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 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
New Computer
Posted: 11/14/2009 2:41:22 PM
Regardless of what you get...make sure it's got ram. The biggest problem I see with PC performance is people skimp out on RAM. If the system comes with less than 3 gigs, don't buy it.

As far as the Verizon Internet Suite...don't use it. It's just bloated crap Verizon makes you think you're getting a great deal on. Most of that protection actually slows your system down by doing much more in the background than necessary. I've had sooo many people like...force me to install that stuff on their PC because Verizon/Comcast/whoever gave it to them....then they're constantly asking me why the performance of their PC went down. You can get better AV protection that takes up less resources for free (Avast Home Edition).
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
9 In 10 Web Apps Have Serious Flaws
Posted: 11/14/2009 5:15:12 AM
ever since this place has become mostly a location for people to post syndicated feeds...i've become quite disappointed in it.

this is the kind of stuff anyone would find from reading tech articles online.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 3 (view)
 
Stopping spam on your computer
Posted: 11/13/2009 7:49:53 AM
your email address got published somewhere online and the spam bots found it...or as a spammer talked about...you signed up for something and didnt read the fine print. theres nothing you can really do about it except install a spam filter on your pc...or use something besides outlook that offers spam protection. you might check with your isp or whoever does your email to see if they offer some server side stuff. i use gmail and they filter the spam before it shows up on the web or is syncd with a mail client.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 6 (view)
 
Microsoft Lays Down The Hammer On Xbox 360 Mods.
Posted: 11/12/2009 10:48:56 AM
theres actually a huge debate over third party storage and microsoft and consumer rights...i think if consumer rights groups get their ways, well see third party xbox storage again. as far as the live banning...im with it. and id say the same thing if nintendo banned my wii for homebrew channel...but rather they force it away with a system update...hackers figured out how to make most things work with old system software...they`ll probably find a way around this 360 deal.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
Black screen with cursor on boot...need TECH help..
Posted: 11/12/2009 10:42:53 AM
if the previous fixes didnt work....will the machine boot safe mode? if not its likely hosed for whatever reason and you need an oem license disc to reinstall. for the record...defragging rarely ever makes a non dooting pc boot and chkdsk only when theres a read/write error. if you can get safemode you should be able to see where the problem is...could be some hardware causing it to stall. be careful copying system files from one machine to another...you accidently get a wrong version and youve got a new set of problems
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 36 (view)
 
favorite beatles song
Posted: 11/11/2009 11:19:17 AM
theres a handful of tracks on abbey road that blend together....i think its you never give me your money...sun king...polythene pam and bathroom window...ive always loved that string of tunes...the 2009 remasters are absolutely superb
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 10 (view)
 
HELP! Computer won't turn on at all....
Posted: 11/9/2009 12:20:46 PM
capictator plague. these things are somewhat like miniature batteries. they maintain a bit of charge so the line theyre attached to maintains voltage. computers are noisy places..these things help filter out the noise when they go bad your system stability drops since the voltage to cpu and other sections is no longer stable and can drop below operating voltage. while most of these things have been erradicated...many still exist. there was no way to fix that motherboard..its trashed.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 8 (view)
 
Do I need to replace my power strips every few years???
Posted: 11/7/2009 7:38:23 AM
capicators do wear our over time...but..the ones in power strips generally stay under charge..which preserve them longer provided they dont have bad fluid. like i said with supression...its not that heave duty so even when the varistors drop value....its not much to matter. i saw a 30 year old varistor blow once...it saved the equipment though.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 6 (view)
 
Do I need to replace my power strips every few years???
Posted: 11/6/2009 2:04:02 PM
I seriously doubt this is how your PC got blown...and when you say CPU...what do you REALLY mean? The power supply of a computer is going to be the first thing to blow up...i've VERY rarely seen a power supply blow up and take the rest of the system with it...that only happens when voltages inside the power supply arc around where they're not supposed to. as i'll state below...the geek squad guy was telling you a story..just to get you to spend money and make you think you know why the thing blew..or maybe so you think they knew why it blew.....having almost worked for them...the policy...at least to me...seemed if it can get the customer to spend more money, lie to them.

A Varistor is NOT a fuse. It might ACT like a fuse in the same way a diode can act as a switch...but it's actually a semiconductor that will latch within a specifc voltage and if it spikes or goes up past a specific voltage, it "shunts".

Being a semiconductor...these devices themselves do not age to a degree one needs to worry about. There are variables that determine the overall life of a varisitor.

Most "cheap" surge protectors...and I use that term to not only describe the $10 ones at the Drugstore, but a lot of the more expensive models...they simply have a circuit breaker and a couple of varistors in them. What will these protect from? not much really. NONE of them are rated to take a full lightning strike....most of these are rated for 330 volts, after which point...they fry. these are mostly to protect from transient voltage spikes...these occur when say, an applicance cuts on or something that draws a lot of power on the grid power cycles. they're designed for momentary spikes of a small magnitude.

the thing people seem to obsess with is lightning strikes.....people, regardless of how much you paid for something you plugged in to your wall..it is NOT going to protect you from a direct lightning strike. the intital transisent voltage is upwards of millions of volts....it's fast and high enough supression equipment can't handle it...not to mention that whatever is used to "disconnect" the power from it's load...with a ligtning strike...the electricity can actually jump across contacts.Seriously, if lightning strikes your power line.....your electronic equipment is going to be toast due to the instant fire it will cause INSIDE your walls.

I work on arcade stuff for a living...blah..blah..i've mentioned that. but these machines have thier own built in surge supression...they generally have an EMI filter and a varisistor somewhere near the main transformer. Now, i've seen machines that have taken a heafty spike...it blows the varistor...and that's it. they're wired up in such a way with the EMI filter that the machine appears dead after a strike...but removing the varistor restores operation. I've seen a few machines take some heafty spikes that were saved by a varistor...i've seen ones take direct lightning that nothing was saved. I've been in a house that took a direct hit.....the walls were burned in the exact pattern of the wires in the walls.....did he have surge protectors? sure...they all melted when the lightning hit (you can tell where it blew the varistor and then arced ACROSS the blown part).

so, seriously, you guys sit there and spend hundreds of bucks on a surge supressor that plugs in to your wall....stop...it's no more secure than the things already built in to the computer power supplies. Yes, they've got the EXACT same varistor in 'em. Most electronic devices i've seen these days have a varistor in them.

the other thing...if you read the fine print...no surge supressor on the market is designed for a direct lightning hit....not even the fancy expensive in-wall panel filters will handle a surge THAT large. they'll protect you in case your neighbor turns off a 390VAC 3-phase motor that causes a 250V spike to jump over the grid and down your line....but lightning....no...there's no way.

