the geek thread

a place for us nerds to be.... waits for phunkii.... her /dev/sticker sticker made me chortle like a nerd, also the first time i saw /dev/internode on the internode house.

last week i had to use links (a "improved" version of lynx) and spoke to SakVEE using wall

Okay, even I'm confused ...... !

Big ups to me and my /dev/sticker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

want to mount my /dev/crank ?

su root
mount /dev/crank
fsck

BAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA




**GLARES**

iptables -I FORWARD -s 10.128.3.101 -j DROP

HMPF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

001110 01:

01 1 1000111000010101010010101010
0010110101011010010100011 "0010111010101000101"
110011100101101010101101110101001010101!

ok i need a few recommendations..

Video Card:

atm i have a geforce4 ti4200 with 128mb vram and its also got vivo which i dont really need as its kinda low quality.. anyway i wanna upgrade to a new card.. dual monitor isnt a necessity as my 22" takes up the whole fucking table but i'd prefer DVI as im thinking of getting a big lcd widescreen soon too.. the new geforce's all seem the same to me - the 5900 and what have you.. im looking at the radeon's... 9800 xt or juist normal 9800? what do you guys think? definitely something DX9 too..

Soundcard:

atm i have a shitty hercules gametheater xp soundcard with breakout box.. now i use my comp both for writing music (not really for recording) so it also needs midi out for my keyboard.. also i use it a lot to watch dvd's.. my comp is plugged up to an external receiver so when i watch dvd's, the spdif acts as a digital passthrough and directly sends the DTS/dolby info digitally to the receiver for decoding.. also when i listen to normal PCM stereo sound (ie. mp3's), i also use the spdif and use the DAC's on the receiver..

HOWEVER when i need to use the soundcard for multichannel sound (ie. games that use EAX, etc) it then uses analog out to the receiver, therefor making use of the shitty DAC's of the soundcard.. hence i get a really shitty sound.

what i need is a soundcard that can do passthrough for my receiver to decode a dvd, but at same time superior dac's... what i had in mind was the new nforce2's.. they have whats called dolby ICE that encodes all multi channel sounds (ie. from a game) into a dolby signal that gets sent to the receiver and the receiver ends up decoding it.. however the nforce2 is notorious for bass rolloff so it loses a lot of bass frequencies in this process.. which i cant lose cos i need it all for when i write music... the new creative audigy 2 zs platinum pro cards have pretty good DAC's, but they dont have the whole dolby ICE encoder..

argh im so confused.. basically the hercules gametheater card is ok, for both music and dvd's.. BUT when it gets to multi channel gaming, it sucks ass... how can i over come this?

QUOTE (Phorte @ Feb 16 2004, 06:41 PM)

BUT when it gets to multi channel gaming, it sucks ass... how can i over come this?

do what i do, dont game!

maybe Sak-Jizzle can answer this one

Stupid geeks. :P

if you were one of us ya wouldnt be ghosting the source with the destination

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 16 2004, 06:50 PM)

if you were one of us ya wouldnt be ghosting the source with the destination

PWNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahahahaha

aaah, i dream of being geek.

i think it should be a pre-requisite that you cannot post in this thread unless it is in 1337 $|>34|<

i used to be a geek, i thought i was geek till i met john anyway. the solder iron said it all really

QUOTE (Spadge @ Feb 16 2004, 06:54 PM)

i think it should be a pre-requisite that you cannot post in this thread unless it is in 1337 $|>34|<

Phuk nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's un geek like

You can't put commands into Linux like that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rate-limit access-group PHUNKII 1024000 385024 770048 conform-action set-precedence-continue 0 exceed-action drop

Nothing wrong with owning a soldering iron...

mate, nothing wrong with that, but he actually uses it with his computer and talks geek and stuff. trust me, hes geek, probably would put mayday to shame.

you're just jealous robbie.

QUOTE (Mayday @ Feb 16 2004, 07:03 PM)

rate-limit access-group PHUNKII 1024000 385024 770048 conform-action set-precedence-continue 0 exceed-action drop

Don't you go blocking my net access to dammit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

QUOTE (SiGO @ Feb 16 2004, 07:17 PM)

you're just jealous robbie.

oh yea, like, totally

QUOTE (Naked @ Feb 16 2004, 07:15 PM)

mate, nothing wrong with that, but he actually uses it with his computer and talks geek and stuff. trust me, hes geek, probably would put mayday to shame.

Ziff ... he's nowhere near geek status yet .... he cant use linux like us 1337 kru

QUOTE (Naked @ Feb 16 2004, 08:45 PM)

trust me, hes geek, probably would put mayday to shame.

Hey. there is plenty of stuff plenty of people know about this crap than what I do... Lots of people put me to shame thats for sure...

Oh, and PLURsty my dEEr... I am not blocking your internet access... that would be something like this...

!
interface dialer0
ip access-group PLURSTY in
ip address negotiated
!
ip access-list extended PLURSTY
deny ip any <PLURsty's IP> log-input
permit ip any any
!

I know linux enough to get me by but I wont let myself be overcome with geekness. I heard when that happens your skin loses all colour, your eyes are always bloodshot and you have to grow a ponytail.

I have absolutely NO INTEREST in learning Linux. It wont help me in my job thats for sure...

I have to teach myself Juniper and get a JN-CIP by the end of the year. I have to get my CCIE too (thats a fucking hard one). Linux is the least of my problems.

Ill keep the pony tail though.

now now pony tails and army boots are just geek sterotypes

just like all the hot chicks use linux

Youre right there...

Someone springs to mine in the systems group of a certain very large ISP whose face looks like she had an argument with an oxy torch.

I can turn a computer on and connect the internet!

Fuck, I rock!

QUOTE (LightningChyld @ Feb 16 2004, 07:49 PM)

I can turn a computer on and connect the internet! Fuck, I rock!

I bow to you your highness

Oh teach us your great knowledge

Tehehehehe

in response to Phote's sound card situation...

it seems like you want a card that can do dolby/gaming/computer shit and one that is good for music too. imo, the game/computer soundcards arent great for use with cubase/logic for recording music/midi - the newer ones might be though.

there is nothing like having a "propper" audio/midi interface, it makes life so much easier. i suggest you get two soundcards one for each purpose. they cost fuckall thesedays.

i have an egosys wamirack 24 (4 in, 8 out, digital, word clock etc 24bit, 96khz, 4 midi in and 4 midi out - in one breakout box). i love it. its made for music though. i have all the midi ports running at once and record in at the same time - no delays experienced. you may not need all those midi inputs/outputs though.

if soundcard.GT.500
then print* "its too expensive"
else print* "buy it!!!"
end if

hmm... i cant remember back to those fortran days.

b.

I are teh 1337!!!

My company have been championing Open Source for the past 8 years.

Esp. Linux, MySQL and PHP (OK! we all hate Microshit) but Java is way cool too. There are so many fun things you can get up to with Java

NB: I have no idea where to start with a command line or creating a database, but I can sell the concept with great authority

i dont speak geek. i know how to use my computer, i know how to fix it when things go awry. That is all.

who ya work for?

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 16 2004, 08:17 PM)

who ya work for?

Check your PM's!

Tell me tooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i tried to plug my router into my mouse but my monitor wouldnt work?? can someone help me?????!!

sell your computer and go live with amish people.

QUOTE (Dimitri @ Feb 16 2004, 08:53 PM)

i tried to plug my router into my mouse but my monitor wouldnt work?? can someone help me?????!!

ya gotta overclock your monitor


duh

he might need to up the voltage too

QUOTE (Dimitri @ Feb 16 2004, 08:53 PM)

i tried to plug my router into my mouse but my monitor wouldnt work?? can someone help me?????!!

Do what all sensible people do and use a Mac ... the world will seem like a much better place then!

:looks blankly at this thread:
Oh how I wish I were geeky enough to understand this all, but i am not so I will exit with these words "I shall call him squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my squishy"

//exits thread

:looks blankly at this thread:
Oh how I wish I were geeky enough to understand this all, but i am not so I will exit with these words "I shall call him squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my squishy"

//exits thread

QUOTE (Spadge @ Feb 16 2004, 06:54 PM)

i think it should be a pre-requisite that you cannot post in this thread unless it is in 1337 $|>34|<

h4h4h4h4

y35 i agr33 0n th47 on3 kekekekekekekekek lah ^_^
b!2in9 t3h l337 sp34kz0ring

i would like to point out that you missed replacing an a with a 4. . . poor form trav - no you dont know me .. ...yet

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 09:08 PM)

QUOTE (Dimitri @ Feb 16 2004, 08:53 PM) i tried to plug my router into my mouse but my monitor wouldnt work?? can someone help me?????!! Do what all sensible people do and use a Mac ... the world will seem like a much better place then!

EVIL! EEEVIL!!! BE GONE WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (thecrazyg @ Feb 16 2004, 09:16 PM)

i would like to point out that you missed replacing an a with a 4. . . poor form trav - no you dont know me .. ...yet

lol im scared now....
i dont know you yet...
waz that meeen! ?

hmmmmmmmmmz is this like wheel of fortune ?
can i have an E plz... ?

*chi chi chi chooochooochooo (scary music)*
i just fuckin wit ya

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 09:08 PM)

Do what all sensible people do and use a Mac ... the world will seem like a much better place then!

i think you mean senile

why on earth wont apple introduce a two button mouse... or god forbid, a scroll wheel. Theres nothing more frustrating than "right clicking" and getting the same thing happen... flamin option+click

Although OSX is nice

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 16 2004, 09:46 PM)

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 09:08 PM) Do what all sensible people do and use a Mac  ... the world will seem like a much better place then! i think you mean senile why on earth wont apple introduce a two button mouse... or god forbid, a scroll wheel. Theres nothing more frustrating than "right clicking" and getting the same thing happen... flamin option+click Although OSX is nice

rolls on floor laffing.

not nerdy but plain dumb

the "ultimate" mouse pad
made from a non-stick teflon frying pan
http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=251198

QUOTE (Phorte @ Feb 16 2004, 06:41 PM)

ok i need a few recommendations.. Video Card: atm i have a geforce4 ti4200 with 128mb vram and its also got vivo which i dont really need as its kinda low quality.. anyway i wanna upgrade to a new card.. dual monitor isnt a necessity as my 22" takes up the whole fucking table but i'd prefer DVI as im thinking of getting a big lcd widescreen soon too.. the new geforce's all seem the same to me - the 5900 and what have you.. im looking at the radeon's... 9800 xt or juist normal 9800? what do you guys think? definitely something DX9 too..

depends how much money you want to spend and what you want to use it for...

the ultimate of all cards would have to be the nvidia's Quadro FX3000 (i think thats whats it's called) theyre around $1500 US and theyre mainly for hardcore animation/CAD stuff.

with Nvidia FX Series, anything with 'ultra' slapped on the end of the name is pretty good. it usually means best of the best of that series. DONT GET ANYTHING WITH XT ON THE END OF NVIDIAS STUFF... IT"S CUTDOWN SHITE.

and with the radeon stuff anything with an XT slapped on the end is pretty quick...

as for sound, NFI.. but i know someone who does (mainly music stuff) rowan @ derringers is a wealth of knowledge.

www.tomshardware.com is allright for reviews on all this stuff...

at the end of the day you get what you pay for and three months down the track it's obsolete...

