It does vary state to state though. Here in QLD it used to be slightly odd because we paid like $20 a quarter for full ambulance cover which was charged as a levy on our electricity bill. Technically we now just get full free ambulance cover, but obviously they get the money from somewhere lol.Cybargs wrote:
Same thing here. You pay first but then later you can bring an action against the tortfeasor for your medical costs.SuperJail Warden wrote:
It's anywhere from $400-2000 in the U.S. You have to pay for it even if you were hurt by something and someone else called. Hit by a bus? Still got to pay.Cybargs wrote:
I have to pay for ambulance in aus as well and we got NHS. It's to stop people calling ambo's for the most minor thing. It's like 120 bucks each time they're called so it's not exactly a huge amount of money.
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Overreacting to tongue-in-cheek comments is so American. If you didn't leave the commonwealth this wouldn't happen.
It depends whether you're talking about running 3 monitors for normal tasks (web browsing/editing/movies/spredsheets/whatever else) or if you're actually talking about gaming across 3 monitors.
It used to be the case that only AMD could do 3+ monitor gaming on a single card (eyefinitity), but if I remember correctly Nvidia cards can now do 3+ monitor gaming on a single card as well.
If it's for gaming you're going to need a seriously powerful card, if it's just for general use (and maybe gaming on a single monitor) then any mid-range AMD or Nvidia card (GTX6xx or GTX7xx series) will do the job.
It used to be the case that only AMD could do 3+ monitor gaming on a single card (eyefinitity), but if I remember correctly Nvidia cards can now do 3+ monitor gaming on a single card as well.
If it's for gaming you're going to need a seriously powerful card, if it's just for general use (and maybe gaming on a single monitor) then any mid-range AMD or Nvidia card (GTX6xx or GTX7xx series) will do the job.
I can sum up Ken Ham's argument. "Yeah but you weren't there so you don't know!"
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The only mice I know of that have a firm/clicky scrollwheels are the Zowie mice (FK/EC1 evo/AM depending what shape you like) and the Razer Deathadder. Some people find them too stiff though, but they're the only mice I can think of that have very firm wheels. There are possibly more out there but I haven't used them personally.
The G400s has some jitter/acceleration issues, but no where near as bad as the G500s. The only properly flawless sensors you can find in a gaming mouse these days are probably Zowie mice (there are a couple Steelseries ones that aren't too bad), but their shape and deliberate lack of "features" won't suit everyone.
Yeah if you want the same shape go with the G400s. I had tonnes of problems with my G500 (after I loved my G5) and both the G500/G500s have shitty degraded laser sensors with acceleration you can't turn off. The G400s isn't the best mouse out there, but if you like that shape then it's definitely a better option than the G500/s
Does the monitor display if you boot the mac into safe mode?
1. ASUS and Lenovo are pretty much the go-to brands these days. There are some decent individual laptops from other companies, but on a whole ASUS and Lenovo is where it's at.Narupug wrote:
Alright, time to buy a new laptop and I have good success with Tech Advice from you guys so I was wondering if you guys had any input. I want a reasonably powerful system so I don't have to worry about it being way underpowered in 2-3 years. The ability to run Solidworks/CAD is also desirable and I would like to be able to play BF3/BF4/others but nothing too crazy on at least modest settings.
A couple of the laptops I am looking at are
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A few concerns/questions:
1. What are the good brands nowadays? My dell from 5 years ago has lasted me till now and the only thing I had to replace on it was the keyboard, but I don't really like their design/value right now.
2. Windows 8, I have heard it's not so good, how much of a concern is it? Also how much does a touchscreen improve the Windows 8 experience?
3. notebookcheck told me that the Turbo Boost doesn't work very well on the Lenovo Y510p that I am looking at. How much of an impact on the day to day performance would that have?
As always, I shall be liberally karmaing all those who help.
2. Windows 8 is fine once you install start8 or startisback on it. Once you install one of those it feels pretty much just like Windows 7 but a bit snappier with a few little changes. Not worth using a touchscreen unless you're buying a small ultrabook/transformer type thing, if you're using a big powerful laptop/gaming laptop then startisback + mouse is much better.
