The show Punked is honestly the least funny prank show I've ever seen. Nothing on it is funny. I kinda hope the guy gets stabbed, like that one on the cheating girlfriend prank show.

That's another thing, very unfunny concepts that make it to TV. The only worthwhile thing on that show (The cheating girlfriend one) is that one big buff badass (Herp derp) got so pissed at the prank (He didn't know it was a prank at the time) That he pulled out a knife and stabbed the guy in the stomach. What the fuck did the guy expect? What a 'tard.

In other news, I'm watching to catch a predator

I found it funny. :makeout:

I just bought a 42" Panasonic Plasma TV. Does anyone here notice flickering in the whites of a Plasma when not looking directly at the screen?

I notice it even when looking directly at it, always towards the periphery of my vision. I'm thinking this is like how some people are sensitive to the rainbow effect on DLP displays.

God Dammit. I found a dead pixel. Well not completely dead. Blue doesn't work on it.

What is the refresh rate of the tv? 60hz?

I have a 42" Panasonic plasma in the bedroom and a 46" Panasonic plasma in the living room, and I haven't noticed any flickering on either.

If your screen doesn't have a rigid layer on it you can usually massage it till it works again. Worked for me several times in the past.

BOOM just scored some Oakley golf shoes for $5, and they are ugly as fuck, I like it

Be careful though, because sometimes massaging it makes it rigid...

:giggle:

I had no luck massaging out a stuck pixel (is what this is in your case) from my 24'' Samsung LCD computer monitor. Fortunately it is a blue pixel and can only really be seen on black backgrounds. It's bad that it's pretty much in the middle of the screen though, but I deal with it because the other 99.9% of the monitor kicks ass. I tried every stuck pixel trick I could find on the internet.

God dammit, why the fuck does nothing ever work like its supposed to? I just stripped a fucking compressor housing bolt. I can't even get a stripped bolt remover onto it because it's right below the fucking oil drain line.

Fuck. I'm so god damn pissed right now, shit like this always fucking happens. Always in the worst fucking spot.

How do I get this bitch out?

drill it







with your caulk

This sign makes me happy every time I drive past it.

http://img40.imagefra.me/img/img40/7...2m_cac848f.jpg

The brand new HID kit I bought that I received in the mail yesterday does not work.
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Snap rings can burn in fucking hell.

I tool the snap ring off to replace my seals and now I can't get it back on because the snap ring pliers aren't big enough.

Today just isn't your day is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhjRU...eature=related



DA bomb, tunes for wheaties =

Plasma tv = FAIL

Return that shyt

They Veyron runs 365s in the back

My cat has really stinky poop.

Stinky Poop is the name of my Tears for Fears tribute band.

600 HZ, although that's just due to the nature of PDPs, the true refresh rate is 60hz. You could say that they are quite similar to old school CRT displays, except with a much higher "repaint" rate. I did some reading and apparently 14% of people can notice the flickering. I must be in the 14%. I also noticed a rainbow effect when running a THX calibration dvd, but I'm not sensitive to rainbows on my DLP unless I'm purposefully trying to notice it.

Rubbing Plasmas won't do a thing, they're made of glass, lol. Dead blue pixel is still there, but I've come to realize that it is impossible to notice unless I'm about a foot from the screen, displaying a wholly blue screen. Oh the joys of 1080P.

It's been running break in images from here (http://www.eaprogramming.com/) for the past 25 hours now. I watched a movie today! It was a DVD of "The Final Countdown". Lots of F-14's and Corsairs in it. OK movie, cool footage of jets though. This TV is amazing.

I must say that I did not notice any flickering when watching regular content, only on the white and gray break in slides did I notice flickering. Last night I was thinking I was going to have to return it and get a shitty LCD, but I'm not worried about that anymore.

Oh yeah, it's a TC-P42S2.

Lol at this Mac failure:

If someone was to ever do a Klaus Nomi movie, Conan O'Brien would be the perfect person to play him visually. Just noticed today how much they look alike.

Grind some flat edges on the bolt head and use one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Gator-Grip-ETC.../dp/B000065CJ8

And use a proper 6 point wrench or socket next time to avoid stripping them. Adjustable wrenches are fail.

Great band name.

I was in an 80s mood yesterday. I was walking around singing a ha and Simple Minds.

I was using a proper 1/2" 6 point wrench. I relized I stirpped it because the wrench is warped ever so slightly, allowing it to pop past the grip points. I would have used a socket but it was right under the oil drain, so there was no possible way to get one on.

Regardless, I managed to get it out with my angle grinder :cool:

mystery boost loss. son-of-a-bitch... Time to tear my charge piping apart.

http://www.values.com/inspirational-...spots/64-Biker

Super lame biker video from values.com.

Seriously, snap rings are the worst fucking idea ever. Whoever came up with them should have their balls removed. Fucking stupid things.

a-fucking-gree.

I have a turbo still in pieces in a box because the stupid fucking clip broke the pliers that are ment to squeeze the fucker... it shot across the room into the wall and left a hole.

Visual Aid
 

Engine smoke and tire smoke. Can't hear my bang bang exhaust noise.

Tuesday is my BDay, I'm celebrating by buying a 02 Honda Insight for my daily 140mi round trip commute to work. Should end up saving me up to $300/mo in gas, $200/mo minimum. I already test drove it and put down a deposit, gonna be a fun ride and should keep me out of wreckless driving speeds like I do now. Car will pay for itself in gas savings in less than 2 years. After I sell my current daily I will be netting that savings immediately since I was already financing a car. I plan on keeping it until I can no longer buy parts to repair it. Hopefully another 20 years :P

I've already researched the battery and I know where to source the cells, build a trickle charger for monthly balances, and what analyzer to use to individually rebalance and test cells for a full rebuild. Needless to say, I'm not worried about the battery pack costs.

