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Did the computer crash before the drive disappeared, or was there a power cut or something? If power is removed from the drive unexpectedly then it can corrupt the file allocation table and partitions and make the drive unreadable. Try using a Linux Live CD to see if the drive can be mounted and read, or use a specific drive recovery CD. Take a look at these software options to recover your drive (you'll need to click next and go through the pages). Did you notice any weird noises or behaviour from the drive before it disappeared? Either of those would suggest a hardware problem rather than a software one, and your data would likely only be recoverable by a professional recovery firm in a clean room etc. You did remember to take regular backups to a separate medium didn't you?

I'll be honest - it looks like you're skimping on the case compared to the rest of the build. All of your other components are quite expensive, while the case appears somewhat bargain-basement. You should be able to splash out a bit more on a better case, and one which will accommodate your graphics card. The HD 5870 is a great card, but it's massive! As truefusion has said, the case you've picked only supports up to ATX standard, and internal photos of the case don't show a lot of space between the edge of the motherboard and the drive bays at the front of the case. Also remember that you need to be able to fit the PCIe power connectors in too, and any other cables running past the graphics card. Check very carefully that your case can fit that graphics card before you buy. The motherboard is currently unavailable, and receives slightly mixed reviews. The ASUS P6T Deluxe is certainly worth a look, and receives generally better reviews as far as I can tell. CPU and graphics card are excellent, though of course check that the graphics card will fit, and what it will be blocking on your motherboard. The memory seems an odd choice unless there's something I'm missing... OCZ Platinum memory is cheaper and has better timings, and is generally of higher quality than OCZ Gold. Western Digital Caviar drives are what I would suggest over the Seagate drives. Also, as money seems to be no object, how about a SSD to use for booting? The Crucial M225 and OCZ Vertex are both excellent drives that would work well for storing Windows to improve system responsiveness and boot times. For the power supply I'd recommend either a Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro or the Enermax Revolution 85+. Both are quiet and stable, and very efficient. The keyboard and mouse are really a personal preference. All I can say is that I have a Razer Deathadder and it is excellent in every possible way. The HDD cooler seems a bit unnecessary in my opinion. You're water cooling the CPU and the graphics card is incredibly cool running, so I very much doubt the hard drives will get particularly warm. It just seems like you'll be adding noise to the case with no real benefit in terms of cooling or reliability. As a matter of interest, what are you using for your monitor? Have you already got one or are you purchasing a new monitor with this build?

How do you want it to animate? Are you looking for an effect to get rid of the old image and replace it with the new image (like the two sliding in and out of the frame) or to transition between the two (make the old image morph into the new one)? Replacing the image, but with a little effect, would be quite easy to achieve. Morphing between the two would be almost impossible to do.

The fading effect on the menu at the top? Use something like jQuery, specifically the animate function: http://api.jqueryui.com/color-animation/

The timezone being off when you restart points to a problem perhaps a bit more serious than dust (although cleaning your laptop of dust can't do any harm). Are you sure the laptop is turning off from overheating? Feel the temperature of the air coming out of the vents and see if it really is getting particularly hot. Also, download CoreTemp and monitor your temperatures with it. It will tell you the maximum temperature your CPU can handle, and the temperature it is running at. If the temperature gets close to the limit then it is clearly a cooling issue. If not then you have some other problem that needs looking at.

That, in part, leads to its lack of security. If you are expecting data to be passed via POST then fetching it with $_POST['variable'] means it can only be sent via the POST method. If you fetch it with $_REQUEST['variable'] then the user could easily override the variable by passing it via the GET method in the URL. Depending on what that variable is, what security you have built into your code, etc. that could have no effect at all, or cause people to gain access they shouldn't have and launch a nuclear missile at France... (Here's hoping the nukes aren't controlled with PHP )

I've got to be honest, it doesn't look like mine have updated yet. Perhaps the script has been edited to only run for a certain number of members at a time, or for a certain amount of time before it stops. Still, it shows signs of progress and activity.

The "main" domain doesn't really have much of an effect on anything, so doesn't really need changing (unless it was a TLD and you let it expire). You can just park your new domain on your account and it will work (use the "Parked Domains" icon in cPanel). If you would still like to get rid of the subdomain and have it replaced with your new domain then it might be possible with a support ticket. However, if it's not possible to get it changed it's really nothing to worry about - you gain nothing by having it changed Having the "main" domain changed would get rid of your subdomain automatically (as far as I know), because they can't be added or parked on an account. A support ticket would let you know. Again, getting rid of the subdomain would give you no real benefits. What are you expecting to happen to your domain? Problems are generally more likely to occur with the hosting rather than with domains. In that instance no matter how many domains you've got, your hosting would still be inaccessible for a short time while the problem gets fixed.

