It may also comfort you to know that pilots, especially airline pilots, tend to be somewhat anal retentive, detail oriented and obsessive-compulsive. It's sort of an occupational hazard and much reinforced in training. Checklists and procedures, done exactly the same way every time, are what keep us alive, even at my…

I'll add system maintenance and pilot training to the cost breakdown.

You said it. I've done FL to MA (and back) with two stops in a Cessna 172. About eleven hours flying time each way. My legs were aching rather badly. Can't imagine sitting in the pilot seat for 14 hours straight.

His first flight lesson was less than three years ago, and received his private pilot certificate on his 17th birthday.

Great article. I just have a couple of nomenclature nitpicks.

And yeah, if you have an ASUS motherboard, you'll get a nifty little Q-connector that lets you connect everything outside of the case. Good for you. That must be super great. The rest of us will be over here, squinting and biting our tongues, pushing and praying.

The trick is to route the smaller ones between the motherboard and the motherboard back plate. Finicky but it gets a lot of cables out of the way. Make the plugs pop out from behind the motherboard right beside their sockets.

For the thicker ones, use patience and zip-ties while channeling your inner pedant.

After 20+ years of PC building, this is not a problem for me anymore. You always get spares of all the fiddly bits except maybe large thumbscrews. I have a little plastic case with compartments that contains more than I need of pretty much any screw type necessary for PC building.

For a moment I thought, "ads"? I never see those. My ad blocker takes care of them. Makes browsing way faster too.

"Brand name components" being the operative word. If I build my own gaming PC everything is brand name down to PSU and RAM. In a Dell or whatever most of the stuff is "lowest bidder". Yes it makes a difference.

Here in Hong Kong we get the best of both worlds. The little shops in the computer centers will build the PC for no extra cost if you buy the parts from the shop. Quality workmanship with all cables neatly tucked in, and it takes them less than an hour.

My unused for burning BluRay burner agrees with you. :)

I have that same heatsink. I spent more than half an hour figuring out the right direction to insert it. The best way just barely touches one of the MoBo heatsinks but it's all good.

Believe me, you can. I have a friend who is capable of these things... :)

Change the profile name with "Tor" (or which name you want but remember it). Make the http proxy "127.0.0.1" and the port "8118". then check the box "Use the same proxy server for all protocols". Hit "Save" at the bottom

They are indeed hackable, but on the flip side most traditional locks aren't much of a hindrance for a skilled lockpicker.

500MB? My first hard drive was 20MB, and it was serious money. :)

Yes I know. Apologies for not using a winking smiley.

;)

I got that. I just like being a contrarian. :)