IBuyPower's checkout page and support, yikes
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Frys.com is total rubbish.
Well, that's true. But we all know
Drax"Blakeyrat" doesn't understand metaphor and everything he says "is literally true" except when it's not, so I assumed he meant there isn't actually an online store, and not "their online store sucks.". It is usually quicker to just go to the damned store.
I have three--three!--of them within driving distance. One of them is longhorn-themed, with a wooden exterior and longhorn statues up on a mezzanine outside.
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So the best idea for Fry's is to have a e-commerce website that doesn't search local store inventory.
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If it does, that's brand new since the last time I tried to get some slight utility off that worthless website.
This feature's existed for at least a few years.
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The fact that I went to their store and found NOT A SINGLE GeForce 970 IN STOCK OF ANY BRAND is not helping to dislodge it.
Must be tough.
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Also, once my tax return comes in I'm going to upgrade to a laser printer of some kind and quit spending $50 on Wal-Mart inkjets that last exactly 43 pages.
Watch the weekly flyers. Every once in a while you'll see a deal, like the time I got a Samsung ML-1740 for $50, which was $20 less than the cost of a new toner cartridge.
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BTW, I'm not expressing any kind of opinion on that particular card; it was simply the first one in the list.
It's too bad you don't have a Micro Center nearby.
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It's too bad you don't have a Micro Center nearby.
Oh, I have one of those! My husband is going to pick up servos tomorrow.
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One of them is longhorn-themed
The inside looks like a cross between a barn and some sort of 1880s-era feed store. It's awesome in a hideously tacky sort of way.
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Oh, I have one of those! My husband is going to pick up servos tomorrow.
Like I said upthread, if you want a K-series Intel CPU, don't get it anywhere but there.
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The Mayan one in the bay area is the best.
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I don't know California's layout. Which city is it?
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I don't remember. San Jose maybe?
Yeah, San Jose: http://www.frys.com/ac/storeinfo/san_jose-location-frys-electronics-hours-maps-directions
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Ha, that's pretty cool. The two Dallas stores that aren't the one I linked above are, architecturally speaking, boring, although one of them probably has the best stock.
It's a little surprising to me you don't have more choices. In addition to the three Fry'ss[1] and the Micro Center, Dallas has a Tiger Direct, a local chain called Altex, and a number of grognard-y electronics/components stores.
[1] not sure how to pluralize that.
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How would you suggest concisely referring to "more than one Fry's location"?
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Well I wouldn't use the non-word "grognard-y", that's for sure.
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I'm not even sure what the fuck it means.
What's the plural of a possessive? The store's name isn't "Frys", which would be pluralized, IIRC, as "Frys'" (in case the font's tough to read, there's an apostrophe after the S). Unless I missed it, this page is silent on the specific case.
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Well I wouldn't use the non-word "grognard-y", that's for sure.
That's because you're a humorless git. I was going for a particular joke there. But also, if you don't know what a grognard is, it wouldn't make sense.
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What the FUCK are you talking about?
Oh. I see what happened. I thought your footnote referred to the idiot nonsense bullshit "grognard-y". Whatever, you're an idiot, go away.
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What the FUCK are you talking about?
Since you didn't provide context I don't know which thing I said confuses you. WOuld you like me to assume it's "all of them?"
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Just go back and ask him what his gibberish meant.
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But he explained it already.
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I thought your footnote referred to the idiot nonsense bullshit "grognard-y".
Oh, got it. You don't realize that footnotes go AFTER the thing they reference, because you're apparently stupid, because it's not as if everyone doesn't do it that way.
Whatever, you're an idiot, go away.
Says the dumbass who isn't clear on how footnotes work. Did you skip that semester of high-school English class?
Say, maybe this explains part of your persona's constant rage: The constant footnoting that, to you, refers regularly to random other parts of the post, must be wildly confusing.
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Just go back and ask him what his gibberish meant.
Nothing I wrote was gibberish, except one semi-obscure term.
A grognard is the kind of person who, before personal computers came around, played wildly complex board games from companies like Avalon Hill, the kind of game that basically completely disappeared once we had computers that would do all the bookkeeping. (Anyone ever play Axis & Allies? One complete 5-player round of turns can take half an hour because of all the paper-shuffling.)
