Title says it all.

Post a picture of your computer!

I'll post a picture of mine tommorow.... got to go to bed now....

Done before, will get a link now.

EDIT: Not identical but very similar: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=26502&highlight=mesh

Here's my laptop opened.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5548/dsc00291ak9.jpg

Laptops, IMO are better than computers because you can take them with you.

Its got Windows XP as its OS.

btw, the thing its standing on is an IKEA shelf.

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9286/dsc00292ph2.jpg

My Laptop closed.

I don't think notebooks are better than pcs when you want to do somethings, that needs much CPU or GPU power. Ok you can use it for office and surfing, listening to music, but when you attach a good monitor or good audio speakers/monitors to it, it isn't very portable anymore.
Not to go completely off topic here are some pics of my desk.
Linux/Win Box Desk (http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8599/dsc00028yt1.jpg) | Linux Box Desk (http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8950/dsc00035ie3.jpg) | Front (http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7515/dsc00029jh7.jpg) | Linux/Win Box Back 1 (http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8070/dsc00034fq3.jpg) | Linux Box Back (http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4091/dsc00036qg7.jpg)

Done before, will get a link now.

EDIT: Not identical but very similar: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=26502&highlight=mesh

It's kinda old, so, I think, ShadowMoon opened a new one instead of bumping it.

I never saw that thread, but if i bumped it, i'd probably get in trouble, wouldn't i?

Nice computer you got there.

And are notebooks another word for laptop?

It's kinda old, so, I think, ShadowMoon opened a new one instead of bumping it.
I never saw that thread, but if i bumped it, i'd probably get in trouble, wouldn't i?
Some people need to watch billy again.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

EDIT: And the QuickQuote button for Opera that I modified to work with VB as well as PHPBB works really well. If anyone wants the modified code, PM me. The original PHPBB code is from http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons

Can't be bothered to watch it all, (i've watched some of it though) if its a problem shall i just ask a mod to merge this into the post your workstation thread?

I'll post mine once I get my hands on my digital camera. Wherever it is...

The other thread was over a year old, and only partly related. I velieve a new thread would've been a better idea.

Yeah it's a different concept. A workstation and a computer are two different things.
I'll post mine soon.

My other computer.... (i have two in my house)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3020/dsc00308ga3.jpg

I use this one for homework stuff, mainly because it has powerpoint, publisher, etc.

The big black dot is hiding a picture that is private.

I shoot my pics with my PSP camera. I don't have a digital camera... might get one though.

Little Update:
Dualhead for my Linux Box: :p
Linux Box DualHead (http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5791/dsc00037fi8.jpg)

Btw. I'm using my phone for shooting these photos. :)

Is it me or are the threads in a different language?

Just you.

And he uses the worst skin

Just you.

And he uses the worst skin

If i'm right i think its the most POPULAR skin.

I use Retro Purple fixed.

retro purple fluid is better

I use Retro Purple fixed because it doesn't make the forum so fat like Retro purple fluid does.

taken with a cellphone, so excuse the quality

my pc + laptop
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8594/ordenata2kz9.jpg

close up of pc screen. Roping keyboard + normal keyboard
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4651/ordenatazl5.jpg

that's a 9,6mhz quad core Intel there

Steve14, you have some nice kit, there. You seem to be a gadget freak, though ;)

Little Update:
Dualhead for my Linux Box: :p
Linux Box DualHead (http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5791/dsc00037fi8.jpg)

Btw. I'm using my phone for shooting these photos. :)
Umm... wouldn't it be so much easier to have the objects resting on the ground rather than nailing them to the wall?

My desktop:

http://stuff.benpaddon.co.uk/mydesktop.jpg


And my laptop:

http://stuff.benpaddon.co.uk/mylaptop.jpg


Tomorrow I'll post my work computer.

Wow! awesome backgrounds you have there, squirminator 2k!:D

Thanks. I snagged 'em off of DeviantArt. The Desktop PC (Borris) uses [c3x by aiRaGe (http://airage.deviantart.com/art/c3x-27000721)] and the laptop (Lappy486) uses [Epsilon Lyrae by Pr3t3nd3r (http://pr3t3nd3r.deviantart.com/art/Epsilon-Lyrae-74290978)].

Steve14, you have some nice kit, there. You seem to be a gadget freak, though ;)

Here's a photo of my main gadget beside my mobil phone. :)
Sony Clie (http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1518/dsc00038be0.jpg)

Umm... wouldn't it be so much easier to have the objects resting on the ground rather than nailing them to the wall?
I mainly use my old color tv for watching tv or displaying the playlist of my music player, the contactlist of my messenger and some other little programs.

Thanks. I snagged 'em off of DeviantArt. The Desktop PC (Borris) uses [c3x by aiRaGe (http://airage.deviantart.com/art/c3x-27000721)] and the laptop (Lappy486) uses [Epsilon Lyrae by Pr3t3nd3r (http://pr3t3nd3r.deviantart.com/art/Epsilon-Lyrae-74290978)].

I decided to snag one too.

I snagged that futuristic city desktop.

Hurrah.