It kinda crept up on me without noticing, so I didn't have time to make a cake like Baniboy... I hope this is a suitable replacement though

Certainly did The Crash Bandicoot series was good, and I think me and my brother managed to play pretty much all of them over the years. They were different to most other games out at the time, and were great fun yet still challenging. I still remember the music for some weird reason - why has that stayed with me over the years?!

Microsoft's official development kit for the XBox runs with Visual Studio, which I don't think is available for the Mac. You also need licences from Microsoft, and to sign NDAs, etc. etc. The alternative is OpenXDK which is a legal, open-source alternative. However, it compiles differently to Microsoft's development kit and I don't know if it runs on a Mac, so it may not be ideal for you.

Hopefully we're not swerving too far from the original topic, but they do own the domain. A recent case in the US District Court of California ruled the following:

If you're going to pay with myCENTs you need to have the myCENTs available to spend. At the moment you have only earned $0.67, so you don't have the $9.99 required to afford a domain. The order will likely be cancelled until you can afford to pay it.Once you have at least $9.99 in your account then you can reorder the domain. After that it usually takes around 24 hours for the order to be processed and the domain activated in your account.

myCENTs are calculated automatically from the length and quality of your posts. Longer, better written posts will earn more that short ones. The script calculates the myCENTs every few hours, so you won't see it instantly update when you make a post. Also, for your myCENTs to appear you need to make 5 posts, and register here using the same email address you used for the forums. This links your accounts so that your myCENTs are added to your billing account and you can spend them on hosting and domains

A promotional code gives you money off, like a paper money-off voucher in a shop. If you've got one you'd know about it and have a code to type in that box. If you haven't got one, just leave it blank. If you lookup any of my domains on a whois service, you will find my full name and address, as required by ICANN and the domain registrars. If you use an ID protection service (normally quite an expensive service) then your name and address is replaced with something like this: However, there are a few things to note. Firstly, people can't contact you directly about your domain - they have to go through this company. Secondly, I think it looks incredibly untrustworthy on any serious website - if you feel the need to hide who you are then I'm unlikely to trust you (a few special circumstances excepted). The most worrying thing is that, under the regulations, PrivacyProtect.org actiually owns the domain name - not you! They let you administer it, but the domain is owned by them because their name is on the records. However, some people like using services like this because they don't want people to know who they are for whatever reason.

To add tags and categories to your posts you need to create a vocabulary first. Go into the admin section > Content management > Taxonomy. Click the "Add vocabulary" button. If you want to create a 'free-tagging' vocabulary (ie. you type the tags in for each post when you write it) then call the vocabulary something like "Tags", and give it a description and help text if you want (they don't affect anything, just explain what it does). Then choose which content types you want to be able to put tags on. In the final panel, click the "Tags" option, and the "Required" option if you want to force each post to have tags. Click save, then try to create a new post, and you should see a box somewhere to type tags in :DIf you want to create categories as well, where people select from a list of option rather than typing whatever they like then follow the above instructions but don't tick the "Tags" option at the end. You can tick "Multiple select" if you want to allow people to assign a post to multiple categories, or leave it blank if they can only select one. Same goes for "Required". Click save. Then you will need to add terms to your vocabulary (the categories people can select). On the row for your categories, click the "Add terms" link. Create your first category. In the "Settings" panel at the bottom you can choose if a new category has a parent, so you can build up hierarchies of categories (such as Dog, Cat, Fish, Rabbit all having the parent Animals).

Engadget have got the run down and a video of all the mice in action: https://www.engadget.com/ I disagree that Microsoft have been influenced by Apple. Plenty of people have had multitouch technology for years - Apple just brought it to the masses. Microsoft seem to be attempting to find a way to bring multitouch to the desktop, which currently requires pricey touch-sensitive or capacitive screens, for a low cost available to most people. Looking at Apple's latest patent, they don't seem to be doing anything radical in the mouse department at the moment. I see two problems, however. None of the mice are that 'traditional' - none have physical buttons you can click, or a scroll wheel. I know that I would certainly miss that tactile feedback, which you simply don't get from touching a solid plastic shell. On a surface with the image behind it, this isn't so much of a problem - the feedback is on the screen right below your fingertips. But moving the technology to a separate device removes you somewhat from that response, and no replacement for it is offered. The second is one of coding. Most multitouch gestures would presumably have to be manually coded into each application - there are only a few actions that could be considered universal across pretty much all applications. Only a few applications really lend themselves to using multitouch inputs (anyone see a real use for it in a spreadsheet, for example?) and I don't think that would be compelling enough to buy one of those 'mice'. Still, the technology is great

