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    Spam - beat this.

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    I get on average 580 per day. A month or so ago, I was away from my computer for only 3 days and had close to 2000. But I have had a domain since 1992, and I expect this. I am fairly ruthless with spammers and if I am annoyed enough by one I will track him/her down and get them booted from their ISP. I have actually managed to get a few of them Black Listed with all U.S. ISP's. :ph34r:

    I use Eudora for my mail program and have filters set to put everything in the trash that is spam. I have it to the point now that if a piece of e-mail is in my "In Box" it is spam. Once a week I take time and make new filters to take care of those. :P

    And for a funny side note.... I get the MOST spam from the time I downloaded Americas Army. :rofl:

    56k Question

    in Computer Discussions

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    Actually, that isnt accurate. If you have newer lines, a good modem, and your telco os fairly up to date, you can get 56K. I used to. It wasnt all the time. but it is possible.

    From a site deaking with such issues:

    Even though your modem is designed to connect at faster speeds, you can't always get a consistent connection at the maximum speed the modem is designed to connect at. Your connect speed depends on how good your phone connection is. This is dependent not only on your physical phone line, but also on the telephone network that your current call is using right now. This path changes each time you dial. What modem advertisers fail to tell you is that the speed they are advertising is the maximum speed that the modem can operate at under extremely ideal conditions.

    56K modems are a special case. In order for modems to inter-operate, they must support the same standards. The International standard for 56K modems was officially ratified in September 1998. There are also two proprietary standards included in some 56K modems. US Robotics developed and licensed the 56K X2 standard and a consortium lead by Rockwell and Lucent Technologies advanced the K56Flex standard. V.90 is the official International standard.

    56K modems are asymmetrical in nature. When you connect to a 56K modem, you can only transmit upstream at a maximum speed of 33.6Kbps. The data can be transmitted to you at a maximum speed of 56Kbps. This means that downloads to you can be much faster, but uploads are no faster than V.34 modem connections.

    There are many reasons why you may not be able to get a 56K connection. The first requirement for a connection greater than 33.6K is that the service provider side, or our side of the connection, has a digital phone link and digital modems. We have that. The end user needs a 56K modem. Even if those conditions are met, there can be other reasons why you cannot get a connection speed higher than 33.6Kbps. The reasons can include:

    The FCC in the United States has a regulation that data speeds over telephone lines cannot exceed 53K. Until that law is changed the modems are artificially capped at that speed.

    Digital connections require that there be only one analog to digital conversion of data in the path between the end user and the service provider. If your phone line goes to a local telephone office that doesn't have digital facilities or goes through another office that doesn't have digital facilities, you will not be able to connect at higher than 33.6Kbps. Eventually all phone companies in North America will convert to digital facilities. Until then, it may not work for you.

    Cheaters Beware

    in PC Games

    Posted

    Also keep in mind that with WarCraft/StarCraft there are only two ways to play with human opponets...

    1. Using Blizzard's BattleNet service

    2. On a LAN

    There is no way to run a server for hosting either game across the internet.

    Oh, and also Diablo as well.

    Cheaters Beware

    in PC Games

    Posted

    Blizzard routinely does this every so often. Too many people playing on a single CD key, people using hacks/cheats, etc. Too bad that it really has no real effect for long, it is nice for a week or so, then all the hack/cheat users are back, and all the fun is gone.

    Is This Any Good

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted · Edited by Chef-Scott

    AMD Athlon 2600XP proccessor

    That would be the only thing I would change. I'd get the 2500 instead.

    Edit:

    The reason I would choose the 2500 over the 2600 is I feel that you get more bang for your buck with the 2500. Right now with the system I have I have my 2500 overclocked to a 3000 with the stock heatsink/fan. Not too bad for a $90 CPU. :yes:

    Games ppl play?

    in PC Games

    Posted

    Pretty short list for me...

    Ghost Recon

    Restaurant Empire :)

    WarCraft III:ROC and TFT

    StarCraft and StarCraft Brood Wars

    KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child

    Beavis & Butt-Head Bunghole In One (mini golf at it's finest!! :punk: )

    UT2k3

    I got a problem...

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    As CPUs and graphics cards and motherboards move into faster territory, more fans (and sometimes higher speed fans) are required to cool the machine. Example my motherboard has a fan on the Northbridge chip (well it's actually the MCP as it is an Nvidia based board), my graphics card has a fan on it, I have two 80mm fans in the back, one 80mm fan in front, plus the 60mm fan on the CPU heatsink, and the two fans in the power supply. That is a total of 8 fans in my case, so it does have a bit of sound coming from it when running. :rolleyes:

    Where do u go for reviews and cheats?

    in PC Games

    Posted

    I rarely trust any "commercial" entity for a review. After all they are *paid* in most cases to do the review. I get my reviews of upcoming or already released games/software/hardware from firends who went and bought them. Granted, I rarely buy any game/software/hardware at first release anyway. For games I usually wait until they hit the $20 (US) mark (except WarCraft: The Frozen Throne, bought that on the day it was released :) )

    As for codes/cheats, I have yet to use one for any game at all. For me it defeats the purpose of the game.

    Preparing to install XP Home

    in Computer Discussions

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    Now that I have bought XP Home (should mean that MS is ready to now release a new OS. Yes I am s-l-o-w to switch to a new OS :P ). This now leads me to a question...

    Anyone have any links to any articles talking about partition sizes for XP? (you know, page file, OS, etc. Not the creating of the partitions). Or just any links for good informative reading on XP? :geek:

    XP Home or XP Home upgrade???

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    I'm not worried about not having any support from MS. I've never used their support other than web based updates, etc. anyway.

    I think my main concern over purchasing the "upgrade" version of XP Home was the bad taste left in my mouth from the 3.1 upgrade to 95/98. :x I still have a 98 CD that you have to install WinDogs 3.1 first.

    To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure why I want to switch to XP Home... peer pressure maybe? After all most people are running XP now. :yes:

    As for MS and their piracy issues with OEM versions, as long as ZipZoomfly is selling legal versions, and MY serial number works to activate it... :)

    And what is with this activation? I mean I change things in my computer a lot, cards, memory, optical drives, hard drives. Will I be allowed by XP to do this as I do now with 98se? :geek:

    XP Home or XP Home upgrade???

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    What is the difference between the two? I'm looking at getting XP Home but hey if i can save $100 by getting the upgrade, why not, right? i'm starting to think it may be time to finally give up 98se. :unsure:

    I'll either get it for my graduation (Le Cordon Bleu - 4.0 GPA) on this Sunday (Oct. 19th) or for my birthday on this Tuesday (Oct. 21), I'll be...well older :hehe:

    Gigabyte MoBo owners....

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted · Edited by Chef-Scott

    When at the main BIOS screen press Ctrl+F1, this will unlock "hidden" bios settings on GigaByte motherboards. :yes:

    EDIT: Forgot to add that I flashed my GA-7N400 Pro to BIOS version F11 and had similar problems. I flashed it back to the F9 version and it has run rock solid since.

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