iGuest

Is google considered the best search engine? Or are others like Altavista and yahoo better? I've noticed that I got more search results with google, but Yahoo seems to be more precise.

Those aren't the games I was talking about... I meant CD-ROM games created for windows 98/2000. Some do work, but they screw up your computer.

I find Windows XP absolutely appauling. There are so many bugs, security flaws and useless patches that slow down your computer it makes me sick. Windows 2000 was way better....Not to mention, its not compatible with the older windows. You can't play the classic windows 98/2000 games. Amd the "command prompt" is a peace of garbage...

Hello Everyone! Im new to Xisto and haven't gotten a hosting acount yet, but this place looks awesome. My previous web host had alot of features. but it had an uptime of about 45%. I would appreciate some feedback from people who've been here along time as to the overall stability of Xisto. Anyways, Im sure I'll be happy here and the services will be very satisfactory.

Yeah, Firefox beats IE any day. Its got so many features. Whats amazing is that it was co-designed by a 15 year old.

Gosh, why would you by a voyager2000? There so expensive and unportable at the same time. The Ti-89 titantium is awesome, portable and actually looks like a calculator.

Where you able to get good websites for a motivational speech?

Good Job man...Mad props...

Most highschool kids and some college have a TI-83(+) for math, so some of you may be interested in this. Basically, there are 2 languages for the Ti-83+. Basic and z80 assembly. Basic is easier, but asm is alot faster and more powerful. *note* With z80 assembly, you can make some realy awesome calculator games. Actually, z80 assembly is almost identical to the language used to program the gameboy. Anyways, Ticalc.org is a really cool site with thousands of games to download for the Texas Instrument calculators. Maxcoderz is a great programming group for the TI-83(+) and this is their forum. z80 Revelation is my programming group. This is a great tutorial for those of you interested in programming z80 assembly.

Nope wait...forget that I asked that question, it was a stupid one...do you know anything else that would work? I dunno what to do and one of the bad things it really does is that I can't access any of my mail on stuff like hotmail and now it's really getting out of hand

Since I haven't been able to finish the tutorial yet, here's my proposed fix up to the flaw with this program, trying to still keep it basic, but this is an idea, we could continue with the program however, I decided we'll exit it instead of continuing. #include <iostream>using namespace std;int main(void){[tab][/tab]int number = 0;[tab][/tab][tab][/tab]cout << "Enter a non-zero integer: ";[tab][/tab]//writes string to standard out (monitor/screen)[tab][/tab]fflush(stdout);[tab][/tab]// cleans our standard out buffer [tab][/tab] // use this when endl is not used.[tab][/tab]if(!(cin >> number))[tab][/tab]// takes in our input from stdin (keyboard) then checks whether [tab][/tab] // it is valid, by checking if it returns true or false. [tab][/tab] // most cases anything that is not a valid integer [tab][/tab] // characters, higher or lower than an int size, etc[tab][/tab]{ cerr << "Error: Invalid Number" << endl;[tab][/tab]//writes string to our standard error output [tab][/tab] //stderr, which should be used for errors exit(0);[tab][/tab]// exits with zero (zero usually means success, but we can change it to [tab][/tab] // whatever number we want and use it as our error code for debugging[tab][/tab]}[tab][/tab]// end if statement[tab][/tab][tab][/tab]while(number != 0)[tab][/tab]//Start of our while-loop, exits on zero[tab][/tab]{ if(number > 0)[tab][/tab]// checks whether the number is greater than 0 [tab][/tab] cout << "That number is greater than zero." << endl; else[tab][/tab]// if our first condition is false, then this will be performed as long as the // while condition does not evaluate to true [tab][/tab] cout << "That number is less than zero." << endl; cout << "Enter a non-zero integer: ";[tab][/tab]// second request for another number fflush(stdout); if(!(cin >> number)) { [tab][/tab] cerr << "Error: Invalid Number" << endl; [tab][/tab] exit(0); } //end if statement[tab][/tab]} //end while loopcout << "You entered zero, program will now terminate. Goodbye!" << endl;[tab][/tab]// zero was entered, [tab][/tab] // success messagereturn 0; // exit program successfully} // end of main function I've tried commenting it, and I'm hoping it's self explanatory, hopefully the code box formatting isn't too messy. Cheers, MC

I watched Bahrein race, and i hope this season will be much more interesting than last one!Alonso and Renault are great in this season!

what if your favorite music group and why -----Hmm... This is a little spammy... I'll let this one stay on, but post better posts in the future. Oh, and you spelled "is" wrong. -----szupie

Notice from NilsC: Content removed Notice from vujsa: Jipman found the original. See below. Second Pagerized Article. Suspending account indeffinately.

