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cup of Earl Grey tea, jelly toast, and waffles.if not waffles, buttermilk pancakes.if not pancakes, a big ol' bowl of cocoa pebbles!it doesn;t matter how, why or when I wake up. These things I must have or else I'm crabby for the rest of the day.routine:alarm goes off -> snooze italarm goes off 9 min later -> snooze it*repeat 4 or 5 times*get up, check email, fark, various forumstake shower, brush teeth, get dressedeat (see above)

2.1 64mb for transfering files and documents1 2gb for transfering images (software images) and OSes.

At the request of an employer, I was sent to research this virus. Lo and behold, google helped alot. But from what i found, it's a year old. It took it's effect back in 2005, and fron what I read, was pretty much squashed from all the publicity it got. Can anyone comment on this? Is it still around? My employer won't go online due to irrational fears, until I tell him otherwise.

BF2 is great in more ways than one. I love the graphics,For being such huge maps, the graphics (in proportion) are great. Tehy aren't so much as to lag your system and they're not too little to make it look like the origional BF series.The teamplay is one of the best in any game thus far.I have been to more than one LAN where the onyl game we play all night is BF2. It utilizes so much team participation and strategy, it's amazing! The vehicles are perfect.Perfect physics, perfect balance of power, perfect balance between the two teams. Same with weapons.The one thing I don't like about it is the aming/damage system with small arms fire. I may just be used to Call of Duty 2 too much, but when I unload 200 rounds from a Support's light machine gun (both in full burts and semi-burst shooting styles) and they don't die from 20 yards away, soemthing is wrong. No, not my aiming, anyone who plays me online in COD2 will tel you it's not my aiming. It could be because the LMG is less accurate, but come on.... you have to be near point blank for it to hit anything. no joke.That's my only beef with this game. otherwise, it's great!

I saw on Fark one day some guy put an SBC computer inside an empty whisky bottle, approx 1.5litre. Using a 3.5" SBC socket 370 with pentium III and mini-ITX psu and a 2.5" slim laptop HDD. I liked the idea so much I decided to build one for my apartment =) So I did some research and I THINK have the parts I need (...in my shopping cart). Here's what I have so far: 1 2 litre Jack Daniels whisky bottle (actually in-hand, not online) 1 JREX-786LCD SBC 3.5" 1 a penitum III 733EB or similar (see below) 1 40gig laptop HDD, but not for $60! 1 PicoPSU unsure about the CPU though. The one the guy used was a 733eb model, but unless I'm missing something, I could buy a faster chip for relatively the same price. I don't know wether he used it for voltage requirements or heat output or heat/performance ratio... not sure. but here's the chips I'm looking at buying: the 733eb the Coppermine Pentium III (sans HSF) This one (comes with HSF) OR I could get an embedded SBC board, but those run pretty expensive after I breach the 300mhz mark. Anyone have any ideas on cheap embedded boards that fint the 3.5" dimensions and can run linux? Also, the jack daniel's bottle is huge, 4" square. So I can fit in multiple HDDs for a larger, more upgradable server. Problem is, it's clear. I want this thing to sit with the rest of my liquor bottles and attract no attention to itself. Being clear, someone half the room away would see the circuits and be "oh, it's a computer" but the coolness comes from noone realizing it until they look behind it were the ethernet and power cords are connected. Then they're more impressed. The origional bottle the guy used was a dark-brown bottle, so I'm hoping I can find a chemical die I can swash around inside the jack daniel's bottle to colorize it. If I can get it at least as dark as a cup of tea, I'll keep it. else I have to go out and buy some other bottle that is actually colored (you guys can help with that if you're in the area) Ideas on a die?

nibbler? ha! I used you once to cut a 12cm hole in my case! you were great, no messing around with jaggeded edges or anything! It's good seeing the younger croud getting into computers and webpage design, good for you. Welcome to the forums!!

ok, so I figured it out myself after days of reading up on the complexities of MIPS architecture. I basically IO-ed the HEX input into a register and used 'lb' to grab each character (by cooredinating ascii value). this is the part I had problems with previously: I didn't know the loaded byte would be converted to binary in the register, so I was origionally comparing ascii values. But lo and behold, Assembly language did not completely let me down once I figured you could compare chars as in C or Java simply by bordering your target char with single quotes. Once I figured that out, the whole comparison was a peice of cake. Finding, say, '3' would run through the converter loop and input 0011 to a string in another register, srl 4, increase position, and continue. Fairly easy once I got the jist of it. code follows: I'm sure it's not as optimimized as I would like, and I'm sure I could drop the number of registers down to around 4, but heck, it works and that'll all I care about. *why Rutger and Mutger... I don't know. don't ask. I was running out of names for methods.

