The Runar

One of the interviews says it's not made by Jagex :mellow: Looks to me like a generic MMORPG #38503634, but I'll still try it.

I know one guy who doesn't use any slang words. He's 100% Finnish, so I can't understand why he does that. It sounds so funny when someone speaks Finnish without slang. Like a robot or something. I think the reason everyone uses slang while speaking Finnish is that most words are slow (or hard) to spell.

What would be the reason to make/use something like this anyway?

Yes. Stickers that have the word "FAIL" on them. (they failed so much they sent me 12 instead of 10 :P )

I finally got the Das Keyboard I ordered a long time ago. It's a mechanical retro-style keyboard. It's also quite expensive... This thing is awesome. It's a bit noisy, but it's great to write on this. :thumbsup: And because it took so long for me to get this I also got 10 "FAIL" stickers for free \:D/

I checked the official store of Kingdom of Loathing (a really funny MMORPG game I play, it has ridiculously overelaborate ninja weapons, sabre-toothed limes etc) and found something awesome there: KoL Valentine cards. What makes these card so awesome is... well, see for yourself. Some of the jokes are hard to understand if you haven't played the game. http://store.asymmetric.net/images/valentines_lg.jpg My favorite is the 1335 Haxx0r one

The music you hear when you die in FF1. It its eight-bit glory. It's so awesome. And of course the music from level 1-2 of SMB3. Also extremely good. 8-bit ftw. :twss:

That's really weird, because it should have that button. I even checked a video of Ubuntu 9.10 installation and it is there. No problem, though, you just have to do the partitioning manually. It's not hard, but make sure to do exactly as I say. (There probably is another way, but I can't think of anything...) 1. Make sure that you've defragmented the hard disk and backed up all important files. Then launch Ubuntu from the CD. There is an option "Try Ubuntu without changes to the computer" or something like that. It takes a few minutes to boot, however it is much, much faster when it's installed. 2. Look through the menus until you find a program called "GParted" (it may be listed as "Partition Editor" or something like that, but it's the same program). Open it. You should now see a screen like this: [hide][/hide] Chances are that you don't have 8 partitions like I do :razz: , but it does not matter. I haven't used the program for a while so I don't remember what the buttons are called exactly, but you should be able to follow my tutorial. 3. In the upper right corner you should see "/dev/sda (XXX.XX GB)". That's the name and size of your hard disk. If you have multiple hard disks, make sure to select the right one (check the size). If you have only one, then it's the right one. Note that if you have a USB stick or something like that attached, GParted also shows them. 4. Now right click the last partition in the list. Choose "Resize/move". Enter the new size for that partition. If I remember right it shows it in megabytes. The new size should be about 8 GB (8000* MB) less than it is now (actually more is better, but it's possible to resize it again later). So if it is 50000 MB now, reduce it to 42000 MB etc. Press OK. There should be a list of pending changes now. 5. Now, if you're sure you did it right, and you have backups and everything, press "Apply changes" (or whatever it's called, I haven't used the program for a while). Now it resizes the partition. It usually takes a while. 6. Start the installation of Ubuntu by double clicking the icon on the desktop. While it asks you about partitions, choose to use largest continuous free space. The installation will take care of the rest. If you still have problems, just ask. * Idiots: Yes I know 8 GB is 8192 MB, but it doesn't matter here

If it hasn't changed much, the partition screen should look like this: [hide][/hide] Make sure that "install them side by side" is selected. The lower bar has a slider, use it to change the partition sizes to what you want. In my picture Vista's C: disk is 69.8 GB, Vista's D: disk (/dev/sda3 is how Ubuntu sees it in this case) is 52.0 GB, and Xubuntu (basically Ubuntu with a different desktop, installation process is the same) has 15.0 GB. That's everything you need to do. I recommend 10-15 GB for Ubuntu and the rest for Windows. If you need more space, it's possible to increase it later.

That's right. If you burn an ISO file straight to a CD, it will be a data CD containing the ISO. Only with an actual image burning tool it will be bootable. That ImgBurn seems to be a good tool for the job. There seems to be an option "Burn image" blah blah in its menu, so use that. I haven't used the program myself, but it should be pretty straightforward.

I just ordered a graphics tablet for my computer. And I'm sick.

