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by Mobius
Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:39 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Good news for those of you that refuse to go beyond Win98SE.
Replies: 35
Views: 4419

I can see the sense in the decision - but I am still utterly hosed by it. Microsoft may have decided to keep supporting Win98, but I have put my foot down, and point-blank refuse to even LOOK at a box running Windows 98. I just tell people to chuck the fcuking thing in a sewer, and I'll help them ou...
by Mobius
Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:30 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: .bat files
Replies: 8
Views: 1629

Funny Matt, you can't spell "Making" and yet you can do BAT files OK. Is this because they don't work when spelled incorrectly? So you *HAVE* to get spelling and syntax right in the PC-world. I wish the real world was the same: wrongly spelled words just didn't work! Person A: "Hey ma...
by Mobius
Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:14 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Mozilla 1.6 is out!
Replies: 15
Views: 2309

Nice to see Mozilla forge ahead, while Internet Explorer lies around, doing nothing except bleeding profusely from every hole.
by Mobius
Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:13 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: How much would you pay?
Replies: 22
Views: 2609

That box is worth around $300 in New Zealand. I know, cause I just bought a box with almost identical hardware for $280 NZ. That's $190 USD. Don't ever get into the trap of thinking what you paid for it, or what the stuff is worth brand new, has ANYTHING to do with what the market will pay for it se...
by Mobius
Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:11 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Office Network
Replies: 16
Views: 2653

Being the single access point for files on the network will turn your machine into a dog unless you have VERY fast drives and a VERY fast CPU and LOTS of RAM. Typically, network activity will cost you in the region of up to 25% CPU ("up to" clearly including lesser numbers!) and if the fil...
by Mobius
Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:06 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: That's a beautiful fire! Look how evenly your house is burni
Replies: 17
Views: 2304

That's a beautiful fire! Look how evenly your house is burni

This can only happen somewhere beauracracy has gone completely stupid, and the people have followed on - becoming even more stupid than the red-tape. OMFG. If I was THIS GUY I'd go get myself a semi-automatic rifle and head down to the Niles Fire Station and take a few extra boxes of ammunition with...
by Mobius
Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:20 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The X Men cometh...
Replies: 23
Views: 3043

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proofs. No such proof or evidence is given. Ipso facto the story is BS. It's from Russia for goodness sake! As to not using our entire brians - that is an old wives tale and is utterly untrue. You use just about every neuron in your brain and have done so s...
by Mobius
Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:50 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Framecap
Replies: 23
Views: 3432

Fortunately, I have a whole brain, and therefore Powerstrip is completely ideal.

I really don't know what you guys have against Powerstrip. It's the premier product. No question.
by Mobius
Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:41 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: FPS limitations with Radeon 7500?
Replies: 3
Views: 1417

No. No. You don't have vertical sync off. Disable it correctly and all will be well. You will need to do that in two locations: The driver 3D controls, *AND* in D3. Despite that P1700 Shadow Mask CRT being able to make 100Hz at 1600 Mode, it's poor tuning to have the same refresh rate for every reso...
by Mobius
Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:40 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: A soldiers work is never done
Replies: 27
Views: 3084

Weird.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:59 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Framecap
Replies: 23
Views: 3432

/me gets up off ground and dusts self off...

POWERSTRIP!!!
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:58 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Why doesn't anyone build....
Replies: 17
Views: 2209

There are Uninteruptible PSUs which would handily fit INSIDE a full tower case - or server case. It'd be a simply matter to router the power cables. You'd have maybe 2 minutes of run-time, to shutdown before the batts expired.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:50 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: At Last ,A Pres. That Gets It
Replies: 33
Views: 3552

SpaceDaily.com has an article up HERE which says it won't work. http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/frown.gif It's about the Money. Dubya is only putting an extra Billion into Nasa in the next 5 years - and that simply isn't going to be enough to pull off even building the CEV. *sigh* Woodchip - If you wan...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How do you get an IQ test?
Replies: 19
Views: 2502

"Mensa" would probably offer you a realistic IQ test. Contact them.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:20 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Prescott Available -- Want one?
Replies: 9
Views: 1746

Actually, no - that was retail. One of my suppliers has 'em at $41 wholesale. That's pretty reasonable. Image
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: A soldiers work is never done
Replies: 27
Views: 3084

He sewed the patch on back to front! LMAO!

Even I noticed it was backwards! Image
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:17 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: so it's -12 F outside right now...
Replies: 19
Views: 3249

And the weather in Christchurch, New Zealand is a balmy 31 degrees C, with a light North-West wind, and 0/5ths cloud cover.

MINISKIRT WEATHER! Image
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:44 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Sound ends up stuttering and popping
Replies: 13
Views: 2042

OOPS. OK. What he said!
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:43 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Prescott Available -- Want one?
Replies: 9
Views: 1746

x 0.68 = USD.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:10 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: At Last ,A Pres. That Gets It
Replies: 33
Views: 3552

OK - now I have some time. http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/smile.gif It's all good Dubya. You finally did something almost right. Firstly. I believe that every dollar the USA has ever spent in and on space exploration has returned around $7 to the economy over the years. Name another investment that re...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:55 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Toshiba's 0.85-inch HDD
Replies: 6
Views: 1600

Bah - Moving parts suck. Solid State all the way.

Kinda cool they can make 'em that small though.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:52 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Sound ends up stuttering and popping
Replies: 13
Views: 2042

This is classic BS Live! behaviour. Try reducing PCI Latency in BIOS. Move card to another PCI slot.

