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I'm pretty satisfied with cPanel as it is right now. Pretty easy to navigate through and user-friendly, while still giving advanced users the options they need if they choose to use them. Also, Fantastico is a godsend.

Pretty interesting. While we're on the subject, there's another (relatively) new search engine I head about called accoona. It's based in China, and it is (to my knowledge) the ONLY search engine which uses actual AI (artificial intelligence) in giving you back search results. I was introduced to it by a substitute teacher at my school. It doesn't seem like to much now, but in the future the following may be the case: Using a traditional search engine , a search for the terms cook the books will return the same as a search for cook books (ignoring the common article the. A search using well-developed artificial intelligence however, will return results related to illegal financial activities by corporations and businesses (cook the books is slang for "A fraudulent activity done by some corporations to falsify their financial statements.") User-rated searches on great and all, but I agree with t3jem's concern that numerous google-bombing type issues could (and most probably will) occur. Personally, I think that artificial intelligence is the new direction of search optimization.

I'm going to be honest and say Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Calling him a master of the English language is like calling Ghengis Khan a master of peaceful diplomacy. The book is utter crap in my opinion. Yes, it does do a good job of informing the reader what society was like at the time, but guess what - society was BORING under Puritan control. I read the first chapter, which was a 3 page description of a prison door and a rose (might sound interesting or poetic, but it's hardly either) and the first few pages of the second chapter. After that I simply couldn't take it. Overall, from what I read (and friends who actually read the book for English classes have informed me that the rest of the book fits this description as well), there are numerous pages dedicated to describing virtually insignificant actions which do not add to the plot or the experience (unless you consider the experience an exercise in literary torture or a cruel test of the boredom threshhold), and the reader doesn't feel much after completing the book other than "Wow, I've wasted a lot of time reading this book [or attempting to]."

I think you may be off by a few zeroes in the Euro amount Anyway, the real point is that this isn't over yet. The European Union has said that it will go after Microsoft again numerous times. One thing they think is anticompetitive is the fact that the Microsoft operating system comes bundled with Microsoft's browser (many users are too lazy to research other browsers and Microsoft ends up getting them to use their products right from the start). Many also think that the EU will try to go against the Microsoft-Yahoo deal if it actually goes through.

I always love learning about strange new instruments. I love the sound and the fat vibration it leaves after. Where would I go about buying one of these and how much of a hit would my wallet take from it.

I signed up for the Do Not Call List a couple of years back and I have to say (for me) it's been very effective. I used to get calls all the time, especially from six o'clock to eight o'clock. Now, even though I occassionally get calls from charities and such, I don't really get advertisments about switching my phone or satellite company or people trying to sell me rediculous products.

Definitely Gmail for me. I haven't used hotmail in a long time, but last time I did I just hated it. Gmail is incredible simple and user-friendly. It gives you tons of space (more than you'll ever need so you can't complain). There's also a certain pseudo-respect that comes with a Gmail account. If somebody (an average person, not a big company) is interested in you for a job/comission or anything of that sort, they look at ___@hotmail.com pr ___@yahoo.com and think "this is sort of bootleg" in a way. But they look at ___@gmail.com and say "ok, this guy could be legit". It's a strange phenomenon, but I've observed it in real life.

t3jem hit on a critical point, which is that most commercial software (not just games, but applications in general) are aimed at a (Windows) PC Market. It is also as thorne said, different from the types of computers many people were raised on. Windows PCs hold the vast majority of computer users and people who try to make the switch are unsatisfied either because they (Macs) are lacking certain Windows features (or have them implemented very differently) or the Windows program ports for the Macs are full of bugs and glitches. Personally, I like the style of Macs (who doesn't), but I don't like the system overall. To me, it seems that Apple Computers have lots of flash, but little substance (this is strictly talking about the operating system, not the programs available for the actual computer). That's not to say I'm a Windows fan either. I rather dislike Windows, but seeing as how nearly everything I use requires or is most compatible with Windows, I dual boot with XP and Ubuntu.

I have numerous Java updates as well on my Add/Remove Programs utility. In total, they come out to ~600 mb. I'm scared to delete them since I do some (light) Java programming on my machine, and I don't want to have to redownload the SDK and all updates in case I mess it up (because even though my connection is decent, it's pretty unreliable and many times breaks during downloading of large files).

