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You don't need a VPS in terms of space, bandwidth or processing power. The complain from Xisto - Web Hosting is that your site appears to breach the terms and conditions of your hosting, as you are hosting illegal phishing content on your website. Being on shared hosting, that puts everyone at risk. If you switch to VPS then you are running your website inside its own separate virtual server, so there is no way your phishing content could affect anyone else's sites. However, I would strongly advise you remove the phishing content as it is against the law pretty much everywhere, and carries a lengthy prison sentence in most countries.

Do you already have a case, CPU cooler, optical drive and power supply? If so, what's the specification and age of these components? You'll want to make sure the power supply is powerful enough to handle new hardware, and is of a reputable brand to ensure stability of the power delivered to the expensive components in your PC. You'll also want to make sure your CPU cooler is compatible with AMD's socket AM3 on your new motherboard. Finally, make sure your case has the right mounting points for a uATX motherboard as you've selected.If you haven't already got those components, you're going to need to add them to your build. That's either going to drive the cost up or cause you to sacrifice power elsewhere in your PC.

MyCENTs combine from both forums (Xisto and KS) into your billing account (assuming you use the same email address). I think you need five posts on KS before it starts to calculate your myCENTs, but once you have that they will get calculated and added automatically.

That processor is an LGA775 processor, so you should be able to switch it for any other LGA775 processor. However, you will need to check the chipset on your motherboard, and most likely download the latest firmware and BIOS update for your motherboard from the manufacturer's website. LGA775 processors are now classed as EOIS by Intel, so they're getting a bit tricky to find in shops, but you can still find a few, such as these from Scan: https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/cpu-intel/all or these from eBuyer: http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components?limit=50&sort=pricelow&page=1

The Pioneer and ITC Pioneer fonts both contain the shadow you're looking for. ITC Pioneer is available from Linotype for £27.37 here: https://www.linotype.com/91525/itc-pioneer-family.html?PHPSESSID=9ee47b7c8360cda16c32a5dde57a3e32

Because the noise of the shutter was so distracting! I'm also checking for ninjas. Everyone does that, right? Right...? My first thought when I watched it back was actually "Ooh, I could put a whole load of hats on my head using the monitor!" But then again I am a strange sort of guy...

I did that one entirely on auto, as I had absolutely no idea how it would turn out. Next time I will tweak the settings to get something a little better (hopefully!). I think the problem with screwing around with what I have is that the continuous shooting mode is limited to a slowest rate of 1 photo per second, and a maximum of 100 exposures. Obviously that gives a maximum duration in real time of 100 seconds, which isn't much for a time lapse considering you need 25 images to make one second of video. The alternative is to ignore the continuous shooting mode altogether and take the shots myself. That requires a far more interesting subject than the back of my head, but I'm sure I can find something. That way, I can take a photo every 5 seconds (for example) with a longer shutter speed. I can also go up to 4,100 images on one card at 1920x1080 resolution (HD video), so the final video can be much longer and more interesting!

I think the main thing is that I'm both lazy and forgetful If I trusted myself to push the trigger once every few seconds, I'd feel like it may as well be automated. Any longer and I know I'd forget a shot or two, leading to weird jumps in the final video. I've always tried to be as hands on as possible with my photography, but I believe time lapse is an area where this could be tricky. For example, if the time interval is only a few seconds, there simply isn't time to adjust the aperture and shutter speed of each shot manually. If that's the case then there's not really a lot to do except open the shutter at set intervals, which is something a piece of electronics would do far better than I would manage! I picked up a used tripod from eBay a while ago (a decent, sturdy Manfrotto for only £14) to use for all sorts of photography. It's a very stable one, so should be good for keeping the shot steady during time lapse. Like you say, any movement would be really obvious in time lapse, and become a lot jerkier when sped up into a video. As for memory card space, I have an 8GB high-speed card which stores about 350 images at full resolution. If I know the images are going to be used for a video, I don't strictly need anything bigger than HD video resolution, which should allow me to increase the number of images I can fit on a card. Of course, if the interval is long enough, I can swap cards during the process to increase the storage capacity and let me continue shooting for longer. I think to try it out I could set the camera up behind me and take photos once per second using the remote release cable I have. Once per second is the slowest I can set the continuous shooting mode, so it's a sort of poor man's time lapse at the moment We'll see how it turns out! Later... OK, turns out the continuous shooting mode does 100 exposures before stopping. So, armed with 100 images, I produced the following video with the awe-inspiring duration of 4 seconds Welcome to the world of me moving at very high speed! http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ It does at least prove the process works, and I know how to compile the video in software correctly. I spent the sum total of zero time cleaning up the photos or the video, so ignore the various flaws. The greatest problem is the 100 exposure limit on continuous shooting mode if I'm in the video. If not, I can stop and restart the continuous exposure every 100 seconds. This does limit me to a rate of one photo per second, however - there is no way to take photos slower than that.

