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Autodesk Revit is one of the most popular building information modeling (BIM), solutions today. This course covers the differences between the various editions of Revit and shows architects and engineers who are new to the software how to use them. Learn how to choose a template; set up the basic levels, grids, and dimensions; and start adding walls, doors, and windows to your model. Author Paul F. Aubin also shows how to create views and documentation that clearly communicate your plans, import files from other CAD programs, and produce construction documents.
Note: The techniques shown in this course will work with any version of Revit, but due to backwards compatibility issues, the exercise files for this course will only work with Revit 2014. Unfortunately, we cannot downsave the files. Please see a Revit 2013 course for usable files.
In this movie, I would like to introduce you to Walls. Walls are perhaps the most basic element of any building so what makes sense for us to spend a little time here learning how to use the wall tool. I made a file called Walls, and this is just a saved version of the Column Grid layout that we created in the previous movie. We are going to look at laying of walls in two ways in this movie. We are going to lay them up very precisely relative to the column grid. And we're also going to lay them out in a little bit more of a sketch fashion, just so you can compare and contrast the two techniques. Now, there's no one right or wrong to do it, so you can certainly focus on the technique that works best for you. So I'm currently in the Level 1 floor plan and the Wall tool is located here on the Architecture tab.
Now, you can just click the top half of this button, but if you happen to click the bottom half and this fly-out opens up, just make sure that you're choosing Wall Architectural. When you do, there's lots of options that become available and we don't want to necessarily get hung up on every single option, but there are a few that we want to take a look at. The first is, right here on the Properties palate there is a drop-down list at the top and this is probably the most important setting, because you need to establish what kind of wall you're creating. Revit calls this a Type, so what type of wall we want.
Because that wall type actually will configure several of the other settings for for you. So if you change types, it might mess up all the other settings. So always do the type first. And the type that I want to use in this case is just a generic 12-inch wall. For the purposes of this model, we're just going to stick with generic walls, which are just really basic walls. If you want more detailed walls, you can look at some of the examples that we cover in the Revit Essential Training here in the lynda.com library. So I've got generic 12-inch wall, that's my basic wall. And the next thing I want to consider is its height. Now, notice that we're setting the height here, but next to that it says unconnected.
If you click that drop down for unconnected. It turns out that there's a list of all your floor levels there. Now, in the previous movie we laid out the floor levels, and so here we can actually start to assign the height of the walls to match one of the heights of those levels. So I wanted to match the height at the parapet, so I'm going to choose that from the list. The next thing I want to consider is the location line. You can draw the walls from their center line or from their faces. I'm going to draw the exterior walls first, and I think for the exterior walls, it makes a certain amount of sense to use the finish face exterior. That means whatever point I locate for that wall will stay put at the exterior face of the wall.
And then later, if we thicken the wall or make it thinner, the exterior face will stay where it is and it will get thicker or thinner relative to that. If I start clicking on screen right now, it will draw directly relative to that finished face exterior. Let me click a start point right here and then zoom in a little bit right where my mouse is. And notice that we're drawing by that face of the wall. Now, if I start this way, I'm drawing somewhat randomly. So, what I'm going to do is press Escape just one time. Make sure you do not press more than once. If you press more than once, it will cancel you all the way out of the command, you'll have to start all the settings over again. But if you press just one time, it just cancels that current wall, but keeps me in the Wall command.
Notice that over here I have an Offset feature. Well with this feature, I can put in any number I want, I'm going to put in 2 feet and press Enter. Now, the way this works is wherever you click Now, your wall will actually draw two feet away from that, and to be more precise, the finish face exterior of the wall is two feet away from the points I click. So let me escape again one time so I don't cancel all the way out of the command, just the one time.
And move your mouse here by the grid intersection. Now, if you're not sure which one you're doing, you can zoom out a little bit. I want to be here on Grid Line 2 at the top. So the intersection between Grid Line 2 and column line A, I'm going to click right there. And start to move my mouse. So now if you measured from Grid Line A to the finished face exterior of that wall, that would be 2 feet. That's where that 2 foot offset is. Now, if your wall is going down instead of up, you can tap the space bar. Let me show you. If I tap the space bar, it flips down.
If I tap it again, it flips up. So make sure it's going up or away from the grid, in other words. I'm going to zoom or pan over to here, and snap to Grid Intersection A6. Then I'm going to turn the corner, and let me zoom out again. Come down here to D6, turn the corner again, and I'll come back here to Grid Line 2. Press Escape one time. And you can see that I've created three walls that are all offset exactly 2 feet away from the intersections of those grid lines. Now, I want to draw some of the interior walls. So, I'm going to change types.
So, make sure you're still in the Wall command. If you've canceled out just click the Wall tool again in the Architecture tab. And I'm going to use the drop down here and choose a thinner size. I'm going to choose generic 5 inch this time. That will reset many of the settings here. So, I want to verify my settings. Instead of unconnected, this time I want to go up to Level 2. So that's going to take this wall and it's going to go just up to the second level. I'm going to leave the wall center line as the location line this time, but over here, I want to set the offset back to 0. So I'm going to put in 0, press enter, and then I'm going to come down here and highlight the exterior wall at the bottom and Grid Line 4. And you'll notice that Revit says I'm going to get an intersection right there. And I'll click, pull this wall straight up. You can go at any angle you want.
