cbo_and21
Member
Hi Everybody,
Just checking in, as this is the place where you're supposed to introduce yourself. I've posted about 8 times before this one, but figured I might as well do a formal one.
I just got broadband this school year at my University - wow, computers are so much different (*quote* Homer: "They have the internet on computers now a days?) with some true bandwidth. I shall hopefully never return to the dark ages of 56k.
Right, I'm going to school in Vancouver, and will be headed back home soon for the summer. Four friends and I are taking an ML350 (belongs to a rich kid from Singapore...I'm praying for no arrests) back to my place (Colorado) at the end of the year...as the signature already told you. I will be attending the University of Colorado at Boulder next year.
I've been into cars for about 5 years now - my asian friends in high school got me started...never looked back since. Favorite cars / dream cars are Audi's - particulary the B5 S4 (which I have been close to buying...long story)....and am quite excited about the new B7 platform - especially the new RS4. I've seen all the pics. I know most of the specs for all the modern cars...and all the records and stuff..."the essentials"
I love and adore the speed channel...especially the ALMS stuff. My dorm wall has a Zonda (v12 AMG engine), F50 ( 4.7L V12) , an NSX (V6 por supuesto), a 360 Modena (3.6L V8 ) and the oh so miraculous McLaren F1 (one of the best engines ever....BMW 6L V12). Just demonstrating my random engine displacement knowledge 8) .
This summer should be great. 1) No physics classes. 2) Am going to rebuild a car and sell it (got approval from parents, any suggestions on what to get?). 3) Am going to get a new car for myself (thinking Focus SVT, perhaps something cheaper, again...any suggestions???...I won't buy w/o consulting you guys first). 4) Hopefully going to get a good wireless line to my house with some good bandwidth.
I'm also big into computers...I think I've learned more about computers at University (UBC) than Engineering. Mostly this is due to friends on the floor being big into comp. sci and the open source craze. I have Ubuntu Linux (Hoary beta...in case you care) on a 5 gig partition on my otherwise XP Pro laptop. I've been trying to make the switch to Linux in my spare time, but haven't had much lately. We'll see how it goes during the summer. I'll probably stay with the horror of windows for a while longer, and just run small versions of linux on old PC's where I'm going to serve crap and let bittorrent run.
I'm also big into xbox modding..well...to be honest I have simply researched everything related to xbox modding here at school....I will actually do it when I get home. I'm mainly intersted in the XBMC stuff...so I can watch my JC on my TV...how great would that be! Anyway, if anybody needs a contact in this area...let me know!
I have a 250GB external hard disk that I repeatedly have to clean out (bandwidth addiction...university doesn't have transfer limits...yet!)...and currently have ~55GB of car videos...including a nice archive of all the racingflix.com stuff as a couple weeks ago. Check out my (first?) post in the "Video Offers" section titled "Racingflix.com". I've also posted a couple other places.
I first found out about Top Gear / Fifth Gear just browing the internet at the beginning of the school year through Viper's original website. I downlaoded everything (and loved everything) from bittorrent and have been looking for TG/FG ever since.
I'm currently talking to hokiethang about putting some of my videos up on his FTP for everybody to get...we'll hopefully get that ironed out soon. I also have a file list of all my videos...with sizes and extensions and stuff. After the 2005 Pacific Intl. Auto Show next weekend...I will put up a web server (run off my comp) with all the pictures and my file list of videos. We'll see how my computer and the uni's bandwidth can handle it! I have a dynamic dns account set up for my http server...so when I go back for the summer the link won't change... details later.
Anyway...wow that was a long post. Sorry. I originally just wanted to get some FTP access on this site by posting...but I can see that this place is much better than I was expecting...so I plan to stay!!
I look forward to being a part of FinalGear and having an outlet for my automative madness - see you all around!
Just checking in, as this is the place where you're supposed to introduce yourself. I've posted about 8 times before this one, but figured I might as well do a formal one.
I just got broadband this school year at my University - wow, computers are so much different (*quote* Homer: "They have the internet on computers now a days?) with some true bandwidth. I shall hopefully never return to the dark ages of 56k.
Right, I'm going to school in Vancouver, and will be headed back home soon for the summer. Four friends and I are taking an ML350 (belongs to a rich kid from Singapore...I'm praying for no arrests) back to my place (Colorado) at the end of the year...as the signature already told you. I will be attending the University of Colorado at Boulder next year.
I've been into cars for about 5 years now - my asian friends in high school got me started...never looked back since. Favorite cars / dream cars are Audi's - particulary the B5 S4 (which I have been close to buying...long story)....and am quite excited about the new B7 platform - especially the new RS4. I've seen all the pics. I know most of the specs for all the modern cars...and all the records and stuff..."the essentials"
I love and adore the speed channel...especially the ALMS stuff. My dorm wall has a Zonda (v12 AMG engine), F50 ( 4.7L V12) , an NSX (V6 por supuesto), a 360 Modena (3.6L V8 ) and the oh so miraculous McLaren F1 (one of the best engines ever....BMW 6L V12). Just demonstrating my random engine displacement knowledge 8) .This summer should be great. 1) No physics classes. 2) Am going to rebuild a car and sell it (got approval from parents, any suggestions on what to get?). 3) Am going to get a new car for myself (thinking Focus SVT, perhaps something cheaper, again...any suggestions???...I won't buy w/o consulting you guys first). 4) Hopefully going to get a good wireless line to my house with some good bandwidth.
I'm also big into computers...I think I've learned more about computers at University (UBC) than Engineering. Mostly this is due to friends on the floor being big into comp. sci and the open source craze. I have Ubuntu Linux (Hoary beta...in case you care) on a 5 gig partition on my otherwise XP Pro laptop. I've been trying to make the switch to Linux in my spare time, but haven't had much lately. We'll see how it goes during the summer. I'll probably stay with the horror of windows for a while longer, and just run small versions of linux on old PC's where I'm going to serve crap and let bittorrent run.
I'm also big into xbox modding..well...to be honest I have simply researched everything related to xbox modding here at school....I will actually do it when I get home. I'm mainly intersted in the XBMC stuff...so I can watch my JC on my TV...how great would that be! Anyway, if anybody needs a contact in this area...let me know!
I have a 250GB external hard disk that I repeatedly have to clean out (bandwidth addiction...university doesn't have transfer limits...yet!)...and currently have ~55GB of car videos...including a nice archive of all the racingflix.com stuff as a couple weeks ago. Check out my (first?) post in the "Video Offers" section titled "Racingflix.com". I've also posted a couple other places.
I first found out about Top Gear / Fifth Gear just browing the internet at the beginning of the school year through Viper's original website. I downlaoded everything (and loved everything) from bittorrent and have been looking for TG/FG ever since.
I'm currently talking to hokiethang about putting some of my videos up on his FTP for everybody to get...we'll hopefully get that ironed out soon. I also have a file list of all my videos...with sizes and extensions and stuff. After the 2005 Pacific Intl. Auto Show next weekend...I will put up a web server (run off my comp) with all the pictures and my file list of videos. We'll see how my computer and the uni's bandwidth can handle it! I have a dynamic dns account set up for my http server...so when I go back for the summer the link won't change... details later.
Anyway...wow that was a long post. Sorry. I originally just wanted to get some FTP access on this site by posting...but I can see that this place is much better than I was expecting...so I plan to stay!!
I look forward to being a part of FinalGear and having an outlet for my automative madness - see you all around!
I think i better leave it this way..no one will be intresting in reading my whole biography. 
