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by murray
Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:08 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: What OS is everyone using
Replies: 56
Views: 9460

Desktop running Gentoo 2005.0, with requisite WinXP SP2 install in case certain gaming urges should arise. Laptop running Gentoo 2004.2. An old desktop box set up as a silent file/mail server running Ubuntu (I would have preferred Gentoo, but thinking about the time to complete install and setup on ...
by murray
Sun May 30, 2004 4:54 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Have you tried the Thief 3 demo?
Replies: 16
Views: 1923

If the guards are unaware of you, one arrow to the head or torso seems to take them down. Once they're after you, it seems to take about 3 to 5, though I'm not really confident on how accurate I was being at the time. Generally I go for the sneak past or blackjack strategy though.
by murray
Sat May 29, 2004 5:09 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Have you tried the Thief 3 demo?
Replies: 16
Views: 1923

I got the game earlier this week, and the little I've played it so far has been quite enjoyable. Some things have changed, but overall I think it has the same general feeling the first Thief did. The guards tend to "lose interest" faster than in the original if they spot you, but are also a good bit...
by murray
Mon May 17, 2004 9:32 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Post your copy and paste right now
Replies: 115
Views: 25010

MINUTES I'M AT WENDY'S HOW DOES A


I blame my roommate.
by murray
Fri May 07, 2004 3:13 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Config laptop to fold based off of AC/battery?
Replies: 5
Views: 1419

Maybe there's a way to configure a service to be based off of the power state? I'll try looking into and post if I find anything useful. All I know is I'm much too absent minded to keep track of restarting folding when plugging in and killing it when I'm on the run :(
by murray
Fri May 07, 2004 1:11 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Config laptop to fold based off of AC/battery?
Replies: 5
Views: 1419

Config laptop to fold based off of AC/battery?

Anyone know of some way to rig it so a laptop will fold when jacked into AC power and stop when reverting to battery?
by murray
Thu May 06, 2004 2:26 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Mozilla Firefox + WS [Darkblue] = argh?
Replies: 8
Views: 1705

Mozilla Firefox + WS [Darkblue] = argh?

Anyone else out there using Firefox and have problems with the Blue forum theme making quote text and thread titles invisible or difficult to see? It seems as though it's maybe just not reading the style sheet correctly. Must...have...blue...
by murray
Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:32 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech MX Duo + KVM
Replies: 2
Views: 1367

Logitech MX Duo + KVM

Anyone out there tried this? I'm probably going to be throwing together a second box for the purpose of Linux, but was planning on KVM-ing my current interfaces. However, a friend of mine told me he didn't have any luck with three different KVM boxes with his Logitech MX wireless keyboard/mouse setu...
by murray
Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:34 am
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Antec P160 Case
Replies: 11
Views: 2398

I've got the AMG 660, which is from what I can tell more or less the short version of the 1080 and have been quite pleased with it. Part of the reason I'm interjecting is because I'm curious as to how much of a difference the side venting fan makes. I'm considering throwing together a second system,...
by murray
Sat Dec 13, 2003 4:17 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: *possibly* MY NEW GAMING RIG!
Replies: 17
Views: 3118

Regarding the CRT, I really like my Viewsonic P95F+. From what I'm told and my limited experience, it's just about the top of the line as far as 19" CRTs go. However, since judging by your part spec'ing I'd say you don't appear to wary of spending a decent chunk of change, you might want to look int...
by murray
Sat Dec 13, 2003 2:17 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: RIP Black Isle
Replies: 20
Views: 3028

BigMadDrongo wrote:
Bioware collaborated with BIS on BG, BG2, etc.


I might be off on this, but I'm pretty sure that Bioware "made" all things BG, they were just published through Blackisle through Interplay (maybe the easiest way to get rights to WotC stuff or something).

edit: qualification: all things BG on PC
by murray
Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:02 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: PC KOTOR: Light or Dark?
Replies: 50
Views: 6005

emkubed wrote:
Time to fire up the DOS box and play some Grim Fandango.


*brain explodes*
by murray
Tue Nov 11, 2003 7:49 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: HAY YUO GUYZ!!!!111
Replies: 63
Views: 6982

It's good to know there's a level we can all relate on.
by murray
Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:33 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: HAY YUO GUYZ!!!!111
Replies: 63
Views: 6982

YUO NEDS TO PUT ON YOR HAT PROCTREOCTR OR ELES TEH GRAESMLINS WIL EAT TEH BANSIDWDTH!
by murray
Sun Nov 09, 2003 6:34 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: ATI CATALYST 3.9 Drivers..Comments here
Replies: 40
Views: 7836

Anyone know if they've added in the new version of Hydravision? (couldn't really tell from scanning the release notes)
by murray
Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:56 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: A brick on the road to 1984
Replies: 37
Views: 5300

