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JohnUK89
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Bit of a silly test IMO, but anyway...
JohnUK89
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SoftTH needs 2 video cards on dual-head cards such as the GTX260 - if he wants 3 screens off one card then it needs to have the capability of running 3 outputs - the GTX260 certainly doesn't have that
JohnUK89
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Quote from samjh :Nice. What distro are you using?

Last KDE version I tried was 4.0x, and it was somewhat crash-happy.

Arch Linux - and it's still crash happy in certain circumstances. When it works it's really nice though
JohnUK89
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If google shows nothing at all you don't need it. What's more important is finding the cause of the error and eradicating it
JohnUK89
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Decided to play with KDE4.2 a bit - Second screen's not on the screenshot to save space (it's just the same background)
JohnUK89
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Quote from h3adbang3r :Nothing is overkill. You just won't have to upgrade as soon.

Sorry I can't save it into a wishlist, I don't have a .ca account.

Motherboard- http://www.newegg.ca/Product/P ... aspx?Item=N82E16813128362
CPU- http://www.newegg.ca/Product/P ... aspx?Item=N82E16819115041
Memory- http://www.newegg.ca/Product/P ... aspx?Item=N82E16820145197
I tried putting together an i7 build for you, but it goes to over $1000.

(You will need more than just 2gb of memory.)

Hate to burst the bubble there but you've coupled an LGA1366 board with an LGA775 processor. Bit of a no-no, since it won't work
Assuming no SLi is needed, might I suggest http://www.newegg.ca/Product/P ... aspx?Item=N82E16813131347 as a replacement for the motherboard?
JohnUK89
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Quote from J@tko :You can easily get enough to play LFS half-decently for $1,000.

Some info: http://pcworld.about.com/news/Aug302004id117511.htm

That article is way out of date. If you look at the URL it says Aug 30th 2004. 4 years is a hell of a long time PC-wise

Had a quick look on the 'egg and found http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16834220340 - exactly on budget and looks well specced enough for LFSing etc.
JohnUK89
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I've got my Q9400 (essentially the same as the Q9450, just with half the L2 cache) comfortably to 3.4GHz with a Freezer 7 Pro on stock volts. If I want to go higher I'll need to get better RAM (I'm on DDR2-800, didn't originally intend to overclock it).
JohnUK89
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If we're talking weight too, I'm a little over 50kg - built like a twig, me
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JohnUK89
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Bah, tall gits, the lot of you.

At time of last measurement I was 5 ft 6.
JohnUK89
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Quote from Dajmin :Cheers for that, I lost everything I'd typed in my other browser tab.
Post reported. Sorry, but it's too annoying to be funny. Wouldn't have been so bad if I'd been using IE either, but it took the entire damn thing.

Now now, you should have looked at the link first, really

Anyway, back on topic: Brundle for the BBC is great news. He really knows his F1 (mainly due to having driven in it himself) and was EASILY the better commentator ITV had.
JohnUK89
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Quote from DC2 :a geforce 6600gt since 2003 :>

Impossible, they weren't launched until April 2004

EDIT: nVidia GeForce GTX280 here
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JohnUK89
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I'm only aware of having dual screen setups with the ability for a single accelerated window to span them all. When you go from 2 to 3 you need to start using seperate X screens with Xinerama (instead of nvidia's Twinview or MergedFB) to get the ability to span windows. Of course, this kills off any and all ability to run LFS in them, since OpenGL acceleration gets totally hosed. So, you're pretty much limited to dual screen, which if you're using TwinView/MergedFB it'll create one large virtual desktop that the LFS window can span across.
JohnUK89
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Sell it on eBay as spares? Seems the best idea for it, you may be able to get some money back...
JohnUK89
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And BTW - Office 2007 REALLY won't like a 633MHz Celeron ULV CPU
JohnUK89
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The 701 is slow, small and has a VERY poor battery. You'll be lucky to get 2 hours out of it. (I have one myself, put ArchLinux on it and put a 1GB RAM stick in. I've tweaked the system for battery life and yet get about 2 hours 10 at most). Personally I'd have gone for a 901, better battery life, faster AND more storage space. Well worth the extra money.
JohnUK89
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Quote from Furiously-Fast :I went to internet explorer on the PS3, then went to LFS.net to download it, but only one prob: I press the download bar, nothing happens. If only I could play it on the PS3 too... it is way more powerful than my PC. Only in terms of graphics/gaming though.

As has been previously said it will not work. You're wasting your time trying.
JohnUK89
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Quote from Forbin :How so?

Quote from Call of Duty 5 Release Date :November 11th

Notice anything odd? Only Remembrance Day?
JohnUK89
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Regarding the 2004 one: Isn't it funny how Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada AND Ohio ALL voted Democrat, as did Florida. A purely unscientific observation, but
JohnUK89
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Quote from major_syphillis :it's one of those things that happened. what would be the outcome if Russia was still in Afganistan? Can't really predict...

