The "New Toys" Thread - Page 273

KaJuN · June 25th, 2008, 11:43 PM

I got tired of using my laptop's touchpad plus it was starting to make my wrist hurt so I picked this up:

http://pic.phyrefile.com/a/an/anonymous/2008/06/25/Picture_013.jpg

I had never considered or even tried a trackball at first so I was a little hesitant. But once I got to thinking about it the concept made sense. So far I absolutely love it! No more cramped touchpad fingers or pushing an ordinary mouse all over the desk. Navigating across the screen is easy with just a flick of the ball. Using my thumb to left click seems a lot easier than using my index finger. My favorite feature is the scroll button because it allows for a scrolling cruise control. The whole thing works great with FireGestures.

Viper007Bond · June 26th, 2008, 01:13 AM

I guess it wouldn't be too bad for surfing or whatever, but I don't get the people who play video games with a trackball.

KaJuN · June 26th, 2008, 01:32 AM

Hmm I had never thought of using it for gaming thanks to my slow old laptop but I think it would be rather good for shooters. If you use all four fingertips it's very easy to move the cursor around smoothly and quickly. I always sucked at using a normal mouse because I could never get any precision to aim my shots.

Viper007Bond · June 26th, 2008, 01:37 AM

That's exactly my point -- using such a small thing for fine precision doesn't seem it'd work well.

With my mouse, I have like a full 12 inches, if not more, of horizontal width to fling my mouse around. Combine that with low sensitivity and I can fling my mouse and then make a minor correction to be right on the target. The accuracy comes from a large real life movement translating to a minor ingame one.

KaJuN · June 26th, 2008, 01:47 AM

Ah maybe that's what my problem always was. I never had enough space to move the mouse around a whole lot. Of course that's also one of the benefits of the trackball. I can flick the cursor around all over the screen and the device itself stays put. I wish I had a machine that could run games so I could test out this theory. images/smilies/sad.gif

Viper007Bond · June 26th, 2008, 02:00 AM

Usually I'm only within about 6 inches though. It's just when I have to spin around do I need to pick up my mouse a few times.

cvrefugee · June 26th, 2008, 03:34 AM

Are we talking about penises?

La Chaton · June 26th, 2008, 05:30 AM

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Hidden_Hunter
any good?

My dad's on verizon in the US and can get a new phone (which he said he'd give to me because he just needs the plan), he doesn't want to change providors (I could probably force him anyway )

So is it any good?

Why not wait for the LG Dare?

Yeah, I think it's great, really easy to use and everything, especially the HTML web browsing, but it is a bit on the big side and I worry about damaging the touch screen if I put it in a pocket.
But, seeing as how you dad can't get a new phone for a while he probably could just wait for the Dare, it looks pretty good.

Solberg · June 26th, 2008, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazyjeeper

Except the ones that were made with a 2 wire fan connection. Here is a pic of the old heat sink with the non variable fan.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7636/dscf0106da8.th.jpg

I'm going to be replacing my card very soon. How can I know if my new card has a variable fan?

toma_alimosh · June 26th, 2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by cvrefugee

Are we talking about penises?

No, that's in the "Stuff you need pumps for" thread. images/smilies/tongue.gif

carbon dioxide · June 26th, 2008, 01:45 PM

First time for me to post on this thread.. images/smilies/smile.gif

Yesterday I got this:

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/mim.php/prodid/4840/vid/0/angleid/7/resid/2

It's a Lenovo L220X 22" which has a S-PVA panel (with 1920x1200 resolution) instead of the more typical TN. So it clearly has better colours and viewing angles but still it doesn't cost a fortune. Compared to my old Samsung 17" TFT TN panel the difference is huge images/smilies/cool.gif

. Some people hate its looks but I like it since it doesn't look like something that was designed for 8 year olds images/smilies/tongue.gif

.

Also got this:

http://www.tech2.com/media/images/2007/Jul/img_14312_logitech-wave.jpg

Shadowness · June 26th, 2008, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

I guess it wouldn't be too bad for surfing or whatever, but I don't get the people who play video games with a trackball.