I haven't really looked into that laptop much, but I don't know if I'd go down the SLI route (especially in a laptop). Anyone I know with SLI laptops have run into driver issues, and then you've got the normal heat, scaling and possible stuttering issues that come along with any dual GPU solution. If you want good gaming performance I'd look for one with a better single GPU solution, rather than going SLI.
That's my opinion anyway.
Woolies can be shit because their store managers have a lot more power over what they sell and what special areas they have. So you can get great stores with good service, or poorly stocked ones that feel like a dimly lit cave. Whereas Coles strives to make their stores feel exactly the same everywhere so you get the same experience.
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#srssupermarkettalk
It's incredibly easy to lead the helicopter even if they're moving wildly, and the missiles have a large radius of lock on so you only need to get somewhat close. That combined with the fact you don't know active missiles are coming until they're basically hitting you means that unless you want to fly randomly without actually having a moment to shoot at anything simply moving is not going to save you.BVC wrote:
Every map in BF4 has cover, you just need to know the map, know how to use that cover, and realise that this is BF4 & not BF2 - you're not invincible. Heres a tip: Take the attack chopper up over the dam on lancang. When you hear a lock/tracking tone, go below the dam line - the missiles will hit the dam, and the only thing you'll have to worry about is jets. Also if you don't want to deal with active radar missiles, turn your aircraft once in a while. When aiming AR's, I and many others will aim them into the expected path of an aircraft, its basically leading a shot - if you move, the missile won't hit you.
And if the AA fires a couple of metres above the dam wall on lancang the missiles will basically do a top down attack. Take another map like Zavod for example, I was all the way back in my uncap hiding down in the valley part so I could repair, next minute 2 active missiles fly right over the top come down and smack me in the only cover on that side of the map while the AA was on their back flag. 3D Spotting + Active missiles sure makes things easy on any map without good cover.
As for your hardware question, a x4 945 will definitely bottleneck a 280X so it's not really worth going down that road unless you upgrade the CPU not long after. Out of those two options the 270X + 8320 will probably be best (especially if you overclock the CPU) in the short term at least.
I can use cover and keep moving, but thanks for the tips anyway m8.
Active missiles can be fired straight over/around cover and still hit the target, some maps have very little cover for helicopters and you can be hit by two active missiles at the beginning of a round before you've even fully taken off. Not to mention that you are then disabled and are a sitting duck for the next 2 active missiles that can be fired instantly after.
I think active missiles are a bad addition to the game. That's it.
Active missiles can be fired straight over/around cover and still hit the target, some maps have very little cover for helicopters and you can be hit by two active missiles at the beginning of a round before you've even fully taken off. Not to mention that you are then disabled and are a sitting duck for the next 2 active missiles that can be fired instantly after.
I think active missiles are a bad addition to the game. That's it.
It is a little silly when it can sit in its uncap and fire accurately across the map, and have active radar missiles which can be fired all the way across the map into the enemy spawn and not give any lock on warning until they're a second out. Can't say I love that.BVC wrote:
Tanks. APCs. Jihad jeep (C4+jeep). SRAW. Commander missiles. Theres five good ones.thepilot91 wrote:
the only way to get an AA down is with the attackjets
AA in it's current state is pretty OP, it tears all air vehicles to shreds across the map and with 4 missiles and longer flare reload time of air vehicles, it can make some maps in particular incredibly shit for air vehicles.
The stealth jets are useless currently, and the flight models for jets feel really off. That said, the 30mm cannon on the attack jets still destroys worlds.
The stealth jets are useless currently, and the flight models for jets feel really off. That said, the 30mm cannon on the attack jets still destroys worlds.
It better have some sweet neons/spoiler/sub woofer to make it a proper Lancer.
His case isn't really the norm.pirana6 wrote:
damn it was a boot disk and it only lasted 9 months? I was considering doing a rebuild and putting the OS on a SSD but if it only lasts less than a year... I might stick to platter.
I had my first SSD as my boot drive in my main PC for 3 years, then I replaced it for a larger one and the old one is still running in my HTPC.