Well let's just say it's the Americans (AND British, you're not alone over there) that the Taleban are bombing, not their own. And it's not "one of those things that happened". It happened BECAUSE the Americans (and Brits) went in. How can you bomb that which is not there?
JohnUK89
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Quote from Kalev EST :Which countries?

I can name one: The United States of Afghanistan. Of course, it was caused by the US going in to start with...

And before anyone goes off on me for what I called Afghanistan it's obviously a joke. Get over it.
JohnUK89
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I can hack my 17" CRT to somehow do 2048x1536. How it does it I have no idea at all, but it does :P
JohnUK89
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Quote from major_syphillis :
These countries despise any form of free speech, free religion, homosexuality, and any kind of media. They are irrational and harbor many terrorists. Why do you think Saddam was hung and by whom?

Saddam was hung because the Americans went in. They were hung by the Iraqi Government, which is being propped up by the Americans.

Quote from major_syphillis :
I agree with you. Very well put. He is an icon. But you don't know how he was raised and who his influences were. Do you know that he followed Rev. Wright for 20 years, attended weekly sermans and donated to his church. Watch this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqbA5c21zrQ Watch Obama trying to denounce Wright.

He was denouncing, not disowning. Two totally different things. To denounce is to criticise a set of remarks. To disown is to totally seperate yourself from someone. I'm no fan of religion but I'm not going to criticise Obama for having a pastor with them beliefs. Obama's beliefs are his own.

Quote from major_syphillis :
Ever hear of Karl Marx and Marxism? Obamas mentour? If you have patience this is a great video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNS_1ZoJWWg

And the Marxism is where? That just looks like a hate-inciting video to me.


Quote from major_syphillis :
Obama is far from being a centrist. He is the most liberal president elect. that we have ever seen. No way that he will ever change.

Liberalism is a hell of a change from the Bush Doctrine.

Quote from major_syphillis :
Many countries in the world like China, Russia, Saudi, Iran, Syria, NK, Somalia, Pakistan, Uganda, Cuba, Venezuela and more are rolling w laughter as the American public has been duped into voting for a weak inexperienced Communist President.

Have you actually seen any coverage from these countries or are you just making that up?

Quote from major_syphillis :
This is an international embarassment.

No, this is an international celebration.

Quote from major_syphillis :
I didn't like McCain, I think he'll do more good as a senator than president. Palin was just a bad joke. But Obama is so far out there it's scary. Become educated about who is going to be your president instead of just watching tv and listening to his empty promises on how he will fix everything

You're scared of someone who is a great presence on the world stage before he's elected? These "empty" promises actually have some realistic chance of happening, now the Democrats have majorities in both the Senate and the House.

Quote from major_syphillis :
Yeah, cause missles pointed straight at America is a great thing. Pretty much clueless. Russia is led by an ex KGB sociopath and communist, Putin. You do not know his next move, remember the cold war? And now we have to deal with Dmitry Medvedev, another commie. He is also trying to pass a 6 year term so he can be in power for 12 years instead of 8. Great news for the world

I'm not going to doubt that. However, I think that if McCain had have got in he'd have been likely to start a war that would annoy Russia even more. Bad news.

Quote from major_syphillis :
Obama has no clue on how to be a diplomat. I assume you know history. Has any president in the past been successful on solving problems with diplomacy, especially with someone like Putin. It ain't that easy, and Obama is going to get a reality check that you can't solve everything with diplomacy. Or the world would have been a peaceful place all along.

Again, I'm not going to argue with the fact that it won't be easy. It's not, but the chances that Obama can pull it off are greater than the chances that McCain could have.

Quote from major_syphillis :
Dude, you're from a communist state.

Just because he is does not make him Communist himself. Stop making judgements you cannot make.



Quote from major_syphillis :
All in all, he is my next President and I hope that he can do what he promises. But his past is really shady and you cannot believe anything a politician says. The popular vote was almost 50/50. The next 4 years are gonna be tough for Obama. But I just hope he gets his head set on straight cause he has no clue what he is getting himself into. Most of the promises he made during his campaign will come up empty, just like with every other president in the past.

I was at the rally for Obama in Chicago last night. And his speech was very powerful, I just hope he lives up to what he promises.

Long live the US and may the world prosper. Love you all

+1 on the hope. I hope he's up to it. Which he is, IMO.
JohnUK89
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I want nothing. Yes, you heard it. Nothing.

Reasons: Christmas is too commercialised. The reason for it to exist is no longer seen by the vast majority of the country and since I don't believe said original reason I don't see why gifts should be given (or received). Also, it causes SO MANY rows when unequal amounts of effort are put in. Not worth it.
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