The Simpleton

that's a good plan of your Nameless_ but I've had a bad experience with lockerz so far. I got an invite one month ago but after signing in all I get is a blank page, instead of the 'catching game' that is supposed to appear! well I guess it has something to do with my browser. But I never tried it after that. I'll wait and see if the others can get it and then I'll apply again.

That explains everything! I tried getting into t17 through google and was surprised to see a completely different version of the site! Now I understand how this guest has managed to get so many posts. I made one myself - it will be coming soon if approved Just another doubt though - some mod/admin might be controlling this member, right? Because the avatar must have been inserted by a human - it couldn't have just appeared automatically...

First off, let me tell you that although I watch some of the F1 races, I'm not much into them and don't know the exact working of the sport. I've been following the results of the races for the past three seasons, and I somehow feel that this is not a sport for drivers with talent - it's for drivers who're lucky to get into the right car!Of course it takes talent to drive an F1 car and it's a very difficult job. But why is it that only a handful of drivers win everytime? Why is it that there are only two-three teams that vie for the constructors championship each year? F1 races aren't really on an equal footing for everyone. If the driver is lucky enough to get into a rich team like Ferrari or McLaren, he has a good chance to win some races, even though he may not be the best driver on the circuit. On the other hand, even if the person is the most talented driver but doesn't get into a hi-tech team, he always ends up in the bottom ranks. This is a trend that has been seen for a long time.For example take the case of Giancarlo Fisichella. He hasn't won a lot of times but he's a good driver and has got some impressive results in the past. He got a good car with Renault and his results were good too. But as soon as he moved to the newer team Force India, he began gettting results liek 15th, 17th, etc. Why? Because Force India doesn't have a car good enough to compete with the top teams. During the entire last season, Giancarlo Fisichella couldn't get a single point if I'm not wrong. This goes to show how unrealisitc F1 can be - the better your car, the better your result. Nothing depends on your own talent! (Note: In the latest race, which ended an hour before the starting of this thread, Fisichella got 2nd place, but that was just because the top players were unlucky to get to the bottom...)On another note, how interesting is F1? The cars are good and the feeling is great, but can you bear to watch such long races? The result of most races is known during the qualifying itself, because the top 3 people starting on the grid are most likely to retain their places at the end of the race. There's hardly anything fun to watch! No, I'm not asking for car crashes every ten minutes, I want to see real racing - neck-to-neck contests and such. All we get today is a boring scene with the top 5 blazing away from rest of the crowd, and huge gaps between cars. It's like watching the testing of the cars ;)I really don't know why I won't just stop watching F1 and stop thinking about all this. I guess there's something in the sport that keeps me hooked. But it's not enough to generate much excitement and pleaseure in watching. I don't know how the old F1 races were some years back but today's races are just plain boring.

Sad to hear that you didn't get through the installation. That's the risk with downloading such large files from the net. I would suggest that you request for a cd from shipit.ubuntu.com - if you request a single cd it usually comes soon and it's clean. you can save a lot of time this way. if you think you can't wait then try borrowing a cd from someone and even if that doesn't work then the only way is to download another copy

any kind of traffic exchange program is really irritating because it delivers so little and wastes valuable bandwidth. therefore it's not at all advised to participate in such programs. just put some good content on your site and give your site address in places like Xisto and you will get a decent amount of traffic soon.

oh I remember doom too - but wasn't the first doom game in 2d? i think the third doom game came out in basic 3d. i don't remember exactly it was such a long time ago. wolfenstein was also a similar game but had another type of atmosphere and all.

those special editions have some restrictions placed on them if I'm not wrong?It will be active only so long as you're a student. Once you've finished your studies they'll disable it. Another project of MS called 'Bizspark' offers free premium MSDN membership to upcoming business ventures. To keep it alive, they have to show results through their business. If they quit, they have to cough up $100! These sort of restrictions can be imagined only by Microsoft and that's why I don't like them...

wow you opened up an old one! anyway if this is the first order you're placing with xisto, then it'll definitely take some time to get processed, coz they need to check your profile over here and so on. My first domain+hosting package took 2 days to get activated, but just today I ordered a domain and it was registered within 45 minutes! So the first one just needs some time and after that everything will be smooth and fast.