I've worked...or rather taken apart all kinds of surge protectors....the difference between the cheap ones and the good ones isn't really much..just quality of materials. functionally, the $10 one is the same as the $100 one..the $100 one just has better plastic and metal contacts.

As far as replacing them...there's different reasons for replacing them. Surge supression isn't one of them...seriously, as stated..the quality of the surge supression is only to protect you from your referigerator and AC units and not any MAJOR spikes...even an out-of-spec varistor will protect against that...their clamping voltage is 330 volts. Plugs however...they do get worn out...when the recepticles get worn...things dont' make good contact. this loss of contact results in less surface area moving electrons...causing heat...which can cause another type of damage.

GeekSquad just wants you to spend money on their stuff..it's the same thing as the Magnolia guys trying to sell me Monster Cable..."dude, you need monster cable to take full advantage of your blu-ray's HDMI signal" "first of all idiot...it's a digital signal...the quality of the bits isn't affected by the transmission medium"

If it's working...the plugs are tight...then I say keep it. Ok, so maybe the light flickers...that has nothing to do with the longevity of the unit on a whole...i can't tell you the number of strips i've got at work where the lights on the switch filcker constantly or don't work at all...the light..most of the time..is just a neon lamp across the swtich...

just becuase they wear shirts that say "geek" on them...doesn't mean they're the best geeks to talk to about anything.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
HELP! Computer won't turn on at all....
Posted: 11/5/2009 7:23:33 AM
incorrect. with no ram a system would power up..but the bios would beep at you letting you know theres a problem. the same goes for most vitals except cpu...which the bios needs to run. it sounds like a failed power supply...if not that, its a motherboard issue...maybe something is shorted and throwing the thing in to protection mode
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 3 (view)
 
Developer Says 2-3 Years Till PS3 is Maxed Out
Posted: 10/29/2009 5:43:49 PM
any and every console will get tapped out...there is only so much computing power.

but I don't see the PS3 getting tapped out resource wise in 2 to 3 years...that number is a little over zealous. this merely indicates the "cycle" of the consoles. generally in about 2 to 3 years, developers who don't spend all their years tweaking things out will hit what they think is the maximum they can get out of the thing.

although, things are likely somewhat different now than they were in say the nintendo games...where you basically had just "dumb" hardware and your game programmed almost every aspect of the system. Look at Atari....they were making games for the thing for years and it was almost 10 years before developers were able to squeeze all they could out of the hardware...and even some homebrew developers are attempting to code software that does even more. the same applies for the NES...even 10 years later there were some quite technically impressive games on that console.

it's all realative to be honest. those numbers don't account for the years and years people will be playing around with the hardware long after the developers have stopped. I'm sure in 10 years they'll be some quite impressive homebrew games for the Wii....of course a lot of various ports I've played have been quite impressive (WiiQuake with the controls painstakingly programmed to work with the zapper on a 52" widescreen in 480p was at least impressive to me)
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 3 (view)
 
CMOS battery died....lost D drive???
Posted: 10/29/2009 5:36:05 PM
the A: drive is generally the floppy drive. if your system doesn't have a floppy drive, then I should tell you that likely what happened is when the CMOS battery died...the bios settings got reset.

there's a lot of various reasons as to why your D drive disappeared...maybe your bios defaulted to some bizarre settings and doesn't bother looking for your second hard drive.

without knowing specifically what error you were getting, i can't tell you how to fix it. each bios system is entirely different..even the same bios chip is customized for each motherboard.

if the flash drive isn't working at all.....then maybe something happened to your motherboard.....or...some strange BIOS setting.

don't really have much to go by.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
factory image recovery
Posted: 10/28/2009 2:12:18 PM
If you've started image recovery, you've already trashed the drive. there's no danger of losing anything if you restart it.

as to why it's hanging at 31%, no idea. bad drive? bad image? you might have better luck grabbing an XP ISO and doing a reinstall. If you're lucky, some of the OEM images you get will auto-activate. you can get the drivers for the PC from Compaq's website.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
Will the real new features in Windows 7 please stand up
Posted: 10/28/2009 6:16:00 AM
That guy seems to be another guy "bashing Win7 in favor of linux", his claims are unfounded, biased, and just plain wrong. Yeah, Linux has had a lot of those features...how many of them were beta or unstable or just plain didn't really work in real world situations?

Bluesman: Windows 7 under the hood has a LOT of tweaks and modifications to make it a much more stable secure operating system. For example, Windows XP, does not do things like protect vital system areas of the hard drive...sure, it warns you, but Win7 (and vista for that matter) just plain will not let you modify Program Files or /windows....you might THINK you are, but actually a lot of the files (excluding some programs) that get stuffed there are actually stored elsewhere and virturally placed there.

The annoying security popups people complain about? Oh, sure, annoying....but next time a malicious advert tries to infect your computer, you'll be glad it alerted you.

Speaking of malware, it's a lot harder for malware to infect your system when it can't automatically infect the registry.

The OS is just faster than previous ones. Is it faster than WinXP? My games say so.

So, is there reason to upgrade to Win7 from XPPro even if you can't run the fancy interface? yes. With Vista, I'd say no, but Win7, yes. There is.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 8 (view)
 
Malware, Ubuntu, and hard drives... oh my!
Posted: 10/28/2009 6:14:27 AM
For starters, the SATA to IDE adapters generally only work for adapting IDE to SATA controllers...not the other way around. You'll have to buy a SATA card. Even if it's designed this way, I don't think it'll actually work. You'll need to buy an SATA controller that plugs in to a PCI slot. You'll need to make sure you keep the driver disc with it...as any OS installation program will need the drivers to actually be able to see the drive (this might be what your current problem is).

