2011 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[MMA_scientist]

Been getting back into the market a lot the last few weeks. Just bought a whole basket of value stocks this morning. I saw "Limitless" last week and whetted my appetite for financial/market movies. I am going on a spree, taking suggestions. So far I have

Wall Street
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (have not seen yet)
Boiler Room
Rogue Trader (have not seen, supposed to be good)
The Bank
Bonfire of the Vanities (have not seen)
Trading Places
Other People's Money

What else you got? I need inspiration.

[zY|]

How was Limitless?

[MMA_scientist]

I actually liked it a lot. I get into stock market movies, and there are so few of them (as evidenced by my list). It was not what I would call a high quality film... it was a movie. they could have done a lot more with it than they did, but I would see it again for sure.

[Luke]

I've heard this one is good but never seen it myself

[MMA_scientist]

^^ sweet thanks. I will check that out.

[SPX]

Pi is insane. In my opinion it also sucks.

One documentary you should see if you haven't--though I think maybe you said you had--is Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

I wouldn't really put it into the "inspiration" category, though.

[Luke]

Pi is insane. In my opinion it also sucks.

One documentary you should see if you haven't--though I think maybe you said you had--is Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

I wouldn't really put it into the "inspiration" category, though.

LOL X locked the thread

[SPX]

LOL X locked the thread

The hell I did. That's your game, not mine.

[SPX]

Gay Experience of the Day:


So I have two computers--my main desktop, which I built, and a netbook--and my desktop has been having serious problems lately. It has a tendency to just shut off for no reason at all, especially while streaming video. Sometimes it would do a physical memory dump, and I checked the event viewer and also found memory references, so I ran a memory check. During the memory check--which runs outside of Windows--the machine shut down again, so I figured there was a memory problem and ordered 4 GB of DDR2 RAM.

It did not fix the issue, though. So I got sick of the shit and decided I would just replace everything that could possibly be the problem. I ordered a new motherboard, new CPU, and new power supply, on top of the RAM I had just bought.

Everything comes in and I spend an hour or whatever installing everything and . . . gayness coming in 3 2 1 . . . the new motherboard only supports DDR3 RAM. So not only is my computer a paperweight for at least a few days, the RAM I just bought is now worthless to me ($50 down the drain) and I had to order new RAM to get the motherfucker back up and running ($70 after 2-day shipping and rush processing).

The whole situation gets my Seal of Disapproval.

[BillyPilgrim]

Any time I have had a computer expert build me a computer it works like shit and needs constant maintenance. I am a big fan of getting it out of the box and plugging it in.

[SPX]

Maybe you're going to the wrong guys.

I prefer to put my own shit together. That way I can control exactly what goes into it and sometimes save some money in the process. Also, custom built machines are a hell of a lot easier to upgrade than proprietary shit from HP or Dell.

[Luke]

The hell I did. That's your game, not mine.

you had to of ,you were the last person that posted in the thread before it was locked

[Luke]

Gay Experience of the Day:


So I have two computers--my main desktop, which I built, and a netbook--and my desktop has been having serious problems lately. It has a tendency to just shut off for no reason at all, especially while streaming video. Sometimes it would do a physical memory dump, and I checked the event viewer and also found memory references, so I ran a memory check. During the memory check--which runs outside of Windows--the machine shut down again, so I figured there was a memory problem and ordered 4 GB of DDR2 RAM.

It did not fix the issue, though. So I got sick of the shit and decided I would just replace everything that could possibly be the problem. I ordered a new motherboard, new CPU, and new power supply, on top of the RAM I had just bought.

Everything comes in and I spend an hour or whatever installing everything and . . . gayness coming in 3 2 1 . . . the new motherboard only supports DDR3 RAM. So not only is my computer a paperweight for at least a few days, the RAM I just bought is now worthless to me ($50 down the drain) and I had to order new RAM to get the motherfucker back up and running ($70 after 2-day shipping and rush processing).

The whole situation gets my Seal of Disapproval.

damn thats sucks can you sell the parts you dont need?

[SPX]

damn thats sucks can you sell the parts you dont need?

I can try. I may be able to get $50 at the most for all of it, though.

[Luke]

I can try. I may be able to get $50 at the most for all of it, though.

did you figure out the problem ?