Admiral Kirk

disturbed ftw

UnhandedExceptionHandler, however in VB6 it was a serious pain to deal with if you wanted to actualy get a full Stack Trace and other important info. In VB7 it was made much easier. But I mean, its not like youd use VB to write anything criticly imortant anyway so its not that big a deal.

Actually, in regards to WGA, what it means is that in (I think its closer to 750k now) cases WGA has incorrectly identified a legitimate copy of windows as illegitimate. Many of these cases have been reported by brand new owners of brand name machines like Dell and Lenovo which have OEM keys. However, this really isn't a "Vista" specific problem, as WGA for XP has many of the same problems and if you have automatic updates enabled, you get WGA shoved up your you know what as a "critical update". Also, its included in Windows XP SP3. Additionaly, "cracking" WGA (aka, byp!@#$%^&*ing it) or trying to get a new key from MS are the only fixes for the previously mentioned problem. In regards to Windows 7, I wouldn't get your hopes up for that. The latest rumors of it are that MS will be going with a modularized subscription online only model for the OS. As in, you must have an internet connection to use it, and you must pay a monthly fee to use it. I don't know about you, but the day I spend a monthly fee for a local OS is the day I'll be turning in my Nerd Card ^^. Still, I have a hard time believing they will so thoroughly shoot themselves in the foot. Particularly with such stiff compe!@#$%^&*ion coming from the Linux camp now, especially with WINE hitting 1.0. Also, in regards to XP availability, as Yavaris said, certain version of Vista are eligible for downgrade (read: Upgrade) to Windows XP. In this way MS will be offering XP for quite awhile, while at the same time allowing them to artificially inflate thier Vista sales numbers. Dell and Lenovo have both officially stated they will continue offering XP pre-installed on thier systems past the June deadline. And finaly, in regards to Vista, I think we've all hashed that out enough, Vista is the new Windows ME, nuff said.

Having worked on and admined in my lifetime so far well over 10k computers and a few thousand networks, I can say the following very definitively. McAfee sucks, it is _the_ worst antivirus software in existence bar none. However, vieing for second place on that chart would be Norton Antivirus, its not quite as useless as McAfee but it comes !@#$%^&* close. AVG is ok, its not great but its better than either of the other two. 7.5 has a fairly small memory and cpu profile, 8.0 is not quite as good but its still a drop in the bucket compared to what NAV will suck down on a regular basis. Kaspersky in regards to detection rates, cannot be beaten. Its a little more bloaty than AVG or AntiVir but it does a !@#$%^&* good job. If you have XP SP2 or greater (including Vista) than ZoneAlarm is pretty redundant. Most worms and trojens out thier now can easily byp!@#$%^&* its application control feature, which is realy the only innovative thing it offers beyond XP's firewall.

lol.... I threw my box away a few years ago, whats the point of keeping ahold of that kind of stuff? I still have the original disc somewhere in a cheapy case (not the original). Probably chuck that too next time i see it ^^.

I think I might ALMOST have found the ambition to add Ctm support to SubChat.. mabye.. i'm afraid though ill take one look at the code and decide to rewrite it all from scratch and *poof* thier goes my free time for the next several months lol. As for the hosting landscape well, its not pretty from what ive seen. I think SSCC is almost the last open SSC host around, but then I havnt realy been paying much attention to that stuff. btw, I found your code examples and do!@#$%^&*entation very useable, simple and to the point, which is the way i like it EDIT: The only thing I can think of that might need some clarification with your do!@#$%^&*entation is any major differnces between the SubSpace protocol and the Continuum protocol. For instance, I assume the 00 10 and 00 11 replace the 00 02 ? Your docs seam to indicate that you start off with the normal 00 01 though. I assume pretty much all other packets are the same otherwise? Looks like I need to update my packet list ^^.

Looks nice, I was wondering if you were ever going to get around to doing that Oracle thing you kept talking about But now that you finaly have, I've long since stopped working on SubChat Anyway, get on sheepcloning more often ^^ also, find a job bum

The CTF plugin has to be run on the Merv entirly by itself. When catid wrote it for MG he didnt spend a hole lot of time on it (!@#$%^&*uming your talking about the CTF plugin catid made for the merv, which is the only one I know of).

He's a terrorist!! Quick, get him!!! Seriously tough, its an innert gas, pretty much harmless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexaflouride Almost forgot, this is also known as "anti-helium" which alot of people find pretty neat. Breath it in, instant baritone. Also you can poor it like a liquid ^^.