However, as far as the photos....viruses and malware do not infect .jpg files by themselves...there's nothing advantageous about doing it. With that being said, if you can get Ubuntu to boot on your system, copying the files to another location will be just fine. Your friend is a little too anal..scared..and don't know how things work. Tell her she's more likely to get infected by malicious advertisements posing as legit services than from the JPGS on your hard drive (slashdot just had an article about hackers posing as legit companies purchasing ad space so they can in turn, distribute malicious advertisements)

If your friend is making you wait till her husband gets home, then that's no friend. In this case, I'd attempt to back them up, but if it fails, then you just need to remind your friend not to rely on you to keep HER data and she should of a) kept her own backups and b) accepted the files when you offered them to her. You've got stuff to do, you can't sit around without a computer for a week.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
PLENTYOFSCAMMERS TOO
Posted: 10/24/2009 7:53:32 AM
television stations...at least in the us during idle times, show infomercials for products that could be considered a scam. advertising is advertising. websites generally subscribe through an ad network thats responsible for what ads are displayed. you're half right in which a site owner should be checking whats being displayed...but this is the internet...advertising is different. it's difficult to get advertisers that pay decently...this site costs money. ultimately...the consumer should be intelligent enough to determine what is a scam and what isnt..its no different than the amount of scams elsewhere? you seen the want ads? job searches are filled with bs oppertunities. no one is forcing you to click the ad..you're only being forced to see it. ultimately, if you feel that strongly about it, then you're free to leave the site and go elsewhere.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
distance preference for contacting members
Posted: 10/23/2009 6:18:55 AM
The only options they give now are 20,000 miles and 75miles.

Come to think of it...I do have to admit that's really really redicilous on the admin's part. That makes even less sense than emailing the password to me every week.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 8 (view)
 
The Spectrum Wars
Posted: 10/23/2009 6:16:30 AM
large scale wireless internet will go NOWHERE. it'll allow the little guys to compete with the big guys, and they HATE that. No, the big guys want all your money. they won't allow that to happen unless they're the controlling share of the pie.

i mean, they're already saying the FCC's proposed net-neutrality rules will "hurt the industry by stifiling innovation, reducing jobs...." and any other way they can think of.

it's like I've said..if the us is behind other countries in telcom....it's telcom's fault, either the regulation..lack of...or the capitalism behind the companies....
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 51 (view)
 
Is antivirus neccessay with firewall?
Posted: 10/21/2009 12:35:39 PM
I used to buy in to the whole "you can only infect yourself" bit, and for the most part, most of my infections happened by my own stupidity...

then the other month I found something interesting....there was apparently a specific ad run on some ad network that gave me a couple of pieces of malware. how they did it, i don't know...but I was running IE with the same settings that had given me success in the past. these were sites i'd been to before.

after that, i switched to google chrome and the malware infections dropped to 0, but then one day, it redirected me away from the local fox affilates webpage to a google warning page....saying something like it's spreading malware....after reading through some of the warnings...it was coming from some ad code from whatever ad network provider they were using. it wasn't really even their fault...it wasn't the ad network providers fault...but apparently some advertiser down the line malformed something that injected code in to ads. so i loaded the page and all my detectors went off and the browser locked up and all. i can't remember what exactly it spread through...you COULD raise security settings high enough it didn't affect you, but, i mean, at some point we have to get realistic...i wouldn't want to have to unlock 30 locks on my door JUST to go outside...i don't wanna have to "unlock 30 locks" just to be able to surf the web comfortably. sure, some security popups are ok...but i don't wanna click on something for every piece of code on a page.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 7 (view)
 
What is wrong with my Windows Mail?
Posted: 10/19/2009 1:21:47 PM
It's possible those messages have some malformed headers...so, for example...they appear as if they've been sent 3 or 4 days in to the future.

This can cause a mail server to not want to remove the mail even after it's been recieved because according to it....the mail hasn't even been sent. Even if you've downloaded the mail...SMTP still says "wait, this says downloaded but the date is 3 days from now, better keep it".

The problem likely isn't on your end if it's just these two messages and hasn't happened in the past.

It's also entirely possible the POP (post office protocol) server used in the transfer of mail isn't communicating to SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol), the server used to move mail back and forth on the internet.

I really don't think it's got a thing to do with Thunderbird or Windows Mail or using one or the other...I've never seen those clients cause this kind of problem.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
Podcasts
Posted: 10/19/2009 6:01:19 AM
well...theres:

http://www.podcastdirectory.com/

and

http://www.podcastalley.com/
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 7 (view)
 
AMD's Socket 939 form factor still alive?
Posted: 10/18/2009 7:38:42 AM
Oh geez. I feel behind the times now. I am still running a socket 754 with a amd64 3000.


Heh. I'm running a Socket 754 with a Turion 64 ML-37 (2000mhz). The laptop originally came with a Sempron 3300 or something, that that cpu was so pathetic. I was shocked to see a Turion in socket 754....but they did release some.

This thing has been running rock solid on any OS...so I guess I can't ask for much more.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 4 (view)
 
