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[TdC]

the king is dead. long live the king!

 

[Ch3tan]

Crap place to put it, and rubbish pictures.this thread is for awesomeness, be more awesome.

 

[caLLous]

I know those are cupboards above the sink but it looks like you live in a house for small folk.

 

[Raven]

My coffee machine is really irritating, the bit with the nozzles has a cover which means my favourite coffee mug doesn't fit. I have to make it in one cup then pour it into another...and the milk frother/heater is a pain in the arse to clean.

 

[DaGaffer]

the king is dead. long live the king!

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I find that machine faintly sinister. Its like it ate the old one and is coming for me with steamy tentacles and dials for eyes.

Edit. I'm reminded of Roberto:

 

[Fweddy]

My Rift has arrived but the only computers in the office that will run it are mission critical and apparently that's more important than me testing out my new toy :'(

 

[caLLous]

Jesus. What sort of animals do you work for?!

 

[dysfunction]

I have a Bialetti Espresso maker and it makes superb coffee

http://www.bialetti.com/coffee/stovetop/moka-express-c-1_7_22.html.

 

[Bodhi]

I've done about 600 miles in the 125i now, and can confirm that it is a bloody superb motor car. Quite happy to potter around comfortably and quietly as a BMW should, then turns into a bit of an animal if you prod it with a bloody big stick. As a BMW should. It's comfy, superb to drive, and sounds utterly to die for. I am officially over the moon.

I keep meaning to take pics, but whenever I drive it to a nice photo location, I end up driving a bit more. Then it gets dark. And now the car is fly spattered and dirty. When I get round to taking it for a wash, I will get some pics up, I promise.

And yes, the indicators work. Although not as well as in my old 330d. Soft touch indicators suck balls - the old ones weren't broken, so why were they fixed? Grr.

 

[Deebs]

I've done about 600 miles in the 125i now, and can confirm that it is a bloody superb motor car. Quite happy to potter around comfortably and quietly as a BMW should, then turns into a bit of an animal if you prod it with a bloody big stick. As a BMW should. It's comfy, superb to drive, and sounds utterly to die for. I am officially over the moon.

I keep meaning to take pics, but whenever I drive it to a nice photo location, I end up driving a bit more. Then it gets dark. And now the car is fly spattered and dirty. When I get round to taking it for a wash, I will get some pics up, I promise.

And yes, the indicators work. Although not as well as in my old 330d. Soft touch indicators suck balls - the old ones weren't broken, so why were they fixed? Grr.

Never liked the cabin of a BMW, the orange for the dash is just shit. What colour are the instruments now?

 

[Bodhi]

Never liked the cabin of a BMW, the orange for the dash is just shit. What colour are the instruments now?

Still Orange, as they are easiest in the eye at night. Would agree the interior has never been BMW's most inspiring feature, but once you've lived with them for a wheel, you realise everything you need is in easy reach, and there isn't much to distract you from driving, like thay godawful television of a Sat Nav in a Tesla.

 

[old.user4556]

Still orange, but on the newer models with LED lighting you can change the cabin illumination to white, which is nice.

Edit: I think we posted that at the same time .

 

[Scouse]

My Rift has arrived but the only computers in the office that will run it are mission critical and apparently that's more important than me testing out my new toy :'(

What sort of machine do you need? I'm thinking of ordering a DK2 just so I can justify Elite: Dangerous

 

[ECA]

On the subject of coffee machines, this is what I've got:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jura-One-Touch-Aroma-Coffee-Machine/dp/B00FS7XSO0

It's pretty good.

 

[Litmus]

cant understand why coffee machines are so expensive???

 

[Moriath]

cant understand why coffee machines are so expensive???

Can't understand why people get snobbish over coffee like they do wine now. 20 years ago you were lucky if it was warm and wet. Since Starbucks it's now a lifestyle choice that speaks about you.

Or some such marketing hype.

 

[ECA]

Because it can do stuff like this?

( skip to like 4:35 ).

 

[Raven]

Trouble is with that sort of machine is the nozzle is fixed so you can't fit a proper mug under it (like mine!) very annoying at times.

Oh actually, edit...on that one you can.

Want.

