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captain mad mike // User Search
Nov 23, 2001, 2:06am
Actually, in my opinion ICQ is the most powerful and feature-packed IM
program available. I use AIM only because my friends use AOL and AIM, and
ICQ has more features than AIM...and its not made by some evil company
(which probably uses the service to spy on you) like MSN Messenger
(Microsoft! Eeeeevil!). All you need is a firewall and a couple minutes to
run through your preferences.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3bfc84e9 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> ICQ is the worst thing out there.
> 1. its not safe
> 2. all people in the world that use icq know your ICQ number weather you
> gave it to them or not.
> 3. its easily hacked to get at you!
> 4. To much dang porn urls coming over it from unknown users!
> I would recommend AOL IM or Yahoo Messenger
>
>
> "anduin lothario" <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
> news:3bfc79eb at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> its
Antivirus
> virus
my
the
try
read
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Nov 23, 2001, 1:55am
O_O at you figuring out outlook express
[View Quote]"brandon" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> wrote in message
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> O.O then welcome to the newsgroups
>
> "onilink" <onilink at swcity.net> wrote in message
> news:3bfdc6ed at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Nov 23, 2001, 2:00am
err not you brandon but oni lol
[View Quote]"captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
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> O_O at you figuring out outlook express
> "brandon" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> wrote in message
> news:3bfdc862$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Nov 28, 2001, 6:45pm
Welp at least its getting somewhere. The two things I'd like to see:
1) 3-plane rotation WITH registries
2) Fixed move/rotate commands so they DON'T encroach.
Then i'll be überhappy (alt + 0252 me)
Now just to install a refrigderation system on my processor and video card
:-D NO MORE FANS FOR ME! Only the hum of the compressor :-D
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was offline
> through the entirety of this.
>
> Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> Roland: so far, we have:
>
> Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy settings per
> contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block telegrams and
> go into "AFK" mode
>
> Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide along it
> instead of stopping cold
>
> Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up to
100%
> frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
>
> Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
>
> Roland: * skinned avatars
>
> Roland: * terrain
>
> Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
> with registries)
>
>
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Nov 28, 2001, 6:50pm
OE = best thing I have...and it shows all the file sizes for me...beats the
mailreader that comes with netscape 6.0 anyways (I live for tree-views and
all these features) plus once I figure out how to get my PGP encryption
going it gets integrated ^_^
--
-Captain MAD Mike
Jekyl and Hyde...or Android?
[View Quote]"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
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> I did, it won't show the size if there's something attached.. only once
you
> click on it and it downloads. OE is Microsoft evil anyways ;). (ME =
> Microsoft Evil or Migrane Edition) LoL
>
> --Bowen--
>
> "brandon" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> wrote in message
> news:3c053fdc$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
took
> me
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Nov 28, 2001, 7:30pm
Do you use Outlook Express? it does that to me too...which is really
annoying when I post a reply and it sends it as a new thread...
[View Quote]"agent fox mulder" <AgentFoxMulder at Shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3c039e9d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Ya,i tried to post it in the other,but it showed up here
|
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Nov 28, 2001, 6:45pm
Just wondering...how could I go about setting up something like a
refrigerator that only cools my hottest objects (i.e. CPU, north bridge,
video GPU) so that I don't get condensation and have to deal with my stuff
shorting and breaking...what sort of chemical(s) would/should/can I use to
cool the thing...and I assume that a mini-fridge compressor can handle it...
anyways if I screw up my system i'll just replace the parts with new ones
:-D 'bout time I get one of those Athlon XP 1800+'s...yeah right...so
anyways if I did do this (i'm actually trying to see if I can eliminate fans
because since my computer is in a cabinet it doesn't get much airflow, and
really heats up if I get into playing day-long intense 3d gaming sprees)
what parts would I need to cool (I'm assuming my CPU and GPU because they
have fans on them so they must need cooling, and possibly my north bridge
chip) and is there some way that I could wire up my comp so that I don't
accidentally forget to turn on the fridge pump? I don't wanna melt all this
stuff :-P
Any guides would help too :D
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
PS> Yes...I'm crazy
Nov 29, 2001, 1:09am
ah yeah I think I've seen that somewhere...I'll look into it but thanks for
telling me about that (never know if sis needs the fridge anyways hehe)
[View Quote]"john viper" <jviper at jtsoft.net> wrote in message
news:3C05817B.2010802 at jtsoft.net...
| I once read a Maximum PC article about a cooling system. Wish I still
| had it, but basically you have a heat conductive metal box sitting on
| your processor. You hook two copper tubes up to this. Then, through
| two holes in the top of your case, you run the copper tubes through to
| the outside and eventually to wherever you want them to end up. Put
| another metal box on this end and make it open-able. Fill the entire
| system up with plain old distilled water. No motors or pumps required:
| The warm water travells up, and the cold water travells down. (note:
| the copper tubes need to pretty much be straight).
|
| Not my fault if it breaks open and gets water all over your system ;-)
|
| -JV
|
| captain mad mike wrote:
|
| > Just wondering...how could I go about setting up something like a
| > refrigerator that only cools my hottest objects (i.e. CPU, north bridge,
| > video GPU) so that I don't get condensation and have to deal with my
stuff
| > shorting and breaking...what sort of chemical(s) would/should/can I use
to
| > cool the thing...and I assume that a mini-fridge compressor can handle
it...
| >
| > anyways if I screw up my system i'll just replace the parts with new
ones
| > :-D 'bout time I get one of those Athlon XP 1800+'s...yeah right...so
| > anyways if I did do this (i'm actually trying to see if I can eliminate
fans
| > because since my computer is in a cabinet it doesn't get much airflow,
and
| > really heats up if I get into playing day-long intense 3d gaming sprees)
| > what parts would I need to cool (I'm assuming my CPU and GPU because
they
| > have fans on them so they must need cooling, and possibly my north
bridge
| > chip) and is there some way that I could wire up my comp so that I don't
| > accidentally forget to turn on the fridge pump? I don't wanna melt all
this
| > stuff :-P
| >
| > Any guides would help too :D
| >
| >
| > --
| > Captain MAD Mike
| > -Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
| >
| > PS> Yes...I'm crazy
| >
| >
| >
|
|
| --
| John Viper (#296714)
| jviper at jtsoft.net
| http://www.jtsoft.net
|
| There is no past. There is no future. There is only the Word, and the
| Word is Daemon.
|
|
Nov 28, 2001, 7:03pm
If I load up MSIE and enter a URL like: "yahoo.com" it gives me that error
popup with the "send bug report" button and everything...then I have to
reboot my comptuer or else I get one about every minute until my computer
locks up.