In the beginning everything seems so exciting that you want to get on all the forums at once, post a ton and get heaps of myCENTS! That's the feeling most new members of Xisto get when they join the forums. They read a lot, post a lot, and without realizing it, they end up spending lots of valuable time posting here, all for the sake of myCENTS. I was like that when I joined too, and I don't see a dearth of similar members here! Now I've reduced the time I spend here considerably. From 2-3 hours per day I've come down to 10-30 minutes per day on weekdays and maybe an hour on holidays. That's still a lot of time and it's still disrupting my schedule. But somehow I can't seem to get enough of the addiction I've already collected enough CENTs to keep my domains alive for another year, but I don't know why I'm still posting like mad here. So my question is, do any of you have similar stories to share? Do you too spend a lot of time posting over here? I'm sure there might be quite a handful!

well making a site like that isn't easy and requires good programming skills and there's also the need to negotiate with advertisers - something that will take time to learn! I was just browsing randomly and I found a site that works on the same system I mentioned! It doesn't pay out in money, though. It gives out premium accounts to some sites like rapidshare, megaupload, etc. check out this thread if you're interested. I was just browsing through

yes that's a good point. many people quit forums whenever they're bored and just move on to some other place. mods are required to be loyal and trustworthy so they need to be chosen with utmost care. Anyway I think we're diverting from the original topic - the admin has heard our call and has responded accordingly so I think it's best if we leave it here

yeah that's a good idea. But do you think most people will have a "spare" pen drive? They are the most used portable storage devices and I highly doubt if anyone would be willing to sacrifice the utility of it for the sake of games. A DVD on the other hand, can be burnt and kept handy whenever needed.

Yes it's a sad thing that such sites don't last for a long time and it's hard to find such sites in the first place. But I still know that there are some legit sites out there which do give what they promised. We just have to keep our eyes open for them that's all!

I visited the Xisto.com page two months ago but I didn't observe it that much. Now I visited it and it seems to be outdated, with mention of hosting credits, even though we are using the myCENT system now. But one thing we need to remember before complaining about these things is that the Xisto staff have a very challenging job that needs to be done without errors. They have a lot of jobs pending and thus things like these just sit on the waiting list for a long time. So it's not right to blame them that much. We just have to be patient...

Let's put aside the fact that mobile phones emit radiation and what not. Just think of it this way - using mobile phones on a constant basis disrupts your social life and it becomes an addiction to talk for a long time daily or send a hundred or so messages daily. So if you see it from this angle, using them is really a dangerous activity. Your mind gets disrupted at all times and your head keeps buzzing if you talk too long. Coming back to the radiation part, there is strong evidence to show that mobile phones are dangerous from this angle as well but still, we can't live a long time without them. So let's just live a shorter life with them

As I said in my first post, this site is dead now and the reason might be: losses! Anyway during all the time that I was on the site, I remember clicking only one ad, and that too during registration. After that all i had to do was to wait for more referrals. That was hard because there are not many places where you are allowed to post referral links but I still managed to do a good job of it. That site was the only legit site I found till today. Too bad that it got closed soon

even if you have unmetered bandwidth, the chances of people coming in through these programs and clicking on your ads are very very low. They will just be waiting to finish their quota of time and leave the site. There might be people who are truly interested, but chances are still less. The best thing to do is not to visit these sites at all.

