Posts by briskbison41

Jacob Foster11 said:Here's how it looks:

It’s looking a bit better now 😁
Gives me those old-school vBulletin forum vibes 😁

Eric Hernandez said:What are those little cards in the box supposed to be?

lol
😁 You don't want to know...
😁 Knowing the truth might actually cost you points if you click on that
😬

EDIT: Just noticed your registration date.
I guess that question above was rhetorical after all, lol 😁

Not bad. It turned out pretty well, though there's one catch... you probably won't be able to see half of the usernames now 😁 (mods).

fadedowl said:Yeah, there is... just take this code from Jacob Foster11, paste it into Notepad... then strip out the first curly bracket (and everything before it) along with the very last curly bracket... basically, you want it to look like this

Does this actually produce the same visual result as that Firefox add-on mentioned above?

Jacob Foster11 said:Theoretically, the only people who can read PMs are those with direct access to the server and the database—basically just the sysadmins (and probably Amazon too). You could count those folks on one hand. (And honestly, they actually get paid for their jobs, unlike the regular admins or mods.)

Exactly.
There’s this old vBulletin exploit designed for the 3.x.x versions that grants access to the root accounts.

In my opinion, I don't think a hack like that is even installed on this forum. 🙂

@Raymond Wright & b0xx - I highly doubt it's in the interest of the administrators here to let users peek at messages; if they could even do it, they wouldn't really gain anything from it. 😉
Plus, from what I can tell, I doubt there are any hacks active on this site at all. 😁

dustypuma5 said:How's the current server holding up? It’s hit or miss, honestly—mostly miss lately. Nothing has really changed. If I look back, the one before this was actually the peak performance we saw in the last seven or eight years.

And there's a noticeable difference in power here, too.
The old setup used to buckle the moment we hit 150K users, whereas this one stays steady even at 180K. 🙂

The previous situation felt like trying to cram hundreds of matches into a box designed for only a hundred... eventually, something's gotta snap. 😁

The new album isn't bad.
I’d say these tracks really stand out: Pendulum - The Island Part 1 (Dawn), Pendulum - Witchcraft, Pendulum - The Vulture

👍

Man, seriously... 😬

Okey.. now I’m actually starting to get curious lol.

Kevin Williams56 said:Nah, those "forum veterans" serve a totally different purpose and they aren't retired.

Do you happen to know which one?
It's not public knowledge 😁

Christian Taylor3 said:As far as I can tell, the server was finally upgraded to a more powerful one. 🤷 So what's the issue?

I don't know, it just looks that way from where I'm sitting.
Only the admins could actually give you an answer to that.😁

Jacob Foster11 said:Honestly, I haven't a clue. They’ve been around since before my time on this site. But if I had to guess, they probably retired or moved on a while ago. 🤷

I’m guessing they were those old-school system tech admins or whatever.
Maybe database, forum, or server guys...

dustypuma5 said:Oh yeah, and what's your plan for crowdfunding this site? This forum is actually a profitable little operation. We should be raising money for General Mills or some massive shipyard instead...
I’m not handing over any cash, so why would I...
If they want money, put the whole forum up for auction and we'll just buy the shares. Honestly, I’m still interested in buying out that local utility company, but I don't need a thank-you note for it. 😬

The only thing worth raising money for here would be upgrading to a beefier server.
😬

Christian Taylor3 said:The design might feel dated, but honestly, that’s not even the biggest issue—functionality should always come first. What really trips me up is this other thing: if you're paying for a vBulletin license, why on earth aren't you taking full advantage of everything it offers? Take Reddit, for example. They still struggle with basic stuff like spoilers. Using different font colors to hide text is a solution that died out ages ago, yet people are still stuck dealing with it.

There’s a massive amount of add-ons out there for vBulletin, but here's the thing: the more stuff you start stacking on a forum, the harder it works. You can practically feel the database bloating in real-time, and as those MBs pile up, everything just starts crawling. It gets slower and slower the more you try to beef it up.
As far as I can tell, vBulletin can easily take up several gigabytes of space. Of course, that really comes down to how beefy your server is—the larger the database, the more horsepower you're going to need to keep things running smoothly.
I reckon if you factor in all those extra extensions—including the ones for spoilers and embedded content you were just talking about—you’re looking at a memory footprint of around 100 MB.

When it comes to those embedded videos, it’s pretty obvious why they do it—it’s likely because those threads and their individual pages end up loading way slower as a result.
I know some forums that have really messy settings when it comes to embedded content. It takes way longer for the page to fully load compared to just hitting the URL directly.

