You know, it probably isn't altogether too difficult to back up the bookmarks, especially since they "were eaten." (Me, I just back them up, wipe out the profile, and start again, but I've upgraded people and it was fine.)
In your profile directory (I'll assume Windows here), which is either c:\documents and settings\{username}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profile\{random stuff}\ or c:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profile\{random stuff}\, just copy the bookmarks.html file. That's all there is to it. Make a copy of it somewhere else. You can back it up at regular intervals, even. There are even extensions to do that.
Free CD from Microsoft with the latest at time of pressing security updates. Throw that in immediately after install, and update the whole shebang. Then, you can put on your Norton and plug in the Internet connection. And never disable that. I rarely disable anti-virus or firewall even when an install tells me to, and I'm no worse for the wear. A nice hardware firewall (say, a Linksys router with the latest firmware) might not be so bad either.
Well, it is enabled by default, you just have to know how to use it. Click on a link either a) with your scroll wheel/middle mouse button or b) while holding down CTRL.
I have a much preferred toolbar layout that I use for myself and my customers who I set up with FireFox that includes the Go button, New Tab and Window icons, Print, Bookmarks, and now, Mail, all after the Address Bar, with the Google Bar moved above. You may want to give it a shot.
- Open Office is great for plain text and layout, but it messes up horribly if you have a document with fields or tables. This is not something you use everyday, but people that use it for their work need to be able to fill out a form without having to deal with an address field that runs off the window for some reason.</i> AbiWord. <a href="http://www.abisource.com">Here.</a> Get 2.0.6, try it, use it, and get 2.2 when it comes out in a few months. Tables are great. I'm not quite sure what "Word" feature you're talking about when you say address fields run off the page in OOo, but AbiWord is definitely a contender, and 2.2 will be even better. Transparent dev process, too, and easy to join in even for just one patch or feature-tweak. Seriously. Try it. I (gasp) use Windows a fair amount, and I haven't used Word in a long time (despite the fact that I have it, legally). (Disclaimer: I help out as a bit of a dev go-fer, and have fixedm I believe, 1 bug. Still doesn't invalidate my opinion, I've used OOo too.)
Now you just need to set up the internet sharing. Try using a proxy server ( analogx.com has a good free once for windows) on the machine that's directly into the ethernet drop, binding the proxy to the address you assigned to the Firewire connection (You did use a private IP, right?)
You've got IP over Firewire, you just need routing/proxying services. This seems to have mislead some people's responses.
I must co-habitate as well, and this is what I did. I have a very long (3 monitors fit on the top shelf) desk, which used to have a whole mess of cables behind it. I managed to procure some surplus large-diameter PVC (3-4 inch or so) piping, which I cut in half. Lay cables carefully along baseboard of wall, set piping covering cables, thread cables through gaps between segments, and suddenly, no more cable mess. Sure, you have to move the PVC to rewire stuff, but it's as simple as tilting it back. It also keeps the dust off the cables, and keeps other junk, like wrappers, off the cables too.
Oh, I know this very well. We have two kitchen areas. They had old gas stoves. We put a new stove in the bigger kitchen... and put the printer on a stand in the other, in place of the stove.:-)
Incredible machine, it is. It's big, sure, but it's worth it. About 1000 sheets paper capacity, 17 ppm, job separator (the print output rollers actually move, offsetting print jobs, incredibly useful once you get used to it). Very nice print quality, cartridges are cheap-ish and long-lasting.
Big plus: Expandible. You can pop memory in there (up to 32 or so MB, if I'm not mistaken), I have a JetDirect ethernet card in mine, and you can even pick up a PostScript DIMM that fits in the first memory slot to provide PostScript support, if PCL isn't good enough for you. Oh yeah, you can also put in a duplexer for double-sided printing with no fuss.
I love mine muchly.
One note: feed it the right paper. I was using Xerox, but they changed their paper, and it jammed almost every page. Now I'm using Georgia Pacific, and so far *knocks on wood* it seems to work just as well as the old Xerox paper.
I have a CD-RW drive in my XP box that acts peculiar. It will burn 1 session on a brand new CD through Windows (though it will say that it failed, it actually worked). However, the drive will not read any CD-R's in WinXP! It does not matter where they were burned or how, it acts as though the drive is empty.
Hmmm... the only problem I've had with plugging the floppy DATA cable in backwards is the LED staying on and it eating any disks I put in it (useful trick!)
