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Notepad++ is great and all, but Bluefish is certainly much better although I wish it could have been a little more faster at times. Whenever I need to do some quick coding (no matter how bad it is!) I always turn to Bluefish before thinking of any other editor. VIM is good but a little outdated - still useful though.

I've never used any hosting service before Xisto - Web Hosting (fueled by Xisto and KS forums) and I've never really gotten a chance to complain much over here. There have hardly been any issues at all and although some people have complained about their support tickets getting answered late, I've somehow been lucky enough to get them answered very fast always and they solve my problems in a flash. Right now I can't afford to move to any other host, even if I had real money to spend, but I've already made up my mind that in the future, when I don't have to depend on myCENTs for paying my hosting fee, I will still stick to Xisto - Web Hosting for as long as the company and I exist Regarding byethost I can't really comment because I haven't used it before, but I'm sure compared to Xisto - Web Hosting, it won't be superior - we're with the best!

Wow you certainly have a good skill of making long posts that seem to go on and on. Good for you. You've said a lot of things against me and my behaviour and although replying to each of them will give me a nice long post of my own, I won't give in to the temptation. For one, I don't think the world revolves around me - people who think that way talk in a very unique manner, and that's just not me. Next you are right about some of the things you said about me and I don't know whether you said those with an intention to help me improve myself or just to mock me, but in any case, thanks for trying I've said in my introduction post that the only reason I was here is to earn myCENTs. I've tried to do it by participating in discussions like these. It's not of much use to continue discussing if I have nothing more sensible to add. All that "lame bird" stuff you said - it's true to some extent, but I'm not feigning anything. I just feel it's the right time to stop for me to stop so that the discussion can move on more sensibly. You got that right - this is my last post for this thread so you can enjoy a meaningful discussion from now onwards. Just a small suggestion - if you have anything more to say about how I'm "feigning" or "faking" anything, don't put it in this thread; it only deviates the topic. Start a thread in the Life Talk forum about this sort of behaviour and say all that you want to

You needed to build a series to bash my comments? Wow that's actually quite flattering. You actually took the time to write all of this, weaving complex sentences, just to prove my comments were lame? Well anyway you got the satisfaction of hitting out at me (not to mention the additional benefit of myCENTs ) On the topic of Does Science Answer All Our Questions? , I've had my full. I mentioned this earlier and you should have at least held back your comments because I had made myself clear that I'm not going to talk more about it, and I don't see a flurry of activity from other members any soon. Anyway, your post did make me type a few more comments, though completely unrelated to the original topic but regarding something which you brought up. Why do you keep focusing on the fragments? They were in a list usually represented by bullets and it's common to use fragments. You did focus on the meaning later (in detail) but all this pointing out about grammar was unnecessary. This isn't a creative writing community! And in any case, English is my third language but I don't write something like "Me no know English", do I? What was the intention behind constructing this mountain of words? You already made yourself clear that I wasn't using good English so why do you extend it with this? And now before I end up writing more meaningless lines, I'll reach out for the period.

I'm sure not many people would be interested in playing a 2D MMORPG in this day and age, but Tibia deserves special mention, as it has been online for more than a decade. Wikipedia gives a good introduction of Tibia which I couldn't match, so here it is: Online since 1997 - that's quite an achievement and it's a wonder that it's still managing to get a lot of players today. A majority of the players are from Brazil and Poland and these players are very friendly with their compatriots while giving the cold shoulder to others. That however, doesn't ruin the game entirely. It's free to play and inspite of being a 2D game it still manages to put in a lot of fun in the gameplay. It's nothing compared to World of Warcraft, yet it's definitely worth a try. Like other MMORPGs this one tends to get boring after playing for a while too - I stopped after two months. Just give it a try if you have nothing else worth doing. You might enjoy the gameplay and it's always funny trying to get someone from Brazil to talk to you - they mutter something in their language and run away

