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Noticed today was JohnK's birth DAY. Thought I'd WISH you a happy birth day. Its been a while since he was here...
Ill have to send this to his email (he doesnt have access to the internet at the moment)


Happy Birthday, John!Thanks Sorry I haven't been on much, I can't get online very much.
I should NOTE that being 16 feels much the same as being 15...Happy birthday John, haven't seen you around in a long time.
Bit late, but hey.You have the same birthday as my sister. Happy belated birthday.Quote from: CBMatt on FEBRUARY 27, 2008, 07:09:09 PM

You have the same birthday as my sister. Happy belated birthday.

This is a true story from the Word Perfect Help line which was TRANSCRIBED from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say, the Help Desk employee was fired; however, he is currently suing the WORDPERFECT organization for "Termination without Cause".

This is the actual dialogue of a former Word Perfect Customer Support employee (now I know why they record these conversations):

Employee: "Rich Hall, Computer Assistance; may I help you?"

Customer: "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."

Employee: "What sort of trouble?"

Customer: "Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden, the words went AWAY."

Employee: "Went away?"

Customer: "They disappeared."

Employee: "Hmmm So wh at does your screen look like now?"

Customer: "Nothing."

Employee: "Nothing?"

Customer: "It's a blank; it won't accept anything when I type."

Employee: "Are you still in Word Perfect, or did you get out?"

Customer: "How do I tell?"

Employee: "Can you see the 'C:' prompt on the Screen?"

Customer: "What is a sea prompt?"

Employee: "Never mind, can you MOVE your cursor around the screen?"

Customer: "There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything I type."

Employee: "Does your monitor have a power indicator?"

Customer: "What's a monitor?"

Employee: "It's the THING with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does It have a little light that tells you when it's on?"

Customer: "I don't know"

Employee: "Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?"

Customer: "Yes, I think so."

Employe e: "Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged Into the wall."

Customer: "Yes, it Is."

Employee: "When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there

Were Two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"

Customer: "No."

Employee: "Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable."

Customer: "Okay, here it is."

Employee: "Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer."

Customer: "I can't reach."

Employee: "Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"

Customer: "No."

Employee: "Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"

Customer: "Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle, it's because it's dark."

Employee: "Dark?"

Customer: "Yes -- the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window."

Employee: "Well, turn on the office light then."

Customer: "I can't."

Employee: "No? Why not?"

Customer: "Because there's a power failure."

Employee : "A power... a power failure?... Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and the packing stuff your computer came in?"

Customer: "Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."

Employee : "Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from".

Customer: "Really? Is it that bad?"

Employee: "Yes, I'm afraid it is."

Customer: "Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"

Employee: "Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer.

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LOL. that was awesome.Well deserved

Some people out there.. After the first few words, that customer turns out to be a total retard. What a guy... its funny because a lady came in with a 'problem' very similar to this......
*shaking head* so silly... For having to put up with people like that, I think they should give the guy a promotion.

Haven't made too MANY *interesting* off-topic computer related posts so I thought I'd make some after viewing this video. Amazing video of the NVIDIA Engine ROOM aka a server farm. Very impressive setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HslwXd67CEY

wow..... incredible. that's all with P4 processors, too. I wonder what it looks like today with QUAD core processors...I saw someone in the comments section mentioned this video was two years old. So I'm sure it's a lot more impressive now.

The next-generation optical format wars have begun, and so far the most common response from consumers is a collective yawn. Market research firm Forrester believes that those YAWNS will ultimately translate into a victory for Blu-ray down the road, but with adoption of either next-gen format moving at a glacial pace in the near term.

Wouldn't alot of people be switching to Blue ray then? So this means DvD players are worthless?
It makes me mad

Read the rest
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061010-7947.htmlUmm that article is 1½ years old. The format war is over, Blue-ray won. Hats off to Sony, shipping the PlayStation 3 with BD support was a stroke of genius. They have now been redeemed for the whole Betamax fiasco.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/official-hd-dvd-dead-and-buried-format-war-is-over/

Is DVD worthless? No, movies will still come out on DVDs for a foreseeable future and Blue-ray players can still play your DVD movies.
But as more people buy HD TVs they'll want to watch movies in HD as well. So when the market for DVD movies is no longer profitable the DVD format will die.
Why is this making you mad? Did you really think the DVD format would never be replaced? Ever heard of VHS (or Betamax for that matter)?

wait what really?LOL!
where ya been wefro? KEEPING up with DeerPark will definetely broaden your scope of knowledge...UMMM this is embarrassing..

I thought there was another format wars?

ok im confusedNope, no more format wars for the time being.
At least not on the "replacement for DVD" front.
But we can probably look forward to the "replacement for blue-ray" war. How much data can you fit on a Blu-ray disc?


A single-layer disc can hold 25GB.
A dual-layer disc can hold 50GB.

To ensure that the Blu-ray Disc format is easily extendable (future-proof) it also includes support for multi-layer discs, which should allow the storage capacity to be increased to 100GB-200GB (25GB per layer) in the future simply by adding more layers to the discs.

What's next after the Blu-ray Disc???
Black-Ray disc?How much will it be, much larger than Tera?
I cant imagine it bluray disc will probably be the last disc. It seems everything's moving toward solid state. I wonder when 3d media will present itself...Although I agree with you Michael about discs being eliminated I'm with the crowd that thinks storage medium for movies (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.) will be replaced by either streaming media or direct downloads. Although very likely that the storage used to store those downloads would be some type of solid state medium.

