The fuck is that? Gave me the initial reaction I got from playing Off.

Generally, only old cards are designed that way. It's not in common practice anymore, AFAIK. Blowing hot air out the sides of the card seems kind of dumb, too, but maybe I'm just missing something. You want the hottest air out of the case ASAP, not blowing around inside the case, so most card manufacturers have the fans exhausting out the PCI slot. By having the fans "reversed," you get the added benefit of pulling hot air off the rear side of the card below it, quickly expelling it out of the case and possibly cooling its VRM a little extra bit.

ETA: there's probably a way to reverse which way your fan's spinning.... you could probably just reverse the wiring on the fan's power cable, assuming it plugs into a socket on the graphics card. Maybe dangerous.

Oh. I figured he was trying to weigh down shipments of weed in the mail.

I'd recommend tungsten over lead.

Maybe worth talking battery tech, too. LiFePO4 has finally become widespread in manufacturing, and it's exceptionally well-suited to this kind of application. Costs are falling quickly (they're competitive with LiPO, though not LiCoO2 ["Li-ion"], which is fine given all its drawbacks), and you shouldn't, for years, have issue with going from frequent discharge and recharge. They're relatively safe and have a fairly constant discharge rate (with regards to voltage). They make for some excellent batteries which are relatively new and thus have a lot more room to fall in price.

Things have really advanced quite a bit in this space in the past 5-10 years.

Still on the fence about whether or not I want to try adding a couple more GPUs per breaker (chance of tripping, fire, and the investment, of course). Pretty slick-looking stuff and a great price. Best of luck!

What the fuck, man? Do you live in a volcano or just spill coffee all over these?

Could you tell me which codes, specifically, you tried, so I can remove them?

Mostly, these threads.

Thanks!

tiem fer stratergy! Haven't made additions to this thread in a long while.

Good games already out:
*The Corporate Machine - Old-timey strategy sim by Stardock from around 2000, in the tycoon games category. Reminded me a lot of stuff from Nino Arndt @ Velocigames. Was/is in dire need of mods.... it has the potential for greatness even today, I think, but WYSIYG.
^ http://www.stardock.com/products/machine/order.html ($5)

*Seven Days to Die - Billed as a "survival horde crafting game." It has similarities to Minecraft, but it looks a Hell of a lot better and's actually enjoyable. It has my brain working more like if I were playing Dwarf Fortress, and you'll be rewarded more with enjoyment by taking riskier approaches to survival rather than building a big block castle and dropping a thousand wooden stakes around the perimeter. It's in alpha and has a long way to go, but it's worth a buy & play now with Alpha 6, I think. When they get through the pathing and AI goal (particularly spawning), I think it'll be a real gem. Worth noting this game is hard and there's no pause button (I think there may be a console command, but I just boot up CheatEngine and pause the whole process).
^ http://7daystodie.com/ ($35 - special alpha price) ETA: Maybe I was wrong. Since forging was introduced, the game's taken a heavier veer toward Minecraft's ease and seems to further encourage users to go underground and be boring unless they just want to build things (and then why bother having zombies?)

ETA: Shit... there was another good one I played recently. Turn-based Roguelike with decent graphics and solid content. Was very much like Nethack. I think the game was something like "Dirge of M'eye," and I think the dev company started with a "K." They released the game seemingly more as a demo of the engine which hasn't had many good mods, tbh. Game's free, too! Hey, here we go! http://te4.org/ "Tales of Maj'eyal"

ETA2: The Walking Dead, Season 2 is also out. First episode wasn't particularly exciting.... I'm thinking I should wait until the rest of the episodes come out before buying any more. I didn't play Season 1 one-by-one... I didn't hear about it until later, and I think it may be a superior way to play. I'm not a big fan of long pauses between doing something, especially playing games. While mentioning non-strategy games, Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons also features phenomenal story-telling in the same vein, though with more Sierra-like puzzles (reminded me a bit of the insane asylum game from... I think it was the late 90's.... damn, my memory's malfunctioning, today... maybe even had "asylum" in the game name ETA3: Sanitarium -- good job, brain!).


