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  1. HP's website doesn't provide enough detail on the power supply to determine what the exact effect would be of leaving it as it is. The graphics card requires a 6-pin PCIe power connector, and is also slightly overclocked from the stock specs, according to reviews. This means that it is drawing more power than if the specs had been left at their factory defaults. So, most obviously, check that the card is seated correctly in the socket and that the power connector is fitted correctly. The PCIe power connector delivers a 12v power supply to the graphics card. The power supply could be designed in one of two ways: single rail or multiple rail. HP do not say which they use on their website. Single rail means that all 12v power supplies come from the same circuitry and all affect one another, but is generally more efficient. Multiple rail means that only a few 12v supplies are connected to each other, so your PCIe power supply doesn't affect the hard drives or CPU for example. If the power supply you have is single rail then overloading that rail will affect the stability of every component in your PC. On a multiple rail power supply, it will only affect the stability of components on the same rail. Using the handy PSU calculator and plugging in your PCs specs, you'll see that a 300W PSU is the bare minimum to power that system. I would suggest upgrading to a 450W or 500W PSU from a reputable brand, if possible, to ensure stability. It will also run more efficiently - PSUs are often most efficient at between 50% and 75% of their full load.
  2. Well I certainly noticed him answering your concerns:
  3. The CMOS battery is a button-cell type battery (a watch battery) on the motherboard. On most boards it is positioned laying flat against the board: On some boards it sticks up vertically, slotting into a little holder. In either case, if you want to reset the BIOS, remove the battery and wait for a few minutes. Then put the battery back in and the BIOS settings should have been reset to factory defaults.
  4. The owners of those posts could sue you for infringement of copyright. If you are copy and pasting posts from elsewhere and passing them off as your own then that is technically illegal. It also won't do any good to your search engine rankings; most search engines heavily penalise sites for copied content. You would be much better off providing links to the original articles, then providing your own comments on them. This means that search engines will see your original content, along with lots of linking around the web, which is good for rankings too. Improving your rankings means more visitors, and therefore more ad revenue.
  5. Where were they posted? In certain sections it seems now that individual posts need to be approved (not just new topics). Unfortunately, with all the upgrading being done to the forums, the staff have lost the power to approve posts or see hidden posts for the time being. If this is the case then your posts have been recorded, but you won't see them until the staff get the ability to approve them again. If that is not the case then you've found a serious bug. Try to replicate it, find out under exactly what conditions it occurs. Then report it in the forums so Buffalo and OpaQue have their attention drawn to it. I'm having the same problems with logging in. It seems to be related to the settings this forum is applying to its cookies basically being wrong in every sense. To get around the "View New Content" being useless, go to the forum main page, scroll to the bottom, and use the "Today's active content" link.
  6. What operating system are you running? Is it up to date?What software and hardware changes to your PC have you made in the last 7 days?If you are running Microsoft Windows or Apple OS, have you run a virus scan?Are any error messages produced when the PC hangs?Are you doing anything in particular when the PC hangs?What software is running in the background on your PC?
  7. In their seemingly unending desire to become recognised as one of the worst police forces in the world, new footage has come to light of British police using totally excessive force against innocent members of the public.http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ a requirement of the law in the UK, police officers are required to wear their ID numbers and have them on plain view at all times. They are also required to identify themselves at any time to members of the public when asked. The officers in the video did not have their ID numbers on display (presumably deliberately removing them from their uniform). When asked, perfectly correctly and politely, to reveal their identity the officers respond with ludicrous force and aggression.This is, unfortunately, far from rare: https://julesmattsson.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/the-romford-incident/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/29/police_photo_bother_romford/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/officers-claim-they-dont-need-law-to-stop-photographer-taking-pictures-2012827.html http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ protests in London in April last year later led to a man's death after police attacked him:http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ sort of behaviour by the police force leaves me lost for words. It's disgusting that this is going on.