I think it's still a possibility that we could see HVD. Which is capable of 3.9TB a disc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_DiscDVD ftw. Nobody can afford to make bootleg blu-rays. To give you an idea, the cheapest blu-ray burner is $427 on tiger. Then there's the price of the discs themselves.Actually the cheapest blu-ray and most recommended is the PS3, which I believe is around $400 now. Still that's pretty expensive when compared to DVD. Discs are also a lot more expensive around $25-$30 a disc. But I'm pretty sure they are already bootlegging discs.lol... it would almost be cheaper to PUT the movies on a hard drive. With the prices of hard disk drives. It would absolutely be cheaper than Blu-ray. That's why I always told people who asked me who I thought would win the high-def disc war I assumed it would of been HD DVD, because their players were a lot cheaper and usually it's the more affordable solution that ends up winning. I think if they would of got more support from the movie industry they would of won too.Out of the explanations for demise of HD-DVD I've read I agree most with the following.
1) HD-DVD LACKED a console that could bring it in to people's homes. It is a lot easier to get people to hop on board with format if the new drive is built in to the console, than if people have to buy a costly extra drive just to watch HD movies. So if the Xbox 360 had shipped with an integrated HD-DVD drive, things might have looked differently.
2) HD-DVD was out DRMed by Blue-ray. While they share the same basic copy protection, Sony added an extra layer of protection to Blue-ray. This meant HD-DVD was the first format of the two to be broken. So movie studios might have favored Blue-ray because it seemed like the most secure format. The second layer of protection on Blue-ray have later been broken so in the end the extra layer only provided minimal extra protection.

What is a GOOD program to run on my P.C. to check and delete Trojans I MAY have picked up? I use Mcafee virus software.AVG Anti-spyware
Stinger.

Both Free.

You may also want to VISIT our Virus and Spyware SECTION where our Resident Experts will get you fixed up right.

I found this and it is extremely neat. I love it. It doesn't really slow down my computer, but it looks awesome. It does change everything; log on on screen, icons, task bar, title bars, sounds, etc.... it is sooo neat, I thought you would love it too.

link to download site: http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.130.htm

NOTE: The solitaire game didn't come with the bricopack, I got a download link off these forums a while ago to download Vista games on XP.

here a are few pictures I took;








I don't know if I can trust that............. and what is that bar at the top of the screen? With the computer, control panel, firefox, etc buttons. Can you get rid of that? And is it easy to uninstall if it causes problems?yes that bar at the top is kind of like a quick icon bar, and also you can make it so that when you minimize things it goes to that instead of the taskbar. you can add new icons or get rid of them, change fonts, change titles, etc. Yes, very easy to get rid of. And i dont know about UNINSTALLING because I haven't actually done it yet. I am very pleased with it so far.But... it doesn't look like Vista at all, save for the Taskbar at the bottom...I'll try it, but I can't download it for some reason. I told my friend to try it and it worked perfectly. It just says "425 Failed to ESTABLISH connection." In IE, it says page cannot be displayed.Quote from: Dilbert on February 08, 2008, 07:45:21 AM

But... it doesn't look like Vista at all, save for the Taskbar at the bottom...

http://www.stardock.com/

Have anyone of you try it?It's safe and i think much more cool than the original one, no disrespect gamerx 365

and also isnt stardock only a trial? i hate trials

(Early this morning i receive a forwarded message from my friendster,just like facebook)

Any comment?

Dear FRIENDS,
Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this you will REPENT later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet EXPLORER remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (i f you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.
For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two week! s, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque.
This is why they invented the Delete key.lolo, i used to get similar thing all the time. dont reply to it and they will probably leave you alone. only in my emails, it was always that some dude in africa died and the person wanted to give me 65% of his fortune if i secretley TRANSFERRED it to my account, which was usually around 200 million or so.Quote from: gamerx365 on February 20, 2008, 07:17:24 PM

dont reply to it and they will probably leave you alone

I hit the "Reply All" button and let out my rant


(while also attaching links to sites like www.truthorfiction.com and information about why its not real)

I always forget what day, year and month I LIVE in. Oh and my birthday too. To me, school holidays all seem to merge together for me, and the only way I know what day it is is by the TV!well i have 512kb/s 128/kb/s internet Quote from: Raptor on April 17, 2007, 04:48:03 AM

I always forget what day, year and month I live in. Oh and my birthday too.

i dont know about other police forces, but RCMP and municipal police forces up here are trained not to have their finger on the trigger unless they plan to shoot.

Don't know about the rest but the PotC screen shot is a well know FAKE... its been photoshopped.
For a big budget movie LIKE Pirates you don't just go out and buy a COUPLE of Adidas bandannas, everything is custom made.
But this one on the other hand is genuine.

i was thinking the same thing regarding the ADIDAS tag. the lighting does not MATCH up.

hi there,
being new to this site may i say how impressed i am having read your reply,s to people,s problem,s your both extremly knowledgeable and methodical in your reply,s .
keep up the great work everyone this is one heck of a site and to be honest i,m RARELY this impressed nice one one and all.

treslek(RICK) IM actually SHOCKED to read this lol. thank you so much for the kind words rick.Hello Rick. Remember to start several POLLS our Genius patio
is very fond of them.

Always nice to have a new member.

Thanx much Rick for the kind words and Welcome Aboard...

trying to trim a picture in the pictures file and go to the DOCUMENT file with it, but computer says there's not enough ROOM on the "scratch DISK"
This is an emachine with WINDOWS XP.
How can I clear up space on the "scratch disk? Thanks for any help.Double Post...check your other one for the SOLUTION.

