Kingy
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it is true that Apple doesn't get as many problems in terms of viruses, but research also shows that Apple users are more suseptable to hackers and viruses as they think that viruses won't affact their machine and that it's more secure, which is a load of garbage. the reason viruses aren't mainstream for the Mac operating system is because they're still only a single digit percentage compared to the rest of the PC industry. That and if anything goes wrong with the unit hardware wise, they've made it pretty close to impossible now to fix it yourself. For example, if you're a tech person, owning a Mac G5 or one of the new MacBooks, they more then likely have the new Apple anti tamper screws on them, meaning you can't even open the device, even if you know it's the harddrive corrupted or the graphics card shot, you cannot fix it. You have to take it back to them and pay a premium in price not only for the parts that you're locked to (Apple are very strict on hardware), but also the labour.
As for argument of taking linux over Windows, really it's similar to the use of Apple. As much as many claim linux to be more secure or safe, people who use it that aren't aware of all the ins and outs of linux really can fall straight into the same trap that many Mac OS users do.
I have used Windows for majority of my life with Apple and Linux (Ubuntu) use inbetween here and there, and I have found it a lot more of a hassle in setting up some of the OS things to the way I like than i did in windows. Windows 7 is a lot more secure than the earlier versions, and they continue to improve it more and more. Of course there are still viruses about, but there are great free products to help, even one by Microsoft (Security Essentials) which I personally use and it has done a great job.
+1 to everything he said.
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Well basically dual monitors work well out of the box except the taskbar isn't displayed on both screens. So any programs you have running over on the 2nd screen, the icon is actually placed on the taskbar on the 1st primary screen, which is a tad annoying.
So ultramon places the windows taskbar on the 2nd monitor and it basically works very well. Ultramon also has settings for wallpapers, screensaves, right click buttons which allow you to switch and scretch programs across monitors easily etc etc. It is a very handy program, although there are probably others out there..
Edit: It also has a 30day free trial, so grab it and have a play.
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Its very easy to implement 2 monitors. It is also very useful. Together with software such as Ultramon (used to extend the taskbar over multiple monitors) it makes work as well as play very easy.
For instance I do a lot of web development and programming work, so i'll have my IDE's open in one montior for coding, whilst browsing/testing/researching from the other monitor. It saves clutter and it also saves having to alt-tab between the IDE and Browser etc. Also at home I tend to have irc open in one monitor whilst doing everything else in the other, again meaning alt-tab isn't needed etc. Also good for running Virtual Machines etc.
As for impletmenting, then you're going to need a graphics card or onboard graphics that allows multiple montiors. You'll find most Motherboards/Graphics cards these days are pretty much guarenteed to have this feature so that takes care of that. As for different adapters I don't really know what the story is with vga->hdmi (in terms of getting full HD out of it) so really it's up to you. MY graphics card has one DVI port and ond HDMI port, but both monitors only have VGA/DVI. So I obviously got a hdmi->dvi adapter for use and it works well.
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Something like http://shoutcast.serverroom.us/ might be a good option if you want to just do a radio. Google 'Shoutcast Hosting' to have a look at other options. There are plenty out there
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mySQL is the name of a very popular open sourced database. Most often used in relation with PHP. Unlimited just means you can create unlimited (duh) mySQL databases. If you are just using this hosting for your radio then you won't need these. Likewise cPanel is a popular control panel used to manage your web hosting. From this panel you can setup databases, email accounts, ftp accounts, use a file manager etc etc etc. This is possibly a little overkill for just managing a shoutcast server but it does give you head room for the possibility of setting up a website/forum/blog etc in the future.
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DestinyX <
Oh that is awesome. Thanks error
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wow this could be fun. Anyone happen to have DestinyX lying around? That must of been one of the first I used i'm pretty sure
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I usually just hang on a few different irc servers that mates run, or rizon etc
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If you look in your programs menu (Click windows logo >> All Programs), At the top of that list you will see 'Internet Explorer' and 'Internet Explorer (64-bit)'. Just make sure you're opening the non 64-bit version and you should be fine.
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit as well. 64-bit versions of windows are usually shipped with both 32 and 64-bit Internet Explorer.
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@ is generally host
there is also % for halfop
although different irc software have different modes (eg the . and ' etc)
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I think hes only talking about Windows 7 Ultimate, and not 7 in general
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I have the same cooler. Doesn't give me as good as results as yours, but does make a huge improvement. Somewhere from around 60C to <40. So i was very happy with it as well. Well worth the buy
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I'm getting into it already lol. Haven't used a connection since the good old msn days lol. err0r is helping me remember a lot too
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thanks for the reply X-Fusion I will stick to what iv got
The suggestion X made is a lot more practical than running 4 instances of mIRC. I sit on around 7 different irc networks running each network under a different /server -m ...
its a lot easier than running 7 mirc.exe's
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What do you use for the toolbar along the top? which Dlls etc?
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not a problem, glad to help
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Download CPU-Z, has detailed information about your CPU, Cache, Motherboard and RAM.
That what you're after?
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ah thanks err0r, that seems to of done the trick
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I'm writing myself a new theme in mIRC, but i'm having some trouble with the on quit.
so far i've got it,
On quit
echo -a .....
but if someone quits on another server then it echos it in the status window of that server, and not in the actual channel they are in. How do i do it properly to make it echo in the corresponding channel?
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Far, that brings back memories, Rylans connections were some of the fastest i ever used
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try changing all the php opening tags to <?php because it seems as if your host doesn't like <?
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Sounds like your having a few problems eXonyte lol
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Thanks X-Fusion, thought it was something like that. I haven't done any theming since the good old msn days!
I also figured out the time problem. It should be...
alias thtime return $asctime(hh:nn)
in mIRC the format for minutes is nn not mm. Seems silly but it is what it is
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2 questions:
When i want to type /join #room or /hop or really anything, now it just messages it to the room instead of doing it? How can i fix this.
Secondly as i'm typing now the time says 10:09am when really its actually 10:40am?
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Well at the end of the day PC technology is upgrading so quickly that the whole argument is fairly pointless. Sure turning your computer on/off will slowly kill all the components and the thing will eventually stop and die. Having said that by the time this ends up happening (>5 years) technology will be so far ahead you will have most likely (or at least be thinking about) upgrading the computer anyway.
The other end of the scale, motherboard capacitors are only rated for an X amount of hours, so leaving your computer on will bring on 'D-Day' a lot sooner than it would by turning it on/off. But again in reality by the time this amount of hours is through, you will be pretty much due for an upgrade anyway.
So really, save your power money and switch it off
If power isn't an issue then leave it on