We'd need a lot more information before we could start thinking about making suggestions. For example, are you dealing mainly with domestic or commercial customers? Are you a local firm or have you set your sights nationally? What is the current name of your business, and are current customers attached to that name? What image do you want to present - one of traditionalism and security, or a more modern, technological approach? Do you want the company to appear larger than it actually is, or do you want to hold on to the appearance of a small, local, personal-touch sort of firm? What are the names of your competitors, both locally and nationally (or even internationally)?These questions, and more, need to be carefully considered before you think about choosing a name. Once you've got a name and started building a brand it's very difficult (and expensive) to change to a different name - so get it right, and stick with it! Brand consultancy firms can help produce a plan for the image of your business, along with company colours, logos, etc. It may well be worth your time seeking professional advice and assistance from one of these firms.

I would partially disagree with that statement. Choosing a laptop for the brand without a reason is a very bad idea (such as the people who buy an Apple product "because it's Apple"). However, choosing a brand because you know it to be reliable, well-built, has good after-sales support, etc. can be a very good idea. It's the reason I bought an HP monitor for my PC rather than one from a company I'd never heard of. It had good reviews, was incredibly well built, backed by a good warranty and from a brand I know will most probably still be there a few years down the line. Exactly the same applies to a laptop purchase - I'd want something that will still be working in a few years time, and a company with a history of excellent build quality and good after-sales is a good choice. This is something I do agree with. Everyone has heard of Apple's massive screwup with antennas in their phones, which is something that is specific to a particular product. Certain models of laptops might have problems with cooling or performance, or a poor batch of RAM might have got through. Who knows? But problems do occur even for the best companies, so checking out reviews is a vital step of any major purchase.

I think I agree with Iniyila - I like having standard cars available because that somewhat closer to what I'm used to, and the ability to drive a standard VW Golf or Toyota Yaris or something around a track is brilliant There are enough options to customise these cars too if you want/need to improve them, and a good selection of more powerful and exotic racing cars.I haven't spotted any problems with playing online so far, but I haven't spent too long in the online world yet. However, I do have to admit the menus are quite frustrating! The frame rate doesn't drop, but it's the constant cutting to little loading screens, even if only for a second or two. It seems unnecessary and breaks the smooth flow of the interface. I'd have preferred a simpler but snappier interface I think.A steering wheel is certainly something I want to invest in to make the most of the game. The controller doesn't really work now that the game is so realistic - it breaks the illusion of driving a car and makes it clear you're just playing a game. The problem is that I haven't found a decent wheel at a good price in the shops - any advice here would be helpful!

I've always been fascinated by time lapse photography, and it's something I've been wanting to try for a while now that I have a decent camera to try it with. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I have a Nikon D90 with a remote port, which allows for the connection of corded external accessories. It also has an infra-red trigger system, to allow triggering the shutter remotely without a cable tying you to the camera. So far, I've found three options for time lapse photography in general: Buy an expensive official timer/intervalometer Buy a cheap timer/intervalometer from eBay Roll your own The official (Nikon/Canon made) devices are obviously expensive, and don't seem to be that popular for some reason. I haven't been able to find out much information about official devices that would work with my camera to trigger the shutter once every x seconds/minutes/hours. The cheap devices from eBay are all made by unknown companies in China and Hong Kong, so while the shipping is steep, the cost is lower. The problem, of course, is that they are a complete unknown. Has anyone bought one of these devices? What was your experience? Is the build quality any good, etc.? Basically, I don't want to shell out for one of these only to find out it doesn't work very well or falls to bits, and then have to buy an 'official' one anyway. The final option is building my own device. The circuitry should be fairly simple - a small timer circuit connected to the switch and cable from a remote release. Simply trigger the switch whenever the timer circuit elapses. Being a geek and a physicist I should be able to make something fairly decent, but I doubt it would be anywhere near as polished as a manufactured device. The cost might also be a slight issue - components are obviously more expensive to me than a company buying in bulk. Has anyone had success making their own timer/intervalometer for time lapse photography? If so, would you recommend going down that route? Any help, advice and suggestions are obviously appreciated