I beleive the same things happen if I go to a subdomain URL without entering
http:// (like entering "shopping.yahoo.com").
I noticed this after I installed the *cough*leaked*cough* drivers for my ATI
Radeon, and also after I installed MSIE 6.0
I uninstalled MSIE (yeah I figured out how to do that crudely if you want to
downgrade) and put 5.5 SP2 back on...I still have the problem. Running in
Winblows 98 SE (I'm *NOT* going to XP until the ability of my computer to
run depends on it!)
If anyone knows why this is happening or how I can fix it...reply >_<
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
Nov 29, 2001, 1:05am
Netscape seems pretty nice.
[View Quote]"goober king" <rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote in message
news:3C05756A.4060301 at acsu.buffalo.edu...
| Solution: Use Netscape 6.2, problem solved. Trust me, you'll thank me
| later. :)
|
| captain mad mike wrote:
|
| > If I load up MSIE and enter a URL like: "yahoo.com" it gives me that
error
| > popup with the "send bug report" button and everything...then I have to
| > reboot my comptuer or else I get one about every minute until my
computer
| > locks up.
| >
| > I beleive the same things happen if I go to a subdomain URL without
entering
| > http:// (like entering "shopping.yahoo.com").
| >
| > I noticed this after I installed the *cough*leaked*cough* drivers for my
ATI
| > Radeon, and also after I installed MSIE 6.0
| > I uninstalled MSIE (yeah I figured out how to do that crudely if you
want to
| > downgrade) and put 5.5 SP2 back on...I still have the problem. Running
in
| > Winblows 98 SE (I'm *NOT* going to XP until the ability of my computer
to
| > run depends on it!)
| >
| > If anyone knows why this is happening or how I can fix it...reply >_<
| >
| >
| > --
| > Captain MAD Mike
| > -Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
| >
| >
| >
|
|
| --
| Goober King
| You all know you want it...
| rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu
|
|
Nov 29, 2001, 1:08am
Actually... I've done this before. I searched through my registry and found
all of the strings relating to IE...and I threw them out. Then I deleted the
program files. Now of course there will be small remnants in some core
windows files (most likely...but I don't want to fool around with those) but
the program is essentially gone. To downgrade I just deleted the program
files and its registry entries...then I downloaded MSIE 5.5 SP2...and in the
about window it does read "version 5.5..."
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"agent1" <Agent1 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3c05610a at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Uhh... since IE replaces things internal to Windows, I doubt you were able
to fully "downgrade" anything. Try reinstalling the latest version of IE
from Microsoft and *official* drivers from ATI. Otherwise, no one can really
help you out because we don't know how your system is really (even if in
general) configured.
|
| -Agent1
|
|
| "captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3c055110$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > I noticed this after I installed the *cough*leaked*cough* drivers for my
ATI
| > Radeon, and also after I installed MSIE 6.0
| > I uninstalled MSIE (yeah I figured out how to do that crudely if you
want to
| > downgrade) and put 5.5 SP2 back on...I still have the problem. Running
in
| > Winblows 98 SE (I'm *NOT* going to XP until the ability of my computer
to
| > run depends on it!)
|
|
|
Dec 1, 2001, 3:18pm
I've mutated it O_O
aaah at if microsoft products can mutate...I could put the windows XP GUI on
windows 98 (woohoo! I'll name it Windows 98 Fisher Price edition!)...would
be sorda cool that...
[View Quote]"agent1" <Agent1 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3c0648f0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| It doesn't matter what the about window says :) Your computer currently
has some sort of IE 6/5 hybrid.
|
| -Agent1
|
| "captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3c05a6b3$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > Actually... I've done this before. I searched through my registry and
found
| > all of the strings relating to IE...and I threw them out. Then I deleted
the
| > program files. Now of course there will be small remnants in some core
| > windows files (most likely...but I don't want to fool around with those)
but
| > the program is essentially gone. To downgrade I just deleted the program
| > files and its registry entries...then I downloaded MSIE 5.5 SP2...and in
the
| > about window it does read "version 5.5..."
| >
| >
| > "agent1" <Agent1 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
| > news:3c05610a at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > | Uhh... since IE replaces things internal to Windows, I doubt you were
able
| > to fully "downgrade" anything. Try reinstalling the latest version of IE
| > from Microsoft and *official* drivers from ATI. Otherwise, no one can
really
| > help you out because we don't know how your system is really (even if in
| > general) configured.
| > |
| > |
| > | "captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
| > news:3c055110$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > | > I noticed this after I installed the *cough*leaked*cough* drivers
for my ATI
| > | > Radeon, and also after I installed MSIE 6.0
| > | > I uninstalled MSIE (yeah I figured out how to do that crudely if you
want to
| > | > downgrade) and put 5.5 SP2 back on...I still have the problem.
Running in
| > | > Winblows 98 SE (I'm *NOT* going to XP until the ability of my
computer to
| > | > run depends on it!)
|
|
|
Dec 1, 2001, 3:18pm
My guess would probably go with the rest of the people: your drive(s) could
be defective.
