Doing 15 plus miles of trail riding with welcomed company. Great sweat and a great day to do it.
___---------------------------- "THE DROPOUT CREW"--------------------------------________Deblas, IfingHateTonTon, RyougaZell, dragonrage.________
________ we may fuck up alot but we always pull thru.
I want to find a group to go trail riding with (I assume you mean mountain biking).Originally Posted by dragonrage
I got thrown on my head in Judo practice yesterday. My neck is now stiffening up nicely and I'm getting a headache because of the muscle tension in my neck and shoulders. I'm smiling because at least I went to club instead of going home to sleep like I wanted to at the time.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Yes it was mountain bike. Judo, sounds fun.
___---------------------------- "THE DROPOUT CREW"--------------------------------________Deblas, IfingHateTonTon, RyougaZell, dragonrage.________
________ we may fuck up alot but we always pull thru.
It is fun, but demanding. It's hard keeping up with these kids (most of them are 18-22 years old and full of energy). Starting late with the club puts me further behind the 8 ball, since they seem to mostly be an insular bunch and the core guys (besides the instructors) aren't too welcoming it seems. Feels like a treehouse club where outsiders aren't welcomed. But still, it's a great workout that really develops your body in ways lifting weights at the gym can't. It's cardio as well, so that's another plus.
If anyone is looking to start a martial art, I'd suggest Judo above pretty much all others. It's a great combination of wrestling, grappling, movement, understanding momentum, improving reaction time, and cardio that other martial arts can't compete with.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Got my mic working, but the sound quality isn't that great, added some friends and owning the board on Ghost Recon.
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For anyone else that is having bluetooth Mic problems. The Headset that I have is the Rocketfish Model: RF-GPS31204. Follow the instructions in the Manual for initial set up. During game play press the PS button on the controller > Settings> accessories> Manage bluetooth devices> highlight the device and press the triangle button for options> make sure it's connected> go back to accessories> Audio settings and make sure the mic's input and output is set to your device also check adjust the mic levels.
It doesn't tell you this in the manual.
It should work and apparently I have to make sure the device is connected every time I go online because it doesn't automatically sync or maybe it does but I haven't found out how to do it yet.
Anyways that is what I figured out from trial and error, not to bad for someone that hasn't used a PS3 or any other console for a few years.
*pats himself on the back and thinks what an idiot*
Last edited by dragonrage; Mon, 04-30-2012 at 07:17 PM.
___---------------------------- "THE DROPOUT CREW"--------------------------------________Deblas, IfingHateTonTon, RyougaZell, dragonrage.________
________ we may fuck up alot but we always pull thru.
FUCK YEAH, I PASSED ALL MY COURSES THIS SEMESTER
THREE MORE YEARS TO GO WITH THIS BULLSHIT
That's good news.
Enjoy your time in school, the daily 8 to 5 job sucks worse. At least you get paid, but then you basically give up your life to pay for shit your don't need. The first few years after school you will spend 60-80 hours a week at work, plus the commute. And forget about summer, winter, and spring breaks.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Good on you. Hopefully that will be me in a month or two.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Oh my God.
I tried to update my BIOS today foolishly using a non-designated utility (to flash BIOS) when I thought I bricked my motherboard. After spending about four hours trying to fix it, I managed to do it by reseting CMOS and playing with the motherboard battery (one instance where I drove a screw driver into the battery) and now my computer works (couple of "no disk errors" at startup that can easily be solved through reformatting at a later date, I suppose) ... and the BIOS is updated.
Nothing feels any different, but it feels damn good as a technologically impaired person to do some playing around with the hardware.
I've never liked updating the BIOS, though at the same time I'm sometimes disappointed that my mobo hasn't been given any attention since 2010.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I certainly never liked it either, especially since I needed to reinstall Win7 in the beginning because updating the bios screwed the installation beyond repair. However, I did update the bios to the most recent available for my mobo quite recently, this time going an extra mile to ensure it couldn't possibly spoil the Win installation by detaching the system HD until I had gone through the settings in the new bios version until perfect satisfaction. Afterwards Windows booted significantly faster, without a long wait generated by whatever hardware driver clash that was always present with the old bios. So, it was worth it despite the mental stress.
