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  1. token linux post;

    As far as 64 bit support goes linux has always been one step ahead. of course if your a gamer or dependent on windows apps that would be a bad idea.

  2. I like the shutdown -i command. However, I am going to guess you are at school, so you probably can't access the command line. If it is across the internet you probably need to get him to dl the bat file mentioned above (there are other ways but more complicated). You could just not shutdown his computer, and avoid being a jackass.

    You still need permission to shut down the remote computer. shutdown -i is only really useful on domain computers.

  3. Why is your router 192.168.254.254? I guess thats okay but it should be: 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1

    Also:

    Just so you know, IPs dont really matter.

    they do though, why is your router on a different subnet? if your mask is 255.255.255.0 that could cause issues.

  4. Would USBs have enough power to run a CD-RW writer? Or would you need two usb slots, 1 for power and the other for data?

    I have an old laptop, and I would like to try to get Ubuntu on it, but it has no optical drive.

    a root usb port usually has about 500mWs (thats milli.... not mega) of power.

    most cd writers use about 300mWs of power. so theoretically there is enough power, but as discussed there are voltage issues. you could wire in a transformer, if you were in an uber hack kinda mood, but that would up the power requered and i doubt the end result would be all that portable.

    (also high power devices are not all that good for your laptop battery life)

  5. I got the same from tesco, except a ADSL Thompson one ... I just use it as an addition 4 port switch so I can have 7 machines on CAT5e.

    yeah use it as a switch/wireless access point. If your really bored you could set up a second subnet, but i cant see why you'd want that.

    All virgin media have given me is bandwidth shaping. ;(

  6. ok so i read this topic

    http://hak5.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9051

    and decided to have a little play around.

    I discoverd that its easy to set up a media stream that constatly broadcasts.

    this is not all that bandwidth intensive, about 300k (upstream) per connection. i figure i'm good for abou 5 connections.

    example rtsp:\\ubertom.co.uk\video

    it also looks like servers can be linked. (can you see where i'm going with this?)

    so if a few of us got together we could create a 'ip tv' network and broadcast stuff online.

  7. I can't add anything helpful.

    But just to warn ppl, i have installed sp3 4 times (so far) on 3 different computers.

    1 failed but caused no major problems and installed fine the next time i visited windows update.

    1 seamed to suceed but now windows encounters a 'serious error' twice after every boot (other then the error messages their doesn't seem to be any problem)

    2 installed fine with no issues at all

    that makes a 50% success rate so far..... and i cant acctually figure out what changes (if any) sp3 has made.

  8. I would suggest a stripped down version of win xp w/sp3 that is what i currently use for streaming music, serving files and if you need the names of free programs to do everything you asked just tell me

    yeah, thats a good idea. unless you want more then the max connections (i think its 5)

    else = 2003 (even 2000 sever) i've never even seen 2008 so i cant comment on that.  probably best to stick with MS on this one

    goto 10

    10 linux fanboy flame war

    I really dont think linux will be perticually easy to set up as a media server, in my experence linux isn't the best at handling audio/video. network services and supported application servers and it kicks ass, but multimedia... well it wouldn't be my first choice.

  9. Leet use slack.

    I use opensuse (i didn't like my vaio though)

    You didn't say why you need Linux.

    personally I'd put more effort into the XP downgrade it's likely you'll have better hardware support (i'm sure there'll be drivers for all your hardware on the world wide interweb).

    i don't have good experience with laptops and linux, wireless support is better then it was, but its still not that good).

    also on a general Linux rant  what is the deal with all this mount by ID crap and why am i always having to manually put all my drives in fstab. The 'easier Linux tries to be the more confused i get.

  10. Is it just me or does Linux floppy access get worse with every kernel update.

    It used to be fine, floppy access and read/write times were just as good as DOS or windows. but with later kernels (i've only really noticed this on 2.4 and up) its just getting really slow. If i mount a floppy it almost crashed my system (on has crashed konqueror a few times) it takes about 10 mins to write 200k of data.

    I know its not the drive or the motherboard cos this seams to happen on all the computers I've tried it on (but works fin using a windows OS).

    Am i really the only person in the world that still uses floppy's?

  11. COFEE? Let me guess:

    Don't

    Open

    Notoriously

    Unused

    Trash

    Systems when using COFEE.

    You see when you take the first letter of each line, you get 'Donuts' and the name of M$'s switchblade is COFEE similar to Coffee a warm drink often ingested along side donuts by fat police officers or 'Pigs' who are the ones using the 'COFEE' to obtain files from criminals computers.  Hence from the text above we derive 'Coffee and Donuts'.

    My god thats the best thing i ever read. i really did lol.. lol alot.. yes i did

  12. As an administrator of a finicial institution, i have to say i would be a lot more concerned about encryped traffic (especially a VPN) than i would about someone using a chat client.

    n.b for 'a lot more concerned' read 'Really pissed off'

    (not that i didn't do such things myself before i got this position :))

    i'd stick with the SSH tunnel, it'll draw alot less attention.

  13. That made no sense to me, but i had a simerler problem when using an emulater (i couldn't aim at the hook in time using the digital pad)

    however the emulater i used had an option to use the mouse for the anologue (spelt wong but i'm not using firefox right now) i took a save state just before i shot the eye, switched this option on, did the thing, saved it again and switched the option off. (aiming with the mouse was neat but trying to move with it was crazy mad.

    http://mupen64.emulation64.com/

  14. I alternate.

    i'll go on an FPS binge (usually CZ), get bored go on a RTS stint (woo COH rocks) tire of that and go on an RPG.... ermmm 'bender' haha you thought i'd run out of words then(Baldurs gate, icewind dale or NWN if on a Linux bout)

  15. I quite like CS:S but i just cant get the rate right. i always get shit loads of loss and choke so i cant hit shit.  not that it matters all that much 'cos most people seem to go for the spray and pray tatic.... and it works.

    I like CZ much better, i only get occasion loss and people still bother to aim.

    I was more of a DOD player back when CS was teh thing. but DOD:S sucks.

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