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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 12:50:46 AM

Title: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 12:50:46 AM: Well, my 360 has been freezing up with regularity the past couple of weeks, and I knew it was on its last legs, so I decided to go ahead and cash in my Best Buy warranty. They were out of the Pro systems or whatever the fuck they're called, so I took the voucher/store credit card for the original purchase amount and applied it to an Elite, paying the $50 difference.

Then I went a little nuts and bought the HD-DVD attachment, because of the five free movies deal.

I don't know if they're in your area, but there's a store called MovieStop here in town. They're owned by Gamestop. They're running a deal where you can trade in four old DVDs (have to be studio feature films) and get a new release free. Well, this applies towards HD releases, too, up to $20. So I traded in four crappy old DVDs for Transformers, and paid the $10 difference.

Then I bought T3 and The Searchers with actual cash. Then I traded in four more DVDs towards A Clockwork Orange for next week.

I'm going to sign back up to Netflix tomorrow, since they rent HD-DVDs. I may trade in some more DVDs towards The Shining for next week.

I've only watched 5 minutes of Transformers - I never watched the cartoon, so I don't give fuck what kind of nerd embolisms the "continuity changes" caused, and 5 minutes isn't enough to determine whether or not the movie is a complete piece of shit, but giant robots beating the goddamned hell out of each other in HD sounded okay to me for a first movie purchase. And holy fuck the picture quality. Holy fuck. I had to stop it and post this because it made my dick hard, it's so clear and crisp. Completely blows away OTA HD programming.

I have the feeling I'm going to be trading in a lot of DVDs towards new HD releases.

Detailed impressions of the Elite 360, T3, and The Searchers coming later. Fuck that narcolepsy-inducing King Kong pack-in. I may pop it in to check the PQ, but I'll be goddamned if I'm sitting through that whole movie again.

To sum up for the illiterate and Synbios:

(http://www.hardmicro-fr.net/uploads/img46362572cec79.jpg)

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/hd-dvd-360.jpg)

(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SbGn3mggL._AA240_.jpg)

(http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/cover_art3/terminator3-hd.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CtzWj3eCL._AA240_.jpg)

What did you buy today?
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 12:58:47 AM: I have the searchers from netflix at this very moment.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 01:18:44 AM: I know you fucks bought something. Any other day one of these threads would already be 20 posts long
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 01:22:28 AM: I bought a korean hamburger.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Ichirou on October 20, 2007, 01:25:47 AM: I got paid yesterday, Eel, and I'm going shopping today. I'll post my haul later.
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 01:27:53 AM: Awesome

I'm gonna go pop in The Searchers and T3 and see if I can keep this HD erection going
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Ichirou on October 20, 2007, 01:31:57 AM: Searchers should look gorgeous, considering it was originally a Vistavision movie, and the restoration for the DVD release (which I own) was beyond meticulous.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Shuri on October 20, 2007, 01:46:24 AM: I bought a gf 8800gts 320mb for a pc i'm slowly putting together; I'm still pondering getting a quad or a dual core considering the industry seems so weirdly apathetic about coding games with multi core support.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: TVC15 on October 20, 2007, 01:48:53 AM: Honestly, I have a 4 core machine, and I could have shaved off 800-1000 bucks by going with dual core instead. Having 4 cores is nice, like, I know I am futureproofed and all that, but aside from SupCom, they really haven't come in handy. And even in SupCom they were of limited use because game speed was always limited by the slowest processor in the multiplayer match.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 01:59:06 AM: I have a quad core mac pro.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: TVC15 on October 20, 2007, 02:00:58 AM: Yeah, so do I. It hasn't had OSX on it in a long time, though.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 02:04:39 AM: I'm debating on whether I really need leopard.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 20, 2007, 02:05:22 AM: I didn't buy anything, but my copy of Robocop on Blu-ray FINALLY showed up in the mail.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: TVC15 on October 20, 2007, 02:08:22 AM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 02:04:39 AM
I'm debating on whether I really need leopard.

Unless I come across an offer I can't refuse, I'll probably wait for the first round of patches. The OSX install on my MacBook Pro is kinda hosed (some odd behavior lately), but I use some very specific mac-only programs, and I need to know that they work on Leopard before I make the leap.