Courtesy of my brother, who emailed this to me:

A bus carrying only ugly people crashes into an oncoming truck. Everyone inside dies. As they STAND at the Pearly Gates waiting to enter Heaven, God decides to grant each person one wish because of the GRIEF they have experienced.

They're all lined up, and God asks the first one what his wish is. "I WANT to be gorgeous," and so God snaps His fingers, and it is done.

The second one in line HEARS this and says "I want to be gorgeous too." Another snap of His fingers and the wish is granted.

This goes on for a while with each one asking to be gorgeous, but when God is halfway down the line, the last guy in the line starts laughing.

By the time there are only a few people left, this guy is rolling on the floor, laughing his head off.

Finally, God reaches this last guy and asks him what his wish will be. The guy eventually calms down and says:

"MAKE 'em all ugly again."Very good! LOL

Now you can destroy it, using a chainsaw, dinosaurs, guns or even nukes using netdisaster.com

http://www.netdisaster.com/

I love this PLACE, so don't take the IMAGE below seriously...

[file cleanup - saving space - attachment DELETED by admin]can i destroy my ISP's? they can't seem to get our internet to work consistently and it sucks.Just use my link...This is awesome! I think I'm GOING to use it on my sister's favorite website.

Uhh, maybe his parents found out what was posted at "The Conversation Thread"? Remember? JENKEM?

Quote from: dairyman on February 11, 2008, 07:35:38 PM

Uhh, maybe his parents found out what was posted at "The Conversation Thread"? Remember? JENKEM?

Wow! Jenkem and he still made a 78.....English is easy after you get
out of school.....

ACORN: Astounding Computers Often Ridiculed Nonetheless

AMIGA: A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction

APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

BASIC: Bill's ATTEMPT to Seize INDUSTRY Control

BIOS: But It's Only Software

CD-ROM: Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months

COBOL: Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language

DEC: Do Expect Cuts

DOS: Defunct Operating System

IBM: I Blame Microsoft

ISDN: It Still Does Nothing

LISP: LOTS of Infuriating & SILLY Parentheses

MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs

MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers

MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed

OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too

PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

PENTIUM: Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of
Mathematics

PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

SCSI: System Can't See It

WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

WWW: World Wide Wait

486: The average IQ needed to understand a P.C

Computer Chip: Any starchy food stuff consumed in MASS quantities while
programming

Keyboard: The standard way to generate computer errors

Mouse: An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate

Floppy: The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer

Hard Drive: The sales technique employed by most computer salesmen

Portable Computer: Device invented to force business men to work at home, on
vacation and business trips

Disk Crash: A typical computer response to any critical deadline

Power User: Anyone who can format a disk from DOS

System Update: A quick method of trashing ALL of your current softwareHe he where did you find that list... 1995?its missing my personal favorite

PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And KeyboardQuote from: Deerpark on February 09, 2008, 03:08:18 AM

He he where did you find that list... 1995?

its missing my personal favorite

PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

Edit:
Is it just me, or does this really look like Windows 95:
http://toastytech.com/guis/bignewdeal.gif
I am surprised Microsoft didnt sue them

My History class is doing a project on the Stock Market (I know, not related to the class subject, but at least the teacher won't be lecturing as much...), where we have $100,000 USD (fake) and diversify among stocks we choose. We use real stock prices to determine how much money we are making/losing. At the END of about 2 weeks, we see how much money we've earned/LOST. The goal is to make the most money possible. The only difference is that we are only allowed to unload stock once; at the end of the first week.

Well, today was the first day. Since the newspaper shows yesterday's stock results, I opted to check ONLINE and see how my chosen stocks were doing. (If you want, you can follow my stocks on Google Finance. Just something to do if you're bored. )

Okay, I divvied up the funds like so:

1000 shares of GBX
500 shares of XRX
750 shares of AVP
750 shares of BOOT
1000 shares of LVB

I invested $99,332.50. So, even if the stock market crashes and we have a depression, I'll have about $666 left. I'll probably win in that scenario.

Anyway, the stocks I "invested" 1000 shares in, which showed an upward trend -- tanked. GBX lost almost $3/share, losing me $2,270. The ones I BOUGHT 750 shares of actually gained almost a point apiece, netting me $500. LVB lost almost a point, costing me $770.

Actually, almost the entire stock market did poorly today, so the entire class was probably doomed for today anyway. But half the class invested in GBX, and I came out with a net loss of $2,954.50 on the first day. Ouch. That hurt.

Oh, how I look forward to the day I can unload stock. That was painful, and the game has only started.Is SCHOOL teaching legal gambling now Dilbert.

Pretty neat reality class though.reminds me of www.fantasystockmarket.com.... I used to trade on their a bit.
they give you $100k of fake money to buy whatever stocks you want. Stocks are real, but you don't really buy them and the prices change according to the real stock market. Wow. Day 2 went a lot better. I am now making $1,638 more than I invested. That means that all my stocks went up by more than $3000 today.

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Is school teaching legal gambling now Dilbert

My History class is doing a project on the Stock Market (I know, not related to the class subject, ...

... The only difference is that we are only allowed to unload stock once; at the end of the first week.

....
Okay, I divvied up the funds like so:

1000 shares of GBX
500 shares of XRX
750 shares of AVP
750 shares of BOOT
1000 shares of LVB

I invested $99,332.50. So, even if the stock market crashes and we have a depression, I'll have about $666 left. I'll probably win in that scenario.