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 16 2004, 09:46 PM)

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 09:08 PM) Do what all sensible people do and use a Mac  ... the world will seem like a much better place then! i think you mean senile why on earth wont apple introduce a two button mouse... or god forbid, a scroll wheel. Theres nothing more frustrating than "right clicking" and getting the same thing happen... flamin option+click Although OSX is nice

What is a mouse? And why does it need wheels???

Is this some ancient computer accessory from the seventies?

Having used a touch pad for the past 5 years this is alien to me ... oh wait a minute we might be in the windows world now ... where boxes are beige and they still use floppy discs ... I love a good history lesson!

Can I see these things in a museum somewhere?

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 10:01 PM)

where boxes are beige and they still use floppy discs

who uses floppy's nowdays? i dont even have one in my comp... i only use them at work to run memtest86 or one with a WinNT.sif

they have bootable cd's and usb drives nowadays too

Granted Apple has a very nice and unique style to their products AND touchpads are great on portables, nothing can replace a mouse, i use an external mouse with my lappy, wouldn't mind a mac to play with either...

Ok so you have a touch pad... look at where your thumb lives... whats that... a single button! no scroll buttons! the only things more useless than that are the toshiba and ibm notebooks that come with the nipple (touch stick or what ever that sits between the B and N keys)

flo-p-pies? is that what you get when youre drunkies?

Where did the linux talk go ?

Basteds

QUOTE (SiGO @ Feb 16 2004, 10:10 PM)

they have bootable cd's and usb drives nowadays too

or booting off PXE/TFTP!

QUOTE (Phunkii @ Feb 16 2004, 10:12 PM)

Where did the linux talk go ? Basteds

try /dev/null
or
/dev/sothreehoursago

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 16 2004, 10:12 PM)

touch stick or what ever that sits between the B and N keys

commonly known as the toshi clit.

on another note, im not sure if a lot of people know about this but check out pe builder at www.nu2.nu

it's bootable XP that can run some/most handy tools ie: vnc, partition magic, data recovery, nero... cant be bothered listing it all, it's all on the site... check it!

***EDIT: XP environment on a cd***

sounds cool
kinda like gnoppix

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 16 2004, 10:15 PM)

QUOTE (Phunkii @ Feb 16 2004, 10:12 PM) Where did the linux talk go ? Basteds try /dev/null or /dev/sothreehoursago

FSCK YOU!

*walks off*

how can i have spent so much time in front of a computer and not know what the hell you talking about?

This thread needs more DOS

net use w: \\raveadelaide\geekthread

i hate how mac users always talk to windows users like they are some kind of elite being
fucken hippies

Where did that 'intel inside, idiot outside' saying come from anyway?

Mac's are fine if you don't really know how a computer works and want to push pretty little icons.
However if you know how to build your own system to the specs you want, and you know how to use a command line, and write a batch file. Or you want to overclock to squeeze maximum power out your box, then you gots to get a real computer.

hahaha @ boulder dash.

um. macs bite. In highschool we had to have laptops and we were only allowed to buy Macs, I started with a powerbook1400, a piece of shit that would always crash on me, especially when "I'd just completed an entire assignment" yes, the teachers loved it when I'd come up with that excuse, always worked a charm - other than that they were no use to me.

QUOTE (ballby @ Feb 17 2004, 12:52 AM)

However if you know how to build your own system to the specs you want, and you know how to use a command line, and write a batch file.

... dear god im sticking up for apple now

Since osx is based on darwin?? (*nix) you can bring up a nice shell to do many things from. feels like home.

Thats right... Ive been PCs all the way for years, and now that I have a Mac, I wont buy a PC ever again. Best thing about Macs is, you want it to do something, and it does it. PCs ALWAYS have some issue where it refuses to do shit. I cant handle my windows box at work anymore. The thing is a bucket of shit compared to a modern mac (I was not a fan of earlier Macs I have to admit).

I like using PC's - admittedly have been out of the game for a good two years now & wouldn't trust myself putting together a system let alone running a show like I used to..

However I've never heard of mac users having problems with viruses, bad crashes & loss of data indiscriminantly (spl?!) (aside from tecshta g. just below..)

Perhaps it's unfortunate that PC's can be put together in so way different variations... If they were more unified, perhaps the computer world would have less problems.....

i want a mac. just cant afford the bugger.

QUOTE (Schnookie @ Feb 17 2004, 09:42 AM)

Perhaps it's unfortunate that PC's can be put together in so way different variations... If they were more unified, perhaps the computer world would have less problems.....

Thats a definate plus with Apple and Sun in particular. Both vendors control the hardware, white the software to match the hardware and have considerably less instability as such.

yeh but it also means they cost 500000000x as much

QUOTE (Patch @ Feb 17 2004, 08:32 AM)

i want a mac. just cant afford the bugger.

apparently macs are really good for music shit & graphic design,,, ( not sure what you'd be using it for...)

To be honest I haven't played with any macs since the realease of the G4 i think it was, I had a 20min play in the shop & that was all.....

QUOTE (Mayday @ Feb 17 2004, 08:51 AM)

QUOTE (Schnookie @ Feb 17 2004, 09:42 AM) Perhaps it's unfortunate that PC's can be put together in so way different variations...  If they were more unified, perhaps the computer world would have less problems..... Thats a definate plus with Apple and Sun in particular. Both vendors control the hardware, white the software to match the hardware and have considerably less instability as such.

well if you had all PC using more unfied parts then your in effect creating a monopoly, thus driving the price of PC's up into the same price range of Mac's.. and making it unaffordable for your average joe.

PC's for home users might have a monopoly on there O/s but for the geeks out there the chance to build a system from scratch and stick on a open source O/s is a cheap option which lets them do two things.. save some cash and well be geeks quiet frankly..

btw:: monopolys are bad mm kay =)

Isn't the G5 the 'worlds fastest pc'? hahahahahaha

Nice one Apple.

Its the old story...

Do you want a V8 Commodore/Falcon or a 7 series BMW?

You can hot up a V8 quite easily, and it goes really well, for sure.

But a 7 Series BMW has the build quality, after sales service, good looks and cost that goes with it.

Id prefer a 7 Series Beemer, and an Apple too.

Also, most people that drive 11 second v8s/rotaries/turbos say the same things about 7 Series BMWs as what people with hot PCs with overclocked CPUs etc say about Macs. As did I... Until I actually forked out for a Mac.

it takes anywere from 6months to a year for any games to come out on a mac...

bOOO!

Yeah thats all find and dandy, but the thing that appeals to me about a PC is the fact that it can be tinkered with and modified in so many different ways, and if there is an incompatibility issue, you can usually find some sort of work around. And if you do, after hours of stuffing around, youve generally learnt something.

What do you do with a mac when something goes wrong... send it back?

Woah... excitement.

I guess its like Mayday said with the V8's compared to BMWs...
You can modify the car relatively cheapily to build exactly what you want (within limits ofcourse) whereas with the beamer its gonna cost you an absolute shitload more, and is generally a lot more limited in aftermarket options.

beamers suck!!

and i agree with SiGO the satisfaction of spamming woj to help me fix my pc and then the sence of gratificationi get out of having done it without his help cause he ignored me is something i will always cherrish!

QUOTE (Dimitri @ Feb 17 2004, 11:15 AM)

well if you had all PC using more unfied parts then your in effect creating a monopoly, thus driving the price of PC's up into the same price range of Mac's.. and making it unaffordable for your average joe.

I disagree.

If this were the case, the Windows Datacentre server would be monopolosing the high end server market. This is definately not the case. Solaris and HP win here hands down .

You can also buy "tuned" hardware when you purchase whole PCs from an OEM manufacturer such as Dell, HP, Gateway etc... No hardware manufacturer has a monopoly do they?


Also, most poeple that want a Mac care that you need to wait 6 months for games. People that Buy Macs dont generally care about games is the reason why. They also think that PCs are generally better for games. I cant think of any Mac user that thinks Macs are a better games platform.


Sigo: Things very rarely go wrong with a Mac. Simple as that. I had a hardware issue with mine and I had the parts RMA'd in about a day, and they were installed professionally too. No PC manufacturer would match that. Thats the same BMW vs Holden thing again. When your modified whatever packs up on your car, get a new one and fix it yourself. When something packs it in on your Beemer, they have the part in stock and fix if by a qualified tech the next day. That means it is less likely to pack up again because someone who knows what they are doing has fixed it.


You get what you pay for, and also you get what you want... Easy.

QUOTE (Mayday @ Feb 17 2004, 11:09 AM)

Sigo: Things very rarely go wrong with a Mac. Simple as that. I had a hardware issue with mine and I had the parts RMA'd in about a day, and they were installed professionally too. No PC manufacturer would match that. Thats the same BMW vs Holden thing again. When your modified whatever packs up on your car, get a new one and fix it yourself. When something packs it in on your Beemer, they have the part in stock and fix if by a qualified tech the next day. That means it is less likely to pack up again because someone who knows what they are doing has fixed it. You get what you pay for, and also you get what you want... Easy.

Thats what i mean, i prefer to be able to modify my pc, and have almost unlimited options as far as configurations go.
Others prefer to have the stock standard that very little is going to go wrong with.

Meh, ive never used a Mac so i cant comment on them, except for what ive heard.

Each to their own.

i've never had a single problem with my PC except for my mouse, which was the equivalent of 'home brand' anyway.

i like the flat screens for the G5's =)) they are huge! and great to look at

I used to bag macs till i used a g5, i found it hard to adjust but for graphical apps, video editing etc it is excellent!! Stil wouldnt use it for general computing though, i like the flexibility a pc offers.

You cant get more flexible than the bash shell that Unix and Mac offers...

Why won't my laptop defrag???
It starts and gets to 2% and then it stops and starts again at the beginning....

Please don't tell me to re-install the OS, as Im not quiet up to that standard by myself (its all a little scary), and I don't have anywhere to store the stuff on my laptop at the moment anyway.....

Cheers geek boys and girls

QUOTE (Joeyanna @ Feb 18 2004, 01:59 AM)

Why won't my laptop defrag??? It starts and gets to 2% and then it stops and starts again at the beginning.... Please don't tell me to re-install the OS, as Im not quiet up to that standard by myself (its all a little scary), and I don't have anywhere to store the stuff on my laptop at the moment anyway..... Cheers geek boys and girls

Depending on the OS your running I would say you need to run scandisk first. Scandisk detects errors in your file system and where your progams are located. This used to happen a lot in win95/98 and it woudl actually tell you to run scandisk if it detected these kinds of errors. (lost file chains) w2000 and WinXP combine scan and defrag in the one tool apparently so you might not have the scandisk option.
In that case the only equivalent I can think of is checkdisk
Go to the command prompt > go to RUN and type cmd, press enter
type chkdsk /f c:
(the /f switch will fix errors)
You may get an error because you are using the disk ie needs to be dismounted. This will mean you will need to use a system bootdisk with chkdsk on it.

PM me if you have troubles.

im after a copy of Content creation 2004 and business winstone 2004... or even 2003

i am willing to trade with anyone who has a copy...

this is what i can trade: every single version of windows spread accross 2 dvds (disclaimer: minus product keys) or even 4gb of pr0n. or a BartPE (bootable XP environment with data recovery, nero, vnc client and server and a whole swag of other usefull handy stuff)

PM if you can help

Ch33rs!

