Off Topic Discussion Thread

Furious-Red · 20-11-2018 9:47pm

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

I believe this could be illegal. Worth looking into.

Yea i always thought the same

CastorTroy · 20-11-2018 9:49pm

Congrats sky on the new job, but also the even greater honour of making it into the thread title.

Pentecost · 20-11-2018 11:50pm

Kill his entire family, he won't do it again.

Or use his work email to sign him up for dubious websites. But do it from an internet café..

PTH2009 · 22-11-2018 2:29pm

Surprised human rights etc groups have not come out and complained about the 'Black Friday' name as it could be considered racist and not very PC ha

Nerdkiller1991 · 22-11-2018 5:47pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Surprised human rights etc groups have not come out and complained about the 'Black Friday' name as it could be considered racist and not very PC ha

I'm more annoyed with it being another Yank export with a dumb name. I mean, Black Friday? Why does it have to sound like the name of a tragic event? At least I see the likes of Currys going with a "Black Tag" event. Especially considering this whole nonsense lasts way beyond a Friday.

Agent Coulson · 22-11-2018 6:22pm

Most Black Friday 'deals' cheaper at other times, says Which?

Consumer group Which? tracked the prices of 94 popular products, including TVs, cameras and fitness trackers, on offer over Black Friday 2017 from six months before until six months afterwards. It found 87% of the items were cheaper at other times of year and nearly half were cheaper in the six months after Black Friday.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/20/black-friday-cheaper-which-best-bargains

JP Liz V1 · 29-11-2018 5:39pm

I'm going be broke, so many concert tickets on sale before Christmas

and Irish prices pretty high

PTH2009 · 29-11-2018 6:41pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I'm going be broke, so many concert tickets on sale before Christmas and Irish prices pretty high

knw the feeling bought so many concert tickets for 2019 the last few weeks. Metallica in Slane, Eagles in 3arena, Bon Jovi and Foos in the RDS. Really hate how they put all the tickets out around the same time and then some shows clash :mad::mad:

Started my ECDL opptional module exams today and passed Online Collerbartion but failed Image Editing, ****ing GIMP

:D. Have the Standard ECDL award since 2 weeks ago. Starting Web Editing Module soon

Angron · 29-11-2018 7:30pm

I'm generally lucky enough that the shows I go to aren't that expensive.

PTH2009 · 01-12-2018 2:22am

December already where is the time going

nazmoalex · 01-12-2018 5:18pm

As a casual boxing fan, really looking forward to watching the Wilder vs Fury fight tonight/tomorrow morning.
Would love to see Fury winning, with all the sh¡t he's taken over his mental health issues and subsequent weight problems, it'd be great to see him silence the critics and haters.
Wilder seems to be the real deal though, he has crazy power in his punches. Gonna be good to see how the fight plays out.

Agent Coulson · 02-12-2018 8:33am

https://twitter.com/squadxtra/status/1069120303253676033

PTH2009 · 03-12-2018 12:59pm

question for all the tech heads

A pop up has started showing up on my laptop saying 'your windows account is about to expire soon' ??

i bought this laptop with Windows 10 home edition installed in Aug 2017 and ill be pissed off if i have too pay to continue using windows. Never any mention of a limtied windows licence

gerrybbadd · 03-12-2018 1:03pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

question for all the tech heads

A pop up has started showing up on my laptop saying 'your windows account is about to expire soon' ??

i bought this laptop with Windows 10 home edition installed in Aug 2017 and ill be pissed off if i have too pay to continue using windows. Never any mention of a limtied windows licence

There should be a windows key in the documentation that came with the laptop.

Lithium93_ · 03-12-2018 5:49pm

Captain Marvel trailer coming tomorrow morning, and the Avengers 4 trailer on Wednesday..

PTH2009 · 08-12-2018 7:45pm

This day 38 years ago the music world was shocked when Beatle John Lennon was gunned down outside his New York apartment

Lithium93_ · 08-12-2018 7:49pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

This day 38 years ago the music world was shocked when Beatle John Lennon was gunned down outside his New York apartment

14 years ago, Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was gunned down on stage while playing with his other band Damageplan in Columbus, Ohio.

Also Corey Taylor's birthday today.

PTH2009 · 14-12-2018 12:09am

You know it's Christmas when the darts start

Great opening night. The female player really put it up to the guy she played. Cross started off slow but came into the game too win it well.

diusmr8a504cvk · 14-12-2018 12:57am

PTH2009 wrote: »

The female player really put it up to the guy she played.

Wait, what? Did this happen tonight?

PTH2009 · 14-12-2018 1:00am

Uriah Beautiful Self-denial wrote: »

Wait, what? Did this happen tonight?

Yeah Lisa Aston played tonight, beaten 3-1 but played very well.

https://www.facebook.com/147101415337274/posts/1997394100307987/

PTH2009 · 15-12-2018 12:47pm

https://open.spotify.com/album/56XBq3OEHjGziPzt0RbdG3?si=P6sq__apQYWqTTn2nTYAew

Check this out

Imo Sounds identical too another hard rock legendary band

PTH2009 · 17-12-2018 7:45pm

Why the **** did u just buy a classic PlayStation lol

Needed a tech fix for Xmas I suppose. Nothing beats classic gaming with simple controls

CastorTroy · 17-12-2018 9:21pm

SNES and NES Classic mini? Since they can be hacked and are being supposedly discontinued.