I keep posting in the gaming forums but I doubt I'll ever get a reply - my thread about God of War 3 has gone unnoticed and I think this one will meet the same fate as well Still I'm posting this because a discussion about Prince of Persia games is always good and if it brings in some myCENTs, why not? I recently bought the box set of Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time Trilogy for the PS2. I already played the three games on the PC and as I wanted to experience them on the PS2 I consider it to be a collector's item. The three games were simply superb and the powers given by the sands of time made the gameplay fun. The new Prince of Persia, released after The Two Thrones was a bit boring because the main character simply couldn't die! So when I heard that a new POP game, featuring a storyline from the Sands of Time saga was coming out, I was very excited about it. It's a shame that it's not available for the PS2 while there's a separate storyline being made for the PSP. Anyway it'll take time to get my PC version of the new game The Forgotten Sands so I wanted to know if anyone over here has played it yet. The reviews have been mostly positive but there have been a few mixed and negative reviews as well. So is there a reviewer available from this forum?!!! EDIT: Don't point out that the title has a typo - couldn't edit it

Lol you don't have to be modest - you can say directly that my posts didn't make much/any sense I did the best I could but its not up to the expectations of the forum so the best thing is that I stay quiet

The reason I had to come to Xisto is that the Xisto forum has a downtime for the myCENT script, which was due to the upgrade of IPB to V3 (3.X.X don't remember ) The new version is obviously better looking provides more features, but is it too buggy in general? I've seen V3 at another forum I visit and there too it took some time for everyone to get adjusted to the many minor errors they kept getting from time-to-time. At T17 there are experienced people looking after the upgrade so the errors are small in number but sometimes there are silly errors like the side -panel beside members' post appearing broken, or the subscriptions option not working properly or sometimes the same page doesn't appear the same after some time. So I just had to ask - is this version really too buggy? There have been many updates for it and yet it seems to be taking some time for the members and the admin(s) to get used to the new features. I'm guessing the complexity of the admin panel has increased a lot in this new version. Am I right? Could someone experienced answer this for me please?

Wow you sure have a tough plan It does seem to be a good idea to carry important stuff around in a case all day. For some it would seem to be too tiresome. Oh well it depends on how lazy or thoughtful they might be And it's good to know that you prefer traditional books to ebooks. Ebooks can never give the same feeling as the good old printed book does.

@Skepticus: Thanks for your in-depth observations. Much as I admire the thoughtful points you've written, I am in no position to comment on them. There's another player (starscream) to continue the constructive debate and I thank you for the good time I've had pondering about the points you've given. Then I must be too ignorant - could you give some examples for a "lot" of these stories, please? Be it novels, movies or any other form of sci-fi, planets have mostly been treated as a whole, and some of them mention cities and capitals but a wide-spread idea of countries on other planets? I haven't seen it till now though so could you please point them out?

That was just one of the deviations - we discussed about that after we had discussed about the actual topic. So you could still comment on the actual topic if you have anything to say

It's interesting but I'm out of sensible words. I just don't want to blurt out incomplete ideas and fill lines with meaningless words. What I have written already is too general to be taken seriously; I don't want to mutilate it further by writing nonsense. I need time to think and write more and I don't have the patience to think about this topic anymore which is why I'm stopping. Well at least they believe in the success of open-source. But yeah it's hard to conceal their true intentions. One can't expect the common man to buy Apple's products and the people who can afford to buy them look on the internet first. If they don't put full info on their sites very few people will find their way to these stores. I haven't examined in detail but sites like t-series are offering downloads now at the same rate as CDs. I don't use Amazon for online shopping. I searched for "Amazon India" in google and got india.amazon.com - that's where the confusion started! First off, the games I talked about are not the best-sellers today. They are unknown names to me because I can't afford to buy today's latest games. Plants vs Zombies was unknown too until you mentioned it Of course not. I don't steal through torrents or any other source. In fact I recently bought those two games I mentioned - God of War and Need for Speed - for the PS2 which together cost me Rs.1200. I could have got an entire month's fuel supply with that but it was worth it. The other stuff you said about generalising things - well that's too general so I'll stop here you can continue if you like - I'll stick to short-line replies for now. Hopefully another member will join the discussion soon