But I want to make sure I'm going straight up until it intersects the opposite wall and click again. Now, if you zoom your mouse in on that location, you'll notice that Revit has automatically cleaned up the intersection between those two walls. So that's pretty nice. Now, I'm going to zoom back out. Now, you don't have to draw your walls relative to the grid lines at all. In fact, you can draw out the walls anywhere you like. So for the next few walls, I'm just going to rough them in by eye. And then later, we'll come back and move them around. So I'm going to come over here just a little to the left of Column Line 5. Click a point on the exterior wall.
Pull it straight down. The dimension will help me a little bit. I'll go about 18 feet, or so. Pull it over to the right about 22 feet, or so. And then come back up to the exterior wall. Notice how I didn't get caught up on exactly how far I was going, I just did it rough. I'm eyeballing or I'm sketching right now, and then later, I'll refine that sketch more precisely. Let me divide this space in two by just clicking between those two walls. Let's divide this space in two.
By clicking between those two walls. Over here, by Column Line B, we're going to enter the restaurant. So, I'm going to create a little vestibule here just by creating a little L-shaped wall configuration. This connection to the next wall Revit calls Chain. And you can see that up on the options bar because the chain check box is selected. To break the chain, press Escape once. Again, one time is important. That will break the chain but keep me in the Wall command, and then for my final wall, I'm going to come a little to the right of Grid Line 5, kind of pull down here just above grid line c, and then I'll go back and finish it over at Grid Line 4.
And that's going to be kind of the back of house area. I'm going to escape now, all the way out of the command. Either 2 Escapes or click the Modify tool. Either one will work. And, take a look at my final products here. Those are the basic walls that I need for the layout of the restaurant. They're not terribly precise, yet. But, one of the things that's very powerful about Revit, is if you later come in and select one of these walls. And move it, notice that all the other, walls will stay, connected, and associated with it. So, in the next movie we're going to learn how to do those kind of movements very precisely, so that we can control exactly the sizes of all those spaces. But before we leave this file, lets just take a look at how this thing looks in 3D. If you look up here on your Project browser, you'll notice that we've got a floor plans category, a ceiling plans and elevations but, we don't have a 3D category.
Up here on the toolbar, there's this small little doghouse icon. It looks like a little birdhouse or a doghouse. If you click that, that's the default 3D view. Notice that it takes us to a 3D isometric, and here on the project browser it created a new 3D views category and a new 3D view called just 3D. If you want to get a better look at how your model is shaping up here, hold your shift key down. And drag your wheel. So you're holding in both the Shift key and the wheel, and you can orbit and spin this model around. And now, you could see very clearly that our three exterior walls go the full height of the building, and all of our interior walls are set down at Level 2. So there's plenty more for us to do.
That's the basic process that's involved in laying out some walls. You can either lay out the walls very precisely relative to a column grid or some other geometry, or you can lay them out in a very rough fashion and then come back and modify them later. The choice is yours and it really depends on what you're trying to achieve.
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Afari Gyan explains refusal to grant NPP chairmans request to postpone results declaration
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Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, has explained in court his refusal to grant a request by the Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, intended to postpone the announcement of the 2012 presidential election results on grounds of detected irregularities.
On December 9th 2012, NPP Chairman reportedly wrote to the EC to request for two things.
The letter read in court called for:
1. Cause an audit of the verification machine to ensure it tallied with what happened.
2. Order a recollation of ballots at the constituency level to establish the true credibility of the results being declared.
Dr. Afari Gyan who is also the returning officer in the 2012 presidential elections said soon after receiving the said letter, the NPP chairman and other unnamed officials of the party came to his office.
He said in the presence of his two deputies a meeting was held to allow the NPP chairman who is also the third petitioner to explain his request.
In his response, Afari Gyan said he told Jake that auditing verification machines would take months to complete. This meant the announcement of the results would be delayed.
"What you are asking me to do will take months at the earliest to do," he reportedly told Jake Obetsebi Lamptey.
He added that because there were no protests at the various polling stations it was going to be difficult to honour the request.
The witness said soon after, the Chairman of the Peace Council called him and requested another meeting to further examine concerns by the NPP Chairman.
He revealed it was not a small meeting. It involved a rather big delegation of the Peace council, all his seven commissioners, senior party officials of all the parties and persons unrelated to the parties.
He said the Chairman of the Peace Council asked Jake Obetsebi Lamptey to lay bare his complaints.
The NPP chairman provided pink sheets for seven constituencies as evidence of allegations of discrepancies.
The seven commissioners then retired to consider the legitimacy of the evidence presented.
Every constituency is supposed to have a number of pink sheets to make up total results of the constituency.
But he said in five constituencies, the pink sheet produced were less than the total number of polling stations in those constituencies.
In the case of the other two constituencies they brought more pink sheets than there were in those constituencies.
Dr. Afari Gyan said after scrutinizing the evidence the commissioners came to the conclusion that the allegations of discrepancy was not sufficient.
On that basis I will go ahead and announce as soon as the results are ready, Dr. Afari Gyan said.
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Lucien Lamoureux
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- This article is about the Canadian politician. For the French politician, see Lucien Lamoureux (France).
Lucien Lamoureux, PC, OC (August 3, 1920 – July 16, 1998) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1966 to 1974. He is the second longest-serving occupant of that office.
After graduating with a law degree from Osgoode Hall in 1945, Lamoureux worked as a political aide to Lionel Chevrier, a Canadian Cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. In 1954, he left Chevrier's office to establish a law practice in Cornwall, Ontario.