I love it! I find it much better than a normal mouse. I find the precision is much more reliable, but then I havent used a raelly high spec gaming mouse.

poptya · June 26th, 2008, 06:16 PM

My new Kershaw Leek got here today images/smilies/happy.gif

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8199/myleekly4.jpg

Speedtouch · June 26th, 2008, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by carbon dioxide

Also got this:

*High Five!*

Its a great keyboard, and once you get used to it, it is so much easier to touch type than an older, flatter keyboard. Great piece of kit that. Although I don't like the mouse that came with it - I have an MX1000 instead.

Solberg · June 26th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Speedtouch I'm using the same combo as you!

A MX1000 mouse and a Logitech Wave keyboard images/smilies/smile.gif

ahpadt · June 26th, 2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by poptya

My new Kershaw Leek got here today images/smilies/happy.gif

Sorry, but.... knife....toy....?

XeroState · June 27th, 2008, 02:12 AM

http://www.d3stores.com/ruddos/img/productImages/Nike%20-%20Sumo2.jpg

Got myself a new Nike SQ Sumo2 on a wicked sale [500 regular, 175 on sale..lol]. And yes it has the USGA approval mark on it [some in the first batch had faults in them making them fail the tests, new ones have a mark saying that they have been approved].

I must say, I wasn't expecting a club to make a huge difference and really I didn't gain much distance [maybe 5-10 yards on average with the full connects going about 20-30 longer] but rather than being 40-60yrds off the right nearly every drive its on the fairway nearly 90% of the time [same swing].. and the sound.. well now I know why reviewers where either on the "its too loud and annoying" or "signature sound that all clubs should have" bandwagon.. haha I should say that my now old driver is 8yrs old and was in a 12-piece set for a total of like 200 bucks.. so yah, it was junk

And hey, there is tons of R&D and technology in golf clubs.. so yah.....

Hidden_Hunter · June 27th, 2008, 02:15 AM

how do you find the nike clubs, my brother has a set of pings that are very nice

KaJuN · June 27th, 2008, 02:31 AM

The kind of golf ball you use makes a big difference too. For the longest time I used some chap Top Flite and it was anybody's guess where the ball would end up. I've recently switched to Callaway three piece balls and man I love them! I can hit nice controlled draws all day without even trying. They feel much better coming off the club, not like the rock-like feel of cheap balls. Best of all I have a pretty good idea where the ball is going to end up.

Is it just me or are drivers getting ridiculously big? Pretty soon you'll need a separate bag so you have room for your other clubs.

June 25th, 2008, 11:43 PM	#5441
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	I got tired of using my laptop's touchpad plus it was starting to make my wrist hurt so I picked this up: I had never considered or even tried a trackball at first so I was a little hesitant. But once I got to thinking about it the concept made sense. So far I absolutely love it! No more cramped touchpad fingers or pushing an ordinary mouse all over the desk. Navigating across the screen is easy with just a flick of the ball. Using my thumb to left click seems a lot easier than using my index finger. My favorite feature is the scroll button because it allows for a scrolling cruise control. The whole thing works great with FireGestures. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

June 26th, 2008, 01:13 AM	#5442
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	I guess it wouldn't be too bad for surfing or whatever, but I don't get the people who play video games with a trackball. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

June 26th, 2008, 01:32 AM	#5443
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	Hmm I had never thought of using it for gaming thanks to my slow old laptop but I think it would be rather good for shooters. If you use all four fingertips it's very easy to move the cursor around smoothly and quickly. I always sucked at using a normal mouse because I could never get any precision to aim my shots. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

June 26th, 2008, 01:37 AM	#5444
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	That's exactly my point -- using such a small thing for fine precision doesn't seem it'd work well. With my mouse, I have like a full 12 inches, if not more, of horizontal width to fling my mouse around. Combine that with low sensitivity and I can fling my mouse and then make a minor correction to be right on the target. The accuracy comes from a large real life movement translating to a minor ingame one. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

June 26th, 2008, 01:47 AM	#5445
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	Ah maybe that's what my problem always was. I never had enough space to move the mouse around a whole lot. Of course that's also one of the benefits of the trackball. I can flick the cursor around all over the screen and the device itself stays put. I wish I had a machine that could run games so I could test out this theory. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

June 26th, 2008, 02:00 AM	#5446
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	Usually I'm only within about 6 inches though. It's just when I have to spin around do I need to pick up my mouse a few times. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

June 26th, 2008, 03:34 AM	#5447
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 02:15 AM Location: Corona, CA Age: 28 Posts: 3,450 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 60	Are we talking about penises?