Wow I'm amazed that you still didn't get tired of this discussion. By reading your arguments I can think of some counter-arguments but I just don't seem to have the will to talk more on this topic. Maybe that's because the lack of a third person to discuss is straining my enthusiasm. So I think I will throw in the towel. However I will comment one last time on what you said. So you're saying that Wordpress, Ubuntu and similar projects were started with an intention to do business? If that had been their sole intention they wouldn't have lasted this long! I do agree, however, that they have adopted business-like tactics now (Ubuntu focusing a lot on its store, etc) but they have done some good work so those sort of tactics are excusable. Maintaining a project without funding does seem to be a waste of time for the developers. They are free to choose their career path as they like. What I like about the FOSS community that there is always someone to fill the void so if someone gets bored and quits the project there is always someone else ready to take it up. So in a weird sort of way, it is a win-win situation for all. You're right - we do need some reason to stick together. Boredom Killer and Experience are perfectly valid reasons for staying in the community, and they aren't exactly the kind of returns for which most people would stay in a place for a long time. Killing boredom - that isn't type of return. It's what friends do when they're together! Experience - it does put something in your resume so it could be a type of return, but as you said in one of your earlier post, experience in the open-source community doesn't hold much respect in the commercial field, so that isn't of much use either. The other reasons you mentioned for staying in the community are add-ons and they come along as time passes. And expecting something in return for sticking like ant to a candy - that isn't exactly a bad thing. For example, most of the members here stick to the forum for earning myCENTs (myself included) while there are few who pay real money for their hosting and yet stick to the forums for other reasons. These "few" people are what it takes to keep the community alive and there are lots of "few" people in the FOSS community I'll be honest and accept that I can't say much against that. Actually, the damage is still in the very early stage. I have a theory that if both the worlds co-exist, eventually they will balance out each other's pros and cons and it would be a bright aspect for developers and users alike. As of now I can't expand on this theory, though. Making money through open-source (not talking about FOSS) - we just have to accept that it's not going to happen any soon, at least at the consumer-end. Maybe the prospects are a bit bright in the business-end but on a large-scale. And the damage also is not going to reduce any sooner. It's an undeniable fact. It's just how the society has evolved. Cable is enjoyed by the whole family and since TV has had a huge influence even before computers, it's become part of the family which is why people don't think twice before spending on cable. Notice that the expensive DTH services aren't popular because of their pricing. People will pay if they think it's reasonable. As for mobile phone subscription, post paid is reducing in popularity every day, and like the TV, phones have been in the society much before computers made their entry, and mobile phones are just an extension to the familiar landline. So this is also a case in which people spend freely. But here too, except for the chatting addicts, not many talk for longer periods of time, in order to save money. As for the excuse, I've said this before too - not buying software because they think the price is high is not an excuse. Stealing software is bad - I agree- but tying these two things together and saying that they're stealing because prices are high is a wrong notion. There are still people left who don't buy software but don't encourage piracy too. They sit still. The vast majority who resort to piracy are finding an easy, illegal way out, which is a pity. I visited the Indian version of the Apple site and searched for Apple stores in Mumbai. The first 5-6 results all pointed to CROMA, which is an electronics store dealing with all sorts of brands. It does have the "Apple Shop" logo beneath Croma but is it an exclusively Apple shop? I'm asking really because I don't know! I've never seen an "Apple-only" shop anywhere so far. Well I didn't say the itunes charged $4-5 for a song! If I'm right, the price is $0.99 per song - which amounts to around Rs.45. Unless its from a foreign album, Indian albums are generally available under Rs.200, which figures to around $0.33 per song. Need I say more? After you stressed twice on this point, I decided to do some research. First I stumbled onto this shopping site which shows that all 3G models are still priced between Rs.30k-45k. But you were stressing on 15k phones! Then it hit me that you were talking about the 2G models and finally I found out that you're right. The prices are varying between Rs.15k and 20k for the 2G models. Then why aren't people buying it? 