[WDYB] Things are still being bought!

[Mr. Gundam]

Showed up in my Amazon Gold Box for $9.99. Heard it was good.

[Van Cruncheon]

got a killer deal on it. we ar enow a TWO TABLET HOUSEHOLD.

[chronovore]

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Showed up in my Amazon Gold Box for $9.99. Heard it was good.

How weird. I've got that rented right now.

[Brehvolution]

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got a killer deal on it. we ar enow a TWO TABLET HOUSEHOLD.

I must know more. Please post impressions as I'm due for an upgrade at the end of April. I currently use and iPhone4.

[MrAngryFace]

will it run Win8?

[Reb]

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got a killer deal on it. we ar enow a TWO TABLET HOUSEHOLD.

I must know more. Please post impressions as I'm due for an upgrade at the end of April. I currently use and iPhone4.

I would definitely get an iPad if you already have a iPhone4.

will it run Win8?

Will it blend?

[Brehvolution]

I would definitely get an iPad if you already have a iPhone4.

Edit nevermind. I thought this was the phone.

[chronovore]

[Robo]

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Finally $30.  Thinking about returning it.    Game is fucking HARD for series newcomers—as I was warned it would be.  I have until Thursday, so I'll just pound it out until then and see if anything sticks.

Let me know. I might be interesting in buying it off of you.

Ack, only just now saw this.  I ended up returning it last week; haven't felt much like gaming lately, certainly not enough to get any use out of that game.

It's only $33 on Amazon right now, though: http://www.amazon.com/NBA-2K12-Covers-Vary-Xbox-360/dp/B002I0JK38/

[Cormacaroni]

I just bought iPad 3

Waiting for delivery.

The Applefag Master Race welcomes you with open buttcheeks

[Robo]

I just bought like a billion of these.  http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/collectibles/e9dc/?icpg=bise



Help me, Lord Bison. 

[Reb]

So cool.

[Reb]

What are they called? I want to see if they're available in europe. 

[Robo]

They're kidrobot mini-figures.  http://www.kidrobot.com/Toys/MiniFigures/StreetFighterMiniSeries3Inch.html

You should be able to find them at a number of places.  Amazon, too.

[Mr. Gundam]

Figured I should snag this before it goes out of print.

[drew]

israeli compression bandage



CAT tourniquet



some quikclot



multicam MOLLE medic pouch



and that is my trauma kit that will stay in my range bag

then i got some innawoods/campin bullshit:

mag bar





paracord



eat n tool

[Mupepe]

Is that for your SHTF supplies?

[drew]

nah, if SHTF happens i'll be barricaded in my parents house with my family or we'd zip up to our cottage up in michigan if getting out of the city was necessary.

[Eric P]

Listening to them talk about it on How Did This Get Made reminded me how much I loved the films. 

[drew]

I have all of that stuff, drew! (minus the spork) Make sure you unwrap the tourniquet and rewrap it so you can apply it to yourself with one hand! You should probably get an occlusive dressing, some medical tape, and a chest decompression needle in case you or one of your buddies shoots you in the chest. Tension pneumothorax can be a bitch.

will look into all of this, thanks.

is that pouch an issued item? i thought you guys just used a SAW ammo bag to hold your stuff.

[Groogrux]

I'm not going to lie, I don't recommend that stuff for anyone that's not trained to use it.  I'm not saying it's a bad thing to have handy, but just make sure you're studied up on tourniquet use before you try to apply it in the field.  It would be a shame if you lost your J'O hand when you could have just put a bandage on it.

[drew]

yeah I'm pretty serious about it, right now I'm learning all the knots I'd ever need tie with that cord and I could use some reading material on how  to not fail at administered first aid if you have any recommendations, you're an EMT right? you must have come across a good book or two within your required reading.

[MrAngryFace]

I love the crank movies- I also love the transporter movies- h8rz sux

[Joe Molotov]

I love the crank movies- I also love the transporter movies- h8rz sux

The Crank 2 ending was the best ending in the history of ending things.



Bioware, take note.

[Groogrux]

yeah I'm pretty serious about it, right now I'm learning all the knots I'd ever need tie with that cord and I could use some reading material on how  to not fail at administered first aid if you have any recommendations, you're an EMT right? you must have come across a good book or two within your required reading.