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Nothing I wrote was gibberish, except one semi-obscure term.
I know. I said to ask him about his gibberish.
A grognard is the kind of person who, before personal computers came around, played wildly complex board games from companies like Avalon Hill, the kind of game that basically completely disappeared once we had computers that would do all the bookkeeping.
What about people who still play them?
Anyone ever play Axis & Allies? One complete 5-player round of turns can take half an hour because of all the paper-shuffling.
Never played that one, but I've played stuff that's at least as bad.
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I know. I said to ask him about his gibberish.
I thought you might have meant that. But interpreting it the other way was funnier.
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But interpreting it the other way was funnier.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Oh, sorry.
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What about people who still play them?
I would assume they're still grognards. But it probably requires the ridiculously complex games; Settlers of Catan wouldn't count, I don't think.
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But it probably requires the ridiculously complex games; Settlers of Catan wouldn't count, I don't think.
No. I have several boxed Avalon Hill games. The worst (best) is Civilization (with the Advanced Civilization and Western Expansion and an extra set of game pieces so we can play in "Imperial" mode). 1830 can get pretty crazy with the stock market and trying to add up all of your routes every turn.
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I have several boxed Avalon Hill games.
A&A might be right up your alley, then. I bought it in my late teens but only ever played about 3 games of it because I couldn't find enough people willing to devote the time and effort necessary. I bet a competent computer version of it would cut the time it takes in half or better.
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A&A might be right up your alley, then.
It will likely happen at some point. One of the guys who joined my gaming group of friends has it. We played the Game of Thrones game last time out, and after that some people stayed and played A&A, though my wife and I had to leave at that point.
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I bet a competent computer version of it would cut the time it takes in half or better.
No doubt, though it kind of takes away from the social aspect IME.
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No doubt, though it kind of takes away from the social aspect IME.
True.
I think this is where having the app on a tablet might be nice, though, if everyone's got one--you can gather everyone in the same room but each person gets their own view. This would be great for people who don't have a big table, or who have cats, for example.
Have we :derailed: enough to Jeff away some posts before @blakeyrat gets ragey[1]?
[1] You know[2] what I mean.
[2] Thought I'd let other people see how he apparently views footnote indicators.
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having the app on a tablet
I got a chance to play the You Don't Know Jack 2015 Party Pack steam version last weekend. I really like the tablet-and-TV interface they have going :) Though I had a bit of an advantage. I agreed to shift to my phone like everyone else when we did the drawing game since having a huge canvas is a bit unfair.
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The store's name isn't "Frys", which would be pluralized, IIRC, as "Frys'" (in case the font's tough to read, there's an apostrophe after the S).
You don't recall correctly. If the singular were "Frys" the correct plural would be "Fryses"[1], unless the chain were to officially publish some other form that they wished to be used. The form you posted (with the apostrophe) would be one of two acceptable possessive forms - "Frys'" and "Frys's"[2].
I checked the Fry's site to see how they refer to multiple locations, and they tend to say "Fry's stores" or "Fry's locations". As such, I don't believe that there is an appropriate pluralization of the shorter term "Fry's". You'll just have to say "Fry's stores" or "Fry's locations".
[1] http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm, http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-make-family-names-plural
[2] http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/apostrophes-with-words-ending-in-s/, http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm, http://www.dailywritingtips.com/possessive-of-proper-names-ending-in-s/
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I checked the Fry's site to see how they refer to multiple locations, and they tend to say "Fry's stores"
The link I provided suggested a similar circumlocution to avoid the issue.
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Someone has a "Word of the day" calendar
Nope, just a big vocabulary acquired over a lifetime.
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F all that, just say "Froxen"
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I have a friend who will occasionally invent his own version. He'd probably say "fryseseses" where those e's should be shwas that I'm not going to bother to type, and some of the s's are actually pronounced as z's.
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I concur
Like I said, nope. I have just learned a lot of words. Sometimes you gotta let the big ones out.
There's probably a "that's what she said" joke in there.
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