Plus I will have to do a clean install, not an upgrade, because of my various issues, and it will take me a week to get things back the way like em, and I'm not in the mood for that sort of thing at the moment.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Trent Dole on October 20, 2007, 02:29:07 AM: Uh, I bought a quarter lber meal and a 4 piece of nuggets. Yeah. I worked and grabbed my check today so any sort of expenditures would be taking place on Saturday.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: TVC15 on October 20, 2007, 02:36:00 AM: I just spent a little money. Nothing crazy:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BE485TM9L._SS400_.jpg)

Believe it or not, Sim City DS is the most "advanced" Sim City game I have played.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uXRBY2ZtL._SS400_.jpg)

I wanted a lighter strategy game on my strat-packed lappy. I always liked the first game, skipped the second, and I saw this cheap.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GKFSQ6ZPL._SS400_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31C15BP3AYL._SS400_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31WZ07YYJTL._SS400_.jpg)

Logitech Premium Notebook Headest. My laptop came with a headset, and while it's a good one, I don't like the mic placement. Logitech is the king of peripherals and this comes with a snazzy carrying case so I can feel good about stuffing this in my notebook bag, too.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 20, 2007, 02:38:36 AM: The 360 is so awesome that people buy higher end versions when their old ones break down. :lol

Post this at GAF so that you can get yelled at for supporting MS's poor QC.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 02:47:59 AM: I also bought some incense and an incense holder. Does that make me some kind of gaymo?
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Ichirou on October 20, 2007, 02:53:10 AM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 02:47:59 AM
I also bought some incense and an incense holder. Does that make me some kind of gaymo?

No. Your femme voice as heard on Torture Corn, though...
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: demi on October 20, 2007, 02:55:08 AM: I don't get my money until later this week, I get two checks this week :woot
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 02:58:15 AM: All my gamesaves, gone forever

I'll have to try to recreate my Oblivion character now, and that took forfuckingever the first time

I have to redownload all my MS Playbucks™ purchases

fuck

The Searchers brings a tear to the eye, it's so beautiful - must own if you have an HD-DVD player and like classic westerns
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 20, 2007, 03:05:06 AM: I bought a refurbished Dell. The first one I tried to buy wasn't in stock anymore so I got this one instead.

Dell Dimension 9200, C2D, E6420 (2.13 GHZ)
13 IN 1 MEDIA CARD READER,DIM
16X DVD+R/RW CD-RW COMBO DRIVE,P
250GB SATA II,7200 RPM,DIM,P
2GB DDR2 SDRAM AT 667MHZ-2X1GB,DIM,P
DELL OPTICAL USB MOUSE
DELL USB KEYBOARD
MS WORKS 8.5,DAO,ENG, DIM
NO MODEM REQUESTED
NO SPEAKER REQUESTED,DIMENSION
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300 LE,DIM,P
WIN VISTA HOME PREM,ENG,DIM
22IN (22.0 IN) E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel,DIM,P

$728
A similar one from Dell.ca costs over $1400.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 20, 2007, 04:47:24 AM: TVC now that you have a mic it's time for steamy vent conversations :o

not tonight tho. the doctor took 4 vials of my blood and my arm is all fucked up :-\
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Synbios459 on October 20, 2007, 05:06:20 AM: (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M9CQ072QL._SS500_.jpg)
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Vizzys on October 20, 2007, 05:28:44 AM: today I bought stephen colberts Iam america (and so can you)

i needed a good laugh and the book seemed amusing as his show
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Ichirou on October 20, 2007, 09:56:54 AM: (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/Ichirou_Oogami/worldheroes.jpg)

(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/Ichirou_Oogami/arcanaheart.jpg)

2D fighting, PRAISE THE LORD. Can't wait for SNK to release the Sam Sho compilation. :D :D :D
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: tiesto on October 20, 2007, 10:25:30 AM: I found an import gaming store in Chinatown but they didn't have much of anything... no Twinkle Star Sprites PS2, no Daioujou, and Salamander Portable for PSP was like $50 there!
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Post by: Ichirou on October 20, 2007, 10:34:31 AM: Ouch. :/

You're better off just ordering that stuff online, IMO.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 20, 2007, 11:35:22 AM: PS3
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Post by: MrAngryFace on October 20, 2007, 11:52:47 AM: (http://www.theliquorloft.com/graphics/pinnacle.gif)
(http://www.67wine.com/images/items/full/001836.jpg)
(http://www.877spirits.com/store/images/large/5614.jpg)
(http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/img/productImages/29030.gif)
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Ichirou on October 20, 2007, 11:58:48 AM: You didn't really buy all that...did you? :o
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 12:09:58 PM: That's some quality liquor. Have you ever tried Three Olive Vodka, MAF? It's pretty good stuff.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 20, 2007, 12:14:50 PM: Im new to vodka, ill give it a shot. I currently prefer grey goose but I burn through it so fast and it 30 bux a small bottle. :(

Ichi: I DID buy all that, 66 bux or so total, and then I went to a mexican bar with some friends and drank a bunch of scotch and topped it off with a nice Fat Tire ale :D
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 12:21:18 PM: All vodka is the same.
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 20, 2007, 01:08:52 PM: You strike me as a guy with very little experience
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 20, 2007, 01:12:10 PM: Drink Aristocrat vodka, and then drink even a middling vodka like Skyy, and then come back here and edit your post
Title: Re: FRIDAY? MORE LIKE BUYDAY - What did you consume?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 20, 2007, 01:18:25 PM: Quote from: Weighted Companion Cube on October 20, 2007, 01:08:52 PM
You strike me as a guy with very little experience

Other than alcohol content what is the difference?