I wouldn't be caught dead in an Insight. The fuck is wrong with you, get a bike.

Not interested at all in a motorcycle, I've already given a ACL, LCL, and PCL to the R6 I used to own. I'll stick to seat belts and airbags and still get my 65MPG. I don't see the Insight looking any gayer than a miata. Its an engineering work of genius really, even compared to current gen cars.

touche salesman, touche

Are there any websites I can stream the Redskins game on? I only pay for FIOS internet and use icefilms for everything else. Downside is I'm missing like all the football. I am going to pick up a digital antenna, but I need football NOWWWW!!!

try rojadirecta.com

Having been the owner of a CRX HF, I know exactly what I'm getting. Thanks though.

Besides, its about the money...what other car will save me around $300/month? Thats like 1 Apple stock a month. In 5 years those will be worth at least 2x what they are now. Not saying I'm buying Apple stock, but you get my point. For a commuter car I could give a fuck how little power the car has, how much fucking power does a stock miata have...and how much times does it spend in turns vs in a straight line.

And as much as you might try to fight it, even with a turbo a miata looks pretty fucking gay unless its killing it on a track.

Relative to a 2002 Honda Insight? Well, a 1991 Geo Metro LSi convertible, amortized over 10 years. Costs nearly nothing to buy, nearly nothing to maintain, the battery costs $50 and needs replacement once every 5 years, it's actually quite fun to drive in town, and you won't need years of expensive therapy to recover from it.


Frankly, I'd rather be murdered.

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Honestly wasn't expecting that much venom from a miata forum of all places...although its MT, so I should have. I'm guessing that none of you commenting on it have probably even driven one. It honestly doesn't seem any more gay to me than a miata.

Joe, I don't see how the fucking Geo is any less gay from any perspective.

Whatever, no love from the fagsquad. I can live with it.

I don't know much about them, they seem aight.. The new CRZ looks interesting.


But then again I own a Fit... so I don't have much room to bash on someone getting an Insight.

It's nothing at all to do with gayness. A pink Geo Metro convertible is gayer than a bag of dicks, but it's a fun, practical, unpretentious car for sensible people who don't give a flying fuck about what anybody else thinks.

When you drive a Prius, you are saying to the world, in the most magniloquently smug way possible "I am better than all of you people, and you all ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Never mind that I suck at math, I don't care that I paid 10x what this car is worth and that it handles worse than the barge that brought it over from Japan, it makes me feel more important than everyone else, and that's all that matters to me."

When you drive an Insight, you are saying exactly the same thing, while wearing unfashionable trousers and a pocket protector.

It's just intolerable, and I hope that you die of necrotizing fasciitis.

Was out in the garage playing with the car when I heard a rather low-drone of an airplane. Walked out thinking it was a 747...but got to see this guy creeping by. I'm guessing he was in the 2k-3k ft altitude range..

http://www.imagelinkers.com/out.php/i59640_IMG8912.jpg

Do you carry a pocket dictionary around? Your command of English vocabulary is above par.

If it helps the math equation at all. I'm buying it for only $5400 with 120k mi on it, still has 30k mi on the battery warranty. My trousers are unfashinable though, I just buy them on sale at Kohls.

I like the Insight. It's a simpler car than the Prius (some would argue that this just means the Prius is a better hybrid, but w/e) and it has looks that those familiar with aerodynamics can appreciate. It's very much a fuel saving tool, where the Prius is a fuel saving fashion statement (IMHO). The Insight is also a favorite of the hypermilers, and with some of their "eco mods" they're recording up to 100 mpg, though this requires some unusual driving techniques.

I'd have an Insight or CRX HF if I didn't need much space, but the VW gets respectable mileage for a wagon.

I work with those bitches. They always seem that they defy the laws of gravity.. its called a C-5.

How badass would a V8 Honda Insight be...

I know a team calling themselves redlight racing stuck a K20 in one. Was like 200ish whp and they still got like 47MPG I think on the hwy. Bisimoto built a FWD all motor drag car with an insight using a F22, and making like 350whp. It ran something like a 9.2xx at 151mhp. With a 0.25 drag coefficient you can do some pretty cool things.

I want to build one that says "fuck you" to everything the insight stands for. V8, Loud as fuck, 15 MPG, and a v-tek sticker on the back

The seats in those are uncomfortable as fuck, IMO.

BTW - if you ever fly in a C17 (Yeah I know that's not a C17), try to snag the seats along the fuselage. The middle rows are just seats bolted to a platform that's slid into the middle of the plane, and they have about 3" of space to slide back and forth.

I get the stay in the crew cabin everytime I fly, since I also help unload the damn thing cause its convienent for them.

The local sports car club president back home brought an Insight to an autox and promptly owned 3/4 of the field of 50. It had slicks (idk what/if any other mods) and the guy is a ridiculously good driver, but it was entertaining nonetheless. Quietest car I've ever seen at an event.

Rum is good.

A FUCKING MEN!



Thought in my case it happens to be long island iced tea.

2-3 shots of 151 and you're good. No chaser. If you need one better be beer!

I love to see a C-5 lumbering overhead, looks like it's not going anywhere near fast enough to stay in the air.

I just sent this to my dad and wife. The story is that she backed the JSW into the edge of the garage and scuffed up the taillight a bit.

"Hi hun and dad,

I was browsing the web earlier and found this picture (attached), and it reminded me: Thanks dad for buffing the damage out of the VW. Hopefully it was as easy to repair as VW says it is ;)

Love you babe :D

Matt"