Anyway, the stocks I "invested" 1000 shares in, which showed an upward trend -- tanked. GBX lost almost $3/share, losing me $2,270. The ones I bought 750 shares of actually gained almost a point apiece, netting me $500. LVB lost almost a point, costing me $770.

Actually, almost the entire stock market did poorly today,

so the entire class was probably doomed for today anyway. But half the class invested in GBX, and I came out with a net loss of $2,954.50 on the first day. Ouch. That hurt.

Oh, how I look forward to the day I can unload stock. That was painful, and the game has only started.

Quote from: Zylstra on February 03, 2008, 06:26:25 PM

Quote from: dairyman on February 03, 2008, 06:23:57 PM

That's a great signature, Zylstra.

I was attempting to copy ONE of those Usebar things.. not so successful, but, hey, it works

It was created for my website, www.zylstrablog.co.nr

May I tempt you into using this one?

Advertisments in movies. I mean, you get really excited about a movie, and when you watch it, there are ten thousand ads in the beginning of the movie. First they appear before the menu, then it repeats after you press the "Play" button. FOX knows of an even better way to p*ss off viewers, by putting advertisments HALF WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE, saying "watch on FOX." It spoils it for everybody.

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You know what sucks?

FOX knows of an even better way to p*ss off viewers, by putting advertisments HALF WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE, saying "watch <insert name of show> on FOX." It spoils it for everybody.

Quote from: dairyman on February 01, 2008, 11:42:23 PM

FOX knows of an even better way to p*ss off viewers, by putting advertisments HALF WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE, saying "watch <insert name of show> on FOX." It spoils it for everybody.

They put ads in the middle of a DVD movie?

In the movie theater, the trailers for other movies before the actual movie doesnt bug me in the slightest, as long as they arent boring.

Yep, they sure do. It appears in The Simpsons Movie.

In the movie theater, the trailers for other movies before the actual movie doesnt bug me in the slightest, as long as they arent boring.

Quote from: dairyman on February 02, 2008, 07:09:32 PM

Yep, they sure do. It appears in The Simpsons Movie.

Umm the ad you're talking about... is that a scrolling text at the bottom of the screen saying "Watch "Are you smarter than a celebrity?" - Wednesdays on FOX. That's right, we even advertise shows during movies now."
That's not a real ad, it the Simpsons making fun of FOX and their advertising. Are you smarter than a celebrity isn't a real show.
The Simpsons are always making fun of FOX. So anything you see on a Simpsons DVD isn't the work of FOX but the Simpsons crew having a laugh at FOX expense.

and Tigger Too! ANYONE said Tigger?
So now your avatar will change to BOUNCING Tigger? No, because Winnie is The Boss.Boss of who? You or Tigger?Of Tigger, you, patio, and everybody's else.Quote from: Broni on February 02, 2008, 07:43:24 PM

Of Tigger, you, patio, and everybody's else.

dwarf pygmy - the smallest FISH in the world. you can see this only in the PHILIPPINES9.66 millimeters o .38 inches short.What about krillQuote from: CARBON Dudeoxide on November 01, 2007, 07:20:21 AM

What about krill

What about krill

Quote from: Comp GUY on September 04, 2007, 02:10:07 PM

Quote from: Richenstony on September 04, 2007, 01:57:40 PM

CAN MY FLOPPY DRIVE PLAY CDS!!!

It could if it was a combination floppy/CD-rom drive. Not that that makes any sense.

dear to start fotran RELATED progrmming and its benefite

This might be a stupid question but still.
I live in the Timezone GMT+1 and at 27-10 3hour went in to 2 sow went 1 hour back.
Now I ask myself doesn't that happens everywhere in the same timezone at the same moment?
And how do I change the setting here at CH???
I found it once but I can't manage to find it once again.

Thanks in advance
Jonas Click thy Profile button
And thy "LOOK and Layout Preferences" on the left hand sideQuote

I ask myself doesn't that happens everywhere in the same timezone at the same moment?

All countries in Europe EXCEPT Iceland observe DST and change on the same date and time, starting on the last Sunday in March and ending on the last Sunday in October. Before 1996, DST ended on the last Sunday in September in most European countries; on the British Isles though, DST then ended on the fourth (which some years isn't the last) Sunday in October. In the West European (UTC), Central European (CET, UTC+1), and East European (UTC+2) time zones the change is simultaneous: on both dates the clocks are changed everywhere at 01:00 UTC, i.e. from local times of 01:00/02:00/03:00 to 02:00/03:00/04:00 in March, and vice VERSA in October.

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2. Amelia Earhart's Guide to the Pacific Ocean
3. America's Most Popular Lawyers
4. Career Opportunities for History Majors
5. DETROIT - A Travel Guide
6. Dr. Kevorkian's Collection of Motivational Speeches
7. Easy UNIX
8. Ethiopian Tips on World Dominance
9. Everything Men Know about Women
10. Everything Women Know about Men
11. French Hospitality
12. George FOREMAN's Big Book of Baby Names
13. How to Sustain A Musical Career, by Art Garfunkel
14. Mike Tyson's Guide to DATING Etiquette
15. The Amish Phone Book
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The Engineer's Guide to Fashion Heh. At FIRST though this was authentic. The Worlds Shortest Sentence. ---->GIT!! Haha. That just made my day!Ooo... I can right a amazing novel Right now It will advance all medical and science technology and how you think about the world ready? 1... 2... 3...