help
Posted: 10/17/2009 12:31:06 PM
just to let you know...degaussing does not solve problems such as picture roll or anything. its sole purpose is to remove the magnetism in the tube to the electrons from each color gun stays aligned and strikes the proper phsophers. if you had say one spot that was miscoloured, sure...but a degausing wont do anything (provided her monitor is a tube) except make the picture wiggle for a second.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
help
Posted: 10/17/2009 7:51:04 AM
i seriously dont see an overheating video card taking out a monitor...it would take a catastrophic failure that causes electricity to go where it shouldn't...the cards processor would fail and shut down long before that. the processor overheating in the cpu doesnt automatically take out the video card. you diffently have a problem. you make no mention to how old the monitor is or what type (tube, lcd) monitor failure can cause a rolling picture and it doesnt have to do it all the time, depends on the monitor. the thing you need to do is try the monitor on another computer and try another monitor on your pc.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
The Spectrum Wars
Posted: 10/15/2009 12:05:01 PM
well...the thing about finland is im sure their telcomm industry is run differently than it is in the us. we started out as a monopoly that lead to smaller monopolies. we're just now seeing smaller companies get in with things like wireless. building a copper infrastructure is expensive and difficult. this small thing called corporate america is holding us back. companies dont want to overhaul networks...they dont want to lower prices and the fcc is limited in what it can do...open more spectrum? sure...but only the same money hungry giants can afford it. the tower ordeal needs to be replaced with no ability to protest...we need infrastructure...not a bunch of uppity people who have nothing better to do than complain about another tower but wonder why the phones dont work. restrictions could be put in place that people cant complain about placement. the fcc did that with mini dishes so hoaQs couldnt say no and force cable on people (it is illegal to restrict placement of a dish undr 18 inchesZ exceptions if you dont own the building). we kind of dug our own hole over the years on this.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 14 (view)
 
3g Mobile Broadband....NDIS mode vs. DUN mode
Posted: 10/12/2009 4:51:02 PM
oh wow...

but what about the drivers for the actual modem? is it supported or have i got to hack a few things together..currently got some ubuntu distro i haven't booted in about 6 months.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 11 (view)
 
3g Mobile Broadband....NDIS mode vs. DUN mode
Posted: 10/12/2009 2:58:01 PM
Actually...

For "Local Area Connection 3", it's status is "unplugged" till I tell the Cricket software to "Connect"


Like I said, I remember my friends Sprint AirCard behaving the EXACT same way and it really made no diference which you used.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 9 (view)
 
3g Mobile Broadband....NDIS mode vs. DUN mode
Posted: 10/12/2009 1:58:52 PM
well....my USB Dongle is a Pantech as well....it's an UM815C...this thing states it's windows/mac only...but i haven't actually tried plugging it in to linux. I'd actually be interested to know what modem you've got and what you did to make it work in Linux...I don't use Linux often but it'd be nice to know I've got the option of doing so.

the connection software that comes on the device (it's preloaded to some flash for auto-run) appears to do the following. out of the box it sets up the "Cricket Broadband" connection under dialup networking...you click connect, it goes through it's little specheil....says verifying ID/password (which to my knowledge it doesn't need) then after about 30 seconds, everyone's connected and internet is up and running. I can also manually go to my dialup and initate the connection, at which point the Cricket Broadband software doesn't notice there's been a connection made...

if i click NDIS mode....it acts like it actually connects about 10 seconds faster and gives me the nice little network icon (which i SHOULD be able to get for a DUN connection as well), the only diference between the two is with NDIS mode, i have to click connect in the modem software where as I can initate the dialup version without even booting that stuff up.

it mostly leads me to believe they go DUN by default so if you have a program that sporadically checks the network for something, much like in the old dialup days windows can initate the dialup connection as needed. I was just mostly wondering if there was any technical reason to use one over the other. I've left it in NDIS mode for now and decided to use it like that....all so I can check my facebook while sitting inside the mall...getting stares from all sorts of people.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 6 (view)
 
3g Mobile Broadband....NDIS mode vs. DUN mode
Posted: 10/12/2009 11:16:58 AM
i mean...i understand how dun works...i spent years on dialup. i just wasnt sure if there was a specific reason the mobile broadband had both option aside from the ability for an application, like email, to make and break the connection at will vs ndis mode where one has to tell the software to connect or if there was an advantage of one mode over the other. but it appears as if it just doesnt matter' both give me the same speed. one just dials out #777 before hand rather than going pure network.....its still nice always having broadband
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 3 (view)
 
3g Mobile Broadband....NDIS mode vs. DUN mode
Posted: 10/11/2009 7:06:38 PM
no no no..this is a USB modem...so it's not a windows mobile device...it's my xp laptop

your handset is GSM...which changes how the DUN stuff works. my device is CDMA EVDO Rev. A, entirely different technology.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 1 (view)
 
3g Mobile Broadband....NDIS mode vs. DUN mode
Posted: 10/11/2009 5:15:00 PM
Hey all...

I'm lucky enough to live in a Cricket service area now and about 3 or 4 weeks ago, they added mobile broadband to this service area, so after procrastinating enough about it, I finally went out and got set up with it. I enjoy never having to look for a hot-spot...even if my coverage area is about 25% of everyone else's.

My question is for those of you who understand this technology more than I do (aside from the fact it's the new 1700/2100 AWS band with EVDO Rev. A implmented on it). The default connection scheme for the modem (as configured by the connection software) is for the "dialup" method. My friend loaned me a Sprint AirCard last year and it too had a similar setup....the software could initiate a connection or if it didn't want to work, you could hit the dial-up and off you went. what is the difference between using the NDIS mode vs the dun (dialup networking) mode aside from the fact the connection could be controlled via the existing dialup methods where the NDIS would require user interaction (the software in dialup mode also doesn't know if you connect if you manually initate the dialup session)...i'm pretty sure the reported speeds have nothing to do with reality (dun reports the usual 115.2k rate, but the downloads still ran around 500kbps) where as the 3.1mbps rate for ndis mode is a physical specification of the hardware.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 7 (view)
 
Hosting?
Posted: 10/11/2009 5:06:55 PM
"hosting" as stated is a bunch of things...there all kinds of options under the "hosting" umbrella that all go by different names....website, domain, server, virtual server, etc...

basic web-hosting basically consists of a server of sorts running an httpd (web server) and you're given a small slice of space that's accessible over the web. $5/month is a somewhat standard price for web-hosting these days. most hosting companies offer other services and make all their real money there...they resell basic webhosting accounts as a way of making use of surplus resources (disk space, bandwidth)....you can generally expect a small slice of space with FTP access for uploading/managing files...and you literally just get space on a server. some slightly more advanced server options include auto-management packages that will offer you web-upload capabilities...you generally get these on places that will "host" a domain.

the thing to remember is a lot of these places will likely only have a very bare-bones usage...you may or may not have access to things like php, sql, cgi, or any other server-side additions. you're likely right about the bad reviews...the people who gave it one expected more functions/tools and basically didn't get anything but basic cheap web-hosting.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
The Spectrum Wars
Posted: 10/7/2009 3:56:54 PM
Reallocation? We're already seeing that.

