Everything posted by Guy
-
Firefox Addons
Adblock plus all the way. Fastest fox is good. it's quite hard to explain but have a look at it and you'll see. helps quite a lot, but seems to be a tad buggy.
-
Remove extra newlines in old posts
Probably Peter will have to answer the following... Isn't there a way to leave the forums online at the same time while a script does all the dirty work? :blink: ~D. V. "Why offline when you might be able to run simultaneously?" Devnull I highly doubt this is possible. Editing loads of forum posts will mean that they HAVE to be offline, and taking random threads on and offline would be incredibly disruptive. A majority of the concerned threads are no longer active, and stickys and such I assume have been manually cleared up. There's no point seeing as it's pretty rare to run into a thread with such spacing. Regardless of that, it would take either too many man-hours or a week of no forums for such a tiny problem. Doesn't seem justified to me.
-
Android App's
This. It's useful also to have a file browser, and I'm not sure about the quality of the default internet browser on your phone but Dolphin Browser HD is very good - kinda similar to chrome. Even if you don't like chrome give it a try. X-construct is a fun physics-ish game.
-
Moderator Trainee Recruitment Drive 2011 - CLOSED
Good luck to all that apply :)
-
Code tags
Hmm I guess that would work but it might look a bit odd on the deflection skin. Is the colouring for the syntax highlighting generic across all of the skins? That could pose a problem and if so it would indeed just be easier to change the background colour.
-
RuneFest 2011
That email looks phishy (see what I did there?)
-
Code tags
First off, I'm pretty sure this has been discussed already, but I've had a quick look and can't find the previous topic. The text within the code tags on the deflection skin is incredibly hard to read, I have to highlight it in order to make any sense of it. [hide=Screenie][/hide] I wonder if some of the colours, black and blue mostly, could be changed to be more legible? Thanks. edit: Oh and out of interest, what language does the syntax highlighting apply to? Seems to look good with java.
-
Vanity Items - RS Prepaid cards and Ornate Katana
I'm half expecting the next newspost to be 'Great news guys, we sold the company to a large RWT store!'
-
Remove extra newlines in old posts
I think that has to be done manually :L
-
0% Config on Download Client
Replacing the HDD or reformatting would get the same end result for a fraction of the price, unless you have a particularly old system.
-
Buying a laptop, not sure what to look for
We've been through this before I seem to recall. They cost more than an identical windows laptop. If you are going to try to tell me that macs are better value for money than pc's then it is simply not worth debating. OT: [hide=advice] 500GB has no advantage over a 250GB HDD apart from simply the amount of space. So long as you get a 7200RPM drive and it has a reasonable amount of cache, preferably 32 or 64MB, then they're all identical. I'd recommend getting at least 500GB simply because you only have 50GB left and the price difference is perhaps $10. I have no experience with an SSD but apparently they are the bomb. If you can afford one - get one, but you should easily be able to live off a single 7200RPM drive - that's what the vast majority of people do. If you aren't too fussed about boot times, wait for SSD prices to come down and get one then. 4GB is standard and what most people run on. 8GB is the tier above, but so long as you get 2x2GB sticks for your 4GB RAM, if you feel the need you can easily buy another pair of RAM sticks to get your total up to 8GB. It's not worth buying 4GB extra then finding you never use it. Remember to install 64 bit Windows! Get one you like the physical look of, and make sure it has plenty of fans. Cable management is good but not necessary. If you find one you like we can give you some advice. Key thing with the PSU - DON'T GO FOR CHEAP ONES. They are literally too good to be true. They are sub-par quality and they are very very unreliable. When (not if) they blow, they can damage your entire system and break all of your parts. Do not skimp on this at all. 5770 is currently one of the best price/performance ratio cards in the market. I'm not sure how future-proof it is though - that card has been around for a while. Also, I'm not sure what kind of quality you will get with dual monitors. I know my 5850 handles dual monitors fine. I can't claim to know lots about GFx cards though. i5 2500k is a beast of a CPU. If you get this, I'd advise an aftermarket cooler in order that you can overclock it, which is very easy to do. The i7 2600k is more expensive, but much better due to hyperthreading. Don't think you're getting a bad CPU if you get a 2500k though, you are most definitely not. Stay way clear of AMD. Make sure you have the correct socket for the CPU you're getting and it has DDR3 slots for RAM. Expensive is generally better, even if specs look identical. Asus is a good brand, they do some good 1155 socket (Sandy Bridge socket, ie. i5 2500k/i7 2600k) motherboards. Cooling is generally dependent on the case and the airflow. Most cases come with spare fan slots and it's always good to fill them - fans are cheap. CPU cooling is highly recommended for an i5 2500k build, that thing is really easy to overclock, but without good cooling it can get quite hot. I couldn't give you a good CPU cooler off the top of my head, sorry.[/hide]
-
Buying a laptop, not sure what to look for
I like the idea - desktops are much more value for money and easier to work with. Make sure you think about getting a netbook though - they are often small thus have small keyboards, and even I find them quite difficult to type well on. Depending on budget you may be better off getting a good laptop rather than a mediocre desktop and netbook. Then you wouldn't have the headache of transferring files between the two. Judging by your first post you want to keep budget as low as possible, thus stay away from anything Apple. I can't vouch for the solidarity of their builds, although they do look pretty good, but I would stick with a windows laptop in order to get better value for money. This, I think.
