Dusty Chalk

I have a Cheerwine.

Honestly, I just don't want to contribute to Intel's virtual monopoly.

I disagree -- yeah, sure, if the program knows how to benefit from multiple cores it can do something, but there's something to be said for sheer speed in a couple things I do.

I don't know, AMD has put out some 8 core CPUs that go > 4GHz, I really want to put a build together around one of those.

What it is?

Knights of Sidonia -- hermaphrodites (?word? ...humanoid bipeds with hermaphroditic qualities) that photosynthesize, and the boy who loves them, and the tentacled space alien that attacks them...(shudders)...

He uses JH13ses, anyways.

Yeezh. Glad everything is okay, now, sorry he/you had to go through that (he-that/you-worry).

Food truck Bulgogi and Kimshi == best food truck food I've had since I started working here. "Chitti Chitti Grill"

So true. (Not from my own experience, but from listening to stories my friends tell, and from what I've observed myself even at concerts.)

Weird Al has been dropping a different video every day this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWo8apgLys

Lactaid?

von Karajan's 1963 Beethoven Symphony cycle on CDs and Blu-Ray (6 hours @24/96, I think) next week

As long as it's a non-buzzing refurb, it's still an improvement. But I am one of those people that once I notice a buzz (or a transformer buzz), it'll aggravate me.

Me Must masticate moar mahvelus meet

My Dell never buzzed -- if it's still in warranty, complain. They don't fix it, they just replace it. And if you want to "upgrade", they might even be amenable towards putting the cost of the one you have towards the next one.

Dew et.

Want.

I have to admit, I haven't seen that adjustment in the setup menu of any modern monitor -- only on the old CRTs and perhaps a more recent television, but I wouldn't even swear to that. ^ That fix makes more sense to me.

That's adjustable on some monitors. I think it's called skew or something. (Not RGB skew, though.)

Yeah, the Auria was about the price of that Asus PB278Q, without an adjustable stand, so much better deal. The screen's fine, but the stand is cheap one-piece plastic, and I don't think it came with any of the cables other than the VGA ("really?"). PS I have mine connected to my laptop here at work, so I'm sitting in front of the laptop keyboard, but looking at the monitor. You just inspired me (so as not to get neck pain) to move it to a box behind the laptop so that both screens are in front of me, one above the other, rather than have my head turned to one side all the time. So thanks for that. That said, it sounds like you are the target market for one big one. EDIT: Camelcamelcamel says it's been as low as $390, but more like $470 or $480. (Same product, different Amazon page, therefore different camelcamelcamel tracking page.)

I just picked up an Asus PA248Q (24", 1920x1200) for $330, and it's usually cheaper. I'm very happy with it (after just a couple hours, though), plus it came with every possible necessary cable. I'll check on how glossy it is when I get home. Haven't set up the other one yet. I have definitely swung over to Dan's advice back when I first shopped the 2560 monitor many years ago (he recommended I get several 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 instead of one 2560x1600). The monitor that just died was one of the precursors to the U2713HM, the 3008WFP?. It had a very nice stand, as opposed to this cheap piece of shit that I'm looking at now (Auria) -- which is...fine for the price I paid. In fact, I may steal the stand off of that one and put it on this one for now. My point is, you may want to get a good look at the stand it comes with -- a lot of those are interchangeable. And I'm sorry, but I have zero experience with the Apple Cinema monitors, so take everything I say with a grain of salt.

Exactly (to the latter). It was funny until the money. To the former -- no, at best, it's a way to pre-order cool music or comics with some nice extras and percs.

(wiggles eyebrows suggestively) Sounds like a party!

Lollers @ "a bit overdone".