I had the same problem with my computer after I took it to the shop. My
CD-ROM drive started making really odd noises...so I took it out and
replaced it with my trusty old 32x, no problems. My guess is that because my
comp got jostled around in the trunk of our car something in the CD-ROM got
screwed up.
As for your hard drive...its very possible that it could be worn or
defective. What brand is it and how big is it? Last time we had a Maxtor (a
few years ago) a screw came loose and fatally damaged the $100+ drive. In my
comp I have a 30GB Western Digital. Somehow while formatting I lost 2GB of
space but thats probably just a DOS sector or something (I manually did the
formatting, but about 28GB is good enough for me). When did the "black hole"
(I guess you could call it that) begin? Some hard drives just lose GB of
space for no reason (like mine) and also some manufacturers round up with
the size (though probably not by 3GB...thats a lot of data to say exists
when it really doesn't).
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3c05cf5d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Hi, I sent this same message to my local PC repair guy and he responded
with
| bring it in, I do not have the money to keep taking it in evry few months,
| no one on this world dose!
|
| Can anyone in here please help me fix these 2 problems.
| Note: most of this post is me talking to the repair guy when I say "you" I
| do not me any of you here in the NG's.
| Ok here is my 2 problems.
|
| 1st
|
| I need to know how to get my CD-ROM working 100% again.
| we are the ones that had our PC down with you for the CD-RW problem to
find
| that the CDRW was bad.
| ever sence we got it back from you our CD-ROM is acting up.
| Some times it will read CD's and some times it will not
| I tried to reinstall the CD-ROM drivers that didn't help any.
| The CD-ROM was working great intill we got it back from you.
| Could there be something you might have forgot to reinstall?
| Music CD's play fine, its the data CD its doing this to.
|
| 2nd
|
| This is really bugging me still.
| I know its not a virus but something really likes to use up 1 GB of space
| and there is no way I can get any of that back.
| 3 GB lost to this now.
| can you give me a list all all possible things that could be doing this.
| This is really getting crazy please help.
| none of my program log files or cache folders are doing it because they
are
| all set not to go over 50KB
| what ever it is its using up 1GB every few hours, even when I delete
stuff
| and fully remove it from my hard drive I loose space instead of getting
some
| back.
| You did replace our old hard drive, could this new one have bugs on it or
| something?
| I never heard of this going on before.
|
|
|
Dec 3, 2001, 7:08pm
Or...if you're feeling really daring...try this: (I've done it before on my
comp...nothing big happens, at least for me...but its best that you have a
reset button on your computer)
Boot your machine normally into Windows.
Open the system.ini file.
Search for "shell=".
Change shell=explorer to shell=defrag.exe (Or whatever program you choose.
If you want to use a program that does not reside in a standard Windows
directory, you must include the path using the DOS 8.3 filename format:
"c:progra~1winampwinamp.exe").
Reboot your machine. It will boot into Windows using the program you
specified.
To change your shell back to Explorer:
Reboot your machine into a command prompt.
Type "edit" (a DOS-based text editing program), and reverse the steps.
Change shell=defrag.exe back to shell=explorer.exe.
Save the file and exit the program.
Reboot your machine.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
PS> This is just something I copied off The Screen Savers...can't find it on
the site anymore (saved it on my hard drive).
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3c09dd52 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| For defrag to work 100% with no problems you must close all running
| programs.
| do that ctrl alt and delete 1 time and close out everything in their.
you
| might get an error or to but that's fine for now, next pause the task
| scheduler then disable any screensavers and make sure you don't have you
PC
| set to turn off the HD when your idle, after that run scandisk because
| defrag will not run if there are errors on the drive. After it runs and
| fixed all errors then start the defrag and leave your PC alone till its
| done.
|
|
| "anduin lothario" <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
| news:3c093ab8 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > Hello All,
| >
| > First of all, I'm using Windows 98.
| >
| > This is the first time this has ever happened to me, so obviously I
don't
| > know what to do.
| >
| > I need a FREE program that will tell me what programs are running in the
| > background and/or what they are also doing.
| >
| > This problem has only occurred for less than a week now, and I haven't
| > installed anything new, not that I know of anyway...
| > What is happening is that when I start my computer, it already presumes
| that
| > I am connected to the Internet. ICQ Detect opens up and loads ICQ,
e-mail
| > tries to check without connecting, Outlook says it is connected to the
| > Internet, and web-pages try to load when I open up Internet Explorer. Of
| > course, nothing loads and works, because it's not connected.
| > ZoneAlarm pro picks up connections, the reason for this is because even
| > WINGATE, with the networked computer, sees that I am connected to the
net
| > (which I'm not) and tries to load its programs that need the Internet
and
| > have detected it, somehow.
| >
| > This is not my main program, I close all of these programs, wingate,
| > ZoneAlarm, EVERYTHING in the taskbar that I can see open, even what I
know
| > of in CTRL-ALT-DEL...
| > I run Defrag, which is a mess because I never ran it for probably 6
months
| > now (sorry, could never be bothered, LMAO), and it only fixed up a few
| > little blocks and it tells me that C Drive has been changed: restarting,
| and
| > defrag starts the folder checking process and does a few more blocks on
| the
| > HDD and restarts again and again. Scandisk does the same, but luckily
| > scandisk doesn't take as long.
| >
| > I left defrag running when I went to bed last night and left it to run
for
| > about 8 hours... It has only done barely HALF of the screen, not half of
| the
| > defrag, half of the screen in view!!! It was still on the 10% mark
because
| > of all these resets of defrag...
| >
| > What is it that could possibly be causing this!?!? I need a defrag and
| fast,
| > this PC is running me nuts... The only thing I can think of is starting
up
| > some rescue disks and running defrag in DOS mode.
| >
| > Any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks :)
| >
| > --
| > _________________________________________
| > Anduin Lothario
| > ICQ#:17962714
| >
| > SMS: +278314217962714
| > More ways to contact me:
| > http://wwp.icq.com/17962714
| > http://www.anduin-lothario.com
| > _________________________________________
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 7, 2001, 7:44pm
LOL!