This thing is supposed to be the best FPS game of 2006. Supposedly tiding people over until UT2k7 comes out, but I doubt that. This game may even be played in turn with UT2k7. Looks kick @ss and stunning.

Yes, hexadecimal. But I was actually looking for code help, not an actual converter. thanks though.I can convert from decimal to binary simply using a recurring function with remainders...recurring function:47 / 2 gives DIV=23 MOD=1, bin string = 123 / 2 gives DIV=11 MOD=1, bin string = 1111/2 gives DIV=5 MOD=1, bin string = 1115/2 gives DIV=2 MOD=1, bin string = 11112/2 gives DIV=1 MOD=0, bin string = 011111/2 gives DIV=0 MOD=1, bin string = 101111but Hex is harder to code because it has letters as well as numbers. So I'm not sure how I can create a function that will do that.not looking for code, just how would you go about converting hex to binary and then back again?

I'm trying to convert a 32-bit Hex string into 32-bit binary and then back.Whats the theory behind this? I was checking online and some articles said check each char divided against a power of 10. ... ? A bit confused here. Any help appreciated.using SPIMon Fedora Core platform

From Anandtech's rating of the 1900, it sure puts the 7800GTX in its place. It only lacked in Black & White 2, but ATI has put out a patch for that and it's supposed to put back the performance it lacked. Overall it's a great card, but with a $550 price tag, I'm waiting another year before I get it... which I will... and laugh in triumph!

So what about price? Tech specs? How about battery length and where the heck's the battery?! >_< And I agree, no single screen can be 3D unless it's a hologram which would raise the price of these already-expensive glasses to an astonishing "one million dollars!" *pinky in mouth* (or something outrageous liek that)

Even though I was a little worried that I didn't have enough credits stored up when I saw "Upgrade in progress, please come back later" on the Xisto.com forum page (I did...many times fold), I enjoy this new upgrade and layout. Maybe I was blind before, but now we have an edit button!! Gone are the days of submitting and realizing you spelt computer, cmoputer.A+ guys.

If he didn't notice it was the wrong CD when the install screen came up with a giant WINDOWS XP logo on it, then it's his own damn fault. If anything about people stealing the CD or getting pissed and whoever is true, and he still blames you and the other guy, then stop being his friend. He's an @sshat. Tell him so. And make him pay for your XP cd. It's a legal obligation that when you lend somethign out, and they lose it, they have to get you a new one or get it back. So that or threaten to take him to small claims court. Show the @sshat that you can fight back dirty too.

Like warm apple pieI like the SP on COD2 better then the SP on the origional. Though that tank battle in Africa seemed a bit cartoony. If you like realistic WWII shooters, you'll love CoD, either version. It's more in-depth than Battlefield or brothers in Arms could ever be. I mean, the whole bombs and mortars exploding around you, bullets whizzing past your head, the smoke (OMG the smoke!) comign from burning buildings. The smoke and fog and dust really make this game realisitc. I love it. It's even scripted in 3D so it's volumetic. Make for some interesting effects :rolleyes:Mutiplayer is what I use it for. SP gets old after a while, even on veteran mode, so going online is great to practice your speed and other skills

I'd rather trade in shiny rocks and seashell personally. Like the Hawaiians did (or what is the Africans? I forget). The money you make is based on the free time you have to look for these things. though, i suppose, they had less time because they weren't urbanized at the time... oh well... deurbanize while we're at it! "yes, I'll buy that 7800GTX for 12 seashells and a shiny agate"