The thing is...we're not seeing major overhauls. Most of the reallocation of spectrum done by the FCC is generally unknown to most of the american public...and there's a few reasons for that....

a prime example I like to talk about goes back to the 40's and the development of the FM broadcast band. prior to WWII when a lot of radio broadcasting was still exparmental...the FCC assigned the band at 42 to 50 Mhz to the "FM band" (FM, which stands for Frequency Modulation, can be broadcast at ANY frequency, but the FM Band name refers to the one most commonly used for major broadcast). Shortly after WWII, it was moved to the current area at 88.1 - 105.9 (being extended later to 107.9 Mhz).

What resulted was a whole bunch of radios, having already been built and sold on this exparmental band; to become obsolete. While conversion kits were available...to most consumers...this exciting new technology they invested in was now worthless. Nothing but static on that band.

This is the reason you don't (commonly) see an entire service get wiped out and reallocated. The transition to digital TV was about the closest thing I believe the people have ever seen to an entire allocation switch...and it wasn't the entire TV band getting reallocated as much as a new technology was forced in to effect rather than letting the old technology gradually die off. Parts of the TV spectrum were recovered for various uses..but it caused a mess becuase regardless of how much you tell people, there are a LOT of people who just don't listen.

Currently...there isn't much vacant spectrum left...did I say much, I meant none. In theory...all the available electromagnetic spectrum that's of any use is either already assigned to a service and generally licensed to a commercial user or the government. But there's a big difference between allocating to a broadcaster and allocating a band. For example, the FM band as everyone knows it has small blocks allocated to a broadcaster in a specific area...and it's mostly wherever they can fit it in with regards to certin regulations about spacing and whatnot. That doesn't mean one company owns the entire FM band....but the FM band is a chunk of space allocated for commercial/non-profit broadcasts which is in turn allocated in smaller indvidual blocks to a station. This is generally how the spectrum is allocated....it's all divided in to chunks that have an "intended" service, and then a broadcaster is given a license to use that service in a specific service area.

Mostly what happens these days is the FCC will deem a particular service or band "unnecessary" and redesignate what the band can be used for and start auctioning off blocks of it. The general public doesn't recgonize this because there's a whole lot of spectrum we don't encounter every day....therefore a much smaller percentage of users (licesees in some cases) are affected.

The newest cell band to hit the market is AWS (Advanced Wireless Services), and it's actually in two chunks (actually, most cell bands are in two chunks, tower to phone and phone to tower). This newly created band came from part of a previous band called MMDS, Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System...it was a form of wireless cable. The FCC auctioned this band off in it's normal fashion and in various methods (starting from huge general "superblocks" down to indvidual market blocks), it's the reason TMobile now has a 3G network...previously, they did not have enough bandwidth in the allocated GSM band to fully support this network...and they were actually the only one who lacked a 3G network...they won out big...having a license to use AWS in the entire continential US....this however put MMDS, it's companies and users, out in the cold. This wasn't a concern, MMDS usage was very small and rare and companies know they euventually have to renew their license...and there's no guarntee it'll get renewed either.

So, will there be reallocation of existing spectrum? Yes, it's happened already, it's happening now, but it's not a large-scale thing and most of the american public doesn't have any idea what was taken away.

WiFi is an entirely different game. WiFi exists in a band known as ISM (Industrial, Science, Medical). The FCC allocated channels in this band for use by WiFi networks...and this usage is largely unlicensed IF specific rules are followed (mostly power-output and channel usage regulations).

The whole reason the spectrum is broken up like it is is to ensure that everyone plays fair and one source doesn't unfairly out-do another one...it's all to prevent interference. However, that's because most broadcasts are to a "large area" using conventional equipment.

We're already doing things to relieve the situation....we're using distributed antenna systems which put out less power but are able to do it over a larger area, combined with more efficient transmission methods we're getting more out of the spectrum we do have. Euventually, we will end our reliance on massive transmitters with a million different services...probably as the internet begins to take over more as distribution system. There's already been talk of taking some, if not all of the VHF TV (which stations can still broadcast on the old VHF bands using digital) stations, pushing leftover broadcasters to UHF (which can be done just about instantly and transparently with digital tv) and assigning that band to new data services...

it's very confusing...but, basically, there's already reallocation going on to gain more space for new services.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 7 (view)
 
HELP!
Posted: 10/7/2009 6:13:21 AM
The thing to remember is where exactly is the error coming from.

If the error was in your computer, you would have a pop-up window or something other than the web browser giving you an error.

IF you encounter a strange error in your web browser, 9 times out of 10 it's not an error with your computer at all...even sometimes a "host not found" error isn't your computers fault.

Most error messages wouldn't be popping up in the web-browser, if they do, it's generally a server-side error.

Just remember that for future reference.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 18 (view)
 
Wireless problem
Posted: 10/7/2009 6:09:27 AM

but your gateway doesnt need to be your router, though it usualy is on home routers


the only way your gateway wouldn't be on your router is if you were directly plugged in to the internet...then you'd have a gateway that matches your IP's subnet, but generally with the last address of .1, for example...the current gateway for my internet connection at the router is 74.114.56.1 (and apparently I'm node 119)...if my modem was directly connected to the laptop, that's what the gateway would be. But I go through a router, which does NAT translation...so it too has a gateway on it's IP.

i seriously think you just had a router misconfiguration issue. with all the wireless standards and extensions, it's entirely easy to misconfigure a router and have something strange not work.


If your IP is set to DHCP then your default gateway should also be set to dynamic assignment, there should be no entry in the box that is for default gateway, as there should be no entry in the IP and subnet mask boxes...


again, yes, however, sometimes the variables from DHCP don't get passed and you either have to manually type in some of the information or keep running /renew on ipconfig till you finally get all that information.

there's also a "cheap" form of security some people do with their routers and don't have DHCP activated at all...meaning if someone does connect to the wifi spot, they won't be able to actually go anywhere or do anything beacuse nothing gives them an ip.

wireless has become a pretty solid technology, but there are still lots of various little issues.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 15 (view)
 
Wireless problem
Posted: 10/6/2009 4:27:39 PM

If she is having DHCP issues then it shouldn't connect her to the internet via LAN connection.