In the bottom right hand corner of ever post there is a green plus ( + ) button. Click it and you grant a wisdom flag to the user for that post. You basically use them to say "Thanks, that was a useful post " to the user in question.

"LED TV", as used by most manufacturers, is a lie.An LCD uses a liquid crystal display to generate the image you see on the screen. They work in the same way as a pocket calculator's display. Light is generated at the back of the screen and passes through a polarising filter. The liquid crystal molecules are then in front of this polariser, and cause the polarised light to change the orientation of its polarisation by 90 degrees. Another polarising filter is then placed on top, oriented at 90 degrees to the first polariser. Normally light cannot pass through two polarising filters oriented like this (try it with a pair of polarising sunglasses). The light is rotated by the liquid crystal molecules, so it passes through both polarisers and the screen appears transparent. However, if you apply an electric field to the molecules they change their orientation and stop rotating the light in the correct way to pass through the front polarising filter. This causes the screen to appear black. Varying electric fields can vary the strength of the effect, allowing you to make colours darker, yet not completely black. The light used in an LCD TV is generated by either a white CCFL tube (fluorescent light) or separate red, green and blue CCFLs.The only difference with what manufacturers call an "LED TV" is that the light is generated with a bank of white or red/green/blue LEDs instead of CCFL tubes. It is important to note that there is absolutely no change in resolution or picture quality! The display technology is exactly the same!A true LED display is a display using LEDs to represent individual pixels or subpixels. The most common place you see them is on the front of buses LED displays are also used for digital advertising billboards and large outdoor displays. Remember that a pixel can only be as small as an LED (or 3 LEDs for a full-colour display) so they have to be viewed from a great distance to get the right effect (liken it to looking at your TV or computer monitor from 1 inch away - you'll see the individual pixels).

This is a question that is often asked, but rarely answered. It seems to depend on what type of domain you have registered. For example, .UK ccTLDs are managed by Nominet, who have the following policy on registrars ceasing trading: Basically, you would need to contact the registry (Nominet) and set up your domain name again, but it would be transferred to a different registrar. ICANN (the body at the top of .COM and .ORG registrations) has the following policy document on what happens to domains if a registrar is de-accredited for whatever reason: www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/de-accredited-registrar-transition-procedure-01oct08-en.pdf Basically, your domains are transferred to another registrar without problems (unless you use domain anonymising services). This has actually happened twice on a noticeable scale. The first was with the company RegisterFly (responsible for around 2 million domains), who were de-accredited by ICANN on allegations of fraud and poor customer service (see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RegisterFly ). The domains were mainly transferred to other registrars, but those where contact information was incorrect, incomplete or anonymised were more difficult to transfer. Some domains were lost, while GoDaddy bought out the rest. The second occurrence was to a company called EstDomains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EstDomains ). They were one of the world's largest registrars, simply because they were the registrar of choice for spammers and criminals. ICANN de-accredited them and all domains were successfully transferred to ResellerClub/DirectI without any problems.

I've had a quick Google but not found a lot. Do you have any other information on the IC, such as the number of pins, whether it's surface mount or not? Any details can help, as well as a photo if possible.