A Perfect World M Chesney In a perfect world, we'd all be taller, we'd all be smart, our cars all larger. We'd call to work, sick most everyday our boss would agree, we'd still get paid. Women would come, in hoards and flocks and cook for us, and suck our *****s. We'd laugh and sing, we'd have great fun we wouldn't worry, about ****ing everyone. Noone would sue, we'd all just win, except the jews, Daverham's kin. (1) The president would be smart, and texas would burn, in a lake of fire, until they learn, if you cannot speak, and you cannot spell, you shouldn't lead our country, you should burn in hell. But we don't live, in this perfect world, at least until now, of this i'm told. Because i can planeswalk, and i found a place that everyone can live, and be the same race. This place I call Mitchland, because it sounds cool and I'd be the president, cause at least i'm no fool. And bush would be, the public gimp, for people to kick, and call a simp. Cause i hate bush, and he should die oh crap, i've just been tagged by the FBI. But back to Mitchland, the place of dreams, the place where beer runs thru the streams. It's great, I swear, because the creator took great care, and no not god, the gnomes of underwear. (2) But before I can let you in, to your mansion abodes, the king of Nigeria needs your SSN and security codes. (3) Oh, you heard about that scam, you are all smart, unlike those idiots, who did; their brain is a fart. And they're not welcome, and if they come, I'll hit 'em so hard, it'll knock out their mum. Oh, and the rules on sex: sex is free, there is no pill, and comes with tea. Because if you actually want kids, then take the pill it works differently here, there's no fetal kill. And man on man sex isn't allowed, but lesbian sex is highly endowed. Enough about sex, how about crime? It's certainly low, and forever all time. Because if you ever cheat or kill or steal, we'll cut off your balls, you'll eat them as a meal. What about education? well there's no Kansas here, (4) if you teach intelligent design, I'll kill you, my dear. For I told you the gnomes made this place, it was not a god, so get out of my face. Equal rights for all, except for Bush (now pronounced Boosh) who can just keel over, that stupid ****ing douche. Oh, and politics... are not on the menu, I am the king, so I comand the venue. But don't be detered, I am right and just, but I'll smote you all, but only if I must. I believe in free will, and Mitchland is great, so you better like both, or you'll be put on a stake. If you want your voice heard, just send me mail, I check it everyday, and respond without fail. Email me if you want in, but IMs work too, if you want to be selected, this you must do: You must be a hot lesbian, with bronzed skin, if you are not this, you will not get in. Yes, i'm proud to say it, Mitchland is a world of all lesbians, the numbers are untold. And I am their king, like Hugh Heffner but better because instead of a robe, I wear a sweater. I'm the Mr. Rogers of sex, with wine in hand wiping the old world clean, with my loving hand. But they all love me and do me on command, though I am a man, I am one they can stand. But where are the gnomes? where did they all go? They are the sterile midgets, they are part of the show. Yes, like the Man Show, but much more funny, because Mitchland is real life, and I do the bunny! (5) Not some old man who pays them for their pic, I am the strapping young gent with the 18" *BLEEP*. So come one and all, apply without heed, I only have 18 now, 100 more I need. 1) Daverham is a name for a friend that we make fun of for being jewish and saying he'll "sue you!" 2) Gnomes of Underwear is a reference to the Underwear Gnomes of SouthPark. 3) That Nigerian King scam where he has a billion in frozen assets and needs you to help him get it. all you had to do was give up all your bank info. 4) Kansas is teaching Intelligent Design.... WHYYYYYY!?@?@?@??!?!11/2 5) Playboy Bunny

