Everything posted by OldJoe
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any way 2 Play RS better on a 1.6ghz P4, with nvidia 6600 gt
Someone will barge in and tell you to get more memory if you don't got atleast 1gb, but doesn't matter in this case. Your cpu is too weak. And it's socket is outdated. You will basically have to get a whole new computer (6600gt was released in both pci-e and agp version, so unless it's pci-e you'll have to change it aswell).
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World cup 2010!
What a boring game. South Africa played really well. Brazil... Well, that wasn't much of football. No one took any deep runs, everyone looking at the one who had the ball... They played bad to be honest. A win, yeah, but thanks to the free kick, i think South Africa would've won if it'd gone to 2x15. USA should play like they did against Spain on sunday. The only problem they will have is if Brazil scores after 30th minute, then USA will have to open up.
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Tech Support
Well, i pay for my av (Panda). I'm looking forward to the 2010 version, as they claim it uses 80% less resources, which would be nice. Otherwise i'd suggest Kaspersky or NOD32. For free i'd suggest Comodo firewall+Avira av. But windows firewall is ok too. As for added scanning results i use spybot:search&destroy and ad-aware. But never use them in active mode, as you have your av active already. Just for added search results when you feel like it. The bottom line is, don't download everything you see, don't click on every single link... etc. This will get you very far.
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A 'New World Order'?
Whey, conspiracy! Well, i've so far watched 1h of this video. And i find it, as someone above me stated, laughable. I know for example that AMD/Nvidia worked/works with eachother behind the scenes to drive up prices on their products, tho they are competitors. But it is a totally different thing, than those who claim a new world order is in the making. Does everything get more and more centralized? Yes. Just look at the EU, it can override us and they currently working to get Turkey into it (which i don't want, but that's a different matter). But not to the extent these guys claim, i'm pretty sure that if there war more proof for it than it currently is (because this video just looks like a conspiracy cookup to me), then it would be the top-subject... Which is currently isn't. As things looks in the world now, it would be impossible to form a world order. But i guess it would make up for an entertaining movie. Edit, finished watching it (wrote these last bits while watching the end). What is this guy saying? He tries to compare global warming with the Nazis "aryan übermenschen? What the [bleep]. This guy is a complete idiot. And then he goes on saying that humanity contributing to global warming is a fraud... Come on. And i don't understand the problem with mandatory military conscription, is only for 3 months anyway. We used to have hit here, but removed it a couple of years ago only need to fill a certain quota each year. It is for 9 12 months (don't remember). I know Finland still got it. What? Now they compare Obama the support he got from the people, just because they have a bit of new hope in this new administration and that he is so hyped and liked, to Hitler/Mao/Stalin. Haha! Nah, this film is really a comedy. I think you could make an intresting and serious documentary about this subject, but this is not it. This film is a joke. Edit: Uh, now the speaker-voice is talking about be aware of what tricks the elite use, and they show a picture of 9/11. And now they are really speaking out of their arse. Some dude in a suit goes again with the Stalin reference and claims 40m russians died. There is no official number! Anything between 11 - 40m. But you'll never know the true numbers, as the documents have probably been burnt or they are highly guarded. Funny film this. Edit: Why can't i write a word? I want to write a word but get "hack scam site" lol.
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What movie(s) did you last see?
Watching (more listening to) Rush R30 dvd at the moment. Good performance, and i like the live-sound of some of the older songs - they get more "fat". Otherwise i've mostly been watching Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy of late. Latest movie was Black Hawk Down, it was very good.
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RS players like metal music?
Played RS for a few years now, and yep, i've been listening to metal since i was 9. And actually, most i've met in RS has been listening to some rock/metal. Altho i don't like to talk metal in RS... Feels i don't know, weird, hehe.
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What are you listening to right now!?
Rush - The Spirit of Radio Rush - Force Ten
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World cup 2010!
Haha! Damn! Congrats USA! Villa and Torres weren't very good. Spain played very good later into the game, but Villa and Torres seemed unwilling to run. And USA, what a defence. And that red card... He should've let Spain play on and see what happens and then give the guy a yellow card. Now they lost a guy and Spain lost their attack. A really cool cup this =D
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Holocaust museum shooting and hate crimes
Hm, forgive me if i got a bit off topic here. There's always a discussion going on about the Holocaust, whether it is in the media, forums, school or in private. Something that really annoys me is that the Soviet work camps and their deportation program seem to have been forgotten. Depending on how you define the Holocaust, (i think) the number is circa 11 - 17m dead. And as there's no exact data from Soviet, it is difficult to determine how many lost their lives via GULAG. The assumption would be, that about as many or a much greater number people lost there lives there as in the Holocaust. I think this is a topic that should be raised much more, especially in the school. During my school years, i've taken extra history classes (as i like history), but i have only vaguely touched this subject. I have spent a great deal of time on the Holocaust, but next to nothing on the Soviet counterpart. I really don't know why this is. Do people place the Holocaust as more important than the extinction of millions in Soviet? I find it very strange.