  8. For those, like me, who want it changed back, here are the instructions: In the top right hand corner, click the little downwards pointing triangle to the right of your username. Click on "My Settings" Click on the "Forums" tab Under the "Notification Preferences" section (a title which has nothing to do with the content of that section...) change the last drop-down box from "Linear+" to "Standard" Click "Save Changes" As far as I know, it's always been an option that people could change for themselves, so why it was suddenly changed for all users without warning I have no idea
  9. There are a few topics here on Xisto that deal with video editing software, and specifically video editing software for Ubuntu and Kubuntu. Below I've listed a few, and although most video editing software contains the ability to blur certain sections, I can't be certain all the ones I list do, so check first. Or, as they're free, download them and give them a go anyway Cinelerra - http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php Avidemux - http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ CinePaint - http://www.cinepaint.org/ Kino - http://www.kinodv.org/ CineFX - http://www.cinefx.org/ Kdenlive - https://kdenlive.org/ Also note that a few of those are KDE-based applications, so they will install the KDE libraries on Ubuntu if you don't have them already.
  10. The love scene didn't last long. I'm in more of a summery beachy mood.Also on Imageshack if you can't see the attachment for any reason: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/404.png
  11. Most people will likely have deleted the email as spam, if their email client didn't already send it there, unfortunately. You need to target yourself to people who actually want web hosting; most business owners are unlikely to be clued up on web hosting, but will want "a website". When people want "a website" they approach a website designer, not a hosting company. As anwiii has said, you could try working with website designers to create some sort of package deal, or offer them a referral incentive - for every client they send your way that buys hosting, they get 10% of the invoice paid to them. Just remember that most web hosting companies will likely have a similar deal already in place, so you will need to convince them why they should switch to you. Individual freelance web designers may be easier to get on board, but will have fewer clients with smaller sites. Another approach to target yourself is with keyword advertising on Google, Yahoo, etc. Buy ads for keywords related to web hosting, therefore targeting yourself at people who already know what web hosting is and what they want. However, this is an incredibly competitive sector, so you will likely need to pay quite a bit for a good ad placement. The Yellow Pages, Thompson Phone Book, BT Phone Directory, etc are all also alternatives. Just make sure you get listed under the right section, and take a look at current adverts you would be competing with. Make sure you have something that stands out and leaps off the page to draw attention to yourself over your competitors. Remember that this will be a local advertisement though, so you won't achieve the same presence as other methods. Local magazines are a good option too, but your advert would not be targeted to those looking for web hosting.
  12. Something I've seen quite a few phones able to do in the past, and much cheaper than an iPhone too! I wouldn't exactly say the 4th iPhone makes the dream a reality when it's been around for so long. Calling it a "Retina Display" (ie. it matches the physical resolution achieved by the human eye) is a lie on Apple's part unless you hold your phone very far away from your face when you use it. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364871,00.asp
  13. The article you link to is in no way sensationalist. The title you applied to this topic certainly is! When companies add these substances to foods, you are right that in many cases there are suspicious and profit-driven reasons. But consider the flip side - like the two examples I mentioned in my first post. Those are both "chemical-sounding" names, so people are instantly up in arms about them being added to food. But they're just water and vitamin C! The same applies to many other substances that are added to foods. When cooking at home, you always add ingredients to change the flavour or texture of what you're making, and that's fine. The ingredients you add contain the same substances used in manufacturing the foods in factories. There is no difference in many cases! It's just cheaper to buy a ton of the pure substance than a ton of some food/plant that contains it. Take the substance monosodium glutamate (also known as MSG or E621). People complain about it being added to foods. But it's a naturally occurring substance, created from sugar beet. It occurs 'naturally' in lots of Asian cooking, and in things such as soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. When added as a pure chemical, people complain. But when added as a seaweed extract or sugar extract, people are fine with it. Why? They do exactly the same thing, and contain the same chemical. People are just frightened of chemical names. People prefer to see "natural sugar extracts" rather than "monosodium glutamate" or "E621" on their food labels. Fresh juice is make from squished fruit. Juice which is sold in those Tetrapak boxes and isn't from the refrigerated section of the supermarket is normally made from a concentrated syrup. The difference is noticeable. I would make my own juice, but I didn't bring my juicer and smoothie maker to university with me
  14. You do, actually. Assuming you are a perfect black-body emitter at a body temperature of 310K you emit radiation at a peak wavelength of 9.35x10-6 m. This wavelength falls within the mid infrared region of the spectrum.
