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  1. In the first post of this topic, you'll see a section labeled: Within that section you'll see the text "How to Order xxx.trap17.com." The link provided under it will guide you through the ordering process and how to request for a sub-domain.
  2. I've known about it, but i don't participate in it. I would rather spend more time working on my projects than trying to figure out how one program or script works just to include a few small things in there. While you could use your knowledge of the program to write documentation instead, i would only do that if i made use of the program or script, saw that its documentation is very lacking to near non-existing, and feel that it should have decent documentation—at least some simple code examples, and i don't mean a "hello world" example; hello world examples tend to be too simple for my taste. Most of the popular programs and scripts have a lot of code already written, so you will be there for a long while trying to figure out its structure.
  3. If you re-interpret the word "Linux" to mean "open-source," then you could try out ReactOS, though i've never tried it before. But for a regular Linux distro, you can get a few games to run through Wine, like Call of Duty 4, albeit with most of those games on their lowest settings. But when you said your friend had purchased several computers, i was expecting them to be pre-built and with Windows on them. I would have expected it to be cheaper this way; if the graphics card and memory that came with them wouldn't be enough, then all that you would have needed to do is buy another stick of RAM and a decent graphics card.
  4. For the quick skim of the site i did, i did not see the ability to make enums or overloaded functions—something i wish PHP had (though there are complicated ways to achieve them in PHP). But what is interesting is that it doesn't seem to compile to byte code (where it would need some form of interpreter) but to machine code, yet it has its own garbage collector. This language looks promising, but it is still a bit immature. It is near to what i was hoping for in a language, but it would be great if it were compatible with C and C++ libraries. It has its own linker, but i wonder if it would allow for C and C++ libraries.
  5. Just read the friendly manual that came with whatever hardware that you are talking about. You needn't go any further than the manual.
  6. If it's not built in, then you need a third-party tool. Try the one at the bottom. Scan before use, of course. I'd try to make one, but i have no way of testing it.
  7. I'm not going to get the game until i hear about dedicated servers included for a new patch (which doesn't seem like it will happen) for PC. Here is what normally happens when you don't have dedicated servers: click. Reminds me of CoD3 for PS2. Until then, i'll just catch the game at my friend's house. You'll notice that every other multiplayer video is on a console system (you can tell by the way the crosshair moves—they seem more rigid than smooth).
  8. Like with many first person shooters, most if not all of the fun comes from online multiplayer. The only unfortunate part is for PC gamers, due to lack of dedicated servers. Unlike CoD4, where you could play with up to 64 players of the game, CoD MW2 seems to limit you to 18 (9 vs 9), maybe 12 (6 vs 6) for Team Deathmatch. Aside from this, many new things were introduced in multiplayer. In CoD4, when the enemies' UAV was up, the only thing you had to protect yourself was the UAV jammer perk. Now you can actually shoot down the enemy UAV or activate the "Counter UAV." In CoD4, you had a knife which you can use to go up to an enemy and slice them; however, in MW2, you can now throw the knife at the enemy. Do take note that you may lose your knife like this, although you can go back and pick it up.In CoD MW2, after getting four kills in a row, you can call in a helicopter that drops in special packages for you. These special packages can contain many things, from Counter UAV, to the Chopper Gunner and more. You use a smoke grenade that spews out red smoke to inform the computer AI where to place the package. You have to hurry if you want to take advantage of the package, as the enemy or an ally can take your package. Also, it appears that in MW2, your ability to call in support does not get overwritten. That is, in CoD4, when you obtained UAV but later obtained Air Strike, you would lose the UAV if you did not use it. But in MW2, it seems like that is not the case.Also, you can now plant sentry guns anywhere in the map. This sentry gun is an automatic machine gun that rotates a bit looking for the enemy by motion sensors. Perhaps one of the most interesting things included for MW2 multiplayer is the ability to call in a tactical nuke. You need to get 25 kills in a row to do so. Calling in the nuke kills all players, including you, on the field and ends the game (in your favor). Xbox and PS3 users may find the game to be better than PC users.
  9. Practically all content management systems that rely on a database (like MySQL) have an install script, which is normally in the form of a wizard (i.e. a fill-out-the-form, click-next, and repeat-until-finished script). This script is normally found in a folder called "install." After "installation" any installation folder should be deleted. Pointing your browser to the installation folder will "start" the process. In the case of Drupal, it would be the file "install.php" in the Drupal folder. I've never used Drupal before, but if it is like any other CMS, then the first step to installing Drupal would be to extract it from the downloaded archive and upload the files from the drupal-<version-number> folder (if any, as some extractors make a folder if none is present). You uploaded it to another folder, a level below public_html, hence why you are redirecting. Upload all the Drupal files to public_html, and you wouldn't need to redirect.