But they say you shouldn't update the bios unless there's something wrong and a new bios might fix it.
Received, unboxed, hooked up then listened to my new DAC today.
The Onkyo DAC-1000's an import model so it's connected to a 100v step-down transformer under my table. The transformer wasn't as quiet mechanically as I had hoped it would be, but that's not exactly unexpected neither. It's way quieter than my PC currently is anyway, so it shouldn't matter that much.
The DAC itself... it's good. Depth of soundstage/separation is perhaps the biggest factor that's first noticable (coming up from an Essence ST soundcard), followed by the lingering highs. The Essence ST had more low end volume, but the Onkyo presented it in a more refined fashion.
The overall experience isn't unlike going from MP3 to loseless really.. just lots of little differences that combine to sharpen the presentation into bliss. And just like that transition, initially the more refined file/DAC will seem somewhat anaemic at first due to the increased clarity.
Since I'm running the signal out of the SPDIF out (PC -> Essence ST Coaxial Out -> Onkyo Dac-1000 -> Talisman T-33H -> Senn HD650), I'll be able to use Dolby Headphone again for games. I previously ran the analogue-output from the soundcard's speaker-out instead of its headphone-port since the RCA gave a cleaner signal by bypassing the headphone port's internal amp, but the Essence is only capable of Dolby Headphone if you run the signal out of the Headphone port (or, as the current case is, you select the headphone port but output digitally through SPDIF).
Luckily I bought some cables beforehand though, since the DAC, strangely enough, didn't even come with a USB cable for connectivity.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
New toys always put a smile on my face too. I've been looking at an Onkyo home theatre system, but the longer I wait the higher the price goes.
What exactly does a DAC do? Does it allow you to connect a PC to a home theatre sound system or is there more to it?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Its core function is to convert a digital audio signal (1s, 0s from CDs, files etc) to analogue (waveform). Onboard sound cards, ipods.. pretty much everything that outputs sound for speakers/headphones from a digital source have a dac chip of some form inside them as sound-producing things (diaphragms) need an analogue waveform.
Quality comes in afterwards then (EMI shielding, power supply, components used in the analogue output path afterwards) and isn't just dependent on the chip itself inside. That's what I was mainly going for.
You can connect a PC to a home theatre receiver using onboard already since they all have optical-out these days. Those receivers themselves function as a DAC as part of their job anyway, so you can think of my DAC as a high-quality, 2-channel receiver.
It can take a signal from various sources (mine has 2x Coax, 2x optical, 1 EBU and 1 USB) and output an analogue signal (in my case, to a headphone amp, then headphones). Mine also has an optical OUT that can pass the signal to something else if I wanted to (such as a surround sound home theatre system, like you suggested).
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
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Came in today, which is cool cause I bought them from different sellers on different dates even.
Nice. On their own my favourite's the far left, but taking into account that it'll be worn, I think the far right will end up looking the best.
What's the character for the black hat? I don't recognise him. Or the "fifty" symbol in the middle of the brim.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Fifty is a brand type New Era caps uses so you can identify the type of hat.
9FIFTY is a snapback/adjustable hat.
59FIFTY is a fitted hat, so you actually have to pick a proper size.
As for the black hat, does this look familiar?
http://www.renders-graphiques.fr/ima..._One_piece.png
I've been away due to a rough, but engaging and rewarding semester. My life is really starting to pick up and I've been on an emotional high now for a little over a month. My creativity is getting a workout because I'm back playing in 2 different bands and starting teaching guitar to a couple of my now ex-students.
My students have become so important to me. I owe a lot of my progress in my life to them. One of the kids I'm closest to left me this birthday message today:
I cried for real.Happpyyy Birthdayyyy Mr. c:
I Hope You Have A Great Day , Thank You For All The Opportunities You Have Given Me , Without You I Dont Know What Would Have Happened ;o Thank For Teaching Me Life Lessons And Telling Me Who Not To Go Out With Lmao ;o You Been Like A Dad To Me c: Thank You So Much And Have A Great Day !
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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