I'm really getting tired of civics teachers and people alike saying that the vice presidency is just a back up seat incase the president dies. That is not true. The VP does lots of things! But people dont know!When people are asked what the Vice President does, very few can name any specific tasks or duties. This is because the Vice President actually has very few jobs. However, many people actually tend to overlook the most important job of the Vice Presidency, to replace the President if he/she can no longer fulfill his/her duties. Looking back upon many of the recent Vice Presidents, it is highly unlikely that any of these candidates would have placed even a distant 3rd if they were running for President. Are these the people who we want to run our country? Instead, Americans should return to the older system of allowing the candidate with the second most votes hold the office of Vice President. This would: Force candidates to stand on their issues alone, decrease partisanship, and increase American involvement in politics.Often times, when a Presidential candidate is considered "weak" in an area (foreign policy, education, the environment, etc.) He nominates a running mate who is strong n the same issue. While most people believe that this will help make for a stronger Presidency, it really accomplishes very little. The presidential candidate's views haven't changed. All that is changed is how the people perceive the candidate's views. However, if a candidate must run alone, there will be a much clearer idea of where exactly each candidate stands on various issues. Secondly, by choosing the Vice President through this method, there will be a dissemination through party lines. The position of President is the single most important that a member of any party can hold, but with a Vice president of a possible separate party there is a large chance that Americans will focus less on party lines and more on specific candidates. Eventually, this will trickle down to other election held along party lines (of which almost all are). By Changing presidential elections in the manor, citizens will have to examine the candidates that they vote for, no more "pulling the party lever".If the candidates are examined more closely and on their own merit, Americans will make more informed choices over who they elect. Chances are, no one would have wanted Al Gore or Dan Quale as their President. However, they may have ended up with them, simply because of a party ticket. This methodology is ridiculous, especially with the poor quality of recent running mates. It is necessary to have informed voters who can choose their president, not just their likely one.Extremely left and right wing candidates stand to lose a lot from these types of elections, not only in the Presidential race, but in House and Senate elections as well. Many candidates are elected on party lines, not on their own merits or issues. By blurring or eliminating many party lines and ties, candidates for any office will have to deal with informed voters who care about issues, not party lines.The American people will benefit greatly from this revolution in American politics, and this would be a revolution. Early in American history, the Vice President was elected by these methods. American's deserve to have the person they elect as President, not someone chosen to boost points in their predecessor's race.Some would say that an election of this method would actually decrease viable candidates, especially if the political parties are hurt by it. However, who runs today? It is not the poor or the downtrodden, it is the rich. The rich will continue to start their own campaigns, lobbyists will continue to lobby, and the world will continue to spin, even without Democrats and Republicans.American politics are in need of a change. Voter turnouts are dropping every year. This indicates a serious lack of interest by the American people. It is time for the government to step up. Most people believe they have no effect on the vote. They don't research the issues; the don't know their candidates; they don't even show up to vote. A simple change that shows that the government wants the people involved, could make America concerned about itself again. It could even spark a revolution.

Catholics go through a cycle of events in their spiritual lives known as the seven sacraments. Although all Catholics can not partake in each sacrament, the majority receive the Holy Eucharist and are baptized as children. The sacraments are the rites of passage in the Catholic faith. Some of the sacraments require proper preparation and knowledge of the oneâs faith. The seven sacraments include Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick, and the Holy Orders. Faith ties the people of God together. We are united through our belief in faith. I see the sacraments as the acceptance of faith in God and of our faith. With all the diversity that exists among Godâs people, faith in God and To Chrisitan, Jesus Christ is the being that connects us all as one. He played many roles when he was on this earth and is the incarnation of God. In essence, He is God âinfleshedâ. While he was on the earth, some viewed him as a healer. I believe that receiving reconciliation and the anointing of the sick would require an individual to accept Jesus as the ultimate healer. The Eucharist accepts that Jesus had the ability to turn bread and wine into himself for his people. Receiving the Eucharist is the acceptance of the Last Supper and the symbolic meaning along with it. Jesus Christ is referred to as the anointed. At baptism we are anointed with holy oil to welcome us into the Catholic faith. In confirmation we again, confirm and renew our faith and individually commit to the vows our godparents had spoken for us. Again we are anointed with holy oil, symbolizing the truth of Jesus Christ, the anointed one. The sacraments are a rite of passage among the Christian people. We are all tied to one faith and the sacraments are the links that we tie it all together. Sacraments sometimes required preparation. In preparation of a sacrament, we are taught the underlining faith of Jesus Christ. Through our sacramental practices, we accept and acknowledge the faith of Jesus and who he was. Sacraments bring people of the church together in celebration. These gatherings are common ties among people of faith and their acceptance of God and Jesus.