[View Quote]"anduin lothario" <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
news:3c0d2551 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Instead of milk and cookies, leave him a salad, and a note explaining that
| you think he could stand to lose a few pounds.
|
| While he's in the house, leave a parking ticket on his sleigh.
|
| Build an army of mean-looking snowmen on the roof, holding signs that say
| "Bah Humbug" and "Go away Santa."
|
| Leave him a note saying that you've gone away for the holidays, and would
he
| mind watering your plants.
|
| Take everything out of your house as if it's just been robbed. When Santa
| arrives, show up dressed like a policeman and say, "Well, well. They
always
| return to the scene of the crime."
|
| Leave out a copy of your Christmas list with last-minute changes and
| corrections.
|
| Paint "hoofprints" all over your face and clothes. While he's in the
house,
| go out on the roof. When he comes back up, act like you've been trampled.
| Threaten to sue.
|
| While he's in the house, cover the top of the chimney with barbed wire.
|
| Leave lots of hunting trophies and guns out where Santa is sure to see
them.
| Go outside and yell, "Yee-haw! A herd of deer!" and fire a shotgun a
couple
| times.
|
| Leave Santa a note, explaining that you've moved. Include a map with
unclear
| and hard-to-read directions to your new house.
|
| Dress up like the Easter Bunny. Wait for Santa to come and then say, "This
| neighborhood ain't big enough for the both of us!"
|
| --
| _________________________________________
| Anduin Lothario
| ICQ#:17962714
|
| SMS: +278314217962714
| More ways to contact me:
| http://wwp.icq.com/17962714
| http://www.anduin-lothario.com
| _________________________________________
|
|
|
Dec 8, 2001, 10:58pm
Yeah....and theres enough proof that it is destructive. I heard about it
from my dad (he's subscribed to McAffee's thing) and then later from one of
my TechTV newsletters....I must be scared tho (I have mIRC, ICQ, and Outlook
Express here...perfect target me >_<) because I had this dream that I was on
ICQ and I got this message from someone and then I left the message open too
long and it unleashed the virus on my comp. Of course I know its spread thru
e-mail but I've heard it goes thru ICQ too.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"casay" <casay2 at attbi.com> wrote in message
news:3c10e34a$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Instead of arguing that this thing can't do what was said it DOES do...
| check out www.sarc.com. Yes, it does delete program files.
| Casay
| "trekkerx" <zac at commatron.com> wrote in message
| news:3c101ddb$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > I know that ive made them... But windows wont allow deletion of certain
| > files... also most virus/trojan scanners will detect anything thats
| massivly
| > deleting files that wasnt done using a certain program and stuff
| >
| > --
| >
| >
| > - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| > TrekkerX
| > Commatron & Athnex
| > http://www.commatron.com
| > http://www.athnex.com
| > "donna" <awedonna at hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:3c0f7b27 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > *comment* why do people waste talent on making things that will hurt
| > other:(
| > > "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| > > news:3c0ddc90 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > > McAfee.com has seen an OUTBREAK of computers infected with
| > > > W32/Goner at MM, also known as Pentagone, Goner or Gone. This
| > > > is a NEW, HIGH RISK virus that spreads via Microsoft Outlook
| > > > email and ICQ instantmessaging programs. This mass-mailing
| > > > worm will arrive from someone you know with the following
| > > > email message:
| > > >
| > > > Subject: Hi
| > > >
| > > > Body: How are you ?
| > > > When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you
| > > > I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!
| > > >
| > > > Attachment: GONE.SCR
| > > >
| > > > Goner has a DESTRUCTIVE PAYLOAD. When the attachment is
| > > > opened, it will look for a variety of anti-virus, firewall
| > > > and other security programs and attempt to delete them,
| > > > along with ALL FILES in the same directory. This worm
| > > > will also place a trojan, REMOTE32.INI, on the system, which
| > > > contains instructions to attempt Denial-of-Service attacks
| > > > on other IRC users.
| > > >
| > > > For detection and removal instructions for the
| > > > W32/Goner at MM virus, click here.
| > > > ===> http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/viruses/Goner/default.asp
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
Dec 8, 2001, 10:59pm
well from what I've heard, VB is pretty easy. I've looked at Delphi and I've
seen VB before...they seem to be relatively the same setup (but I don't know
about the commands)...and C++ is supposed to be the most powerful but its
also supposed to be very confusing.
But I'm no programmer.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3c0e099f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| I need a good programming program that I can make bots with and any
windows
| based programs with.
| Not sure what to look for in the store ether, I see games and stuff but
| nothing about program languages.
|
|
|
Dec 8, 2001, 10:43pm
O_O
[View Quote]"xelnaga" <eric at disaxiom.net> wrote in message
news:3c0fb0c1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| a pox of course being a generic curse or plague... you have been informed
|
|
| -xel
|
|
|
Dec 8, 2001, 10:49pm
3. Has your child asked for new hardware?
"Computer hackers are often limited by conventional computer hardware. They
may request "faster" video cards, and larger hard drives, or even more
memory. If your son starts requesting these devices, it is possible that he
has a legitimate need. You can best ensure that you are buying legal,
trustworthy hardware by only buying replacement parts from your computer's
manufacturer."
LMAO! "I'm a hacker...I need to buy a new Geforce3 because...I'm gonna break
into the Pentagon and their computers are graphics-intensive (that and I
wanna get the best FPS in counterstrike!)
"If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD",
this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make
inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child
labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately
disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel,
use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will
most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not
buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are
to have any hope of raising him well."