'coz they know that in the US for the same price they can get the 3G model! In the case of the iPhone, only people really interested in technology show interest in purchase and how can you expect lot of sales for a product which is heavily overpriced? And why should we settle for an older, outdated model?! Smartphone business isn't dull in India - a lot of smartphones from Nokia and RIM are being sold briskly. It's just iPhone's pricing which always turns off most of the people. Bad dealers? They seem to evolve once they come over here and do insane things like pricing a 15k worth phone at 45k. Once again you're comparing with daily life deals. People can always live without iPhones. But they cannot bear it if they miss their morning tea, which is why they grudgingly pay for the milk Amazon? Really?! The site india.amazon.com is nothing but a boring site about the Amazon Development Centers in India - it is not a shopping site. And on Amazon.com, China and Japan are the only Asian countries having regional sites. Ebay.in is good, but you only get local items and there isn't as much variety as on ebay.com. As for the others, well can't comment much as I don't know too much about them. Plants vs Zombies is an example for an effort which tries to encourage people to buy original. Problem is that such games don't appeal to people. They want games like God of War, Need for Speed etc, which are still directly converted. As a latest example, the official FIFA World Cup game costs $60 which is almost Rs.2700. It's sold here for Rs.2500.(PS3 version) Don't get me started about what other useful things can be bought with Rs.2500! The thing with day-to-day items is that people feel uncomfortable without them. Software purchases do not fit into this category, because if they don't get it they just feel disappointed and leave it at that. They don't take it to be the end of the world. That's why day-to-day items are given more preference always. By "cheating" I didn't mean they are promising something and giving far less, but I'm saying that the promised amount itself is less. The companies are very efficient and pay their employees as promised. It's just that what they have promised is far below than what the work is really worth. Hourly or monthly.....in the end it's still less compared to what the job could fetch them in a developed country. Ask anyone here whether they would have spent 40, 000 on a computer in the year 2000 and most of the people would say NO without hesitating. Computers were popular only to technology enthusiasts. For others it was just an additional expense. Even today most people are buying computers for reasons like keeping in touch with loved ones, checking results, etc. Majority of the users don't do anything else than these few things which explains why they're not too interested in the software industry. The stats are right - there are indeed a lot more computer users and internet users as well. But try to guess how many of them take an active interest in using various software for their computers. Don't think about the software professionals - think about the general public. Think about the bigger picture and you'll see that majority of the people don't know what their computers are capable of and use it for just basic purposes. Yet again the comparision with daily life - these things top the priority list of purchases. It is just the computer which makes them think a lot because they may or may not be having too much use with it. I'm not defending anyone I'm just telling the situation as it is. If you're talking only about India then the 2-3 lakh/annum category is in the minority; you can't deny that. If you're talking about Asia, then yes countries like Singapore and Japan do have people belonging to that category. I'm unaware of any more facts about these countries so I'll be silent here too. So that's it. I've had some fun talking about this topic although I have to admit there were we long ago deviated from the original topic I'll do make some short comments after your next reply, but I've had enough with these lengthy discussions on whether or not to run after fame and money through software development