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/comps3.jpg

My new shiny laptop on top - Dell XPS: 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, 3GB of RAM, 8600 GT :D
Underneath is my old desktop (Athlon 3000, 1.5GB RAM, 7600 GS), may it RIP (although it still gets used for games at LANs or with a friend over).

All overseen by my Dalek, which I cleverly managed to miss out of the photo.

Hurrah.

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/comps3.jpg

My new shiny laptop on top - Dell XPS: 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, 3GB of RAM, 8600 GT :D
Underneath is my old desktop (Athlon 3000, 1.5GB RAM, 7600 GS), may it RIP (although it still gets used for games at LANs or with a friend over).

All overseen by my Dalek, which I cleverly managed to miss out of the photo.

You have the WA weapons printed out!

Why?

Saves having to learn which F key to press.

Hmm, perhaps a little bit sad ;)

Meh. Just be glad the Age of Empires look-up sheet was out the shot.

eh... my "main computer"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00008.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00006.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00005.jpg
System Information
Machine name: COMPUS-SPEEDIUS
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (Yarrr, I know it's evil)
Language: Dutch
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P35-DS3
Processor: Intel Core2Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 10

Display Devices
Card name: ATI Radeon HD2900XT 512mb


And my "crap computer"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00007.jpg
System Information
Machine name: COMPUS-CRAPIUS
Operating System: Windows XP
Language: Dutch
System Manufacturer: Dell
System Model: Dimension 4600
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9

Display Devices
Card name: ATI Radeon 9600XT 256mb

Which is about my entire room...

I dont have a photo of my laptop which is used to tune Yamaha R6's.

Them photo's are from some time ago... things have changed now... but d'ah, what do you care.

And remember; image quoting is pure evil.

Here's my computer, taken by my Cell Phone...

http://by143w.bay143.mail.live.com/mail/SafeRedirect.aspx?hm__tg=http://65.55.154.121/att/GetAttachment.aspx&hm__qs=file%3d1e433e90-3cc4-4a0e-ba83-9c6dc4e76599.jpg%26ct%3daW1hZ2UvanBlZw_3d_3d%26nam e%3dUGljdHVyZTAyLmpwZw_3d_3d%26inline%3d1%26rfc%3d 0%26empty%3dFalse%26imgsrc%3dcid%253aPicture02.jpg&oneredir=1&ip=10.1.106.118&d=d3982&mf=0

Here's my computer, taken by my Cell Phone...

http://by143w.bay143.mail.live.com/mail/SafeRedirect.aspx?hm__tg=http://65.55.154.121/att/GetAttachment.aspx&hm__qs=file%3d1e433e90-3cc4-4a0e-ba83-9c6dc4e76599.jpg%26ct%3daW1hZ2UvanBlZw_3d_3d%26nam e%3dUGljdHVyZTAyLmpwZw_3d_3d%26inline%3d1%26rfc%3d 0%26empty%3dFalse%26imgsrc%3dcid%253aPicture02.jpg&oneredir=1&ip=10.1.106.118&d=d3982&mf=0

Thats great. Is it invisible?

Nothings there, btw.

I don't think image tags allow question marks.

Here's mine:
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/133/7/e/My_Compy_1_by_SuperFrea.jpg
Mac OS X Version 10.5.2 :cool:
And my old crappy XP computer in the background. I would throw it away but that takes far too much effort
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/133/9/5/My_Compy_2_by_SuperFrea.jpg

Yes I know the second picture is horribly out of focus. But I didn't notice that till I uploaded it...

Desk:
http://www.geocities.com/si8490/12.jpg
Mm, 22":
http://www.geocities.com/si8490/22.jpg
Beast:
http://www.geocities.com/si8490/32.jpg

I like things tidy.

Monitor - LG L226WTQ-SF: 22", 3000:1, 2ms
Case - Antec P180: black
PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower: 750W
HDD - Seagate Barracuda: 7200rpm, 250GB, SATA2, 16MB
Fans - AKASA amber: ultra quiet, 3 speed control
Motherboard - ATX MSI P965 NEO-F V2: ICH8 chipset, 1.3GHz
Processor - Intel E6750: Core 2 Duo, 2.67GHz, 4MB
Graphics card - XFX GeForce 8800GTS: 500MHz, 320MB
RAM - A-DATA DDR2 PC6400: 2048MB, CL5

Cellphone pic.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Fotos/Img003.jpg
Asus P5E Motherboard
NZXT Lexa Classic Red LED 3 Fans
550W Power Supply
Intel Core Duo E6300 1.8Ghz (overclocked to 3.1Ghz)
3GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM
ATI Radeon X1600 Pro PCI-E 512MB
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX3200 Laser
2x 250GB Hard Disks
Windows Vista Business x64 SP1

Oi! I can't be bothered to select Opera's fir to width feature, so don't break the tables ;)

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Close-up
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Dell Inspiron 6400, Intel Centrino Duo 2x 1.6GHz core processor, 1 gig of RAM, ATI Mobiity Radeon X1300 graphics card. 80 gig hard drive that the manufacturers, in their infinite wisdom, decided to split 60GB-20GB, with the 20 ostensibly being somewhere to store backups (why would you store backups on the same physical drive? Don't ask me, ask them). Known affectionately as "Colin".