QUOTE (Joeyanna @ Feb 18 2004, 01:59 AM)

Why won't my laptop defrag??? It starts and gets to 2% and then it stops and starts again at the beginning.... Please don't tell me to re-install the OS, as Im not quiet up to that standard by myself (its all a little scary), and I don't have anywhere to store the stuff on my laptop at the moment anyway..... Cheers geek boys and girls

Probably already fixed this by now, but I have found that this happens a lot when you have a real time virus scanner active. If you do have one, disable it until your defrag is finished.

QUOTE (dnb_junkie @ Feb 20 2004, 12:59 PM)

im after a copy of Content creation 2004 and business winstone 2004... or even 2003 i am willing to trade with anyone who has a copy... this is what i can trade: every single version of windows spread accross 2 dvds (disclaimer: minus product keys) or even 4gb of pr0n. or a BartPE (bootable XP environment with data recovery, nero, vnc client and server and a whole swag of other usefull handy stuff) PM if you can help Ch33rs!

meh, all that stuff I can get myself just from suprnova.org or something..

my friends wanted that paris hilton porn though I just cbf searching for porn since i dont really know where to look..

and I think i can get those products from a client of mine (excluding product keys sshhhh)

that 4gb includes paris hilton in all her night goggles glory

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 08:12 PM)

My company have been championing Open Source for the past 8 years. Esp. Linux, MySQL and PHP (OK! we all hate Microshit) but Java is way cool too. There are so many fun things you can get up to with Java NB: I have no idea where to start with a command line or creating a database, but I can sell the concept with great authority

Java is da Bomb. I see it overpowering c++ one day. Learning java at uni alongside oracle and SQL.
Getting myself into assmebly atm. Hard but should be fun whne i bring down a few companies with it

I wanna be just like you mustafa

no one can be like me brodez...Especially you.. all you could be is probably a garbage man or council worker..

QUOTE (cOne @ Feb 20 2004, 04:39 PM)

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 08:12 PM) My company have been championing Open Source for the past 8 years. Esp. Linux, MySQL and PHP (OK! we all hate Microshit) but Java is way cool too. There are so many fun things you can get up to with Java  NB: I have no idea where to start with a command line or creating a database, but I can sell the concept with great authority  Java is da Bomb. I see it overpowering c++ one day. Learning java at uni alongside oracle and SQL. Getting myself into assmebly atm. Hard but should be fun whne i bring down a few companies with it

the problem with java is getting the most out of java is only the bomb for supernerds and completetly fucked for anyone else. the whole "starting at the top" thing by teaching java to everyone at uni's these days is a bit over the top i think. funny thing is i think assembly is not hard at all compared becasue it is more applicable to the real world (well, mine which is all about machines and plc's) and hence a shiteload easier!

anyway, my point for posting is that i need a new relaible source who i can commission every now and then to obtain warez for personal use. i cant be bothered getting into the circles but i need the benefits. pm me if you can source the following windoze software:

- Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat 6.0 etc)
- QuarkXpress 6.0+

just had a customer that set a new record for the amount of spyware on a system. 3200 odd.

thought it was worthy of a mention and i have nothing better to do.

carry on.

lol thats alot of spywarez

QUOTE (cOne @ Feb 20 2004, 04:29 PM)

QUOTE (NTrance @ Feb 16 2004, 08:12 PM) My company have been championing Open Source for the past 8 years. Esp. Linux, MySQL and PHP (OK! we all hate Microshit) but Java is way cool too. There are so many fun things you can get up to with Java  NB: I have no idea where to start with a command line or creating a database, but I can sell the concept with great authority  Java is da Bomb. I see it overpowering c++ one day. Learning java at uni alongside oracle and SQL. Getting myself into assmebly atm. Hard but should be fun whne i bring down a few companies with it

I've read that Java has a grey future due to Microsoft's move to develop its own alternative to Java.

http://unattended.msfn.org

For those who are interested in making unattended install cd's this site is a fantastic resource.

For example you could make a cd that loads xp, apply any new updates/drivers and install apps without any interaction other than having to put the cd/dvd in the drive. a bit of work involved in setting it up but well worth it.

makes my job easier.

I was keen to make a DVD that does all that... but I cant find any version of office that lets me make an admin point.... got one lying around

Sounds very handy.. Will have to try it out once i get my new shit and some blank DVD's

for that i belive you need enterprise edition... that i dont have... but you can preinstall office (i think) using the oem pre installation kit... pull the files out from the config set and install it via a batch file from the WinNT.sif or winbom.ini depending on which way youre doing it... i havent bothered with office yet so im not 100%... im gonna have to look it up...

QUOTE (dnb_junkie @ Jun 26 2004, 12:29 AM)

for that i belive you need enterprise edition... that i dont have... but you can preinstall office (i think) using the oem pre installation kit... pull the files out from the config set and install it via a batch file from the WinNT.sif or winbom.ini depending on which way youre doing it... i havent bothered with office yet so im not 100%... im gonna have to look it up...

looked it up... found http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/officexp_advanced.htm...

i have Office 2003 and just ran setup.exe /a and it worked...

if that link doesnt help i could arrange something...

oops... sorry..

i'll give it a shot ...

"Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders" - http://www.bash.org/?338364

:D

Whats your point?

Am i the only one finding a lot of well b0rked sites on the net?

I've recently installed FC2 on my laptop and opted for Firefox as my browser.... i keep coming across sites with broken tables, IE specific DHTML... basically unusable sites.

Anyone care to reccomend another browser that will run on linux and render the IE crap correctly?

I like opera for linux. the engine is quite fast and it seems to render most IE specific pages well.. They even proudly state that it will display microsoft.com properly. even though MS put specific style sheet info in their code to fuck with other browsers..

That said i really like FireFox and its only v0.9, Thunderbird is a good mail client too.. love the Nois skin.

im thinking about buying a ciggie lighter that goes in the front of the PC in the front CD bays is that geek? or clever? not sure
here the link if neone's interested.

http://store.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cig-01.html

thanks Mr Vicks... works a treat with a few DHTML driven menus
still renders work's outlook web access all wrong... but its usable

Im very impressed with firefox though... took a bit of configuring but works just as i want it now, its just that theres a lot of sites using IE specific code (hell I used it on some of my sites as who really wants to cater to "everyone")

QUOTE (wojtek @ Jul 14 2004, 02:55 PM)

its just that theres a lot of sites using IE specific code (hell I used it on some of my sites as who really wants to cater to "everyone")

yep i've done the same... mainly in the company admin system which is Java and WebMacro driven...

after owning a pc for 6 - 7 yrs i decided to get a mac for music .. and mac's rock ! take a bit of getting use to but not once have i had a problem with spyware or virus's or those damn blue screens of death !

im kickin myself for recently buying another PC and just wanna fuck it off and grab another mac

I heard that the Commodore 64 cant get viruses either... might get one of them.

Honestly though... apart from minor problems getting my wireless working under Linux, its the dilly... a lot has changed since kernel 2.2 (last time i used it on a desktop)

The Rave Adelaide server is a "pc" and its been running non stop since it came online (153 days ago) without a reboot.

I think Linux is up to a point where it is almost viable as a desktop solution, only thing holding it back are specialised apps (ie music production) but as a general internet/icq/wordprocessor workbox or for more server orientated tasks it holds up quite well.

You want to run IE specific code properly in your browser? Why not use IE??!!

does anyone understand why the universe is cooling when it expands
cos ideal gases don't lose temp when they expand in a vacuum right :S

sorry to break up the whole computer thing

QUOTE (G__ @ Jul 14 2004, 03:53 PM)

You want to run IE specific code properly in your browser? Why not use IE??!!

cos he's on linux..

yeah linux is very good for server applications such as sql, webserver or mail.. even Hotmail uses qmail as its outgoing MTA... but in recent distros ie. Mandrake 10 the driver support etc is excellent and you can even emulate most windows applications using WINE (http://www.winehq.com/) even 3d windows games etc. Still a ways off mainstream desktop usage thought i reckon.. windows has such a huge market share..

because IE is fucking shit
plain and simple

Firefox loads pages MUCH quicker, supports multiple different plugins which are awesome, like tabbed browsing (rather than having 10 copies of IE open)
IE is a spyware attracting piece of shit

Firefox has an inbuilt popup blocker, and even has a usage meter for my internet connection built into the top bar of firefox

FireFox is great... i urge people to check it out. For something still in its infancy its a great product.. we don't use anything else here at work..

i started using firefox about 6 months ago and i havent looked back
i wont even touch IE anymore

its that fucking good

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Jul 14 2004, 04:20 PM)

Still a ways off mainstream desktop usage thought i reckon.. windows has such a huge market share..

I agree, and many small buisnesses cannot afford to re-train all of their staff to migrate to linux, even though the savings are there.

I think where specific applications are deployed, where staff need to be trained regardless of their current It knowledge is where we'll see linux at the desktop first. Large companies' call centres for example... why run a windows desktop (and pay the licence fees) when all you're running is some custom data entry app, or some web frontend.

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Jul 14 2004, 04:22 PM)

FireFox is great... i urge people to check it out. For something still in its infancy its a great product.. we don't use anything else here at work..

After using MyIE2 for a while it took a bit for me to move to Firefox, once it had a decent tabbed browser plugin it wins hands down, although I cannot ditch IE completley... admin of things like MS SUS require IE, even if you change your useragnet string it still wont run due to activex crap.

Where firefox wins hands down over IE is that you customise what you want and what you dont via the way of plugins (plug-ins for rob), there are nowhere near as many exploits for it as there are for IE, and it renders quick!

QUOTE (wojtek @ Jul 14 2004, 04:33 PM)

and it renders quick!

thats the first thing i worked out..it loads far quicker than IE
going back to IE is painful

Little things like mouse gestures etc are nice touches. the totally customisable interface and plugins are really great too...got to love the size of them too.. the rendering is very fast and don't get many problems with pages displaying incorrectly.

Hey geeks...

I'm having some probs with a small cgi-script i developed... Testing it in Firefox worked fine.. But now i just gave it a go in IE and the fucker doesnt work...

basically an html form that has multiple submit buttons that perform different actions on the form..

ie. adding an extra field and returning the modified form.

the javascript that i have i think is not working properly...

<input type=image src=/cgi-bin/ExamEntry/sub.gif name=submit value="subo" onClick=document.question.submit()>

well thats not entirely the case. the form submits. and comes back but is unmodified.. I am thinking that its some wierd IE caching issue. trying <meta> refresh and expires tags now... anyone run into this problem before...

Regards Captain "Fucking IE" Vicks

hi geeks

what can you tell me about the mini ipods about to come out? (or have they already?)

QUOTE (Spadge @ Jul 14 2004, 04:28 PM)

i started using firefox about 6 months ago and i havent looked back i wont even touch IE anymore its that fucking good

its good to see someone being so truly passionate about internet web browser program application devices

i tip my hat to you spadgita

they are smaller than the normal ipods, with less storage space and more expensive. they also come in more colors..

woj... refer to my post down 2... HELP

http://www.apple.com/ipodmini/

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Jul 26 2004, 12:40 PM)

Hey geeks... I'm having some probs with a small cgi-script i developed... Testing it in Firefox worked fine.. But now i just gave it a go in IE and the fucker doesnt work... basically an html form that has multiple submit buttons that perform different actions on the form.. ie. adding an extra field and returning the modified form. the javascript that i have i think is not working properly... <input type=image src=/cgi-bin/ExamEntry/sub.gif name=submit value="subo" onClick=document.question.submit()> well thats not entirely the case. the form submits. and comes back but is unmodified.. I am thinking that its some wierd IE caching issue. trying <meta> refresh and expires tags now... anyone run into this problem before... Regards Captain "Fucking IE" Vicks

Couldn't say without seeing more of the source, throw me a URL and I'll be able to help better.

