Quote from S14 DRIFT :

I really have no idea what people's problems with wireless are. I've had no issues apart from occasional drops of signal, which are often days apart and last for ~0.5 second so nothing's really affected.

I'm sure having 3347329 systems to go through your interweb is getting held back somewhere. My money's still on the powerline. Ours was fine until one day, as well.

My problems with wireless: I live in a house with thick walls, 2 floors up. Wireless has no chance. Fortunately every room's got an ethernet jack. Of course I don't use powerline, but the point still stands about wireless.
Also, when I had wireless at the old house (in Leeds) I kept getting dropouts, packet loss etc. Wireless (for me, at least) isn't fit for purpose. My parents have since replaced it with a wired network and seen their internet speed go way up.

Quote from george_tsiros :

the people spending money on quadcores... why... why... why...

Personally I do a lot of compiling - the more raw CPU power I can get the better. (I can very easily multi-thread the compile jobs, it's just an option in /etc/makepkg.conf [Arch Linux])

Just ordered from eBuyer:

MSI P45 Neo-F Motherboard
Core 2 Quad Q9400 CPU
8GB Corsair TwinX DDR2-800 RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX280 1GB Graphics Card
And a CoolerMaster RealPower 700W Modular PSU to power it all!

(and I don't care what anyone says about the cost of the graphics card :razz

Quote from Jakg :

I want to run Office (yes, Microsoft Office. A legal copy. And I want to run 2007) - oh no sorry, it's Linux, I have to use OpenOffice.

I want to use Photoshop - oh no wait, it's Linux, I have to use Gimp.

Let me just open Chrom- oh no wait, it's Linux, I have to use Firefox without most of my favourite extensions.

At least I can settle back and play some games on my 1337 PC- oh no wait.

Linux is a great program, but it doesn't let me run MY apps so I find it pretty useless.

I shall give you one word: WINE.

And "without most of your favourite extensions"? Care to list any Windows-only Firefox extensions that you use?

Chrome is working via cxChromium, also.

Before you start bashing Linux for not working, do some reading up

dd, you mean that *nix low level data copying program? I have a good game for that, it's called "fry your hard drive by writing random data to it", otherwise known as dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda

Considering removing myself from the dirty dropouts and paying a deposit...will get back to you

Quote from Swiss_Tony :

Can't wait for next season's post John

Oooooh you cheeky sod you

When you go to the World Series by Renault at Donington each September and comment on how similar the cars are to the FOX and FO8...

Mid race joining is not against the rules, but yes, if you spectate and then rejoin you are classed as a mid-race join. You shouldn't be reporting people for just mid-race joining.

What IS against the rules is interfering with people that are racing when you are a mid-race joiner. This can be anything from attempting to race them to bumping them off the road etc.

To quote the CTRA rules page:

Quote from CTRA Rules :

If you have joined mid-race, you are there solely by the grace of the race marshals. You are forbidden from participating in the current race. You must not interfere in any way with the race in progress. You may not overtake any car that is participating no matter how much faster you are, unless it is absolutely clear that the driver is pulling off the track and retiring. You MUST hold a position on the track that in no way interferes with the progress of cars that are involved in the current race.

Quote from mr_x :

Does this pass as non-Nick Heidfeld enough?

It has a Union Flag on - it passes as being British (and thus non-Heidfeld) enough, so yes, you're safe with that

EDIT: Just realised this is my first post in the Season 2 section. MOST INACTIVE LEAGUE ADMIN EVAR!!!

Last edited by JohnUK89, Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:11.

I'm on a provisonal licence and want to learn...but it's having the money to that's the problem. Damn minimum wage...

Quote from Jakg :

I didn't know if he would be gaming on the laptop or not - he didn't say, only that he wanted to be able to move the thing around.

And I didn't recommend a budget 12" Dell laptop for gaming, did I?
It'd be for basic stuff like surfing the internets, office work etc, whereas the desktop would be for gaming

Quote from Jakg :

Get an Asus eee or something and spend the rest of the cash on a proper PC.

EDIT - iirc Rock are in administration atm (according to Custom PC) - wouldn't trust it if I were you!

(Also according to Custom PC, get the latest issue) they found a buyer. Great news for all people with Rock machines


IMO an EeePC is only good if you have TINY fingers and can cope with a small screen, if not then get a cheap full sized laptop (like a Dell 12" or something) and then a desktop. Will be a lot better for games in the long run, plus will be able to upgrade the desktop

Quote from james12s :

lol john that looks like youve edited it to be in a different setting

Heh, I'd got home from work a couple of hours previous and was about to go to bes, so still had work stuff on

Me at my (rather tired and spotty) worst.

Where's the "Use Linux + ClamAV" option?

Quote from AstroBoy :

That sir is a groce generalization

And that sir is gross mis-spelling

But you're right, not all geeks sit on their butts all day in front of a 'puter,

Just most of the day...

Quote from Becky Rose :

you know what dinary is.

Denary* And yes, I know what it is, and can convert it to hex... Base 10>Base 2>Base 16

Propellerheads - Spybreak!

Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death

Pendulum - Another Planet

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Uhh, I don't think your problem is with your Player Name either, it's to do with the name you've entered into MyCTRA. Your Player name (I.E. UKCT..Dustin for instance as mine) has nothing to do with it.

Only...erm...5 hours late? *runs*

Rob Dougan - Furious Angels (Instrumental)

If needs must... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PR63VV19
Note: Will need something that can play back Ogg Theora

EDIT: Oh and rename it to have ".ogg" at the end too

I cheated and used a tool called "xdotool" to do this

Whoever said that was edited? Go on. Look for any sign of it being edited! Straight screenshot

Psst. I win.

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

1. I love my girlfreind.
2. I have a bad habit of spending redicoulous ammounts of cash on my cars.
3. I dont start something else until i have finished the original thing i was doing.
4. I am a very calm person, but if someone pushes me too far, i lash out .
5. I have written of 3 old shape mini's in the past. The one i have now has lasted me the longest ;d.

6. Your spelling is atrocious