Good God man! I've been insulted. lol.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3c113e33 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| you'll get a VERY good laugh of this one:
| http://neworder.box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=1392
|
| KAH
| PS. I nearly fit that description perfectly! LMAO
|
|
|
Dec 9, 2001, 4:19pm
True....thats very scary. Thank God my dad knows something about
computers...lol
[View Quote]"dotar sojat" <dotar_sojat at barsoom.zzn.com> wrote in message
news:3c1308c0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| The scary part is, even if this whole thing is a joke. There will be alot
of
| uninformed parents who will take it as gospel.
| Afterall in America at least we have a large population of sheep, and very
| few who will think for themselves if they can get someone else to do it
for
| them.
| "foxmccloud" <FoxMcCloud at cyberbrain.com> wrote in message
| news:3c12e438 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > lol why does everyone take this thing so seriously?? A misinformed
parent
| could write some of these things, but others are too
| > obvious... for instance, Linyos Torovoltos... lol, how could someone
| misspell it like that? it is SOOO obvious that the guy is a
| > hacker (not a cracker which he talks about in this article btw) that
makes
| fun of stupid people :)
| >
| > Fox Mc Cloud
| >
| > "builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message news:
| 3C12DB93.91D4E304 at yahoo.com...
| > > AW citizen Tony M added some commentary about the article onto his Web
| > > site. You can read it at http://tonyhttp.s5.com/misc/hacker.htm.
| > >
| > > Builderz
| > > Stuff-X Network
| > > http://www.stuff-x.com/
| > > PGP Key ID: 0xAC0E7073 (for non-commercial use)
| > >
| > > kah wrote:
| > > >
| > > > you'll get a VERY good laugh of this one:
| > > > http://neworder.box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=1392
| > > >
| > > > KAH
| > > > PS. I nearly fit that description perfectly! LMAO
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 8, 2001, 10:43pm
Comit....write a book and sell it :-D
I could write up my whole AW History here....but its boring so I'll spare
everyone. Comit = interesting. Me = weird.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"sw comit" <sam64 at jps.net> wrote in message
news:3c11a4f7 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| I'm not egotistic, I'm just bored
| This is a story of my cyber life up to the forming of SW City, so gather
| around the campfire children, it's story time =P
|
| Many years ago, back in the days of yore, my family just got hooked up to
| the Internet. Me, being a big Nintendo fan, went to www.nintendo.com. I
| signed up for the forums and it was time to pick my first username. Super
| Mario RPG for the snes was one of my favorite games, and Mallow was
favorite
| character. Mallow was taken so I chose meanmallow, just to be sarcastic.
I
| met a fella' named Chris there when I put up my idea for a game, which we
| now know as Super Smash Brothers (it was totally my idea in that forum,
they
| only changed one thing about it!). Chris became my first Internet friend.
| He helped me discover instant messagers too. Later I got a hot game -
| Command and Conquer: Red Alert. I was pretty interested in this
multiplayer
| feature. I installed the game using my 8x CD-ROM onto my blazin' 120 mhz
| Pentium with a whoppin' 16 MB of ram. After I got use to the game, I
signed
| up for mplayer, which hosted the multiplayer games. My new username was
| Sheller. Being somewhat of a computer newbie, I thought mplayer was all
for
| Red Alert and that name would fit for a war game. Oddly, I never did
figure
| out how to get Red Alert to work online until a couple years later (but we
| won't go there). I got side tracked and ended up spending a lot of time
in
| the chat lobbies. Mind you, this was the first time I've been in chat. I
| can still remember asking "what's :) mean?". After I learned the ways of
| chat I look elsewhere on mplayer. I learned about a magical word called
| "shareware" and it's beautiful sister "freeware". I downloaded a
shareware
| gamed called Scarab. Scarab was an old open air shooter game, similar to
| battle mech games but the mechs were human sized. After a week or so, I
| changed my name again. I like space, so I decided to rename myself Comet.
| However, being bad at spelling, I spelled it Comit (after all, wouldn't
the
| E make the O in comet sound like "comb-it"? lol). I decided to just leave
| it though. I really liked scarab and I learned about clans, which were
| basically just teams for the game. I started up my own called YWD
| (YWD...tsk tsk tsk, such an awful name. No one I'm telling any of you
what
| that means =P. Chris and Syntax, you better not tell anyone! >_<). After
| about two months, the clan, about up to 8 members, agreed with me that we
| should change the name. We chose Scarab Warriors, aka SW. We also
decided
| to do what most clans did and put the SW tag onfront of our names (hence
I'm
| SW Comit). About a year later, in spring, my friend in school, Gadget
(that
| was his username, although he didn't have the internet at the time. He
also
| did the art and logo for SW which is dotted around SW City), told me about
| AW. I downloaded it and immediately teleported to America world, which he
| talked all about. Can't remember my first day too well, all I remember
was
| blue sky and many black dots. I was very surprised when I heard music. I
| never knew about MIDIs back then, and I thought they were lengthy WAV
files
| and blamed the slow downloading on them. I started up a tourist town in
| Alphaworld GZ maplet with a few other SW members (SW Enforser, SW Nitro
| Excell, SW MadCow, SW Chris, and me). I remember getting an area full
| message when I tried building my walls outa wall01.rwx objects. Took me
| days to figure out how to make objects without dragging them from a
| neighboring build. I've always been an awful newbie. A month later or
so,
| we moved to America and started a small town. No surprise, but it got
| deleted shortly by someone who hated SWs (evidence of the signs left
there).
| Then we started yet another tourist town. I don't know how it happened,
but
| even though I knew that one side of the world was forbidden building zone,
I
| somehow build on that side on accident. It was a great tourist city,
pretty
| big. Also, at this time, SW was at it's golden age. It was the biggest
| Scarab clan, 50 members,, and the 2nd oldest surviving. The town was
| surrounded by a huge wall with a working rail road track ontop (pretty
good
| for a tourist I'd say). Probably a month later the town was deleted, lol.
