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So, come on, tell us what you got I got: GTA 4 collector's edition for PS3 Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe (PS3) Sonic Unleashed (PS3) Lego Batman (PS3) Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) Zeta Gundam complete series Vandread complete series G Shock radio-controlled watch (ie: it updates itself via radio signals. Solar powered too!) Logitech G11 keyboard A "Game Over" mug Choccies Pom Poko Kiki's Delivery Service Guiness Book of Records 2009 Gift card for Game

Saying merry xmas isn't too early because there probably won't be that many people online tomorrow and a lot less (hopefully) on xmas day. "Happy new year", however, is a bit early Merry xmas anyway

The alias dir { return $qt($+($nofile($mircexe),$1)) } code doesn't return the AppData folder; it returns c:\program files for those that didn't know. $mircdir is where the scripts are stored

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The two are the same codes so we can't check the second one. if ($devent == edit) { if ($did = 96) { if ($left($did(96).text,96) != $null) did -e $dname 97 else did -b $dname 97 The $left part is not right, which is probably where you're going wrong. You've told it to check whether the 96th character from the left exists. If memory serves, you can't get mIRC to perform tasks on the dialog just by entering text but if it can, it'd be more along the lines of: if ($devent == edit) { if ($did == 96) { if ($did(96)) did -e $dname 97 else did -b $dname 97 } }

Yup, it'd be amusing. Might script, might not but I had more motivation to use mIRC on MSNChat. Pretty darn unlikely to come back but even still, I probably would.

My brother-in-law rang up dell a while ago on his mum's behalf to ask if he could get XP on a laptop for her. When he asked, he got the reply "sorry, but XP doesn't work on our laptops". Warning: brain not found. Please insert new brain to continue. So you actually rang up these companies just to ask if you could get a PC with XP? Now that's a proper reporter!

XP isn't going to be supported in a few years. Vista will be superseded next year (or, judging by Vista's release delays, 2011-12). Vista's never crashed on me and does rather well for itself. I use Vista Ultimate x64 so if there are going to be problems it'll be Vista-related and 64-bit related but I have none. XP has its benefits but the 64-bit version sucks. If you're using a PC with up-to-date software and hardware, Vista does you well. If you're back-dating hardware and/or software by a few years, use XP or an older OS. Which is better? Try them both out for yourself. If XP works fine for you, you can make up your own mind whether to upgrade. If you ask others about which is better between the two you'll never come to a conclusion due primarily to opinions from fanboys, novices and businesses. Any other bad opinions on either OS are usually from people with bad luck or incompatibilities. Am I cranky? No, there's no tone of voice in text and I couldn't be bothered to elaborate.

Looks good to me. My only thought, though, would be to reduce the line spacing; when people are viewing several channels at once, one or two may be fast-moving, which is hard to follow with line spacing included, especially for screen resolutions under 1280x1024. Other than that, fine imo.

Who're you again? Just kidding, nice to see some oldies returning to the community that is Techgear

Now now, err0r, browsers tend to have several millisecond differences between them. That's a whopping second every 700-1000 pages! Just imagine, by having the right browser you could save 5 minutes of waiting for pages to load every 10 years. Gotta be worth it, right? Yeah there's a difference but not nearly enough to merit choosing a browser based on speed alone. If you want faster load speeds, get a faster processor with faster memory with lower latencies and a high-end graphics card Personal preference - that's all it boils down to.

From my experience, X's link is more accurate.

Yes. Next stupid question?

I've been on a few sites that were specifically designed for IE and Opera hasn't been completely compatible, though I'm not going to go into compatibilities. The reason why I use Opera over IE and Firefox is because of some of its built-in features. The features I like (in no particular order) are: Thumbnail tabs - Pretty much the same as Vista's thumbnail previews Keyword searches - I love being able to type in Opera "g keyword" and it comes up with Google. It's customisable too; I've added Wikipedia, IMDB and Youtube to my keyword searches. Saving on close - Not only does Opera save the tabs that you were previously browsing, it saves your history too! You can exit Opera, bring it back up with the page you were just viewing and still use the back button. Crash restores - Face it, it drives everyone mad to have a few pages and/or tabs open in your web browser disappear because one page you've opened crashed the browser. Opera will restore the pages you were viewing (if you choose to do so), including your history. Design - I prefer how it looks to FF, Safari and IE. With 9.5 it actually looks like it's designed for Vista, unlike other browsers imo. Tray icon - New to me but I like the idea of being able to hide Opera to the system tray. Sure, there are addons you can download for IE7 to do some of those and the odd feature already included in IE8, FF, Safari or whatever other browser but Opera has all of those.

