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    David Hingtgen replied to Skypoet's topic in Model kits

    I'm tempted to delete the poll for pointlessness...
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    Hey Nied, I just recently read that the F-22 (and I think F-35) use Firewire---true?
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    Possibly stupid question, but is there a "higher level" of enabling SMART, other than getting the readings that various programs report? 1 "pending sector" on the HDD. Also (and I may just be paranoid here) but I do think some of my largest folders have been acting slower lately.
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    Ok, running Western Digital's own diagnostics---not good. Get "06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 65 (Error Log Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!" Every result I get from googling that is "imminent drive failure".
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    Every test I've run so far (HD tune, Sandra) says the HDD is fine--and actually performing above average. It's a WD5000AAKS, which seems to be a popular model. I really need to buy an external backup drive or something first, before I format this one---way too much stuff to burn to DVD's. (cough, Frontier, cough) What's the best method to do say, monthly/quarterly backups from an HDD? (as in, copy nearly everything that's on there) Should I do a full XP repair install? It's been less than a year since the last, can't imagine it'd be too messed up. I'll check all my cables later, but literally the computer hadn't been opened for 2 months or so prior to tonight. ::edit:: Reading more about "checking for consistency"----using fsutil query, I get "C: is dirty". Ok, and......?
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    Forget the monitor, I think my HDD is going! Help/opinions needed: Ok, I got 3 BSOD's in the last 2 months---compared to 0 in the last 3 years or so. Seemed kinda random---once it was an Nvidia driver issue. But 2 have been in the last 2 weeks, 1 just 48 hours ago or so. A week ago, XP wanted to "check for consistency" when it started. Found no errors. This morning--no boot. Gets to the first 2 secs of the XP logo, then BSOD. "Unmountable boot volume". Several times in a row. Use backup PC to research online, it can't be any of the normal causes besides a corrupt boot partition etc. Run chkdsk from XP install disc--comes back fine. Do more thorough chkdsk, found 1 error and fixed it. Used "fixboot" to make new boot--says things are fine, writes new boot anyways. Reboot PC---same BSOD. Try fixboot again---says it's corrupted (the one presumably made only minutes ago). Run fixboot about 4 more times until it says "ok" 3 times in a row. Reboot into safe mode---ok. Backup recent files. Reboot again---wants to "check for consistency" again! That takes like an hour so I skip it. That's the boot that I'm writing this from. So---is my HDD dying or what? It keeps finding no errors (except that one time) so I think it can't really detect them very well. I read that an "unmountable boot volume" can be from when Windows updates/upgrades itself, but I don't think this is it. Strangely, the PC seems to be fine when it does boot--haven't noticed any odd behavior lately. (other than BSOD!) Sigh, spent most of the day updating the old computer just to feel safe enough to go online. PPS---HDD suggestions welcome. 500 gig or a bit more, quiet is definitely an issue. I will sacrifice a bit of speed for a lot of quiet. Current one is a Western Digital--have never used them before. If my HDD is dying, I plan to go back to Seagate.
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    I agree with Mike---but even more so. As in, the car looks completely wrong to me. I note that Takara has yet to show a side-view of the car. When we see that, it should be obvious to everyone how off it is. As for the trailer--it's missing the one thing I was hoping an MP version could provide--that it'd look like a single, whole vehicle--like a Winnebago! Not a truck hauling a camper--which is exactly what the G1 toy looked like, and how this one looks like. The two halves just don't integrate that well/seamlessly. HasTak has been combining vehicles for decades now, I know they know how to do it.
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    F-15's look so much better when they're not plain ghost grey...
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    It's a Flanker thing--their engines are very hot, and thus you can't paint that area. The F-15 has a similar effect (more noticeable on the bottom), as does the F-8.
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    1. "Ico 3/Shadow of the Colossus 2" AKA "The Last Guardian" has a new trailer: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/09/15/the-last-guardian-coming-to-ps3-holiday-2011-watch-the-new-trailer/ 2. The Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD remake has a trailer, and they're claiming it'll even have 3D support: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/09/15/ico-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-collection-hits-ps3-spring-2011-with-3d/
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    Your weekly PAK-FA pic---great shot of the belly camo: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Sukhoi-T-50/1776617/L/
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    WAY too Bayformers-ish.
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    The new Camaro and Challenger are both coupes, yet weigh much more than my sedan...
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    That's two bad reviews now I've seen here. How's the Leliana one? Pretty sure I'll skip the Morrigan one at this point.
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    Makes perfect sense to me, especially regarding the actors. History: SDF:M comes out as a dramatic retelling of Space War 1, and is a big hit. They decide to make a movie version. They hire the same actors even, but up the budget to have better uniforms etc. And of course, they condense the story and "make it more exciting". Currently, I view EVERY series as a comedic drama or something. M7? That's the STORY of Basara, not a documentary. Note the excessive use of stock footage. It also easily explains Mylene's pink hair---they just hired a young cute actress, they didn't really care that her hair didn't match that of Max and Milia's ACTORS. (The real Milia could be ugly, actually---Max fell in love with her over her flying abilities, after all--but of course they'd hire an attractive actress to play her...)
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    Nothing will beat TRU's "glitch" sale---not my pic, but a good example of what people were able to snag: $85 Full story: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262595
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    Ok, now I *really* think my monitor's dying. Any new monitors show up in the last month or so I should be aware of, or something amazing coming next month that I should wait for?
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    My vote would be for avionics cooling. A less likely option would be afterburner coolers like the F-8.
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    Yup. What a very minimal change in the face of the very distinctive Camaro, and the very retro Challenger. The "new" Mustang is just more of the same.
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    Just in case anyone cares: "HEROES---a "key source" connected with the series said NBC has decided not to pursue a tv movie which would wrap up the series. Earlier, NBC said it was interested in developing a wrap-up tv movie."
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    I noticed there was no inverted flight---the planes always rolled to a max of exactly 90 degrees for a hard turn---that's usually a bad sign, and always reminds me of Starfox etc---left is TURN left, not ROLL left. Very, very bad for anything trying to be even 10% of a sim. Heck, I don't even think I saw the third dimension being used--there's left, right, and loop---that's it. (loop is probably a double-tap down or something, with double-tab up being immelmann---a yo-yo would be impossible) Sure, classic controls may be an option, but if the whole game is redesigned around this 2D flying, that causes issues.
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    Knowing movie posters, that's likely highly shopped.
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    So, just how fast can you go in a Blackbird with the landing gear down?
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    Not quite, but close:
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    That's a very complicated no-step pattern. See all the little red x's? Don't step there, or in the regions bordered by the red lines.
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