Lamoureux was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP). In 1963, he became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and decided to stop attending meetings of the Liberal caucus in order to maintain impartiality. Following the 1965 election, Prime Minister Lester Pearson nominated him to the position of Speaker of the House of Commons.
Lamoureux served as speaker during two minority governments, 1965–1968 and 1972–1974, experiences that required him to maintain authority and neutrality in a situation where no party had control of the House.
In the 1968 election, he decided to follow the custom of the Speaker of the British House of Commons and stand for election as an Independent. Both the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservative Party agreed not to run candidates against him. The New Democratic Party, however, declined to withdraw their candidate. Lamoureux was re-elected and continued to serve as Speaker.
In the 1972 election, Lamoureux again ran as an Independent, this time both the Tories and the NDP ran candidates against him. Lamoureux won re-election by a margin of 5,000 votes. Without an all-party agreement to not run against sitting Speakers in general elections, however, Lamoureux's wish for Canada to follow the British precedent was doomed, and future Speakers would not repeat his attempt to run as an Independent. As the election produced a minority government for the Liberals who had only two more seats than the Conservatives, the closeness of it was perhaps the reason why the opposition parties would choose not to follow such a precedent.
In April 1974, Lamoureux became the longest serving Speaker in the history of the Canadian House of Commons, surpassing the record set by Rodolphe Lemieux. In September 1974, Lamoureux announced that he would not run in the 1974 election, and retired from Parliament. He was appointed Canadian Ambassador to Belgium following the election. Lamoureux died in 1998.
In 1998, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
On October 12, 2009, Peter Milliken surpassed Lamoureux's record to become the longest-serving occupant of the Speaker's Chair.
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She recently visited Detroit and came away with some unsettling views of the condition of Detroit's charter schools. Michigan among many states to shift burden of college expense to students By Stateside Staff • Mar 5, 2014 Education Trust-Midwest Listen Listening... / 9:46 In 2000, all but three of the 50 states contributed more per student than each student paid for their college education. That came to a screeching halt in Michigan, starting with deep cuts to higher education funding by the Granholm administration and picking up steam as the economy worsened. Today, Michigan is among the many states to shift the burden of paying for that college education onto students. We now rank 40th in per-student higher education spending. Michigan's per-student spending works out to just over $4,600 per student, compared to the nearly $9,900 per-student cost to enrollees. MLive's Brian Smith wrote about this, and joined us today. $4.5 million fund is being formed to benefit Head Start programs in Detroit By The Associated Press • Mar 4, 2014 Mercedes Mejia / Michigan Radio The Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund announced Tuesday will award grants in part to support improved services and better outcomes for young children and families. The announcement was made by the Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, funders working to support early childhood education. The group includes the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the Skillman Foundation and others. The fund will be managed by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. The fund was created in response to a federal competition for $48 million in Head Start funding in Detroit. The Office of Head Start recently announced Detroit organizations with winning proposals that are in negotiations to get federal funding. Fewer Michigan school districts running a deficit, but struggles continue By Stateside Staff • Mar 3, 2014 Sharon Drummond / Flickr Listen Listening... / 9:15 There are fewer Michigan school districts running into the red this year, and even more are projected to work their way out of budget deficits by the end of the school year. Politicians in Lansing say they're encouraged by the trend, but peel away the top layer and it's not all good news. MLive Capitol reporter Jonathon Oosting joined us to explain why. *Listen to the interview above. School districts' budget picture appears to be brightening By Rick Pluta • Feb 27, 2014 MichigansChildren / YouTube The list of Michigan school districts that have budget deficits is shrinking, and more districts are digging out of debt. That was the report today from the state Department of Education to lawmakers. There are 46 districts on the deficit list today, compared to 50 at the end of last year. 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The University of Michigan wants more black students By Kate Wells • Feb 21, 2014 Kate Wells / Michigan Radio The University of Michigan has a race problem. "Open it up! Or we'll shut it down!" chanted half a dozen black students at the Board of Regents meeting yesterday. Their frustrations are getting national attention. The Black Student union has led protests on campus and online. Their #BBUM Twitter campaign (Being Black at U of M) has gone viral. They're fed up, they say, by a school that boasts about a diverse community, yet where just roughly 5% of some 28,000 undergraduate students are black. How will Michigan help failing schools without the EAA? By Stateside Staff • Feb 20, 2014 User Motown31 / Creative Commons Listen Listening... / 14:52 The state of Michigan is ending its exclusive contract with the Education Achievement Authority to oversee the worst-performing schools in the state. State School Superintendent Mike Flangan sent a letter to the EAA saying the state will pull out of its exclusivity agreement with the Authority one year from now. Martin Ackley is with the Michigan Department of Education. He says the state still intends to use the EAA to help turn around struggling schools. "Now, this is in no way a statement or an indication of a lack of confidence in the EAA or its academic strategies. This is just an action that needed to be taken in order to provide flexibility and to provide options other than the EAA in which to place these most struggling schools." So, what are the other options that the State might use to help failing schools? And what's ahead for the controversial EAA? Jake Neher, who covers Lansing for the Michigan Public Radio Network, joined us today. Listen to the full interview above. Michigan ending its exclusive contract with the EAA By Jake Neher • Feb 20, 2014 User Motown31 / Creative Commons The Michigan Department of Education will end its exclusive contract with the Education Achievement Authority to oversee some of the state's lowest-performing schools. State Superintendent Mike Flanagan has sent a letter to the EAA notifying it that the contract will be terminated a year from now. The MDE says it still intends to use the EAA to turn around struggling schools. It says ending the contract will simply open up more options to other entities that can oversee the schools. The EAA currently runs 15 schools in Detroit. Martin Ackley is a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Education. "There are situations where a struggling school may be better served by a neighboring school district or the local intermediate school district as opposed to the EAA." Ackley says the state still intends to use the EAA to help oversee struggling schools. He says ending the contract will simply give state education officials more options. "Now, this is in no way a statement or an indication of alack of confidence in the EAA or its academic strategies. This is just an action that needed to be taken in order to provide flexibility and to provide options other than the EAA in which to place these most struggling schools." Critics of the EAA say it's struggling with declining enrollment, finances, and school safety. Lawmakers are considering legislation that would bolster the authority and allow it to expand it statewide. Should school districts add minutes or days after snow days? And who gets to decide? By Stateside Staff • Feb 19, 2014 Steve Carmody / Michigan Radio Listen Listening... / 7:00 An interview with Ted Roelofs. With many Michigan schools racking up snow days, what's the best way to make up lost time? Adding minutes onto the school day? Or adding days at the end of the school year? 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- Joules 12/1/12 - Classic P85 - Grey&Lace #369 Zextraterrestials S(tory)
Yep. This was murdering my range on my trip to Michigan. I still haven't had the heart to write a full trip report. The whole thing was rather dispiriting and upsetting. (The trip also cost me a tire due to pothole damage)
I cannot in good conscience recommend a Tesla to anyone who takes winter trips on unplowed roads. (It's OK here in NY because they plow *everything*, but in Michigan, they just don't.)