I believe Java has some built-in limitations that make it very difficult (if not impossible) to actually do something like that. As apacheNewbie said, it could be a security breach and thus it is most likely not possible to implement using Java.

First off, let me just say that I myself am also a huge fan of C&C (NOD) and 40K.Now, back on topic. The layout is incredibly smooth and flows very nicely. As SkyStormKuja said, the advertisements do blend in very well. In fact, I didn't even notice there were advertisements present until I started looking for them. The one thing I have to complain about is that I found it difficult for my eyes to transition between the shade of blue on your site (which I love) and the darker blue shade(s) you have on your forums. At first it gave my eyes a shock, but (even though I got used to the look of the forum after a while) I couldn't help but think that if your forum could use the same blue your website header uses, that it would look MUCH better.

My comments are going to mostly be about your resume but I'll just mention something quick about your site's design. It is very simple (in terms or 'flashiness') but it actually works quite nicely. As for your resume, I think you did a good job of giving the reader a general preview of who you are, but I would recommend that you try to add in a few more details. Other than just letting us know about your areas of expertise, let us also know about YOU as a person. You say you have "many interests" then take a little time to mention what they are and make your resume more personal. Just keep in mind that if you do go ahead and take my suggestion, you'll have to decide for yourself what the right balance of formality/professionalism and personality you want for your resume. Anyway, good luck with the website. I'll be starting college next year (Computer Science as well) and I know it's very difficult so good luck to you in school as well.

I read an article a few years back (not sure if it's as relevant now as it was back then) that said that one of the main things google's search algorithm takes into account is how many other pages there are on the web pointing to YOUR site. If this is still true, then I would recommend getting in touch with a few people who run sites similar to yours and placing links on your respective sites that lead to each other's pages.

Very nice layout. Not too crowded, but very flashy (in a good way) at the same time. Loaded fast as lightning. The content that you have up so far is of a good quality as well. The only comment that I'm going to make is that I believe you misspelled 'prefer' in the poll. But again, very nice. And I really appreciate how you managed to make advertisements present without making them get in the way of the actual site's content. Major kudos to you. You obviously spent a long time designing this and the outcome is very pleasing to the eye.

My school does not consider Wikipedia a 'scholarly' source either. I, however, take issue with that. I do concede the point that article quality on Wikipedia is indeed all over the place (ranging from masterful to terrible/spam). However, many of the articles are indeed informative and reliable. It all depends on the people submitting them and reviewing(editing) each specific article. One interesting case I know about, is that one of my friends' brother had a chemistry professor in college who required his students to submit their papers to Wikipedia after they were graded and (re)revised. His philosophy was that "if you hand it in to me, I don't benefit anything" (after all, he does teach the subject), "but if you submit it to Wikipedia, many people benefit". I would think that scholarly papers such as these are pretty reliable and could actually help other students doing research on similar topics.

Question: Is this supposed to reflect most pirated software by download, or by counterfit copy? Or is it just overall?Regardless, I knew Photoshop and Dreamweaver would be on such a list, but I'm also surprised to see that they didn't land the top spots. MS products probably should be on there as well, but if this reflects software pirated by online download, then I can see how they're not up there (they're mostly gotten through bootleg CD's as far as I understand). However, I was also under the impression that Adobe Acrobat was free. That is, unless it has some function other than simply reading and creating PDF's. Does it?

Ah, I love this song. Anyway, moving on to the critique. I honestly think that yout friend has a very nice voice, it just seems inexperienced. Her rhythm was a little off for this specific song, and there were some misplaced accents, but that's easily fixed with practice. Her pitch accuracy was pretty good (she didn't hit the same notes as Billy Joel at certain points, yet it still flowed melodically) but there were a few awkward jumps here and there. That also can be fixed with practice (tell her to try looking up some tonal memory and ear training exercises). Overall, again, a pleasant-sounding voice but lacking in technique and experience. I would recommend to her that she either look into private vocal lessons or join some sort of organization (like a school or community chorus or glee club) that will teach you how to sing properly. She's probably got lots of room to improve in terms of singing technique (things like proper breath support, opening up the throat, increasing chest/head, resonance, etc.) but that's something that really requires a teacher (I don't know anyone, including myself, who could really teach this stuff to themselves). And tell her not to give up. She's got a nice voice which with some practice and guidance can be cultivated into a beautiful instrument.

