Bolts

1. Team Fortress 2 2. StarCraft (I am NOT buying SCII because of the LAN situation, BTW.) 3. AudioSurf 4. Legend of Zelda (Any) 5. Disgaea 1/2 6. Civilisation IV 7. Castle Crashers 8. Tetris 9. Fallout 1/2 10. Portal The only MassMOG I could get into was EVE, but I didn't feel that it was worth $15.00/month to me.

Nice. this will definitely save some time. However, I get the following error when I run it on Win7 x64: Unhandled exception ************** Exception Text ************** System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at GMU.frm_ConfigInput.ChangeOutputFormat(Int32 format) at GMU.frm_ConfigInput.frm_ConfigInput_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- GMU Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0 CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Bolts/AppData/Local/Temp/7zO3A61.tmp/GMU.exe ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.VisualBasic Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Runtime.Remoting Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll ---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled. For example: <configuration> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /> </configuration> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.

For freeDOS, remove 'root (hd0,2)'. That line is telling it to look on the third partition of your flash drive.

Try using MBRWiz Format your drive fat32. In the directory where you extract MBRWiz: > mbrwiz /list Find you usb drive > mbrwiz /drive=[your flash drive #] /active=1 then follow instructions as normal http://mbrwizard.com/

Kon-boot doesn't always work. It only works on 32-bit systems; so root on 64-bit is right out with kon-boot. I have had computers that it couldn't fix the SMAP entries on, and thus, couldn't patch the kernel.

That's about right. Did you know that the OSX license agreement doesn't allow users to install it on non-Apple hardware? Only Apple devs get to within the license. I found this out when I was thinking about hackintoshing my laptop. I wanted to see if it had actually gotten better since I last used it.

I do see the application of the dumb terminal idea for business; however, I think that the server would be better implemented if it were on site, mainly for security reasons, but also for cost. I have not researched the cost aspect, but I feel, especially after the virtualisation episodes, that paying an external company would potentially be more expensive. If anyone knows about a legitimate study into this, I'd love to read about it. It's difficult for me to find info on cloud computing that's not just buzz.

Nine times out of ten, cat is useless. About the only use for it is to type files to terminal, and that's really just a side effect of it's intended purpose. Cat was made to concatenate multiple files to its output, but is unnecessary, as most CLI apps that can take input from stdin can process multiple files. ( `awk -f script.awk file1 file2 file2` vs `cat file1 file2 file3 | awk -f script.awk` and `wc < file` vs `cat file | wc`) Temporary files in /tmp/ should be removed on boot. Other than that, dilligence. Know where programs are putting their temp files. You should also learn vi(m). If you have vim installed, run vimtutor and it will copy a tutorial to /tmp/ and then just read and do the examples. You should at least get a basic understanding of vi (not just using it in insert mode all the time.) If vi isn't to your liking, try emacs too, but you should at least be able to use substitute and search in vi. Emacs will open a window if launched in an Xsession, but to get a gui for vim, you need gvim. I don't recommend nano/pico or gedit as they are very limited. EDIT: Grammar

We shouldn't thank Apple for GNU/Linux any more than we should thank Microsoft. The only apple influence on Linux is the GNOME Desktop Environment, and the plethora of OSX dock clones. GNOME's design is rather reminiscent of OSX, but not the overall system. Similarly, KDE 3 has a design that is reminiscent of the Windows UI. Just because Ubuntu uses GNOME by default, doesn't mean Linux is trying to be Mac. Linux is not Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses patches and workarounds to be usable, doesn't seem to send their patches upstream to help fix bugs very often, and breaks when a workaround is fixed. Mac definitely did not influence me to use Linux, other than that I am not keen on using Mac. My experience has shown me that it is closed worse than Windows and about as stable. As for Cloud computing, it honestly scares me to think that people think having to rent computer time is a good idea. That how things were done in the 60s to early 80s. Certain cloud services are legit e.g. webhosting, but the trend I see by cloud supporters is to have everyone using a netbook, and logging on to all of their applications through the internet. There is little freedom in that model. Cloud computing is getting popular and could be useful for many things, but not every, or even most, things.