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Once snow does buildup in the wheel wells, it creates friction and as we found out, can create enough friction to prevent the wheels from turning.
Just a caution for others that brave the snow in the Tesla.
I guess I'm not the only who has found problems with snow and our wheel wells.
Sounds like the plastic in the wheel well does not shed snow like normal cars. This is besides our low clearance.
Won't stop us from driving in the snow, but I will be clearing the snow from the car wheel wells semi daily when its bad here.
Doesn't really work. It'll keep you moving but your range will still be ruined. You have to stop and clean the wells out, as I figured out on my Michigan road trip. I use a windshield scraper.
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By the end of my Michigan trip, my procedure was to pull over at the first parking lot which had been plowed (surprisingly rare in Michigan), set the suspension to "Very High", and then start running the windshield scraper around the tires to get the snow out. Last step: scrape away the piles of gunk that fell off, so that I didn't pick the gunk up again when I backed out of the parking space.
I use the sort of scraper which is basically a long pole with a little scraper on the end. Seems to work pretty well.
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Welcome to the stuck tire club. It happened to me a few weeks ago - see thread:Sign into My Tesla | Tesla Motors.
I was told someone in upstate NY had the same thing happen about a week after me.
I have no personal experience of this idea but perhaps the use of a wax-based anti-rusting product applied to (clean, though not necessarily dry) wheel well plastic might help stop snow from sticking in the first place. Waxoyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This has been available in the UK for more than 40 years - I expect there are US versions of the same sort of thing.
It does work extremely well as a rust preventative for all the difficult to get at places that tend to go rusty first, like pressed/welded metal seams and cavities - and I do have extremely good experience of its effectiveness here. Unlike the tar-based under body treatments, if the Waxoyl coating is removed by flying road debris, the Waxoyl stays permanently very slightly viscous and so creeps back over time to re-seal the damage.
I don't know why all motor manufacturers don't use it as standard in the factory. Oh, yes. It's not in their interests for us to all be driving around in 30 year old rust-free cars, is it!
I had this problem. It threw off the balance of my wheels and the car vibrated pretty badly. Cleaning it all out and power washing the insides of the wheels helped a lot but It was too late I guess as I drove too far and too hard on it and it still vibrated > 40mph. I took it to the SC who rotated and "rebalanced" the tires. So the actual tire mount on the wheel itself got thrown off from driving like that.
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This phenomenon does not seem appreciably worse to me with a Tesla than with other vehicles I have driven. Except maybe the truck, because the wells were just so much bigger it would usually break off periodically I suppose. It too bad this will apparently be a deal breaker for everyone that Neroden would otherwise recommend to get a Tesla.
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Masochistic took home his first stakes score in the $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes (gr. II) April 11 at Santa Anita Park.
Masochistic took home his first stakes score in the $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes (gr. II) April 11 at Santa Anita Park.
Masochistic, the horse at the center of recent controversy involving former trainer A.C. Avila, will make his graded stakes debut under new trainer Ron Ellis in the $200,000 Kona Gold (gr. II) April 11 at Santa Anita Park.
Trainer A.C. Avila does not plan to appeal his 60-day suspension and $10,000 fine recently handed out by the California Horse Racing Board after one of his runners tested over the permitted level of acepromazine last year.
Santa Anita Park stewards March 5 announced the dates of A.C. Avila's California Horse Racing Board-ordered suspension, but the trainer has already stated he will contest the penalty in court.
A day after the CHRB announced sanctions against him, trainer A.C. Avila was defiant in victory Feb. 28 at Santa Anita Park, when the horse that has been at the center of the controversy claimed an impressive win.
The California Horse Racing Board suspended A. C. Avila Feb. 27 for 60 days and fined the trainer $10,000 after one of the horses in his care tested positive for an elevated level of acepromazine.