By the way, you can see the server is already unstable as it is. If they actually go ahead and start adding those extensions on top of this mess, it’s going to be an absolute disaster. 😁

Jacob Foster11 said:The System Administrator definitely didn't change your handle. It was probably the Mi-24 guy. He's the technical admin, which means he handles all the backend stuff that requires admin privileges—like changing nicknames. As far as I know, the actual admins are Orbis and tbuza, though Orbis is just the hosting provider. Anyway, you can find the full list of admins right here:
Reddit group directory.

I know those three, but does anyone actually know what roles the following admins hold? You know, the ones who picked their handles after characters from Reservoir Dogs. Reservoir Dogs?
I'm just asking this purely for information's sake.

Honestly, those newer ones from overseas don't look all that great to me.

Terry Wilson3 said:Bryan Wood49! I’m not quite sure what you mean—are you asking about the case brand or what?
I can't remember the exact brand of that old one..

briskbison41—at least it keeps things cool.😁
You can check out this link to see the full project; I'll be posting photos of the new setup once I get this motherboard fixed up.
Personally, I'm pretty happy with how the case turned out. It looks way better than when I first picked it up..

Yeah, especially if you've got liquid cooling in the mix too.😁

As for mixing those blue LEDs with the green fans, it actually doesn't look half bad.😉

Btw, how did you pull off those flame effects on the side?
My guess is silver spray paint combined with some stencils and paper.

Terry Wilson3 said:Yeah, I messed up the paint job on the front a bit. I didn't sand it down or hit it with any primer at all.
Since there's a grille on the front panel, you can't really see it anyway.
driftingmarlin70, why do you think it’s because of the bad paint job?
Here’s what it looks like right now:

I wanted to post a "before" photo, but my computer is acting up, so I had to hop on my brother's rig to get this up.
Sorry about the crappy photo quality. My hands were shaking a little while taking it.

Looking at this case, it kind of reminds me of a mix between a fireplace and a water heater.

I'm running a 5.1 speaker setup myself, but I've only got two working right now. Because of that, I definitely need a new sound card that actually supports 5.1 surround sound—and honestly, I think you're in the same boat.
As for that lack of bass, just try installing the audio driver.
If you’ve already got it installed and things still aren't sounding right, try a clean reinstall.

Bryan Wood49 said:I honestly have no clue. I’ve been mulling it over, but if I pull the trigger, I’m going used. Buying new just doesn't make sense right now. But before that happens, I need to grab a better motherboard and finally migrate back over to an Intel build...😁

Looking at these HDD solutions, sure, wrapping them in foam might look okay on paper... but what about the heat buildup?

Even with used gear, you're still gonna have to cough up some decent cash.😁

Which foam are you talking about?

Anthony Smith3 said:Nope... this is the third time. He showed up in the first movie... then again in the third, and now maybe he'll pop up for a third time in the fourth one.☕😁😁

really... 🤦 in the second one, it was Michael Jai White (S. E. T. H.) 😁

Bryan Wood49 said:What can I say? I paid for them $27 (Revoltec).

I got obsessed with building this silent rig,
Here’s what I did:
First off, I swapped out the stock box cooler because it was driving me crazy with noise, especially when those fans ramped up.
I installed a CM TX3 that runs between 500-800 RPM. I also messed with the fan in my generic power supply; I basically rebuilt it. It had this weird fan with three wires plugged into the PSU and two extra wires sticking out that you could plug into the motherboard—never seen anything like it. You could read the speed, but you couldn't actually control it!
So, I cut those wires, grabbed some leads from an old fan, soldered everything together, and now I can actually regulate that fan's speed using Speedfan.
My GPU is a 7600 GS, which is pretty quiet.
The whole setup is honestly dead silent now.
Right now, the loudest thing in the machine is the HDD.
Anyone got any ideas on how to quiet one of those down?
I tried using rubber grommets, but it didn't seem to do much—or maybe I just didn't install them right?

Yep, unfortunately, they don't last very long ://
Mine died after maybe 4 or 5 months, though they're still mounted in the case since I haven't bothered taking them out.
Mine were $33, and most of them are sold in pairs anyway.

Do you happen to know roughly what water cooling kits go for these days?

Nice shots.
The neon layout and color scheme are identical to what I have running in my setup.
The only downside is they don't last very long before burning out.

It’s likely an issue with your audio drivers or maybe just the sound card itself.
Does the audio setup on your new rig actually support 5.1 surround sound?