Not that this thread realy NEEDS any additional FAIL... buttt....

If you bothered to read the help button right thier, you would know that the auto commands supports a time and date macro, which you should use to make a uniquely named file each time you run the program. Beyond that, since its a formatted HTML file itd be fairly difficult to "append" to it.

Unfortunatly both LinuxXP and XPde (which LinuxXP uses) are more or less dead in the water. Neither has had any updates in over a year. I havnt realy had a chance to hunt around for any alternatives yet, but if you find one let me know. Id be interested particularly in a distro that worked as much like XP as possible with WINE preconfigured for minimum win32 support.

In regards to the memory "free" shown by Vista, someone mentioned earlier that Vista manages memory differently than XP, which is correct. It dedicates a great deal more memory to caching of both m!@#$%^&*-storage files and previously loaded applications and application-extensions. However even taking that into account, Vista _still_ uses far more memory for its core operating system than XP does. And spends a great deal more processor power maintaining those caches than is really necessary.

Wow, I thought I was going to have to go on a huge crusade posting links to Benchmarks and professional analysis of Vista and XP, but apparently popular opinion was actually almost right on the mark for once . At this point in time thier is virtually no reason at all for using Vista unless you are DESPERATE to play Halo 3 Online (Halo 3 single player can be made to work on XP). Through my own tests and observations, using fresh installs on a Athlon64 X2 with 2gb of ram, and also upon reading various benchmark results which agree with my own observations. Ive come to the conclusion that Vista sucks. It introduces no notable improvements in the realm of operating system tools or abilities. Its "superior" security has more to do with its lack of adoption right now rather than any technical abilities. Thier has already been several proof of concept root kits designed for it, but none of them appear in the wild right now just because no one has really bothered to infect Vista. Bottom line, it sucks up almost twice as many resources, both memory and processing power to perform tasks at about 3/4th the speed of windows XP. While at the same time providing no notable technical benefits. Unless you count the fancy new interface as a benefit which, while looking spiffy, also requires a fair amount of retraining as most everything is no longer where it was before. I have nothing against change, in fact I embrace it, change is the only way to progress. But I prefer change for a _good_ reason, as in improving usability in an UI or something of the like. Not changing stuff just to make it look different so you can spin it as "revolutionary". Hmm, didn't mean to make this into an novel that no one will likely read lol. Oh well.

Thats a pretty decent laptop, 2gb of memory will serve you well. Just keep in mind that the gateways arnt realy any more durrable than the Acers are. Just treat it REAL gently. Also, let me tell you from first hand expierience of having replaced several dozen LCD screens that the easiest way to brake these laptops is to put any kind of presure on the top of the closed lid. You can VERY easily brake the LCD panel that way. If your going to get something like an Acer or a Gateway I would sugest getting a VERY nice expensive TARGUS carrying case with an inch or more of foam padding on both sides. Or just get some cheep !@#$%^&* carrying case with extra space and go buy a few blocks of foam to make your own. If you close the laptop and then rest anything over 3lbs or so or more on it, the LCD screen cracks ^^. Also it seams Gateway has XP drivers for that model, so when you get it just wipe it and install XP on it. Windows Vista is the new Windows ME ^^. Also, if you get a Mac I will hunt you down and blow it up with no less than 20lbs of TNT ^^

Wow, good deal of un-informed opinions here ^^. Where to start... Well first of all, everyone who said Acer is crap, was right They are crap, Acer and Everex make some of the cheapest (in both quality and cost) laptops around. But you wernt looking for something to last you 3-4 years right? If you just want something to use for the next 6months to a year and you intend to be REAL gentle with it, it should be ok. As for the specs, thier great. Youd pay 2k for those specs in a respectable laptop brand like Lenovo (IBM ThinkPads), which btw, are the best laptops money can buy aside from the military grade Panasonic ToughBooks (which my company just got a few in for FCC testing, thier awsome btw). Thiers absolutly nothing wrong with AMD CPU's atm. Intel still has more Errata per CPU style than AMD which is usualy a good measure of quality. Also Intel is still battling thier heat issues ever since Prescott and they cant seam to quite get past it, thier Core and Core 2 designs help alot though. Stay far away with from any Penitum 4's and Penitum D's theyre terrible. Intel tried, as usual, to rewrite the PC world with thier Netburst architecture which bassicly fell on its face. AMD supports the same SSE extensions that Intel does and that every software company on the face of the planet codes for. I think that covers it all ^^. You know how to get ahold of me if you have any more questions. EDIT: Oh ya, almost forgot, as for Vista, its crap and sucks. Unfortunatly only the more expensive laptops still have XP options, so what you should do is go to the manufactures website for whatever laptop your intending to get and check if they have XP drivers for download for that model of laptop. If they do then just get it, wipe it and put XP on it. You might even be able to get a refund for your Vista from various angles, thier IS a stipulation for it in the EULA but ive heard its a massive pain to actualy get. Also thier is a stipulation in the EULA for Vista Ultimate that allows you to "transgrade" the license into an XP Pro license. (this invalidates the Vista license, obviously). Which is another option.

