Quote from evilpimp :

Lol. Obviously there will be those that are agaisnt it. Would be interusted in hearing the reasons though because that can help me contradict them :P.

Because the construction process uses far more energy that the final product saves within it's normal lifetime.

Quote from Woz :

Don't make text unselectable, pointless and will pi** off users.

It does not work, you just do view source and then copy from the html. If someone wants the text they WILL take it. This is where copyright comes in. If you find the text taken just contact the site first, failing that their hosts.

NOTHING you can do, its the nature of the web.

Its as bad as right click blocking, pointless.

This man is correct.

I recently got asked to prevent right-clicking on a clients images online - pointless. Anyone who wants the pictures can just scan grab or indeed view the source. The best way for pictures is to watermark them. With text you really only have the copyright notice.

Quote from ajp71 :

Diddums, you're not a working man are you? Don't pay any bills and the low wage is because you're choosing to do a job that is interesting/your being trained in and are not very good at instead of doing something that pays well because your parents still pay for everything but the odd luxury? Consider yourself lucky and stop making up bullshit about things you don't know about just because you're jealous.

Ha, I thought as much.

Quote from BAMBO :

I knew I forgot something Anyway thanks for clearing a few things for me as well Tristan.

Another cheap way to get more power ,more torque ,more mpg and better response is a cold-air intake with one of those performance air filters.
An un-cheaper way of getting more torque is by getting bigger injectors and more powerful spark plugs .

Whoa hold up there. Don't just assume bigger injectors will give you more power. How are you getting that much more air into the engine that it requires bigger than stock injectors? They are generally only needed after other modification, for example throttle bodies or forced induction.

G force meter that records acceleration etc. I read somewhere that they weren't very good though? And that the iPhone app that does the same thing is more reliable. That said I don't know what model G-tech they were using.

S14 I came up with a longer reply but then thought there's no real need. All I will say is lose the sympathy vote. I work all day too you know, when you've got bills to pay for thousands of pounds, £100 doesn't seem that much.

I don't know if you live away from home, but there's a BIG difference between earning because you want things, and earning because you have to pay bills.

And yes one of my Core 2 Duo CPUs does idle around 60. I do know what I'm talking about.

Quote from flymike91 :

Please explain to me what Mccain has said that makes you think he is a racist? Remember when you answer that his daughter is adopted from Bangladesh. Please, I'd be delighted to know...

Wether he's racist or not I don't know - I don't know enough to comment, however just because someone has adopted a different race kid doesn't automatically make them non-racist to all races.

Ain't the 6 pin for GFX cards? Anyway man without a 4pin or indeed 8pin plugs you are fairly stumped

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

75 degrees is more to than enough to dmg your CPU.

No it's not.

Do you realise how hot silicon can get before you start to have problems?

Once again people spouting out shit they hear online as if they know it all.

e: I'm kinda sick of people giving this guy crap because his parents (or whoever it be) can afford to buy him things. If you don't like it stop damn well whining about it. It's his choice of what he decides to do, either offer help or be quiet.

S14 Drift you very rarely have anything useful to offer, how ironic it is that £100 in the real world as you like to call it doesn't get you very far. But obviously you'd know that because you're 'so in touch'. I don't think you'd take that tone if your parents offered you a similar situation. Jealousy makes people say lots of things.

Additionally if anyone thinks 50 or 75 degrees is too hot for a CPU you're very likely wrong. Try reading up on it, Crashgate obviously has, and thus has useful advice to offer.

One of my machines is idling at 62 degrees right now. What's going to happen, is it going to melt into a horrible mess of silicon? No, it's going to carry on running like that as it has been for the past couple of years. And when it reaches 85 under load what is going to happen? Again, the same thing that has happened the past few years to it, and hundreds of thousands of other machines like it out there - it's going to be fine.

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Quote from natedog420 :

jakg plug the 4 pin connector into the 8 pin connector. it will only go in one way. your computer will work fine with it like that. the extra 4 pins are a few grounds and i think one power witch is not needed. just plug it in and if that was your problem then it will boot right away and everything will be good to go.

It's been said before, if you don't know what you're talking about, don't post as if it's gospel truth.

I have a recollection of needing to buy the 8pin cable when I tried to power up my P5B. Unfortunately I can't remember if it was because it wouldn't boot, or just if the 4pin cable didn't reach in my P180.

Must. Refrain. From. Say... ahh damn I can't:

Great first post

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

P.S. Jakg, your GF still owes me a fiver, get her to pay up!

Don't worry mate I'll get it next time I see her.

You know I'm kidding.

Duno actually the PS3 might have a decoder built in, but I've never seen it been done with any other consoles. Cuts costs I guess.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

I found the new E series of Intel CPU's (The C2D and Qs) seemed to have pretty good standard coolers. After 4 hours of TDU with max everything, with WMP playing and a torrent going, it was only 44 degrees xD

Right yer no they don't. Doesn't matter if it was 4 hours, 4 minutes or 40 secs, any of those are enough time for the CPU to get up to max temp. That's hardly surprising assuming you were running stock?

Sounds like you've gone away and possibly got this overclocking malarky dialed in now harjun. Good stuff.

If those speakers don't have a surround sound decoder, then no amount of cabling will help. As Bob mentions, you'll need a decoder first, then link that to the speakers.

Quote from Bose321 :

agree with the people against consoles^^ PC ftw

Both ftw really.

Nothing beats being able to crash out on the sofa with some mates and some beers and play a casual game or two.

PCs very rarely lend themselves to casual gaming, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, I love a good serious game as much as the next guy. Just not as easy to pick up and play.

Quote from The Very End :

Go for PS3, the cheap price of xbox tells that is's piece of shit that is not worth a penny. I'v heared that statestics tells that 33% of the xbox delivered have goten, or will get ring of death and need replacement, belived there were rules against selling failure hardware?

Ps3 - expensive YES, maybe not that good multiplayer / meny, but still it's worth the money, because it's QUALITY!

No, the cheap price of the Xbox tells us M$ are still losing money on consoles sold to further their position in the console market.

PS3 has it's fair share of problems too just in case you think that because it's more expensive it's made with better technology.

Cosworth it, then you've got a fun wagon. I say fun, I mean scary.

Quote from wark :

wtf is the point if you can vote as many times as you like?

Because it's designed for the fast-paced radical MTV generation yo!

Not much point arguing with BlueFlame, he is under the impression a MK1 Golf would wipe the floor with anything. Then again all he's driven are some landys and a mk3 golf or 2. Great argument there.

Why is it that every month my Ford mag is filled with turboed cars producing 700bhp+ in most issues. I guess Ford really don't know about turboed engines. Then again VW produced the MIND BLOWING engines such as the 2.0 8v in the mk3 producing a, frankly huge, 114bhp. Awesome.

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Quote from Crashgate3 :

I'm having really irritating problems with losing connection mid-race and while trying to join a server, although browsing the net is fine. I think it may be because my PC uses wireless to the router downstairs but it's either that or run 20m of CAT5 round the house.

Does anyone know the max length of a CAT5 connection?

Roughly 100 meters between repeaters assuming the cable is fine.

No but lerts votes have priority over other users. That's probably what you're seeing here.

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2sjAnu_5ek

Ha Becky.

I have a G15 V2. If I'd known the keys require a 50000N force to register a key press I wouldn't have spend £50 on this thing. All I got from the girls I live with were sighs of dismay. Still it lights up, and lights ftw.

@BlackBird: Yer that's fair play. I'm definitely with you on the saved sessions thing, sometimes my machines won't be properly shut down for weeks due to things I'm working on and don't want the hassle of setting up every time I turn it on.