Not always. For the most part, XP handles DHCP and some portions of the TCP/IP stack differently for various connections. You bring up a point, if DHCP was that borked, it wouldn't work at all.

The fact is, DHCP doesn't bork that often and even the ancient versions implmented in Windows 3.1 still work flawlessly with modern technology. I can't exactly tell you WHAT the DHCP issue is where the gateway doesn't get assigned...I'm not sure if windows is at fault or the router....generally it's a windows issue related to a bad setting in the tcp/ip stack or some other odd error...but the only time i've seen it happen is when the dhcp server in the router starts flaking.

the dhcp server in...i think my belkin router...but it may of been my old netgear wgr614v2 router would forget to disassociate a client. dhcp works based off the MAC address in your card....so when the card talks to DHCP, since you yet have no ip, it idenifies you by the MAC, then based on what's available in the IP pool, assigns you an IP and passes on the rest of the information. generally speaking, DHCP will allow you to keep that IP address as long as the lease doesn't expire. so, if your lease time is a day (as is on most routers, although i've seen some that do weekly or monthly leases), the router will keep your mac address in it's database and for the next x amount of time, gives your computer the same ip information. however, SOMETIMES i've seen them forget to notice a card has disconnected, and maintains in it's database that it's connected. when that same card requests info from DHCP...DHCP looks and goes "you're already connected and have information" and doesn't assign it. This is generally what happens those times when you connect to your router but you can't get an IP (which seems to be more and more rare these days).

The missing gateway issue I've suffered on my own network from time to time....I never found out exactly what caused it other than a glitch somewhere between the router and the TCP/IP stack. it's not an issue if you know all your network information and just punch it in manually...although lately i've had a "delayed" gateway response where i'll get IP information and it'll be 45 seconds before the gateway is active....to be honest, i never really studied networking having dropped out of college as i was taking those classes and only have a basic understanding of how things work.

But, no, DHCP issues can affect wireless and not a wired connection...GENERALLY indicates a bad router...sometimes can be funky drivers. There's a lot to look for on both the driver configurations and router status screens that even a lot of people who really know networking overlook things...it's similar to how a guy with an electronics engineering degree needs me to come fix his pinball machine.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 13 (view)
 
Wireless problem
Posted: 10/5/2009 2:38:16 PM

You can try changing your wireless channel to 1,6,11 because the other channel may be interfering with your household mobile/cordless phones and or microwaves.


There is currently NO mobile phone on the market anywhere in the world that operates in the 2.4 ghz range that WiFi is in. The highest frequencies used for mobile/cellular technology is somewhere around 1900mhz, which is only used I believe in the US for PCS communications (CDMA)....GSM and other parts of the world use slightly different bands.

Cordless phones however DO operate in the 2.4ghz range...depending on the phone...however, this would be somewhat noticable as your internet would drop out when the phone is on and only when the phone is on. This however is very subjective. Not all phones operate in the 2.4 range...and the ones that do sometimes use a spead spectrum technology that will reduce interference with other devices in the ISM band (which your cordless phones, microwaves and wifi operate in)

The same goes for a microwave...for starters, if your microwave interferes with your wifi and it's in another room....for your own safety...get a new microwave, that indicates it's leaking entirely too much radiation. Being in close proximity to a microwave when it's on and having signal/connection loss is to be expected.

However, you may want to consider checking your channel. If your neighbors also have WiFi, then it's possible you could be crowding them and their equipment causing problem for yours....should be unlikely since the power output of these things are pretty low...however, it's generally a good idea to try to find out what WiFi points are in your area and what channels they operate on (there are pieces of software that do this..NetStumbler comes to mind)

I still suspect barring some connection issue at the router, you've purely got a TCP/IP problem or an issue with the DHCP in the router not handing you proper...or complete information to finish the connection...like the default gateway sometimes gets dropped during dhcp transmission......
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 6 (view)
 
Wireless problem
Posted: 10/4/2009 6:36:59 AM

My computer keeps SAYING I'm connected and that there are no problems but the internet doesn't actually work.

this sounds like a TCP/IP stack problem.


I'd looked up my IP address/Gateway etc to see what all's going on. I've renewed my IP, updated drivers etc... everything I do doesn't seem to make any difference... and half the time it comes up that I don't have a gateway at all and when I put a standard one it, it doesn't work either.


that souns like an DHCP issue. the gateway is basically the IP address of your router...it's where the computer goes to get internet traffic.

I'm assumming you've tried "repair" and "ipconfig /renew" from command prompt and they didn't help ya.

try this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 168 (view)
 
What operating system are you using?
Posted: 10/3/2009 2:34:33 PM
I posted on this thread....a while ago...but to catch the new people up to speed...I have two OS's on my laptop:

Ubuntu x64
XP Pro 32-bit

everyone here talks about stability...and this...and that....here's a few snippits of information from the xp systeminfo command:


<div class="quote">C:\Documents and Settings\Jay>systeminfo

Host Name: JAY-LAPTOP
OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Uniprocessor Free
Original Install Date: 6/2/2009, 751 PM
System Up Time: 29 Days, 16 Hours, 6 Minutes, 25 Seconds
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: Presario V5000 (RG324UA#ABA)
System type: X86-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: x86 Family 15 Model 36 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD
~1595 Mhz
BIOS Version: PTLTD - 6040000
Total Physical Memory: 1,918 MB
Available Physical Memory: 894 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 2,048 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 2,008 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 40 MB
Page File Location(s): H:\pagefile.sys

if anything, the 29 days should talk about the stability XP has. my laptop however has gone in to hibernation mode about 5 times for a total of about 12 hours during that 29 days....it is still, in theory....the same windows session. I got this laptop on sometime in late May and did have to go through a couple of Windows installtions to get one that worked worth a crap. I tried to slipstream and customize my own....but that never worked well. I wound up doing it the hard way of installing service packs manually, but it's easy to get the network redistributable for those. I should also add it's been infected by various spyware slipping through IE....but it's not given me a bit of a problem. I haven't had a need to reboot it. i know a lot of people know how stable XP is, i'm just saying this for those that need a tad more convincing. ram usage is in line with what I'm running...and the page file location currently doesn't exist...and it's said 40MB for the last month....so I've not had a pagefile for a while and I don't think there's any valid are for windows to have any virtual memory.