  15. The article doesn't actually say junk food has drugs in it - just that it can cause an addiction, in the same way that anything pleasurable can cause an addiction. Any activity that releases the chemicals that make the body experience pleasure can lead to an addiction by exactly the same method. Most of these stories, when reported with headlines like the topic title, are entirely sensationalist. Did you know, for example, that most foods have very high levels of hydroxylic acid, often intentionally added by the manufacturer? Even healthy products such as natural fruit juices often have high levels of E300, again intentionally added by the manufacturer.
  16. So what about an automaton? Create a robot that can build a copy of itself. That satisfies the requirement for something that has the means to replicate itself, so would that robot be classed as an organism?
  17. Sorry, exams very much got in the way for me this time. I'll work on my entry today and post it up here when it's done. And here it is:
  18. With those values you have a BMI of 23.7. Anything between 18.5 and 25.0 is considered a healthy BMI. http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx?Tag= However, if you are at all concerned about your weight, diet, etc then the best thing to do is speak to your GP. The Internet is not a substitute for good, professional medical advice!
  19. Unfortunately you are now too late. Google recently settled their legal issues, and now have the right to use the GMail name within the UK. All new accounts created in the UK are now @gmail.com and any users with @googlemail.com addresses are being given the option to "switch" to @gmail.com (although both worked all the time anyway...) Definitely @googlemail.com, although it has now been discontinued.
  20. Age of Empires II was released over a decade ago, and Microsoft closed the official online servers back in 2006. As a replacement, Microsoft recommend GameSpy and GameRanger. However, those services are not officially supported. Also, considering the release of Age of Empires III, they're unlikely to be used by that many people.
  21. How is your social network going to compete with the big names out there - what is your unique selling point? Working from that killer feature, you should be able to devise a name that will instantly portray that feature to potential users. For example, "MySpace" tells you exactly what you get - a little bit of space on the Internet just for you, to edit into oblivion with some of the worst design skills ever seen online You will also likely only want to consider names that are available as URLs with suitable extensions. May I suggest Friendface as a name? [media]http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/] And just a heads up, Diaspora may well stick a nail in the coffin of these centralised social networks.
  22. I'll be honest - I think you're going about this the wrong way. Not only is that sort of monitoring actually borderline illegal in many countries, it doesn't solve the problem. If you believe he's visiting illegal sites then talk to him about it and explain the risks - many ISPs will cut you off if you visit a lot of illegal sites, along with the fact he could get prosecuted for it. If that doesn't work you could also speak to your parents about it and they can then talk to him about it.
  23. The cable you use has no affect on the voltage. So, as long as the cable fits the PSU and into your wall socket (and features the right connections - make sure it's earthed) then the cable will work fine.The voltage is more of an issue. You will need to carefully check the information provided with the PSU to see exactly which voltages it is happy with. It may state 115V with a tolerance of 10%, so would be fine on 125V. However, the tolerance may be lower, and running 125V across the PSU could damage it. Check the documentation carefully, although if the PSU is being sold in your country then it should be fine with the voltage.
  24. According to BP, their latest idea of plugging the leak with thousands of barrels of waste has failed, meaning oil is still flooding out into the ocean: https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/05/30/0130203/BP-Says-Top-Kill-Operation-Has-FailedTheir current plan is to now use unmanned submarines to cap off the equipment causing the problem, and therefore stop oil flowing out from the well. The problem is that this will take at least another four days to complete. Their ultimate plan to stop the oil flowing, by drilling new relief wells, won't be completed for another three months. So unless the robotic submarines work, BP is really starting to run out of options. What baffles me is that a company making ?11.5 billion per year in pure profit can't use some of those funds to solve this problem.
  25. Information is very much the focal point of the lives of people and vital to the success of businesses these days. It's also the tool many businesses are using to generate their profits, and therefore the money to pay their employees. Information has become a vital component to many families livelihoods. However, you could also make the argument that we are in the "Public Age"; nothing is private any more. With people using websites like Facetube and Youspace to post every minute detail of their lives online, accessible to anyone at any time, we are in an age where personal privacy has all but disappeared for these people. It has almost become expected that people have all this information available online.
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