See spot run
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Amazing aint it?Hello,nice to see you back wefrO.

-When it appears that you have killed the monster, never check to
see if it’s really dead.

-If you find that your house is built upon or near a cemetery,
was once a church that was used for black masses, had previous
inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some
horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic
practices in your house move away immediately.

-Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke.

-Do not search the basement, especially if the power has just
gone out.

-If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language
which they should not know, or if they speak to you using a
voice which is other than their own, shoot them immediately.
It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. NOTE: It will
probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared.

-When you have the benefit of numbers, never pair off and go it
alone.

-As a general rule, don’t solve puzzles that open portals to *censored*

-Never stand in, on, above, below, beside, or anywhere near a
grave, tomb, CRYPT, mausoleum, or other house of the dead.

-If you’re searching for something which caused a noise and find
out that it’s just the cat, leave the room immediately if you
VALUE your life.

-If appliances start operating by themselves, move out.

-Do not take ANYTHING from the dead.

-If you find a town which looks deserted, it’s probably for a
reason. Take the hint and stay away.

-Don’t fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you’re sure
you know what you are doing.

-If you’re running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down
at least twice, more if you are of the female persuasion. Also
note that, despite the fact that you are running and the
monster is MERELY shambling along, it’s still moving fast enough
to catch up with you.

-If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic
behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes,
increasing hairiness, and so on, get away from them as fast as
possible.

-Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are
listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog
(you’re in trouble if you recognize this one), the Bermuda
Triangle, or any small town in Maine.

-If your car runs out of gas at night, do not go to the nearby
deserted-looking house to phone for help.

-Beware of strangers bearing tools such as chainsaws, staple
guns, hedge trimmers, electric carving knives, combines,
lawnmowers, butane torches, soldering irons, band saws, or any
device made from deceased companions.
-If you find that your house is built upon or near a cemetery,
was once a church that was used for black masses, had previous
inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some
horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic
practices in your house move away immediately.


this one is the one I have most problem with lol
the house that used to be where mine is, well some guy came up and took the dude who lives there out back, burnt down the house, shot the dude, and then shot himself. He killed the other guys wife earlier. Also there is a grave yard in my backyard with about 15 people in it from the 1800's(hope they arent indians). And this morning, (at 7:00 the day after haloween) i swear i saw a ghost lol. just a very dark shadow figure about 10 feet away from me, and it was moving. Should I stay HOME next to a shotgun ar try to avoid Home?interesting.......Quote

Should I stay home next to a shotgun ar try to avoid Home?

move away immediately.

-When it appears that you have killed the monster, never check to
see if it’s really dead.

Four, I don't like a bunch of junk hanging around in my inbox.Quote from: Zylstra on October 23, 2007, 05:32:00 PM

How many emails do you have total in your inbox (excluding Spam)?

I currently have 9793... 0 unread.
(I never delete my emails, I save them forever)

Quote from: Zylstra on October 23, 2007, 05:32:00 PM

How many emails do you have total in your inbox (excluding Spam)?

I currently have 9793... 0 unread.
(I never delete my emails, I save them forever)

I have more in total than your 9793. But, my Inbox volume is much smaller than yours. I create folders in OE for various topics or senders; I have about 200 folders and use lots of message rules to direct certain messages to certain folders. I'd hate to have as many messages as you in my Inbox.

Pretty AWESOME..

Quote

It's neither a plane nor a BOAT, but the latest invention of Nelson's very own Flying Dutchman has people fascinated.

Hira resident Rudy Heeman, a mechanic who has SPENT the last 11 years BUILDING hovercraft in his spare time, has come up with a model that does more than skim the surface.

The majority of people on the world are good, decent people that deserve respect. These people I encounter on a daily basis. Then, there are the scum of the Earth who will do anything for money or whatever. I encountered one this morning.

I was running late because I overslept, so I missed breakfast. I run down to the car, and I find my glove compartment open, and my radio/CD player is missing. I think, "crap, I'd better report this." So I head down to the police station, making me late for school, and I make my report. This whole incident dampened my whole day.

Here are some things I find amusing:

Though they took the CD that was in my player (those bastards! Didn't even eject out of courtesy), they left the other CDs. I find this insulting; they didn't like my taste in music? Screw them!

They RIFLED through my glove compartment, but they didn't take anything substantial (including my title, insurance card...) from it. They did take out my bottle of Excedrin (the EQUIVALENT to TYLENOL), which they left on my passenger seat. I don't know, somehow the prospect of them actually contemplating stealing a freaking Excedrin bottle makes me chuckle every time I think about it.

I didn't bother mentioning this to the cops, but they took a wad of tissue paper I had stored in the glove compartment. Considering that they just made off with a $100 stereo, I find this hilarious. Why the *censored* would anyone steal a wad of tissue? Just ask, I'll give it to you.

They did not steal about $1.70 USD in loose change that was laying in plain sight below my CD player. *censored*, if you're gonna rob me of my tissue, why not take the money, too? It's not like the tissue was more valuable or anything.

Oh well. It's been a long day; I'm gonna soothe my head with two Excedrin. Sorry about the Day Dilbert...
The worst thing you could do is let it change your faith in human nature.

From what they did it sounds like youngsters to me...That sucksSo sorry I'm sorry, man...That totally sucks. I'm glad you can at least see the humor in it. About two years ago (maybe less), someone stole my $1500 laptop, so I definitely feel your pain.I'm sorry for you man,
Did you ever think about the fact that they might be seen when they were breaking in to your car and that could be the reason why the stole some things that are less valuable and left some things that are more valuable.
They never make time to eject a CD.