No personal experience (still getting my EE degree), but they're a privately owned company that works a lot with high end military contracts and similar stuff. Really high employee turnover rate, but very spiffy electronics work. Was kind of curious to see if you had an inside perspective. ;)
by murray
Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:48 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Ipconfig wont work
Replies: 33
Views: 7525

Re: Ipconfig wont work

atryus28 wrote:
Also cmd is the short version of typing "command" in the run box. Both will work but obviously cmd is much nicer. :D


There's actually a little bit a difference between them, CMD is the command prompt for the OS, and COMMAND is some sort of goofy DOS emulation. Like atryus said, stick with CMD.
by murray
Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:39 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: A brick on the road to 1984
Replies: 37
Views: 5300

Mostly unrelated question:

Mark, out of curiosity, was the previous company you worked for Raytheon?
by murray
Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:27 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Coax to RCA
Replies: 6
Views: 3386

If the coax is just carrying the cable signal, you're going to need a tuner of some sort, be it standalone or in your TV. While there are convertors that will convert a pure A/V coax signal to RCA, the stuff coming out of your wall is carrying a lot more info.
by murray
Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: battling food monkies!
Replies: 10
Views: 1479

murray is a Cake-Eating Killer Monkey with a Battle Rating of 4.2.<BR><A HREF=http://thesurrealist.co.uk/monkey?def=murray>Unleash your own Food-Eating Battle Monkey</A>.

At least my eating habits are delicious.
by murray
Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:37 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Giant Battle Monsters
Replies: 24
Views: 3487

Giant Battle Monsters

Giant Battle Monsters <TABLE><TR><TD> <IMG SRC=http://thesurrealist.co.uk/zilla/ant.gif WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=67 ALT="ant" BORDER=4> </TD><TD CLASS=stat>Strength: 6 <BR>Agility: 6 <BR>Intelligence: 7</TD></TR></TABLE> <P CLASS=desc>murray is a Giant Ant that breathes Poisonous Gas, Tunnels Underground, ...
by murray
Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:03 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Dell power supply replacement
Replies: 12
Views: 3240

Turns out it's actually not a GX110- it's some similar spec model, but slim desktop form factor, which I'm betting means some crazy non-standard powersupply size and format. JAE's option is looking more and more tempting. ;)
by murray
Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:11 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Dell power supply replacement
Replies: 12
Views: 3240

Dell power supply replacement

I have a friend with an Optiplex GX110 (P3 667 or so) whose power supply has gone on the fritz, and is no longer under warranty or other such nice things. Replacing it would be easy enough, but I remember Dell having previously used power supplies that had the negative-positive rails swapped on the ...
by murray
Sat Aug 09, 2003 8:15 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Worst Review of Diablo 2 Ever!!
Replies: 84
Views: 13305

Admittedly a fair amount of the complaints they levy are a bit farcical, but the site specifically claims to be rating games based off of their alignment with Christian beliefs and values. What do you expect from them?
by murray
Sat Aug 09, 2003 6:30 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: (Banias/Pentium M/That Centrino Thing) effectiveness?
Replies: 5
Views: 1855

Well, for one thing, they released this laptop with a perfectly good keyboard almost completely ruined by the bios. I've generally not been impressed with their build quality in previous experience.
by murray
Sat Aug 09, 2003 6:21 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: (Banias/Pentium M/That Centrino Thing) effectiveness?
Replies: 5
Views: 1855

Compaq X1000, 1.4ghz Chose it due to it's rather impressive feature set for the price outweighing the disadvantage of...well, it's made by Compaq. So far actually quite pleased with it, aside from the issue experienced by nearly everyone with it- the control and shift keys have a "sticking" issue (s...
by murray
Sat Aug 09, 2003 6:03 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: (Banias/Pentium M/That Centrino Thing) effectiveness?
Replies: 5
Views: 1855

(Banias/Pentium M/That Centrino Thing) effectiveness?

Anyone know how effective the Banias core is at Folding? If there isn't any particular knowledge on this yet, I'll let you guys know how quickly (slowly?) it seems to chug through WUs after it's had a couple days to go at it.
by murray
Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:06 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: I get a $200 bonus on my paycheck at the end of the month
Replies: 24
Views: 3702

Not sure if you'd be interested in a wireless keyboard as well or not, but you can pick up an MX 700/Cordless Elite Keyboard combo for ~80 bucks from newegg or a couple of other places well rated on reseller-ratings and that sort of ilk. Know a fellow who has it and absolutely loves the pair. Only p...
by murray
Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:02 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Shooting Clay Kitties!
Replies: 13
Views: 2634

Pshh, if you think 3/10 sucks, try playing it on a touchpad. Your score royally destroys my average :P
by murray
Wed Jul 30, 2003 7:01 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Question about gravity...
Replies: 22
Views: 2279

But a good rambling it was ;)
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