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Your first car
Well, since i'll probably be taking my diving liscence in the autumn i might aswell pop in with a reply. As a first car, well hmm... There's loads of Volvo 740/Saab 9000 around... Cheap, pretty easy to repair and reliable (well, 740 atleast), bit boring tho. I know i'll buy a bit nicer car when i've worked for a couple of years later on (good thing i'm moving to Germany later as there's much less tax on their cars than here in Sweden). As i've been thinking, well, you spend alot of time in the car, so why not spend a bit on it. I mean, i think the Saab 9-5 is great... But i'd want something a little bit more "special". But not an Audi, BMW or a Merc, too high price for what you get as standard equipment, expensive spare parts, bad customer service (Merc) and if you want a bit of oomph in one of those you'd have to pay alot - too much in my mind. So if i go by current ones, hm... Jaguar x-type is pretty good but still a heafty lump of cash. A pre 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX, ah. Good car, good value. I'm just rambeling on here.
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Stuff you could NEVER get into
Hmm... Anime/Manga whatever. Rap/hip hop/"butter pop" (Britney e.g.)/"emo" music and a few other genres too. Broccoli and sauerkraut... Yuck!!! This type of stuff Disney puts out nowadays, i heard someone mention Miley(sp?) in this thread - i have no idea who it is but i keep hearing this name all the time, i mean ok, i'm 21 but i could still probably watch The Lionking without too much fuss (i don't know where i'm going with this). These types of shows on the tv, Eurovision songcontest/Dancing with the stars/Stars on ice etc... I keep hearing about it in the newspapers but it takes me 1s to determine it's crap. Religion, i find it intresting but i could never "worship". I like reading the history of it, especially Norse paganism and Christianity. But to join a religion is a no-go. Mobile phones, a couple of my friends and many other people out there seem to be obsessed with mobiles. I don't get it. I only got a "new" mobile (sis old one) a couple of weeks ago before mine from 04 broke. I think the buttons are too small - i often press two buttons at the same time, the screen is too small, you don't hear well when talking on them, annoying as [bleep] when people talk loudly on the bus - or listening to music without earplugs on their crappy speaker, they cost too much etc etc. Hm, i know there's alot more, but my brain is a bit shot atm. Edit: Aha! Fanboyism. I god [bleep]ing hate it. Every time i read some review of a cpu or gpu or whatever, there's always the idiots commentating "Nvidia ftw!". I mean god, how narrow is your mind if you're a fanboy of a graphics card manufacturer.
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What are you listening to right now!?
Travis - Closer
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Java Updates...
Nope. Only need to use one version - preferably the latest one and just takes place with several versions. And don't know if it will loosen up on space.
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Java Updates...
Uninstall every previous update.
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What are you listening to right now!?
Pfm - The Western Tune
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How do you permantly remove Grokster?
Uninstall Frostwire/Limewire, search for you old download-programs and delete all of their entries. Remove any old maps, entries and registry keys still left for grokster (you could use CCleaner for that). If it is a seperate program aswell, uninstall it. Rescan with your security software again. Run Esets or Pandas online scanner after this and see if it's still there. I've quickly checked a couple of security suites and all of them deletes it. If it still persists after deletion you can always follow the solution on x encyclopedia. This is really old. As a side note i'd recommend you to get uTorrent instead. Does AT&T see it as only "Grokster" or is it called something else?
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Danger Will Robinson! (The do's and dont's in computing)
Well, even if you know what you're doing, the warranty is voided if you open up the PSU anyways.
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World cup 2010!
Well, Spain - South Africa just ended. 2 - 0, quite an entertaining game, altho Spain didn't play their best. And i don't understand the South African coach, why did they wait until the 82nd minute until they brought on a new player? Should've come in 65th. And a question, almost everytime Booth gets the ball the crowd "boo's"... Why? Is it because he is white, or what's the deal? Edit: Oh just checked wiki, they are shouting "Booth" not "boo". My mistake, but it sounds very similar lol.
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Ati video card drivers
Tho you don't want it, i'll still recommend 8.12.
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Futurama in 2010!
Been a fan of this show for years now, i really love it. So this is great news! I've got all of the dvds (series+movies), i really enjoyed the new movies i must say. And all new episodes... Yay! Awesome!
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Custom Build internal fixing/tape
I use this for a fan controller, mom works at the hospital so we get them free, and these are very strong. Well back to the football match!
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Pirated movies: Why?
Why? What's the big deal? Why not? You get crappy laws and higher prices on media and software because of it. Let me give you an example, here in Sweden we've gotten IPRED as a result of all the pirating. The personal integrity washes away slowly but steady. And another example, one of my favorite games, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 wasn't released to PC due to piracy on the PC market. I don't own an XBOX or a PS3, so i just have to wait until they release their next game on PC or get a console just to play one game. I also find it funny when some in this thread meantions "freedom" and "free information", if anything, you guys should begin with converting from the MS (or Apple) platform to the Linux platform.
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Pirated movies: Why?
I suppose you could download flagfox to firefox to see which country it's hosted in, and report it to it's police force.
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Wow Microsoft is getting desperate for people to use IE8
10k wouldn't be bad. But it's kinda funny they have to fish for people with money. I must say tho, i actually am a bit annoyed about the EU on Win7. In the EU, Win7 will come without IE installed. EU got too much power (for example, they are working on trying to pass halal-slaughter into the EU law (i [bleep]ing hate it)). I think my biggest problems with IE is that there's too little customization options, too long time before bugs/holes are fixed and also the fact it's integrated in the system so deeply. I have no problem with it being proprietary (i myself use Opera which is proprietary).
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Does this build look ok?
I saw the psu i linked has been deactivated. If you already orderd it and it's on it's way - great. Otherwise i recommend: CORSAIR 400CX - 56$ (46 after rebate)