Nerding out on internet purchases
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Akratus
Bleep bloop.
Yeah, but can you use that to make a purchase in 5 seconds without making a paypal account or channeling the money through an intermediary at all?
MutantScalper
Dogmeat
We have similar system here in Finland, our online bank system. However you can pretty much only use it to buy stuff from Finnish web stores, I don't think I can use it to buy stuff from, say, Amazon. Which is kinda sucky. For Amazon etc. you need a credit card over here, or a Paypal account. I don't really like Paypal that much, I feel like the money on a Paypal account can just vanish whenever, a hacker can get it, etc.
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Akratus
Bleep bloop.
How much are Watchmen?
Akratus
Bleep bloop.
28 euro's. Which is funny because the regular edition is 30.
What's the catch? I imagine that the regular edition is a "rare", older print of some sort...
Still, it's affordable. I've been thinking about getting Watchmen, but the translation I've found was pretty expensive. About 35-40 euros. It's a regular edition, but from a local publishing house that's gone into the grave, and is the only translation in my language as in ever, so there's the price.
Nice to know there's a cheaper but better version out there. Might get it...one day.
BigBoss
Your Local Scrub
How are the controls for Arkham City on the PC? Are they smooth?
Akratus
Bleep bloop.
I've heard people say they prefer a controller, but I think the pc controls are pretty much as good as can be.
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
I'll say the Arkham games are actually easier to play with mouse and keyboard.
BigBoss
Your Local Scrub
I was wondering because the Arkham series is very fast-paced with a sizable (not huge, but sizable) control list, such as; quick firing your tools (batarangs, explosive gel, etc.), the multiple types of take downs once you hit a certain multiplier, using your tools at regular purpose, and the common combat system. It just seemed to be that it would be hard if you didn't have all of your controls right there in a small, easy-to-access space that allowed you to use combinations of controls instead of a different control for everything (unless I'm wrong about this?), and seeing how the keyboard is stretched unlike a controller, it just seemed complicated.
TheWesDude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
i bought this a while ago:
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-SG300-10-10-port-Gigabit-SRW2008-K9-NA/dp/B0041ORN6U/
i am dissapointed it doesnt do NAT+PAT so i cant use it as an edge device, but it does the other stuff i want.
just need a WAP now that does B/G/N for my wireless devices.
and i am getting an extra grand soon so i figure i will get:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130921
because i want something beefier than my 640.
and then i want more storage so will get 3x:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236727
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-SG300-10-10-port-Gigabit-SRW2008-K9-NA/dp/B0041ORN6U/
i am dissapointed it doesnt do NAT+PAT so i cant use it as an edge device, but it does the other stuff i want.
just need a WAP now that does B/G/N for my wireless devices.
and i am getting an extra grand soon so i figure i will get:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130921
because i want something beefier than my 640.
and then i want more storage so will get 3x:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236727
TheWesDude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
just made an order on newegg
WD 1 tb enterprise hard drive, 128 meg cache, 7200 RPM, $89 each x4
24" sata 3 data cables, $3 each x6
6" 4 pin molex to 2x sata 3 power cable, $5 each x3
nvidia gtx 770, $330
just its under $800 total with a free copy of borderlands pre-quel with the gpu
WD 1 tb enterprise hard drive, 128 meg cache, 7200 RPM, $89 each x4
24" sata 3 data cables, $3 each x6
6" 4 pin molex to 2x sata 3 power cable, $5 each x3
nvidia gtx 770, $330
just its under $800 total with a free copy of borderlands pre-quel with the gpu
Akratus
Bleep bloop.
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
I suppose I'm in the same "group" as TheWesDude, in that I don't really buy gimmicky items over the net to "nerd out" over, but I do get a great sense to joy out of purchasing sweet components for a new system I'm building. The last time I built a PC (the one I'm currently using), I derived both disappointment and extreme joy in determining that this CPU just wouldn't do but THIS CPU will kick ass; that this motherboard is just too small and has too few slots for memory and additional cards but THIS motherboard looks like it'll do quite nicely! I suppose I somewhat "nerded out" each time I got a specific component, but it was only when it was all assembled together, and all the extra parts sold to friends who didn't need as demanding performance from their systems as me, that I really felt happy as fuck. Right now I'm still in the (really, REALLY slow) researching phase, but I'm gonna be grabbing some peripherals (like new mouse and such) pretty soon, which I'm taking my sweet time being choosey over.
If anything, the most gratifying purchases I've ever made were from over-the-counter buys. Chiefest among all my memories was buying SOMETHING (I don't even remember what) at Fry's, and seeing the dual jewel box FO1/FO2 combo at the counter by the register, which I quickly snagged a copy of an bought post-haste! No longer did I need to rely on borrowing my friend's copy (not that I had to very often, thanks to HUMONGOUS! install), I now owned the greatest RPGs ever of all time, myself! I was very happy, that day. =D
If anything, the most gratifying purchases I've ever made were from over-the-counter buys. Chiefest among all my memories was buying SOMETHING (I don't even remember what) at Fry's, and seeing the dual jewel box FO1/FO2 combo at the counter by the register, which I quickly snagged a copy of an bought post-haste! No longer did I need to rely on borrowing my friend's copy (not that I had to very often, thanks to HUMONGOUS! install), I now owned the greatest RPGs ever of all time, myself! I was very happy, that day. =D
TheWesDude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
here they are:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236727
x4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130921
for my new GPU.
i panicked for a few when i realized it took both a 6 and 8 pin power connector until i realized that i did have an 8 pin but it was tucked out behind everything. plugged it in and now everything is working.
doing the full slow format on all my drives right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236727
x4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130921
for my new GPU.
i panicked for a few when i realized it took both a 6 and 8 pin power connector until i realized that i did have an 8 pin but it was tucked out behind everything. plugged it in and now everything is working.
doing the full slow format on all my drives right now.
Akratus
Bleep bloop.
Eh, I'm not really into pc hardware. I mean, I want my games to have my native resolution, 60 fps and not shit lod. But other than that all those particle effects and texture stuff doesn't really do it for me.
Anyway, them books are about to arrive and I'm sure excited.
Anyway, them books are about to arrive and I'm sure excited.
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
Hold on hold on hold on hold on. FOUR TERABYTES of hard disc space????? Do you really need that? o.O
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
500 Gigs was more than enough for me before I was forced to format my drive. So I still can't fathom the need for 8 times that amount!