Achilles
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The reports of failure and DOA discs were bad enough, but the customer service reviews were the clincher. One or two I can brush off as aberration, but that was a little too consistent for me. An extra $50 for peace of mind seems reasonable.
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This is disgusting:
"He asked the conservative advocates on the line to engage in a thought experiment. If the Department of Education's only responsibilities were paying employees and buying books, its annual budget might not reflect both expenditures because books take time to process and deliver -- and might not be paid for until the next fiscal year. A spending cut deal like this one, he argued, prevents the Department of Education from buying more books -- and thus the savings don't materialize right away."
Yeah, because why do schools need to order books anyway? Between Obama's desire to use Federal money to "buy books for kids" (whatever that means), and increase taxes on the wealthiest 5% of Americans to help reduce our deficit, it's becoming obvious how so many people can come to the conclusion that he's a pinko commie.
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The crazy continues:
I really do love Kyrsten Sinema (for her quote in the above and for stuff like this):
The good news is this:
Almost makes me wish I lived in Mesa, except that I think living in Mesa is punishment for something (it's the unwashed crotch of The Valley of the Sun...and it's full of Mormons).
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That's what Sony did with SWGalaxies but no one played because no one could become a Jedi. Then they lowered the requirements and everyone became a Jedi so then everyone stopped playing (too hard for new players and no challenge for veterans).
If Bileware is smart, they'll make Salarian STG, Asari Commandos, Krogan Battlemasters, etc viable alternatives. This is something that Star Wars doesn't have: diversity of awesomeness.
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Thanks for those. That's the thing I hate about mods; turn your back for a second (or upgrade your machine) and it's almost like starting back at square one
In other news, I found the power manager settings in my BIOS and think I may have resolved the noisy fan situation. I still have something that's producing an annoying hum though. Can't tell if it's the PCU fan (I'm hoping this is it as I'm going water-cooled soon), though I fear it may be something with the case fans themselves. I also have to wonder if it has something to do with how they are configured (much the way rolling your back windows down can produce that "helicopter" sound).
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I'm finding that "silent" is relative. I read a lot about how quiet this case is and how these fans are barely audible, but when my Shuttle was running you literally could not tell that it was on if it wasn't for the lights (and the fact that the funny picture box did stuff when I pressed or moved the clicky thing). Apparently I've been spoiled.