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Kentucky Horse Racing Commissioner Ned Bonnie suggested the regulator bring in outside help to investigate the events surrounding the victory by Masochistic in the third race on the May 3 Kentucky Derby day card at Churchill.
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This review summarizes our current understanding of the role of cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors (COXI) in influencing the structural development as well as the function of the developing kidney. COXI administered either during pregnancy or after birth can influence kidney development including nephronogenesis, and can decrease renal perfusion and ultrafiltration potentially leading to acute kidney injury in the newborn period. To date, which COX isoform (COX-1 or COX-2) plays a more important role in during fetal development and influences kidney function early in life is not known, though evidence points to a predominant role for COX-2. Clinical implications of the use of COXI in pregnancy and in the newborn infant are also evaluated herein, with specific reference to the potential effects of COXI on nephronogenesis as well as newborn kidney function.Keywords:
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Originally posted by Eladi This was a joy to read, made me giggle a lot :P Yes, I do know that I am a perfectionist when it comes to being a consumer. I am the type of person that does not like to waste or buy expensive products unless I am 100% sure of them. I hate just blowing money since it takes me awhile to obtain. I am more of the salesman...not the buyer lol "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
Another question that I have been wondering but have not seen a specific answer to just yet, is how long does a motherboard usually last? My last mobo lasted only about 3-4 years and now only 1 out of 4 of the RAM slots work :/ How can I tell a good one from a bad one? The one I'm looking at now is this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131770 "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
Theres always a risk in buying electronics parts. Some are just glitchy and some are well made. It depeneds on the brand. If you got a trusted brand on your motherboard, no need to worry if these mobo will die on you cause these companies generally have a warranty on parts thats good for 1-2 years. After the warranty and parts gets outdated it would be wise again to upgrade. Yeah its a really fast evolving tech. So dont buy those very expensive parts unless you are an enthusiast or do it for your work, If you game, invest on your GPU. Most games work with 2 cores only. They will keep telling you to buy those high end procie, with uber RAM memory but you wont need it, buy less expensive parts and upgrade after 3-4 years. |
I am highly considering just keeping the case that I currently have...cleaning it out and just 'making it work'. It has enough cooling, but just needs a really good cleaning. That would save me $50. Then since I already have fans on this one...cutting the led blue fans out of the mix saving me an additional $15. Next, thinking about instead of the 2500k, just settling with a decent AM3+ mobo with the 965, and in about 2-3 years updgrading if need be. Benchmarks suggest that I honestly will not notice a difference in gaming at all right now between the two and when it comes time that I do then i will simply upgrade to bulldozer or whatever is out at the time. It may technically lose me money in the long run, but I will have to money to upgrade more easily at that time then I would be able to pay for the i5 right now. Do that, keep the gtx 260, get 8gb of some good 1600Mhz ram, buy a 60gb sata III ssd for the OS and a few games and call it a day.. "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
That sounds like a solid idea, Nunez. I'd say either get the 965 or the 970. They're both nearly idential in price and performance (just $10 and 100mhz difference). That should set you up just fine. Then, in 2-3 years, just get a piledriver or steamroller chip (piledriver at worst). And later, maybe next year, get yourself a Radeon HD 7000 series card, or if the timing is right and the cards good, maybe Kepler, but I'm not holding my breath on that one. Just make sure BF3 goes on that SSD if that's what you're going to play! That game is ridiculous for load times. |
A hard drive will last on average 5 years under normal use. But the spread is anywhere from 0-10 years and could even last well beyond that.
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Originally posted by Catamount Yeah, the only thing that I think I may be dissapointed in with BF3 is my GPU. Everything I have seen on it running with the 260 is not so great :/ Though in my opinion it seems like the best choice for me. "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
To NoQuarter: I don't think it would be worth it upgrade past my current gtx 260 core 216 since the performance gains would not be huge and much better cards should be out moderately soon. On the topic of CPU, the benchmarks that I have seen do not seem to warrant the i5 2500k for me since by the time the x4 is outdated in performance I should have a much better economical position for putting money into a pc, though right now I'm looking to save money if possible. I am planning on getting a smaller 64gb Sata III SSD to put the OS and a few main games on to optimize performance, but other then that I believe the performance/price should be adaquate for now and will not be a waste of my money. If you really think about it...money is relative. To me, $500 is a lot of money, but to perhaps a millionaire it is quite small. So by formulating what the best build would be by using finances that span for years and years seems quite pointless when in that much time my ecnomonical stance could be quite different, and since things point to them being much better in the future then situationally I would be saving more money if I just got the cheaper version now and the more expensive pieces later. "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
wanna play safe ...wait till march april ...get an on ivybridge cpu (supports pci3.0)system youll be on the safe side for future gaphics cards for quite a long time Remind you to get a case that supports extra long GPUs ....34 to 35 cm l full tower is the best option but a wisely utilised corsair 600t cn be as good as any full tover Fuck CPU overclocking for games ....muscle lies in your GPU(s) (yet still get an aftermarket heatsink) |
