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  1. David Hingtgen
    Not sure--less than a year I'd guess. If he takes it in, would the fact that it now seems to be "fixed" be an issue?
  2. David Hingtgen
    Opening missile bays in the legs for sure, if it wasn't mentioned before.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Event log has numerous 300, 302, 351 errors---the most common being "USB mini port driver for input device"-----but seriously, refusing to boot because of that? (and running the GFX fan on uber-max for no apparent reason this afternoon) I don't even think that PC really has anything on USB, other than the basic keyboard, mouse, and printer---none are using mini ports, all are plugged in directly to the motherboard's USB ports I think.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Minor update: The monitor itself definitely works, for it will do its quick R-G-B/inputs self-test, then do the "monitor preparing to shut down" sequence a second later---it's just not getting anything from the PC. Second update: physically pulled GFX card---same symptoms. Third update: resetting CMOS via jumpers seemed to have worked. Now, the question is--what caused it in the first place? And why did resetting CMOS fix it?
  5. David Hingtgen
    Trouble-shooting for someone else, but not having much luck---his PC keeps resetting while trying to boot. Here's the scenario: Has an HP P6110Y. Recently installed an XFX 5750 (and a new Corsair PSU)--maybe 2 weeks ago. Everything was great. This afternoon, came back to apartment and heard the PC whirring away---the graphics card fan was SCREAMING. Had left the PC in 'sleep' like always that morning before coming home again. PC was still on, but utterly unresponsive, had to use the surge protector switch to turn it off. Now, PC will power on for about 3 secs, beep once, then shut off. NOTHING appears on the monitor. It will keep attempting this cycle if you don't cut the power. Now, HP's own site says this PC will shut itself down if it's too hot---but with no notice/warning at boot? And why didn't it do so when he was away when the gfx fan was screaming? And most importantly of all---how/why could a graphics card get hot when the PC was sleeping? Or even if it somehow came out of sleep, it sure shouldn't have gotten hot while just idling away.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Holy... That was this afternoon, BTW. Scratch one specially-painted demo plane. Pilot's OK, you can see he punched out in time. Interesting to note that the nozzles are in different positions--engine failure? Reminds me of the MiG-29 airshow crash pics where the aux inlets were clearly closed on one engine, as it had failed.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Cooldown for biotics is still simply too long, bitoics are too weak, combo biotics are too weak. I did a combo with Jacob in the opening mission, and that was about it. I can fight much more effectively by myself, than waiting for the AI to stop WASTING powers/cooldown periods. Want to combo? Well, *you* may be ready to throw a biotic, but the AI just decided to waste its turn by selecting disruptor ammo, so you can either wait 10 seconds for the AI to be ready again, or do something alone. All the while, any other class would be firing away, averaging about 10x higher damage per second when the battle's over.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Hard to combo powers when there's a slow universal cooldown, and every enemy has resistance to 3/4 of all biotic powers at any given time... And of course, the one thing that can be comboed more than any other power---is warp! Nearly every combo that exists is "something, followed by warp". It's still warp-warp-warp-warp gameplay. Plus, combo'd powers still suck. For how rarely you can successfully employ them, they should do a heck of a lot more damage. PS---in ME1, I mixed it up a ton. Nothing was spammed. That's what made it fun. There were no formal combos with special effects/bonuses, but making your own combos was great. Of course singularity+anything was good, but there were a bunch of things that worked well.
  9. David Hingtgen
    No, there's WAY too many silver TFs lately, especially with the Bay aesthetic.
  10. David Hingtgen
    They completely nerfed biotics compared to ME1. It's hard (or really, BORING) to play through as now---to the point that they've quasi-announced a patch. (it may be part of a big DLC or something). If you want to sit behind cover and throw "warp" after "warp" after "warp" after "warp"----play a biotic.
  11. David Hingtgen
    You mean all the official ILM renders that were thousands of pixels tall weren't enough reference? A quick glance shows the flames aren't pinstriped. I'll assume there's many other small details omitted.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Blue Arcee. http://www.tfw2005.com/comic-con/Transformers-Prime/p1040652.jpg I like the design a lot. But---blue Arcee.