You might be able to get away with a Rapid EMT or Rapid ACLS book.  They sell them for $15-30 at most major bookstores. 

http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-ACLS-Barbara-Aehlert-BSPA/dp/0323048331/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333147908&sr=1-1

[Reb]

They're kidrobot mini-figures.  http://www.kidrobot.com/Toys/MiniFigures/StreetFighterMiniSeries3Inch.html

You should be able to find them at a number of places.  Amazon, too.

I bought three.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Been buying some shit on PS3:

- Warriors Orochi 3
- Daytona USA
- Red Faction: Guerilla
- Gran Turismo 5 XL
- Street Fighter x Tekken
- Street Fighter x Tekken fight pad (MadCatz one with Poison and Hugo vs. King and Marduk)

I'm making it a personal mini-goal to play a lot more vidya, especially PS3 vidya.  I would say the same for Wii but well...

[Joe Molotov]

Been using using my PS3 for Netflix/Hulu streaming, but I got tired of moving it between TVs, so I bought one of these. Plus, this does Crunchyroll too.

[chronovore]

Crunchyroll is, not surprisingly, unavailable in Japan.

If I get it in the USA, what does it entail?

[Mr. Gundam]

$20 at Best Buy.

Crunchyroll is, not surprisingly, unavailable in Japan.

If I get it in the USA, what does it entail?

Lots of animu.

[Phoenix Dark]

Bros I plan on buying an external hard drive soon. What's considered the best brand to get? I'll most likely go with 500GB or so

[Flannel Boy]

Might as well get one or two gigs. The price difference is pretty negligible.

[cool breeze]

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Been using using my PS3 for Netflix/Hulu streaming, but I got tired of moving it between TVs, so I bought one of these. Plus, this does Crunchyroll too.

do you know if hbo go works on that?

[tiesto]

[Joe Molotov]

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Been using using my PS3 for Netflix/Hulu streaming, but I got tired of moving it between TVs, so I bought one of these. Plus, this does Crunchyroll too.

do you know if hbo go works on that?

Yeah, it does.

And chrono, Crunchyroll is a bunch of subbed anime series and j-dramas. Probably around 200+ anime series, and they usually pick up 4 or 5 new ones a season, which are released 4 days after the Japanese broadcast to premium members. You can still watch them if you don't pay ($7 a month), but you have to wait an extra week and you don't get HD streams.

[chronovore]

Wow, that's pretty cool!

[cool breeze]

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Been using using my PS3 for Netflix/Hulu streaming, but I got tired of moving it between TVs, so I bought one of these. Plus, this does Crunchyroll too.

do you know if hbo go works on that?

Yeah, it does.

And chrono, Crunchyroll is a bunch of subbed anime series and j-dramas. Probably around 200+ anime series, and they usually pick up 4 or 5 new ones a season, which are released 4 days after the Japanese broadcast to premium members. You can still watch them if you don't pay ($7 a month), but you have to wait an extra week and you don't get HD streams.

cool.  I have my PC hooked up to my TV, but I was thinking of picking one up for family.

[G The Resurrected]

55 inch is just too big for the bedroom. So I'm gonna move it to the living room where there is no tv currently. Also got another 360 cause its STAR WARS bitch. The Samsung UN46ES8000 has kinect like functionality and a touch remote. FUTURISTIC MAN!

[Mr. Gundam]

55 inch is just too big for the bedroom. So I'm gonna move it to the living room where there is no tv currently. Also got another 360 cause its STAR WARS bitch. The Samsung UN46ES8000 has kinect like functionality and a touch remote. FUTURISTIC MAN!

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I thought you were broke?

[Robo]

I bought this:



and this:



Only tangentially related.

[MrAngryFace]

Love that book.

[pilonv1]

Panasonic 46GT30a

My first plasma, and it looks incredible. Just been running Planet Earth blu ray all day.

Came with a copy of Avatar 3D so it's not all good news

[Bildi]

TV's awesome though.

[pilonv1]

Yes, got one of the few left in the country since the 2012 models are out in a few weeks. Bing Lee has a few left in store and online, and at a decent price.

Plus Avatar 3D goes for about $80 on eBay so it can fund my 3D glasses.

[Cormacaroni]

get dat League Pass on there stat

[Bildi]

I haven't been keeping up with TVs, but buying superceded models is a great way to go.  That's how I bought my last TV too.  And as far as I remember, outgoing models are often better than the incoming ones, especially given early life reliability problems and bugs.