TBH I'm not that happy with it: it gets very hot, particularly where the Dell logo is, and it likes throwing up Blue Screens of Death with something called an NMI Parity Check Error, as well as the occasional freeze-up. I've had it about half as long as my previous laptop (an Evesham model that I named "Geoff"), and it almost seems to be in a worse state of repair (Geoff was fairly reliable - if somewhat slow - until one day, while playing The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, the screen froze. When I turned it off and back on again, the monitor had ceased to function. I could tell from the noises that the computer made that it was loading okay, but the monitor was all "no dice").

Heres my mainly used laptop.

Toshiba Satellite A100
60gp HDD
1280x800

I dont know why i uploaded a picture of it closed but hey ho

My desk at work:

http://stuff.benpaddon.co.uk/pc-workstation.jpg

Not in photo: My Gorillaz figurines, just to the left of the phone.

Wow Paul, you have the EXACT same computer as me! Even down to the 60-20GB hard drive split.
Granted, there's probably going to be a few smaller details that are different, such as sound card or the fact that my battery has been so worn down that it now has a max battery life of 1 hour, but still.
Also, it used to give a lot of BSoDs, but now I can't even remember the last time I had one. I don't know what happened, but they just stopped.

(Geoff was fairly reliable - if somewhat slow - until one day, while playing The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, the screen froze. When I turned it off and back on again, the monitor had ceased to function. I could tell from the noises that the computer made that it was loading okay, but the monitor was all "no dice").
I take it then that you weren't content on just having a secondary monitor.
I do, but it's because my laptop has a 16:10 screen, which is a pain for playing games fullscreen. The secondary monitor is a good ol' 4:3. Tip for all: try to avoid getting a widescreen monitor as much as you can!

Awesome! You have a jinxlet!

Tip for all: try to avoid getting a widescreen monitor as much as you can!

Poppycock. If you have a halfway-decent graphics card you can tell it to "pillar" 4:3 aspect resolutions, meaning you'll get black bars to the left and right of the screen. I can't do this with my current card, but the one I intend to buy with my Stimulus cheque allows me to do so.

The other side being the games that shove widescreen down your throat no matter what.

Who the hell plays games fullscreen these days anyway?

Forced resolution change = most irritating thing ever. Seriously.

What?


_______________________

Who the hell plays games fullscreen these days anyway?
People who'd rather not, y'know, have to play their games in teeny tiny windows on their desktop.

That or when you have a game that pushes your computer's limits in fullscreen, so you don't want it to have to deal with rendering windows and stuff as well.

I play A18 windowed, and Civ IV windowed sometimes too. I even played SupCom windowed for a while, With Hilarious Consequences.

Perhaps... SHIPS ON LEGS?

Try ABSURD SLOWDOWN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MINOR SKIRMISH ON LEGS.

Anyway, for me the main convenience of Windowed mode is chatting in Messenger at the same time.

Actually, it only really annoys me when a game starts in full screen mode the first time I play it, and I have to go and alter all my windows and stickies around again. Extremely irritating. How about the default is in a 640x480 window. I always dive straight to the video options anyway, so this won't be an inconvenience. If I can get a game to start in fullscreen at the correct resolution, then I might consider it, otherwise it's a definate no.

I don't play any game in full-screen I believe (well, except WA, but I can't play that anymore, and when I did, the 640x480 fullscreen frontend annoyed me). I like to be able to swap out to other things. Immersion smershion.

I've never had to rearrange my windows, icons, etc. after a game changes the screen resolution.

Try ABSURD SLOWDOWN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MINOR SKIRMISH ON LEGS.

Anyway, for me the main convenience of Windowed mode is chatting in Messenger at the same time.

Odd, I've always found on my previous pc's that running games in windowed mode makes the games run faster than in fullscreen, even when using the same resolution. :s
Only slows down if I change windows, but not as bad as alt-tabbing while running on fullscreen mode. :P

I would take a picture of my iMac but my brother killed his digital camera. I have a 24" Intel iMac tho, so just google it. It's Sexy. :cool:

my wife found her camera and charger cable, so I can now take pictures of stuff! hurrah.

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1616/computerdesksmalljb5.jpg
FEAR MY PIGGY ARMY!

Huh that's odd. I'll have to upload it on another site. I tried taking it directly out of my E-Mail.
I put it on Imageshack. Same picture, just hopefully know visible.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9462/picture02ep6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Perhaps... SHIPS ON LEGS?
Reality doesn't mimic art, it mimics videogames. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7206780.stm)

In order to let some fresh air in and not having to open another sensefull thread, here it is:
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1237/paradigma01uk1.th.jpg (http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paradigma01uk1.jpg) http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/373/paradigma02vw4.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paradigma02vw4.jpg)

Mobile Power!! :p

And ...
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1769/suse110tl7.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=suse110tl7.jpg)

W00t, os upgrade to openSUSE 11.0 ;)

What happened to the focus?

Here's my computer!