That's what a cop in France told us when we had almost the same thing.
He had also stolen our Radio but left a wallet with 200 euro in it.

Jonas Sorry to hear that, but at least remember you're better off than the many people who are injured when mugged, or even killed.
There's a lot of thieves operating round my area too, and beggars who tend to get violent.
Seems like no one has any respect for people or their property any more.Ugh. I hate thief's and sorry that a good guy such as yourself had to get taken ADVANTAGE of. I had my car broken into a few years ago and they messed up my car dash trying to get my CD deck out and finally gave up when they realized they couldn't (mounded to car frame next to impossible). But they did manage to steal my change and the change tray and my prescription sun glasses??

It's obvious people who break into cars are not the smartest people in the world. Guess that's why they're breaking into cars."Bloody Pirates!"

That really sucks. I'm surprised my cars haven't been broken into yet. I live in an apartment complex and I think the neighbors below me help traffic drugs or maybe just provide a hideout for druggies. The cops were there a couple WEEKS ago and arrested a lady that stole a car and they found a gun in her purse too.....
Well, I cant say that I have ever had problems with robbery, but my teacher had his case of CD's stolen from his car.
At least you are safe, and didnt get into any sort of accident with the burglar (being seen, and attacked etc) Sorry Dilbert but remember when you are older and have
a family perhaps.....

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.


Robert

Wow. Video on how to upgrade XP to Vista for free.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCHGmnIzBkk























Give a GUY a heart-attack why don't ya! Hmmm, ... well, I guess Halloween was a good time to TELL us about it. Quote from: Exploding_Hemmorhoids on October 27, 2007, 03:51:12 PM

Give a guy a heart-attack why don't ya!

In the USA,just before dark on the 31st of October ,we dress our
children in funny,or scarey costumes, and let them WALK from home
to home begging for candy............Muwahaha! Oh!bwahaha!!

What do other countries do? The someone has to be a complete dork and say: "This one time, at band camp"

Anyways
The closest thing I do to trick or treating is during Band, we take our instruments (I play the piano, so its not very portable... at all) and CHASE around the little children around town, and we get candy.

Then again, I also GREET children as follows:
"Hello, small insignificant CHILD"

Fun basic flash game. How many times can you press the space bar. I was able to get to 53 in five seconds.

http://www.zimm-co.com/PressTheSpaceBar/pressthespacebar2000.html115 - I will have to quadruple my speed!!! First try for 5 seconds:
40
Second:
50
Third:
50
Fourth:
45

Fun stuff Personal Best:

5 seconds: 61

10 seconds: 100

20 seconds: 191Can only get up to 42 on 5 secs, but I have a laptop!

...83 for 10 secs.

.....151 for 20 secs.Am I the only one who can't get the PAGE to load?Quote from: CBMatt on October 30, 2007, 03:52:16 AM

Am I the only one who can't get the page to load?

Am I the only one who can't get the page to load?

Quote from: CBMatt on October 30, 2007, 03:52:16 AM

Am I the only one who can't get the page to load?

Yes.

Do you have flash installed? Javascript enabled?

I can open every page of that topic.
But when I press the "all" button I get the message:
Code: [Select]Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can TRY:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

Internet CONNECTIVITY has been lost.
The website is temporarily unavailable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.
If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are ENABLED under the security section.

For offline users

You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
To view subscribed feeds

Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.

To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)

Click Tools , and then click Work Offline.
Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.

Does anyone else has got that same problem?

Jonas Do you have Javascript enabled?

I do think that the All button requires that you doThis happens a lot with larger THREADS. When a thread has over 20 pages, the All link sometimes just won't work anymore.Quote from: Zylstra on October 29, 2007, 05:13:00 PM

Do you have Javascript enabled?

I do think that the All button requires that you do

i'm using windows xp & 98, don't have problem with it.
Quote from: Sharamall on October 25, 2007, 04:25:48 AM

or to shutdown my computer after a timeout.

what the heck you're talking about to learn anything

Quote from: street1 on OCTOBER 28, 2007, 04:18:10 PM

HTTP://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5xKrqgpj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxU0GymProw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMHR_YKcSk

Homer, is this DSL, or cable?Quote from: Broni on December 11, 2007, 09:27:39 PM

Homer, is this DSL, or cable?

DSL. its capped at about 140-150 KB/s

Curious .... why is your download speed lesser than your upload? I have never seen a configuration that way before?

My Pc truly liked the first season of "The Mysteries of Laura."
Season 1 is on Netflix.
But on HULU I can not get the first of season 2. Instead, it STARTS with EPISODE 10.

So the question is: how can my PC get the first episodes of season 2?

In Californy you are in poverty if just at minimum wage.


On July last year our Golden State went crazy with the free phone thing.
http://www.freegovernmentcellphones.net/california-unlimited-talk-text

Manny still don't know about this. In RECENT years I have comedown to the poverty level after a few bad things. Before that, I did not know what poverty was. Now I get it. You have to get the government to GIVE you the things you want.
Now I have a free SMART Phone that LETS me get into the Internet. Really. The link above GIVES information on what is available.

Notice the 'free phone' thing varies state-by-state.

What is an Obama Phone?
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-obama-phone
Really, in the USA anybody who gets food stamps may qualify for a free cell phone paid for by the government. Some even have Internet access.

This has been going on for awhile and I can personally testify that it really does work, I know of people that have got one. Including myself.