Hi there Spyke! welcome to the Xisto forums it is indeed a huge repository of information relating to the internet. If you don't watch yourself you could get a huge addiction to this forums a lot of people here share your ambition and we are on a constant quest to find out the perfect way to earn money off the net. A few of them have succeeded but a lot have failed. Nonetheless, we never stop trying and hope to achieve success some day! If you have any doubts regarding the forums, then I suggest that you read this document as it is very useful to newcomers. I think the easiest way to start a business is to make a website with good content and then put some ads on it. The visitors who like your content will most likely click on the ads thus generating revenue for you. Or you could sell something useful on your site. Or you could start some sort of a service. Well there are lot of options. There's a good place to discuss it in the forums. See you there!

The only disadvantage of using a live CD/DVD is the long boot-up/shut down times. But after that small inconvenience, I think there won't be any more problem, will there? Ubuntu needs just 256MB of RAM and it won't use all of that at a given time. These days the minimum amount of RAM that most people seem to be having is 1GB. So I think there won't be a big problem for using this procedure. IT has more pros than cons, in my opinion.

there was a blue theme before? It sounds good as you said, dark themes won't suit our forums, but somehow gray seems to wear off the enthusiasm in here. that's why I suggested that we change the theme. If there is a redesign scheduled soon that would be really good.

No offense, but I just wanted to know if there's something special about the member called iGuest. The member is second on the list of the top 20 posters of the forums. But the account seems to be shared by a lot of members, because in each post, there is a line which says "Reply by <name>" with a different name each time! Also in the list of threads, the display says, "Last post by iG-xxxxxx" with the member's name in it. I was just curious about this "member" so I decided to ask the community about it. Could someone clear my doubt please?

I think every big forum gets a thread like this every two weeks or so I'm talking about changing the theme of T17 forums. It's very decent but most members would also say it's dull I've seen many members suggesting that the theme should be changed but the topic got diverted due to larger, more important things. But I feel it's time that we started thinking about this seriously. I've been here for a short while (2 months) so I don't know whether or not this theme has been used from the beginning, but it definitely needs to be changed! Variety is the spice of life and everyone looks forward to seeing some change in everything they do, otherwise the job becomes boring after a while. Similarly, the theme may be indirectly influencing the mood of the members - they might not be motivated enough to post day-after-day seeing the same old theme. If there was a brighter theme then they may be encouraged to post more. Well that's just my own, useless opinion. If you feel that we need to get a new theme, then please vote in the poll. Thanks for that

The founding members of the community are obviously the ones who can be trusted the most - that's why they're given such a big responsibility. As SM said a wrong move by the admin could give this business a black mark and that's a risk that no person would be willing to take. That's why it is best to choose carefully from the members who have been active right from the beginning. New members may be good, but they will most likely be considered only after being observed for a year or two.

If you ask me, its not a good idea to buy such phones. Their features are good and they are perfect for showing off, but if bad luck strikes and you lose it or something similar happens, the feeling will be very bad. That's why I use a phone which is low on features. So even if Iose it or it gets destroyed, the loss won't be much and I won't feel so sad.Anyway it's interesting to know that technology is improving day-by-day. But this is definitely not a phone for everyone, coz most people won't even know how to make the best use of such features!

Members belonging to the present generation would probably find this question stupid, because all of them grew up playing 3d games. But there are a lot of us who were initiated to the gaming world with only 2d games such as pacman, contra, super mario, prince of persia (the original 2d game!) etc. These were the first games I ever played and was instantly bitten by the gaming bug. Today after getting used to playing 3d games, when I try playing those old games, I wonder how I used to enjoy those at all! They're still fun to play now, but somehow they feel a it boring compared to all the hi-tech games we get today.I began to wonder how I lost my love for the good old games....the answer was simple - the first 3d game that I ever played influenced me so deeply that I forgot all about the golden age Sadly, I never remember even today what that first 3d game was. It was an FPS and the nearest thing that I can think of is quake 2, but I'm not sure. Do any of you remember the first 3d game you played in your life? Let it be good or bad I'm sure it must have enthralled you at least a little bit! If you remember do share your experience here so that I can try some of those games as well.