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4108/17018212qi3.jpg

The screen is actually NOT broken, I just have my background set that way, and it tricks everyone it's great.:D The source image is here (http://kensingtonvictoria.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/crack-desk.jpg). It's also a good prank to put as someone else's background.

I love having a clear desktop, and I use RocketDock (http://rocketdock.com/) as shown in the picture to access my programs which works much better because I can access my programs without minimizing anything.

She's sitting on a cooling pad, so that's why it seems a little thick there. And that's not my normal computing location, but that's not important.

Toshiba Portégé m400
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00GHz 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit:rolleyes:
4 GB RAM (3.28 usable because 32 bit)
Intel 945GM graphics chipset (no WA for me)
12.1" display
1400*1050 resolution

and it's a tablet pc

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4777/40118363fv4.jpg

Which gives the BEST Starcraft experience on Earth.

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/846/97048328lv0.jpg

But what about right-click? :rolleyes:

But what about right-click? :rolleyes:

Most tablet pens usually have a small button around the part where you grip it with your index finger that is easy to use as a right click. :p

Edit: Plus, given that his is laptop like, and has a keyboard and mouse too, it shouldkn't be too hard to use your left hand (or right hand if you're a lefty) to press the righ mouse button.

Most tablet pens usually have a small button around the part where you grip it with your index finger that is easy to use as a right click. :p

That's the one. And the screen face also has a mini joystick thing that I use to scroll.

GODDAMIT SOMEPERSON! Stop making me feel incredibly jealous!

So *that's* how a tablet works.

Neat.

Not sure if I've posted this before. Equipments have been labeled, and pics in the background blurred to protect my privacy.

http://www.deviantart.com/download/83359745/Computer_by_thefreaks.png

I'm not satisfied with it, mainly because it's one of those lower-end Packard Bell models which my dad got for me when I didn't know a thing about computers.

And everything except RAM, HDD and CDROM is intergrated.

Internal hardware:

Intel Pentium IV 2.93GHz
256MB+1GB (add-on) DDR RAM
80GB SATA HDD
DVD CDRW Combo Drive
Intergrated Intel GMA900 - 224MB shared memory
" Intel HD Audio 5.1 Channel
" Intel PRO 10/100 Network Connection
" IEEE1394a

External hardware:

Packard Bell Storm 2.0 speakers
Packard Bell PS/2 Multimedia Keyboard (sucks)
Razer DeathAdder Laser mouse
Packard Bell 19" LCD
Logitech webcam


I'm planning on a 2.4GHz 20" iMac (the cheapest in the range), but it's not upgradable (except for RAM), so I'll have some second thoughts first.

Ah heck, I have some new pictures.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00124.jpg
I love my screens.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00120.jpg
Just dusted it out.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00118.jpg
Yes, there was some ugly fat sticker on there I took off. It's nice plain red now. :)

I could take some new photos of my 2nd computer too, the specs have changed from.
System Information
Machine name: COMPUS-CRAPIUS

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM

Display Devices
Card name: ATI Radeon 9600XT 256mb

to:
System Information
Machine name: DELLUS-FASTIUS

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.00GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM

Display Devices
Card name: ATI Radeon X1950Pro 256mb

New computer

built:
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7042/imagen050ok3.jpg

mounted with new monitor:
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7235/imagen051sr9.jpg

for anyone that cares:

inter core duo 3.0ghz
4gb RAM Mushkin 1000freq
9800gtx
vista64bytes

neat-o. You have the PSU I wanted in the first place. I end up with an Enermax 720Watt Modular PSU, not that I don't like it, it's just overkill. :P I got my computer when Graphics cards were taking up way too much energy, Radeon HD2900XT.

New and old computer side by side. See "Post your computer specs here!" thread for specs

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7247/snb13407tn9.jpg

New Laptop:

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Elliott_013/PICT0003.jpg


I mostly use the old one though, because my new one has little memory.

It was sold to us by one of my relatives

This was taken last summer, but:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/seismic-saffya/Bedroom/newlaptop.jpg

Beautiful VAIO that I bought from my dad's mate for £150. I'll probably post a more recent pic later. :B

You have 2 dreamcasts? Crazy.

You have 2 dreamcasts? Crazy.

What happened was the first one I had in 1999 started resetting two years later and I got that second one. Only last year I got my first one out of the loft and gave the inside a good clean, and it was working like new again. :) Second one has that other reading problem and I've yet to fix it.

I'm shocked at how tidy everyone's desks are. Currently mine has the remains of yesterday's pizza, empty yoghurt tubs, no less than 8 empty jaffa cake boxes (too lazy to throw them out so they've just built up), along with other various crap that has accumulated. My keyboard is on the floor (it's wireless so I just leave it around my room when I need to eat). And I have a pile of washing on my chair, and a randomly placed towel on my desk (I don't even know why it's there).

The photo is back to front because I can't find my camera's USB connector so I had to use the webcam on my Mac which for some reason takes pictures that way.

yahui, why do you have a clock? theres a clock on the taskbar o_O

You can't see the taskbar when you're in full-screen stuff. He probably finds it easier to just have a clock, rather than alt-tab just to check the clock. For example, my monitor seems to take a while to switch between WA and my desktop (I think that's the gfx card, actually, but still).

edit: I tried getting a picture of my computer/workspace but my phone has a right shonky camera and it came out really blurred. When I've charged my proper camera, found a MS and taken a decent pic, I'll upload it.