First off, perhaps you should try using DOM, even if IE 5.5 's DOM implementation is b0rked:

<form id="myForm">
<a href="formtarget.php" onclick="document.getElementById('myForm').submit();return false;">Link submit</a>
</form>

DOM provides methods to appendChild() and so forth, so you can add HTML elements on the fly.

See: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/technote/tn-dom-table/

Google for "DOM level 1 EMCAscript binding" or hunt around w3.org for a good API reference.

interesting... tho i have already written all the code in perl...

Vicks, if u think it's a caching issue, make sure you put in all the proper header stuff... eg

Response.ExpiresAbsolute = #2000-01-01#
Response.AddHeader "pragma", "no-cache"
Response.AddHeader "cache-control", "private, no-cache, must-revalidate"

Ah we figured out what was wrong.

He had <input type="image" name="submit" value="foo">; and IE submits only an X and Y co-ord for an image submit button - rather than &submit=foo, we were getting submit.x=0&submit.y=1

Bloody IE!

:P

QUOTE (Captain Spaz @ Jul 26 2004, 02:40 PM)

Vicks, if u think it's a caching issue, make sure you put in all the proper header stuff... eg Response.ExpiresAbsolute = #2000-01-01# Response.AddHeader "pragma", "no-cache" Response.AddHeader "cache-control", "private, no-cache, must-revalidate"

cheers i had done that too... took longer to debug than it did to write..

anyways, august 2nd doom3 i hear. i'm annoyed at idsoftware because they've used the nvidia chipset as their most greatest video card, whereas the ati's have greater power. so what are we going to get from this game? hackenslash with 1024x1024 textures, nothing new i don't think.

Fucking nerds!!

We don't fuck, we're nerds

*polishes glasses*

thanks CloCkWeRX for your help... got that form sussed out now.. working nicely...

will be sending that email to lauren too....

next question...

i have a use of webspace on a linux box..
and wish to post pics and a diary of my time in Fiji...
Anyone know of a nice app that will allow me to do this... i guess what i may end up doing is wacking up a phpbb2 forum and just posting it all in there...

would something like the RA gallery do you?
then just run some sort of news post script to handle the "diary" entries

I set up something like this for Dimi, cant remember what app i used but it was fairly easy to get going

I would suggest some nice blogging software:

http://www.bblog.com/
http://www.livejournal.org/
http://www.movabletype.org/

Livejournal is maybe the best software imho, if you don't want to host it your own blog, http://www.livejournal.com is a great way to do stuff. All of these blogging applications syndicate you with RSS, you can blogroll, and livejournal even does some FOAF.

There's heaps of others. Take a look around.

http://gallery.menalto.com/ <--- what we use on RA, coppermine gallery looks the goods too

QUOTE (wojtek @ Jul 26 2004, 07:19 PM)

http://gallery.menalto.com/ <--- what we use on RA, coppermine gallery looks the goods too

Gallery has its pros and cons. G1 is a bit too tacky for my liking. Have a look at g2 alpha, it won't be even half as feature rich but when i talked to the developers they seemed to be far more serious about doing the application *right*.
Start with g2 now and you avoid all the headgames of upgrading from g1 later.

More questions for the geek thread... I'm prolly going to go with BBlog

looks pretty kewl and already set it up on one of the servers at werk.. hehe

Does anyone use a windows program to rip mp3 from CD and organise their mp3 library.. kind of like Itunes but a bit more customisable.. I don't really like some of the things iTunes does but cannot change them...

any suggestions.. I can find my own but if someone else has something that they know is good then I won't have to go through heaps...

QUOTE (Spadge @ Jul 14 2004, 05:44 PM)

QUOTE (wojtek @ Jul 14 2004, 04:33 PM) and it renders quick! thats the first thing i worked out..it loads far quicker than IE going back to IE is painful

Well you fucking geeks have come in handy!

I downloaded Firefox and was VERY impressed. Rendering of the RA forums is lightning quick, and all pages load much quicker! Nice!

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Jul 27 2004, 02:24 PM)

Does anyone use a windows program to rip mp3 from CD and organise their mp3 library.. kind of like Itunes but a bit more customisable.. I don't really like some of the things iTunes does but cannot change them... any suggestions.. I can find my own but if someone else has something that they know is good then I won't have to go through heaps...

when you find something let me know
at the moment i just use WMP, does the job kinda ok

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Jul 27 2004, 02:24 PM)

More questions for the geek thread... I'm prolly going to go with BBlog looks pretty kewl and already set it up on one of the servers at werk.. hehe Does anyone use a windows program to rip mp3 from CD and organise their mp3 library.. kind of like Itunes but a bit more customisable.. I don't really like some of the things iTunes does but cannot change them... any suggestions.. I can find my own but if someone else has something that they know is good then I won't have to go through heaps...

i use a program called EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
search for it in google
you may also need the LAME audio encoder which you'll find on that website or on google

ive found this to be the best audio ripper in my experience

anyone here a uni-student-researcher like me that uses the word processing program latex (pronounced lateK hahhaha)?? i love it, am going to use it just to annoy uni it hehehe.

EAC is tops but i think the Vicsolat0r is after an all in one package.
Ie like iTunes or WMP

The w0j is correct... I shall search out such a tool...

help please Nerds

i have a chance to buy an apple imac but knowing these thing are getting on in the years i wanna know what one might be worth nowdays

will i still be able to use it for music production

or would i be better off getting another Pc to network with my laptop

Help Neeerds i dunno any thing bout Mac's

hmmm an imac for music production would be sucky... soundcards are pretty bad methinks.. the mac nerd in the office said that it would be good.. but he's a mac nerd and nobody likes him

yeah, i've heard the imac's are sucky for music production compared to the g3 and g4 macs anyways

check ebay australia for current pricings fluffy

Thanks Vicks+Propergunga

i think for what its worth i may as well go to the brickworks and get one of the Iraqie Bro's there

they have plenty of systems just like what im after prity cheap

Hard dive space and burners tis all i need

dam i almost wish i never got a friggen laptop

What are the stats of the Mac?

They have been making iMacs for years, and the new one is a beast, thats for sure.

Propoganda:

ALL modern iMacs are G4s.

can i do raid with serial ata drives? im buying 2 80GB SATA drives with a7v600x mobo, is it possible to do raid 0 with those drives on SATA ?

you should do
win2k/xp supports software raid0, your motherboard might do it on a hardware level though.

raid0 is a scary concept, lose one drive, lose both!

QUOTE (Mayday @ Jul 29 2004, 01:06 PM)

What are the stats of the Mac? They have been making iMacs for years, and the new one is a beast, thats for sure. Propoganda: ALL modern iMacs are G4s.

Ill check it tommrow its one of those ones ith the cd just below the monotor

it seems to have an external modem in the form of some round piece of shit slightly coned at the top

its got the clear color sides (all though id say they used them for a fair few models)

Im cronic i see something i dont realy need and a way of getting it cheaply and i cant help my self i must have it i begin to obsess over it
Fuckn shocking

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Jul 27 2004, 05:17 PM)

The w0j is correct... I shall search out such a tool...

Ya find the tool or what?


btw
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WinXP SP2.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

266mb download.

is that an official release? or a release candidate
i thought the official one was a few weeks away still..

nope it's the proper sp2

well over due...

QUOTE (Naked @ Jul 29 2004, 05:46 PM)

can i do raid with serial ata drives? im buying 2 80GB SATA drives with a7v600x mobo, is it possible to do raid 0 with those drives on SATA ?

if it supports it, yes...have a look on the manufacturers website... RTFM

why? raid is useless when it comes to performance.

see storagereview.com

Thats not entirely true, raid0 willl increase HD seek time etc.. Tho software RAID will not be as fast as a dedicated raid card. To answer your question SATA drives are raidable.. and you can pick up raid cards pretty cheap these days...

RAID Level 0 is not redundant, hence does not truly fit the "RAID" acronym. In level 0, data is split across drives, resulting in higher data throughput. Since no redundant information is stored, performance is very good, but the failure of any disk in the array results in data loss. This level is commonly referred to as striping.

RAID Level 1 provides redundancy by writing all data to two or more drives. The performance of a level 1 array tends to be faster on reads and slower on writes compared to a single drive, but if either drive fails, no data is lost. This is a good entry-level redundant system, since only two drives are required; however, since one drive is used to store a duplicate of the data, the cost per megabyte is high. This level is commonly referred to as mirroring.

ok just downloaded XP sp2 from the node mirror
downloaded some sp2 "patches"

im overdue for a format anyway so i'm going for a freshie with sp2
wish me luck

good luck dude... let us know how you go...

getting sp2 tomorrow

takes about 20 odd mins to install

it locks down your pc hard compared to the original release and also has upgraded fire wall, defualt set yo let nothing out.

all the isp help desks will love this

QUOTE (sakvee @ Aug 10 2004, 12:07 PM)

WinXP SP2. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en 266mb download.

Is this the full release or RC2??? Sorry if it is blaintantly obviouse but i didnt see it....

QUOTE (GROOV3 @ Aug 10 2004, 10:33 PM)

it locks down your pc hard compared to the original release and also has upgraded fire wall, defualt set yo let nothing out.

Windows?

Locked down hard?

hehehehehe!!!!

Thats great.... Please keep the jokes coming.

QUOTE (UnderRAer @ Aug 10 2004, 09:41 PM)

QUOTE (sakvee @ Aug 10 2004, 12:07 PM) WinXP SP2. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en 266mb download. Is this the full release or RC2??? Sorry if it is blaintantly obviouse but i didnt see it....

full release mate

QUOTE (Spadge @ Aug 10 2004, 10:09 PM)

QUOTE (UnderRAer @ Aug 10 2004, 09:41 PM) QUOTE (sakvee @ Aug 10 2004, 12:07 PM) WinXP SP2. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en 266mb download. Is this the full release or RC2??? Sorry if it is blaintantly obviouse but i didnt see it.... full release mate

SIk, and its true, the ISP's will be flooded with poeple "unable to access internet" ahahha...... microsoft shouldve left it off default , wouldve been easier, used as needed

whacked RC2 on a fresh install sunday night... eh dont really notice a huge difference.. the firewall is annoying and the first thing i did was go into services and turn all the bullshit off. woo.

There will be smaller versions of sp2 in the coming days if you don't want to download the full standalone.

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Aug 10 2004, 02:35 PM)

Thats not entirely true, raid0 willl increase HD seek time etc.. Tho software RAID will not be as fast as a dedicated raid card. To answer your question SATA drives are raidable.. and you can pick up raid cards pretty cheap these days... RAID Level 0 is not redundant, hence does not truly fit the "RAID" acronym. In level 0, data is split across drives, resulting in higher data throughput. Since no redundant information is stored, performance is very good, but the failure of any disk in the array results in data loss. This level is commonly referred to as striping. RAID Level 1 provides redundancy by writing all data to two or more drives. The performance of a level 1 array tends to be faster on reads and slower on writes compared to a single drive, but if either drive fails, no data is lost. This is a good entry-level redundant system, since only two drives are required; however, since one drive is used to store a duplicate of the data, the cost per megabyte is high. This level is commonly referred to as mirroring.

read the article "Stop the RAID0 Insanity!" from http://www.storagereview.com/ also check out the link to the anandtech article. opened up my eyes.

in theory it's sounds good but with real world testing ( ie: an extra 0.85 content creation 2004 point / 0.9 business winstone 2004 points)

i'd rather spend the cash on something else.