Loughc · 17-12-2018 9:59pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

SNES and NES Classic mini? Since they can be hacked and are being supposedly discontinued.

I got a SNES mini. They can be hacked now?

CastorTroy · 17-12-2018 10:18pm

Hackable pretty much since day 1. Haven't done it myself but the solution is out there.

gerrybbadd · 18-12-2018 1:00pm

Mourinho gone - no big surprise there!

LAds, re: Retro consoles etc. Anyone considered the Raspberry Pie?

It's as easy as, well, pie to set one up, and you then have multiple systems at your disposal, for cheaper than the cost of one of these retro mini consoles.

If anyone would like to know more about these, shoot me a PM. - Should mention, i'm not selling anything here either!

jaykhunter · 18-12-2018 1:19pm

Gerry this kind of thing would interest me, are there any youtube vids on setting it up would ya recommend/creators you like? I saw LGR had one for a better PS1 emulator

gerrybbadd · 18-12-2018 1:24pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Gerry this kind of thing would interest me, are there any youtube vids on setting it up would ya recommend/creators you like? I saw LGR had one for a better PS1 emulator

I'll shoot ya a PM dude

diusmr8a504cvk · 18-12-2018 4:00pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

LAds, re: Retro consoles etc. Anyone considered the Raspberry Pie?

It's as easy as, well, pie to set one up, and you then have multiple systems at your disposal, for cheaper than the cost of one of these retro mini consoles.

If anyone would like to know more about these, shoot me a PM. - Should mention, i'm not selling anything here either!

Friend of mine has it alright. How much altogether?

gerrybbadd · 18-12-2018 6:53pm

Uriah Beautiful Self-denial wrote: »

Friend of mine has it alright. How much altogether?

The Pie itself is about 35 quid (UK money, so what, €40?)

You'll need an SD card (though i think the Pie might ship with one in the box, it's a Micro SD you'll need). Think we all have some form of a Micro SD card lying around.

A power cable (your phone charger will work, it's the Micro USB - I've powered my Pie using a USB cable ran from the USB port on the TV).

Joypads - you'll get these cheap enough online, even your PS4 pad will work over bluetooth. Think i got 2 SNES style USB pads for £12 or that.

If you wanted a case for the Pie, another €10 or so would cover it, but this is not necessary at all.

PTH2009 · 18-12-2018 9:07pm

Learning how too crack the ps classic but can't locate where to get the game files ?

JP Liz V1 · 19-12-2018 12:04am

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer back at ManU as interim boss

johnnyryan89 · 19-12-2018 2:28am

gerrybbadd wrote: »

The Pie itself is about 35 quid (UK money, so what, €40?)

You'll need an SD card (though i think the Pie might ship with one in the box, it's a Micro SD you'll need). Think we all have some form of a Micro SD card lying around.

A power cable (your phone charger will work, it's the Micro USB - I've powered my Pie using a USB cable ran from the USB port on the TV).

Joypads - you'll get these cheap enough online, even your PS4 pad will work over bluetooth. Think i got 2 SNES style USB pads for £12 or that.

If you wanted a case for the Pie, another €10 or so would cover it, but this is not necessary at all.

How easy is this thing to rig up Gerry, would somebody who knows **** all about it but with instructions do it easily enough. See them being sold already rigged up, x2 SNES replica controllers and with 11,000 per loaded games for about €140.

gerrybbadd · 19-12-2018 10:44am

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

How easy is this thing to rig up Gerry, would somebody who knows **** all about it but with instructions do it easily enough. See them being sold already rigged up, x2 SNES replica controllers and with 11,000 per loaded games for about €140.

It's very easy dude.

It's a matter of putting a file on the SD Card and putting the card into the Pie.

johnnyryan89 · 19-12-2018 6:14pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

It's very easy dude.

It's a matter of putting a file on the SD Card and putting the card into the Pie.

There a certain site where you download the games for it?

diusmr8a504cvk · 20-12-2018 11:46pm

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

There a certain site where you download the games for it?

Download game ROMs, I remember CoolRom.com was one.

Sorry to wreck your head Gerry, is there any tutorial video that you could personally recommend? Also, if you were to get a PS2 emulator on it could you then mod it?

Also, which particular Pi?

gerrybbadd · 21-12-2018 11:35am

Uriah Beautiful Self-denial wrote: »

Download game ROMs, I remember CoolRom.com was one.

Sorry to wreck your head Gerry, is there any tutorial video that you could personally recommend? Also, if you were to get a PS2 emulator on it could you then mod it?

Also, which particular Pi?

The Pie 3 is the best one available lads.

I've no one particular video, they're fairly easy to find on youtube anyhow.

I won't discuss where to get ROMS (bannable offence!), so Google is your friend.

What i will say is, if you get a build, the ROMs etc are usually included in that

JP Liz V1 · 22-12-2018 11:39pm

Bounty Hunter · 23-12-2018 12:51pm

Never fully feels like Christmas here in fact I am busier than usual because where I work has Christmas performances etc and I am working tomorrow and Tuesday but... Merry Christmas everyone! hope you all have a great one and Santi brings you all something special this year.