  13. David Hingtgen
    TRU took down Grimlock entirely after he sold out, wouldn't even come up via a search. Now he's up again, listed as backordered--but for 10 bucks more! BTW, my order is currently listed as "Special Order: Awaiting inventory". Same as a backorder or something different?
  14. David Hingtgen
    Agree with kanedaestes----it should be Hot Rod *and* Rodimus. Rodimus only would be lame, he'd just transform into the front 1/3 of a winnebago--probably with his legs sticking straight back like the G1 version. However, looking at the sideview of the lineart---the "cab" is way too tall vertically to look right as Hot Rod. So I suspect it is Rodimus Prime only, and will be rather lame as Masterpieces go. Basically just a scaled-up G1. (true, that's what Grimlock is--but Grimlock always had one of the most "screen accurate" transformations to begin with, while G1 Rodimus was a very lame toy)
  15. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, I just got that too. I wonder if that's standard procedure for pre-orders from them.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, it went from pre-order to back-order just a few mins after I placed my order.
  17. David Hingtgen
    Thanks for the notice--with how far away TRU is from me, that's well worth it---plus it's scheduled to ship right around my birthday.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Erm, it won't be made at all. It is a concept in the truest sense of the word. They're probably not even going to ASK the airlines about it, it's that far-off/out there. A big issue that airliners have to deal with, that military planes don't have to so much: Existing infrastructure. You can't make anything "too" out of the norm, shape-wise---otherwise, airports can't take it. Baggage/cargo loaders won't work, jetways can't hook up, won't fit next to other planes at the gate, etc. Also, passenger evacuation is always an issue with anything alongside the fuselage, like buried engines or a split tail.
  19. David Hingtgen
    A bit OT, but looking over that decal sheet---anyone have a spare cockpit decal from that set? I could really use one, but don't want to have to set up an account and buy an entire set just for that one decal.
  20. David Hingtgen
    That pretty much falls under the category of "read the thread's sub-title".
  21. David Hingtgen
    It's 100x more accurate than previous releases though. (and that scheme is a personal favorite of mine---I think it's almost a squadron taboo to put the actual black knight on the tail---that anniversary scheme is the only instance I know of it) (SD knights or Tomcat knights on the tail don't count, that's not the squadron icon) You can't use both GBU-24s with the parts they give you though--they only give you the 2 forward Phoenix pallets it seems--but GBU-24's do NOT go side-by-side---they are mounted diagonally, always--and that means you need front and rear pallets.
  22. David Hingtgen
    How long have the Typhoons been doing the "fully loaded demo" thing?
  23. David Hingtgen
    I'll choose to interpret that as "fighter mode looks really bad, we're too embarassed to show it".
  24. David Hingtgen
    Stuff to turn off: Anything labled "enhancer". Anything labled "adjuster". Anything labled "auto". Anything labled "dynamic". It'll vary TV-by-TV, and brand-by-brand. But in short--if your TV has a "movie" mode, start from there. Go through all your picture options--if it can be turned "off", do so. If not, pick "low". Frankly, you should have nothing more than the basic contrast, brightness, tint, sharpness controls to actually fiddle with, same as a TV from the 70's. Everything else is junk, and should be OFF. (all those extra things also introduce lag, if you play games). A lot of people who complain of lag, often have a lot of those things turned on or set to high--the TV has to do extra processing to do those things, and that introduces delays in rendering the frames. You want to TV to do as little work as possible, and simply show what it's being sent--whether from a Blu-Ray or antenna or PS3.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, and "Skids and Mudflap are so goofy-looking and racist they can't possibly be the final design--that's just to throw us off". Seriously, has ANYTHING from the past 2 movies been proven false, or a stand-in? Everyone (including Bay) always claims "that's just a rumor to throw people off"--but yet AFAIK, just about everything ever shown---that IS the final design. PS--knowing how much Bay likes the Military, I'm surprised they didn't go for the Army-painted NASCAR...
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