Also, each state may have even more incentives for the phone companies.

Here are some current links about the free phone program in the USA.
http://www.obamaphone.com/obamaphone-providers
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/these-states-depend-obama-phone-most-n378741
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/technology/obamaphone-lifeline-fcc-broadband/
Now even if don't qualify, maybe you know somebody who does. Tell them about the free phone. It is STILL available.


First I have heard of this...

Other free cell phones I have heard of were people donating used phones and they were given out to people POOR for 911 use only etc in which even without a paid service 911 is suppose to work as a free service. Its a good service to have 911 free as for ever since cell phones came out just about all phone booths are gone. I saw a phone booth last summer out in Maine and was like WOW a vintage 1990s era phone booth, and it was still in service with someone using it but not for 911 at the time. Just in the past few weeks I founds that it now INCLUDES free Internet.
Here is a link to find providers:
http://www.lifelinesupport.org/ls/companies/companies.aspx
You will need to check each to SEE if they include Internet. The FCC says it ought to include Internet. The government ALLOWS about $10 a month for the service. It is hard to find Internet for that price, but e some carriers do offer the free phone with Internet. Check the link above. Or do a Google search.

This question is based on an article that was published about a year ago. I thought I ALREADY knew the answer, but reading the article refreshed my memory and I recalled some other details that death I had forgotten.

https://www.puretalkusa.com/blog/what-is-a-burner-phone/

It seems that the idea of a burner phone started with either a movie or TV series on HBO. That was a fictional story that introduced the idea of a burner phone.
In essence, it is a cheap pre-paid phone that could be used to make a few phone calls and then you could just drop it into the trash somewhere. These phones can be purchased with cash and there is no record of who bought the phone. So the number associated with the phone becomes vacant.
However, there is another twist. If you want to hide your phone number from caller ID, you just pick out a command prefix on your telephone. I think it's #67. That then will block the caller ID FEATURE from showing up on the phone of the PERSON you're calling. That would be handy for answering a bill collector or anybody that you want to talk to without revealing your phone number.
Now there is another twist. You can buy a DISPOSABLE phone number. You can use a phone number for certain amount of time and then have it even raced or else replacec it with a new number. I have noticed that some new android phones come with a privation for having ber two SIM cards.
The article linked above goes on to say there are some good reasons for anybody to want to hide their identity over the telephone. Or at least hide their phone number. One case would be when you're dating a new person and you don't want that person to actually have your phone number until there has been some mutual agreement. Well, I am very well married and very old and that would not be my concern. But, as I recall, that would've been handy back when I was a teenager when there was a girl I could not get rid of.
Now here are my questions.
Do you think there are good reasons to buy a burner phone?
And what about hiding your phone number from somebody else?
Curious minds need to KNOW.

Hey guys, so what are some tips you would give for starting a computer repair business? Is buying and reselling computers a good option? And where would we buy these computers cheap enough to make MONEY? Any tips helpYour at the tail end of this market... I feel as though I feel like the old TV repair man these days as for computers are so cheap any more that most people buy new.

Reselling used is a tricky business. Can you make money .. yes ... but most people want new and the Chrome books and cheap laptops are making the used laptop market really weak unless its rated for gaming etc.

Money I make these days is not so much in computer hardware repairs anymore as much as it is in Data Recovery Services. If you are able to get peoples data back, that is where the money is.

Other area where money is made these days is with software development and writing software to join one application with another. These days its mostly applications that write to a database in which you bridge the two applications together to a single database, whereas both initially ran stand alone etc.

Money can also be made in getting computers free or cheaply and yanking the mainly CPU and RAM out of them and selling these items. They are light and so shipping isnt bad. DDR3 memory brings good money as well as 4GB DDR2 sticks for those who for example have a motherboard with only 2 memory slots and the mother board will max out on 8GB, they are looking for the 4GB sticks. 2GB sticks also sell pretty well for those who have older boards that max out on 8GB that have 4 slots. Sticks lesser that 2GB for DDR2 dont sell well because people who want to max out their memory and save money are going for maximum memory sticks to achieve the maximum and very rarely is someone looking for 4 x 1GB sticks for 4GB RAM anymore.

CPUs can bring anywhere from $3.00 for a Celeron or Sempron CPU to $55-70 for a Core 2 Quad or Phenom II x6 that is in demand. CPUs for sale for less than $15 I dont bother selling on ebay. Ebay and Amazon are good places to sell used parts with ebay better because you have those who look for auctions about to end and so you might get a bid last minute for a low demand item and sell it for the minimum your listed it for etc.

If your fortunate to get a DOA system with a i3, i5, i7 or modern AMD FX series CPU in it free or dirt cheap and if the motherboard is shot but RAM and CPU are still good, thats easy money right there because these are in demand.

Some power supplies, and hard drives, and VIDEO cards bring money as well as specific motherboards. The cases and optical drives are all trash with no market unless you get a nice gaming case that isnt beat up to resell, but shipping is a killer!

Money can also be made in really old collectible computers like an old IBM 5150 etc.

Lastly location, advertising, and gaining peoples trust in your skills to get a name for yourself that is a good one is everything in a SERVICE business.

The computer repair business has considerably slowed. You might make some extra money here and there, but there is not enough work in my area to do it full time and survive. Maybe your location will be better, but its going the way of the TV Repair Guy for service involving hardware repairs and the money really now is in people who desperately want their pictures or movies back or business database back that they were lazy and didnt do backups with so they are desperate for their data and you get paid well if your able to save their bottom.