Well I did a search again just now in "All Forums" and it returned only two threads - the one I started and this one, which is about invites. So maybe all the other ones have been deleted. I expected that there would be a lot of threads because in its peak almost every other forum was filled with Lockerz threads and some forums had to keep a sticky topic stating "No Lockerz Threads Allowed". Anyway my thread isn't one of those threads so I hope it won't get deleted I wanted to get the PS3 but then realised that it would take forever to reach the required number of PTZ and then I had to test my luck when the stock was refreshed, and even if I got it, it wouldn't be a PAL system so the whole process seemed futile and I left. Referrals (or "invites") get you 2PTZ each, right? Is there any activity which gives more than 2PTZ?! It's such a slow process and wastes lot of time. Sure, it's not technically a scam because it gives the prizes as promised, but a lot of people feel cheated because they aren't given a proper chance to redeem their PTZ. Are you still visiting the site daily? I would suggest that you do some freelance work instead of killing time on Lockerz. At least in that way you would earn good, legal money for good work and can be assured that you will be paid as per your own efforts and and your payment won't depend on millions of other people!!!

I did a search and there was only one thread talking about Lockerz and it was in this same forum. However that was about Lockerz invites. I'm not starting this thread to ask or offer invites! I'm here just to talk about Lockerz now that the hype surrounding it has died down. In case you don't know what Lockerz is, it's a site on which members answer a simple question daily, watch vidoes, and invite others to do the same, and such activities fetch them points (PTZ). They need to collect huge amount of PTZ and get a chance once every few weeks (or months? not sure) to exchange those PTZ for fancy prizes.On this site there doesn't seem to be much thought about Lockerz but I've seen on many forums how members were grabbing invites and creating duplicate threads offering invites again (because they'll get rewarded for inviting others). In this way a lot of people were talking about Lockerz and how it offered unbelievable prizes for doing almost nothing. I tried to see what it was all about and after being there for a month I understood what it was all about. The concept is very clever and very few people gain from it. It's like a game of chance. The prizes offered are indeed real but the catch is that you will be competing with millions of people for a few thousand (or maybe even hundred) prizes . So only a few members get rewarded and all the others, who spent months clicking and answering and doing what-not on the site have to wait for the next time, where it's again a game of chance. I haven't been on Lockerz in a long while and while clearing out my old website I saw a post about Lockerz, so I decided to take a look on what has happened with it. Lockerz now has a shop where you can purchase many of the items seen in the redemption center, and you get PTZ for purchasing these items. Apart from that not much has changed and it's still a game of chance. So is anyone still spending time on this site? If you're one of the few lucky members who were able to get a prize, then I'm sure you'll defend the site saying it's a brilliant concept and members will just need to be patient to get their prize. It's time to wake up and see the reality that this is just another of those sites from which the owners gain a lot and give the members a tiny bite out of their profits.

Sorry Skepticus, I think I didn't make myself very clear while talking about some aspects. I just skipped past some things by speaking in general. Well no wonder you wondered what I was talking about. I'll try to clear up a few of those things. By "beginning" I mean the beginning of life, in whatever way it was created. And by "ended up" I just meant we got so used to asking questions that it became like a habit, i.e., it ended up becoming a habit to us. I never said it was a bad thing. In the very next sentence I say its a good thing that we asked all those questions or else we would still be livng in caves (you commented that this was a good point - so why did you think I was referring to it as a bad thing?!) What you said is right - we can never ask enough questions and asking new questions isn't wrong. It's just that we've already got many questions to answer already that it the new questions seem to pile up on top of the old, or else the old questions are put aside to find answers for the new ones. Hmm looks like I'm speaking too much in general. Time to get down to detail. Lol ok I'll get to the point. Some of the questions I had in mind were something like: --> Proof of origins of the universe --> Death of dinosaurs -->Existence of God -->Where is mankind headed to I could go on if you like but I think you get the point. There have been endless debates on questions like these but there hasn't been a satisfactory conclusion in any of them. This is why I said there are questions piling up. There have been efforts to answer these questions although the results haven't been satisfactory. In the meantime other issues have taken up the time of our researchers and thus it's become like a long waiting list. And in case you didn't notice, the OP of this thread didn't mention specifically what the "questions" are about. Almost all the replies follow suit. Yes it's the answers that saved us, but we should remain equally thankful for the questions as well. Without them life would have continued as always without any significant change and everyone of us might have dying early as you pointed out. So it's good that we got the answers, and at the same time, we should be glad that the questions were there. Well I can't argue much about that. All I can say is that if we think these explanations are futile, then we shouldn't try to explain. Let it remain unexplained. Let those forces remain a mystery. Let's not waste much time discussing about something if we think beforehand that it's a bad idea to do so. Come on now, spiritual doesn't just mean spirits, ghosts, etc! There's more to spirituality than just that. I'm no expert on that matter so I won't go deep into that, but there are matters related to the mental power of an individual that can be accessed through techniques like meditation. There are claims that individuals immersed deep in spiritual powers can perform astonishing feats with their mind. I was referring to these claims (i.e. questions....) Maybe you're right. And maybe you're not. Everyone has their own perceptions about science and look at it in a different way. As to how science works, maybe I don't know anything about it. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to explain myself better over here. When talking about science being used for development I'm talking about using what we have achieved through all these years to help make people's lives better. Hmm I'm not doing a good job defending myself so for now I'll just agree - yes, I have a minuscule idea about science That said, I don't think I can justify anything I've said so far, and can't comment on your other fine arguments. So I'll stop by summarizing some of my views on what you've said - spending money on science is not a bad thing and we shouldn't stop in any case. You said we're not spending enough while I'm saying we should be spending on better things. I think both can be done if we recognize where the money is actually going. Science does give us knowledge and we should try to use this knowledge to improve our lives; not make it worse.

