Christmas Lottery
Originally Posted by Parker1287 View Post
You sure something's just not wrong with your comp?

Right now I'm running a 4 year old laptop in a dual screen setup with 2.0 Ghz dual core processor and INTEGRATED GRAPHICS lol, I can stream video on one screen, and play fullscreen games (low details, but still...) on the other. Something's gotta be wrong with your system, because a 4 (or even 3) core processor should yawn at what you're talking about.

This 3.3 Ghz triple core absolutely wipes the floor with what I have now, and my current (4 year old) setup is running what you're talking about just fine.

I was gonna say that your GPU might be bottlenecking your CPU, but even a weak GPU as you said makes my integrated graphics eat shit. Something definitely sounds wrong though. But all I know is that there's nothing wrong with the setup I'm going with

Probably my slow as ass hard drive then. Iunno, at any rate.

Originally Posted by StellarGod View Post
Mars, how didj you download your Black Ops Tomohawk kill to the computer?

ok, you go to theater in the lobbies
you record a 30 second (or less) clip of what you want
exit, hit the button "render clip"
now this is where it gets tricky,
go to callofduty.com
Register, hit the Theater beta button
there's your vid, it's uploaded to youtube, and you can then use a downloader from there, any questions class?
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Mohandas Gandhi
Originally Posted by StellarGod View Post
Yes... Can you do it for me?
:d
Thanks Homie

./sigh
I could, upload your 30 second clip to your file share, next time I'm on (if I remember) I'll upload it.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Mohandas Gandhi
Fuck it, no one's posting so I'll have a conversation with myself...
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How are you Ryan?

I'm Great Ryan, a little irratated that no one posts in 42

Well that sucks Ryan, anyways how's Claire?

Claire's in one of those moods right now. She thinks that I'm not into her anymore which is completely insane because I love dat ass.

I must say that is a nice ass she has.

What the fuck don't look at her ass you piece of shit, she's mine.

Really? I believe I tapped that a good 100 times...

You're a monster I can't believe you'd say something like that.

I'm a bitch what can I say? It's better being a bitch than an open slut like your girlfriend.

Ok.. Fuck you I'm going to your house to beat your ass.

*Knock* Knock*

Oh shit, he's here!
Last edited by Stellar; Jan 7, 2011 at 04:05 AM. Reason: <24 hour edit/bump
He's finally lost it guys.....

inb4 men in white coats

Well, I've been working on my new computer all day (one of the reasons for no posts) and I am VERY happy to say that I've got everything put together, BIOS configured, and turned my Athlon II X3 into a Phenom II X4

All I have to do is install Windows 7, but I have to wait on an XP disk from Dell and install that first. I have to do it that way since I got a student-only deal on Win7, it's a great deal ($20 for a retail copy) but the only problem is that it's upgrade-only. Meaning an existing Windows license must be present in order for it to install. I'm sure you're all SOOOO interested in this lol, but shutup-a-you-face, I'm excited about it.

Max settings Crysis (& etc) here I come
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Originally Posted by DoubleG View Post
I have no real reason to post this message.

But, how do boomerangs work?

Aerodynamics and weight properties, it's why boomerangs are a special shape and generally size.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Mohandas Gandhi
My guess:

A boomerang's shape is similar to a plane's wing: an airfoil

As you know, an airfoil is shaped such that air travels faster over the foil than below it. This generates a high pressure system below the foil (due to relatively slow air movement) and a low pressure system above the foil (due to relatively fast air movement). The result is a net force pointing from the bottom of the foil to the top. I won't say "up" because if the foil is upside down then the net force is pointing down.

If a constant force is applied to an object, it will accelerate at a constant rate (Newton's second law). Therefore, the foil will constantly accelerate in the direction of its top side. If gravity were not present, then planes would constantly accelerate into the sky.

A boomerang is thrown at approximately a 45 degree angle, the reason for this is the following: If it were thrown at a 90 degree angle (vertically), then it would have lift only in the horizontal direction and would plummet to the ground with an acceleration of 9.8m/s^2. If it were thrown at a 0 degree angle (horizontal), it would have lift only in the vertical direction and rise up into the air, but never return to the thrower. A 45 degree angle provides a lift force in both the horizontal and vertical axis, allowing the boomerang to maintain its altitude while also accelerating in the horizontal direction (Note: circular motion at a constant angular velocity does not mean the object has a constant velocity, it is constantly accelerating towards the center of its circular path). My guess is that this horizontal lift force is how the boomerang is able to return to the thrower. However, I have no idea what mechanics induce a change in the pitch (the nose of an aircraft raising or lowering) which allows that force to point to the center of a circular path. Based on my explanation, the boomerang would point in the same direction the whole time and simply accelerate to the left (for a right handed thrower)

All a guess though
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