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I would definitely prefer flip phones. Here are a few reasons,a) Stylish:) Easier to use c) More screen aread) Bigger keypadse) Small features like end call while flip is closed and answer call while flip is opened makes life easier for lazy guys like mef) Swivel screen (in few models)Few reasons, why i would not prefer it :a) Flip susceptible for mechanical damage:) Probably costlierA quick tip or a piece of advise for guys who are planning to buy a flip phone. Try purchasing motorola phones, if you are planning for a flip model. Their quality seems to be too good !!
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Need Opinions On New Home Page!
techclave replied to PlugComputers's topic in Websites and Web Designing
I was not able to see your "index2" page. Maybe i am too late onto this. I got a look at your home page instead. One suggestion i could immediately offer is, try changing the background colour. I guess, white would be more professional. The way the content is displayed was great. I like the idea of having a preview of your computers on the home page. Also try changing the font face of your text. Apart from that, your site looks pretty good. -
I think there are some tutorials about making login systems for your website, here at the Xisto tutorials section. Maybe you would want to try searching at the tutorials forum, here at Xisto..
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I was in search of one , earlier.. But, really could not find one. I guess you should settle for a free domain like .tk or .co.nr , .. Domains have become quite cheap. You could get them at very low prices at godaddy.com
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Maybe you can try out some names like, Yourname's Design Studio Yourname's Design Page Or try naming a company and starting it.. It would always help you if you could have a company brand. It would be easy for people to remember you.. and would look more professional. If you have doubts regarding choosing a company name for your site, there is a site which offers a database of words. It is usually filled up by users all over the world.. http://www.wordlab.com/ Good Luck naming your site !!
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I agree with you.. I too dont know the exact reason ,behind why a hot bath always feels so good. Especially, taking a warm water shower at night, after a day full of work. I think it might be due to the fact that hot water could increase body temprature a bit, and also make blood flow more easier. This might sound stupid, but the reason i said that was, i think my physics classes at school taught me so. Increase in temperature could increase size of substances. A warm water bath also removes dirt from the body more effectively than a cold water bath. And what would be better than a hot shower on a cold night.
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I have always preferred to have a dog , when it comes to choosing between a dog or a cat.For some reason, i am afraid of cats. Their eyes especially make me develop a feel of aversion against them. Their standing hair, and their purring , everything makes me feel bad about cats. Another reason is, i have not got a chance to see a cat domesticated at home. In my area, most people have dogs , and nobody i know , has a cat. Only cats i see are the stray cats on the road. At times, they cause a lot of trouble , by being an unwelcome visitor sneaking inside our home , and causing some trouble. Maybe that is one big reason i hate cats.Dogs on the other hand, have been domesticated in many houses , and i have owned a couple of dogs. My experience with them , has been quite great. They seem to be very loyal, and intelligent too. Something interesting happened with one of my dogs ..I had a dog named Dinky and i had owned it for the first two years of its life. I was very fond of it , and Dinky too, was a very intelligent dog. She was a brown daschund . After two years , i was asked by my parents to sell Dinky, as we were to construct new house in the free space which used to be place where Dinky was kept. I too thought , it would be better off giving Dinky to someone who could bring her up in a better way, as she would be deprived of any free space here, if she wanted to stay. So, i decided to give her to my friend who actually, moved to another city ,few months after i gave my dog to him. After about two and a half years, he returned to our city, with the dog. I planned a visit to his house, and went there. I was really overwhelmed by the welcome i got... Yeah, the welcome by Dinky !! Dinky recognized me , and sprung up on me. Dinky was running around me, wagging her tail , with a sense of great joy.I think, dogs have something extra attributed to loyalty and affection . Maybe, i would want to have a pet cat in the future, but dugs rule over cats, as of now !!
