mboverload
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Google maps does not use any ActiveX.
Sounds like you are both infected with something.
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Wow thanks everyone!
It is really true that all the great minds have come to BestTechie!
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G4 never made me a Mod for all the countless hours I have spent over many months
cruising the forums and reporting Posts that went beyond the rules and helping New MODS that were sitting around watching their TV's when they should have been doing their (Have to agree with this one) *Payless Jobs*..
Yes for all that do not know, a MOD does not get Paid for their time & efforts.. It's Voluntary..
Got maybe one or two *Thanks* from a couple of the Long Timers...
Most of the Threads They *Locked* I would have *Deleted* because the *Content/Links were Still Left In* and should not have been seen by younger members or the links were of questionable things that should not be *Posted* because of *Legal Reasons*..
Oh well, such is life..
Rock on!!..
Keith
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Indeed, I don't know why G4 admins are so power hungry.
"OMG no more mods even though we need them".
By the way this post shows up as RESULT 4 in a Google search for "Miss Fae"
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Quick! Name the clock of an ISA bus and the voltage!
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She has a monitor, mouse and keyboard the system I spec out has a Duron 1.8, 256MB ram a msi motherboard with on board video, and a 40 GB hard drive I also found an unopen boxed edition of windows 2000 in my room.
Total=$233.75
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A BRAND NEW Dell, with a 2.4 celeron (which is way more powerful then that old Duron) with 256 MB ram, an 80g hdd, cdr/w keyboard mouse and speakers AND a full legal version of XP Home for $279.
Which would you spend YOUR money on?
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Could I get a link to that?
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I have always wondered how CPUs "wear out" and if they do. Or computer parts for that matter.
I know that flash drives "wear out" but I don't know what that means.
As long as things are kept cool, power is clean, and mechnical parts are replaced, shouldn't they last forever? What am I missing?
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Here is a tip. At G4, when you reach your PM limit, choose export and save it to a file . It will save as pmexport.txt. YOu just put in a date like 082405pmexport.txt.
It will save all your PMs as a single text file , very small. You can check the box "delete after export " and it will save them to your hard drive and it will erase them there leaving a clear PM box to refil.
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thx pete
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I'll see if I can remember what I my PM to you covered (I've purged my PM folders too).
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While this information may not be 100% accurate, it will convey the concepts used in file storage, file deletion and file recovery.
When a file is created, an entry is made in the "Table of Contents" (to use your term) including (among other things) the File Name, the File Size, the number of Data Blocks (clusters) used to store the file, and the location of the first Data Block of the file (in other words a link to the first block of the file).
Each Data Block in the file contains links to the Previous and Next block used by the file.
Special link values are used to indicate the first block (Previous = -1 for example) and last block (Next = -1) of the chain.
There is also the File Allocation Table (FAT) that tracks which Data Blocks on the drive are in use.
Without the Recycle Bin when a file is deleted, the first character of the File Name is changed to a "~" (tilde) and the Data Blocks used by the file are marked as Available For Use in the FAT.
The data itself is not erased and can be recovered as long as the Data Blocks aren't used by a new file.
File Recovery programs can scan the Table of Contents and locate the tilde entries and list them as potentially recoverable.
Typically all that's needed is to ask the user for the first character of the File Name, as the Table of Contents entry still has the rest of the information available (File Size, number of Data Blocks, and First Block Address).
(Most recovery programs display a question mark, ?, instead of the tilde, ~, to indicate missing information).
More sophisticated File Recovery programs can even recover files if the Table of Contents entry for the file has been reused.
This is done by using the Previous and Next links in the Data Blocks to attempt to recontruct the file.
Some types of files record the Table of Contents information in their first Data Block and this information can aid in rebuilding the file.
The Recycle Bin was introduced to give users a second chance in case a file was deleted by mistake.
For the most part the Recycle Bin is just another folder, but with some special handlers associated with it and some additional information recorded.
With the Recycle Bin active, when a file is deleted it is moved to the Recycle Bin folder, and information about its original location is recorded.
The Data Blocks used by the file are still marked as In Use.
But the space used by files in the Recycle Bin can be used for new files if the space is needed, even if the user doesn't empty the Recycle Bin.
This space will typically be used only as a last resort, so the user has an opportunity to easily recover files.
Programs like Eraser make file recovery virtually impossible by overwriting all the information about a file.
The Table of Contents entry is cleared completely.
The Data Blocks' information is (at least) zeroed.
(For more secure deletion several different patterns of 1s and 0s is used to wipe the file).
And the Data Blocks are marked as Available for reuse by the operating system.
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I think that's most of the old PM.
Anyhow, hope it helps.
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Oh thank you Curling!
And jcl for the latest comments!
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Just remember, there comes a point where megapixels won't mean much because your eyes won't see a difference. If you go for a high MP, I'd say starting at 5.0, digital zoom begins to be a bit more significant.
