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    AOE III: The wait is now over!

    in Gaming Discussion & Match-making

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    Actually, a lot of computer-people do use Linux. And it's very popular with businesses, Disney, Pixar, New Line all use Red Hat (from what I've read).

    I know for certain that Pixar and New Line use some form of Linux to power their enormous rendering clusters. Just imagine what their bill would be to simply license enough MS software for their hundreds (or thousands, more likely) machines. That's Microsoft's problem :P

    Yes, a lot of computer users are moving towards Linux. I'd as well if I wasn't so busy - still planning on it sometime, though. It'd be nice to see Ensemble produce a Linux version; if anything, it'd show that they aren't biased towards one OS (although they *do* produce the game for MS :P). I think a few geeks would buy a Linux version of AOE3 simply because Ensemble ported it.

    Battle for middle earth?

    in Gaming Discussion & Match-making

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    How are you liking the moral effect that BFME has in it?

    I believe morale is the word you are looking for. :P BFME doesn't quite have a full morale system; it's more of an "emotions" system. Rome: Total War has a full morale system (your units flee from the battlefield when the morale is too low).

    As ZeZar and Naz said, this game is awesome. :P Besides the CD key problem - I can understand if unique CD keys are required for online play (matchmaking service), but requiring unique keys for LAN play is just unnessesary IMO - it's quite a well-done game.

    Gondor pwns :P

    Knoppix downloading reeaaaaallly slowly....

    in Computer Desk

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    Bittorrent is a P2P download protocol (despite what everyone might tell you, it's purpose was not for 'filesharing' - BT is not a filesharing network or program - it's a protocol designed to ease load on servers and make more effecient use of bandwidth).

    Thank you for pointing that out. It really bugs me when people or companies (magazines/newspapers) refer to BitTorrent as the next big illegal file-sharing application. They obviously haven't looked at the original plans for it and how it was intended to be used! It's only very recently (past year or so?) been used for swapping copyrighted materials.

    Even PC World - which I have a subscription to - referred to BitTorrent in the sense of "another KaZaA". I was pretty upset and meant to send a letter to the editor (which they print monthly), but never got around to it.

    BitTorrent isn't even optimized for "song-swapping" (:P) since there is no centralized (or at least peer-based) search or notification capabilities. BitTorrent only helps you after you've got a .torrent link, not before.

    </rant> :P

    Computer extremely slow and randomly crashing

    in Computer Desk

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    That's quite an odd problem... the only thing I can think of is that the hard drive was causing the problem - which apparently is the case since it works after you removed it. Since Knoppix worked without a hitch, it wasn't likely that the problem was caused by faulty memory (or any of the other "usual" suspects). The hard drive is the only component Knoppix doesn't use :P

    What brand of hard drive is this? How long have you had it?

    HTML Problem

    in Computer Desk

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    I'm gonna change what I said, without making the page invalid when using XHTML 1.0 Strict

    Ouch, tough requirements there :P Why can't you use CSS?

    (I would have thought that <div align="center"> is allowed in XHTML 1.0 Strict :P)

    Norton Firewall and File Sharing

    in Computer Desk

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    Let's see... is this the built-in Windows file sharing (drag & drop between shared folders), or something else?

    I have a firewall on the router (at least I think I do. It says it does. (Netgear RP114)).
    What that probably means is that the router is acting like a "hardware firewall" by way of NAT. Because of the way NAT works, outside hosts can't directly ping any of your computers on the network - they can't "see" past the router - and because of this the computers behind your router are protected against direct attacks.
    Anyway, how do I configure Norton to allow my file sharing? Do I go under Configure Firewall -> Networking? I'm guessing I d that and click "Add..."
    I'd recommend that you check out ZoneAlarm, a free (non-MS) firewall which I like much better than Norton's firewall offering. I've used Norton Internet Security in the past and greatly prefer ZoneAlarm for ease of use and simplicity.

    You'll have to find out what your computer's IP is: Choose Start - Run, type 'cmd' to open a console window, and type 'ipconfig' for the information.

    With ZoneAlarm, it's pretty easy to add your local LAN to the "trusted" zone. Switch to the Firewall tab, and then the Zones sub-tab. Click "Add >>", choose "IP Range", and enter the IP range of your LAN. You can determine this by your IP: if your IP is something like 192.168.1.101, then your LAN IP should be 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.255.255. If you get confused on this step, I can give you extra instructions.

    Hope this helps!

    Knoppix downloading reeaaaaallly slowly....

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    EDIT: Hmm... nice. It seems I can redownload the demo. It would be good to have more recent versions of Knoppix and Mandrake.  But... tat might not work. They might leave registry keys. Hmm... I have other computers I can download it on.  *bonks self on head* of course!

    Hehe, I used to periodically download the "new" version of the Nero demo to give myself 30 more days of use.

    I finally found a really decent free burning program, though: burnatonce

    It's right up my alley, so to speak - the interface is very small and clean and slightly geeky. ;)

    free webhosting?

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    Yes, we can fake it, but...

    We can't fake the email. That's for certain.

    If they ask for all this info, they probably sell it to spammers.

    That means we'll get spam from in email.

    While I do have an email address used particularly for possible spam sources, I prefer not to have that be my primary means of contacting someone.

    This is where a service such as sneakemail.com works very well. Just create a Sneakemail address, which points to your real address, but can be disabled or blocked at will if the need arises. :saruman:

    Which is more accurate

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    How can a VCR have time sync? It doesn't have an internet connection or anything like that

    Our VCR can time sync, it's a REALLY helpful feature. It gets rid of that "flashing 12:00" display ;)

    It does it by downloading the current time from a certain channel (PBS, I believe). What impressed me is that it did it over the air - we only have broadcast TV (no cable/satellite service). :saruman:

    Which is more accurate

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    Under Windows XP, you can double-click on the clock in the system tray, switch to the Internet Time tab, and synch your clock with an atomic time server; provided you are an Administrator.

    I've got my Smoothwall firewall box set up with the chrony NTP server, so my local computers can just synch with 192.168.1.1. Viva la geek. :)

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