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How Often Do You Exercise? Very good for health
techclave replied to Dragonfly's topic in Health & Fitness
It really depends.. Sometimes, i get inspired a lot to do some workout ,and go and exercise like a mad guy.. I will impose too much pressure on myself , and workout as long as i can. As a result of this heavy work out for about a week, i get tired and bored of it all. Then i would decide not to do exercise for some days, and i start my lazy and easy life style.After a few days, i think maybe i should get back on track and do some simple stretching exercises , for a few days.It has been a cycle of these three , as ar as my exercising experiences are concerned !! -
Turtle Race To Be Tracked On The Web
techclave replied to Saint_Michael's topic in Science and Technology
It seems to be a Really cool concept. I was watching a documentary about the leatherback turtles on Animal Planet, the other day. It was a part of the One Planet series. I guess they are the largest species among tutles, and they lay quite a large number of eggs.I visited the website you mentioned. Seems that there are quite a variety of turtles to cheer . I think i am going to pick Billie.Go Billie, Go !!! -
The best firewall i have used so far is definitely Zone Alarm ..It also comes with anti spyware and antivirus software . So , it is definitely worth a try i guess.. I used to have many firewalls and i had about four to five of them running at the same time. And when i noted down the number of intrusions blocked , the number of intrusions blocked by zone alarm seemed to outnumber the intrusions blocked by the other software i was running.Another reason i would suggest zone alarm is, it does not suck up your system resources that much. Requires less memory than some software available these days. And it also has been chosen as the editor's pick at Cnet.com, i guess. @arashIf you have a good firewall running, you can probably eliminate the need for an antivirus, .. But , this might not be a good option, if you have viruses attacking your computer from plug and play devices. But, it holds good enough for internet . I have been using only a fireall and no antivirus for the past two years. And i have not been posed a virus problem on my computer yet. So, probably you have to give a second thought about your opinion regarding firewall softwares.Apart from Zone alarm , i like Lavasoft and Armor2NEt. I think the latter is free of cost for those who might want to install a copy free of cost !!!
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Have You Ever Lied Online? Tell me why people would lie online
techclave replied to velma's topic in General Discussion
I do not want to lie here by saying i haven't lied online !!Yeah, lying probably is inevitable. But you can definitely cut down the extent of how much you do lie !!! You cannot avoid lying to a certain degree on several occasions. I believe the stealth mode available in yahoo messenger is a great example. You may lie to your boss you are working on your projecy and actually be doing something else , totally off topic. And , what about making new friends on the internet. I really think, you cannot put your trust on someone , unless or until you get to know him /her in person. What a user generally presents on the internet, is a virtual image of him. It may not be the real him. It usually seems to be what he wants to be , rather than what he is . -
Looks like you got to settle scores with that bully pretty badly ... What i would suggest you to do is ,a) Neglect him to the coreStart off by acting as if you were not able to see a creature like that with your eyes. He might be walking near you or asking something to you.. Just neglect him completely. Act as if he was not around.. Of course this can be dangerous to you, if he decides to grab your attention by getting on a tiff physically. But , if you could manage to neglect him, that would be a big embarrassment to that big guy. And maybe he would hopefully start neglecting you as well..b.) Create a hate club for himYou could create a small hate club for that guy. I am sure there will be many guys who would be eager to join, as you have said that guy embarrasses a lot of people at school. Also try to create communities against him in networking sites like orkut. That would serve him better , i guess !!c) Male a fool out of himYou can go about the job in two ways1)Tease him with wordsGet a gang of boys with you .. Probably the ones from your hate club. All of you join and tease the bully as much as you can. The prescribed amount of teasing you could offer him could vary depending upon the magnitude of self respect that guy has. 2) Play some pranks on himWith a bunch of guys around you, it should not be hard to think of and play some pranks on that guy. And given that you are in school, pranks should be a part of it all. Start off with simple things like spraying ink on him,.. He could get really embarrassedand realize what he has been doing to the other boys at school. A word of caution :You can try and implement points a,b and c given that you have enough number of your classmates or school mates backing you up. Otherwise, it may bot be advisable. You may end up with a fractured limb if you try to play pranks on a bully with a good physique !! So , get a gang, and see to that, whatever you do, that bully cannot isolate you as the reason. He should rather see the cause as a group of people against him ..d) Be a good kid.. Go and complaint !!!If you are not able to generate confidence within you and your friends to start doing things against him, try to do it the gentleman way. Go and complaint to his parents or your teacher, whoever it may be... Let them know about your difficulties and the inconvenience that guy imposes on others at school. This might make him even worse , but it is worth taking a risk.And you can even sign a petition signed by your friends ,to your principal , describing about that bully , and ask to take some sort of an action on him.e) If you succeed, give him a life Once you have done anything and succeeded ion making him realize his mistakes, go to him and accept him as your friend. Tell him what all had done was history, and that you would like to be his friend. Once you do this, i am sure you too could find a damn good friend for you .. There is nothing better than forgiving people who realize their mistakes and want to correct them.That's it from my side. Go and see what happens..
