gdp's Comments

Atomic Toasters : What Ever Became of...CB Radio?

Sun, 5 May 2013 02:23:24 +0000

Cell phones took a lot of the magic away from CB radio (and amateur radio as well, the dozens of 2 meter repeaters around here in the DC area might as well be powered off since nobody uses them anymore), but even today having a CB on a long cross country road trip is a never ending source of hilarity.

Atomic Toasters : The Official 2012 AtomicToasters - Hooniverse New Year's Eve Party

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 04:53:19 +0000

You'd probably like Dark Tranquility and early In Flames.

Atomic Toasters : The Official 2012 AtomicToasters - Hooniverse New Year's Eve Party

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 04:39:19 +0000

What kind of Swedish metal, personally I'm into the early Gothenburg melodic stuff.

Atomic Toasters : The Official 2012 AtomicToasters - Hooniverse New Year's Eve Party

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 04:32:11 +0000

Also, I am literally chugging $12/bottle trappist beer

Atomic Toasters : The Official 2012 AtomicToasters - Hooniverse New Year's Eve Party

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 04:28:36 +0000

You get a thumbs-up! And YOU get a thumbs-up! EVERYONE GETS A THUMBS-UP!

Atomic Toasters : Startup: Now That's Lazy, Even By My Standards

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:51:07 +0000

If you stir the chocolate syrup in after pouring the milk into the glass, it won't accumulate on the bottom. Source: I drink a crapload of chocolate milk

Atomic Toasters : What is Your Favorite Fighter of World War II

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:32:43 +0000

Yak-3, comrades. <img src="http://i.imgur.com/GzOZC.jpg" width="600">

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Celluloid Annoyances

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:00:55 +0000

"hacking" = typing rapidly Also, every hard drive sounds like a Quantum Bigfoot with a million bad sectors.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Anti-Technostalgia

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:06:45 +0000

I do miss the build quality of the old PCs though. I had a 486DX with a case that weighed nearly 50 lbs empty.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Anti-Technostalgia

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:05:37 +0000

I love these old Thinkpads. I used a 380 and 760 until they just weren't fast enough to keep up with modern software. Then again, I am weird.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Anti-Technostalgia

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:01:54 +0000

Modern day aftermarket car stereo head units. Hard to find one that doesn't look like a cell phone accessory kiosk threw up on your dash.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Beautiful Failures

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:26:23 +0000

<img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/r1ws3s.jpg"> Not really failed per se, as it's still kicking. But in the late 80s, nothing could touch it.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Thousands of Free Coasters

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 20:25:20 +0000

I remember when Prodigy started charging for email (One free message per day, then 25 cents each!). Right about the same time, GEnie announced flat pricing, email included. Cue the mass exodus. There was even a "Prodigy Refugees" forum on GEnie. Good times.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: 100 Years of Awesome

Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:42:23 +0000

Carried a bunch of trendy big name stuff over the years, invariably go back to the good ol 230 grain Hydra-Shok. At the range, tons of Magtech FMJ. It's good, cheap, and dirty. In the end what really matters is who has the faster and more accurate shot placement. I figure trigger time with el cheapo FMJ is a more worthwhile investment than the latest EXTREME SHOCK!!1 ammo.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: 100 Years of Awesome

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:31:30 +0000

Am I correct in assuming the Canadian Armed Forces are still issued the 1911s close relative, the Browning Hi-Power? Also, pro tip: never take macro photographs of your expensive guns, you'll discover tons of dings and scratches you'd be better off not knowing about.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: Everyone Flap Your Arms!

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:28:30 +0000

More recommended reading: http://www.doolittleraider.com/ There are five surviving Raiders.

Atomic Toasters : Space Shuttle Separation Anxiety

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:56:50 +0000

I remember watching the 747 ferrying the Enterprise low and slow over Northern Virginia, sometime back in the early 80s. Might have been this: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_gIjAAAAIBAJ...

Atomic Toasters : Startup: Need. Moar. Coffee.

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:30:38 +0000

I work at a coffee company and have tried everything under the sun. 60mm pods, Keurig K-Cups, Flavia filterpacks, Tassimo t-discs, you name it and we make it and/or sell it. The best coffee we have starts as Supremo grade green Colombian Arabica beans, roasted in our own facility to somewhere between light and medium, medium-coarse grind, and brewed through a Newco commercial drip brewer with the water right around 200F. Great by itself or as a foundation for whatever foofy coffee-based beverage you prefer. Not a fan of most of the single cup brewers. Most of them don't use enough coffee and you get a really weak cup. Almost all of the flavored ones are garbage. Pods are a lot more flexible in this regard, you can get a genuinely good cup of coffee with them. Never really drank coffee before I started working here. Good thing I don't work in a brewery.

Atomic Toasters : The Official AtomicToasters - Hooniverse New Year's Eve Party

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 03:57:49 +0000

Just came through this thread again and thumbs-upped everything I missed last time. /Word is bond //thumbs up 4 lyfe

Atomic Toasters : Computers You Should Know: The MONIAC

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 03:49:53 +0000

Modern technology (and modern economics) would enable this to be shrunken to the size of a continually flushing toilet.