I second the suggestion to use Gentoo's general help forums regardless of what distro you are using. The members of that forum are very knowledgable and helpful.
Hey, try reading my comment. I explicitly said besides the kernel or the hardware for that matter. I know one has to reboot the system to activate a new kernel upgrade. I'm not no knee jerk Linux fan boy.
Finally! How long have we been waiting for something like this in a Windows system? Granted, UNIX/Linux/etc has had it forever and I love it that I don't have to reboot every time I install, for example, a cd burner app in Linux. So why should I have to reboot when I install something like Nero? Or anything besides the kernel or hardware for that matter?
I'll second the recommendation for partimage, its great for Linux systems.
But if you're using any Windows systems with NTFS, you should know that NTFS support for partimage is still in the experimental stage. This is according to the Partimage website. To quote them:
The NTFS (Windows NT File System) is currently not fully supported: this means you will be able to save an NTFS partition if system files are not very fragmented, and if system files are not compressed. In this case, you will be able to save the partition into an image file, and you will be able to restore it after. If there is a problem when saving, an error message will be shown and you won't be able to continue. If you have successfully saved an NTFS NTFS partition, you shouldn't have problems as you restore it (except in the case of bugs). Then the best way is to try to save a partition to know if it is possible. If not, try to defragment it with diskeeper or another tool, and try to saving the partition again.
Personally, I can't wait until NTFS support becomes stable.
If you choose to use a third party website to promote your music, I and many others in my local music scene, still believe a web site dedicated to your band is the best idea. Offer full CD or near CD quality MP3 downloads of your best singles, demos, etc. Add a list of your gigs, news and updates relating to your band, perhaps a press kit full of print-sized logos, promo photos, and posters, in addition to a physical CD to send to record labels and credible review sites and mags. And also offer a way to buy your band's CD off the official website. Use something like PayPal for that. It's easy enough.
You can still rescue a dead motherboard from a failed BIOS upgrade using a technique called "hot flashing." Search google for more info. It's risky, (swapping out BIOS chips while machine is running) but I did it once and got my motherboard working again.
I'm a college student. Have been for over three years studying Computer Science and Computer Info Sys. A few months ago I decided I didn't want to sit at a desk for the rest of my life rewriting computer code like Peter in Office Space.
That's when I decided I wanted to be a firefighter. Exciting job, doing something new everyday, helping people, rarely sitting around. It'll keep me healthy, too, a lot healthier than sitting at a desk eating doritos and drinking Moutain Dew.
Not that I recommend going the extreme route of change, but maybe what you really want to do is something you never thought you'd ever do. I never thought I'd become a firefighter (Though I still have several months of training ahead of me).
and most notable: MyPCTuneUp which I am assuming is that Aurora Uninstaller you were talking about. According to the forum link above, the uninstaller really works. And it can't hurt to try, considering Aurora has already hijacked your PC, what more can an uninstaller do besides uninstall the malware.
And from personal experience, I've had a few Malware uninstallers from the official company that did a better job removing the malware than SpyBot, MS Anti-Spyware, and Lavasoft Ad-aware.
My high school a few years ago had boxes of Windows 98 licenses and CD's. I"m sure they'd love to get rid of 'em for $5 a pop after upgrading to Windows XP
And there is also programs like Microsoft Academic Alliance where non-profits and academia can get brand new copies of MS software for $10-15.
I picked up a copy of WinXP Pro for $10, and Visual Studio for $11. So I'm sure there's programs out there for refurbishurs to buy cheap licenses.
This is Sony we are talking about here. They are not known for quality video game hardware (ala Nintendo). Look back at the original PlayStation and the PS2 - Lots of dead motors in those. Why their other lines of electronic products such as the Walkman and their CD Players don't have as many burnt out motors, we may never know. But, I have, sitting no less than 3 feet from me, 3 Sony PlayStations with dead motors.
Sony's video game hardware is not known for quality. Now, if they had the same quality of manufacturing and product warrenty as Nintendo, that would be sweet.