For those of you that like Opera, they've just released version 9.5, which has a new GUI: Noted improvements: More than 2x faster than Opera 9.2 in rendering JavaScript and HTML Faster handling of third party plug-ins Much faster start up time Superior support for Web standard

The hint's in the title; DisplayPort, which is incorporated by FireGL V7700, an Industry-first workstation graphics card, supports HD resolutions as well as up-coming (home) technologies such as touch screens and USB links. The DisplayPort connector supports 1 to 4 data pairs in a Main Link that also carries audio and clock signals, each with a transfer rate of 1.62 or 2.7 Gbit/s. The video signal path supports 6 to 16 bits per color channel. A bi-directional auxiliary channel (at a constant 1 Mbit/s) carries management and device control data for the Main Link using VESA EDID and VESA MCCS standards. The video signal is not compatible with DVI or HDMI, but a DisplayPort connector can pass these signals through. While DVI and HDMI require separate clock signals, DisplayPort embeds the clock in the data signal. The data transmission protocol in DisplayPort is based on micro packets and is extensible for future feature additions, whereas DVI/HDMI transmission protocol is a Serial Data Stream at 10x pixel clock rate. Finally, unlike the separate DVI/HDMI and LVDS standards, DisplayPort supports both external (box-to-box) and internal (laptop LCD panel) display connections. DisplayPort supports a maximum of 10.8 Gbit/s data rate and WQXGA (2560×1600) resolution over a 3 meter cable. DisplayPort includes optional DPCP (DisplayPort Content Protection) copy-protection from AMD, which uses 128-bit AES encryption, with modern cryptography ciphers. It also features full authentication and session key establishment (each encryption session is independent). There is an independent revocation system. This portion of the standard is licensed separately. It also adds support for verifying the proximity of the receiver and transmitter, a technique intended to ensure users are not bypassing content protection system to send data out to distant, unauthorized users. DisplayPort is a competitor to the HDMI connector (with HDCP copy-protection), the de facto digital connection for high-definition consumer electronics devices. Another competitor is Unified Display Interface, a low cost compatible alternative to HDMI and DVI. However, the main supporter of UDI, Intel, has stopped the development of the technology and now supports DisplayPort. Newly featured in version 1.1 is the support of HDCP content protection and support for fiber optic cables as an alternative to copper, allowing a much longer reach between source and display without image degradation. Revision 2.0 is planned for later release. Before being acquired by AMD, one of the supporters, ATI reported that they were expecting DisplayPort products in early 2007. The AMD/ATI merger completed July 2006 might have postponed the availability of DisplayPort products somewhat, but it seems as though AMD has decided to use DisplayPort as the standard port for its Fusion processor platform, and upcoming mobile platforms after 2008 as AMD announced that they will introduce their first DisplayPort products in late 2007 as a part of their forthcoming platforms for mainstream on 2006-12-15. On 2007-07-25, at AMD's Technology Analyst Day 2007, AMD renewed their commitment to supporting DisplayPort with the 780G chipset and RV670 graphics cards with external DisplayPort transmitter. The company also committed to implement the transmitter on chip level for its RV635 and RV620 graphics products in its Financial Analyst Day 2007 held on 2007-12-13, providing support without external transmitters. These products obtained certification from VESA on March 19. Genesis Microchip also announced DisplayPort products to be available in 2007, as did Samsung. A concept monitor by Dell implementing DisplayPort was demonstrated early May 2007. The Dell 3008WFP 30-inch (76 cm) and 2408WFP 24-inch (61 cm) monitors released in January 2008 both support the DisplayPort. Advantages over DVI Based on micro-packet protocol Allows easy expansion of the standard Allows multiple video streams over single physical connection (in a future version) Designed to support internal chip-to-chip communication Can drive display panels directly, eliminating control circuits and allowing for cheaper and slimmer displays Aimed to replace internal LVDS links in notebook panels with a unified link interface Dual-mode DisplayPort is capable of backward compatibility with single link DVI/HDMI; dual link DVI/HDMI and analog VGA require active converter adapters or dongles Supports both RGB and YCbCr color spaces (ITU-R BT.601 and BT.709 format) Auxiliary channel can be used for touch-panel data, USB links, camera, microphone, etc. Fewer lanes with embedded clock reduce RFI. Tech Specs 10.8 Gbit/s forward link channel supports high resolution monitors up to 2560×1600 with single cable. 8B/10B data transmission Open and extensible standard to help with broad adoption. Supports color depth of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16 bits per component. Full bandwidth transmission for 3 meter cable. Reduced bandwidth transmission, 1080p, for 15 meter cable. DisplayPort connector assists in blind connection by just feeling. 128-bit AES DisplayPort Content Protection (DPCP) support, and support for 40-bit High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) from version 1.1 onwards. Supports internal and external connections so that one standard can be used by computer makers reducing costs. I think it's a safe bet to say that DisplayPort will be replacing DVI and before HDMI does (the ATI 3000 & 4000 series and Nvidia's 8000 & 9000 series don't really count as they support HDMI ports with an adapter).