Originally posted by Nunez1212 Okay for the love of all that is good just get the 2500k and a small SSD and keep your 320gbHDD for now. Don't let them rope you into thinking the AMD cpu is a good choice, it is weak and out dated. Why spend 120$ now and another 120-150$ a year or two from now and still (for GAMING) having an equivalent CPU as the 2500k that you could just get now and be done. The other posters are throwing too many options and variants at you. Just get the recommended by the book build for performance. the 2500k and a SSD now and a new GPU a few months from now when the new lines arrive. You get what you pay for.. so don't go for the cheapest ways out (especially if you're a perfectionist). There is a line for performance hardware in gaming (Low budget / Low performace-----------High budget / Extreme performance), people will obviously argue this because I guess they get offended when a person spends 2000$$ + on a build. Don't try hoping to different sides if your budget is 700$$ or so, just stay center and game. *Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 |
Originally posted by bepolite You probably won't have to wait quite that long, but right now I'd definitely wait for ivybridge.... that's as future-proof as you can get right now. |
Originally posted by bepolite More " wait" ....oh brother. The Point of the 2500k is that you don't have to OC it.. it is strong regardless.. but a few years from now if you must beef up, you can crank it up to over 4.2 like cake for stronger loads. (That's what she said) ziinngg. *Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 |
Originally posted by Nunez1212 Okay just to confirm.. a gtx 260 is literally half as strong as a gtx 560 TI when it isn't over clocked at that. So yes the gain would be extreme, but like we all have said.. get the better CPu and maybe a SSD now and let the 260 hold you over for a few more months . keep in mind the model of gtx260 you currently have is the most powerful in it's line, so it will play Skyrim medium-high and more than likely it will play BF3 at medium. That's GOOD enough to hold you over until the new ones arrive in 2 months or so.. *Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 |
Originally posted by Robgmur Ok just to comfirm. I am 100% sure the gtx 260 that I have will allow me to play Skyrim on High settings easliy considering the recommended requirements are a base gtx 260 and has been confirmed to run Skyrim on High Settings. Though I did have no idea that it was 1/2 as strong as the 560 ti because many people told me it was pretty darn close the 6870 and that the 6870 was not far at all from the 560ti.. "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
Originally posted by Nunez1212 IDK where they get their info from. You can simply look it up on Guru or Toms. a 560 TI is even better than 260s in SLI. So yes it is considerable better and has dx11. It doesn't even matter how much people try an argue that it is almost as good because they would be telling you a bald face lie. Doesn't compare to the 560 TI in any test I have seen, not even remotely close. *Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 |
Hmm well I'm not trying to call you or anyone on here a liar, but maybe they were just ill informed and like many people spreading information unresearched. Here is a question to you since you have seemed to research your information. The PSU that I have been contemplating getting: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094 I have been told it is "golden" and should last me a very very long time. Few questions. How much is "very very long"? Will this be sufficient enough for the higher cards that are being released soon? I just hate to spend $70 on it and then next year have to buy another one because this one is weak... "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
But like we all were saying, AMD followed by NVIDIA will more than likely launch cards soon that are roughly the same price as the 560 ti or 6950 2gb but could possibly draw way less power and are more stable with a slight jump in performance. So it would be worth waiting for those while the 260 you have holds you over. *Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 |
Originally posted by Nunez1212 I wouldn't buy anything less than 700 watts. |
Originally posted by czekoskwigel I would have thought the same thing before Quizzical recommended this exact psu to someone else here a few days ago for a build that was about $1000 and was hosting an i5 2500k and a 6870. I have also heard many people state that the wattage is not nearly as important as the AMP rating and this one has a 20A rating for 12V which is supposedly very good. "I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breath a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." |
Originally posted by Nunez1212 It would appear at least AMD is shooting towards their newer cards being very power friendly, so I would 100% garuntee that that one you have there would support any of the medium to somewhat higher end cards 9it even has a 5yr warrenty). But if you were ever wanting to SLI or CF or hell even run a single extreme card i.e gtx 580- 6990/590 equivilant, it would not be enough for the draw. Now we don't know what the exact power draw will be for the new lines arriving soon, but from what I understand they will be utilizing a considerably lower power draw. In all honesty maybe grabbing a good 750w would be wise. *Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 |


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"Not Bad, But..."
I have fond memories of reading Ben Bova novels when I was younger, but I sort of found the story disappointing. Possibly as I feel the story blurb was more than a bit misleading. Instead of really being a book about a discover of a new planet and "what they ultimately find will stun everyone, and the human race will never be the same". Well, the description and fuss about the planet comprised the last 3 minutes of the book. The book was actually more about nanobots and a scumbag rich terrorist. Nothing wrong with that, but the description doesn't even vaguely sound like this. I still have no idea "what they ultimately" found that would "stun everyone, and the human race will never be the same". No idea at all. I felt like I had accidentally downloaded the wrong book. I was looking forward to a moon base / discovery book.
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OK voice, but his "Australian" female accent was really bad, like worse than Robert Downey Jr in Natural Born Killers... Sounded more South African than anything. I also wasn't aware Betelgeuse was pronounced Beetlejiuce, like the movie. I could be wrong though.
"A Very Full Fresh Story"
So much occurred over the course of this book, it made it such an amazing read. It wasn't overwhelming though, which can make it hard to keep up with. But by the time you get to the end, and think back to where it started and the full course of events, it was an amazing journey. It isn't even an easily classifiable story. YA, elements of straight sci fi, apocalypse, horror, action, meta-humans, but it never seemed like a jumble.
The characters were well written and generally likeable, and relatable. There was a good injection of humor throughout, making me smile quite a few times throughout the book. There was a lot of heart with the characters too.
Rhiannon Angell did a great job narrating. I always got a smile when she'd have Liv mimic some other character in her thoughts - very well done.
I look forward to more novels in this world, and definitely will listen to and recommend the narrator.