Project Wonderful might fit what you're looking for. They are somewhat unique in that people pay for the time their ads show on your site rather than the number of impressions or clicks, so you are guaranteed the income. I think you're also able to screen adverts before they are shown on your site, so you can make sure they're suitable to be shown. Advertisers bid for the various ad places on your site, setting how much they're willing to pay per hour, and also a daily limit. The person who will pay you the most, that hasn't reached their limit, will have their ad shown in that slot. Project Wonderful have a helpful guide here to show you how the auctions work, so you can see if it's what you're looking for: https://www.projectwonderful.com/advertisewithus.php

The new PS3 does not support PS2 emulation any more unfortunately. The old 'fat' PS3 did support it on certain models, and the compatibility was by no means universal. From Sony's website:

I don't think the choice of path is particularly important, so long as it exists and is writeable by Drupal. The help text from Drupal's admin panel tells you what it's used for: If you transfer to Xisto's hosting then you probably won't be able to use /tmp as the path, so set it to a folder within your Drupal installation and CHMOD it to allow Drupal to read and write files in that folder.

Are you trying to use this crontab on your hosting provided by Xisto? If so, I'm not sure you can output to the terminal. Could you post the contents of your crontab and the bash script so we can do a bit of troubleshooting?

Like Quatrux, I use a resolution of 1920x1200, so there is really no need to browse in fullscreen mode to save screen real estate. I also tend to do other things while browsing around on the web, and it is too much hassle to switch in and out of fullscreen mode just to check on my music, read my RSS feeds or whatever. I use KDE's virtual desktops to sort everything out and keep each desktop clean, but keep it easy to access different applications and tasks. However, on my older PCs and monitors, with their smaller resolutions, I would occasionally use fullscreen mode if I was reading long pages of text, just to save myself the scrolling

I don't think Microsoft will reduce the price of their operating systems due to Google's OS. Microsoft have practically admitted that they charge as much as they can possibly get away with in each country, and Chrome OS is unlikely to have enough of an effect to make people really stop and think about it. Windows will still be installed on the vast majority of computers sold by retailers, even if Microsoft has to employ stronger tactics to make OEMs buy licences and install them.However, if Google spent the cash to really work on the Chrome OS, to promote it, market it, make it polished and to get it installed by default on new PCs then Microsoft would have reason to be worried. Most people use Windows not through choice, but because it was there when they bought the PC. If Google can persuade manufacturers to install Chrome instead of Windows then Microsoft will have to seriously think about their options. The question is whether Google has any financial incentive to get Chrome installed by default on new PCs - how much cash will it generate for them?

I think I'm one of the only people in the world that has ever been confused or frustrated by the iPod's interface I think the interface can be a little too simple in places, which just annoys me, although obviously I appear to be in the minority. The same goes for the iTunes software - I just don't like the way it looks, feels and works. I actually like the design and look of some of Sony's players, especially their screens - the way they blend in with the rest of the player and appear natural, rather than standing out as a separate area on the surface of the player, like these: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ & http://www.synthtopia.com/images/Sony_walkman.jpg I used to have the old cassette tape Walkmans, and the cheap clones, before moving on to portable CD players for quite a few years. I still try to buy as much of my music as possible on physical CDs rather than as downloads. Digital players are great, but I still like to keep a physical copy of my music.

The main difference is that DivX is a proprietary codec, developed by DivX Inc. I think initially it was reverse engineered from a Microsoft codec, then rebuilt from scratch to avoid getting sued and has evolved from there. However, as a proprietary codec, people have to pay to use it, have no access to the source code and very little control over what they can do with it.Xvid is an open-source codec released under the GNU GPL. It originated from DivX. The DivX project was forked into an open-source version known as OpenDivX (but released under a restrictive licence), which was then pulled just before the release of a new commercial version of DivX. The last released version of OpenDivX was then used to create Xvid, again with all the code being rewritten to avoid legal issues, and to allow it to be released under the GPL.Files encoded with Xvid can be played back with DivX-compatible players and devices. However, as Xvid supports more features you need to be careful not to use the advanced features of Xvid if you want the files to remain compatible.