Matt

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  1. This is exactly where I was going to point you.
  2. Firefox should take care of removing v2 for you.
  3. Definitely go with 3. Tons of new features, better browsing protection, and way less of a memory hog.
  4. Check http://www.labnol.org/software/browsers/pr...ss-bar-ie/2662/
  5. New wallpaper + conky = sweet
  6. Matt

    Mencoder Help

    Just a follow up: this worked perfectly. Thanks.
  7. I remember when I was 19..... Happy Birthday Homecheese
  8. Matt

    Mencoder Help

    Thanks Jeff, I'm looking into it
  9. I have all the appropriate codecs installed, I just needs some assistance on mencoder's usage. I would like to convert a video from .OGV to .MP4 Thanks
  10. Everything I've read says that Skype just doesn't work well with Linux and that it is known to "require" to be the only application to use your sound card. Maybe look at http://gizmo5.com/pc/
  11. Got my new Dell XPS M1530 Dual Core 2.5GHz 4GB RAM the other day. Threw Linux on it right away.
  12. I'll take firefox over other browsers any day. Why don't you upgrade to the final Firefox 3 release?
  13. Did you do steps similar to this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432295 ? I've read a ton of good things about OpenWengo
  14. I've read a lot of good things about MediaPortal. It has been called "MythTV" for Windows. http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ You can also look into WinMyth http://winmyth.sourceforge.net/
  15. If you're open to Linux, give Mythbuntu a shot. It combines MythTV with the ease of Ubuntu. http://www.mythbuntu.org/
  16. Theres going to be some issues with what you want to do. Because of spam and phishing, most email services use whitelisting approaches to filter emails. If your smtp ip is not on that list, no matter the originating "return address" it will be blocked. Why? There are loads of software packages out there that can allow you to set up your own little smtp server on say, your travel laptop. With an smtp server, you can literally declare any originating email address you'd want. With an smtp server, I could make all my emails look like they came from [email protected]. When filtering, if
  17. Now I'm thinking this is a hardware issue. Sometimes it doesn't turn back on; but after shutdown I can hear a very high-pitched squeal coming from the PSU.
  18. Seagate DiscWizard is their free branding of Acronis True Image. Not sure how it checks for a Seagate drive. EULA: I've also read some good reviews on the free tool DriveImage XML
  19. I agree with the above post. Edit: WASTE might also be useful in what you are looking for. Dropbox isn't available to the public yet, but it looks AMAZING.
  20. Well, PHP is server-side, so every action input from the user would require a page reload. As for a javascript text game, here's something a quick search tossed up: http://www.dangermouse.net/games/text.html It's a short text-based java adventure. You can look at the source code to get a basic idea of how it works. Not the most efficient way, but it does the job.