I'd rather not take a flu shot and have a couple small colds than take it and have that one big flu as your body immunes itself with the vaccine. Bedridden for three days after the shot sucks, honestly. And you still have the chance of catching something. I've always followed this philosphy since I was able to tell my parents, "Enough! You ain't stick' me with that thing anymore!"More recently, however, it seems I'm getting colds more and more frequently. Probally because I'm not eating heathly or not enough sleep... dunno. I'll deal with that AFTER I get better. Has anyone had a stuffy nose? Like one that stuffs all the way up and you have to breathe thru your mouth or you suffocate? For those who are saying no, please wear tinfoil so we know who you are! Anyways, isn't that great... breathing thru your mouth.... in a meeting... in a classroom... while someone is talking to you. You look and feel like an idiot! Your nose is running, but it's completely plugged up so you can't even blow it clean, so you're sitting there dbbing at it with a Kleenex hoping it'll go away. You just ran out of Nyquil so you're stuff taking steam showers to try to loosen it up. You don't ache, you're not sick, no cough, no sore throat... your nose is just completely plugged.... omg I hate it!!!!Not to mention, when I woke up this morning, my head was unusually stuck to my pillow. And my stuck, i mean I lifted my head, and the pillow came too. no, i didn't drool a sticky ooze... but wouldn't you know it? all that blowing and trying to get my plugged nose clear yesterday somehow cleared during the night, ground raw from lack of snot, and I had a massive nose bleed in the middle of the night. I woke up the next morning, plugged right back up again, covered in blood and what feels like a hangover from loss of blood (yes, it was alot). Don't you love biology? You're supposed to produce mucus to counteract pathogens in the air. mucus has an antibactirial property to it, but would natural selection really want an organizsm to completely shut off their nasal passage? If this happened to a dog, it's never find food in the wild. A tapir would never find ants. the list goes on. And you cant ea while your plugged up! You're gasping for air between snarfing down cereal because you can't breathe through your nose while chewing. imagine running out of air halfway through chewing... you can either force swaller unchewed cap'n crunch (oh the pain) and chose to death, or balance the bulk of the cereal in the dip of your mouth while you strive to get enough milk out form the back of your throat to breath. now image the look on your girlfriend's face as she witnesses this. awesome huh?

It's a sad day indeed when mobile phones are being benchmarked. I remember when I saw the site for "overlcock your TI89" and I nearly fell off my seat laughing. But then again, technology is always going to progress. I just wonder what they'll overclock next... watches? mechinical pencils that feature built-in holograph projector? that little robot vaccum cleaner?!I have a tracfone so no good on the download. I stil beleive in simplicity when it comes to phones. Interesting to see what phone will be able to run F.E.A.R. at 1280x1024 with full settings though.

lol, my personal site will only be visited by my friend's, family, random stalkers. and of those people who make up 95% of my audience, they all use firefox with js enabled, yes. I know this for a fact. We're the smart croud who forsook anything MS a long time ago. As for the 5% stalkers who may or may not have js enabled, all they'll be missing out on is a little news headline marquee. They will still be able to use the rest of the site. As for the business side, I always place simple HTML auxillery links at the bottom of the page just in case images/javascript/CSS/etc don't work for them. It's standard practice for me. As for whether or not I should even use javascript in the first place, well... it comes down to the design itself. Some of my designs look great without one non-HTML code segment in the entire source code. Others require a bit more interactivity. but with the majority of people running js-enabled browsers, it's not that big of deal. There are only a small percentage of people I've ever encountered who run without javascript, and that is mainly because they want to browse faster, in which case, they won't be browsing sites like mine, if you know what i mean err... clarification: heavy-scripted sites, online gaming clan sites, interactive online movie sites, etc. etc.

It's actually for my personal webpage. chez.trap17.com will be host for both my design business/web templates and personal webpage. The only javascript at the business end of the stick will be DHTML navigation. But as for my site, everyone who'll be visiting that uses firefox with java enabled, so it's all good.

last semester's grades were in around December 27th, so I'll post those:Calc II : C (final was killer)Discrete Structures: C (final saved me )Biology: B (final was rough)Revisions: A (easy A)Data Structures: Fyes, an F. darn retarted "professor." He doesn't have a degree! He's not a TA! I don't know where this public university got this guy but send him back!

You tell me. I've never heard of anything like this before, and I'm not one to trust anythingt hat comes from a russian site (just from experience). Anyone prove/disprove? Enlighten me: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/economics/27-08-2002/16654-0/ Notice from BuffaloHELP: Fixed QUOTE tag. Use PREVIEW POST before submitting.

long load time, at least longer than I'd like. I absolutely love it! It's simplicity belies it's content. The banner is unique and I like the stats pages on each plane. looks professional 8/10

the right upper corner? no, not loading. What language is that BTW?