I was exactly the same when I was looking around for hosting many years ago. I tried plenty of other hosts before Xisto but always hit a problem. I often found they didn't support PHP, or MySQL databases, or had very restrictive space and bandwidth, or would be down for an hour a day, or simply disappeared one day. Xisto had glowing reviews from every single person I found online. The draw of free hosting, without adverts, but with all the features and reliability I needed was great and encouraged me to register to the forum and post good quality posts. Other people clearly felt the same way, and expressed this on other forums, blogs and review websites. I was always coming across glowing reviews for Xisto, and there is no better advertising than positive word of mouth. I'm sorry to say that I haven't seen a single review or recommendation for Xisto as a source of free hosting online. I often come across Xisto in Google and Yahoo search results for all sorts of topics. It really is a great source of knowledge, and a lot of people must find the forums for a huge range of disconnected topics. However, while Xisto was a top result for searches relating to free web hosting, Xisto is nowhere to be found. This is the main problem. The topics people are finding KS through are completely unrelated. People come looking for information, find it, and have no reason to hang around. With Xisto, people came looking for free hosting, stuck around and therefore contributed to the diverse range of topics in the forums. The order has reversed for KS - people come looking for information, and then leave, there's no reason for them to register and contribute. It was key with Xisto that people were 'forced' (for want of a better word) to register and contribute. All sorts of people filled the forums, and each person had a wide range of interests. Everyone could find a topic that interested them to post in, with the motivation of hosting credits driving good quality posts. The credit system working daily was also a good draw to bring people in on a regular basis. Now billing is done monthly or even annually, people don't check in as often. In the Xisto days, there wasn't really any encouragement to promote the forums as far as I remember, but then it wasn't really necessary. People promoted the service through good reviews, and links on their own site out of goodwill to keep an excellent service alive and give something back for the excellent free hosting. The search engine rankings for Xisto on free web hosting search queries also meant very little further promotion was needed. The Xisto forums also made a bigger point of advertising the fact free web hosting was on offer. KS doesn't have the same rankings for those terms, and there is only one mention of free hosting above the fold on the forum main page. People have no reason to register, so they don't stick around. People don't even know KS offers free web hosting - it just looks like any other "general discussion" forum. The advantages of KS over other forums, and over other free hosting services, need to be advertised or people will never find out about them. If people don't see the advantages instantly, they won't stay on the site long enough to discover them themselves. Exactly. As I mentioned above, the process has been reversed with KS compared to Xisto. That reversal means the process simply doesn't work any more. With Xisto, people came for free hosting and went through the posting as a requirement to get that hosting. In that process they realised just how good the community was, so stuck around and continued to post. As you say, lots of people stuck around even after they stopped using the free hosting because they loved the community, enjoyed it, and got used to checking in every day or two. That doesn't happen with KS unfortunately. Xisto credits could be traded. KS MyCENTs can't. That has always seemed a little strange to me, and has annoyed quite a few people. Credits used to be given as prizes or incentives for work and competitions, and that encouraged participation in the forums. As MyCENTs can't be traded between members, there's no way for that to continue. However, offering domains under the Xisto credit system was more difficult from a coding perspective, as far as I know, so that was a trade-off that had to be made. A referral system is a popular idea, and has been suggested many times before. It has been implemented in the Xisto - Support billing area, but that obviously only credits you if you go that step further and encourage someone to actually buy hosting or a domain. The problem with this system is that it doesn't encourage forum activity in any way directly (people might pay for hosting then come to the forum for support or to earn a few MyCENTs). Is the Army System still in development and supported? If so, I think quite a few members (myself included) would like to see its return. I disagree with your 100% assurance of not being banned. Copied content is something I hate on the forums, and I make a point of seeking it out and dealing with it. Many members feel the same way and report copied content. It all gets acted upon and members are warned and banned for it. I am as active as I can be, which is at least twice a day during the week and more often at weekends. I take the position of moderator seriously as I want to keep the forums in a good condition and appealing to new and existing members. Generally moderators are picked by the admins OpaQue and BuffaloHELP. It's their decision as to who gets the offer of a position. The Trap Awards done each year by Saint Michael did this pretty well. Credits were also given to the winners of each category, and I think some people kept that in the back of their mind as they posted throughout the year. For others it was just a bit of fun with the possible surprise of a few credits. As MyCENTs can't be transferred that pretty much killed the possibility of offering prizes for the various awards.

If you're on a school or company network, just ask the network administrator or IT support team to unblock the sites you want. If you've got a good reason they should be happy to help.

