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by smakkythecamel
Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:16 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.
Replies: 88
Views: 7999

Re: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.

I haven't yet had reason to try this particular trick, but try copying the game's folder out of the Steam folder and then putting in a symlink to the new location? Steam seems pretty resilient to moving directories and changing locations and stuff; I'd be fairly surprised if this didn't work. This ...
by smakkythecamel
Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.
Replies: 88
Views: 7999

Re: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.

Hi guys. Sorry about the delay in posting my thoughts regarding this drive. I have been enjoying the holiday season and heading to the beach a lot! To start with, thanks to dragmor for providing the prize, it's awesome. My system is a Q6600 cpu at stock settings (2.4GHz). 4GB RAM, HIS Radeon 4850. G...
by smakkythecamel
Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:55 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Recipe
Replies: 8
Views: 1111

Re: Recipe

Here's one of my favs (if i can remember it correctly). Royal Chicken Korma. 6 cinnamon sticks 20 cardamom pods 8 bay leaves as much chicken thigh as you want. I did this recently with 1kg of thigh fillets cut up into small chunks. 2 onions sliced up finely 2 tbsp grated ginger 8 cloves crushed garl...
by smakkythecamel
Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:32 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.
Replies: 88
Views: 7999

Re: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.

Fighterpilot wrote:
Nice goin Drag....hope smakky will post a user review of that SSD

Absolutely I will.
by smakkythecamel
Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:53 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.
Replies: 88
Views: 7999

Re: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.

Woo hoo! :)

Big thankyou to all involved in donating prizes and organising this, you're all very generous - especially you dragmor. Thankyou.
by smakkythecamel
Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:19 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dragmor’s International Giveaway - Now with more gifts.
Replies: 88
Views: 7999

Re: Dragmor’s International Giveaway

Dragmor, well done mate.

smakky, NSW, AUSTRALIA (likewise, I'll send full addy if needed)
by smakkythecamel
Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:02 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: NetBIOS Name Resolution
Replies: 5
Views: 5965

Re: NetBIOS Name Resolution

If it's just 1 client can you manually add an entry to the hosts file? /etc/hosts I believe. this will match the hostname to IP address and you should be sweet. There could also be a different file that you do this to, but I can't remember what it is at the moment.
by smakkythecamel
Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:44 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Server/Domain-Controller Swap Help (Windows Server 2003 R2)
Replies: 11
Views: 5194

Re: Server/Domain-Controller Swap Help (Windows Server 2003 R2)

Some ideas just off the top of my head. Do clients access the server via the IP address or hostname? Is it just for fileshares and printers? in DHCP options add a DNS entry for secondary server so that these will roll out to clients. That way when A goes offline, B will still get DNS queries. create...
by smakkythecamel
Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:38 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Think of all the things you could do...
Replies: 32
Views: 4052

I woudln't really want to replace sleep - I enjoy it too much!
by smakkythecamel
Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:35 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Problems setting up home network.
Replies: 4
Views: 1768

Got a firewall turned on on computer a?

What IPs and subnet masks are you using for both machines?
by smakkythecamel
Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:23 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: PS3 region question
Replies: 2
Views: 1151

Thanks dragmor.

Just had a look on amazon and they won't ship it here anyway. I'll do some more investigating.
by smakkythecamel
Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:03 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: PS3 region question
Replies: 2
Views: 1151

PS3 region question

Hey guys. Quick question - if I buy a PS3 from the US will it be able to play Australian games and blue ray movies?

About $200 cheaper to import it rather than buy it locally with the dollar the way it is.
by smakkythecamel
Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:32 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Classical Music w/ Techno/Hip Hop?
Replies: 20
Views: 3382

Don't know if this is what you're after or not... but I'll throw it out there for ya.

A+ - Enjoy yourself. has a lot of lyrics on there though.
by smakkythecamel
Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:47 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What do i do if i get bored with computers?
Replies: 73
Views: 16503

I actually love to cook too. I grill a lot because of my wife's high cholesterol, so i may look into improving my skills there! The wife will get irritated that i'm cooking so much, but at least i'll be occupied. Yep. And seriously, even though when you eat the food it can be all gone in 5 minutes,...
by smakkythecamel
Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:28 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What do i do if i get bored with computers?
Replies: 73
Views: 16503

I just thought of something! What about food? I'm a pretty good cook, and it won't cost too much. Practical and rewarding - I like your style. Cooking is fun... find out what you like whether it is a certain style (chinese, thai, indian etc) and get good at one style, then try another one. Wok cook...
by smakkythecamel
Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What do i do if i get bored with computers?
Replies: 73
Views: 16503

I'm going to suggest Photography too. You're good with computers which means you'll enjoy the processing of the images too. I'm more attracted to things that you can do and you can get something back or see an achievement - photography, gardening (growing herbs & vegies), cooking is fun too. Woo...
by smakkythecamel
Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:32 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Share your favorite computer story
Replies: 40
Views: 9770

texmaster wrote:
Dumbest thing I ever did was accently pick up the wrong floppy for a bootup. Of course that floppy had the Monkey B Virus :x :x


