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hmmm... yet both of your suggestions decrease computer security, soleimanian.If the user doesn't type the username and password, there's no way to lock your computer on command. If you turn on automatically sign in, people can just use the computer once booted.xboxrulz

well, check that you have write access to /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp. Also, make sure your microphone is not on MUTE.xboxrulz

of course it is embedded. You don't see Palm OS powering computers today.xboxrulz

yes, and we can "sue" Microsoft for restriction of freedom on our computers. Which they are trying hard to restrict us doing whatever we want.xboxrulz

or, you can get krdc or krfb.xboxrulz

In Canada, all participating TIm Hortons' store would give you a cup to roll up the rim to win a prize, but fighting over it? Seems ridiculous, eh?

 

 

Quebec school employee seeks DNA test on prize-winning Tim Hortons cup

MONTREAL (CP) - A Montreal lawyer wants a DNA test on a prize-winning Tim Hortons coffee cup that has already pitted two elementary school girls against one another.

 

Claude Archambault said his client, whom he declined to name, bought the coffee cup that was picked out of the garbage bin by a 10-year-old girl at her elementary school in St-Jerome, north of Montreal. Archambault sent a letter to Tim Hortons last week asking the company not to award the prize SUV until the matter is resolved.

 

"My client, he's not rich," Archambault said Monday.

 

"He's very sympathetic toward the girls who found the cup, but he said, 'I bought it, and I should be the one who should be paid.' That's his position."

 

The company has not yet responded to Archambault's letter.

 

Archambault said no legal action has been taken while he researches the laws that would apply to the case.

 

He said there is a witness who saw his client with the cup but he would like a DNA test.

 

A spokesman for Tim Hortons declined to comment on the latest turn of events, but a legal expert said the claim is unlikely to succeed.

 

"That, I think, is ridiculous," said David Lametti, a law professor at McGill University.

 

"You might make a claim of ongoing ownership if you lose something... but this was thrown away, it was abandoned."

 

And under Quebec civil law, when a person abandons an object he relinquishes his claim, he said.

 

"He threw it away in a public dumpster, right? That, to me, is clearly abandonment," Lametti said.

 

It's the second dispute over the winning Quebec coffee cup.

 

According to media reports, the 10-year-old who plucked it from the garbage can last Tuesday couldn't unroll the rim with her small fingers and asked for help from a 12-year-old school mate.

 

When the cup turned out to be a winner, one of 30 with Toyota RAV4 written under the rim, a dispute erupted over who had claim to the $28,700 prize.

 

The 12-year-old's mother has said she's not considering legal action, but would like her daughter to share in the prize.

 

"The Roll up the Rim to Win promotion is meant to be a thank you to our loyal customers," Tim Hortons said in a statement.

 

The rim in question hasn't yet been submitted for a prize, said the statement.

 

"However, we sincerely hope that the families in this case in Quebec will be able to come to a resolution," the company said.

 

In Sault Ste, Marie, Ont., two women are sharing the prize they won from the Tim Hortons roll-up-the-rim contest.

 

Manuela Phillips and Kristine Dahlmann had shared free doughnuts and coffees in the past, but they were shocked when Dahlman unrolled the big win Thursday: a Toyota RAV4.

 

They had an agreement to share the prize.

 

Source: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/-

 

Your thoughts??

 

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I haven't had time to really read through this post, but if you get a cross-over network cable, it will allow you to connect two computers together.xboxrulz

Google is a gigantic company and for it to pay the bill is as if we're spending $5.00 for a Big Mac Meal in the US. (CAD $2.00 for one in Canada)xboxrulz

CUPS does support it, if my memory is still current.Try compiling CUPS yourself, usually that works.xboxrulz

so I guess we need some information on what printer you currently have.xboxrulz

well, since XGL is kind of like an alternative of the Windows Aero and the Mac OS X Quartz. So, it's not going to really affect Linuxxboxrulz

odd, on modern distributions, it shouldn't do that. Try using Ubuntu. It's base off Debian.xboxrulz

try searching on Google for ndiswrapper or check http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ for more help.I usually float there anyways.xboxrulz

I hope it fixes your problem.Goodluckxboxrulz

wow, never knew GMail could be vulnerable.xboxrulz

to get cups type:sudo apt-get install cupsxboxrulz

that's true, yet I still recommend him get it custom made instead of getting it from Alienware.Also, yes, I got my graphics card recently (before BF2 came out), my RAM was bumped from 256 to 512 and I got the new 120 GB HDD.Yet, I've never changed the CPU it has 512 KB of Cachexboxrulz

vizskywalker, not everyone currently are running P4s. It is still considered top of the line CPU although it has been introduced 3-4 years ago. For example, I've seen some people in Europe still running on 333MHz machines.

North American, on the other hand usually try to catch up with technology, Windows Vista still requires at least a 2.0 GHz+ machine as far as I've heard.

That's still ridiculous.

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EDIT: This is more insane

Memory: At least 512 megabytes (Encouraged to use ECC memory [6])

-- Wikipedia

Now, even when I can play graphics intense games, I only have Vista's bare minimum of 512 MB RAM, not everyone's going to have that type of oomph power.

I definitely don't think Ubuntu/Kubuntu is great. The only thing they have that SuSE doesn't have is an NDISWRAPPER GUI tool that SuSE Linux doesn't have yet.Plus, Kubuntu doesn't have the "suspend to disc" button. I have too shut off and reboot it traditionally and that's annoying when I'm on the run.xboxrulz

depends, if you have the tarball, extract it anywhere you want. I put it in the /opt folder.xboxrulz

pop the Fedora Core 4 disc back, type rescue, and I think it'll work. I haven't used Fedora for @ least 2 years since SuSE Linux makes life easier.It can reinstall GRUB for you graphically so I don't need to bother (since I don't have the time to)xboxrulz

saga and Jeigh. I believe the current gaming platform do not REQUIRE (not recommends) any computer over 2.0 GHz w/ 512 MB RAM and a GeForce FX or over.

 

These are my specs and I can still play Battlefield 2 w/ no probs and no lags.

 

ASUSTek P4B533-VM

INTEL PENTIUM 4 2533 Mhz

52x48x52x DVD-ROM/CD-Writer

48x 24x 48x CD-WRITER

120 GB UATA-133 7200 RPM 8MB cache (OS/Software)

80 ATA-100 7200 RPM 8MB cache (Data)

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 w/ 8x AGP (really running 4x as my AGP supports upto 4x)

4 USB 1.0 slots

2 USB 2.0 slots

1 monitor

1 soundchip, 1 soundcard

1 USB keyboard

1 USB mouse

1 100MBPS Network connection

75.0 GB SuSE Linux 10.0 partition (Main)

40.0 GB Windows XP parition (Games/unWINEable software ONLY)

 

This system is FOUR years old and it's still running like a champ.

 

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nice machine, but if I were you I would shove in Linux instead because of performance. Less crap.Also, why Intel? They overheat, not overclocker friendly and it's not that good with gaming. AMD is better, too bad I don't have one.Quite funny how I have a 3 years old machine, but I can still play graphic intensive games with settings as low as medium.xboxrulz

funny thing is that it doesn't apply to me since I'm all the way in Canada. The law applies to people in Germany.xboxrulz

well, as warbird said, these people have issues and cannot get a proper girlfriend or a wife.xboxrulz