I'm shocked at how tidy everyone's desks are.

I'm more surprised of how much of a pig you are.

no less than 8 empty jaffa cake boxes
They work especially well together with that empty Jack Daniels bottle. :)
a randomly placed towel on my desk (I don't even know why it's there)
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/62/knawzr6.jpg
yahui, why do you have a clock? theres a clock on the taskbar o_O
You also can't read the taskbar clock if you're across the room.

They work especially well together with that empty Jack Daniels bottle. :)actually it doesn't look like it's quite empty.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/62/knawzr6.jpgthe fact that you have that link/picture readily available disturbs me :p

the fact that you have that link/picture readily available disturbs me :p
Nah, I just searched it on Google.
I had to rename and upload it to my Imageshack though, since it contained the word wánk, something the swearword filter didn't like.

I now have it readily available for future usage though. :)

I'm more surprised of how much of a pig you are.And not an ounce over 11 stone. Eight boxes divided by 6 weeks is not that many.

They work especially well together with that empty Jack Daniels bottle. :)Not empty :p

And more to the point: Do they work together? I've never tried a shot of JD with a jaffa cake.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/62/knawzr6.jpgWell I hope not considering it's usually what I rest my laptop on (main computer is dying).

And not an ounce over 11 stone. Eight boxes divided by 6 weeks is not that many.



Sorry, you're right, pigs are pretty higenic themselves and you could have understood the pig adjective as meaning fat.

What I really meant is that you're dirty.

Sorry, you're right, pigs are pretty higenic themselves and you could have understood the pig adjective as meaning fat.

What I really meant is that you're dirty.That's rich coming from someone who smokes:rolleyes:

Cardboard boxes aren't exactly dirty, though.

In before massive argument about smoking :/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/seismic-saffya/Bedroom/BILD0208.jpg

Taken about 5 mins ago. Reason there's two mice is because I'm using the wired one while I'm waiting to go out and get some batteries for my wireless one.

I should probably take a picture of my two computers and the mess on the desk, but I can't really be bothered to move the ****ard Bell close enough into view so as I can get that and my whole desk in the same frame... It's such an awful excuse for a computer it has to remain hidden round the corner and out of sight at all times :p

Still got the PowerBook though which is my main computer and is not hidden from sight!

That's rich coming from someone who smokes:rolleyes:

Not since years

Not since years
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=649297&postcount=17 - so, you keep half a box of fags and an ashtray full of butts on your desk as memories then? Given that that post was made nine months ago... that's hardly "years". And you can't argue that you took that picture a couple of years before shadowmoon created this thread, since you posted in it on the same day it was created and your computer screen clearly shows said thread.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=649297&postcount=17 - so, you keep half a box of fags and an ashtray full of butts on your desk as memories then? Given that that post was made nine months ago... that's hardly "years". And you can't argue that you took that picture a couple of years before shadowmoon created this thread, since you posted in it on the same day it was created and your computer screen clearly shows said thread.

That "years" is kinda an expression in spanish... I guess there's no need to be too precise. Granted, he smoke 9 months ago, but it's time enough to use that expression...

Either that, or it seemed longer for him. :p

Or someone else who smokes shares his PC.

Hang on, now I'm assuming yakuza is male. I have no evidence of yakuza's gender either way, I don't think.

it's usually what I rest my laptop on
You rest your laptop on a towel?
Not the best choice to keep a laptop cool and ventilated on the bottom.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=649297&postcount=17 - so, you keep half a box of fags and an ashtray full of butts on your desk as memories then? Given that that post was made nine months ago... that's hardly "years". And you can't argue that you took that picture a couple of years before shadowmoon created this thread, since you posted in it on the same day it was created and your computer screen clearly shows said thread.


Newsflash, I'm not the only person that has ever been in my bedroom.

"and you can't argue"; you sounded like a moron there, are you the internet smoking judge or something pointing the finger at me?

My god, it's like everytime I say something a bunch of people try to hit a target. There's a wall in between though.

My god, it's like everytime I say something a bunch of people try to hit a target and they all hit a wall instead. BAM, down like mosquitos.

Actually, no they don't. Read between the lines.

Actually, no they don't. Read between the lines.

Oh look, another one trying to hit a target? What exactly is there to read between the lines? That some internet moderator guy went through the trouble of finding an old picture just to try and "catch" me, or try and pick one a small "inaccuracy" I made?

Heh, hook, line and sinker.

You're too easy to wind up, mate. ;)

edit: If you'd read my previous post you'd see that I was on your side (if there are sides to this and yours was that cigarettes on a desk don't mean you smoke).

Oh so you're saying they're all just trolling in an elegnat way.

Are you saying my way of calling them trolls was elegant or that they're elegant trolls? ;)

We're all trolls in our own way.

Basically, it wasn't that uncalled for of Star Worms to assume you smoke, just as it's not for you to assume he eats Jaffa Cakes and is messy.