I used win7 on this laptop, and it was very stable....running as well at the end of the week as it did when i booted...but this system just isn't quite powerful enough to run a full win7 install. I haven't tried tuning the graphics down as I needed the partition for extra space...plus triple booting is a difficult thing to deal with.

Ubuntu well..is Ubuntu. Very fast, stable..cool looking. It just so happens that I haven't been doing any strictly "day to day" computing in it because I'm constantly doing stuff that requires Windows....but it's been running about as stable for about the same length of time.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 2 (view)
 
Microsoft: Google Chrome Frame makes IE less secure
Posted: 9/24/2009 4:43:35 PM
Scripts that bypass IE's security checks because they're embedded in advertisement engines that infect your computer with nasty spyware = bad.

something that alerts you to the fact a website has been known to distribute spyware, which chrome does = good.

When microsoft claims something not theirs makes something of theirs less secure, i tend to ignore it. If MS had it's way, we'd all be running nothing but MS supplied software...much like Apple has managed to do with it's OS and applications over the years...they're already forcing stuff like media player, ie, messenger and other things in to the OS.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 7 (view)
 
Virus software, desktop freezes, help!
Posted: 9/24/2009 6:12:05 AM

I don't think Avast resolves, quarantines, kills the viruses when they arrive on the scene!


Actually, it does. It features a bunch of resident scanners that scan all the activity on your hard drive, web browser and network as it comes in. If your computer is a bit on the old side, this is why it's freezing up on you.

An online scanner however, will NOT offer you any real protection...it can only scan the files when you run the scanner...these days, you NEED to have this real-time protection to actually get anywhere.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 9 (view)
 
Automatic partition of hard drive from MicroSoft / Apple
Posted: 9/22/2009 3:20:54 PM
I don't know about you guys...but every store-bought box-computer I've purchased/seen in the last few years....desktop or laptop...came pre-partitioned for Windows and a data partition...often times, there are OTHER partitions the user doesn't know about. Compaq was famous for putting bios config utils on a partition. Most companies have a "backup" or "restore" partition containing...you guessed it, the same stuff that used to be on the restore disc.

I've seen them configure partions in crazy ways just for the sake of either saving money by not providing CD's or for whatever reason they want to think of.

This actually winds up spelling big problems...as a lot of people see their laptop came with a 160 gb drive and wonder why it's showing two drives who's space doesn't total anything close to 160...they wind up complaining and wondering why their laptop came with "two" drives and not one. Most people don't ever actually use the extra partition for extra data...half the time...they don't know what to do with it.

Most people keep their stuff in My Documents...like windows and most applications have done for the last few years...and they never move it off of there for fear of "losing it".

Essentially, storing your data on another partition doesn't make it any safer. Most restore programs wind up formatting the entire drive and reflashing that partition data with..you guess it, nothing. Sometimes you get one that's intelligent and only restores the OS partition...but I've seen some that don't. The average user doesn't know how to get the data off the partition should this occur, so they're no better off than if they'd kept their stuff in My Documents. Physical failure of the hard drive due to defects or other damage would render the data on the second partition inaccessable.

The problem with the dual-partition for OS/Data deal is only above-average users will know to use it and will probably take in to consideration the fact the data isn't any safer, just easier to backup.

The big shift these days is toward external storage..mostly via USB drives. This makes the data a bit more secure and portable, but being portable can have it's disadvantages, like being prone to being dropped (although the MyPassport 2.5" USB drive I own has been dropped several times and still works fine). Network storage is also coming of age for consumers. With more and more people having networks in their homes than 10 years ago, devices which literally plug-and-play in to your network to store data have become more attractive, as it not only lets everyone in the household/network access the data...but generally keeps it a bit safer from viruses.

The idea of splitting user data to a second drive will never catch on. The slight advantages in security are outweighed by the problems it causes for everyone.

The other thing to remember is just becuase someone reccommends something for a SERVER install, doesn't mean that's going to translate in to the home use. Server administration is VASTLY different than a home PC....the processes by which things are done differ...a Windows Server edition install is VASTLY different from the home install...not to mention anyone running a server is going to know what they're doing.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
Linux on IBM PC's?
Posted: 9/19/2009 3:07:48 PM
This post makes no sense...I'm sorry, but it doesn't.

An "IBM PC" is basically just a standard PC platform...even though IBM started the x86 craze...their PC's shouldn't of had anything to prevent Linux from installing or working.

I think the biggest problem you're having is a lack of hardware support. You mention laptops...laptops are FAMOUS for having unsupported hardware due to the fact manfactuers like to use propritary hardware...my Compaq laptop's wireless didn't work when I first intalled ubuntu...one simple command fixed that.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam has a list of laptops that will work with Ubuntu and which distro is needed to work..along with details...for example, you mentioned you have a T60...they have two different T60 models listed...Ubuntu works on them with some minor things not wanting to work.

But, it doesn't require an expiereced linu user to modify the installation...most of these problems have rather simple how-to's if you dig deep enough.

But I think your problem is you're just using some bizarre hardware, and NOTHING related to it being an IBM. The biggest problem in trying to learn about linux is that when you try to do it on a laptop and not a desktop that's got standard supported hardware, you're going to run in to these problems and since you've never used linux before, you're going to think it just won't work on that particular brand of PC.

Take a look at the laptoptesting database for the models you've got and see what other people have reported.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 17 (view)
 
Is antivirus neccessay with firewall?
Posted: 9/16/2009 4:31:14 PM
AVG is bloated. Last time I used it, my webbrowsers would stall for 5 minutes while AVG followed every link on the page and scanned it...BEFORE presenting me with a page.

