)
Phenom II x4 955 black edition 3.2
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU (I know nothing of power supplies)


I would then like to use my Asus Xonar D2X Soundcard in this setup but I have a few worries.

1) Will it fit in if I crossfire the 2 4890's into the recomended blue slots?
2) Can it fit in the Pci x16 and a pci x1 card?
3) Will the motherboard accept it as ive read about SLI motherboards only allowing video cards into the 16x slots.


To add to this I have a few more questions.

1) Is the procceser a overkill for gaming/wanting it to last a while and would I be able to overclock it at all on the retail cooler (I currently have a ahtlon 64x2 4000+ which I didnt realy care about and its running a 2.59 from 2.1 and ive never had any stability or heat problems.)

2) Should I care about ram gimping the rest of the system? should I get some expensive good quality ram to match the rest of the parts or stick with some cheap ram to save money?

3) Are SSD harddrive worth the money over Sata?

4) Could I get a cheaper and just as acceptable power supply with a lower voltage for such a system? (All I know about power supplies is that hte general idea is you should take a well branded one so it doesnt screw up and take verything else with it, I just went for the corsair one saying "This should have all enthiusasticis needs blablabla)

THe motherboard comes with 2 crossfire "bridge connecters" 5 sata cables and 1 ide cable, other than the floppy drive cable for the soundcard will I need anything else?


5) Is there anything horribly wrong with this setup?

6) Any tips and such as this is my first ever build and ive never touched a procceser before, other than that I believe I should be fine. (Ive had most parts in/out switched cases and it apears to be just plug+play.)

7) Is this case going to fit all this in? I chose it mainly because of the sound padding as I get realy annoyed with the mear sound of my computer atm (120mm intake, 60mm exhaust/system, GPU fan (xpertvision 8600gt) and cpu fan running) it sounds like a damn plane.


Sorry for the long bloat fest of a post, but thanks in advance.

Cheers, Jim.

Last edited by jimaxx, Tue 11 Aug 2009, 21:50. Reason : Changed title.

Just interested, do you know about the guy who got caught stealing some shizz and wizzo was on about posting a picture/naming+shaming anyone security caught? I'd be interested to see thats all

Plus im planning on maybe going to i39 with about 9-10 of us (hence ive been reading the i37 forums alot) what are the campsites/any recomendations on what we should bring?

Thje only things ive realy thoguht about so far is; crap loads of food and a lockbox for hardware and such.


Edit: For the css team questions, noyou dont need experience, but im pritty sure it costs a bit (hence the cash price) and winning teams like reason/dignitas/cc/tcm/ teams like that would prove quite difficult =D

All thought there is fun tournaments around but you obviously need a acceptable level of skill within the team to play or loosing 16-0 wouldnt be to fun

Last edited by jimaxx, Mon 10 Aug 2009, 22:23.

I currently use a Asus Xonar D2X soundcard, I love it tbh, other than this one thing which seems to happen when I have games on in the background where a very high pitch noise comes out of the rear speakers in 4/5.1 mode and it becomes unbearable hearing this in the rear speakers of my headset.

With games like TF2 (source engine and stuff) it only happens when another sound comes on in the background over tf2/css etc (music/vent/suchandsuch)

But with games on different sound engines such as dawn of war 2 and WoW it just instantly comes on at full volume in the rear speakers unlike other games where the noise slowly builds up.


Usualy if I change the settings from pcm/spdif and uncheck a few boxes it resets the noise unless im on dawn of war 2 where it will just stay.

My make shift solution is keep the headset/soundcard in 5.1 and use the headset volume control to mute the rear speakers, but I dont want this soloution for gaming ofc.

Smart volume (Changes volume levels by making quieter things louder untill a louder thing comes in over the top making it turn down) also amplifies this noise.

The noise is picked up on the graphic equalizer aswell,

Any help?

Cheers, Jim.


Edit: Had a game on in the background and started some music, as soon as the music came on the noise started instantly and started to build up : \

I then turned the game off and whala, the noise went : \, this wouldnt bother me so much if it wasnt for vent and things causing it since the games where it just starts for no reason I dont realy need my rear suround to hear the dirty terrorist behind the door >_>

Last edited by jimaxx, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 14:04.

...Forgot the link much?

I had this problem with FF before I formated; I'm pritty sure using a different user on login fixes it, but I cant quite remember...Formatting happened to fix it

Well apparantly, ringing them up a second time about the fact they dont know what package we are on when we want a free upgrade causes them to this time say our modem isnt good enough and there sending us another one...

So there basicly saying...They dont know what package we are on because our modem sucks balls...Yeahhh ... ok...

Basicly we got a notice sayiing we can upgrade our 2mb M package into a 10mb M package for free now, all fine and dandy!

Went on to the site, went through it all, got the password back and such, then got this error

Quote :

Oops, we're sorry but we can't recognize which broadband package you are on.
If you are a size: M customer ring 0845 4541111* and select option 4 to speak to one of our advisors.
If you're on size: L, XL or XXL broadband just check out My Virgin Media for all your latest news and free stuff!

So we rang the number up, and got some call centre in india or somewhere with a guy called "Twinkle" which I found rather amusing, but anyway, this "Customer service repesentive" sends us straight back to the website and says "Ohhh if it doesnt work you must allready be on it!" clearly not having a clue, and now I'm struggling for idea's on how to get this upgrade, Anyone have any idea's on what I can do?