When you said you hadn't smoked in a while, thomasp took it upon himself to try and prove you wrong. He was being pretty pedantic, yes, but that's because he didn't understand your colloquialism properly.

In this instance nobody is really trolling, but some people are over-reacting.

Usually what happens (from what I've observed, at least, and I may be wrong here) is you say something, someone corrects you (or more frequently simply provides more details than you had), you appear to get irritated by this and a flame war ensues.

You know, it's far too easy to miscontrue what someone has said on a forum. It's too easy to read too much or too little into what someone has said. That's what I like about it - posting is almost like taking a gamble with your words. Anyway, I digress, my point is that you are either very easy to wind up or you play devil's advocate with a little more passion than most would. You're either a troll or troll bait and I guess the same goes for everyone here.

Usually what happens (from what I've observed, at least, and I may be wrong here) is you say something, someone corrects you (or more frequently simply provides more details than you had), you appear to get irritated by this and a flame war ensues.



So where exactly have I been corrected?

In this case you haven't. I was making a generalisation and perhaps I chose the wrong words. Have a slight alteration:

Usually what happens (from what I've observed, at least, and I may be wrong here) is you say something, someone tries to correct you (or more frequently simply provides more details than you had), you appear to get irritated by this and a flame war ensues.

As for finding examples of times you have been wrong, I would be a fool to be lured in by such trollery. I feel foolish enough responding to this, given that you are being quite pedantic and that pedantry is one of the things you argue against so frequently.

In this case you haven't. I was making a generalisation and perhaps I chose the wrong words. Have a slight alteration:

Usually what happens (from what I've observed, at least, and I may be wrong here) is you say something, someone tries to correct you (or more frequently simply provides more details than you had), you appear to get irritated by this and a flame war ensues.

As for finding examples of times you have been wrong, I would be a fool to be lured in by such trollery. I feel foolish enough responding to this, given that you are being quite pedantic and that pedantry is one of the things you argue against so frequently.

I'm not being pedant, I just can't read your mind yet so if you want me to understand what you say please don't say something completely different.
I do agree now that's clear that yes, they do try to correct me. It's their way of returning me the favour for all those times I've shred light in their darkness and ilustrated their minds on interesting topics like worms and common sense. They're all a bunch of nice guys for it and I appreciate it. Are we done with this super interesting topic?

I'm not being pedant, I just can't read your mind yet so if you want me to understand what you say please don't say something completely different.

This is a perfect example of gambling with words. Personally I don't think I would have latched onto something so inconsequential to the discussion; whether or not they are actually correcting you has very little bearing on how people tend to respond to you on this forum nor on how you respond to them.

I do agree now that's clear that yes, they do try to correct me. It's their way of returning me the favour for all those times I've shred light in their darkness and ilustrated their minds on interesting topics like worms and common sense. They're all a bunch of nice guys for it and I appreciate it.

Hehehe.

Are we done with this super interesting topic?

I think so, yeah, unless you have more to add.

This is a perfect example of gambling with words. Personally I don't think I would have latched onto something so inconsequential to the discussion;





To be fair I thought you missed the point I was being literal because you said

but that's because he didn't understand your colloquialism properly.


which led me to believe you thought that thomasp did, in fact, correct me as if I said years when I meant months. You have to understand that I feel a bit annoyed when I respond to someone's comment and I have to justify myself post after post.

Trust me, right now I can totally empathise. ;)

. You have to understand that I feel a bit annoyed when I respond to someone's comment and I have to justify myself post after post.well you generally don't explain yourself very well and if you do or don't you state whatever you DO say in such a way that you come off as a pedantic ass. even in your conversation with Vader you came off as a complete douche bag. presumably he knows you or something and took it differently, but you've got serious issues in terms of getting your point across.

90% of your arguments seem to get ignored just to throw in the extra insult and then you later have to come back and explain the argument you gave up.

for instance I'm not being pedant, I just can't read your mind yet so if you want me to understand what you say please don't say something completely different.
I do agree now that's clear that yes, they do try to correct me. It's their way of returning me the favour for all those times I've shred light in their darkness and ilustrated their minds on interesting topics like worms and common sense. They're all a bunch of nice guys for it and I appreciate it. Are we done with this super interesting topic? you gave up after the first part of the first sentence. presumably you had a point that you were justified in being a random jerk to every member of this forum but instead of explaining WHY you just drop it and start insulting again. you can hardly expect anyone to know what you're on about when you don't even put forth the effort to explain.

presumably he knows you or something and took it differently

I don't know him at all, I just don't find his manner all that offensive. He reminds me of NuclearBlast a bit, in fact!

I don't know him at all, I just don't find his manner all that offensive. He reminds me of NuclearBlast a bit, in fact!eh, perhaps it's just a difference in where you two were raised. germans, for instance, tend to be known as jerks, but I doubt they think that of themselves (obviously there are exceptions, I'm making a sweeping generalization here, don't flame me :p). maybe it's just something along the lines of that.

well you generally don't explain yourself very well and if you do or don't you state whatever you DO say in such a way that you come off as a pedantic ass. .