You might make better money running a computer salvage yard if you can get new enough computers cheap to parts out. I find it so much easier selling used parts than a COMPLETE used system!

Unfortunately I dont have a good source of dead computers to pick over though and sell CPU and RAM and recycle the rest. Additionally in some areas its not free to dispose of computer waste and you have to pay by computer a flat fee or by weight to get rid of them. I will gut a system and throw the metal cases and plastic away for free and then bad motherboards I just pay by weight to get rid of and its not that bad or I wait for the annual recycle (earth) day and unload it all for free.A possible idea.
Offer to provide service contract with individuals or firms. Buy some computers that just went off-lease from Dell or HP. Then lease these to lour clients with a contract. Include some kind of cloud backup serve.

Thanks guys, these are really good tips and true. With my beginner experience i have only had a few calls with advertising. Mostly virus removal and Bad HDDs. Easy do do in spare time but not a full time job for sure. Maybe i can find a way to make a full time job some day. Most important thing I would say for anyone starting a PC business is to actually know what you are doing before you start working on people's PCs. I see so many businesses that look like someone thought "I UPGRADED my RAM once, I can run a business" and they end up damaging machines, misdiagnosing problems and generally causing a mess.

I've had to clean up after people like this before, it's not fun telling someone that they wasted their money by replacing their computer because someone told them it was beyond repair when in actual fact the machine was repairable by clearing the CMOS.

As far as buying and selling machines goes, it can be done but the profit margins aren't huge unless you are getting the machines for next to nothing or charging far too much for them. New PCs now are becoming ridiculously cheap so you may find it hard to undercut them with the used ones. I've certainly had several bargains in the past with getting machines cheap and then made money by refurbishing them and selling them on but this is not remotely consistent enough to be suitable for anything more than a hobby. In order to turn a reasonable profit you will have to turn around a lot of maxhines very quickly.

Sad commentary on bots learning the Human condition...

It is true.
This would have been news about five months ago, but I missed it. So I put it here in the off-topic section. But if you haven't heard, it could be news to you. All the big data carriers are together in a big UNLIMITED data plan scam.

First let me rant about what it means to offer something as being unlimited.
First, a nice restaurant offers an unlimited amount of food for a modest price and then you learn that you have to eat it all inside of 5 min.
Another scam is someone sells you a pass to ride on all the New York subway for a whole month for no additional charge, just as long as you're always going north and not sound.

Sound familiar? How can something be unlimited if you put a restriction on it?

Well, that is what the big carrier companies are doing with the unlimited data plan. It is so rotten that the FCC announced last year a possible penalty. To date, it remains to be seen if the government really will step in and do something about this outrageous ripoff.
Link:
FCC Plans $100 Million Fine Against AT&T Over 'Unlimited ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fcc-plans-100m-fine-against-t-misleading-mobile-data-plans-n377076I don't think your analogies apply.
They are offering unlimited data plans and throttling connection speeds when they are used heavily.

This is like a restaurant offering unlimited food but after you've eaten 5 courses it takes longer to get more, or having a subway pass that you can use as much as you want but after the 5th ride in a day you must always be the last person to disembark from a PASSENGER car.

Not defending business practices, as they are violating net neutrality, just proper use of literary devices.Normal speed on 4G is about 2 to 8 mega bits per second.
But when I go over my 100MB data limit, it droops down to
0.12 mega bits per second.
Not a type. Only suitable for text and some HTML. Downloads break.
Yes, it is like eat all you want in 5 min.
Hard to find an exact analogy. But in any case, one would think the restrictions would be reasonable. In reality that are not reasonable in any way. An throttling is not what they do. Throttling, in common usage, implies a deceleration, not sudden braking.

Others have measured the so-called throttle and found it is not used to improve overall service to users. It is nothing more than a false claim.

I have an account with T-mobile. I have 'unlimited' data over a 4G network USING a common smartphone. Early in the BILLING cycle the thing was very fast. I it slowed down. Actually slowed is not the right word. It was paralyzed from the neck down. The3 I called in and asked for 100MB more data for $3 and withing minutes the sped was up again. Others have reported the same thing. It is about money, not bandwidth.

I urge everyone to read over the pots and reports about
unlimited data scam
The bad reports are not exaggeration. They focus on last year. Just ow they are coming out with a 'new' plan. What was sarong with the old plan?
Just last month:

AT&T brings back unlimited data with horrible bundle deal.

Which is a tacit admission the old plan was distasteful. OK, I bump my own post.
But the story is not over. Some have wanted to do a class action suit only to find they can not. Why? Because the terms of use forbid any class action lawsuit.
Many consumers are totally confused. At some point in time this issue should be clarified.

About the analogy of the restaurant buffet. Yes, they put reasonable limits on what you can eat in one seating. That makes sense.
But data transmission is not really tangible product. The cost of transmission varies a lot. Time of day, Competition, cross-over contracts factor in the real cost. Also they do not really change by what your really use. They change by what they say you use.

This links is from a newspaper in San Jose.
What Unlimited Data Means.

Here is a list of not 10, not 20, but 40 40 Funniest Yahoo questions.
Brut I think they are more DUMB than funny. Do you agree?
Please identify which of these you asked, or wanted to.
http://www.listsworld.com/funny-yahoo-questions/

(Click on the link. We can not PUT some of these on the forum.)

Look at the first second one. This is WAY off TOPIC. Haha good laugh... Thanks Loved these xD Thank you

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