You could have jammed the power cable, but that would be quite a trick.
Unless I'm sorely mistaken, high-octane does not "burn out the carbon" in an engine. Higher octane just makes it harder to ignite the gas/air mixture. For instance, if you have a high-performance engine, it will probably have a high compression ratio. If you put low octane (easy explode) gasoline in it, the mixture may explode before the spark plug fires. ("knocking/pinging") This can build up residue. The higher octane does not explode as easily, so it does not leave this residue. However, it does nothing to fix the residue that's already there, nor does it help an engine that does not need a higher octane.
Well, I built a duct from my CPU Heatsink fan to the back of my case with cut up manila folders. I'm now replacing that duct, which has served me well and kept my case significantly cooler. Its replacement is made out of.....
I have a Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 (Pro maybe?) It has a massive (and heavy, due to the mechanics for the stick) base and is incredibly sturdy, with 4 button and pov hat on the stick and 4 buttons and a throttle control on the base. Its centering mechanism is through the force feedback system, and motions feel very sturdy (when the force feedback tells it to). In this joystick's case, "force feedback" doesn't just mean rumble. It means the stick can fight your movements, make it seem like you're moving it through syrup, anything. It's amazing! It's remarkably nice for a Microsoft product, and I think it would be a good replacement for your Thrustmaster (or for any of those other flimsy Sidewinder joysticks)
Pardon me if I'm wrong, but I'm noticing a fair amount of "woohoo, I reached 5500 feet with [insert hobby rocket engine here]". However, if you read the article, or think about the Slashdot article, you'll notice that it's not the height that's important, it's the thrust. Most powerful, not highest flying.
I wish I had gotten one of those A7N8X Deluxe boards..... I need one......
No, really. Bad capacitors on my board...... Slashdot provides the intriguing story behind them if you search for it. Hint: I've got a broken Taiwanese ECS motherboard....
Pick up some Compaq ProLiant Pentium Pro or Pentium 2 Xeon servers (or comparable) on eBay for cheap if you want some serious muscle. They should be <$1000. With something like that, you can serve many, many, many things. For instance, the school district where I'm the PFY (Think BOFH) runs mostly on these, but they picked up a few newer Xeons for some heavier-weight stuff (like their resource-pig student information/attendance server).
Oh, then give me the rest of the money. Our budget got cut, and I need a new motherboard.:-) Good luck! (and remember, you don't need anything that massive for a server!)
Yes, turning off Hyperthreading allows dual processors under Windows XP. However, you can't truly say that Apple couldn't afford the smallest version of Win 2003 Server that Microsoft sells. Personally, I feel that all benchmarks are just for marketing hype and bragging rights. When you get down to it, your SPEC scores do not indicate anything about the user experience, which is why you're buying the computer (You're actually going to use it, not just run benchmarks on it)
If I remember correctly, Freecraft was just a remake of the engine, still requiring the original game files (kinda like ScummVM) Sure, change the name, but everything else should be fine. Do car engine makers attack one another when they use the same kind of gasoline?
I prefer the (much better) "Frozen Bubbles" a cross-platform version of Bust-A-Move (as Snood is) that I feel is a better-made game. Can't remember the address, but it's open source (I believe) and is written in Perl and SDL.
Have at least one or two people who don't expect to play games, at an event that size. Preferably, hook one up with a Linux box with all the hacking^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsecurity tools you'll need to take care of the rogue DHCPer's or equivalent (as already noted). Something not noted, as far as I can see: Have a Windows box with popular trojan clients (SubSeven, BO2000, etc) scanning for servers to make sure that nobody can ruin anyone's fun with a trojan before you warn them and clean them.
Make sure there's a big sign over the "Help" people, so the average gamer doesn't get ticked off by Mr. Rich Parents who can't figure out how to run a program that's not in his Start menu.:-)
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From the <i>The Extension Update and Software Update systems have not yet been well tested. You may experience problems. These will be addressed in the 1.0 beta release. <b>As of the time of release, the update service has not been deployed on update.mozilla.org which means updates will not be available.</b> You may see status notifications for available updates when there are none.</i><br>
You know, it probably isn't altogether too difficult to back up the bookmarks, especially since they "were eaten." (Me, I just back them up, wipe out the profile, and start again, but I've upgraded people and it was fine.)