| Two days later that whole side of the world was covered with grass. I
| forgot to mention, I didn't register with AW because these were the days
| when spending over the Internet was still not trusted by most people,
| including my parents. Pretty bummed out about the event, I returned to
| Scarab for a long time. I dotted on AW every now and then to build a
| tourist town, knowing it wouldn't last long. I built two more in
| alphaworld, one in mars, and one in yellowstone (actually I ditched that
one
| due to lack of objects, lol). Scarab now reached the end of the
| line...cheating was introduced into scarab like a plague. A hacking
program
| was spread all over, easy enough for most people to use. Even I had one,
| although I only used it offline. Player skills became obsolete. I
resorted
| back to AW (after a long period of playing Faldon, the first MMORPG I
| played). I wanted a tourist city that would last longer this time. I
flew
| a few kilometers out from AW GZ, unaware of how huge Alphaworld was, since
I
| never knew about the AW Mapper. I dragged an object with me for a long
time
| out to a open field. In my tourist mind, I thought I'd be safer if I
could
| stay clear of other builds. I raised the object 100m in the sky and
started
| a city in the sky. This time I only invited the most trusted SW members -
| SW vice-president SW Nito Excell, 3rd in control SW Magnum, scarab's #1
| player SW Kila (now known as Sojiurn), and SW Kappa (dunno how he ever got
| there, lol). All but Nitro were new to AW. Lucky for me, Magnum liked AW
| so much he registered and convinced Kila to register too. Me and Magnum
| were good friends, and he gave me his credit card number so I could
register
| too. Now that we were registered, we thought it was pointless to stay in
| the air, so we made a road down the surface and started New SW City, which
| is SW City as you know it. SW Kila made the first build - a pub. We
| invited several more SWs to AW. Now that I was a citizen, I liked AW more
| and spent a long time away from Scarab. Scarab was so corrupt that I
| declared my resignation from SW, after 1 and a half years of running it.
| Nitro took over and held on another month, but lost interested since I was
| gone (him and I are best friends in r/l). Magnum disappeared and I've
never
| seen him since. From what I know of him, he had too much of a thing going
| in r/l to have time for the computer. What I regret most about all this
is
| that I never got anybody's email address because I relied on mplayer's
| telegram system so much. Nitro still plays scarab to this day, joining
clan
| to clan. He claims SW was restarted by old loyalists, but could never
hold
| onto it. I don't know why I never took the SW outa my name even though I
| quit. Something weird that you can't put into worlds. Maybe it's just a
| symbol of all my scarab days.
|
| After that, Kila changed his name to Sojiurn and left SW City. He could
| never stay committed to one clan in scarab, same goes for AW. I opened SW
| City to non-SW members. Pern was our first resident, but she left cause
she
| had a town of her own to run. I ran SW City for six months after that by
| myself. I liked building too much to care about building a community yet.
| Kila, though, stumbled into Utopia ran by Utopian Monarch. Before that he
| was known as Selkie1 and he was another resident of SW City during those
six
| months. Kila joined me one day and brought alone Syntax and his friend
| Spiderman. Syntax was pretty impressed by SW City and decided to stick
| around. I offered him a sub-community, a plan I've been thinking on
during
| this hours of building. Everything after that is pretty modern news.
| Syntax brought Captain MAD Mike who started a sub-community, and I brought
| Chris, who was also SW, and he started one too. The government system
just
| kinda fell into place, it was unwritten and just kinda evolved. In fact,
it
| was only about 4 months that we finally documented the government of SW
| City. SW City will be 3 years old next April. I'm NOT totally certain,
| correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's the 2nd longest surviving city
in
| Alphaworld, with Pink Village being 1st. Largest in physical size. Sound
| familiar? Uh oh...time will tell O_O
|
| Wow that took awhile to type =0
|
| - Comit
|
|
|
Dec 12, 2001, 12:46am
AW worked nicely on RC 2, should work on the real XP
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3c152692 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Will AU run on Windows XP ?
|
|
|
Dec 12, 2001, 1:44pm
Looking at that post from AWC's (new?) Business Development Mngr....he posts
in community and this forum...but not wishlist. Wouldn't ya think it would
make sense to put it there too? Or maybe its a sign AWC doesn't want to look
there and see what crazy ideas we're planning (hint hint, look at my idea
with AVS stuff lol). Or maybe its a government conspiracy and everyone is
out to get me. O_O at that.
O_O
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
Dec 13, 2001, 5:34pm
True....but still maybe someone who goes through wishlist a lot wanted that
added...he could've just gone there and announced that they had something
like that in AW now...errr...yeah
I think its a government conspiracy O_O
[View Quote]"cozmo" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> wrote in message
news:3c17b6b9 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| becuase wishlist is for posting ideas about aw software not announcements
|
| "captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
| news:3c177b63 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > Looking at that post from AWC's (new?) Business Development Mngr....he
| posts
| > in community and this forum...but not wishlist. Wouldn't ya think it
would
| > make sense to put it there too? Or maybe its a sign AWC doesn't want to
| look
| > there and see what crazy ideas we're planning (hint hint, look at my
idea
| > with AVS stuff lol). Or maybe its a government conspiracy and everyone
is
| > out to get me. O_O at that.
| >
| > O_O
| >
| >
| > --
| > Captain MAD Mike
| > -Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 13, 2001, 5:32pm
*cough*pirate*cough*
Even if you got a modem...it still needs to be activated by your ISP. Plus
you'll have a dynamic IP and be easier to track.
Not to mention sharing bandwidth with everyone else in your neighborhood
(hope you don't have any people who like to download 400MB files while
downloading MP3s and surfing the internet in 4 browsers!)