Better yet - remove it - pound with 2lb hammer - install Turtle Beach Santa Cruz! Image
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:37 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: At Last ,A Pres. That Gets It
Replies: 33
Views: 3552

Yup. Here I am. But this requires more time than I have right now.

ALL your questions will be answered. All your doubts removed. All your frustration defused. All your wrong numbers debunked.

I do have time for this however: Politically and Economically astute move by the Whitehouse.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:33 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: One Torpedo
Replies: 5
Views: 1307

Nah - gimme a Skval torpedo any day. It'll run at 200+ knots. Image

The Americans are working on a derivative of the Russian Skval (Super Cavitating) and theirs may well go faster than Mach 1 underwater. Image
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:29 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Why doesn't anyone build....
Replies: 17
Views: 2209

CapM - impossible.

Batteries are huge. You can't fit that in the space available for a PSU. Have you seen the size of even the smallest units???
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:28 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Framecap
Replies: 23
Views: 3432

Jeez - Powerstrip window stays for 5 seconds. It adds one second each week. During boot up only. Drag the window to a corner and forget about it. Better yet: *SHOCK HORROR* - buy the bloody thing - it's only $19 you cheap bastards. And if you are *that* piss-poor then astalavista.box.sk Powerstrip k...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:23 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Prescott Available -- Want one?
Replies: 9
Views: 1746

Prescott Available -- Want one?

Jan14th Price List: <pre> Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ 800MHZ FSB 1MB cache 759.00 Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ 800MHZ FSB 1MB cache 490.00 Pentium 4 2.8 GHZ 800MHZ FSB 1MB cache 387.00 </pre> Price in NZ$. Add 12.5% sales tax. Prices are $9 more than the standard P4. Here's the box: <pre> Lian Li PC-05B case 133 Enermax...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:54 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Macs and fps
Replies: 14
Views: 2092

Yes, and it doesn't matter if controls are triggered during the typing of FRAMETIME ("FRAMELENGTH" also works!) - it still activates the framerate display... ... but you probably aren't seeing it as it displays UNDERNEATH the Ping and Loss indicators. Switch those off using F6 to get a cle...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:51 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Virtual RAM Error
Replies: 15
Views: 2510

REDETECT SYSTEM PROPERTIES.

D3 Launcher ---> Setup ---> Speed ---> Detect System Properties

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by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:48 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Framecap
Replies: 23
Views: 3432

http://planetdescent.com/d3help/framerate.shtml 80 aint bad - but I doubt that's your MINIMUM frame rate - and the minimum is what counts. The maximum means NOTHING. Ideally you want 170Hz + refresh rate (800 x 600 on this Viewsonic is 168Hz!! http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/smile.gif ) and 170 FPS+ -...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:41 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What may be all the hubub with the high terrorist risk alert
Replies: 14
Views: 2416

The design of a DB is going to be pretty tough. You need the material to completely disentegrate, and I'm not talking dust, I'm talking invisible particles - dust would not be small enough to do any significant damage, because rain would wash it away - straight away. You need enough explosive matter...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:04 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Virtual RAM Error
Replies: 15
Views: 2510

AAARGH! The goggles - they do nothing! Try a compressed JPG. Uncompressed might as well be a TIFF file. Actually, it's worse than that. What on earth did you save it with? Did you not notice :FILE SIZE 225.05KB??? http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/eek.gif On to the subject of your thread: <font size=7 co...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Conan factite
Replies: 11
Views: 1734

The "Austrian Oak" was, and is, um, Austrian. Image
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What may be all the hubub with the high terrorist risk alert
Replies: 14
Views: 2416

Only issue I can see is this: A dirty bomb (D http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/cool.gif doesn't achieve terrorists aims - instant annihilation of large numbers of people and big property damage. Sure, you might irradiate an area, but that radiation is unlikely to kill anyone immediately (or even in the ...
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:02 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: want free 64-bit Windows OS? Lunchbox?
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Given that I don't HAVE a 64-bit processor, I have little alternative.
by Mobius
Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:58 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Insomnia
Replies: 25
Views: 3303

Cops is astute!

Well, I got 5 hours last night - so it's off to work I go!
by Mobius
Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:35 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Intel or AMD for next system upgrade?
Replies: 37
Views: 6050

I would be VERY keen on an AMD 64 chip - very keen INDEED - but the problem is this: although I am an AMD fan, and I always root for the underdog, I'm not prepared to "invest" in technology which doesn't yet work. The premium paid for a 64-bit core, coupled with the lack of a (Windows!) OS...
by Mobius
Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:29 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: want free 64-bit Windows OS? Lunchbox?
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Correct me if I'm wrong - but won't ALL the AMD 64/FX owners want this????

And I just read that the 64-bit Windows for Athlon 64 is a buggy, unstable mess which crashes constantly.
by Mobius
Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:26 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Insomnia
Replies: 25
Views: 3303

Insomnia

I am suffering from insomnia. I occasionally get it - and always have - but as I age, it seems to be getting worse. I'm not stressed about anything, and I'm not *worried* about not sleeping - I just lie in bed, err, not sleeping. http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/frown.gif For two nights in a row I think...
by Mobius
Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:15 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Intel or AMD for next system upgrade?
Replies: 37
Views: 6050

I'm going to try and make this box as silent as I can. I'll be usign Vantech Stealth fans at a reduced voltage, and YS-Tech TMD fans for GPU and CPU cooling.

I doubt whether I care about getting beyond 3GHz or so. 3.2 would suit me fine - and that's only a mild overclock.

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