In your profile directory (I'll assume Windows here), which is either c:\documents and settings\{username}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profile\{random stuff}\ or c:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profile\{random stuff}\, just copy the bookmarks.html file. That's all there is to it. Make a copy of it somewhere else. You can back it up at regular intervals, even. There are even extensions to do that.
Enjoy!
You can do the same Carry It Around (AKA, zip file with no installer) if you poke around on the Mozilla FTP that you get your installer from.d map.html">1.0 Beta</a> is scheduled for release in July, once the milestones listed are met.
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Also, according to the FireFox roadmap, linked to from the Project Page, linked to from the Product Page, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/roa
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order .asp
Free CD from Microsoft with the latest at time of pressing security updates. Throw that in immediately after install, and update the whole shebang. Then, you can put on your Norton and plug in the Internet connection. And never disable that. I rarely disable anti-virus or firewall even when an install tells me to, and I'm no worse for the wear. A nice hardware firewall (say, a Linksys router with the latest firmware) might not be so bad either.
Well, it is enabled by default, you just have to know how to use it. Click on a link either a) with your scroll wheel/middle mouse button or b) while holding down CTRL.
I have a much preferred toolbar layout that I use for myself and my customers who I set up with FireFox that includes the Go button, New Tab and Window icons, Print, Bookmarks, and now, Mail, all after the Address Bar, with the Google Bar moved above. You may want to give it a shot.
http://ryand.net/oss/abi/abiantgnomepencil.png
AbiWord Word Processor
(leave off the file name for more images of Abi the Ant)
- Open Office is great for plain text and layout, but it messes up horribly if you have a document with fields or tables. This is not something you use everyday, but people that use it for their work need to be able to fill out a form without having to deal with an address field that runs off the window for some reason.</i>
AbiWord. <a href="http://www.abisource.com">Here.</a> Get 2.0.6, try it, use it, and get 2.2 when it comes out in a few months. Tables are great. I'm not quite sure what "Word" feature you're talking about when you say address fields run off the page in OOo, but AbiWord is definitely a contender, and 2.2 will be even better. Transparent dev process, too, and easy to join in even for just one patch or feature-tweak. Seriously. Try it. I (gasp) use Windows a fair amount, and I haven't used Word in a long time (despite the fact that I have it, legally).
(Disclaimer: I help out as a bit of a dev go-fer, and have fixedm I believe, 1 bug. Still doesn't invalidate my opinion, I've used OOo too.)
I wholeheartedly second that.
Now you just need to set up the internet sharing. Try using a proxy server ( analogx.com has a good free once for windows) on the machine that's directly into the ethernet drop, binding the proxy to the address you assigned to the Firewire connection (You did use a private IP, right?)
You've got IP over Firewire, you just need routing/proxying services. This seems to have mislead some people's responses.
I must co-habitate as well, and this is what I did. I have a very long (3 monitors fit on the top shelf) desk, which used to have a whole mess of cables behind it. I managed to procure some surplus large-diameter PVC (3-4 inch or so) piping, which I cut in half. Lay cables carefully along baseboard of wall, set piping covering cables, thread cables through gaps between segments, and suddenly, no more cable mess. Sure, you have to move the PVC to rewire stuff, but it's as simple as tilting it back. It also keeps the dust off the cables, and keeps other junk, like wrappers, off the cables too.
Worked for me, could work for you!
Oh, I know this very well. We have two kitchen areas. They had old gas stoves. We put a new stove in the bigger kitchen... and put the printer on a stand in the other, in place of the stove. :-)
Incredible machine, it is. It's big, sure, but it's worth it. About 1000 sheets paper capacity, 17 ppm, job separator (the print output rollers actually move, offsetting print jobs, incredibly useful once you get used to it). Very nice print quality, cartridges are cheap-ish and long-lasting.
Big plus: Expandible.
You can pop memory in there (up to 32 or so MB, if I'm not mistaken), I have a JetDirect ethernet card in mine, and you can even pick up a PostScript DIMM that fits in the first memory slot to provide PostScript support, if PCL isn't good enough for you. Oh yeah, you can also put in a duplexer for double-sided printing with no fuss.
I love mine muchly.
One note: feed it the right paper. I was using Xerox, but they changed their paper, and it jammed almost every page. Now I'm using Georgia Pacific, and so far *knocks on wood* it seems to work just as well as the old Xerox paper.