I remember once on TSS, they did this whole scene where a guy had taken 2 pictures of the same object, one was an 8MP camera and the other was a 2MP camera. I seriously could not tell a difference. There goes to show you, 2 things I see: Megapixels aren't everything, as said above, it's also about the optics you have. Second, higher-than-average MP (>5.0) is only used to the potential when digital zoom is used as well.
As for digital media, be careful which company you choose. Sure, Sony's higher prices may look good for what you get, but if you look at the MS pro duo, you'll cry when you pay....
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Judging image quality over TV isn't a good way to do it.
I don't know how you can't see the difference in megapixels. Maybe if you are talking about a small print but in the age of digital-everthing physical copies mean less and less.
Plus more megapixels means you can crop an image to the extreme and still have a pretty good photo. Important for people who need to take pictures as they happen and do not have time to compose a shot.
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Deleting file on NTFS and FAT is quite a bit more complicated than changing the name. But I don't know if it really matters if you're only intereted in clobbering the contents of the file.
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I just don't want to be giving people bad information. But if it is as complicated as you say it is and not easily explainable then maybe I should just remove the section.
Don't know if I should be ashamed of it. Don't want to be seen as some loser simplifying things to the extreme or as "talking out of my ass about things I know nothing about".
Thanks.
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About a month ago someone PMed on the G4TV Forums me with some suggestions on my http://mboverload.no-ip.org/tech/recyle.html page. He pointed out correctly that the Recycle Bin was, when it was introduced, as a way to "bring back" deleted files so my title may not be entirely accurate. He also pointed out a few other things on how NTFS (maybe FAT also) "deletes" files by adding a ~ in front of them... something like that.
I changed the title and told him I would correct the article as soon as I could. Before I did that the retarded 100 private message limit made me delete the files. Only after I hit the button did I realize what I lost! Doh! He took the time to message me on how I could improve my page with the correct info and I feel bad I have not completed the changes. If you post here or could descibe the problems like he did I would be most in debt to you.
I read the NTFS Wikipedia and several pages with in depth information on how it works. However I came up empty-handed.
I also feel bad I don't remember his name.
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I currently use the Kodak DX6490, it has awesome 10x optical zoom, 3x digital zoom, and 4.0 MP. Pretty hefty price at $399.95, but I like it, and I got it on clearance. If you want more MP, which won't be a problem unless you are trying for the best, you can go for the Kodak DX7590 ($449.95, 5.0 MP) or the Kodak Z7590 ($399.95, 5.0 MP). However, I believe the DX6490 is the only one that comes with a cradle out of the box....
I personally haven't owned a Canon, but I have heard a lot of good things about them. I like the PowerShot S1 IS, the PowerShot S2 IS, and the PowerShot G6.
Usually Kodak and Canon are my first choices, but Sony, Konica Minolta and the other major competitors are also fines choices.
Good luck shopping!
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I completely agree. The DX Kodak series are great for anyboby who wants LOTS of control over their picture can't can't afford something that costs $1500.
I own the DX7590 and chose it after a few weeks of solid research and a large whiteboard.
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For many freeware applications you can install the application, copy the program folder to your keychain, then uninstall the application, and it will work from the keychain.
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I like UltraVNC alot better
If you do any kind of PC repair Sysinternals utilities are good to have around. Esp. FileMon, the most useful thing EVER
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This is why you always keep a hidden administrator account
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THANKS MAN!
Adding it to my toolkit right now!
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Fuck yeah, uberpenguin is here! Yay!
[Edit by jcl: Careful with the language, apparently we're family-friendly here. Euphemisms, clever puns, impolite acronyms and the like are part of the 'nix experience, but I can and will kill anyone who uses gratuitous profanity unless one of the admins says otherwise.]
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At the house, 7 desktops (2 of which don't work) and 4 laptops (2 of which don't work).
If a fan broke, would you try and fix it or just go out and buy another?
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If you haven't seen people have been posting porn all over the place.
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Glad to see you all here. May the good times be ahead of us.
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Never heard of it. I would use Sygate Personal (free, google it)
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http://forums.g4tv.com/messageview.cfm?cat...threadid=465764
prophet7 says chappy banned HIMSELF.
Windows Events, Pc Speaker, And Hot Babes
in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP
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Ok, maybe not the babes part.
I would like my PC speaker to beep when something happens on my comptuer. I assume you are all familar the event viewer and performance logs and alerts? You can select something, such as cpu useage and make it do an action if it is over say 58%. One of these options is to run a program.
Does anyone know of a program that will beep the speaker then close? I'm no programmer so I'm not sure how hard this would be to code. Note that sound card drivers are not installed on my server which is why the PC speaker beeps (I like it that way)
Any ideas?