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Yeah, but if a nightclub which initially had 3000 people suddenly had 500 people I probably wouldn't go there anymore.

Ah, I was after the source code that Purge wrote but thanks for the effort anyway.

Purge reads the forums, plus I have doubts that he has them.

They'd be nice if anybody has them... They were written by Purge a while ago, and it would save me a lot of time if I could read some of the source. Thanks.

Accidents happen. Punishing a company which has already been severely crippled doesn't get anybody anywhere. If BP weren't doing a good enough job of containing and cleaning the spill, that's a whole other story, but from what I can tell BP are doing what they can.

Re-thinking everything leads to the development team being removed... Lol

Wouldn't it be easier to write a shell script that: 1. Checks what package manager is used 2. Depending on package manager, download and install wine (aptitude, pacman, yum, rpm etc) 3. Curl/wget (or whatever) to a trusted server for a patched kernel.dll.so file 4. Backup previous kernel.dll.so 5. Copy trusted kernel.dll.so 6. Change drive serial number to a randint > 2000 7. Downloads continuum 8. Runs the continuum installer Or, if the kernel.dll.so file is different for each distribution then: 1. Downloads wine from the wine server 2. Downloads the patch from a trusted server 3. Runs ./configure 4. Applies the patch 5. Installs wine 6. Downloads continuum 7. Runs the continuum installer Either script would be easy to write, I wouldn't really mind writing them myself.

QuakeLive has got money to pay developers. We don't. It's far easier making a platform independent client than to make a in-browser client. I could bet you could find coders willing to code a new client within the community provided you had a few thousand in cash. Also, I'd avoid Flash like the plague. It's buggy, slow and is losing dominance very fast with the dawn of HTML5. I think the sooner developers stop using Flash for HTML5 the better for us all, really.

Think it would make a whole load more sense to try and make a client that just works before even thinking about any other implementation.

Yeah, I watched this yesterday. The dialogue is a bit shitty, so you really need to listen to hear what they're saying sometimes but other than that it's the best movie I've seen this year so far.

As far as I can tell, Pidgin can run on any protocol worth mentioning, it's stable, it's not processor or memory intrusive and it uses little (or depending on your setup) no screen space. I'd be much happier using something like Pidgin, than having to rely on badly designed software such as Flash to message other people about things that can be potentially very sensitive. But hey, each to their own. I don't use messenger clients on any computer other than my own, or my iPhone (which also supports any protocol, all within one application, runs in the background and pushes any calls/messages right to my home screen).

Why not just use a decent IM client?

Dvorak is a keyboard layout.

Yeah I intend to remove the raid config as I'll be using that space anyway.

I've decided to go for the dell offer. Here's the final specs: Module Description Show Details Base Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 860 (2.80GHz, 8MB) Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English Memory 8192MB (4x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Keyboard Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY) Monitor Dell ST2310 23" Full HD Widescreen Monitor - UK/Irish Video Card Graphics Card - Single 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 Hard Drive 2TB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" (2x1TB - 7200rpm) Mouse Dell 2 Button USB Optical Mouse Optical Devices DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with Roxio Easy CD and DVD Burn software Sound Cards Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio Speakers No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) Shipping Documents English - Documentation with UK/Ire Power cord Gedis Bundle Reference D05X8104 Standard Warranty 1 year Next Business Day Hardware Support included with your PC Services and Support 1 year of coverage included with your PC Order Information Studio XPS 8100 DT Order - UK Dell System Media Kit Studio XPS 8100 Resource DVD Thermal Cooling 95W Processor Heatsink Accidental Damage Support No Accidental Damage Support Online Backup DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year Call Dell Experts One free Dell Expert call to help with your PC queries within 60 days of purchase Telephone Contact NO - Dell may NOT telephone me in relation to my order and related products and services DataSafe Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Word Starter, Excel Starter) Protect your new PC McAfee® Security Centre - 15 Month Protection - English Operating System Recovery Options OS Media : MUI Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Resource DVD I found a £299.99 off deal, which I combined with a 10% off deal to bring the final price from £1,303 to £920. Just need to get myself a webcam, a better mouse and keyboard and this should do me for the next few years. Cheers for the help, guys.

Nice post LC, but it's looking a lot cheaper just buying right from dell. I managed to find a £300 off deal, which can be used with a 10% cash rebate, which makes it around £400 cheaper, with corei7 860, GTX gpx card and 8gb ram with 2TB raid0 and a 23" 1960x1080 5ms monitor, bringing the final cost to around £1000 flat. The only catch is that I'd need to buy it today, but I suspect that deal will crop up again sometime soon (i've only got £960).

Cheers, I plan on buying a secondary monitor and the Logitech MX5500 keyboard and mouse when I have the spare cash, until then I'll have to make do. The graphics card really isn't a big deal to me as I don't really play games on my computer (other than Subspace...) I only use it for work. Also, why an x58 board? What's wrong with the board that's on the dell already?

OKay, so I've been looking around at workstations and I've been thinking about going for the Dell 8100. Here is the build configuration that I've decided I liked: Components Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 650 (3.20GHz, 4MB) (add £76.50 for corei7 2.80 8MB) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English OS Media : MUI Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Resource DVD Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Word Starter, Excel Starter) 1 year of coverage included with your PC McAfee® Security Centre - 15 Month Protection - English Dell ST2310 23" Full HD Widescreen Monitor - UK/Irish 6144MB (2x2GB) (2x1GB)1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory 2TB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 "Stripe" (2x1TB - 7200rpm) 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5670 graphics card DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with Roxio Easy CD and DVD Burn software Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY) Dell 2 Button USB Optical Mouse Dell 1525 Wireless PCIe Network Card 802.11n NO - Dell may NOT telephone me in relation to my order and related products and services Accessories No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio Services & Software DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year Also Includes No Accidental Damage Support English - Documentation with UK/Ire Power cord D05X8103 Studio XPS 8100 DT Order - UK Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic 1 year Next Business Day Hardware Support included with your PC 73W Processor Heatsink One free Dell Expert call to help with your PC queries within 60 days of purchase Studio XPS 8100 Resource DVD That comes to £820 + tax = £963GBP however I've also found some 10% cashback offers online, so it would bring it to somewhere around £860. It's been a long time since I've even looked at computers to see if it's cheaper to build yourself, so I am asking you guys, is it really cheaper to build yourself (considering shipping charges for many items) and on average in your experience how much cheaper? Edit: Also, for any Brit posters, who are good providers of PC hardware? Also, would anybody avoid refurbished PCs (even when they offer 3-yr warranty)? as it seems to save a bit.

It seems they're getting much further creating more economic combustion engines, these electric/hybrid cars just seem like a gimmick to help people feel like they're being more green. =/

How old are 12th graders? Meh. Just work twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, two weeks a year.

Uh. Isn't that just VNC?

I can't stand firefox as a permanent browser, I only use it for noScript

Sama, I believe you already have SSH and FTP to my server for bot use. Feel free to setup an asss server, or let me know and I'll get things configured for you to test things out.

I've got a pre-2007 xbox 360 that I've been thinking of modding to run XMBC on, but they've still not got sound or video acceleration so I've always been put off. I like how some people have made their first gen xboxs into home computers, though.

Go for the new XBOX