Everyone wonders why mac users moan about how shit windows it...

correct, windows is shit.

if i could afford a mac i would buy one.

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 10 2004, 10:38 PM)

whacked RC2 on a fresh install sunday night... eh dont really notice a huge difference.. the firewall is annoying and the first thing i did was go into services and turn all the bullshit off. woo.

yeah same. first thing i did was turn it off.

havent noticed much difference except in IE6.0.. runs a lil quicker.. the popup blocker isnt bad. i leave it so that it givesme the lil reminder across the top that its blocked something. does a pretty okay job.

general desktop use seems to be a lil quicker but thats most likely just because my older version of stylexp doesnt work anymore because it doesnt recognise the build version..

NAV2K4 apparently just had a big wmi upgrade too when i ran liveupdate for those who use norton's.......

Yeah, havent really noticed any huge differences but then what do you expect?
The idea of a service pack is generally to fix up holes/bugs/small issues/optimise so youre not going to really notice a huge difference... it does seem quite stable and is running quite nicely. but then my previous install ran like shit because it was a repair from my previous hardware configuration.

I dunno i like it, seems nice, I used to use googletoolbar for blocking popups and it was choice. Im now using firefox and have left popups on.

for those interested in automating installs etc. if you cant automate it using setup.iss files or other modified things theres a program called "autoIT"

pretty sexy.

www.autoitscript.com

ROFLMAO!!!!

(found on BT)

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hahahahaha

QUOTE (dnb_junkie @ Aug 12 2004, 12:53 PM)

correct, windows is shit. if i could afford a mac i would buy one.

linux is good if you feel like learning all the shit, you can control the computer alot more, but its fukt configuring it for games and other stuff maybe cause im very new to it.

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 12 2004, 11:53 PM)

Yeah, havent really noticed any huge differences but then what do you expect?

The improved wireless suport is pretty cool.

looking into getting an ipod... what do people think of them? all good? or are they better brands to look into?

kthx

all ipods are made by apple. so there are no different brands

QUOTE (DavyG @ Aug 21 2004, 05:40 PM)

ROFLMAO!!!! (found on BT) image not archived: lines.JPG

there is no return character.. so this will print over one line...

re: ipod. they are prolly the best way to go for large capacity mp3 players at this stage..

ipod rules...

Everyone will say an iriver, or a creative something does some individual thing better than an ipod, but overall, for personal use, the ipod is the best.

People will compare all other music players to ipod because it is the benchmark, people dont compare irivers to anything do they?

hmm the capabilities of an iriver are much greater.. but i agree for general usage.. get an ipod.. they look pretty.

QUOTE (adahash @ Aug 23 2004, 02:15 PM)

QUOTE (dnb_junkie @ Aug 12 2004, 12:53 PM) correct, windows is shit. if i could afford a mac i would buy one. linux is good if you feel like learning all the shit, you can control the computer alot more, but its fukt configuring it for games and other stuff maybe cause im very new to it.

i use linux for my game servers...

QUOTE (Mayday @ Aug 23 2004, 02:46 PM)

ipod rules... Everyone will say an iriver, or a creative something does some individual thing better than an ipod, but overall, for personal use, the ipod is the best. People will compare all other music players to ipod because it is the benchmark, people dont compare irivers to anything do they?

Never used an Ipod... but im fed up with iRivers lack of firmware updates.

I guess the benefit of an ipod is a greater user base, more hacks and tools for it.
Matt, you are the biggest mac fanboy ive seen... Ipod is not "The best", AFAIK the ipod has NO LINE IN option. Making it absolutley useless for me, for personal use.


edit: err what a mixed up rant... all in all Matt sucks Steve Jobs off. Iriver suck for firmware.

The ipod does not have a line in as standard, you can get one though, and I dont think it will suit your needs either.

I am thinking about purchasing one of these larger type mp3 players in the very near future, now i was looking at the 20gig ipod or the 4gig ipod mini, obviously the larger one is much better value for money. What other options are there other than the ipods? Links please people.

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 03:53 PM)

Links please people.

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I love you Noddy

QUOTE (wojtek @ Aug 23 2004, 03:18 PM)

QUOTE (Mayday @ Aug 23 2004, 02:46 PM) ipod rules... Everyone will say an iriver, or a creative something does some individual thing better than an ipod, but overall, for personal use, the ipod is the best. People will compare all other music players to ipod because it is the benchmark, people dont compare irivers to anything do they? Never used an Ipod... but im fed up with iRivers lack of firmware updates. I guess the benefit of an ipod is a greater user base, more hacks and tools for it. Matt, you are the biggest mac fanboy ive seen... Ipod is not "The best", AFAIK the ipod has NO LINE IN option. Making it absolutley useless for me, for personal use. edit: err what a mixed up rant... all in all Matt sucks Steve Jobs off. Iriver suck for firmware.

I fecking love the Ipod, best thing steveO has come out with IMO,, head and shoulders infront of everyone else... copying movies/family guy episodes from cousins computer v/firewire is beautiful...

only gripe is that as woj said, you have to buy all the 'add-ons' ...

www.apple.com.au/ipod would be a good place to start

QUOTE (Mayday @ Aug 23 2004, 04:03 PM)

www.apple.com.au/ipod would be a good place to start

Once again you show how fucking stupid you are.

I said what OTHER options are there Matt. Ive already looked at Ipods.


Also i dont count your opinion as one i want to hear (or read) because as Woj said you are an Apple fanboy.
Go back to eating apples from steves arse.

i bought this mp3 player off ebay, about 6 months ago.

Its 256 mb,
Blue screen,
Voice recording,
all in all, i think i paid $90 and its pretty sick.

sick

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 04:08 PM)

QUOTE (Mayday @ Aug 23 2004, 04:03 PM) www.apple.com.au/ipod would be a good place to start Once again you show how fucking stupid you are. I said what OTHER options are there Matt. Ive already looked at Ipods. Also i dont count your opinion as one i want to hear (or read) because as Woj said you are an Apple fanboy. Go back to eating apples from steves arse.

do you really need 20gig?

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 05:38 PM)

QUOTE (Mayday @ Aug 23 2004, 04:03 PM) www.apple.com.au/ipod would be a good place to start Once again you show how fucking stupid you are.

not really 4gig is probably enough, but if im going to pay $xxx for the ipod mini i might as well pay slightly more and get the 20gig.

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Aug 23 2004, 04:22 PM)

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 04:08 PM) QUOTE (Mayday @ Aug 23 2004, 04:03 PM) www.apple.com.au/ipod would be a good place to start Once again you show how fucking stupid you are. I said what OTHER options are there Matt. Ive already looked at Ipods. Also i dont count your opinion as one i want to hear (or read) because as Woj said you are an Apple fanboy. Go back to eating apples from steves arse. do you really need 20gig?

If I could at the moment, I'd get the 40gig. can get loaded quite quickly.

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 02:46 PM)

all ipods are made by apple. so there are no different brands

yeah i know that. I was asking what other brands of mp3 players are worth looking into

like any ones by Sony etc?

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 04:32 PM)

not really 4gig is probably enough, but if im going to pay $xxx for the ipod mini i might as well pay slightly more and get the 20gig.

sigo - have you been to strathfield.com.au ? if you do the $38 plan on a sony t610 ($170 up front) they chuck in a 20gb 4th gen ipod for free (i was thinking of doing this and shifting the ipod on ebay, they go for $400 ish)

schnookie - seriously what on earth do you need 40gig for

6mb per song
166 songs per gig
6,666 songs per 40gig
5 mins per song
that is 555 hours of music or 23 days straight

yeah ive seen that deal, unfortunately i already have a t610 on a contract :/ heh

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Aug 23 2004, 04:41 PM)

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 04:32 PM) not really 4gig is probably enough, but if im going to pay $xxx for the ipod mini i might as well pay slightly more and get the 20gig. sigo - have you been to strathfield.com.au ? if you do the $38 plan on a sony t610 ($170 up front) they chuck in a 20gb 4th gen ipod for free (i was thinking of doing this and shifting the ipod on ebay, they go for $400 ish) schnookie - seriously what on earth do you need 40gig for 6mb per song 166 songs per gig 6,666 songs per 40gig 5 mins per song that is 555 hours of music or 23 days straight

like I said before,,, not all music mr alex...

movies/games/pics/porn etc, all get transported v easily on the ipod..

40gig or STFU (just wanted to use the STFU ...... sorry)

QUOTE (techsta_girl @ Aug 23 2004, 04:34 PM)

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 02:46 PM) all ipods are made by apple. so there are no different brands yeah i know that. I was asking what other brands of mp3 players are worth looking into like any ones by Sony etc?

Yes, this is the most popular competitor for Ipod at the moment:
http://www.iriver.com/

awsome product, cheaper, removable battery (with charger & de-charger), all the plugins and software availablefor Ipod has been copied, etc +++ Good for those of you who want performance and dont want to pay for branding.

If I wasnt saving, I would get my hands on this hot little product!

dude Ipods are cheaper than iRivers

I own the H120... decent product and love the battery life and the wired remote on it. Apart from shitty firmware release schedules (err last one was in April) its a great unit.

The issues I have with the firmware is lack of basic shit like on the fly playlist creation, and inability to monitor record inputs.

Optical in and out is a bonus as is the fact that it shows up as a removable drive under windows rather than needing extra software.

The H300 series looks cool... anyone want a h120 + all the smut it can carry

I'm looking at buying a 120-160 Gig Hard drive in the next couple of weeks, basically I'm looking for 7200 RPM, 8mb cache. The 2 that seem to be the best options are either the Seagate baracuda or the Western Digital Caviar series.

I'm just wondering if anybody has any experience with either of these brands, and if there's anything that makes one better than the other?

thanx Ballby

Personally i dont think there is any difference except the slight price and the name.

Generally i buy Western Digital no REAL reason though. I think both have a 3yr Warranty anyway so as long as you back up regularly if it dies just swap it over.

At work we tend to buy WD drives for desktop systems.
As sigo, no real reason. they store data and they work.

last hard drive i bought was a WD 120Gig and i have had zero problems with it. Probably best to stick with a winner, thanx for the input guys.

just got a gmail account

QUOTE (ballby @ Aug 23 2004, 10:19 PM)

I'm looking at buying a 120-160 Gig Hard drive in the next couple of weeks, basically I'm looking for 7200 RPM,

10K RPM ! 10K RPM ! 10K RPM !

why doesn't the hard drive world evolve like the video card world? do they not realise they are holding the gaming world back???!!!


twin 76gig raptors (eerr,, yeah that's them i think...) please santa.

wait till SATA300 comes out...

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Aug 24 2004, 01:47 PM)

just got a gmail account

welcome to 6 weeks ago

QUOTE (techsta_girl @ Aug 23 2004, 04:34 PM)

QUOTE (SiGO @ Aug 23 2004, 02:46 PM) all ipods are made by apple. so there are no different brands yeah i know that. I was asking what other brands of mp3 players are worth looking into like any ones by Sony etc?