[G The Resurrected]

I thought you were broke?

I am pretty much broke I make by though. Taxes really helped out this year since I didn't owe anything. So for once I got a refund worth a damn. That and having a dependent for the first time I made back some money. But I didn't use money to buy any of it.

I had a lot of credit stock pilled from flipping. Hell I still have close to 4k or so at Amazon and 2k at Bestbuy in just credit from flipping. I stopped though since I realized I wasn't spending the money. Spent some where around 2.5k for 6k in credit and rewards.

I am however gonna go to Ikea to get a new tv stand, desk, bookcase and thats gonna set me back some cash.

[pilonv1]

I haven't been keeping up with TVs, but buying superceded models is a great way to go.  That's how I bought my last TV too.  And as far as I remember, outgoing models are often better than the incoming ones, especially given early life reliability problems and bugs.

The model I got launched at $2k here, then was down to $1400 late in 2011 and is being cleared out now for around $900. Manufactured in May 2011 too. The 50" version was probably only another $200 more but my place isn't big enough for it.

[G The Resurrected]

you made a wise choice with that particular plasma. I prefer the sharpness of the LED's but I would have bought a Panny if I was ok with plasma. Be careful with the burn in on games with static huds. Its still a big issue even when you use the software provided in the tv to "fix" burn in.

[pilonv1]

I'm running it in THX mode with low contrast for the first week or two, seems to be the recommended route.

[Bildi]

Same, I think mine was $5k at launch and it was about $3k when I bought (this was a few years ago).  I actually got it for $2100 because I ordered a 42" but there was a big mess up with availability and I got a free upgrade to the 50" equivalent.

[G The Resurrected]

Yeah break her in slowly that's the best way. I broke my LED Sammy in slow and the blacks are even blacker than when I first started her up. By some small miracle the micro dimming didn't ruin the light bridge where the two points meet. Hope I'm that lucky with the new sammy that's coming.

[Bildi]

I'm running it in THX mode with low contrast for the first week or two, seems to be the recommended route.

For sure.  Although as far as I know if you are displaying full-screen moving content it's best to put it up to normal contrast in order to age the phosphors as much as possible.  Or use retina burn mode if your eyes can take it and you don't care what's on.

You want to get the phosphors past their fast-aging early life and into the slow-aging life.  In an ideal world I guess you'd put it on a super bright white screen for the first few hundred hours.  No idea how long the fast-aging period is on modern plasmas but when I was buying it varied anywhere from the first 200-1000 hours, and I'm guessing it's probably similar nowadays.

Years ago I bought a sammy plasma and I can't remember exactly, but within the first maybe 10-20 hours of owning the TV I displayed white menu items for a bit too long (like 3 hours, I got absorbed by Smackdown vs Raw character creator...).  Luckily it was only temporary image retention as it took about 20 hours of leaving snow on overnight to get rid of it.  So they can probably handle a bit of punishment early on, but definitely best to be careful.

Sorry if I just said a bunch of stuff you already know.  I still get carried away while talking about TVs.

[Groogrux]

Bought a championship UK shirt for my dad and I.  He loved it.  Also decided to break into Skylanders for the boy.  He's having a blast with those.

[tiesto]

I bought this:

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Only tangentially related.

My brother uses that as his halloween costume every year...

[Madrun Badrun]

Theory and Applications of Digital Speech Processing"
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3"
Video Game; $34.99
"Supercop / Twin Dragons [Blu-ray]"
Jackie Chan; Blu-ray; $10.49
"Gangland: Complete Season 6 [Blu-ray]"
Various; Blu-ray; $17.99
"Transformers Trilogy (Transformers / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen / Transformers: Dark of the Moon) [Blu-ray]"
Labeouf, Shia; Blu-ray; $33.49
"Ocean's Trilogy (Ocean's Eleven / Ocean's Twelve / Ocean's Thirteen) [Blu-ray]"
Brad Pitt; Blu-ray; $13.99

[demi]

Why would you buy a COD game? You don't play online.

[Madrun Badrun]

i like single player 

[drew]

nobody gives a shit about how much you paid for your blu rays, please don't balance your checkbook on the bore k thanks

[MrAngryFace]

Yeah prices are for losers- just post what you bought.