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18. January 2008 @ 14:57 |
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man u lot are mad. football is where it is at. cricket boring, baseball boring, american football, not boring, just to stop and go. rugby better, but not by much, but football rules all. the anticipation, the fluidity, the movement, the skill involved. hell the world cup finals are the most watched Tv in the world.
i support middlesbrough, as i was born there, but living in london, so arsenal are my second team. been to many an arsenal match, and must say, watching them is amazing. them and barcalona play the beautiful game how it was meant to be played. no longball liverpool, just solid passing with 1-2 touches, and slick finishing.
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18. January 2008 @ 15:15 |
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lol, nice commentary there but this is a computer forum?
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Now Ive got your attention please read my post above
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18. January 2008 @ 15:40 |
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ok guys im firing up this old puter of mine. took the tower apart just because. i was haven a problem with it and XP its a old mobo and i dont think XP is compatable with it..but anyway. i turned it on and in the loading i got this erro r "ntldr is missing" what is that????
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18. January 2008 @ 15:45 |
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18. January 2008 @ 15:52 |
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i thought thats what that might have ment. i went into bios and changed the boot order to cdrom first.(not sure if that hard drive is formated or not) put in my windows disc and it is doing the setup now. if that HDD wasnt formated or something on it wrong would i still be able to format it ?
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ok answered my own question. it is formating the HDD now 10% done....
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18. January 2008 @ 16:12 |
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Shaffaaf: Funny, I find almost all sport boring, and I find people who can't accept that even more boring.
Cincyrob: Yep, you're doing everything right so far...
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18. January 2008 @ 16:15 |
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Frankly Not really into any game...or sport...that can last for 2hrs...and have a ending score of 1-0...Basketball is my favorite all time sport...
Right now...MMA...is probably what I enjoy watching the most...Its one of the fastest growing sports...nothing like a good Cage Fight...2 men enter...1 man leaves...
Does anyone else watch the UFC...I know its becoming popular in Britain...a lots of the big fights...are now...over there...
As for Linux...Its great once it is set-up...I prefer it for Servers...and home down loaders...but not for a business computers...I think everyone should have a Linux box...MicroSuck is not going to last forever...A Free Open O/S is the Future...
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18. January 2008 @ 16:23 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Shaffaaf: Funny, I find almost all sport boring, and I find people who can't accept that even more boring.
Cincyrob: Yep, you're doing everything right so far...
how can u find sport boring?
are you just a computer geek, like the rest of us, but without another hobby?
UR BRIT AINT YA?
FOOTBALL SHOuLD BE IN UR VAINS
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18. January 2008 @ 16:24 |
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The opening line pretty much sums up why I find football specifically boring Lp, good call.
My mate phil's really into UFC, I personally don't really find it that interesting, but that probably doesn't surprise.
@shaffaaf: why should it? More than half the people I know don't care for football. So what if something doesn't interest us? That's hardly base for criticism. it was a good getout clause at school too - "what team do you support?" "I don't!"
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18. January 2008 @ 16:38 |
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Frankly Sam...your still a little young yet...to really get into...watching sports...Its really around 21...to 25...that most people...really start watching sports...when you are young...there are to many other new...and exciting things to explore...mark my words...you will probably sing a different tune...once you get a little older...
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18. January 2008 @ 16:45 |
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reformat is complete setting up windows now. has 32 mins left
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18. January 2008 @ 16:48 |
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Maybe I will, who knows...
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18. January 2008 @ 16:51 |
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Originally posted by Lp531:
Frankly Sam...your still a little young yet...to really get into...watching sports...Its really around 21...to 25...that most people...really start watching sports...when you are young...there are to many other new...and exciting things to explore...mark my words...you will probably sing a different tune...once you get a little older...
i have been a die hard football fan for 4 years now, and im now 18.
once you have gone to a match, it really changes you
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18. January 2008 @ 17:15 |
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shaffaaf, did you just call CRICKET boring? GTFO
You're one to be talking, like football isn't boring. Cricket is fun to watch and play, footbal is fun to play.
Basketball is fun too, I just don't like watching it.
As for the anti-Microsoft sentiments, you all use XP. They screwed up on Vista but you can't ignore what they have done for the computer industry. People don't become number one for no reason at all you know.
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18. January 2008 @ 17:22 |
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18. January 2008 @ 17:25 |
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18. January 2008 @ 17:33 |
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Those fans are amazing!
Also did you check out the links?