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Weapons In Society A Quick Look At Weapons In Todays Youth Culture
techclave replied to Webber's topic in General Discussion
How the heck do people see weapons these days ?? What is the purpose of weapons these days ?? Kill other people.. Has it become a new pass time activity ? And what happiness do people derive by killing others ? Sounds absurd and i really do not know how and why some governemnts even allow guns to be bought by any citizen who is over 18. in my country , there is licensing to get for a citizen to hold a gun. That has a significant impact i guess. I have not seen a pistol in my life. All i have seen is a riflle which i test fired at an ncc camp. i did not even get to know about the name of that rifle. Apart from that, i have not seen anyone possessing a gun either (ofcourse, i am speaking about normal citizens who are not cops or any high posted government officials), Take a look at this comic illustration. That pretty much says a lot by itself isn't it. What do young guys do when we have so many violent games and movies offered to us in the society. You get inspired by someone in real life , or some game or atleast some movie , and go and hold up a gun. Especially after this news about Virginia Tech shootout, which did make me feel like puking at that Cho who must be a (*censored content*), i felt the United startes gun laws might be changed. Has any change been effected ?? We can learn by practice, or We can learn form mistakes. But what if we refuse to learn either way ?? Weapons are possibly one of the most ugliest creations of human, and these days it has become more of a blame game. It is really a situation where everyone says, "The others have it, why not me for my self defense ??" This seems to be the hold of the people who use weapons. Be it the government or a normal citizen.. Wouldn't it be nice to see governments abolishing all the weapons being manufactured. Can't the United Nations step in and take such an action ?? I really feel bad for the soldiers. The reward for te patriotism they show for their country might be eventually death. This seems more than wicked to me. With due respect to soldiers battling for the country, what is the logic behind demolishing lives of each other countries ?? Why do people fail to realize this on a large scale ? I can go on asking thousands of questions and expressing my disbelief about gun laws these days and also wars taking place. i really thank the author if tis thread for starting it. I am really concerned about this.. So here is a small quote which i thought of ,from my side regarding weapons ... dunno whether it is good, but hope it carries the message across.. I am Hoping weapons become extinct before human race does !!!! --- Arun Prakash. -
Commitment To More Activity - I'm A Mouse Potato
techclave replied to Laurie's topic in General Discussion
Every half an hour i spend on my computer, i go out and have a small game of wall tennis , with my table tennis bat Yeah, i go and play tennis with my tt bat with wall as my opponent. it has really helped me to get some relaxation. What i used to do before was , for every 45 minutes or so, i would go and get myself a vup of coffee or something to eat. Not a healthy option, you see..Anyways, current getaway kinda routine playing wall tennis has been good so far !! -
Living without computers .. It is definitely possible to a degree. But , taht life wont be fun. And the other side of the coin - Too much of computers aint much fun either, i guess ..I am somewhat a computer addict as you are .. I spend about 8-10 hours a day on my computer. I would want to do some extreme programming or something very useful. But i usually end up , listening to some internet radio stations, spending my time at forums, watching movies, getting stuck up with some web design work .. The routine has really become very monotonous. Nothing new in store,. Everyday i log on to a similar range of websites, . do routine work like checkig my mails, replying to what i have, answering my website queries, listening to some songs, foruum posting, scrapping at orkut, updating pages for my site, watching a movie, and playing some melody tracks and going to sleep. This seems to be pretty dumb when i think what i get to do all day at home. Isn't there something out there to do apart from getting stuck up with my computer ?I think it would be better to get a feel of the world outside too. You don't get much of a chance to do physical activity these days. So, spending all the time on the computers at home, would not be advisable, i guess. I had a break for about 5 days without my computer. Me and some of my friends had gone for a tour. It was something which i was glad i did,. it was something really different . No computers , no html, no browsing, no movies. and it wasm't that bad. And it was a refreshing experience too. A nice feel good time, i got ,over there.Definitely ,you cannot practically eliminate computer out of your world. But what you can do is, limit the time to something useful that you might be doing with your computer. Once you start to use your computer wisely, your life could get that much better,.. Try it out !!
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First of all, i feel sorry for you..What is the reason they have decided to fire you ?? Is it a any mistake on your part ?? If there is totally nothing wrong that you have done, then i suggest you go and have a talk with the concerned people. Let them know what went wrong , and also let them know how important this job would be to your career. I guess those people (whether it is your boss or CEO or manager) do have a heart to listen. So the best way which i thin you can use to get out of the problem is by giving a talk.What if you have done a mistake ?? I suggest you to take the talk route there to. Go and apologize for anything wrong which you have done over there.. True, it might hurt your reputation somewhat. But , it is really upto choosing between either lossing your job or giving an apology, .. The latter sounds better to me considering that this job is quite important to you. But the bad part here is , you don't get to give the final verdict. Even if you do apologize , it is upto them really to decide isn't it..Whatever you do, first plan whether it is good enough, and once you have done so, do not think over it again. Once you have done something to your level best, you have done your job. Even if you get fired later , it equates to those people who fired you doing their job wrong, by losing a valuable employee. That might not be much of a delight to you either, but the point is Try to keep your job as much as you can. And, be prepared to face the road ahead incase you lose the job. Good Luck !!