-
Two Questions...
Sounds like a hardware problem I think. Check the inside of your case - is it very dusty? Just something to check.
-
RS problems
Good to see you got the problem fixed. How did you fix it in the end? And having 4 posts in a row isn't great, there is an edit button that you can use so you don't have to post after yourself again and again ;)
- Today...
-
TET Recruitment Drive 2011
Yeah the evil thing won't work, some past and current TET people are evil incarnate. Good luck to all that are applying, I can promise you that TET is a whole lot of fun. It's only the leaders that have evil tendencies. We tolerate it :P
-
>>[Pixel Art Contest]<< **10m Prize**
Old from me :) All of them are excellent though, tricky to decide.
-
Youtube problem
Nope, should've mentioned.
-
RS problems
Hmm.. I presume other games run absolutely fine? Do you have any other computers to see if you can play rs on them?
-
Youtube problem
Can't get youtube videos to play in Firefox 4.0.1 with latest flash player (reinstalled it a couple of days ago) but videos work in google chrome. What's strange is that normal videos won't work in firefox, but videos in the 'Catch up on the lastest TV' section will. I have no idea while that is. When watching a normal video I get an errror "An error occurred. Please try again later". I've tried reinstalling firefox but to no avail. I guess I could try again. Running Windows 7 x64 on a 5850 by the way, but I doubt it's a graphics error. I'm stumped - does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers [hide=Youtube debug info]screenh=900&el=detailpage&playerw=640&playerh=390&csipt=wwad&fexp=907060%2C913300&scoville=1&pd=0&fs=0&ptk=Demand%5FMedia&nsiempty=1&hl=en%5FUS&vid=koLVBdY5Pk2%2DLMGyA%2D4CxUIcI2rCdaKEC&erc=2&q=paintbal&referrer=http%253A%252F%252Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%252Fresults%253Fsearch%5Fquery%253Dpaintbal%2526aq%253Df&plid=AASlSNt7d1xCW05w&smoothing=1&vq=auto&debug%5FvideoId=yYIgQ8zmR7g&fmt=34&debug%5FsourceData=&debug%5FplaybackQuality=medium&h=360&w=480&sourceid=ys&debug%5FflashVersion=WIN%2010%2C3%2C181%2C22&cr=GB&debug%5Fdate=Thu%20Jun%209%2016%3A11%3A39%20GMT%2B0100%202011&cfps=0&debug%5Ferror=%5BErrorEvent%20type%3D%22error%22%20bubbles%3Dfalse%20cancelable%3Dfalse%20eventPhase%3D2%20text%3D%22NetStream%2EPlay%2EStreamNotFound%22%5D&screenw=1440[/hide] SOLUTION: Turned out to be a conflict with AdBlock Plus addon.
-
RS problems
Does the RS downloadable client let you join the game?
-
runescape not working
Seconded with the above ^ You could consider using the RS downloadable client.
-
The unified Tech and Computers Sticky <read first>
Agree with above. While I'm here Ninite is very handy when setting up a computer. Go on to the website, check what you want to install, then download a custom installer and it installs everything for you without having to download a million different installers.
-
Desktop disappeared?
No harm in trying to reinstall.
-
My laptop is unable to update my iPod Touch
If you haven't already, try using different USB ports. Use the ones on the front and the back.