  10. If i posted every thought, agenda, experience, accomplishment, et cetera, i have, i would have nothing for my site, and i would most likely have already reached a 3000 post count. Then again, a lot of what i think and write about is incomplete and generally constantly being worked on, therefore not in the position to be publicly released. Whether or not they ever become "good enough" to be released depends on the work itself and how much time i have. But aside from a lot of these, i could post about other things if i wanted to and took the time. Who knows, maybe i'll post something up eventually.
  11. After trying out emelFM2, i feel the structure is a bit too complicated and it kind of feels like i'm working in an FTP program. You could hide one of the columns, but that ruins the point for certain features. Its interface seems very customizable, but a bit too complicated for me.
  12. What kind of colors are you looking for? And am i right to assume that you are looking for a three column layout? Or is the current structure just for testing things out, perhaps to gain some inspiration? Structure with CSS normally concerns margin, padding, width and the property "display."Here's a quick stylesheet you can use or learn from: <style>body { margin: 0; padding: 0;}div#header { background-color: #EEE; padding: 5px; text-indent: 15px;}div#header h1 a { color: black; text-decoration: none;}div#menu ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding-left: 15px; background-color: black;}div#menu ul li { display: table-cell;}div#menu ul li a { display: block; color: white; padding: 5px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-decoration: none;}div#menu ul li a:hover { background-color: #EEE; color: black;}div#menu ul li.current_page_item a { background-color: white; color: black;}div#page > div { display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; padding: 15px;}div#page div#ads { background-color: #EEE; width: 165px; min-width: 165px;}div#page div#content { width: 100%;}div#page div#sidebar { background-color: #EEE; width: 165px; min-width: 165px;}div#footer { background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px;}</style>
  13. The first two on your list i have tried out, and i personally prefer Thunar over Nautilus. The rest on your list i have not tried out and have only heard of rox-filer, which is originally for the ROX desktop environment. The others i have tried out which are not listed are Dolphin and PCManFM. Dolphin contains a lot of features that Thunar and Nautilus may never have, but it is not as fast starting up as Thunar and Nautilus is and may appear a bit cluttered. Also, concerning Thunar's big icons, believe it or not, i only remember experiencing those big icons in GNOME. I was actually a bit surprised at their size when i saw them so big.Why i prefer Thunar over Nautilus is because it has better support for opening files with other applications, it has features already present (like "Open terminal here") that would normally require installing those features separately if i were using Nautilus, and, though a small reason, Thunar looks better than Nautilus. The only thing i wish it had that Nautilus already has is tabbed browsing. PCManFM is okay; it has a terminal emulator, shortcuts, DBUS and HAL support (like most popular file managers), but it is still a bit immature.Dolphin is a pretty convenient file manager. Before KDE4, i was using Konqueror as a file manager, but Dolphin has more file management features than Konqueror does. Dolphin has tabbed browsing, built-in konsole support (which it loads in its own dock widget), and a lot of file management features. I like the fact that i don't have to cut and paste files just to move them, or copy and paste just to copy them. Merely right-clicking on the file/folder and hovering over "Move to" or "Copy to" and it'll provided a menu of folder locations to where to move or copy the file to. The only downside to this is if one folder has a lot of sub-directories and you have a small screen resolution.But even with all the features Dolphin brings, i would still pick Thunar over it. KDE applications require a few daemons to be ran in order to use the applications. I would prefer not to have those daemons running in the background. I did attempt to make my own file manager, but that project is currently postponed, and i don't know if i'll pick it up again. But i'll take a look at emelFM2.
  14. I'm amazed you even managed to get into the BIOS with those temperatures; though, i am curious as to why the onboard graphics card is getting the same temperatures as the CPU though you are merely in the BIOS. What is the maximum temperature that the BIOS allows before it shuts off the computer? I have trouble believing that this is caused merely by dust and lack of good air flow. Out of curiosity, check the condition of the motherboard's capacitors. Anyway, the overclocking features may be hidden in the BIOS but should be able to be disclosed with a keyboard shortcut. For me it was CTRL+F1 for my Gigabyte motherboard. I'm not sure about ASUS, but it may be the same shortcut, that is, if they are hidden.
  15. Then your screenshots confused me. You said it gave you a warning for both drives, but the screenshots show the same HDD (HTS542525K9A300). All computer hardware will fail eventually. Some SSDs were made to go into PCI Express x8 slots, others SATA, USB (the portable kind), et cetera. SSDs do perform faster than HDDs, some going as fast as over 600MBs a second (but this one is obviously out of the reach of most home consumers). All the ones that could be marked as "affordable" may not give you more than 32gigs of space. I'd wait for the new drive. I won't even recommend using another partitioner for the Windows partition.
  16. A CPU overclocking itself sounds absurd; it'd be more logical if a virus was messing around with your hardware. But i would rather comment further after you have re-applied new thermal paste. As for GPU, an average of around 50 Celcius idle is typically normal. But what temperatures are you getting now for both and what were their "normal" temperatures? Our videos?
