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Remote access ala Putty to the other system.

A nice way to take care of that old system is to not install Windows 95 at all. Actually, IMO Windows is not well suited to running on these legacy computers. What you could do is to install Xubuntu or a similar system. It will be good enough for your basic needs. You can run Firefox or w3m and surf the net, too. I've just used a 450 MHz and Xubuntu, and it's working great. It sits in my dorm room and just works, letting me surf the net whenever I feel too lazy to carry my notebook all around campus. I did try to get Windows 98 running, but the system would never let me connect to the net, and it took so long to boot up, too. Try it. You can always remote access a faster computer somewhere else, if it's processing power you need.

You would need to use the java.lang.* method Runtime.exec(), which allows you to run programs outside. "Developers often call this method to launch a browser for displaying a help page in HTML." http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2...1229-traps.html To execute and capture the output of an external program: http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0014.html

The G3 has a CRT monitor. That's bad for the environment, because of all the extra power consumption. Someone already modded their G3, replacing the monitor with an LCD (and using the inside compartment for storage). See http://www.macmod.com/content/view/414/2/ Selling it on ebay, you might get up to $100 for that baby. Plus shipping. Not bad for less than $10 invested!

You don't need digital effects at all. In the making of the original Star Wars IV they used long triangular sticks that rotated. They put some 3M fluorescent tape on there, so when the camera captured the high-intensity light reflecting off them, they looked kind of cool. Oh, ok. I do exaggerate a little... the 3M tape didn't work very well, so they rotascoped (painted in) frame-by-frame for the final version... And then in episodes V and VI they didn't even use the glow tape...

I want to get my computer to run really smoothly. So I'm thinking there's a bottleneck on my hard drives, both internal and external. How can I get it to go faster? What's better, USB 2.0, Firewire, or SATA, or should I try to get enough flash memory and save the OS on there for a really fast boot? I went to the computer shop, and he told me not to try to use IDE with my notebook computer, but I look inside and I see that the internal drive is SATA. But if I connect an external drive it has to be USB 2.0. That can't be the fast efficient way to get my system to run quickly. It's already 2007, and it still takes around a minute to boot up my computer! (I can boot up faster with hibernate, but after a couple days Vista gets very unstable) By the way, the interface for my notebook is: 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor 1 x Headphone-out jack (SPDIF) 1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x RJ11 Modem jack for phone line 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert 5 x USB 2.0 ports, 1x IEEE 1394 port 1 x TV Out (S-Video composite) 1 x Express Card 1 x Infrared Port(SIR-115.2Kbps supported) 1 x DVI Port

Sabayon is quite nice. But I deleted it, because it can't support static IPs without some effort. I need an OS that I can use without a hassle, and at my university we use a lot of static IPs.

So it's like a network where you can get your social engineering degree?

Agreed. http://park.facebook.com/profile.php?id=618331762 Mubix, your profile is private but your name is still visible. And your name is visible to anyone who searches for your group. Now that facebook has fixed it so that profile information that has been made private by a user, such as gender, religion, and sexual orientation, will not return a result. So unless you change your settings, I'm left guessing to your private details. At least I can see on Facebook that Mubix is listed as one of Darren Kitchen's 63 friends - he's more open minded and hasn't set his profile to private. :-)

You know, it's a pretty cool idea. But are you sure Intel didn't use any lead or other toxic chemicals in the manufacture of that CPU? If it's inside of a computer, that's one thing, but if it's on your keychain you're touching it every day. Therefore, you may be running a risk of poisoning yourself. Definitely don't let your baby use it as a chew toy... Perhaps you might consider using a 45 nm microprocessor in the future: Intel eliminates lead use in future 45nm microprocessors (May 05, 2007) hxxp: arstechnica. com/news. ars/post/20070522-intel-eliminates-lead-use-in-future-45nm-microprocessors. html