Sounds nasty! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_B_virus

How'd the monkey's get the floppy in the first place?
by smakkythecamel
Tue May 29, 2007 11:27 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Any online physics courses/selfpaced training stuff?
Replies: 12
Views: 2655

Hmm... just looked up calculus on wikipedia... I did that stuff at school, but never referred to it as calculus - or maybe I did and just forgot. Anyway, I think I can pick that back up again. Thanks for the help Matt. One of the things that has got me interested is that I have been looking on the n...
by smakkythecamel
Tue May 29, 2007 11:10 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Any online physics courses/selfpaced training stuff?
Replies: 12
Views: 2655

Cheers fellas. Mattsteg - trig yes, calculus no. But if it will make things easier to understand and comprehend then I'll look into it.

Thanks for the info guys. I'll check out the link and have a little look-see.
by smakkythecamel
Tue May 29, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Any online physics courses/selfpaced training stuff?
Replies: 12
Views: 2655

I don't have a real solid math background, it is not so much that I didn't understand, but more that I didn't apply myself. But now I think I could pick it up as I'm much more interested than I was 10 years ago. No real physics background either. Kind of why I thought an online course would be good ...
by smakkythecamel
Tue May 29, 2007 9:29 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Any online physics courses/selfpaced training stuff?
Replies: 12
Views: 2655

Any online physics courses/selfpaced training stuff?

Hey guys. Just wondering if anone can recommend some self-paced courses in physics, in particular I'm interested in physics with regard to space, gravity etc. I'm just keen to get some basic understanding going, so anything you can throw at me will be appreciated.
by smakkythecamel
Wed May 23, 2007 5:21 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Possible to deploy JDK over Active Directory?
Replies: 5
Views: 1777

Really, I could only find an executable of the JDK. This was in the first link you posted ;) SOLUTION Follow these steps to extract the .msi file from the Sun JRE installer for deployment through Active Directory based network: Download and launch the Sun JRE Windows Offline Installation executable...
by smakkythecamel
Wed May 23, 2007 4:16 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Possible to deploy JDK over Active Directory?
Replies: 5
Views: 1777

I don't see why it should be a problem. It's a .msi file so you can assign or publish it via group policy. Using group policy management console you can do all that, PM me if you need directions.
by smakkythecamel
Tue May 08, 2007 5:17 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Computer Desks
Replies: 44
Views: 12028

I've been looking at something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260112137397&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:AU:12#ebayphotohosting but never was able to get the leading bid in the auction. The only thing that concerns me is the lack of space next to the keyboard for th...
by smakkythecamel
Mon May 07, 2007 12:46 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: HTPC
Replies: 19
Views: 4694

I'm just building this one at the moment: http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=50115 You can game on it with the onboard video but for high res you'll need to stick a big graphics card in there. The MSI mobo I've used is pretty good but when I put the newer ATI drivers on it I got random cra...
by smakkythecamel
Sat May 05, 2007 3:49 am
Forum: SFF Station
Topic: Almost finished HTPC build
Replies: 3
Views: 6148

I've got it running WIndows XP with Media Portal at the moment and it seems to be fine for movies and shows I have stored already. Now just need to get the tuner card and see if it still works.
by smakkythecamel
Sat May 05, 2007 2:21 am
Forum: SFF Station
Topic: Almost finished HTPC build
Replies: 3
Views: 6148

Almost finished HTPC build

Case is a Silverstone SG01 PSU is antec neo 430W mobo is MSI K9AGM2-FIH CPU = 65W 3800+ 250GB hdd 1GB generic ram (borrowed) Using HDMI to output video to the 40" LCD telly, and made a bracket (bit of a dodgy job) to connect to the SPDIF output on the motherboard which is outputted to our DVD p...
by smakkythecamel
Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:48 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Windows Vista Business Gaming
Replies: 8
Views: 2128

I've played 1 game for 5 minutes on my new work lappy which has business edition and it worked fine. Unfortunately I haven't been able to test any more games out than 5 minutes of Flatout2
by smakkythecamel
Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:53 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: ANZAC Day
Replies: 8
Views: 1764

http://www.ausphotos.com/gallery/d/840- ... tatue1.jpg

By me, my own way of remembering them. A picture speaks a thousand words.
by smakkythecamel
Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:51 pm
Forum: SFF Station
Topic: Can you please help me find a mATX board
Replies: 10
Views: 9577

Thanks for pointing out that review mate, it looks to be not bad at all. I think the 690G seems to have the upperhand on the graphics front. I will be playing games like nba live, moto gp, things like that so although old games, I can increase the quality of them with the 690G. So I think I'll head ...
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