If you can't afford the PSP and instead, can afford the DS, or already have one, there is a similar game like Lumines out in Japan right now.
It is called Meteos. It was made by the same guy who made Lumines, Rez, and Space Channel. You can order it from Lik-Sang for about $50 USD w/ free shipping at the moment. It can play on the US NDS's too. And supports Download Play so you and your friends can play each other in mini-renditions of the game.
My friend ordered it last week, and he's been going bonkers on me waiting for it to show up.
Simple. Do the same thing Absath did with his Ctrl-Alt-Del Vol 1 book:
Put Commentary In It
Let's say a comic wouldn't make sense without a news post, just have Gabe or Tycho write a little bit of commentary in a bubble somewhere on the page. I particularly enjoy Absath's commentary in his book. Let me in on the little details that go along with a web comic and its story.
The distributions of Linux that are aimed for the main stream home desktop do use some type of a bootsplash.
The most notable example I can give is Xandros. The booting process shows an animated Xandros logo with very general boot details such as detecting hardware... done, and Loading Kernel... done.
The distros that usually don't offer a type of bootsplash by default are aimed for us power users because we want to know what's going on.
Yes, I agree with Yosho, go back to your Doom 3. Some of the best games I've ever played came from the days of 8 and 16-bit consoles. Super Mario Brothers, Paper Boy, NES Tetris, Earthbound, Final Fantasy III/VI. I mean, come on!
A game doesn't need to have flashy graphics and super 3D polygons to be fun - nor does it have to involve killing people or raping and pillage!
If I had to choose between an XBox and an SNES, You bet your ass I'll go with the SNES - Childhood memories, man!
And I've played a little bit of Doukutsu Monogatari. It looks good and I can't wait till I find a few hours of free time to play it tonight!
I've always been fascinated over why Square Soft chose Final Fantasy as the name of the series back in the late-80's when they developed Final Fantasy 1 for the NES.
Back then, Square Soft wasn't doing too good financially, and the idea of closing up shop was being floated around. So, Hironobu Sakaguchi, godfather of FF, decided to go out with a bang, and create a wild, adventurous role playing game, and dubbed it "Final Fantasy" as in Square Soft's Final game if you will.
And who would have known that Final Fantasy 1 would resurrect Square Soft and the entire series would turn Square Soft into a legend in the field of console role playing games.
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I second the suggestion to use Gentoo's general help forums regardless of what distro you are using. The members of that forum are very knowledgable and helpful.
If the users of MySpace are the future of humanity, God help us all. :-\
Hey, try reading my comment. I explicitly said besides the kernel or the hardware for that matter. I know one has to reboot the system to activate a new kernel upgrade. I'm not no knee jerk Linux fan boy.
Linux: Because rebooting is for adding hardware.
But if you're using any Windows systems with NTFS, you should know that NTFS support for partimage is still in the experimental stage. This is according to the Partimage website. To quote them:
The NTFS (Windows NT File System) is currently not fully supported: this means you will be able to save an NTFS partition if system files are not very fragmented, and if system files are not compressed. In this case, you will be able to save the partition into an image file, and you will be able to restore it after. If there is a problem when saving, an error message will be shown and you won't be able to continue. If you have successfully saved an NTFS NTFS partition, you shouldn't have problems as you restore it (except in the case of bugs). Then the best way is to try to save a partition to know if it is possible. If not, try to defragment it with diskeeper or another tool, and try to saving the partition again.
Personally, I can't wait until NTFS support becomes stable.
Here is a link to an online store selling 4 types of the XPort starting at $50
Semi-Conductor Store
But I heard MSFT took that out. :-\
I used to roadie for an indy metal band a couple of years ago, and that experience introduced me to a few online methods of distribution.
First, here are some websites that might fit your bill:
Garage Band
Sound Click
Independent Music Online
And a list of other sites that might interest you: http://www.rmpmusic.com/
If you choose to use a third party website to promote your music, I and many others in my local music scene, still believe a web site dedicated to your band is the best idea. Offer full CD or near CD quality MP3 downloads of your best singles, demos, etc. Add a list of your gigs, news and updates relating to your band, perhaps a press kit full of print-sized logos, promo photos, and posters, in addition to a physical CD to send to record labels and credible review sites and mags. And also offer a way to buy your band's CD off the official website. Use something like PayPal for that. It's easy enough.