There are other brands of MP3 players Elle ... it just depends if you want to be super cool and the envy of all your friends or not!!

QUOTE (Schnookie @ Aug 24 2004, 02:19 PM)

QUOTE (ballby @ Aug 23 2004, 10:19 PM) I'm looking at buying a 120-160 Gig Hard drive in the next couple of weeks, basically I'm looking for 7200 RPM, 10K RPM ! 10K RPM ! 10K RPM !

I only need it to host my ftp and for mass storage, paying extar money for that would be a waste!

it's to hold your bestiality porn collection isn't it.

QUOTE (Cetra3 @ Aug 24 2004, 11:58 PM)

it's to hold your bestiality porn collection isn't it.

amongst other things, there are sooo many different types od porn nowadays and i never know what i'm in the mood for!

being the uber gamer that i am... i have a fairly daft question to ask

Out of a Radeon 9600XT 128mb and a Geforce FX5500 256mb... what one is the better option gaming wise?

nice triple post.

and i am not too sure.

that was a sensational triple post!

Im after a new graphics card. I think the one i have now is a Geforce 2 . Any ideas on a fairly cheap but decent card that can let me play Doom 3

Question:
Do any of you have phones that can read QR Code? Its big in japan...

http://nfg.2y.net/system/qrcodegen.php

Ah... stfu invision... dynamic images dissallowed my foot!

Give it a bash. Possible uses - print it on a tshirt and people with these phones get set to a list of your raveadelaide profile/whatever

If it was big enough over here this would be a cool geek toy.

QUOTE (wojtek @ Aug 29 2004, 01:33 PM)

being the uber gamer that i am... i have a fairly daft question to ask Out of a Radeon 9600XT 128mb and a Geforce FX5500 256mb... what one is the better option gaming wise?

*cracks knuckles* radeon would shit on the fx5600 (i assume you meant 5600... havent heard of a 5500 unless it's an overclocked 5200)

anyhow i recommend "power color" radeons. power color have a bravo series which has 2ns ram instead of the std 2.5ns stuff.

256mb graphics cards (apart from $700+ cards like the x600 and x800's) usually have slower memory/clock speeds so 256 is just wank..

stay away from brands like HIS, AURIGA, PARADISE... theyre poo.

9600 bizzatch

Who uses livejournal?
Do you think that a forum like RaveAdelaide would fit well into a blog style system?
For instance; an article or inital blog post, and discussion takes place in threaded comments?

http://www.livejournal.com/users/news/80680.html?thread=15149352#t15149352

Well I got my new beast the other day...

1.5GHz G4
2GB RAM
128 MB video
80 GB HDD

I also got a 40GB iPod & and airport express... Airport express is the bollocks and everyone needs one

i've got an iPod mini and its fantastic. definately recommend the iPod - espciallially compared to a flash based player. i get around the lack of space (if you call 4 Gb small...) on the mini by just syncing certain playlists and four or five star music.

ive seen a few ads (i am currently in the US) for a new sony "iPod killer" that apparently has 40 Gb with 30 hours of battery life which looks interesting...

if you thought firefox is the shit now download a version optimised for your cpu. on XP athlons (only thing ive tested it on) it's about 20% faster (faster drawing the page, not downloading). sposed to be faster again with the P4's taking advantage of the SSE2 instruction sets.

http://www.moox.ws/

Linux Question.

im fairly new to linux, what is the linux equiv of autoexec.bat?

and is it as easy as just putting: sh /path/to/file/sh_script ??

im trying to run a game server that starts listening for my blackbagops prog when i first turn it on. ive got 90% of that sorted, i just need the fucker to start automatically on boot.

im using mandrake 10 if that helps.

QUOTE (CloCkWeRX @ Oct 2 2004, 09:01 PM)

Who uses livejournal? Do you think that a forum like RaveAdelaide would fit well into a blog style system? For instance; an article or inital blog post, and discussion takes place in threaded comments? http://www.livejournal.com/users/news/80680.html?thread=15149352#t15149352

I do.

The blog system would work, but I think RA has too many posts running thru it to function properly. Not sure, but a good idea.

QUOTE (dnb_junkie @ Dec 7 2004, 12:08 PM)

Linux Question.

found it. inittab.

Calling all G33ks

2 quick questions

1. Are there any simple (ie 2 steps or so) tools that convert a couple of VCD movies to one DVD-R?

2. Apart from using NTop & MRTG+RRD are there any nice/easy solutions to stick on gateway devices running linux to keep a nice track of data flow.
It doesnt have to be spot on when it comes to trafic use as its not a billing system, rather a point of reference so I can see when things went wrong and hopefully deduct from that why

Whats wrong with mrtg? Or some other snmp based product?

Unless i've missed something with MRTG it only displays counters on interfaces etc, i know you can use SNMP to query uptime etc as well but what the boss wants is an answer as to why at 4 pm our usage was higher than usual, what server was doing what and sending where. Granted a fair bit can be deducted from logs and thats how things are done at the moment. Ie notice a peak in trafic, check various logs on the server in question and deduct from there.

NTop does it nicley, well nice enough but its not an awfully stable application, crashing a few times a month is not unusual.... and on crashes it loses all data bar a general trafic flow graph (mrtg based i believe)

We've looked at a few commercial grade applications, but they come with commercial grade prices which make my boss do a commercial grade backflip

The velocity of an object remains unchanged unless acted on by an unbalanced force.

Try that!

need some advice..

the other night i was working on a tune and one of my hdds (120gig worth of stuff) shat itself. its not being detected during boot and makes disgusting noises. i want to try my luck with one of these hdd-doctor type companies.. but:

- how much money will i be looking at? i want to try to retrieve as much as i can.. i dunno if damage has been done to platter or if its just a fucked motor.
- what are issues with discreetness? if they do look they will see a lot of stuff..movies..tunes..apps. dont want this to get dodgy

also does anyone have any good companies to recommend?

thanks

my mates dad use to do all this shit for me, recovered all my kind of stuff!!

mmm most of them are use to seeing that kinda crap on peoples computers, just ask them!!

:D

QUOTE (Suni @ Dec 15 2004, 01:17 AM)

need some advice.. the other night i was working on a tune and one of my hdds (120gig worth of stuff) shat itself. its not being detected during boot and makes disgusting noises. i want to try my luck with one of these hdd-doctor type companies.. but: - how much money will i be looking at? i want to try to retrieve as much as i can.. i dunno if damage has been done to platter or if its just a fucked motor. - what are issues with discreetness? if they do look they will see a lot of stuff..movies..tunes..apps. dont want this to get dodgy also does anyone have any good companies to recommend? thanks

Uh oh!

Happened to me a while ago, made a funny noise like it was trying to start up but couldnt, would make the noise 3 times like Puur...Puur...Purr over and over.

I asked an expert and they said its possibly called an "Internal Loop"

I ended having to get a new HD and lost everything

Hope its the same in ur case1

From memory it is quite pricey. Ie. in the 1000's - there are a couple of firms in Sydney i think. I found them in the computer section of the yellow pages.

I'm sure they will not dob you in for piracy etc. They are techs they will probably just nab all your good porn and be done with it...

Only thing I've had success with are fried controler cards, if you have access to a hdd of the same model/make... swap em over and see if you get any love... but what youre descirbing could be a mechanical fault too.

thanks for everyones help =)

yeah woj i have no idea about any of this business so i think i might leave it to someone who does. $1k though, fuck! good to hear most people don't care about piracy though. might try some friends first. hope im still in with a chance

cheers again

You geeks are too geeky. I though we could all discuss Magic: The Gathering.

Look PAL, that comment is excessively hurtful. These people have feelings you know.

Have a look at Google Suggest.

It gives you suggestions on your search (not so surprisingly!)

http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

only beta at this stage but looks to have potential..

Suni - Cherry Computers used to have some file recovery thingy ... Can't remember how much it was ... Maybe call them ?

does trying to hack into the wap server make you a nerd???

Probably .....

Try using a grain of salt, a knitting needle, and a iguana named Bert.

QUOTE (Phunkii @ Dec 17 2004, 09:41 AM)

Probably ..... Try using a grain of salt, a knitting needle, and a iguana named Bert.

so confused?!!?

i think this little education film shows linux is way better

http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ab04/files/flash-swf-files/switchlinux.swf

lol

Looking to make some backups of DVD's that I have on a portable HD so that I don't have to cart them with me. What are people using to make DIVX's.. I used to use DR DivX but interested to see what people are using now..

Two new WAY COOL Apple products:

http://www.apple.com.au/ipodshuffle/

I Like this one very much:

http://www.apple.com.au/macmini/

does anyone know why MSN constantly signs me out for no reason??
sometimes it does it every 2 mins othertimes it doesnt do it in 5 hours.

really fukn anoying!!

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Dec 21 2004, 08:23 AM)

Looking to make some backups of DVD's that I have on a portable HD so that I don't have to cart them with me. What are people using to make DIVX's.. I used to use DR DivX but interested to see what people are using now..

wont tell ya what im using but www.vcdhelp.com will tell ya all u need to know and links to everything.

can anyone anyone suggest a decent external HD i can use to store music and data on, to clear out my laptop a little bit? Thanks guys, i am not one in the know, but it'd be wikkid to get one. mylillaptop is struggling!

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jan 20 2005, 02:50 PM)

can anyone anyone suggest a decent external HD i can use to store music and data on, to clear out my laptop a little bit? Thanks guys, i am not one in the know, but it'd be wikkid to get one. mylillaptop is struggling!

Depending on your budget. I can recommend getting a Creative 20gb mp3player. It can store music files (obviously) and data. It cost $429 at Good Guys discounted. Normally $449. Or any portable hd, just don't go with brands you never heard of. But it also depends on how many gigs you want and whether your laptop is USB enabled.

Creative is cool, but AFAIK it doesnt appear as a removable device, but you need their software to use it.

Just purchase a normal (or laptop hdd) and put it into a caddy... much cheaper than the all in one kits

cool cool, its a new laptop and all that... so shoul dbe usb enabled i guess... otherwise maybe i should get an ipod.. hmm

ta for the advice guys! if i get an HDD and put it in a caddy, i may be able to claim it

I'm wondering if any of you geeks out there could help me with an issue I'm having playing music on my PC...

What happens is this: the sound will get "stuck" every now and again for up to a second - i.e. the last fraction of a second of sound will be repeated as a kind of buzzing sound for a short time until it becomes unstuck.

I'm guessing that maybe some kind of sound buffer is running out of data, and so the last set of data is being repeatedly output until the buffer is refilled? Although, I've noticed that when it happens, all video stuff such as animated gifs on RA, for example, freeze up as well...

I don't really know much about these things, some ideas on what the origin of the problem might be and how to resolve it would be much appreciated as it's extremely annoying!

(Oh it also happens when I watch videos/play dvds and so on, no matter what program I use)

*bump for the night crew...*

QUOTE (Skydiver @ Dec 15 2004, 11:56 PM)

You geeks are too geeky. I though we could all discuss Magic: The Gathering.

Former state champion

Aaron, what spec system are you running?
Got the latest patches/drivers?

Dad?

Have any of you fellow nerds built a PC based PVR?