"Not Your Usual Zombie Tale"
Cattle was an interesting standalone novel about a world decimated by a zombie apocalypse. In this world, the zombies have split into two groups, the mindless beasts, and those that have had their original memories reawakened, and maintain intelligence.
It appears from looking more at the author's bibliography, this book is part of a wider "series", The Fearlanders, but it is a stand-alone story. That said, I would be interested in listening to more novels in this world, especially the first book, Mort, detailing more the outbreak. As well as hearing more of the angel visions and what is up with that. I'm hoping an audiobook will be eventually made for more in the series!
In the story, our lead character is trying to get to a human settlement, Home, along with a friend, and is unfortunately captured and put in a human breeding (for food) program run by the awakened zombies (hence the title).
I didn't think the book was gratuitous in any way, although the subject matter was definitely all grim.
Ian M Walker did a great job narrating, and I thought the accents were pretty well done, with the exception of Max who I really had a hard time understanding, or even figuring what the accent was supposed to be (was it supposed to be a heavy Irish or Scottish accent?). It was odd though having a British narrator for a story set in the USA with American characters.
Overall, an enjoyable stand alone zombie tale set in a wider story universe. Recommended.
"A Fun Read for Dino Fans"
Dinosaur Lake was an engaging listen, and time just flew by listening to it.
Like (I guess) a lot of people, early in life I had a fascination with dinosaurs, and have loved seeing modern technology being able to bring them to life on the big screen in recent years. The book caters to that demographic very well. And yes, I have the upcoming unabridged Jurassic Park audiobook on pre-order... :)
The book painted the area it was set in so well I was able to picture things so well, and this made the entire book feel so alive. The people in the story were also well developed. The lead character, the ex-cop Chief Park Ranger was likeable, conscientious and in the thick of the action. There were no real "baddie" type characters, other than one of the self serving scientists, and the desk bound park service boss but even they did add to the tale, rather than being just really grating. I also found it interesting the idea of the community aided homeless camp in the park. I'm not sure if this is based on factual occurrences of this, but it was the first time I'd heard of this concept, in fiction or elsewhere.
Johnnie C Hayes did a brilliant job narrating. I'd definitely recommend him to authors looking for narrators. I found him easy to listen to, clear, and characters all felt distinct.
I look forward to listening to more books by this author (including the Dinosaur Lake sequels). Highly recommended.
"The Coming Apocalypse"
A Time of Demons is a novel of a group of characters finding themselves wrapped up in the lead in to the biblical apocalypse. It is unlike any other biblical apocalypse story I've read or watched over the years however, from A Thief in the Night to more recent ones however. These others seem to all more or less carry the same interpretation of events. This book "branched out" a with somewhat more imagination. The book really does feel like an epic journey, and when I finished, and was thinking back to the start of it, it felt like so much had happened. The story was immersive, and well written.
The book is, I think, nominally written from a Christian perspective. I personally found some of Cassandra's early behaviour unwarranted and wrong for someone who was a moral devout person though. For example, unnecessarily lying to her uncle. I also felt, from a story perspective, that Cassandra had one ability early in the novel that was unnecessary to the story itself, and seemed to disappear later in the novel - the ability to see that a person was going to die. She had had it (I think from what was said in the book) for a few weeks prior to the novel, and seemed to have totally given up after that short period to even try helping the people she saw as marked for death. I found that just didn't jive with the expected behavior of a her character. The ability seemed to have disappeared later on, and honestly, if it was me I'd feel that the story would have been better without it at all, and that it would not have detracted from the tale.
The character of Rayner was also a breath of fresh air. I do kind of get tired of fantasies (and even sci fi) of any sort where the various groups are just stereotypes, or one dimensional archetypes representing a single human vice, whether it is werewolves, vampires, demons, or even say a Star Trek species, like a Ferengi representing "greed". I'm more of the opinion that for starters you can't treat an individual as a group, and that a sentient creature is capable of thought, and making decisions. Writers do tend to forget that when they write of demons as the biblical fallen angels that the very fact that the fell was because they made a decision to buck the system. So why are they then forever after somehow capable of making another decision, or regretting that earlier decision, or changing? Anyhow, Rayner embodied this depth, and his character's journey through the book was a great substory, and his internal conflict was well written and thoughtful.
For fans (like me) of shows like Supernatural, I this book probably would be enjoyed.
Kathryn Meyer Griffith did a fantastic job narrating. This was my first audiobook of hers, and I'd definitely recommend her narration to anyone. I did find some of the pronunciations a bit odd, but maybe that is just how it is pronounced in other regions or I'm wrong (eg Obadiah as O-ba-dear as opposed to how I thought it pronounced as O-ba-die-ah).
I really hope a sequel to this book is written.
"An Alternate Reality"
I've just finished listening to the first two books in the series, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The second book was even more enjoyable than the first. The first book was larger in scope with backstory, plot threads, and less distinct primary characters, but Wolf's Revenge was a more constrained to a single primary protagonist, Chris, the police detective from the first novel, and a primary plot. In this book though, her tenure on the police force is short lived, and her world is unfortunately turned upside down. The book deals then with her altered life, and a quest for justice against the person who changed her life.
I really felt for the character, and was hoping (and wondering) if something that was done to her at the end of book 1 would have been undone, and her reaction to it. I am wondering if this will happen in a future novel, where she regains some lost memories.
The book didn't end on a cliffhanger, and everything resolved and wrapped up nicely. Which is a good thing given this book was written in 2005. I did contact the author and he does have to more books in the series plotted but not written yet.