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Looks something weird to me..I guess the students rather take some better topic to protest about. How about protesting the gun laws prevailing at their universities..??I was really shocked to hear the Virginia Tech shootout. It really was a sick feel watching the news edition that day. Really felt bad on seeing what loss the incident had left behind. Well, it looks like i am deviating from the topic , ut, the point is , it would be nice if the students consider more important topics like this to stage a protest.
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Before you make a decision to choose windows vista make sure your system resources are good enough. I have a 1 GB ram computer without any external graphic card . When i tried vista , the aero effects were not working for me. But when i borrowed a Geforce 256 k card from my pal , the aero effect was pretty good and worth a try,If you can afford to provide the system resources that vista needs, i guess it would definitely pay back with perfomance. The search feature is pretty cool with indexing made available, and also the level of security has to be increased quite a lot. Also, i heard the licenses for vista are pretty cheap. so , you need not worry about burning your pockets too much incase you want a legal copy for your machine.
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You could choose between Fedora core and SUSE .. opensuse and fedora core are both available for free downloads.. Fedora core : Fedora core is a projetc sponsored by red hat. You can download their distributions free of cost. You can get them at fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download OpenSuse: Open suse is a project sponsored by Novell. I think there is a commercial distribution of SUSE. But if you want a distribution free of cost., you can download it at en.opensuse.org/Download - 24k - Cached - Similar pages You can get information about many linux distributions and download links for those distributions at linux.org. To be exact , you could download the distruibutions using the links displayed at the following page. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ There is a search functionality available on that page . Fill up the search form and you should be presented with a list of distributions with their download links. Good Luck in finding your destined distribution, and installing it.
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Hi.,First up, i got to say that i fell for your banner immediately. I opened this thread in a new tab and was browsing another page. When i returned , the first thing i did was click on the banner which you displayed here. It was so attractive that i clicked upon it not knowing it was put up by you for a review. Your banner looks pretty cool !!! I like the colour scheme and the font you have chosen. It looks professional and attractive . I also got to appreciate you for not using a flash . Animated GIFs are a better option as far as i am concerned. Great work !!!
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Yes, i would like to know it as early as i could .. Let us imagine a person gets to know that he would die on a day some x years from now. So , as he comes to know that he would die only after x years,he does have a guarantee that he would live all those x-1 years ,. And, that would be loads of fun. He could go on and do some death defying stunts all over the world. Get the credit of being the immortal being and finally when he nears his final day , he could call up a press conference and say that i would die within a week.A celebrity status available through this technique,. right ??ps: Sorry for any grammar mistakes over there. I started off the post by assuming i was the person. Suddenly when i read through the post, it was not something that mde me comfortable. So , i had to edit the 'i' to 'he' ...
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TCP stands for Transfer Control Protocol and IP stands for Internet Protocol. TCP: Transfer Control Protocol is used for establishing connections between the client and the server. So, it deals with security and reliability .. IP: Internet Protocol is responsible for addressing the packets,. Like, where they have to be sent, through which route incase there are many switching nodes present. So, Ip is responsible for addressing and routing purposes . If you need further information , i think a nice page for you to land would be, http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
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Hi..The Header : I had a look at your site. I would rate the header high.. It seems to blend well with the page and also seems to showcase the theme of your site. So, regarding the header, you have possibly got something great. Favicon:The favicon is also stylish , i would say. The menu pane:The menu pane looks good,.. But i think there is room for improvement. You could cut down the syndicate and RSS boxes at the bottom and try to minimise the height of the page, nad if possible, cut down the scrollbar. I personally do not like to see websites having a scrollbar at their homepage.Overall, it seems to be a nice design,. Just work around with the menu pane.
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Review My New Site (forum Host)
techclave replied to jaynevada's topic in Websites and Web Designing
Hi.I had a look at your site .. It is simple and elegant. So, pretty happy with what you have got there. The font size also looks nice and big without the need for nasty scrollbars on the homepage. And the icon you have used there makes the site look more attractive,.Good work, man !!!!