Nothing to argue about that. That's why it was a spectacular failure. When XP came out first it was highly criticized for some reasons which I can't exactly remember, but the good thing is that either the OS evolved or the users learned to adapt to it and thus made it the most memorable Windows OS ever. Windows 7 is definitely much better than Vista in all aspects but while comparing it with XP it's doubtful whether it will be able to beat XP in all cases. Nowadays more powerful hardware is being sold at affordable prices and so the minimum configuration that we get to buy in the market is sufficient for running Windows 7 comfortably. Still many people are not leaving their XP machines behind. That's because they still feel comfortable working in their familiar environment. Windows 7 is arguably more secure than XP and Vista, although the speed issue is debatable. XP works fine on old and new hardware as well so it is good for speedy matters, and except for gamers and graphic designers, most other people aren't missing much if they don't upgrade to 7. The ideal situation would be for more people to start realising the power of other operating systems such as Linux and Mac. XP and 7 may be maintaining Microsoft's image for now, but the fact is that if the users are careless about security, both versions of Windows can let them down and cause them to lose data. And I think this is a rare case, but I got the dreaded Blue Screen of Death in Windows 7 as well! I never expected that. So for now, all aspects considered, 7 and XP are leading the race. It's time for a change though, and people should try to show more interest in it.

The game got famous for those "ears" and "eyes" only People want to escape from reality and that is why they get absorbed into fantasy lands like World of Warcraft. There is another famous MMORPG called Tibia, which uses old-generation 3D graphics, and is free to play (although players who pay for subscriptions get additional features). It is also similar to Wow and is a fantasy land filled with all sorts of strange creatures and the players' characters are all funny and weird. It is games like these which turn out to be bigger hits. Half-Life, which is based on real life, is also popular, but it couldn't match the popularity of WoW because it is too realistic Come to think of it, fantasy and sci-fi games, books, movies, etc have always been the biggest hits in their respective fields. It is the imagination of the developers which makes these things so appealing.Good examples are Star Wars, The Harry Potter series, and of course World of Warcraft! Real-life counterparts of these works never catch up to the amount of success made by the fantasy works. It's undeniable that after sometime these things get boring and repetitive, but the initial excitement is always wonderful. In the case of WoW, it seems a lot of players still have that excitement intact, which is why they're still playing after so many years. Players like Бојан get bored after the initial excitement wears off and there are lot of players who leave the game after sometime. But WoW's fanbase is so large that even if these bored players leave, there will still be millions left playing daily! I only wonder when all these players would get bored!! Blizzard is promising new content always but that hardly increases the appeal of the game. Now Warcraft 4 is also rumoured to be in the works. Will the Warcraft bandwagon never stop?! If it doesn't, there's no huge loss except loss of time, but if it does stop, I'm sure it is not going to happen anytime soon now.

PCSX3? Lol PCSX2 itself wasn't very successful in emulating PS2 games. What hope is there for the PS3?! I got the list of minimum requirements for the PCSX2 from Wikipedia. Take a look: Now if those are the requirements for PS2 games, one can very well imagine what the requirements will be like for the PS3 games - they're way more advanced than the PS2 ones so it would need very powerful configurations. And people who can afford to get those powerful parts can very well afford to get the PS3 itself, so the whole point of using the emulator is meaningless! One can very well buy the PS3 and enjoy the original experience rather than buying expensive hardware and trying to adjust with dull speeds.

