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Now this is very interesting and confusing at the same time.I have been told that it is something that is good useful and can be done.
To combine all the removable drives you might have and put them all in to your main Hard Drive so then you have a bigger memory.
The reason I am asking how to do this is because I always seem to have problems wioth my PC as it seems to run brilliant for a couple of weeks and then it goes slow like a snail but I've never been able to find out why?

Would combinign all of my removable drives with my main Hard Drive make my PC run a lot quicker???

You can use Logical Volume Management (LVM) aside from Redundant Array of Independent Disks configuration 0 (RAID0). I actually think that using RAID 0+1 gives better throughput and reliability...

The short answer to your last question is NO. Hard disk space is totally not connected to the performance of a PC. The speed, cache size, and many other factors are.

Yes, it is possible to take down the Internet. I don't think it will be permanently, and even if it was possible, I think it would only be the HTTP protocol being taken down, unless there is sufficient bandwidth, etc.
First of all, there would only be 1 server on the Internet. All of the routers will point to this server, and this server will contain all the HTTP protocol data on it.

Once all of the servers are removed from the Internet, everyone will try to connect to this 1 server. Most likely and almost frequently, it will result in a system crash because of over bandwidth.

In the system crash, disconnect power to this server and smash it to bits.

Therefore, the only remaining Internet would be SMTP (email), Telnet, Gopher and the, obviously, Filesystem protocols.

It is just a theory, and it is realistic. Good luck on destroying the Internet, you'll need it.

No offense but I think your post is very funny.

First of all, there is NO single server that "contains" or controls the Internet. The Internet is just like any other network. However, it is special in the sense that it is the network of all networks which means that all the networks (publicly accessible) around the globe actually constitutes the Internet.

And.. it is virtually impossible to take down the whole Internet because doing that means that you have to take down:
1. each and every node connected to the Internet
2. each and every wide-area network connected to the Internet which implies that
3. you take down each and every local-area network that constitutes the WANs.

Simply think of destroying the Internet like destroying the Earth. Cyberspace is actually "vast", just like real space is.

HTTP, SMTP, Gopher, etc. are protocols right? It means that these protocols are simply "rules of communication" over networks, PCs, and even intra-PC communication.

The point is... Killing the Internet is not like killing protocols like HTTP, etc. You have to bring down the servers like web servers, FTP servers, etc.

I would just like to point out these things... No offense.

Exploding all cables connections over the world it's a good start.so easily xD

I think inducing an electromagnetic field so strong that it screws up the circuitry of electronic devices by inducing charges would be a better solution.

well freind for giving internet access to your freinds computer's you dont need anything more. Fedora already have a package for the proxy known as squid.you only have to configure the squid proxy server and then in the web browsers of your freinds you have to configure the port and the ip address of your lan card through which they will access the internet.you can configure the squid manually by reading the "linux how tos" or can use a graphical interface like webmin to configure the proxy.webmin can be used to configure all the other servers of linux also.

You don't actually need a proxy server for simple things such as sharing the Internet connection. This can be done via Network Address Translation, and for users who simply don't want to get dirty with iptables, Firestarter is for them. In a nutshell, Firestarter is a simple firewall with a comprehensive but clean user-interface.

Link: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Basically a dual core is two processors on a single die(chip). I have a Quadcore PowerMac G5, which is 2 dualcore chips) and I notice a lot of pick up when I'm running Final Cut Pro (Video Editing) Shake(Video Compostiting), and other applications at the same time. Granted I also have 8GB of ram in the machine too. So a combined 10Ghz and 8GB of Ram is extremely nice combo. Too bad I keep running out of HDD space and have to get external 1TB HDD's.

Oooh... Ooozing amounts of RAM... 8 GB of RAM simply makes my mouth water. By the way, how much does a 1 TB HDD cost nowadays? I think I want that too.

I just want to ask a question... How did you come up with 10 GHz? I mean yeah, you have a quadcore PowerMac G5... But according to Apple's website, the highest clock rate so far is 3.0 GHz only... Just asking... No offense...

Well I guess it fixed itself someway seeing I don;t have any problems at all anymore, call it unreliable hardware any day.

If your network is not that big (when I say big, I mean big like several hundred or thousands of hosts), you may do away with DHCP and just assign static IP addresses throughout your network. Basically, you disable DHCP and correctly configure each host with the correct IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. However, if you're not really comfortable doing these things then just let DHCP do its thing.

ok thanks....do you reccomend any brands? or any drives? im open to suggestions!!!

I recommend Seagate. My more-than-5-year-old computer's hard disk is a Seagate and up to now, it still works perfectly fine. Another plus factor of choosing Seagate above others is that Seagate hard drives have a reputation of being very reliable in the sense that they last for at least 5 years. Maybe that justifies the 5-year warranty that Seagate hard drives ship with.

I cant say i know of any and i very much doubt they exist as windows is massive and a collection of a lot of small programs instead of one or two larger ones like linux.

I can't seem to understand what you just said. An operating system typically consists of a kernel + a lot of applications & libraries. Windows will never have a live CD because of the nature of its license. Also, the Windows kernel doesn't have the GREATNESS of Linux in the sense that almost all hardware doesn't work with Windows out-of-the-box.

Mmk, just to say, it's 100% possible to have a live Windows disc. In fact I happen to have a link... it *IS* illegal if you do not own Windows XP.
*edit* removed link, just in case:D

(If I'm breaking any rules with posting that, please tell me.)

Is it as "feature-packed" (you know what I mean) as Linux Live CD's? Because as far as I know, Windows' hardware support (I am talking about Windows-only stuff without 3rd-party drivers) is awful.

Honestly, I cannot remember the time when I last got a BSOD. Since I started using Linux, from Kubuntu, to Ubuntu, back to Kubuntu, to openSUSE, then to Arch, I spent less and less time with Windows. I actually only boot Windows when I need to transfer files from my ext3 partitions to my NTFS partitions (I don't use ntfs-3g because of very obvious reliability issues).However, I have one 'funny' experience with Windows XP SP2. I was really surpised that I've made XP unusable by deleting a certain file. I was really shocked that when I try to login after a reboot, the system just hangs after pressing the keyboard. Yes, I was really disappointed that a 3rd-party software driver (Logitech PS2 Keyboard Filter Driver) caused this. The thing is, once the Windows GUI crashes, the whole system crashes. But what the heck, the whole system halts when trying to load a system file that was already deleted.