SSDs last very well these days. Preferably stick to brands like Intel and Samsung that actually manufacture their own memory (and therefore keep the best stuff for themselves).pirana6 wrote:
I got a question to those that know/have decent experience with SSD's:
Clearly the main drawback besides price is the duration of the drives, re amount of times they can be written to. What I can't find, however, is exactly how many times that is. I don't need an exact number of course as I'm sure it varies but roughly how long do the drives last? In a normal home computer with internetting and music listening and gaming and pronzing, can one expect a drive to last as long as a normal platter one? Also, I assume advancements are being made daily that 'up' this number so that at some point soon the number will be so high it becomes insignificant.
New Intel SSDs come with a 5 year warranty (and most other companies 3-5 years), which to me says Intel are fairly confident the drives will be reliable and last a long time.
There are no definite numbers, but some sites are running tests. For example, tweaktown had one of their Samsung drives constantly running, it wrote 100TBs without any problems, and was powered on 24/7 for 1000+ hours until they had a power outage. I haven't seen any updates since, however it's another good indication.
Don't know any specific solutions, could try some of these though?
Try a repair install to see if it is a glitch with windows.
Start your PC, then unplug the start/reset buttons from your motherboard in case there is a weird loop happening and try shutting it down.
Reset your BIOS.
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Try a repair install to see if it is a glitch with windows.
Start your PC, then unplug the start/reset buttons from your motherboard in case there is a weird loop happening and try shutting it down.
Reset your BIOS.
idunnolul
It's cold and raining here while all of NSW is on fire.
Thanks god.
Thanks god.
NBN fibre 5km south of my house. NBN fibre 500m north of my house.
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy abbottttt
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy abbottttt
Sitting at home on 4G, 73mbps. Sitting at home on ADSL2, 3.5mbps.
whyyyyyyyyyyy
whyyyyyyyyyyy
and since the next-gen consoles have 8 core AMD architecture, chances are that multi-threaded performance will improve for coming games for AMD's 8 cores and Intel's hyper-threaded CPUs.
AMD's cards are shaping up to be pretty decent (R9 290X performing around GTX780/GTX Titan), however there should be a price drop on some Nvidia cards anyway so either way it will be better in a month or so.
650w is still plenty for a single GPU build.
Generally speaking the larger number = better performance. However there is no real gaming performance increase between the i5 4670K and the i7 4770K. The i7 is only worth the extra money if you're banking on future games taking advantage of it's extra power/hyperthreading (bf4 already seems to play better with hyperthreading so who knows). Or if you do more demanding tasks with your PC than gaming.
AMD is about to launch their new flagship GPU so the video card market will change soon as well (in terms of prices at the very least).
Generally speaking the larger number = better performance. However there is no real gaming performance increase between the i5 4670K and the i7 4770K. The i7 is only worth the extra money if you're banking on future games taking advantage of it's extra power/hyperthreading (bf4 already seems to play better with hyperthreading so who knows). Or if you do more demanding tasks with your PC than gaming.
AMD is about to launch their new flagship GPU so the video card market will change soon as well (in terms of prices at the very least).
I have it adumms. Got it in a steam sale for pretty cheap. It's interesting and really quite accurate, but you have to be in a certain mood.
Can't say I play it often.
Can't say I play it often.
I've used both and I'd probably say startisback. But they are very similar and both make win8 much better.
They've generally made trash PSUs in the past but this seems to be decent quality and being 80+ Platinum it's bound to have decent components (is a Super Flower OEM and they're doing pretty decent PSUs these days).
That said, what kind of build are you doing? A good quality 500w is generally plenty for a single GPU build, but considering it's price unless you're going after a silent build a Seasonic 650w Gold would probably be a better choice to give you a bit of extra headroom and it is also cheaper.
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Obviously if you're planning on multi-GPU you're going to need more power again but that's a different story.
/my opinion.
That said, what kind of build are you doing? A good quality 500w is generally plenty for a single GPU build, but considering it's price unless you're going after a silent build a Seasonic 650w Gold would probably be a better choice to give you a bit of extra headroom and it is also cheaper.
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Obviously if you're planning on multi-GPU you're going to need more power again but that's a different story.
/my opinion.
Do I look like I wear white shorts for a uniform m8
Happy 100th Birthday Royal Australian Navy.