Since its quite clear the customer service isnt exacly up to scratch...

Well I know it has Sata, im not as dense as I may make myself out to be :P, I just wasnt sure if it would be plug and play

Cheers for the help (Y)


...One more thing, would I have an advantage booting windows off this rather than my 80gb sata? (Im assuming the 40gb ide is like crapeldoda) or would it be better to store files on the 1tb and boot off the 80gb? cheers.

Right, around 2ish years ago I bought the computer im using now and its doing me well, but the lack of harddrive space I have is begging to annoy me (80gb sata+40gb ide)

Now I got an email from ebuyer saying WE HAS OFFERS ON HARDDRIVES LAWL and I got interested.

(http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150256)

Would this just be a "Plugin the power and the sata socket thingymadodoa into the motherboard format and it will work" or will there be something else Ill need to do with it been 1tb and my motherboard been pritty crappy (at least I assume so)



Details you may need to know:
XP SP3 32 bit
2GB Ram (all I know about it)
AMD64x2 4000+


If someone wants to tell me a simple way to get my motherboard details go for it since I havent realy needed them and all ive ever done involving it is install the nforce drivers.

Cheers, Jim.


Edit: Wrong forum :<

Quote from hyntty :

It's the only one I've tasted.

So with it been the only one youve tasted its the only one youve said you dont like...I like your logic in a weird way.

Quote from hyntty :

I did NOT vote for all of them.

Pillocs.

How can you like them all except lamb hotpot? pfft.

Quote from Ripley :

Basically you'd want to "extend" your windows desktop on the second monitor...

The problem was I couldnt get that up as it wasnt picking up the second moniter...But I hit the back of it and it worked and got picked up in hardware propeties
So, problem solved, cheers.

Quote from anbiddulph :

uugh, i did that course. we got to organise a dance marathon and create 3d paper characters

I did Dida aswell, we did:

First course this weird 5 a day one, Get children to activly eat fruit or something
Second course Tell me a story, where you had to like make a story and animate it with voice overs etc...Mind involved cillit bang, telletubies and 300 lets just say that : |
Third course Small world, make paper 3d characters and place them in a set leaving the last scene to the maker.
Enterprise Teamwork based, cant quite rememember.


I got 1 of the 4 GCSE's I think :|

Basicly I had two moniters working fine before I formated, but now ive formated and cant remember how to get the computer to pick the second moniter up.

Both are plugged in via Vga>Dvi converters into a 8600gt but I cant get the second one to be picked up, used graphics card drivers, display propeties, computer hardware and such and just cant get it to work, but clearly it should since I had it working before I formatted.

Any help?

Cheers, Jim.

Q u o t e:
The miss chance for a non-dual wielder vs. a level 73 mob (= a level ?? mob at 70) is 9%. That makes the hit cap 142.2, I believe (at 15.8 HR per 1% hit). As I understand it (http://elitistjerks.com/466357-post675.html), the first 5 extra feral combat skill over 350 will get you +2% hit, +2% crit, and +1% anti-dodge. So you could get, say, Shapeshifter's Signet and only 110.6 hit rating and still be hit capped, plus you'd get an extra 2% crit and your attacks would be dodged 1% less of the time.

There's actually a later Elitist-Jerks thread with much more in-depth research and data. 5 points of weapon skill against a raid boss are actually providing 3.00% to hit, +0.5% to crit, and -0.5% chance to be dodged. 9.00% is the correct miss chance, however. That research can be found here:

http://elitistjerks.com/f31/t1 ... djustment_discussion/p22/

Quote from anttt69 :

I'd recommend the Gamecom headsets if you want a good quality set.
If your on a budget the logitech premium fits the bill.

I'd just like to say, From what ive heard of logitech headsets ... they are made of fail.

That is all.

Quote from LFSn00b :

or you could just google for "casey fps config" which is CB/CAL/any league legal.

QFT I suppose. Since my config probably fails league wise listen to Niko tbh. Look at you, shitting on my parade

Quote from mutt107 :

well i tried CSS, i have everything low(even 640X 400 sum thing res)
here is a screeny of what it looks like,
is there a way i can disable most of the stuff like dust and such, cause thats whats making me lag mostly.
and insurgency lags ever worse, CSS is at least ALMOST playable.

Ignore me, read next post down.

Last edited by jimaxx, Thu 14 May 2009, 22:38.

Quote from Dizzydarryn :

When you say the usb one, you mean the Creative HS-1000 Creative Fatal1ty USB X Fi Gaming Headset? I cant find info on the normal fatal1ty with usb, seems it only comes with 2 jacks?

Is it worth the extra money going for the X fi?

If your soundcard is pritty crappy then I'd say yes probably. The X-fi im pritty sure will just be somehow related to who makes the USB soundcard built into the headset but if someone wants to correct me, go ahead.

Quote from Dizzydarryn :

seems as though im waiting for stock, i thought id update...

gamecom 377
Creative HS Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Sandberg USB Headset

The last 2 are a touch more expensive, but kinda still in my price range... The sandberg seems to be the better??

If your going to get the Fatal1ty id suggest getting the USB one if possible if your using an built in soundcard, when Ive listened to the two I much prefered the usb one to the jack one UNLESS plugged into a decent sound card, but after getting a Xonar d2x I went for the Jacked suround sound option so I cant help you there : /.