Looking at getting a HDTV tuner card thats compatible with XP MCE, but from what ive read MCE puts some sort of wak wrapper around what it records so then ya cant burn off the data onto DVD, but it needs to be played using WMP9 or higher.

So quite interested in software/hardware combos

Whats a PVR?

Personal Video Recorder
HDD recorder like thing

Also interested.. planning on doing something like this when I return to Aus... *waits*

and you call yourself a geek

Geeks should appreciate this email from a friend in IT:

"I have tried and tried to pump it into the heads of my friends that the people i work with are top class top of the range hard core Geeks.

I have done some statistics..

Firstly only 1 out of 20 knew what the schutzenfest was... I was amazed however got over it..

The clincher was 17 out of a possible 20 where not only there work phone but there personal phone on a belt clip. one each side...

Thats right... Its cool here!

Oh and they say the word Fridgestickles instead of Fuck...

Oh yeah, and when they are trying to explain something being big or powerful like, say a car, they say : "I mean it was P4 3.2 gig with a gig of ram powerful!"

I rest my case your honour."

I dont call msyelf anything...

But my current dream project will be to wait when the G5 Mac Powerbook comes out (The latest G4 has 2 x DVI which I need, so the G5 will too) then connect it to a 30" LCD Display (http://www.apple.com.au/displays). There is an App you can get for a Mac (I am sure PC has similar) where you can put the output from a DV cam onto one of your monitors in real time.

I have a broken DV cam which has S-video in (from my foxtel) so I can use that to put FOX on the LCD. This would mean I can toss my TV and use the one display for everything. The trouble with other displays is the resolution isnt high enough for normal computer type use, otherwise I would use one of those, and they would probably have s-video in too.

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 3 2005, 03:08 PM)

Personal Video Recorder HDD recorder like thing

I've heard there are some good Linux based solutions out there these days. haven't really done the research to find out anything about it, but it'd be worth looking into...

*shrug*

If this little PVR project goes ahead I'll write up what I've found if anyone else is interested

I currently own the DVICO Fusion HDTV DVB-T Lite, and it's not a bad digital tuner, it comes with a remote and my radeon card has a TV out, so i can send the signal to my TV, and watch it from the couch and change channels with a remote.

I haven't actually set up a standard PVR, yet, i plan to when i get back from OS at the end of the year. However a good resource I've found is http://www.dvbowners.com/ it's an Australian based forum on Digital TV tuner cards. They're fairly noob friendly, and they have soem contact with some of the manufacturers, so they can get driver bugs fixed fairly quickly.

Hi this is a bit of a long shot..

I'm trying to create a trial period for some software (vb).. but with better checking than just looking at the system date..

Was thinking reg keys and decrementng a counter.. but then system date can still be changed..

If I run a "date counter" as a service then the service can be stopped.. how to most software applications limit to a trial period?

seems like an easy solution but i'm scratching my head..

Hi this is a bit of a long shot..

I'm trying to create a trial period for some software (vb).. but with better checking than just looking at the system date..

Was thinking reg keys and decrementng a counter.. but then system date can still be changed..

If I run a "date counter" as a service then the service can be stopped.. how to most software applications limit to a trial period?

seems like an easy solution but i'm scratching my head..

Can you get the program to refer to either the BIOS clock or an NTP server?

NTP if the computer is online, which most of them are.

Haha already thought of this.. but most compies aren't online in Fiji man.. babow.. was thinking about bios clock.. Not sure if VB can access..

Not a massive VB expert..

probably going to settle for keys in the registry..

installed date:
last run date:

if the system date is less than last run or install then it will deny access and cancel the licence... probably encrypt the values in reg key to stop tampering.. not the greatest solution but meh.. should be ok to keep cheating Fujis at bay

Haha already thought of this.. but most compies aren't online in Fiji man.. babow.. was thinking about bios clock.. Not sure if VB can access..

Not a massive VB expert..

probably going to settle for keys in the registry..

installed date:
last run date:

if the system date is less than last run or install then it will deny access and cancel the licence... probably encrypt the values in reg key to stop tampering.. not the greatest solution but meh.. should be ok to keep cheating Fujis at bay

It might help to call the keys "bananas" and "coconuts" or something instead of a descriptive value in plain english.

Bula Geeks

Looking to package some software in a pretty little installer app..

Ie. Licence agreement > location > options > finish

I'm sure there must be a free installer creation app out there somewhere.. I was chatting about one the other day but couldn remember the name

Bula Geeks

Looking to package some software in a pretty little installer app..

Ie. Licence agreement > location > options > finish

I'm sure there must be a free installer creation app out there somewhere.. I was chatting about one the other day but couldn remember the name

P4r3n75 gu1d3 2 pc $l4ng

Funny shit!!

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Feb 17 2005, 11:35 AM)

Bula Geeks Looking to package some software in a pretty little installer app.. Ie. Licence agreement > location > options > finish I'm sure there must be a free installer creation app out there somewhere.. I was chatting about one the other day but couldn remember the name

I use Win Install LE to make MSI packages for deployment by making before and after snapshots. But theres a manual installation option there too.

it *may* do what you want

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/busi...security17.html

Im not too surprised to be honest... Windows being commercial and paid for when used in this environment would be more scure than Linux.

Ie, leave the web browsers off, turn off java and other services and the speed with which MS deliver a patch would be much quicker than what redhat would.

Sound from the underground (Troy) is a geek

QUOTE (D n Bassador @ Feb 20 2005, 06:52 PM)

Sound from the underground (Troy) is a geek

cheers mate

All Oreilly's books online..

http://www.hk8.org/old_web/

All Oreilly's books online..

http://www.hk8.org/old_web/

Nice work... There used to be a google string about where you could find them all... This makes it a tad easier.

IPv6, does anyone use it

Keen to set one up through Aarnet as the broker but having some drama with TSP client... mayday?

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 20 2005, 04:56 PM)

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Feb 17 2005, 11:35 AM) Bula Geeks Looking to package some software in a pretty little installer app.. Ie. Licence agreement > location > options > finish I'm sure there must be a free installer creation app out there somewhere.. I was chatting about one the other day but couldn remember the name I use Win Install LE to make MSI packages for deployment by making before and after snapshots. But theres a manual installation option there too. it *may* do what you want

I strongly recommend Inno Setup.

It's not the simplest of utilities to use but it's very configurable, has lots of support and addons and it's free. It can compile your setup into a single executable file which is perfect for online distribution.

I've looked at a few others but I personally like this one the best.

Inno Setup Website

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Feb 9 2005, 12:47 PM)

I'm trying to create a trial period for some software (vb).. but with better checking than just looking at the system date.. Was thinking reg keys and decrementng a counter.. but then system date can still be changed.. If I run a "date counter" as a service then the service can be stopped.. how to most software applications limit to a trial period? seems like an easy solution but i'm scratching my head..

They would probably use a third party commercial addon. I'm not aware that windows keeps/logs any information when the system time is changed.

There are many VB code examples of time-limited software on planetsourcecode.com but I don't think they will detect if a user has modified the system time.

It all depends on what your software does though, most people wouldn't bother constantly changing the date just so they could use an application as it will screw up their emails and everything else. Here are some other options though:

Time limit your software to close after 15 minutes.
Limit the number of times you can run the application.
dis-enable certain features such as save until the proper rego has been enterd.

all of the above options are easy to do and in my opinion just as good as a 30 day trial.

not sure if anyone is interested but I have written a batch file renaming program.

Basically if you want to rename a heap of pictures in a directory from digital camera, porn from the net or porn form your digital camera then this program would be quite useful.

eg.
IMG0001.jpg, IMG0002.jpg .. IMG0052.jpg
could be renamed to
"RA BBQ 001.jpg", "RA BBQ 002.jpg", .. "RA BBQ 052.jpg"

or
01.jpg, 02.jpg .. 15.jpg
To
"Anetta Keys 1001.jpg", "Anetta Keys 1002.jpg" .. "Anetta Keys 1015.jpg"

Just pm me your email address if you want it and I'll email you a setup file for it.

Just thought there might be some people on here interested...

more on the topic of batch files... i need one that checks if a file exists, if it doesnt it performs some actions then creates the file.

I did this years ago, but do you think i took notes/can find the file.

QUOTE (wojtek @ Mar 3 2005, 06:47 PM)

i need one that checks if a file exists, if it doesnt it performs some actions then creates the file.

Call this function and it will return if a file exists as a boolean. If false create the file, if true read file?

Function FileExists(Byval FileName As String) as boolean
Dim Exist As Integer
'If some problem continue, code handles problems inherintly
On Local Error Resume Next
Exists = Len(Dir(FileName$))
On Local Error Goto 0
'Dir returns either a null string (len 0) or a filename
If Exists = 0 Then 'Null string?
FileExists = False
Else
FileExists = True
End If
End Function

QUOTE (wojtek @ Feb 28 2005, 09:50 PM)

IPv6, does anyone use it Keen to set one up through Aarnet as the broker but having some drama with TSP client... mayday?

I havent used ipv6 for quite some time. Last time was really with some shitty pre-beta IOS image that cisco gave us something like 6 years ago. :S

Are you trying to keep a permanent address or something? What you need to do is tell the IPv6 provider/broker what your IPv4 address is so it can route the tunnel to you, and encapsulate the IPv6 within the tunnel. If you have a dynamic IP, this can (and often will) change often.

Now, I cant remember how to do any of this Im afraid. Sorry I cant help much more.


I found this url rather disturbing:

http://www.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/ipv6/6Bone/Whois/CONNECT.html

Got a static ip at home and got the tunnel up recently... now to find a use for it :/

So you have IPv6 being routed to your place? What hosts do you have?

Do you need to patch windows to make it IPv6? I know the Mac knows IPv6 out the box

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Matt-Hills-Computer:~ mhill$ ifconfig en1 en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500        inet6 fe80::20d:93ff:feee:a710 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5        inet 10.0.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255        ether 00:0d:93:ee:a7:10        media: autoselect status: active        supported media: autoselect

As you can see I am using private addresses as I havent got my DSL in at the new place yet, that comes next week... Anyway...

What kind of hose terminates your tunnel? I assume its IPv6 aware somehow...

I suppose there will be some device on the other end of the tunnel that will translate the IPv6 into IPv4 for "general" use. Do you notice any performance decrease when using IPv6 hosts to talk to IPv4 hosts on the internet?

Did you need to set up your own DNS with AAAA records?

blah blah blah

So far i have just set up the tunnel, theres no "routing" between 6 and 4, just got it up on my windows workstation, gonna move it to the gentoo box once i get the kernel stable.

Hose?

Oh and XP supports ipv6 "out of the box"
netsh interface ipv6 install

Hose should say "host"

the computer with all the mixes i have downloaded was recently de-fragged a couple of times. apprently it took the longest when it came to my music files.

now a couple of the mixes i have jump around the place and also have other mixes in them.

for example, a marco bailey mix will suddenly have this smooth drum and bass in it???? or a regis mix will suddenly have a trancey-like song???

does anyone know much about defragging and could this have affected the mixes???

guess i'll have to download them again

for some reason i can only access raveadelaide, I simply cant get onto any other website. . :whatthehell: anyone perhaps had this trouble before?

Gav, are you sure you have TRIED accessing other websites?

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!!

This is one of the few threads on this entire message board that has remained on topic. Please dont fuck with it.