Anyway, coffee is like beer, you wouldn't drink a fosters out of choice would you? No, you go for something with some flavour.

 

[Raven]

If I bought that machine my wife would probably have a fit, fucking tea drinker that she is.

 

[TdC]

Since Starbucks it's now a lifestyle choice that speaks about you.

LOL are you serious?

 

[Moriath]

LOL are you serious?

Yes. At least in the uk. Before the advent of the coffee shop culture it was percolator or instant. And the Nescafé couple etc. you went to a cafe for coffee it was white or black. Not espresso or latte and definately no shots of syrup.

You can face palm me all you like raven but it's true. It was all teas maids and such in the 70's and 80's. Etc. until the American coffee shop culture started to come over in the late 90's no one had much of a choice here.

Now it's suddenly coffee snobs my beans are better than yours cause they been through the digestive tract of a cat or something hehe.

 

[ECA]

Now it's suddenly coffee snobs my beans are better than yours cause they been through the digestive tract of a cat or something hehe.

One of my friends bought me a bag of that stuff, it didn't taste any different than my regular beans.

 

[Raven]

Yes. At least in the uk. Before the advent of the coffee shop culture it was percolator or instant. And the Nescafé couple etc. you went to a cafe for coffee it was white or black. Not espresso or latte and definately no shots of syrup.

You can face palm me all you like raven but it's true. It was all teas maids and such in the 70's and 80's. Etc. until the American coffee shop culture started to come over in the late 90's no one had much of a choice here.

Now it's suddenly coffee snobs my beans are better than yours cause they been through the digestive tract of a cat or something hehe.

Yes and also back in the day you only had 4 channels and no internet. Back in the day sucked.

 

[Edmond]

And all your porn on 4th generation VHS copies

Too much.....?

 

[Raven]

Exactly, having to piss about rewinding and keeping it hard. fucking nightmare.

 

[Fweddy]

What sort of machine do you need? I'm thinking of ordering a DK2 just so I can justify Elite: Dangerous

Hard to say, nothing's optimized at the moment. Elite hasn't even been compiled with the DK2 sdk yet so it needs a bit of fiddling just to make it work. I have a quad core i5-3570, 8GB RAM and an AMD R9 200 and it played fine through the couple of missions I did if that's any help.

It's obviously not a finished product, it judders when you turn your head and you have to squint to read the text. Apparently the juddering is most likely an issue with not using the latest Rift SDK and so should be fixed in the next version. But trying to keep an enemy ship in sight through the glass roof of your cockpit as you swing your ship around to get it in your gunsight is an awesome experience (although I'm shit at it).

 

[Litmus]

Hard to say, nothing's optimized at the moment. Elite hasn't even been compiled with the DK2 sdk yet so it needs a bit of fiddling just to make it work. I have a quad core i5-3570, 8GB RAM and an AMD R9 200 and it played fine through the couple of missions I did if that's any help.

It's obviously not a finished product, it judders when you turn your head and you have to squint to read the text. Apparently the juddering is most likely an issue with not using the latest Rift SDK and so should be fixed in the next version. But trying to keep an enemy ship in sight through the glass roof of your cockpit as you swing your ship around to get it in your gunsight is an awesome experience (although I'm shit at it).

An R9 200?

 

[Moriath]

Yes and also back in the day you only had 4 channels and no internet. Back in the day sucked.

Back in the day we had less diabetes and back in the day we wore coal sacks to school.


Not saying everything is better but some things just got stupid. 3 quid for a coffee is stupid.

 

[Fweddy]

An R9 200?

That's what the driver said. Searching for the old order confirmation email though says it's actually an R9 270X.

@Scouse If you've got the patience to wait for the consumer version of the Rift you'll get a much better experience. From what I gather the DK2's spec was locked down before Facebook bought them out so is pretty much made up of parts from mobile phone cast offs. With the extra money behind them now the consumer version won't have that problem so much so should be better in just about every way.

 

[Ch3tan]

Back in the day we had less diabetes and back in the day we wore coal sacks to school.


Not saying everything is better but some things just got stupid. 3 quid for a coffee is stupid.

Your perception is stupid. Clearly you don't like coffee, that's fine, don't join into conversations about it.