Get the facts... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definiti...on#HDTV_sources

Using an incorrect resolution will have no adverse affects on your TV or Computer. So long as you use the dialog that prompts you to OK the change in 15 seconds, you wont even have to worry about going into safe mode to reset a bad resolution. But as rootbear said, hitting the "ON" button on your computer isnt without its risks, so you might as well just do whatever makes you happy

Im with rootbear on this one, on both points. If your card cant hit past 1024x768 either your video driver is messed up, your computers monitor plug and play detection is messed up, or your video card is from like, 1990.... http://www.microsoft.com/resources/do!...n.mspx?mfr=true Try hitting that link and at the bottom follow the procedure for displaying all resolutions. Just be remember to use the display propertys to change your resolution so you trigger that 15 second dialog. Just incase you hit something outside of the TVs display abilitys. Sucks to have to boot into safe mode when your display mode is perminetly beyond what any of your monitors can show

Actualy, if its any of the newer 1080P displays, it should hit all the way up to 1920 x 1080, now weather or not your video card can do that is another question. You may also need to change your display type for this to work, Plug and Play Monitor usualy does the trick.

That ^ is misinformation. A standard d-subminiture port can pump out all the way up to QXGA format, which is WELL above what a 1080P tv can display (1920 x 1080 WUXGA). It just does so in an analog form, which depending on the cabling, sending and recieving devices may or may not look just as good as its digital counterpart. DVI is a mixed system, using both digital and analog signals. HDMI is purely digital AND encrypted. As long as you use high grade analog cables, the analog signal will look more or less the same as the digital one. And as im sure everyone should know by now, you can use any cheep !@#$%^&* digital cable, as long as its good enough to carry the signal in a recognizable form by the reciever it makes no differnce in the quality of the picture otherwise. Now, as to what was stated above, you CANNOT take a VGA to DVI, plug it into a DVI to HDMI and have it work. As I said above, DVI is a duel standard, and a VGA to DVI adapter relies on this by takeing the analog signal and piping it to an analog version of DVI (with no digital). The DVI to HDMI adapters rely on the digital side of DVI and pipe that strait down the HDMI cable. Since the video side of HDMI is identical to the digital side of DVI. (Or at least it WAS until they came out with some newer standards, but with backwards compatability the trick can still be done). http://www.startech.com/Product/ItemDetail...D2HDMI&c=US That is an ADC, the oposite of a DAC. It takes an analog signal and converts it to a digital one. Its basicly a realtime MPEG encoder. Its the only way to take a VGA signal strait to HDMI. And given its price, I think you would be better off getting a video card that supplys you with a DVI connector so you can use a simple plug converter to HDMI. That, I think, should clear up all the misconceptions here. EDIT: I almost forgot, a video card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814143112 I would recomend that one, you cant go wrong with BFG and thier lifetime warrentys. Granted, its not an 8800GT, but the 8600GT still isnt bad. Its DirectX 10 compliant, and HDCP compliant (its supports passthrough of encrypted video streams, ala Blu-Ray and HD-DVD). If youve got the cash, go for an 8800GT 512mb instead, or if your realy made of dough, go strait for the 8800 GTX, or just wait until next year and thier 9xxx parts come out ^^. But the above is a very decent budget card imo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdmi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vga <- Chart towards the bottom for the other resolutions Heres some facts you can mix in with the mis-information you've been getting above.

Vista blows, I used it back in beta, then again in pre-release. I kept hoping it would get better, it never did. Windows Vista is the new Windows ME ^^.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/210644292.png Not bad for the middle of nowhere ^^ You cant even get a T1 out here without a longreach service that costs several important appendages ^^.

Ya !@#$%^&* doesnt snow suck, it cold as !@#$%^&* and snowing all the .... wait no it isnt, I live in FL and its 70 degrees outside HAHAHA