Disappointing new releases:
*Desktop Dungeons - Basic turn-based roguelike, but severely lacking in content. The graphics are relatively pretty (and by that, I mean they look like a good 2002 sprite-based game) and the UI's fairly easy to grasp. The key feature is supposed to be a "semi-casual" roguelike you can play in short bursts. Not really my thing, but maybe palatable for you.
^ http://www.desktopdungeons.net/ ($15, or play the alpha version for free)

*Card Hunter - I didn't enjoy it, but if you like collectable card games, this may be for you. You play in a kind of scripted "story mode" where you go around doing various quests and whatnot. You play as three characters (which all play simultaneously in matches). It's presented as a kind of RPG, where you win or buy (with real money or in-game money) various equipment which act as sets of cards. These sets of cards all put various cards in your deck when you equip, which you draw from during a match. For example, maybe you equip a Sword of Badassery which has two "Badass Slash" cards, a couple "Badass Parry" cards and a couple unique ability cards attached to it. These, along with your other equipment sets, become the deck you play with. Character classes are done by only allowing certain characters to use certain equipment.
^ http://www.cardhunter.com/ (free, p2w [though you definitely don't have to pay to complete])

Upcoming releases:
*Tropico 5 - Supposed to be a massive overhaul of the series with a ton of experimentation. Excited about it.
^ http://www.tropico5.com/us/info.php (ETA: April 2014)

*Nothing else on my radar. Give me something to look forward to!

Out of curiosity... what'd be wrong with Cryptsy accepting money to list a coin? What, worried altcoins might start looking less than organic?

Can't seem to dump these, so here ya go:
*Please note when you've used one*
SC codes (redeem on Origin client - "Redeem Product Code"):
42PF-CZGN-F3RJ-JHDH-B85K
GUR9-KSZ6-NPVZ-MQSW-LQ7T
9KVV-7LET-R9PH-87T2-R8KA
2GDM-A7PJ-5NZC-D592-A9EN

BF4 codes (redeem by going to www.AMD.com/getbattlefield4 , creating an account, and then receiving a Origin-redeemable code via email):
JQF-MPY-CFD-SD6
ZWK-6NY-VAB-J9B (the B's look like 8's in case it comes out as invalid)
K96-ZGQ-G2Y-CUG
7DU-KRQ-8H2-TGS
DT3-N9K-27M-XRY
OWW-83U-ML5-DA4 (8 may be a B)
BWQ-M7P-B2J-Q6M (B's may be 8's)
5A7-HFY-H6W-7VY

Tips:
BTC-> 1Ba11ooNy2b8EyPwW5F56mJnhauDK7va5Z
LTC -> LgFhPkFjWgHosRjvdA7UZAVS1byBHNYYyU
Oh -- Walmart eGift card:
http://click.message.communispace.com/?qs=006cbe0b49df99e4f109bc2483fa6f8a6815b7c0039078e459447efc46e468e602a8c08a969538a7
code-> rpVGGB

Codes with strike-through are used.

h2o, are you adding the crappy and useless merged-mine Scrypt coins like United Scrypt Coins? No obvious drawback, possibly no reward, but possibly a nice bonus every now and then if one of them gains a following. Dumping hashpower on them may increase credibility among idiots.

Crippling (often literally), mind-numbing work for 70h/wk at $1/hr isn't acceptable. $5/hr for their kind of work is unacceptable. At the same time, most people can't afford to be fair, and fairness by a corporation (at least in the US) is just a notch away from being criminal unless you can justify the PR effects.

It sucks, but there's not really a solution outside foreign buyers stipulating minimum wages in purchase agreements, Chinese workers collectively demanding higher wages and better working conditions, or Chinese manufacturers not accepting offers where they're unable to pay their employees a reasonable wage. Frankly, the easiest solution would be for the Chinese government to simply kick out foreign companies, nationalizing their buildings and building up Chinese conglomerates which don't need foreign support.

I think Apple's public opinion is starting to near that of Monsanto or Disney with all the news of their factories and the well-documented dragon-like greed of Jobs, so they really do have justification to start changing things outside of just to be nice, but it's not happened, yet. Of course, singling out Apple is stupid. Practically everyone with electronics has something from Foxconn or similar. It's like singling out McDonalds for having unhealthy food and "low" wages. If you have any kind of digital computer, you've probably supported these kinds of practices. It's a systemic, global problem, not something caused exclusively by Apple and the factories it purchases from.

Income tax with EITC is great in the US so long as you're relatively poor. I can't wait for workplace to send over my W2s.

This. I'd actually recommend Electrum until Armory .91 or .92 is released. Armory has much more functionality and some more security, but also a few serious bugs to be worked out (which eat your time, not your coins), though it's much less apparent if you run your computer(s) "normally" (fast, solid Internet connection, power stays on). Electrum will ultimately take up hours less of your time, excluding needing the full blockchain with Armory.

With the de facto "official" Bitcoin client, you both have the time-consumption of a "full" client and no added functionality over third-party clients. AFAIK, the Bitcoin clients also still do not use deterministic wallets, which is a major pain in the ass and/or security risk if you use it a lot.

$5 Walmart eGift card included in next purchase.

Have kids. Suddenly, the majority of people on Earth have become your co-worker.

I think we should get a Bitcoin blimp and have it fly around the world, esp. during sports games.