June 26th, 2008, 01:45 PM	#5451
carbon dioxide Joined: Apr 25th, 2006 Last Online: September 13th, 2008 Location: Finland Age: 21 Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	First time for me to post on this thread.. Yesterday I got this: It's a Lenovo L220X 22" which has a S-PVA panel (with 1920x1200 resolution) instead of the more typical TN. So it clearly has better colours and viewing angles but still it doesn't cost a fortune. Compared to my old Samsung 17" TFT TN panel the difference is huge . Some people hate its looks but I like it since it doesn't look like something that was designed for 8 year olds . Also got this:

June 26th, 2008, 06:16 PM	#5453
poptya Joined: Dec 27th, 2006 Last Online: December 17th, 2008 Location: California Posts: 331 Rep Power: 11	My new Kershaw Leek got here today

June 26th, 2008, 07:02 PM	#5455
Solberg Joined: Apr 24th, 2008 Last Online: 12:01 AM Posts: 1,161 Rep Power: 23	Speedtouch I'm using the same combo as you! A MX1000 mouse and a Logitech Wave keyboard __________________

June 27th, 2008, 02:12 AM	#5457
XeroState Joined: Feb 19th, 2007 Last Online: 03:03 AM Location: Regina, SK, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 116 Car: 2004 Saturn ION Redline Rep Power: 9	Got myself a new Nike SQ Sumo2 on a wicked sale [500 regular, 175 on sale..lol]. And yes it has the USGA approval mark on it [some in the first batch had faults in them making them fail the tests, new ones have a mark saying that they have been approved]. I must say, I wasn't expecting a club to make a huge difference and really I didn't gain much distance [maybe 5-10 yards on average with the full connects going about 20-30 longer] but rather than being 40-60yrds off the right nearly every drive its on the fairway nearly 90% of the time [same swing].. and the sound.. well now I know why reviewers where either on the "its too loud and annoying" or "signature sound that all clubs should have" bandwagon.. haha I should say that my now old driver is 8yrs old and was in a 12-piece set for a total of like 200 bucks.. so yah, it was junk And hey, there is tons of R&D and technology in golf clubs.. so yah..... __________________ 2004 Electric Blue ION Red Line 1 of 783 -- 1 of ~660 Canadian Red Lines -- 1 of 292 Canadian '04 Red Lines PC: NZXT Apollo Case - nVidia nForce 780i SLI A1 - Intel Q6600 - eVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS Crysis Edition - Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - OCZ GameXStream 700W - Thermalright ULTIMA-90 - Seagate 7200.10 & 7200.11 - LG G-H20L-S10 Camera: Nikon D60 Body - Nikkor 18-55mm - Nikkor 55-200mm - Hoya 52mm CP

June 27th, 2008, 02:15 AM	#5458
Hidden_Hunter D: Joined: Oct 7th, 2006 Last Online: 03:24 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 4,500 Car: '08 Honda Accord Euro Rep Power: 49	how do you find the nike clubs, my brother has a set of pings that are very nice __________________ My car is dark grey not black!

June 27th, 2008, 02:31 AM	#5459
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	The kind of golf ball you use makes a big difference too. For the longest time I used some chap Top Flite and it was anybody's guess where the ball would end up. I've recently switched to Callaway three piece balls and man I love them! I can hit nice controlled draws all day without even trying. They feel much better coming off the club, not like the rock-like feel of cheap balls. Best of all I have a pretty good idea where the ball is going to end up. Is it just me or are drivers getting ridiculously big? Pretty soon you'll need a separate bag so you have room for your other clubs. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!