You need 3 liscences to do that. Just purchase a 3-user liscence, which will be either stated on the box or you can buy it online. If you already have Panda paid for and in use there's no point in buying Norton or McAfee.

I still reckon that black one's a Predator; it doesn't look human to me.

The Apple iPhone is incompatible with iTunes so yeah, pretty much no relation there, X

Basically, if you can use Windows, you can use a HTC phone; you use a start menu to get to a common program, the program folder or settings folder (both of which use a scroll bar), select whatever you want to do and away you go, just tapping the thing you want. You have a choice between a large(ish) keyboard, a small keyboard, a touch keypad (a touch-screen version of a phone's keypad), a block recogniser (so you can draw each letter one by one), a transcriber (so you can write in your own handwriting), a letter recogniser (similar to block recogniser) or a touch keyboard (a bigger keyboard, where each key has one or two letters on it) to do texting, write notes, or whatever you need to type in. The iPhone, on the other hand, is reportedly a PDA where they forgot to add a phone, then added the phone afterward. I haven't personally used one but as most complaints about the phone will tell you, it's apparently awkward to use it as a normal mobile phone. Josh, unfortunately for you (and my dad), if you've got big fingers don't expect modern phones (particularly touch-screen ones) to be easy to use (at least without a stylus). Buttons are not getting any bigger. You'll probably see this thing before too long.

I have the HTC Touch Dual (which can be seen on the official site) and I think it's great; I love the idea of being able to use a touch screen as well as a number pad because, to me, a phone is not a phone without a number pad. It does everything I want plus more. The only down side is, it sometimes forgets to tell me it has a text message until I open up the inbox.

It's still debateable. SP3 integrated is worth it for the speed (less updates, less load time) but I would say that it's entirely up to you whether you install it before it becomes a required upgrade (much like SP2). It adds a bit of security to your system (plugs holes) and that's about it for note-worthy differences. Imo, ignore Josh (there are fixes even if you do have the reboot problem) He's used to people knowing his sense of humour.

If that's a sim card in the bottom picture I'd be frightened of snapping it into bits. That thing really doesn't appeal to me; it's not like a phone at all.

Further to TGK's post, I thought I'd point out that mobile broadband is significantly less value-for-money than home broadband, as you'd probably expect. You can look here to compare UK mobile broadband deals. Vodafone, for the record, has a limited coverage for it's 7.2Mb speed, though not the lesser speeds.

Many thanks to all This is the one forum over the many years that's actually kept my interest so I like to take my part in keeping it active. Keep up the good work, guys (applies to all members)