You'll want to use kilograms since no science is done with imperial measurements any more. It also allows you to easily get forces, etc. in metric. As you've correctly said in the title, but incorrectly in your post, you will find the mass of the object using the described technique. Mass is measured in kilograms and invariant under changes to gravity. Weight is measured in Newtons, and depends on the gravity of the planet you are stood on. On earth, weight (in Newtons) = 9.80665 * mass (in kilograms).

As far as I understand the research at the moment, they have cultured bacteria on Earth in an environment of arsenic. This has caused the growth of bacteria with a large portion of the phosphorus in their DNA replaced with arsenic. The same thing actually happens in humans. Arsenic poisoning is the result of phosphorus in the DNA being replaced with arsenic, as both occupy the same period on the periodic table and have similar chemical properties. However, arsenic-based DNA cannot perform the same biological functions as phosphorus-based DNA (hence why the poisoning kills you). While most people are claiming this is fairly insignificant, it's actually quite interesting. It means that we have proof life does not need to have exactly the same structure as us in every way, even down to the most basic building blocks. It is also possible that the bacteria have developed a way to repair the problems caused by arsenic in the DNA. A method of repairing damaged DNA is helpful for curing many diseases, especially those most related with the ageing process.

In most motherboards there is an option to choose the level of diagnostics you want it to go through on each boot. There is also the option to choose which errors you want it to halt on. For example, on one PC I use there are options to halt on all errors, no boot device, no keyboard, faulty memory, etc. Just turn off the option to halt on "no keyboard detected". If you can't find the option to boot without a keyboard then plug one in, boot, and remove it once you've started the PC.

It's not just the US government that tries to cover up UFO sightings - other governments around the world have done exactly the same. The mundane reason is that if someone sees a restricted military flight (such as for a new type of aircraft) and mistakes it for a UFO, they don't want a detailed description to hit the press for obvious reasons. In the unlikely event that it was a UFO the government would probably want to be the first to know and sort out some sort of official line, rather than the newspapers or TV news being the first to break the story and cause mass panic in the way they always do.Would we all freak out? No. Would the mass media freak out and create a panic? Yes. That would cause a mass panic among the large percentage of the population who believe everything they read in the papers and see on television. I think the thing that would freak most people out is fear of the unknown. Any aliens visiting the planet may be peaceful explorers, or may be vicious empire-building lunatics. In the latter case we would most likely be doomed. That does freak people out

It's a sad fact that a lot of what I do on the forums at the moment is remove spam posts and topics (and although I can't speak for the other mods, I think we're all doing similar stuff). As Xisto is run on the very popular Invision Power Board platform, it is also very popular for spammers to write automated scripts for - they can target a lot of forums very easily. I set time aside each day to come on here, read posts, react to reports, reply when I can, etc. I also check throughout the day for reports to keep the forum as spam-free as possible. No-one wants to post in an environment full of spam and scams. These are things only OpaQue has control over at the moment. I'm sure he keeps an eye on the myCENTs being given out, but it is also heavily dependent on the revenue the forum generates. If the forum isn't making any money, there isn't anything to give out to members. I think you have reached a good point. While members may complain about a lack of topics to reply to, there is a simple solution - make some. If you make a high quality, interesting topic about something that interests you then you will be encouraged to keep posting in it, and you will draw new members in. Sheepdog strikes me as an excellent example of this, and an example of how it works. Remember that a huge number of people find this forum from search engines, and posting a unique, interesting, well-written topic will cause it to rocket to the top of the search results, drawing in new members and replies. Moderators do not censor the forums or limit free speech. Members are free to post whatever they want within reason, as long as it is decent, well-written and follows the other rules. OpaQue's desire was always to have somewhere free and open for people to post and share knowledge, which is what we have.

As far as I am aware, myCENTs are credited for moderated posts before they are made visible, to avoid any delay caused by us being busy or missing a post. If we then have to edit a post or refuse to approve it, the myCENTs are then adjusted again. Please bear in mind that it's Thanksgiving in the US, so a lot of members, including staff, are away from home or busy. Those of us elsewhere in the world do our best to keep up but it can be tricky when we are busy. If you make a post that doesn't appear after a few days, send a moderator a PM and ask what happened to it. It's very easy for us to miss the odd post.

My entry for the week: Next time I shall remember to make my sig first rather than a presentation for university