I have a CD-RW drive in my XP box that acts peculiar. It will burn 1 session on a brand new CD through Windows (though it will say that it failed, it actually worked). However, the drive will not read any CD-R's in WinXP! It does not matter where they were burned or how, it acts as though the drive is empty.
Very peculiar.
Hmmm... the only problem I've had with plugging the floppy DATA cable in backwards is the LED staying on and it eating any disks I put in it (useful trick!)
You could have jammed the power cable, but that would be quite a trick.
that it's also insightful...
Unless I'm sorely mistaken, high-octane does not "burn out the carbon" in an engine. Higher octane just makes it harder to ignite the gas/air mixture. For instance, if you have a high-performance engine, it will probably have a high compression ratio. If you put low octane (easy explode) gasoline in it, the mixture may explode before the spark plug fires. ("knocking/pinging") This can build up residue. The higher octane does not explode as easily, so it does not leave this residue. However, it does nothing to fix the residue that's already there, nor does it help an engine that does not need a higher octane.
Well, I built a duct from my CPU Heatsink fan to the back of my case with cut up manila folders. I'm now replacing that duct, which has served me well and kept my case significantly cooler. Its replacement is made out of.....
2-liter soda bottles.
Yay for ghetto case modding!
I have a Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 (Pro maybe?) It has a massive (and heavy, due to the mechanics for the stick) base and is incredibly sturdy, with 4 button and pov hat on the stick and 4 buttons and a throttle control on the base. Its centering mechanism is through the force feedback system, and motions feel very sturdy (when the force feedback tells it to). In this joystick's case, "force feedback" doesn't just mean rumble. It means the stick can fight your movements, make it seem like you're moving it through syrup, anything. It's amazing!
It's remarkably nice for a Microsoft product, and I think it would be a good replacement for your Thrustmaster (or for any of those other flimsy Sidewinder joysticks)
Pardon me if I'm wrong, but I'm noticing a fair amount of "woohoo, I reached 5500 feet with [insert hobby rocket engine here]". However, if you read the article, or think about the Slashdot article, you'll notice that it's not the height that's important, it's the thrust. Most powerful, not highest flying.
I wish I had gotten one of those A7N8X Deluxe boards..... I need one......
No, really. Bad capacitors on my board...... Slashdot provides the intriguing story behind them if you search for it. Hint: I've got a broken Taiwanese ECS motherboard....
Anyone win one of those and not want it??
Pick up some Compaq ProLiant Pentium Pro or Pentium 2 Xeon servers (or comparable) on eBay for cheap if you want some serious muscle. They should be <$1000. With something like that, you can serve many, many, many things. For instance, the school district where I'm the PFY (Think BOFH) runs mostly on these, but they picked up a few newer Xeons for some heavier-weight stuff (like their resource-pig student information/attendance server).
:-) Good luck! (and remember, you don't need anything that massive for a server!)
Oh, then give me the rest of the money. Our budget got cut, and I need a new motherboard.
Yes, turning off Hyperthreading allows dual processors under Windows XP. However, you can't truly say that Apple couldn't afford the smallest version of Win 2003 Server that Microsoft sells. Personally, I feel that all benchmarks are just for marketing hype and bragging rights. When you get down to it, your SPEC scores do not indicate anything about the user experience, which is why you're buying the computer (You're actually going to use it, not just run benchmarks on it)
If I remember correctly, Freecraft was just a remake of the engine, still requiring the original game files (kinda like ScummVM) Sure, change the name, but everything else should be fine. Do car engine makers attack one another when they use the same kind of gasoline?
I prefer the (much better) "Frozen Bubbles" a cross-platform version of Bust-A-Move (as Snood is) that I feel is a better-made game. Can't remember the address, but it's open source (I believe) and is written in Perl and SDL.
Have at least one or two people who don't expect to play games, at an event that size. Preferably, hook one up with a Linux box with all the hacking^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsecurity tools you'll need to take care of the rogue DHCPer's or equivalent (as already noted). Something not noted, as far as I can see: Have a Windows box with popular trojan clients (SubSeven, BO2000, etc) scanning for servers to make sure that nobody can ruin anyone's fun with a trojan before you warn them and clean them.
:-)
Make sure there's a big sign over the "Help" people, so the average gamer doesn't get ticked off by Mr. Rich Parents who can't figure out how to run a program that's not in his Start menu.