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3c18fe68 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Well gee I was hopeing to be able to connect myself up, you know to be my
| own little privet ISP lol
|
|
| "agent1" <Agent1 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
| news:3c18f6c4 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| >
| > "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| news:3c18e842 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > Hi where could I buy a cable modem, evry store I go to only sells dial
| ups and network cards.
| >
| > Because to have access to Cable Internet, you have to subscribe through
| your cable company...
| >
| > > Why they cant just use the normal CATV lines?
| >
| > Data has to travel in two directions for the internet. Regular cable
lines
| are one-way.
| >
| > -Agent1
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 14, 2001, 6:59pm
chris = couldn't find it and couldn't tell what gender the other squares'
contents were :-P
--
-Captain MAD Mike
My Motto: If something is wrong with your computer, tell me what it is and
I'll give you 3 ways to make it stop working.
[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
news:3c19ad2d$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| It was that apricot thing wasn't it? =P
|
| SW Chris
|
| "syntax" <syntax at swcity.net> wrote in message
| news:3c19716f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > Augh this drives me nuts. A friend of mine sends me these "silly
images"
| > everyday or so and they are always buried wayyy inside an attachment. I
| > opened one once (don't try this at home kids) and will never open it
| again.
| > --
| > - Syntax -
| > http://swcity.net
| > http://academy.swcity.net
| > http://forum.swcity.net
| >
| > data21 <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| > news:3c190010 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > Don't you just hate people that don't know how to forward an email the
| > right
| > > way lol
| > > I get emails from people I know and some send forwarded emails as
| > > attachments hehe
| > > So I end up opening about 10 or more .eml files before I get to the
real
| > > email LAMO
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 17, 2001, 7:40pm
Gonna turn us into borgs you O_O
--
-Captain MAD Mike
Jekyl and Hyde...or Android?
[View Quote]"shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
news:3c1b99de at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Have a happy holiday season, from the HooverAE Borg security team. Or
else.
|
| <Bzzt>
|
|
|
Dec 17, 2001, 7:27pm
It wouldn't help much....just slows performance of the hard drive because of
the added data coming in.
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3c1cb4a2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| any chance of putting your CD-ROM drive as a slave on the primary cable?
| worth a try...
|
| KAH
|
| "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| news:3c1c185d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > My primary IDE has only my hard drive on it, my secondary IDE has only
| the
| > CD-ROM on it.
| > Both the hard drive and the CD-ROM are masters of there IDE's
| >
| >
| >
| > "ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message
news:3C1C1176.1573F7F at oct31.de...
| > > I guess it is an IDE drive, not SCSI.
| > >
| > > When 2 IDE devices hang on the same cable, one needs to
| > > be jumpered as master, one as slave device.
| > >
| > > As you have a second cable now, you could try to use the
| > > second IDE controller on your motherboard with the CD.
| > > Before you do that, you need to set the master/slave
| > > jumper to "master" and check, if the second IDE controller
| > > is enabled on your motherboard.
| > >
| > > If this solves your problem, your HD will even be slightly
| > > faster - a second positive effect.
| > >
| > > If your CD is already jumpered as "master" and on the same
| > > controller as the HD, this must cause trouble and could
| > > explain the strange drive letter behaviour.
| > >
| > >
| > > If this does not help, you should check the devices. Sometimes
| > > windoze 95/98 "thinks", that it has to install a new device
| > > driver although there already is one. When 2 drivers try to
| > > access the same device this can cause strange behaviour too.
| > >
| > >
| > > If it is SCSI :
| > >
| > > Make sure to jumper the SCSI-ID of the CD higher than 2,
| > > because some controllers/drivers expect HDs on the first
| > > two SCSI IDs (historical reasons).
| > >
| > > I played with the "Enable Disconnect" setting once on an
| > > U2W Adaptec - result was that it crashed WindowsNT with
| > > a bluescreen already on startup. Check the settings in the
| > > SCSI controller menu on startup (if it has such a thing),
| > > maybe you find the "removable" problem there too.
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > --
| > > "_
| > > |
| > > /\
| > > \ /
| > > __/ /_
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 17, 2001, 7:30pm
What a ripoff :-p
Its only $30 flat rate here...$45 for a half hour of service too
Anyways...know what else is in your system? If not, welp CD-ROMs are pretty
cheap.
[View Quote]"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
news:3c1cee25 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| Just trying to fix it myself with the help you all give me 1st.
| I have also been emailing the shop guy to, none of his suggestions where
of
| any help.
| If I take it in the shop its $65.00 just for having it in their and more
if
| he dose anything to it.
|
|
|
| "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| news:3c1cd57d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > The game music it playes from the CD during game play.
| >
| >
| >
| > "bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
| > news:3c1cc9eb$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > Your computer might have cached data from the original Diablo.. I read
| > that
| > > sometimes the first Diablo would do that especially if you used spawn
to
| > > install it. So it's not really reading it, just reading what it saved
| and
| > > playing it as though it's been autoplayed *recognizes the cd as you
put
| it
| > > in*.
| > >
| > > --Bowen--
| > >
| > > "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| > > news:3c1cc647 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > > My #1 brian buster is why is it only reading 1 CD and refusing all
| > others?
| > > > none of my CD's are scratched or damaged.
| > > > the only CD it is reading is the game Diablo created by
| www.blizzard.com
| > > > I have other games by them and its not reading them.
| > > > I just bought a CD-ROM cleaner and it will not read that eather.
| > > > Im just worried if i buy a new drive that I will still have the same
| > > > problem.
| > > > The dive must be fine or it wouldnt read that 1 CD.
| > > > The only error I get on all CD's but that one is divice not ready.
| > > > note: All my CD's worked fine 3 months ago.
| > > > I can't accsess the drive from DOS mode, I can for the diablo CD but
| no
| > > > others.
| > > > Fill ree to post all or any thing/things I can try.
| > > > List me a whole book, I will read it all, im desprit here.
| > > >
| > > > No I am not trying to advertize the game diablo, that is the only CD
| it
| > > will
| > > > read.