I have always pondered this question, and after seeing the movie I robot I started to think to myself, if we were playing another form of god. But to tell you the truth I'm still not sure.Being a person means you have rights, and the government is obligated to defend those rights. But with the rise of artificial intelligence, we are facing new questions about what it takes to constitute a person. In the movie ‘I Robot’, was Sonny considered to be a person? When he committed the murder, there was a lot of questioning on whether he, as a machine should be charged or punished. Would it make sense to punish non living material like Sonny? I don’t really think so. Sometime in the future computer programmers may be able to develop a robot that behaves just like a person, like Sonny. Sonny behaved just like a person but does that mean he is a person? If so, should they have given him the moral right of self-determination, and not have used him merely to serve mankind? What if it were possible for man to create a human-like machine or robot with the same capacity and abilities and we? A machine that could think on its own and make choices, without any human interference. A robot that could learn things when taught, rather then have the software downloaded or installed. By our knowledge, all a computer can do, is represent the knowledge acquired by the programmer. It can only do what a programmer tells it to do. In other words, it cannot learn, therefore it isn't intelligent. Perhaps in the future machines will develop their own independent level of intelligence with an advanced evolution in technology. In my opinion, the characteristics of personhood, is to be human and to be living. To be living means to be complex, organized, and made of organic molecules. As living humans we acquire and process materials and energy. We are homeostasis (meaning: staying the same). We grow and response to environmental stimuli. We also reproduce using deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA). Robots, at least as far as I know, do meet a lot of these requirements. They are extremely complex and organized, they process energy, they stay the same, and they respond to their environment. But they are not made of organic molecules, they don't grow, and they don't reproduce using DNA. An organism has to meet all the above requirements to be alive. Sonny could not meet these requirements, therefore he is not alive. Therefore he fails the dictionary definition of a person as a living being. If we made robots that were life like and able to die like people, they wouldn't be as useful. One of the reasons for making robots is to make helpers who are more durable than humans. But does a robot need to be alive to be a person? There are other definitions to consider before making an assumption. We don't give people rights because they are alive. If that were so, we would give trees and flowers rights. What is the fundamental difference between a flower and a person? A person can think and feel. He is aware of his existence and his experience. He is intelligent. In our experience so far things which are intelligent are always alive. Could it be possible to break this rule? Could a non-living thing, however well programmed, ever have the qualities of self-awareness, intelligence and consciousness? While trying to classify robots into the different categories of whether they could be considered people or not only left me confused and with more questions then I started with. I do not believe that a machine like Sonny deserves the rights we associate with personhood. Just because it is materialistic does not mean it should be treated the same way as people are treated. The answer still remains unclear for me because I cannot be completely sure that my opinion is correct. After all, it is only an opinion. What do you think?

Alienware is a great gaming computer developer. However, their computers are extreamly expensive becuase they come with graphics cards that are not "on board". If you want a good pc from them, make sure your getting your moneys worth by resarching the graphics card, mother board, and amount of space and ram. For ram look for 1 gb DDR2. On the other hand, alienware can still be topped if you do your reasearch correctly. Try looking in the paper for some good deals. If you plan on playing games get an AMD 64 hp and your probably getting the same thing, just without the name. Well if you got any questions, hit me up. -Carlos

Have you guys seen the new game BF2? This game looks amazing! I havent played any of the other battlefeild games but i have played joint ops, which is very similar. If you know, can you recommend me to a good graphics card that i can use for this game. I am getting a new pc and i am looking for a card at the 150-200 dollar area, if you have any suggestions please reply.-Carlos

Yes! I have been playing guitar for about 8 years now, piano for about 10 months, and i want to learn how to play the violin. Im 17 but ill be turning 18 in 21 days and hopefully purchasing another guitar to add to my collection. I like playing piano, however, i think guitar is a lot better, i just love the sound of a guitar, and the fact that you can pretty much take it anywhere. I like playing my accoustics more often then my electrics, i guess thats a personal preference though. But now i want to learn the violin, i love the sound of it and the skill that is needed to play it. Nowadays, many songs that have the violin add more power to the music, an aspect that i think is valuable in music today. How about you, what do you prefer?

For starters, to "RustyPaulin"...my obviously new found friend of the forums, don't retract my insults with what you believe to be a witty response...I'm not here to be logical...or correct, I'm here to keep it simple...you're gay. That's simple enough.As for the next guy, I give you the exception that you're not an idiot, and therefore appreciate your difference of opinion. I don't have a problem with people thinking differently, I simply have a problem with people being idiots.With that being said, I'm going to wrap this post up, you're looking for a fight on a forum RP and I'm not going to give you one. It's simply just dumb.Take your new found knowledge/common sense...or whatever you prefer to call it, and run with it.

Hello everyone! Looks like a fun site to be a member of... This is my first post, and I thought I'd say hello. I'm looking foward to getting to know everyone, it seems like ya'll have alot of fun here. I'm 34, divorced, working mom. I made a website for my son while I was between jobs, and want to do another one. Hopefully, ya'll will be able to help me out with whatever problems I can find.....lol Oh, and BTW..... While browsing through the posts on here, I've been getting on error quite often, and I was wondering if this is a common problem here, or just something that's in the process of being worked on, or what..... I assume it's just because the site is pretty busy? here is a copy/paste of the error: Catch up with you guys later, -Zel Notice from snlildude87: Remember to put errors like this in quote tags ([ quote][/ quote]) or code tags () to make it easier for admins to read.

Hehe ...Google knows all...or close to all...The day that they supply me with a search engine that can tell me what I'm wearing at that current moment....Then, and only then...will Google be outdone.I am a full google supporter.Yahoo however, Yahoo can lick my balls.

I just think it looks better, not so.....crappy....I'm not a big windows user though... I have to agree with the other guy though ..Linux is way better.

Sidekick 2....Maybe not ALL...but as close as you're going to get...unless you get a Treo650...Which is a *BLEEP*ing amazing (BUT EXPENSIVE) device...look it up.