There are hardly any new games on the Playstation 2. All the latest titles are now being released only on the PS3 and PSP. Of course in some rare cases, like the Harry Potter Game Series, all the consoles get their own versions, but such titles are rare. The PSP is definitely an old console but it still manages to grab many new titles and these cost lesser than the PS3 titles. That's why it is not a bad idea to buy the PSP. I want to buy it just for the games I mentioned above. God of War: Chains of Olympus is a PSP-exclusive title but still forms part of the story of the whole series, so I'm waiting to play it soon. Similar is the case with Tekken. I guess this is a ploy to attract gamers who would like to know the whole story; by releasing different parts on different consoles, it's like a trick to make hard-core fans buy all the consoles just to get the whole story In any case, it's a good idea to buy the PSP simply for the portability factor, which you don't get with traditional consoles. 3-4 hours of gaming wherever you want and whenever you want is certainly a great idea and I wouldn't miss it.

Well I guess I was confused by the meaning of the word 'gadget' Your reply makes good sense and the examples you give are very reasonable. Some devices are extremely important at times and sometimes they are merely used for fun. I think this topic is more inclined towards that fun part. In today's world some devices are absolutely necessary and we can't get our work done without them. So they can't be called as gadgets in those situations. But in situations where we are using these devices to keep ourselves entertained or just for fun, the question of whether or not we really need them arises. The mobile (cell phone, if you will!) was originally used just for making calls. It still does that and is useful in case of emergencies. But with smartphones becoming all the rage today, we're using them for a lot more things than making calls. Are these other things really necessary? Once again, this is just in an informal scenario and not the work-scenario, where the phone is useful to check mail, etc. Even today we get phones which have limited functionality, i.e., making calls and sending messages. They come at a very cheap price, but aren't used by many people, because they want to flaunt the latest "in' phone! I think this sort of discussion only applies for the mobile phone. Other devices, like the laptop, mp3 player, etc are still used only for what their main function is. A good point Although after getting in you'd start missing all your devices (or gadgets )

Hey Yordan, I've already sent you a PM regarding this but thought it's best to clear it here as well. First, by the words Rules are meant to be broken, I was only referring to the well-known phrase and was not stating that the forum rules are meant to be broken! Next, I was in no way encouraging the use of c****s! I hardly talked about it all all - it was just a mention in a sentence which wasn't talking about how it is used. I'm sorry if the mere mention of the word is offensive - I'll be careful not to mention it again!

Rules are meant to be broken anyway It's just too bad that this isn't one of those problems which can be fixed by using some sort of crack/patch. There's no other option but to patiently wait for those tireless developers who are working on a PS3 emulator to finish their job and come out with something that actually works. Our controllers are ready - we just need to wait for the emulator, which unfortunately, is nowhere in sight.

Well yordan I was referring to this part by Spencer: CutePdf seems to have a lot of useful features. I think I'll use it to backup my mail too. I never exactly was fully happy with Thunderbird in the first place anyway. This is a much neater way to save important mails.....

Some issues to complain about in 9.10 were the constant "Authentication required" boxes that popped up while trying to mount any NTFS partitions. There was an option to disable this in the earlier version, but it was omitted in this one, and it reminded me of the infamous UAC from Vista. Another displeasing feature in 9.10 for me was that it seemed to be a bit sluggish at times, and didn't perform smoothly. So I was wondering if 10.04 improved in terms of speed not only at boot time but also during the whole session. That's true. Ubuntu was always an exception because till 9.10 the minimum requirements were always something like 256MB RAM, 10GB hard disk and minimal CPU speed and graphic adapters were almost optional. I think the developers decided to take the visual appeal to the next level and for this reason they upgraded the requirements as well In any case the new version simply won't work at normal speed in my system, so I have to say goodbye to new versions of Ubuntu until I get a new PC. Ouch!