I think that has more to do with people being uncapable of being unbiased when reading a message, ignoring the messenger. If people took everything I said literally I probably would have to explain myself less times.

Now, I'm aware I could be wrong but there's no reason for me to keep that door open, it's closed and if I'm wrong I'll be pleased to welcome anyone who wishes to come in and tell me, but he will have to open the door himself.

I do get irritated with ignorance quick, I do get in debates over minor things, I do play devil's advocate, but I'll be damned if you can find a post were I was being unreasonable with my argument, and I'll welcome it with open arms.

Now, can we please stop debating my forum life and start discussing how much of a noob NuclearBlast was?

edit: and he's not german, just driven my logic.

You rest your laptop on a towel?
Not the best choice to keep a laptop cool and ventilated on the bottom.

I know, but the towel happened to be there for some reason. It's an integral part of my desk now :p

Now, can we please [...] start discussing how much of a noob NuclearBlast was?

By all means. My Glod he was a n00b. I miss him, though. He made me laugh.

Right, in a small attempt to steer this thread back on topic, here's a picture of my computers. I refuse to show any more of my ****ard Bell on the principle of it being a large heap of steaming dog excrement. On the plus side, it came with such a disgustingly awful monitor I was forced to buy a new one, so I've now got a halfway decent monitor to use as a secondary display for my PowerBook :D

And the poster to the right is of the Engine Alliance GP7200 engine, used on the Airbus A380, and the small A4 poster just to the left of that is of the Boeing 737-800BBJ.


The reason why I have a four year old ****ard Bell which I absolutely hate (hence why it's hidden as far away as possible from my desk, but also out of kicking range :p I'm about half a foot too short to kick it without getting up from my chair! And it being there means that the small drawer unit shields me from most of the fan noise.) is because I need a Windows environment to do my final year project at university, and I didn't have the money to buy brand new. Ideally I'd have bought a new MacBook Pro and booted into windows, but finances didn't let that happen :(


http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7743/photoqi6.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photoqi6.jpg)

Oh and that was taken on my iPhone. And I dislike both cigarettes and Jaffa Cakes :p

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Right, in a small attempt to steer this thread back on topic, here's a picture of my computers. I refuse to show any more of my ****ard Bell on the principle of it being a large heap of steaming dog excrement. On the plus side, it came with such a disgustingly awful monitor I was forced to buy a new one, so I've now got a halfway decent monitor to use as a secondary display for my PowerBook :D

And the poster to the right is of the Engine Alliance GP7200 engine, used on the Airbus A380, and the small A4 poster just to the left of that is of the Boeing 737-800BBJ.

The reason why I have a four year old ****ard Bell which I absolutely hate (hence why it's hidden as far away as possible from my desk, but also out of kicking range :p I'm about half a foot too short to kick it without getting up from my chair! And it being there means that the small drawer unit shields me from most of the fan noise.) is because I need a Windows environment to do my final year project at university, and I didn't have the money to buy brand new. Ideally I'd have bought a new MacBook Pro and booted into windows, but finances didn't let that happen :( No, that's what you want us to think.

I know your secret agenda about your vehement dislike of Apple. I know your plans for throwing PowerBooks into an Airbus A380 engine. Like book burning is it? Don't go thinking I'm not onto you.

No, that's what you want us to think.

I know your secret agenda about your vehement dislike of Apple. I know your plans for throwing PowerBooks into an Airbus A380 engine. Like book burning is it? Don't go thinking I'm not onto you.
Well considering those engines (those on the A380, 787, A350 and all other "stupidly-high bypass ratio" engines) are certified to withstand a 10lb bird, so they should be fine with a 2.5kg laptop :p

Heh Thomas, you hate your (I presume) Packard Bell computer so much, that you installed a word filter to censor its name :)

Heh Thomas, you hate your (I presume) Packard Bell computer so much, that you installed a word filter to censor its name :)
Damned right :p I've even done the same on the case ;)

Could just post this.
Mini lanparty. :) (Crappy Pictures)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/th_DSC00184.jpg (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00184.jpg)http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/th_DSC00182.jpg (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00182.jpg)<- click.
Red one is mine, blue one my good ol' Dell and the green one is a friend's.
Sorry about the guy in the middle, he was too lazy to get out of the picture. :o

keep on truckin', yakuza

New PC, in my room too :) no gaming PC though, and I don't really need one :/ anyways, its pretty fine, and faster than the laptop I used.


http://i31.tinypic.com/2cx86ds.png

Go on then, since I'm such an almighty showoff.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6007/computeru.png

Go on then, since I'm such an almighty showoff.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6007/computeru.pngshow off? your rig is pathetic :p

Go on then, since I'm such an almighty showoff.

Bleh! Let the showoff begin.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/th_DSC00302.jpg (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00302.jpg)http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/th_DSC00303.jpg (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/Bananenworst/DSC00303.jpg)
Click 'em!

Fine then...

*jumps on bandwagon*

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Left = old PowerBook. Right = shiny new MacBook Pro :D (which went out of date 4 weeks and one day after I bought it...). The MBP was actually to replace a windows desktop as I needed a Windows machine for dissertation work. Hence the random monitor behind.