Good luck.
You can still rescue a dead motherboard from a failed BIOS upgrade using a technique called "hot flashing." Search google for more info. It's risky, (swapping out BIOS chips while machine is running) but I did it once and got my motherboard working again.
That's when I decided I wanted to be a firefighter. Exciting job, doing something new everyday, helping people, rarely sitting around. It'll keep me healthy, too, a lot healthier than sitting at a desk eating doritos and drinking Moutain Dew.
Not that I recommend going the extreme route of change, but maybe what you really want to do is something you never thought you'd ever do. I never thought I'd become a firefighter (Though I still have several months of training ahead of me).
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and most notable: MyPCTuneUp which I am assuming is that Aurora Uninstaller you were talking about. According to the forum link above, the uninstaller really works. And it can't hurt to try, considering Aurora has already hijacked your PC, what more can an uninstaller do besides uninstall the malware.
And from personal experience, I've had a few Malware uninstallers from the official company that did a better job removing the malware than SpyBot, MS Anti-Spyware, and Lavasoft Ad-aware.
And there is also programs like Microsoft Academic Alliance where non-profits and academia can get brand new copies of MS software for $10-15.
I picked up a copy of WinXP Pro for $10, and Visual Studio for $11. So I'm sure there's programs out there for refurbishurs to buy cheap licenses.
Sony's video game hardware is not known for quality. Now, if they had the same quality of manufacturing and product warrenty as Nintendo, that would be sweet.
The software is called Catalyst. More info here.
It is called Meteos. It was made by the same guy who made Lumines, Rez, and Space Channel. You can order it from Lik-Sang for about $50 USD w/ free shipping at the moment. It can play on the US NDS's too. And supports Download Play so you and your friends can play each other in mini-renditions of the game.
My friend ordered it last week, and he's been going bonkers on me waiting for it to show up.
Man, you must have a real big lung capacity to still be able to get one of them cartridges to work after all these years!
Put Commentary In It
Let's say a comic wouldn't make sense without a news post, just have Gabe or Tycho write a little bit of commentary in a bubble somewhere on the page. I particularly enjoy Absath's commentary in his book. Let me in on the little details that go along with a web comic and its story.
The most notable example I can give is Xandros. The booting process shows an animated Xandros logo with very general boot details such as detecting hardware... done, and Loading Kernel ... done.
The distros that usually don't offer a type of bootsplash by default are aimed for us power users because we want to know what's going on.
A game doesn't need to have flashy graphics and super 3D polygons to be fun - nor does it have to involve killing people or raping and pillage!
If I had to choose between an XBox and an SNES, You bet your ass I'll go with the SNES - Childhood memories, man!
And I've played a little bit of Doukutsu Monogatari. It looks good and I can't wait till I find a few hours of free time to play it tonight!
Or Windows/Samba shares would be just as effective.
Seems someone has been watching a bit too much South Park.
*Referring to South Park Episode # 8-09*
Ohhh, don't mind him, that's just the Space Baby ...
Mmmmmm.. nope. I got nothin' ...
Um, I don't watch it. Futurama is my standard for geek shows.
I've always been fascinated over why Square Soft chose Final Fantasy as the name of the series back in the late-80's when they developed Final Fantasy 1 for the NES.
Back then, Square Soft wasn't doing too good financially, and the idea of closing up shop was being floated around. So, Hironobu Sakaguchi, godfather of FF, decided to go out with a bang, and create a wild, adventurous role playing game, and dubbed it "Final Fantasy" as in Square Soft's Final game if you will.
And who would have known that Final Fantasy 1 would resurrect Square Soft and the entire series would turn Square Soft into a legend in the field of console role playing games.
*drooling* Final Fantasy 6 .... mmmmmm