I'm using Avast...it too makes everything stall. If you're going to pay for a virus scanner, purcahse ca (it's not caps, it's just called ca) - I had a license for this on my old laptop...it found EVERYTHING and managed to not eat a lot of system resources.

Firewall only protects you from certin types of attacks. If you're behind a router, then all incoming packets are getting blocked to begin with. I disabled XP firewall service and don't have a software firewall installed and with an external router, have never had issues.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 14 (view)
 
Question about formatting a partitioned drive.
Posted: 9/15/2009 8:21:35 AM
When you start messing with XP and Vista dual-boot, you're going to run in to some problems.

The XP loader is the old NTLDR left over from the Win2k days...the Vista/7 loader is an entirely new loader...it will load XP directly..however..if it doesn't have all the internal paths set right...the OS won't boot causing more issues. If you want to run win7, you HAVE to use the vista loader, the XP loader is not capable of loading vista. Most of the time, the Vista loader doesn't and just chains to the XP loader to boot XP.

Your best bet is to find a BCD Editor program that will let you remove the Vista loader and restore the XP loader...this will ensure that not only XP works as if it was the only installed OS, but it breaks the dependencies of 7 needing the Vista BCD Information to properly use .

I will tell you this...get yourself a copy of EasyBCD. I've borked the loaders many many times in the past when i was triple booting linux/xp/7...mostly breaking the ability to boot Windows XP. If you wind up installing Windows 7 and can't boot XP, EasyBCD will allow you to fix it so everything boots properly. You could also use EasyBCD in Vista to remove the vista loader from the MBR, restoring the XP loader as default. Then you could format the Vista partition and install 7 fresh as if vista had never been there.

Seriously....BCDEdit is your friend in this case.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
where can I find advertised website??
Posted: 9/11/2009 8:18:35 AM
A general rule of thumb is while it's nice to click on ads to make sure the site owner gets revenue from it...you NEVER give your email address or anything out to it. Reason being is a lot of these advertisers aren't exactly 100% clearly legit...and many will in fact attempt underhanded things to get money out of you.

One ad (from some other site) promised free lifetime dating site access if I supplied my CC number for verification. Luckly, I have a prepaid card with only a couple bucks on it....but the amazing thing was is that by agreeing to the terms...you agreed to be signed up for about 5 other sites with the montly fees totaling...you ready...$250 combined. They would also start charging you 2 days AFTER you signed up, unless you canceled. Of course, when you do cancel....there's no automatic verification and they'll take a week or more to remove your information, meanwhile, you've been charged an insane amount of money for stuff you didn't want and clearly weren't told about (fine print is a B sometimes). Complaining usually doesn't help...they'll tell you no refunds...and sometimes fighting with the credit card company isn't worth it. It's not considered fraud because technically...you agreed to be charged that amount....but since it was buried in a bunch of legal/technical jargon, you never knew it. Did I give them my number? Sure, I wanted to see just how much of a scam it really was. The original site I was supposed to sign up for wasn't even real..it was just redirecting you to more scams. As I said, I have a prepaid debit card and if that number gets stolen, not only will they not be able to get any money...they can't scam it...I can report it as compromised....or I could simply close the account out and pick up another card at Wal-Mart.

Seriously, while I do like this site..you have to be VERY VERY weary of the advertisers on it...many times the ads go to whoever will pay the most...and sometimes...it's the scammers who are shelling out the most for advertising space so they can make much more off your "ignorance".

The internet is a dangerous place..more so than it was 10 years ago. Also be very careful of ads in general. I've got a problem right now that one of the ads for my local tv stations website contains embedded spyware...triggered by an advertisement...added by a third party. Google Chrome is your friend.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 8 (view)
 
Anyone here able to edit AVCHD files
Posted: 9/11/2009 8:12:33 AM

I get another error message for this file type (mt2s)...for the format is, I think mts in the camera.


MT2S is a propritary format used for AVCHD, which itself is just an extension of X.264, used in Sony and Panasonic cameras. It's unlikely, being as it's a consumer format, that most applications will easily work with them...the ones that will are likely scaled-down consumer versions.

If you're doing any serious production, for the sake of ease, consider upgrading to something using the industry standard DV format.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 8 (view)
 
Bleeping Some of my Email Content
Posted: 9/9/2009 9:49:16 PM
I believe it's been said before..

It's a free site, you don't like it, go elsewhere.

I don't know about you guys...but I come from a time on the internet when all the free services were severely crippled in some form or another. The admin owns the site...he pays for it (or it pays for itself)...point is..they're perfectly allowed to filter the email and profiles in any form they want....you agreed to this when you signed up. Know that really long TOS agreement you didn't read? It's likely in there somewhere...this is why you have to read these things. Seriously, the number of sites that offer free services similar to this...and other services on the internet...just amazes me compared to the amount one had to pay for the same content 10 years ago.

Not only does myspace compete with this site to a small degree...the biggest problem is a lot of people will use sites like this strictly to spam the fact they're on it.

I agree...there's a whole lot of stuff about this site I don't like...I hate the iMeem limitation...imeem is a horrible music provider...just, absolutely horrid...i've ALWAYS done my own music hosting...but since I'm not paying anything to use it, I have no right to complain.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 10 (view)
 
IE 5.5
Posted: 9/8/2009 6:48:06 PM
The last time I used IE 5.5 was about 2 years ago on a Windows 3.1 machine....98% of the internet was incompatible with it. It's best to ditch it unless you've got an operating system compatibility issue.
 subtlecaffeine
Joined: 5/23/2007
Msg: 5 (view)
 
Wal-Mart Balloons DVD Player Recall to 4.2 M
Posted: 9/6/2009 6:16:28 AM
I'm not saying 12 hours would do it...I was just quoting a high example. I've seen places run a DVD player that long in one day....it gets warm and doesn't last too long.

Generally, if you watch a movie and pass out while it's playing...it will go back to the menu at the end of the movie and stop spinning the disc...therefore reducing the overall power draw.
 
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