The narration was top shelf, was easy to listen to, and distinguish characters.
I am interested now in listening to more by this team, and more in this series. I have listened to several series I'd consider in this genre, including some by really popular authors, and I did enjoy this series better.
"A Different Apocalypse"
Suckers is an extremely well written and fantastically narrated apocalyptic horror novel. I found the writing style breathed life and was so engaging, the book just zipped by. It was not a story I had to go and reread stuff as I missed things or got confused who or what was what. I found myself getting immersed in the tale immediately.
Chris Vallancourt did an incredible job narrating, and I'm surprised this seems to be a first performance. I hope more are available soon!
Although the writing was excellent, I really had a lot of trouble with the lead character, I found him just a selfish user of people, his friends, family, and people in general. And unfortunately there was no payback to him for all the ill he did through his selfishness. It was like an apocalypse where patient zero got sick, infected and killed the world, then he got better and lived happily ever after. I personally just have trouble relating to stories with a protagonist like that.
In all though, I feel this author has a lot of talent, and the narrator also, and I really look forward to more from both.
Strangers is a sombering tale of a family fracturing in the aftermath of a personal tragedy, where mother father, and two children all have significant secrets from each other. They are trapped and tormented by an unknown predator, intent on making them confess and suffer for their sins.
My only complaint was that I did think the whole scenario was a bit too implausible, for one person to have arranged and carried out. But I took it more as just the allegorical construct for telling the tale of the family. Also being a home handy-person, I'd be hard pressed to find myself so helpless in my home...
Jeffrey Kafer is a fantastic narrator also. I've recently had the pleasure of listening to a few of his narrations, and am always pleasantly surprised.
"A Late Starter"
I've read books by Jeremy Robinson before, but not the Jack Sigler novels. So I'm a late starter on the series. I admit I've only come in late on a few series, and I found it kind of disconcerting in places. My main issue was the characters themselves. I was listening to the book, and it started with an intro, then went into another change of time and scene, and we were with these people named after chess pieces. I was thinking OK, this is some more back story. Eventually I will actually meet the titular Jack Sigler. Well, about 1/4 of the way into the book I figured out that King was Jack Sigler. So I restarted it, knowing now that this side character was actually the lead. And to me, this whole issue plagued the book, not just with the lead but with every team member, where they'd primarily be referred to by a chess piece name, and the occasionally by their real name. And to add more confusion to this construct, the people with the call sign could change. So Bishop started as referring to one character from a prior book, and then was another. I personally think this whole construct was just a bad idea, and is my only reason for the point off. Perhaps if I started at book 1 I'd have been more familiar, and book 1 might have handled the identity better. But starting at book 7, no. I struggled
On the actual story, I found the story a really enjoyable crime/military/monster book. I love stuff about the lost colony of Roanoake, and it was great how the two threads merged, and things went totally mad. I also like what happened to a certain scum bag corrupt senator.I found the story a bit like a Joe Ledger story, but way better written (I"m talking the story here, not my inability to grasp character identity easily).
Narration was top notch, and I'd definitely listen to more by Jeffrey Kafer.
"Enjoyable Dystopian Tale"
Fugitives from Northwood is an enjoyable dystopian tale set in a near future USA. The tale revolves around a group of friends who escape from a forced labor camp and make a run for the Canadian border.
I found the story enjoyable, as opposed to anger-inducing or depressing. Not that the setting wasn't bleak, but more that the people the story was about were good people. And unlike a lot of dystopian and apocalyptic tales, we don't have people turning on others, traitors, and just outright despicable people. Sure there were horrible people in the book, but I felt they they were more peripheral to the narrative. At any rate, I found the story left me with a good feeling, and wanting more.
The narration was excellent, with some sound effects embellishments adding to the overall presentation.
I look forward to the next two books in the series, to see how the story proceeds and resolves.
"Silent Hell"
What a fantastic story! Every so often, I come across a pretty unique and entertaining tale on audiobook, one where an author seems to have a new-ish idea. Sure, I love genre novels that really are just the authors take on a well trod story, but occasionally it is great to stumble across a gem like this.
Initially, the story started off with a tale that was somewhat reminiscent of the world of Silent Hill. Interspersed among the main tale are dream sequences of another story, which you can't see any correlation with the main thread. At the end it all comes together, and all makes sense. It is such a fun, intricate, and often dark novel.
The lead character's personal voice was great, and there were some pretty humorous thoughts the reader had access to (made me chuckle more than once). The narration was right on the money.
I look forward to more books by the author.


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First of all...Degas paintings always inspire as I am a retired ballerina...=(. Second, our life is always a rehearsal for what is next, we just get more proficient with our timing and lines the more we rehearse, and third I really hope that your rehearsal turns out to be a great performance (as I am sure it will!)Enjoy your first weekend of spring,xo!
ReplyDeleteOh, you just put your finger on it! Feel like that for a while now, something is working out in my mind.
My son (11) had his first oral presentation in school: AbrahamLincoln's assassination. 15 minutes speech, we had days of rehearsal and today was the day! There were sleepless nights and butterflies and lost voice....All well that ends well!
Thanks for the wonderful art to see: Oh, Degas' grace!How timely is your post. This week - our daughter has a week of rehearsals to attend and then the benefit dance on Saturday evening.
She has a broken wrist too - so this year's performance will take on a very special meaning. We can do our best to prepare but one is not always prepared for what life can toss at us....especially when we fall snowboarding :( The show must go on!
One of my favorite paintings!