  17. Ah, okay, i understand the wording now. Albeit, SLI implies two graphics cards (as i don't recall ever being able to SLI with one card), therefore i thought "Quad SLI" should mean 8 graphics cards. I would have expected "in Dual SLI," though, instead of "Quad SLI" for 2 graphics cards that have dual GPUs on each.
  18. Those new to system building often get confused by the thermal paste that often comes pre-applied to the heatsink. This confusion tends to result in the removal of the paste by the consumer. Never attempt to remove the pre-applied thermal paste from the heatsink unless you have purchased new thermal paste and are replacing the thermal paste that was already on the heatsink. Removing the paste can cause the CPU to overheat and frequent crashes of the system may occur. If you have mistakenly removed the paste, you should purchase new thermal paste and learn to apply it. It is recommended that no more than paste the size of a (long) grain of rice should be applied to the processor. Spreading the paste across the top of the processor may not be necessary; however, if you want to be neat, or are a perfectionist, you could use a plastic bag to help spread the paste. Some heatsinks may bring the paste separately and may also provide their own paste spreader.
  19. The specifications provided seems like an average INTEL computer; nothing impossible about it. Even the one provided by rvalkass is not uncommon, at least around overclockers?though i do wonder how you can get a Quad SLI setup with just 2 graphics cards. But INTEL tends to charge an "arm and a leg" for their processors. Even if INTEL currently outperforms AMD, they're asking for a lot.
  20. They're both the same drive, just different partitions. Running off of LiveCD should prevent your drive from dying any quicker. If you want to spare your drive for as long as you can, try not to do anything big, like installing an operating system, or moving big files, unless necessary. If you have a secondary computer (i'm assuming this is your laptop we're talking about), then i would suggest (though this may sound a bit contradictory to what i have just said) to transfer whatever you can onto it—of course, anything that will transfer quickly first. Obviously, just use whatever other computer you have lying around as your main computer for now, that is, if you have any.Bad sectors, i would say, is one of the reasons why solid state drives (disks) are favored over HDD. SSDs don't have mechanical moving parts within them, hence they should last longer. But solid state drives are pretty expensive and for the price don't offer much capacity (space).I remember when one of my hard drives started getting bad sectors in it. Didn't realize it for a bit, but one of the side effects of it was Windows acting up, complaining about a certain address space. When i tried loading an Ubuntu LiveCD environment, that's when i was informed of the bad sectors; the LiveCD environment wouldn't load. I guess it was trying to mount the SWAP partition i had, or something. If the LiveCD ever fails to load on you, then you should be able to safely conclude that the drive is completely dead.
  21. I get all my parts from Newegg. You can also look at ZipZoomFly. Since you're are looking for a good deal, i'd recommend to be on the lookout for the way products are advertised. In other words, don't be fooled, for example, by the words "free shipping." Some offer free shipping, but they actually include the price of the shipping into the price of the product itself. Also, concerning combo deals, it may get a bit trickier. Combo deals don't necessarily get shipped together, therefore you may be paying for shipping and handling for each product. If the website offers a newsletter with promotional codes, you should consider signing up. Sometimes you can find the product you had your eye on in the newsletters.
  22. The game itself has yet to be released. You can pre-order it, and if you're lucky, receive it on the day it will be out. The game play found on Youtube and on the official Modern Warfare 2 website looks promising. But since the game has yet to be released, no one can really comment on the game outside of what has been "leaked."
  23. iTunes (or Apple) has converted all songs (or media) into iTunes+ media. That means if you have any files with DRM applied, all you have to do is pay the remaining fee to make your media iTunes+ media, and any new songs you purchase will not have DRM applied. "Upgrading" songs to iTunes+ is usually $0.30, though the price may vary. You may have seen those iTunes advertisements that say you can get songs as low as $0.30. The $0.30 is usually the "upgrade" i was talking about.Once the DRM has been removed, you can convert your songs to MP3 from iTunes.
  24. There's no "depends" option. If the father is a bad cook but the mother does well, then shouldn't only the mother cook, at least until dad learns how to cook?—and vice versa? What if one of them is preparing a meal for the other? What if they are divorced and don't live together? There are plenty of scenarios where only one should be cooking. Cooking together seems like something left for some "together time." And why do you think both should? You need to be more descriptive in your posts.
  25. I was going to write about that, but compile-time errors, just like run-time errors, are not the fault of the language itself. Indeed, compile-time errors (a.k.a. "make errors") can be annoying, especially when it's another developer's fault, but once you've solved them, compile-time errors become a piece of cake. But this is more from a developer's point of view. Say a non-developer tries to compile a program and runs into compile-time errors. The chances of them successfully compiling the program are generally slim; many of them quit upon the first try—especially if they came from Windows (though that may be pretty "gutsy" of them trying to compile a program). Personally, what i like about C and C++ is that you have to keep track of how you manage your memory (though i'm sure some may consider that a con). Many other languages do that for you, but even in those other languages you can still have a memory leak (even if it's a rare thing). The knowledge you gain from C and C++ can be very useful for other languages.
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