Nice little idea you have there. Although scientifically it doesn't fit the definition of an 'experiment', it's a cool thing to try. Still, I can see reason in your conclusion.

Finally. About time. BlueRay was the superior format to start with, so if HD-DVD had won, it would've just slowed down the speed at which technology is moving.

As was said before, the bandwidth is taken from the site actually hosting the file. So if you embed a video from another site, anytime a user buffers and plays the video, the bandwidth (for the video) is taken from the original host, not your site.

I would actually recommend you first check out Sun's Official Java Tutorial. It helps to learn from the people who maintain the language. If anything, that and the Java API are great resources. Other than that, there is a book called Java Methods A & AB which I use in my programming course. It's aimed for high school students planning to take the Computer Programming Advanced Placement Test in the USA, but I think you'll find it useful anyway because (for the most part) it breaks down things nice and simply).

From my experience with Python (which I admit is not much) I think it's a pretty good language. Transitioning from C++ or Java to Python is pretty simple because it's a language that's very easy to comprehend. That being said, I haven't seen it used for web development either, but it's great for some desktop applications (for example, the game Tendrils).

Here are my two cents on some of the features you mentioned. 19. Windows Movie Maker I actually believe this is a decent tool. Indeed, there is a large number better options out there but the fact that this comes preinstalled and ready to go out of the box makes it convenient. However, it is EXTREMELY unstable and having to save your work every 30 seconds for fear of it crashing really does kill this tool. 17. Shut Down I usually don't shutdown either. Also, I can see where you're coming from on your complaint here. 16. Paint I think its convenient for when I have a picture with a 2 pixel white border I need to remove, but I don't want to take the time to fire up Photoshop. 14. Active Desktop I never knew what it was either. 9. Windows Genuine Advantage Incredibly annoying indeed. My dad gave his computer to a shop once to get it fixed and they ended up reformatting and giving him a pirate copy (unintentionally on his part). The little popup makes you want to smasht he computer. Fortunately, we did find a way to remove it and it never bothered us again. 8. End Task The key here is to go under the processes tab (instead of applications) in the Task Manager window. Then you select the process's exe file (e.g.: MSWord.exe) and click end process then confirm by pressing yes. It instantly kills the task. The only thing that doesn't work for is Explorer, but if you're using that you probably have more problems than being annoyed by End Task. 6. Windows Update The restart popup sucks. Many times I was in the middle of a crucial part of a game and it got minimized just for the stupid popup to show up. My solution: Get a good firewall and anti-virus (let them update), disable windows update, and whenever you hear about a REAL "critical" update that is needed, temporarily turn it back on. 4. Notifications Any type of popup is generally annoying, but these are especially bad. 3. Internet Explorer 6 I honestly think this deserves #1. It's really sad that most people are still running this and even sadder that most companies are too lazy to adapt their sites to other browsers coming out. Many only allow you to access them through IE which is just plain dumb. 2. The Registry It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't impossible to manuever through it. Many times, you know what it is you need to fix or delete, but finding it is like traversing through hell. 1. ActiveX Controls To my knowledge, I've never used them, but anytime I was forced to use IE and was asked to allow one, it was usually an attempt by some malicious entity.

Wish I could have known about this before having installed it off the LiveCD. It would've been much easier. Oh well, I should be getting a laptop soon and when i do I'll try using this to make the Ubuntu install smoother and easier.

I would recommend checking out the Ubuntu support forums if you haven't already. The guys there are incredibly helpful, they usually reply very quickly, and 9 out of 10 times will solve your problem. If not, they'll direct you to other resources which can help. Quick suggestion from me. Check the network status (connectivity/signal, etc.) on Ubuntu. You could be connected and not know it (the internet could just be loading very slow). If that is the case, then try turning off IPv6 which is turned on by default (you can find out how to do that here).