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New Geeks on the Block / New to boards, not to being a geek
« on: April 13, 2004, 01:32:38 PM »
Hi there! Enjoy your stay.  :D

4902
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / My next toy...
« on: April 12, 2004, 06:10:30 PM »
I hope you get it, Demo. I'm sure you will. You can throw me in the pile of people waiting to hear back from prospective employers. I do have a second interview next week, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

4903
Anarchy / And still they don't get it
« on: April 09, 2004, 11:10:58 AM »
Quote from: Demosthenes


How often do you really need to know how to say that in French though, especially in California?


I wanted to take Spanish, but oooohhhh noooooo. My parents thought French would be more useful. In California. Right.

4904
Anarchy / And still they don't get it
« on: April 09, 2004, 11:01:02 AM »
Quote from: TheJudge
Xoli, your translator isn't worth shit...


:cry: I took four years of public school French classes about 10 years ago, so I'm pretty sure my wording\grammar is a bit messed up. I can read and understand your saying just fine, though. Fat lot of good it'll do me, though.  :lol: The only thing I really remember how to say is "How much for your brother?"

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Anarchy / And still they don't get it
« on: April 09, 2004, 12:56:17 AM »
Quote from: Demosthenes
Quote from: Lacerda
We're getting away with things scot-free up here.

I know... but at what cost?  Being Canadian!?

No thanks!


Qu'est-il pourquoi? Quel est mauvais avec ĂȘtre Canadien?  :wink:

4906
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Old Games
« on: April 08, 2004, 11:59:28 AM »
I love this site. I've gotten tons of cool, ancient games from it. It is slow, that's for sure,  and it really helps if you have a pop up blocker running.
Makes me wish I still had an old 486 lying around.

4907
Just a heads up, guys and gals. If you've got a Windows\System32\Data or Winnt\System\Data directory, take a look and see if there are any .jpg files with dates as names on them. Here is a cut-and-paste from the article describing it:

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WinXPNews.com (article about halfway down)

Spyware Photographs Your Windows XP Desktop

We received a very disturbing letter from a WinXPnews reader last week:

"I was cleaning out the "unerase files" that Norton Anti-Virus holds when I happened to look through them. I found a number of jpg files in the list. They were named something like "2003-7-2_1-5-45.jpg," a record of a date and time. I traced the folder to WINDOWS\system32\data. In it were more files like this. One was created EXACTLY every five minutes. They also have a thumbnail version. When I viewed them, I was shocked. There was a perfect screenshot of my computer at that time! What if I have credit card numbers or a private email on the screen at that time? Anyone with the right hack could find these files and exploit them! Is this something that Microsoft is doing to keep an eye out? My virus software can find nothing. Please, let the readers know if it is a security issue."

Looks like someone installed a very malicious spyware program on this user's computer. These kinds of screen capture spy applications are very effective for capturing credit card information, user names, document and file system data, and email reconnaissance information. There's a good chance that the program is sending these screen shots to someone "out there" for review. That's why it's so important to have a good spyware and scumware blocking application. It doesn't matter which one you use, just use one!

 
It won't be detected by NAV or McAfee, so you'll need to search for it manually. I'm sure most of you already use some type of "ad-aware" like software so you should be ok.

4908
Anarchy / The Memory Hole
« on: April 06, 2004, 01:43:33 PM »
That's an interesting site. Took a while to load, but worth the wait.

4909
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Win XP desktop skins
« on: April 05, 2004, 11:42:50 PM »
No, but that looks neat.

4910
Anarchy / night owl, or morning lark?
« on: April 01, 2004, 05:10:52 PM »
Quote from: Demosthenes
I thought that had more to do with the glass slippers you wear so often.  ;)


Do you have any idea how hard it is to run in those damn things? Actually, I'm kind of hoping you don't.  :lol:

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Anarchy / night owl, or morning lark?
« on: April 01, 2004, 04:32:08 PM »
I'm an early guy, myself. I can't usually stay up past midnight, hence my "Cinderella" nickname.

4912
New Geeks on the Block / Re: Aww, you guys...
« on: April 01, 2004, 11:04:18 AM »
Quote from: chalk
xolik...can I have your NES?  :wink:


I got all nostalgic for 8-bit goodness, and tried using my old NES after having it sit on the shelf for so long. Now it doesn't power on. I think the supply is hosed again. Thoses power supplies are so cheaply made. I remember replacing it twice in the past. Oh well. Maybe I'll covert it into a computer system.


4913
Anarchy / Personality test for geeks: Who's your inner Uber Geek?
« on: March 31, 2004, 02:33:18 PM »
Quote from: hrhsoleil
According to this, I'm Grace Hopper.


hrhsoleil, dear, one of the traditions we have here is that new members make their first post in the new members section. That we know who you are before you start posting in the regular areas. Kindly observe this rule. My question wasn't who are you in regards to the quiz, buy who are you and why are you posting outside the newbie forum.  :wink:

GIS for "Grace Hopper":


4914
New Geeks on the Block / Re: :D
« on: March 31, 2004, 11:44:09 AM »
Quote from: chalk
Well I have a N64 and a Gamecube and a GBASP, so I can play some re-releases of old games.

Until I get my own NES, its off to my cousins house everytime I want to play... it isn't so bad though, because he lives down the street. XD

What about you?


I've got mostly only retro systems. I have my NES, but I usually don't play it anymore. I've got all my NES games running off my Dreamcast now for easier access. My favourite older systems are the Neo Geo and TurboGrafix-16.  :)

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Anarchy / Personality test for geeks: Who's your inner Uber Geek?
« on: March 31, 2004, 11:41:54 AM »
Who are you?

4916
New Geeks on the Block / *looks around*
« on: March 31, 2004, 11:17:05 AM »
Hi! Old 8 and 16-bit retro Nintendo goodness or the new fangled system? Or both?  :)

4917
Anarchy / Best Hacking in a Movies
« on: March 29, 2004, 10:47:19 AM »
Woo hoo! New wallpaper prank ahoy! Now, where's that new server Finance just installed?  :twisted:

4918
Quote from: TerrorDronze
that's because it's religion, it's not supposed to make any sense


Yeah, what he said.  :lol:

4919
Quote from: Jemieka
does anyone know the registration key 'need for speed underground'


Huuurrrrrr.

4920
"Yodelin' Andy Yodels the Blues."

4921
Quote from: pbsaurus
Stryper is pretty fucking embarassing all right :P


How can this be embarassing?


4922
Anarchy / The Order of the Stick (D&D stuff)
« on: March 26, 2004, 02:04:15 PM »
Cool. Now I've got something to do all day while the boss is gone!

Ok, I vote "Evan's Spiked Tentacle of Forced Intrusion" to be my new favourite spell.

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Quote from: Demosthenes
:oops:

Dude, I had no idea you even liked Cher.  I was just making a stereotype-based joke...


The funny thing is, I really don't. I only went because my boyfriend really likes her. I swear, sometimes he's a walking sterotype.   :)

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Quote from: Demosthenes
Oh come on.... I thought you guys all were issued the Gay Agenda Manual, your rainbow bumper stickers, Cher concert passes and "I <heart> beefcake" lapel pins as soon as you got out of indoctrination?


I actually went to see Cher give one of her farewell concerts. Now I feel silly.  :D

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Anarchy / Night of the Living Dead now public domain.
« on: March 25, 2004, 09:07:38 PM »
The original black and white classic can be downloaded here:
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=night_of_the_living_dead&from=collectionSpotlight

Undead fun for the whole family!  :D

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