Just putting a website online thru a 3rd party hosting company. Already registered domain name lands.gov.fj

I am a little confused by the following..

"We have configured your server to host your domain name, and you now need to redelegate your domain name to the primary and secondary nameservers provided."

Assuming that I have to contact the registrar and get them to change their DNS records but they seem confused that we wish to rehost our DNS.. surely they are just propogating the change?

This is so not my area and now i'm getting all confuzzled with DNS, MX, NS, A etc.. MAYDAY or perhaps woj.. can someone give me a quick headsup so i can get back to my lovely PHP coding!

Oright geeks - WHAT THE DUECE is going on with my browser???

Running explorer on work comp - so I can't install new software or make changements without abusing the admin password.....

haven't changed anything since last week but came in yesterday and any time I try to open either www.google.com.au or www.yahoo.com.au explorer crashes without fail...

I also just got sent an invite to Gmail from Em but clicked on the link and jacked both explorer and outlook.....

WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON HERE?!

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Mar 8 2005, 10:57 AM)

Just putting a website online thru a 3rd party hosting company. Already registered domain name lands.gov.fj I am a little confused by the following.. "We have configured your server to host your domain name, and you now need to redelegate your domain name to the primary and secondary nameservers provided." Assuming that I have to contact the registrar and get them to change their DNS records but they seem confused that we wish to rehost our DNS.. surely they are just propogating the change? This is so not my area and now i'm getting all confuzzled with DNS, MX, NS, A etc.. MAYDAY or perhaps woj.. can someone give me a quick headsup so i can get back to my lovely PHP coding!

Hosting companies like to host the DNS at their end, makes it easier for them to change you to another server/ip range without your site going offline. There's no real reason that you cant host your own DNS, just find out the ip address of your web server.

Edit: just re-read your post

Can you get web access in to manage your domain name? If so just point it at the host's DNS. Otherwise tell the bongo playing monkeys that all you want is to redelegate your nameservers

Yeah it's all set now.. I thought I knew what was going on.. but it was them that were getting confused.. In the process I ended up going back and doing a tiny bit of reading figured out that I was right and is all good now..

Should be up and running today..

Thanks woj

Oh yeah and fair call on the bongo playing monkeys too! It's fucking silly

Stupid question, how in begezus do I change the home page on a web address (for want of a better expression)? All I want to do is change to a new home page, same name, different suffix. I am led to believe its all about pointing to .htaccess, but how in tarnations do I point to the new page? Fuck, I think I have just confised myself further. Any help would be appreciated.

Anna sent me this link on AM...

QUOTE (vinum @ Mar 9 2005, 06:58 PM)

Stupid question, how in begezus do I change the home page on a web address (for want of a better expression)? All I want to do is change to a new home page, same name, different suffix. I am led to believe its all about pointing to .htaccess, but how in tarnations do I point to the new page? Fuck, I think I have just confised myself further. Any help would be appreciated.

Im not sure i follow, .htaccess is apache's way of assinging access rights to files/paths.
Are you trying to set a new index page?

It should be a matter of removing the old page and putting up the new one with the new extension.

Most web server deployments (if not all) have a default document attribute set.
ie
index.htm
index.html
index.php
index.asp
....

When a user types in www.domainname.com/path/ the server first checks if any of the default documents exist, it works down the list and serves the first one it sees.
So if you have two documents index.htm and index.php, it will always serve index.htm as its first in the list.

If this is the case you can either remove index.htm or change the default document order. Alternativley just set a meta refresh in the index.htm to call index.php with a timeout of 0 seconds.

Cheers Woj, already sorted it out. My computer literacy skill are none at best.

are these two force/moments applied to a disc in space (i.e. not on an axle.. thats a complete free body diagram) equivalent?

if not.. where have i gone wrong.. and how does that make sense for rolling friction

if so.. why are there so many people on these physics forums saying that any force perpendicular to the line of center of mass will cause ONLY torque and not translational motion

just a bit confused about this if its not a force couple causing torque

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something went kaputt in my trust computer this morning during the power outage around 8am... i know ppl in both henley beach and pooraka that got the blackout.

anyway, my PC cant locate my two hdd's anymore during the POST stage of bootup (post bios)..

i have:
1x 40gb that is my OS/system drive containing my installed programs. i dont care if this is unrepairable
1x 120gb cut up into two partitions used for all data storage, backup and archiving. this is important.

my computer is usually left on for weeks on end and i vacuum the dust out periodically. the case itself has lots of fans coming in and blowing out so the case is fairly clean.

when i turned it on this morning after the blackout, one of the two harddrives made a terrible noise from the internal spinning of the hdd. basically it wasn't spinning but would give out a bit of a squirt every 6-8 seconds sounding something like a high pitched duck when it tried to spin... i wasn't sure which of the two hdd's it was but the POST showed that the master hdd wasn't found but the slave was.

they are both on the same ide channel.

so i unplugged power and ide from the master. rebooted and i could hear the 120gb slave spinning correctly but POST wont detect the hdd anymore.

i disconnected that and plugged the master back in and sure as hell, this was the one that had definitely died.. it squeeled like a dying pig every few seconds as it doesnt spin correctly.

i tried using diff power cables, swapped around master n slave and tried each one separately. even tried it on secondary ide channel (which has my dvd burner whcih works) as well... again both hdd's arent detected on POST.

i have my computer here at work and will take out both hdd's and try in the other computers here soon...

can anyone else diagnose the problem? could it be the ide controller? definitely sounds like the master OS system 40gb drive has died. i care about the other one though...

The 40gig is most certainly dead. Noises like that are a pretty good sign.. the 120gig im not too sure, at first you said it was detected at POST..

QUOTE

i wasn't sure which of the two hdd's it was but the POST showed that the master hdd wasn't found but the slave was.

Then you said it wasnt.. without actually having a look at it its hard to say what the cause is and whether the 120gig is dead, if initially it was detected but then when you removed the 40gig it stopped detecting, id say it may just be that you have the wrong jumper on the 120gig, you'll need it either set to master, single drive only, or maybe even try with the jumper off completely

QUOTE (SiGO @ Mar 14 2005, 02:00 PM)

The 40gig is most certainly dead. Noises like that are a pretty good sign.. the 120gig im not too sure, at first you said it was detected at POST.. QUOTE i wasn't sure which of the two hdd's it was but the POST showed that the master hdd wasn't found but the slave was. Then you said it wasnt.. without actually having a look at it its hard to say what the cause is and whether the 120gig is dead, if initially it was detected but then when you removed the 40gig it stopped detecting, id say it may just be that you have the wrong jumper on the 120gig, you'll need it either set to master, single drive only, or maybe even try with the jumper off completely

I agree john, the first hard drive sounds like it has a currupted boot record and keeps trying to mount the partition, i had a hard drive do this as well, it definately dead.

The second one would either be corrupt too or jumper settings as john said, if your dvd rom is working on your ide then it shouldn't be that.

shit man..
we havent been having good luck recently..

thanks john n drew.. both you guys were correct. i overlooked the jumpers on the 120gb and just put it to cable select and she's detected fine... this explains why the 120gb wasn't detected later.

took out the 40gb and wacked it into one of the workstations here at work and sure enough, its continuing the same sounds and isn't being detected. the 120gb is going on strong though.

thank fuck for all of that. the only thing on my master is the OS install and software install... which i have backups for on the 120gb so all is good!

thanks for your help guys!=

I'm using a 3d optical mouse and am wondering why the cursor on my computer screen keeps moving by itself. Its going left and down or up when I leave it on its own for a bit. I've scanned my comp for a virus and updated virus definitions but it still does the same thing.

Anyone?

Dear RA

I just bought a DVD burner and was wondering what's the best software to get to copy DVD's. It came with Nero Start Smart but its crap. I'm trying to copy DVD's that have a built-in encryption in them and want software that over-rides the encryption.

Are there any free ones because most are trial versions? I've got a whole bunch of not-yet-released in Australia DVD movies I want to burn.

What OS?

Mac = Mactheripper

Windows = DVDShrink

Windows XP.

i r 1337 mofo, rest ya newbiez. ffs i gtg im dl some pr0n atm, bbs

QUOTE (asianfunkphenomena @ Mar 27 2005, 09:27 AM)

Dear RA I just bought a DVD burner and was wondering what's the best software to get to copy DVD's. It came with Nero Start Smart but its crap. I'm trying to copy DVD's that have a built-in encryption in them and want software that over-rides the encryption. Are there any free ones because most are trial versions? I've got a whole bunch of not-yet-released in Australia DVD movies I want to burn.

i second dvdshrink, burn with dvd decrypter

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Calling Matt Hill

I tried to install putty on my win xp machine at work. But for some wierd reason it won't run. just comes up with "application will not run.. bla bla"

Can't be fucked figuring out why it won't run. Just want another SSH client. Suggestions?

Grab another version of putty - it's worth the effort to get it working. Hands down the best ssh client on Windows.

totally.. my thoughts exactly.. have tried other versions. still no luck. no idea what is up with this machine. Damn Fiji

What machine are you on? Like in an internet cafe or something? Try renaming the executable - some places try lame tricks to stop you doing stuff like that...

If that doesn't work, there are java based versions of ssh out there that you can run in your browser.

Putty is just a standalone exe...

It doesnt register at all.

Secure CRT is pretty good but requires a licence, Terra Term Pro is OK, and is the best for serial comms. You need to patch the thing to use ssh though.

QUOTE (Captain Vicks @ Apr 6 2005, 10:26 AM)

Calling Matt Hill I tried to install putty on my win xp machine at work. But for some wierd reason it won't run. just comes up with "application will not run.. bla bla" Can't be fucked figuring out why it won't run. Just want another SSH client. Suggestions?

something similar happened to me once... i accidentally downloaded the 64 bit version.
perhaps youve done something similar?

Nerds:

Downloading from BitTorrent. Most files are .zip or .rar, no probs.

This one is .sfv ? Google tells me its a checksum file verifer blah blah blah... and even downloaded an app for it but no luck. how do i extract the fucking files?

QUOTE (G__ @ Apr 6 2005, 01:08 PM)

This one is .sfv ?  Google tells me its a checksum file verifer how do i extract the fucking files?

There aren't any files in it are there? I think you use an sfv to check that the actual files you downloaded (rar, zip etc) aren't corrupted.

normally .rar does chunks of 50mb

there is an inital file of .rar, then .r01 .r02 .03 etc

this has .sfv of 50mb
then .s01 .s02 etc all 50mb each.. total file is about 2.8gb

???????????

i'm doing my mixes to pc. they tend to click all the way through and produce a file that is low quality and distorted in places.

i own a generic card, soon to be upgrading to a audiophile one. is there anything that anyone could recommend to me to inprove the quality when i get the new card...

i have a p4 3.2 dual processer non-overclocked monster of a pc, so hardware isnt the problem

QUOTE (G__ @ Apr 6 2005, 01:25 PM)

normally .rar does chunks of 50mb there is an inital file of .rar, then .r01 .r02 .03 etc this has .sfv of 50mb then .s01 .s02 etc all 50mb each.. total file is about 2.8gb ???????????

QUOTE (The Web)

From http://dreamlover.tecbox.com/faqsfv.htm d. Short FAQ     Q: How do I uncompress a .sfv file?     A: You don't. SFV is merely used for verification of other files

Looks like you've been had. Maybe they're not actually sfv files but rar files renamed? Who can say.