I'm sure they have their reasons. The kind of people that buy cheap boards generally aren't the people running expansion sound cards/RAID cards/network cards and as soon as you hit ~$150 AUD you're getting 2/3 x1 slots + 2/3 x16 slots, so you don't exactly need to drop a tonne of money. There's no harm keeping a PCI slot or two on a board when you've already got 5/6 PCIe slots.
The only boards I see with PCI these days are low-end boards that are keeping costs down but put PCI slots on there to look like they still have Allz the slotzz! !1!. Higher end boards have done away with PCI entirely.
Is RMB by default in BF3/4Brasso wrote:
it wasn't RMB i think it was Ctrl or somethingM.O.A.B wrote:
I lag a bit as well. My auto settings put everything high, but I drop a few down anyway. Even so, along with a ping around 18-25, I still lag up at times. I quite like the new features for the helo rocket reloads, where the reload is timed. Fire them all off too soon and you have to wait longer for the reload to be ready. Thing is though, I was sure you could look around in the attack helo cockpit in BF3 by hold RMB. Works in the transport helo this time, but not attack. Also wish they had a toggle scope function.
I'm liking things like the spectator mode and limited vehicle ammo. However at the moment I'm having fps/input lag issues so can't really get a proper feel for the game until those are fixed.
Sexytime yes?
I could've sworn I detected invisible [sarcasm] tags around his post
Even if it's a fantastic game people will still say "it's still not 1942/BF2 #rosetintedglasses"
Honestly, some things they've announced such as spectator mode, 5 man squads, commander mode, test range, limited vehicle ammo, changing vehicle disable, classic mode etc are looking more promising than BF3.
Obviously if you didn't like the mechanics of BF3, you probably aren't going to like BF4 but I'm certainly going to be giving the game a chance.
Honestly, some things they've announced such as spectator mode, 5 man squads, commander mode, test range, limited vehicle ammo, changing vehicle disable, classic mode etc are looking more promising than BF3.
Obviously if you didn't like the mechanics of BF3, you probably aren't going to like BF4 but I'm certainly going to be giving the game a chance.
That's the wifi card/bluetooth etc card and antenna cable next to the sound card.Brasso wrote:
whats the weird wire coming from the sound card?
haha I've never broken a phone so I haven't run into the issue.
The only other option really is buying the phone outright then having a short plan or pay-as-you-go, but most people wanting a smartphone don't want to drop $600-$1000 outright on a phone.
The only other option really is buying the phone outright then having a short plan or pay-as-you-go, but most people wanting a smartphone don't want to drop $600-$1000 outright on a phone.
If you're on a contract it's part of the monthly price and is technically subsidised.. eg I pay $65 a month for a Galaxy S3 4G, the plan is $60 and I pay $5 a month repayment for the actual phone (over 24 months)._j5689_ wrote:
Do Australian carriers not subsidize the cost with the contract?Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Apple's "cheap" iphone is $740 in Australia, and it looks like a kids toy.
*facepalm*
$99 in the US, $740 in Australia. Fuck you Apple. Fuck you.
E: Apparently $99 is with a plan on a carrier and it's $549 outright (compared to $740 in Aus), silly news sites that's just the normal amount of markup we get.
Probably the drop kangaroos that steal your dingo babies.
Apple's "cheap" iphone is $740 in Australia, and it looks like a kids toy.
*facepalm*
$99 in the US, $740 in Australia. Fuck you Apple. Fuck you.
E: Apparently $99 is with a plan on a carrier and it's $549 outright (compared to $740 in Aus), silly news sites that's just the normal amount of markup we get.
*facepalm*
$99 in the US, $740 in Australia. Fuck you Apple. Fuck you.
E: Apparently $99 is with a plan on a carrier and it's $549 outright (compared to $740 in Aus), silly news sites that's just the normal amount of markup we get.
They did it to Turnbull to make Abbott leader, it might just go back the other way. It depends how unpopular Abbott becomes, I could see it happening, but I'd be very surprised if it happened within a year.tazz. wrote:
lol i doubt the libs would ever display such a public display of mutiny jaekus.
haha yeah the nsw one was 110, but instead of making the paper longer they just shrank down the font size.
Should be a good few years for satirists.
QLD had ~83 if I remember correctly, hence finding a party that roughly matches my preferences and then voting above the line lol.