What's on your xmas list?

[Skiprr]

The same thing I wanted for my birthday THIS month, and didn't get. A new president.

[longtooth]

The same thing I wanted for my birthday THIS month, and didn't get. A new president.

Meee Tooo.

[Topbuilder]

My better half is getting me an AR. Have not worked out all the details and particulars yet.
When I do I might let her in on it...
Not really, she'll see it when I get it home. I'm considerate that way... I know she would rather only tell me once how I don't need it.

[RPB]

Besides AMD65, a second Glock 26, and a 10' Mesh Satellite Dish ..

I bought 3 new computers from Dell and HP

The HP is twice as fast as the Dell
Dell have the Intel 3rd Generation i7-3770K processors (these aren't as great as I expected) (4 real cores pretending to be 8)

HP have the AMD FX-8350 Processor (8 real cores, 7 used for Programs, one for services) (these are awesome, but higher wattage)


A processor with 8 real cores (AMD) working 24 hours, does 8 days worth of work ...
One with 4 cores (pretending to be 8) (Intel) does 4 days worth

My World Community Grid/ Folding/cancer research etc results https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/s ... _Angel_Pat" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


NOTE: 11/20/2012 results only reflect today's results *so far* ... it's just 10 A.M.*so far*

intel i7-3770K
DATE Days/hours worth of work # of results
11/20/2012 0:004:14:17:45 30
11/19/2012 0:005:12:11:36 41


AMD FX-8350
DATE Days/hours worth of work # of results
11/20/2012 0:004:03:58:53 61
11/19/2012 0:006:02:53:34 90
11/18/2012 0:009:16:53:43 117
11/17/2012 0:006:04:30:38 112
11/16/2012 0:010:19:36:50 148
11/15/2012 0:005:13:59:21 130
11/14/2012 0:008:07:29:35 171


AMD FX-8350, AMD's best, is a MUCH better processor than intel's best

(These computers, except one will be gifts to family, and will run cancer/medical research in the background etc

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Edited: I need to run more tests, World Community Grid uses ATI/AMD GPUs but not Nvidia GPUs on graphics cards ... so perhaps it's the ati/amd graphics card helping out in the AMD processor machines... I need to put an ATI/AMD graphics card in the intel machines instead of the nvidia video cards and see...

[WhiteLightning]

Just askin for ammo this year..........lots of ammo.....in all calibers that I shoot

[RPBrown]

New truck, new Harley, world peace, family all together AND GETTING ALONG.

Of which I expect none of

[x007x]

I'm going to have to get a laptop. Not something I want to spend money on, but my 5year old HP died and I can't revive it. My better half, however, is probably getting a new rifle. He looked at a Stag Arms last weekend. Don't really know much about them. He's a lefty so his options are kinda limited.

What happened to the HP..might be better off just replacing the part than buying a new laptop.

[Reds45ACP]

S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman 6-in. OR S&W 686 6-in.

Case of .45.

Lotus F1 Kimi Raikonnen Hat and a "I know what I'm doing" Shirt.

New lightwieght wheels with sticker race tires

Race brakes and new rotors.

Go Pro Hero Cam HD

...Dang. I've got expensive habits.

Frankly, as long as I have my wife I'm a happy guy.

[Mahzik]

The same thing I wanted for my birthday THIS month, and didn't get. A new president.

Be careful what you wish for....I think the only way this can happen at this point would result in President BIDEN! As hard as it is for me to say, that may be worse!!!!

[sjfcontrol]

The same thing I wanted for my birthday THIS month, and didn't get. A new president.

Be careful what you wish for....I think the only way this can happen at this point would result in President BIDEN! As hard as it is for me to say, that may be worse!!!!

I don't think it would be worse at all. Biden is a buffoon with no political power. At worst, nothing at all would happen for the rest of the term. And at best perhaps we could make some headway against a joke of a president. "King Hussein the first" is both evil and dangerous.

[Vol Texan]

All I want for Christmas is a DeLorean DMC-12 with a built-in flux capacitor, so I can go back and reverse the events of 6 November, 2012.

And a new Sig 2022.

[Songbird]

I'm going to have to get a laptop. Not something I want to spend money on, but my 5year old HP died and I can't revive it. My better half, however, is probably getting a new rifle. He looked at a Stag Arms last weekend. Don't really know much about them. He's a lefty so his options are kinda limited.

What happened to the HP..might be better off just replacing the part than buying a new laptop.

BSOD. It just did all this in March and I spent almost two hundred bucks having the OS swiped clean. It recently started running really hot (even with cooling fans) Then started the BSOD a week ago. Did a system restore to back before it started messing up but it didnt fix anything.Could be battery going bad but I don't want to pour any more money into it. We have an even older Dell desktop so I am going to limp along with it and my iPad til after the holidays then get a Mac.

[x007x]

I'm going to have to get a laptop. Not something I want to spend money on, but my 5year old HP died and I can't revive it. My better half, however, is probably getting a new rifle. He looked at a Stag Arms last weekend. Don't really know much about them. He's a lefty so his options are kinda limited.

What happened to the HP..might be better off just replacing the part than buying a new laptop.

BSOD. It just did all this in March and I spent almost two hundred bucks having the OS swiped clean. It recently started running really hot (even with cooling fans) Then started the BSOD a week ago. Did a system restore to back before it started messing up but it didnt fix anything.Could be battery going bad but I don't want to pour any more money into it. We have an even older Dell desktop so I am going to limp along with it and my iPad til after the holidays then get a Mac.

Dang..If you formatted the OS then it prob is a hardware problem. I've been in the same situation, just got lucky the manufacture accepted the warranty. Just start saving. There will always be deals for laptops with a variety of different specs for what you plan to use the laptop for.

[mescobar_rpls]

@songbird - get a new machine. I had a HP laptop that I bought 5 yrs ago. It did the same thing as you. I replaced the motherboard, which fixed it for 95 days. I know 95 because the warranty was up in 90. I found the same make and model at a pawn shop for half the price of a motherboard and transfered all my info to the new machine. Around 6 months later, that machine did the same thing. I looked into it some more and found that a lot of people see having the same issues. I ended up getting a different brand and have not looked back.

[packa45]

Let's see... Wife is about to pop out our first child...I want a house outside of the liberal Travis county area... I don't want to worry about doctor bills or any other bills... SBR upper and suppressor for my AR... A new car...and never work again a day in my life... So either a winning lottery ticket or I want the government to pay all my bills for me (and give me the upper and suppressor)....neither of which look like they will happen...

All kidding aside I want my daughter to arrive and her to become a happy healthy baby with minimal complications on my wife's side and the ability to be the best parent I can be...