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18. January 2008 @ 17:34 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
shaffaaf, did you just call CRICKET boring? GTFO
You're one to be talking, like football isn't boring. Cricket is fun to watch and play, footbal is fun to play.
Basketball is fun too, I just don't like watching it.
As for the anti-Microsoft sentiments, you all use XP. They screwed up on Vista but you can't ignore what they have done for the computer industry. People don't become number one for no reason at all you know.
ok.....i know im paki, and ur paki, and i h8 cricket (first paki to do that)(hehe) but sitting there for 3-4 hours for 3-4 days for one match to finish OMG BORING. i admit its fun to play, as are most sports, but its boring to watch.
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but football is superb to watch. the atmosphere is amazing. the anticipation. the crowd the players the skill. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME! its the most watched sport in the WORLD. how the hell is it boring?
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18. January 2008 @ 17:41 |
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You're a Pakistani? I thought you were Black.
Anyway you cant REALLY be a Paki and not like Cricket. It's like dividing by Zero. I think you've just lived in England too damn long.
Cricket FTW!!!!(Even though Pakistan sucks now *sigh*)
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18. January 2008 @ 17:46 |
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The only reason I use Microsoft is Business...to effectively run an office...you have to use...whatever software everyone else is using...
Microsoft products were first...widely adopted in business...it's what almost all business's are using...for there to be a fundamental change...the business office must change...the private consumer will then...have to follow...
Linux will continue to gain ground...and slowly Microsoft's Monopoly will crumble...
I have already started the change...by shifting to "Open Office"...I no longer need to use Microsoft Office...I still have to use Microsoft's O/S...but once...I No longer need to...I will jump ship...because once that ship starts to flounder...it will sink quickly...
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18. January 2008 @ 17:53 |
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abuzar1,
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People don't become number one for no reason at all you know.
That might have well been true a long time ago, but the fact that Micro$oft sued everybody and their mother for infringement if it looked remotely like windows. They even sued Apple, which is funny because Apple had a Graphic interface long before windows did, and Apple stole theirs from Digital Research after turning down Gem and then coming out with their own version of the same thing! Same as Micro$oft, Apple had Money and Digital Research didn't! Gem was far better than either Windows or Mac OS!
Rule #1 in business is "He who has the Gold, makes the rules"! It was never that Micro$oft was better, they just had more money than anyone else thanks to all the support their DOS operating system had gotten prior to wimdows 3.0. There were older versions of windows too, but 3.0 for the 286 stands out as the first half way reliable, DOS based windows. It took Windows 3.1 to really put Windows on the map! And Windows 95 to give them Quasi true Windows and a GUI, not just an overlay of DOS that you executed your dos programs through! Anybody that got in Micro$oft's way, got trampled or sued! I believe the Legal term was Infringing on the "Look and Feel"! LOL!!
Micro$oft has earned every bit of the abuse they get, and then some!
Respectfully,
Russ
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18. January 2008 @ 17:54 |
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Little old me went on another shopping spree. I got, (from Scan)
1. Arctic Silver 5
2. Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
3. S-FLEX 1600RPM
4. That WD 500GB HD
5. Crucial Ballistix 1066
Edit - (4 and 5) BT SHOP had trouble processing my mum's credit card(delivery address or something) so i am just gonna pay with paypal.
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18. January 2008 @ 18:15 |
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LP, open office is a joke. If you don't like paying for it then download it but seriously don't use open office. Office 2007 is miles better.
Russ, if XP sucks so much then why do you use it? Honestly the thing is if you use it then it means there aren't viable alternatives out there. If you say well Microsoft has support and stuff, but the other OS are still awesome, well they are not because they DONT support that software. Linux shouldn't have to EMULATE Windows.
As for Linux, well I got and ran Ubuntu. I followed the EXACT instructions for installing Flash on adobes website and it still didn't work. I just quit it after that.
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18. January 2008 @ 18:35 |
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yes i looked at those links thanks...
well after getting XP installed i played around some and even tried burning a movie.. BAMMMMMM shut down and rebooted..... i dont know whats wrong with it im assumeing its the mobo cant handle xp or the mobo is just toast...so now it is gutted and everything that is useable is out of it..i do know i dont think im as worried about doing a build now. everything is pretty much plug and play as to say..lol...
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18. January 2008 @ 18:40 |
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Rob, this is the kind of thing Linux is good for. There aren't really worthwhile OSs from Microsoft before XP unless you want to switch to 98 lol.
Just get a distro of Linux that works well with older hardware and use that.
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