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Mmmmmmm glossy screen... I took that photo to emphasise the glossyness. Its nowhere near as bad as that in use. It is a vastly better screen than on the 4 year old PB though.

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As demonstrated here. Nice and contrasty but not excessively so! For those interested (ie, nobody :p) I took the photo of the A380 at last year's Farnborough Airshow.

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Yuk! First thing, I did, rather depressingly, was to install Windows :(

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The second thing I did was to replace the hideous Windows desktop with the much nicer one from OSX Tiger :p


Now I've finished my dissertation and retired the PowerBook, the MBP lives in OSX virtually all the time.

I own four computers and six monitors! If it wasn't incredibly messed up from just painting the room, I'd win hands-down!

Oh yeah? well that's only 2 of my 9001 computers! :mad:
And stop idling, if you want a hat go buy a hat! :mad:
:rolleyes:

I can't stand the glossy screen on my macbook. It collects TONS of dust - and trying to wipe it off just makes it clump together. Touching the screen in any way leaves a mark.

With matt screens you don't even notice the dust. Wiping it off is easy and you don't muck the screen up in the process.

I find that the glossy screen on my MBP (glass screen, rather than just a shiny coating like on the old plastic MacBooks) collects far less dust than my old matte PowerBook. I could never get the PB screen clean and due to the shape of the casing (compared to the MBP) always had huge piles of dust in the corners. Plus I can actually use my MBP with sunlight behind me! I could never do that on the PowerBook, as the matte screen would diffuse the sun and obscure half the screen, rather than just having a bright point of light.

people in this thread are clearly victims of the diogenes syndrome

Here we go again :/

people in this thread are clearly victims of the diogenes syndrome pretty much everyone who's ever registered to any internet community could be said to suffer from that :p

pretty much everyone who's ever registered to any internet community could be said to suffer from that :p

You're saying internet communities are rubbish?

You're saying internet communities are rubbish?you're saying they're not?

I own four computers and six monitors! If it wasn't incredibly messed up from just painting the room, I'd win hands-down!
you'd be astonished how little i care

oo, I was just about to revive this thread as it happens...
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1835/nerdvana.th.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/nerdvana.jpg/)
Tasty

is that a casio JD of some sorts?

those ruled

oo, I was just about to revive this thread as it happens...
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1835/nerdvana.th.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/nerdvana.jpg/)
Tasty

We have the same speakers! Do you also just get sound on the right speaker when the volume is really low?

*bump*

http://i50.tinypic.com/2h6ymwn.jpg

My new PC, which has Windows 7 :D it can actually do things without been crap, which is great.

I keep thinking i'm using vista, though. Windows 7 looks a lot like vista.

Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6300 @ 2.80 GHz 2.79 GHz

Memory is 2 GB

Graphics card: Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family, which is not very good. I don't plan to use the new PC for gaming much anyway.

Windows 7 looks a lot like vista.which is good. vista LOOKED decently sexy. it RAN like a steaming pile of trash, though, which is where 7 deviates, thank god.

it RAN like a steaming pile of trash, though, which is where 7 deviates
PAH! Windows7 hardly changed anything in background work from Vista! W7's major forte is its massive amount of UI features and user friendliness!

Except, of course, that Windows 7 is better optimised than Vista and can actually run on many low-end machines Vista could not. It uses less memory, too.

But, y'know, you keep making your blanket generalizations about an operating system you've very openly stated you hate with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns going supernova.

PAH! Windows7 hardly changed anything in background work from Vista! W7's major forte is its massive amount of UI features and user friendliness!A: what S2K said.

B: Vista wouldn't let me play Call of Duty 4. it kept crashing every few minutes. 7 lets me play it as long as I damn well please. so yes, 7 is better.

7 is a huge improvement upon Vista. It's what Vista should have been in the first place.

First version of vista was pure rubbish, but updated and all, it's just good and stable, never had a bsod or anything. With the 64-bit version that is. Not sure about the 32-bit.

First version of vista was pure rubbish, but updated and all, it's just good and stable, never had a bsod or anything. With the 64-bit version that is. Not sure about the 32-bit.

Doesn't meant it was fast as it should have been.

First version of vista was pure rubbish, but updated and all, it's just good and stable, never had a bsod or anything. With the 64-bit version that is. Not sure about the 32-bit.64 was significantly better from my understanding. 32 I had crashes on games fairly often. no BSODs, but crashes nonetheless.

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1627/p1040071.th.jpg (http://img686.imageshack.us/i/p1040071.jpg/)

This is my desk just after I got my new pc during the school months while my room was still hell dirty. It's clean now.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1667/p1040070i.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/p1040070i.jpg/)

My actual pc

General Specs:
Processor: Core i7 920 2.66gz
Video card: Radeon 4850 w/ fan 1gb
Ram: 12gb dd3
Screen: 23" Acer H233H

that is an extremely odd case you have there.

yes, quite. I prefer my old dell dimension case. with blue and gray i believe. plus the wiring makes no sense, there are open slots for hdds, but they have sata cables nicely routed around the back but didn't route the power cables around aswell o0