The installation program of Ubuntu does that automatically. You just choose how big partition you want to give to Ubuntu. If you're only testing it, I still recommend using Wubi to install Ubuntu, as it doesn't have to create a new partition. Anyway, if you want to install Ubuntu on a separate partition, be sure to defragment the disk first! If you don't do this, you have a much higher risk of losing data. And backup all important files, there's always a slight chance that something goes wrong in the process - resulting in losing files. I haven't heard about that "SOMETHING" part, I've always just downloaded the ISO file and burned it to a disk (I've burned four Linux installation CD's so far, and every single one worked without any special configuration). You can also use an USB stick or something (I've even used my phone's memory card :P ) like that, but it's a bit harder.

If you haven't tried Linux before and want to try it without any risks, I recommend using Wubi to install Ubuntu. It creates a virtual disk (basically a file which Ubuntu sees as a real hard disk) and installs Ubuntu on that. Unlike making a second partition on your computer (and installing Ubuntu on that), there's no risk of losing files with this method. It's so easy to use that you shouldn't need a tutorial. Set the disk size to about 8 GB, it should be more than enough for testing. After the installation, when you reboot your computer, there is a menu from which you can choose which OS to boot. If you want to remove Ubuntu, just open the Add/Remove programs tool from Windows control panel and remove Ubuntu from there. Note that using a virtual disk is slower than a "real" install, so if Ubuntu seems to be slow, I can guarantee you it's much faster if you install it normally on another partition. Good luck. :)

An oldschool RPG game for DS. Something like the old Final Fantasies. I have both FF3 and FF4 on DS already, and I also have Chrono Trigger, so don't suggest those.

Van Halen - Jump

I met a really weird player today while playing on my skiller. I was training firemaking, suddenly a level ~70 player appeared. Him: Why you have so many magic amulets? Him: You merch them? Me: What do you mean? Him: Are you merchanting them? Me: Nope Him: Then what Me: I only have one amulet... Him: No you have 100s Him: 1000s Me: No, I only have this one I'm wearing :| Him: Show inventory He trades and I try to accept, but before that he logs out. I didn't understand anything about what he said. Where did he get that "thousands of amulets" thing anyway? I had never seen him before and I'm not famous at all, so he couldn't know anything about me. Really weird. :blink: I don't know if he was an actual noob, but this was so odd I just had to share this.

It says "use watering can" while a plantpot has the white outline around it

You said it's a laptop? Go to the manufacturer's website and look for a downloads section. You should be able to found the required driver there. Download it and install it like any other program. If there's something special you need to do (restart for example is almost always required with drivers), the installer usually tells you about that. If you still have problems, just ask. :^_^:

How about telling what is the problem?

Yeah, my school NEVER shut down. They were always open, but the buses didn't run in too bad of weather. And I was a bus kid. Same here in Finland - a few years ago the temperature was close to -30C even in the south (the warmest area), and we didn't get a day off or anything. I guess we get a day off when the air you breathe freezes. :lol: Right now it's about -20C, and there's a lot of snow too. I hate too cold weather. :angry:

It's been pretty cold here in Finland after two (or three, can't remember) warm winters. The temperature has been between -10 to -20C (15 to -5F) in South Finland. Not so fun. <_< By the way, it's over 4 am here. AND I'M STILL ON TIF. I'm probably going to stay up all night to fix my sleeping pattern. NetHack time.

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Hard to say. Maybe about €1500 or so. I haven't spent very much on games for the last few years because most new games suck. Everyone plays either FPS or MMORPG games, and these are the two genres which are just all the same. Some old FPS games (DOOM!!!) are great though and the two MMORPG's I play are RS and KoL (Kingdom of Loathing). All other free MMORPG's are copies of each other and non-free ones cost too much. FPS games would be nothing without fancy graphics. And I can't understand why killing is so fun. When I buy games, I usually search for old gems which are really cheap but still full of awesomeness. The last game I bought was Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past for GBA. When it comes to newer games (like those published in last three years), most of them are so easy that I can complete them in under ten hours. A good game should last at least 20 hours, but really good games must have at least 40-50, which is for some reason impossible for today's game designers. Twenty years ago that was possible even with just 1 MB of available space (FF4 for example). If someone can create a game with 50+ hours of playtime for PC or DS, I'm buying that no matter which game it is. For now, I'm playing mostly free games of which there's a plenty even for Linux. NetHack owns even though it's from the 80s. Same for Dwarf Fortress even though it's not from the 80s. And the game developers make them for free.

All attractive (and popular) people in my school are idiots. I stay away from them. My class is perfect, because no one is very popular or unpopular. So I can choose anyone from my class to talk to and I know (s)he's not an idiot. :^_^:

My sleep pattern is also broken. I play NetHack to 4am (damn addictive game), go to bed at 6am or so, and wake up at 4pm. I have to stay up all night to fix it. Maybe today. Or tomorrow. Whatever. :wall: