Posts by Chris Robinson25

So, we’re looking at 4:00 PM tomorrow for the big kickoff? 🙂

Man, there are so many of you guys here. 😬 I seriously can't wait. 🙂

I'm down for some pool and beer.

M, 22, NYC.

Alright, I'll give it a shot. 😉 I'm honestly pretty curious to see how this plays out. 😁

Anyone there? 😢 I’m honestly stuck in a bit of a bind here. 😢

Hope these prices look alright. I could really use some help figuring out what to ask for my hard drives, since I honestly have no clue what they're worth lately.

A buddy of mine tried running Project CARS on an Intel Core 2 Quad clocked at 3.0 GHz with a GTX 260, and let's just say it wasn't exactly a smooth ride. I haven't tested it on my own setup—an Intel Pentium G1840 paired with a standard GTX 260—but I doubt I'd see much of an improvement. Don't let anyone fool you; Project CARS isn't some lightweight Tetris clone like you might think. 😉

Honestly, I don't really care who shows up... grabbing coffee with a buddy sounds like a solid plan to me. 😬 😉

When was the last time you guys went? 😬

I just want to know if my PC would start acting up if I go over the 3 GB file size limit. That's really my only concern here.

EDIT:

To give you the full picture, I’ve got three hard drives. One is still under warranty, and the other two are old relics from over five years ago. Here's the deal: I could sell the two old drives plus 4 GB of RAM to fund an upgrade to 8 GB. But there's a catch—if that one drive under warranty dies, I lose all my backups. What would you guys do if you were in my shoes?

The folks over on the bug forum aren't exactly chatty. Anyway, I’m using my PC to record gameplay through emulators—specifically running stuff on Visual Basic for Applications, Bloomberg, and a PlayStation 2 emulator. The games are about 400MB, the emulators take up maybe 10MB, so everything should sit around 500MB total. The headache is that when I actually start recording, the files balloon up to 2GB easily. So, here's my question: if I push it to 4GB files, is my computer going to start choking? Also, do I really need 8GB of RAM, or is 4GB enough to get by?

Haas is looking pretty sharp this year... I think I’m actually going to pull for Groznan this season. 😁

Project CARS is a beast of a game. It’s probably going to struggle on an Intel Core 2 Quad, honestly. Everything else should run just fine though. 😉

I can make it to the main office by 4:00 PM. I've got a group meeting from 1:00 to 3:00, so 4:00 works best for me. Let's see if everyone else is on board. 😉

Anyone up for coffee this Tuesday (March 1st)? It's been way too long since I've seen you guys, so...

Benjamin Wood5 said:You basically have your own specific struggle here.
And you want to carry that weight around for the rest of your life.
Because, plain and simple, you don't actually want a "normal," healthy life.

You aren't even trying to fix the root cause of any of this.

So, what's the end goal here?

Unfortunately, I’m just hungry for success. I want to live the kind of life I've always dreamed about.

Jonathan Hayes said:Why not? There are plenty of girls—myself included—who aren't really looking for the "standard" guy. We actually prefer someone who doesn't quite fit the mold... someone with a little quirk or a weird personality trait that sets them apart. Of course, if you're looking at something long-term, you just want to make sure that little flaw isn't something that makes living with them a total nightmare 🙂

I don't know what to do. I have this feeling she's just my type and we’d probably click perfectly, but I really don't want to hurt anyone. Then again, if I don't go for it, I'll just spend the rest of my life wondering, "What if?" Anyway, I'm still a mess. 😬

Jonathan Hayes said:Under B 🙂
Being a "weirdo," or just being unconventional and different... that isn't a mental disorder. Honestly, for some people, it might even be considered a charming or desirable trait...

So, what you're saying is I've actually got a shot if I go for it. Awesome. 😬

So where does that leave the depressed folks who are actually making killer progress, even if they’re still total weirdos? 😬

Steven Walker5 said:I find it difficult to even define what people mean when they talk about "searching for a normal person." What does that actually entail? Are you just wandering around looking for someone exceptionally emotionally stable because it’s supposedly better for you? 🙂
The reality is, you probably won't find them—mostly because there won't be that mutual spark or attraction to pull you together in the first place.

In my experience, you tend to gravitate toward someone with a similar level of emotional stability at any given stage of life; essentially, people act as mirrors to your own personality.
It might not be obvious right away—sometimes it's something buried deep within you—and from a distance, it might even look like the opposite, but I'm fairly certain that's how it works.

This is especially true with people dealing with emotional struggles; partners often end up trying to "fix" one another, attempting to patch up each other's flaws. It becomes this transactional dynamic—a sort of "you provide this, and I'll provide that" setup. 😁

However, I believe the foundation for a truly "healthy" relationship requires that neither person is looking to fill a void or merge their identity into the other. For a relationship to work properly, two fully realized, stable individuals need to enter it without being codependent.
And let's be clear—relationships can certainly exist without those conditions being met, but the question is really about how much emotional chaos you're willing to endure.

"We accept the love we think we deserve."