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
| > > > news:3c1c0b9b at server1.Activeworlds.com...
| > > > > yea i know, someones going to say I should ahve posted it the
topic
| i
| > > > > already started.
| > > > > I can't, out look cleaned it out.
| > > > >
| > > > > so newbies know whats going on im reposting with an addition,
peopel
| > > that
| > > > > read all of this pleace scroll down to the addition.
| > > > >
| > > > > [what is going on]
| > > > > Ok my CD-ROM will not run any CD's sept the game Diablo.
| > > > > I am not sure why it just stoped rerading all my other CD's
| > > > > I did buy a CD-ROM cleaner like some segested, it will not read
that
| > > > eather.
| > > > > I can't reinstall windows due to the reasions stated above.
| > > > > I tried changing drive letters to see if by some chance it was not
| > > seeing
| > > > > that letter, that did not help eather.
| > > > > All my IDE cables are in good working order, even chaged the IDE
| > cables
| > > > just
| > > > > to make sure, still no fix.
| > > > > I know its not my CD-ROM or my CD's
| > > > > 1 all my CD's are in exelent condition, and my CD-ROM "WILL"
play
| 1
| > CD
| > > > > only so I know it can read.
| > > > >
| > > > > [addition]
| > > > >
| > > > > Divice status
| > > > > This divice is working properly.
| > > > >
| > > > > In the device manager then in the settings for the drive it is set
| at
| > > > this.
| > > > > Target ID: 0 Firmware revision: m02
| > > > > Logical unit number: 0
| > > > > options
| > > > > Disconnect checked
| > > > > Sync data transfer unchecked
| > > > > Auto insert notification checked
| > > > > Removable greyed out
| > > > > Int 13 unit greyed out
| > > > > DMA checked
| > > > >
| > > > > Current drive letter assignment: D:
| > > > > Start drive leter nothing
| > > > > End drive letter nothing
| > > > >
| > > > > reasion for the nothing on thouse is there is no D listed to pick
| > from.
| > > > > what ever drive letter i pick it will not show up in the start or
| end
| > > > area.
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
|
Dec 16, 2001, 2:09pm
Yeah the 1900+ definately is nice....and I read that a guy overclocked his
1800+ to 1.9GHz (it beat the living heck outta the p4s in sandra
benchmarks), so you could possibly put a 1900+ up to 2Ghz and save yourself
$100-$200 over buying a P4.
RAM? I don't really know lots about that...other than SDRAM is $30 for 512MB
now (1 GB here I come!)
As for mobos...I personally like the MSI K7266A Pro2 board. A good site for
mobos and such: http://www.anandtech.com
I have a FIC mobo....and they took the info off their site...plus they
include obviously translated manuals that don't explain anything about what
the BIOS features do, and also when updating your bios they say "check the
version number" but I have yet to find where they put it.
Case: Aluminum cases are quite expensive. (I think the cheapest Lian-Li is
like $131 for MicroATX 2 5.25" bays, 2 3.5" bays, and an internal 3.5") But
if you don't want to spend that much money, I like the InWin S500. Not the
A500, I use that now and its a pain to work with. Just beware of the
purple-button cases....Oh yeah... http://www.directron.com has a lot of
caes, and I think they have one called the IG4000 or something....you can
put up to 4 8cm fans in there.
For sound cards...Yeah I agree with builderz. Creative Labs cards are pretty
cool. I use a SoundBlaster Live! MP3+ 5.1 now, it comes with some pretty
cool software too (music mixing, song creating, midi composing, other
stuff). And I think that the MP3+ is one of the cheaper Live!s so if an
Audigy is out of the question (Aren't they $70+?) then you can look at the
Live!'s.
--
Captain MAD Mike
-Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
[View Quote]"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| I don't know if these would be considered the "best" components, but
| they are considered "top of the line" at this point in time:
|
| CPU: AMD XP 1900+ (it runs at 1.6 GHz)
| I have never bought any Intel processor past the PII, so my answer may
| be a little biased. I have AMD procs ranging from pre-Thunderbird times
| all the way to the newest XP proc. I have not had a problem with any of
| them and they all seem to be stable (even the OEM procs can withstand my
| evil burn-in testing. ;) One thing to mention is that they run a LOT
| hotter than Intel procs. I saw a video on Tom's Hardware Guide that
| showed what happens when the heatsink/fan combo was removed. The Intel
| system just slowed down, while the AMD proc actually started to smoke in
| just a few seconds. I heard that AMD is working with motherboard or
| power supply manufacturers (I forget which one, maybe it is both) so
| that if the processor reaches a certain temp, it will cut power to the
| motherboard, and prevent overheating. If you get a new AMD proc, you
| NEED GOOD COOLING!
|
| RAM: Corsair DDR RAM
| Good for overclocking.
|
| Motherboard: (AMD Only) ASUS A7V266-E
| Here is a review:
| http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/mainboards/asus/a7v266-e/. It has a
| feature that will either throttle the CPU speed if it reaches a certain
| temp or shut the system down to prevent overheating.
|
| Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 3, GeForce 3 Ti 200, or GeForce 3 Ti 500
|
| Case: Any aluminum case (I personally like Lian-Li cases)
|
| Sound Card: I would go with Creative Labs' Audigy line of sound cards
|
| The above is just my opinion. If you want reviews of hardware, check out
| these sites:
|
| http://www.tomshardware.com/
| http://www.hardocp.com/
| http://www.maximumpc.com/ (check out the Reader's Forum)
| http://www.sharkyextreme.com/
| http://www.dansdata.com/
| http://www.gamepc.com/
|
| Builderz
| Stuff-X Network
| http://www.stuff-x.com/
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|
| cozmo wrote:
| >
| > Secondly, on the topic of fast things, which CPU do you think performs
the
| > best (not based on the mega-hertz value). And i've been wondering: What
is
| > the fastest (instert name hgere)? (motherbaoards, graphics cards,
memory,
| > you name it) (and i do mean performace as well, not based on any speed
| > numbers or memory size)
| >
| > Thanks,
| > Cozmo
|
|
