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Richard Goodwin |
Message #81646, posted by rich at 15:08, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81640 |
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How will we know when it's changed?  I'll post a message.
It's changed 
DNS doesn't seem to be working any more 
Works again now, either Moss fixed it or it wasn't broken in the first place and the office network connection is shit.
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John Hoare |
Message #81651, posted by moss at 16:27, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81646 |
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Works again now, either Moss fixed it or it wasn't broken in the first place and the office network connection is shit. I didn't do anything.
But Hosting Unlimited are shit, so it could have gone down their end. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81672, posted by Phlamethrower at 20:07, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81573 |
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9. A recording of the graphics card fan in my computer doing its motorcycle impression. OH GOD PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
The wobbling noise just stopped
This leads me to believe that the fan has also stopped 
*hurries up and copies off the file he wanted*
..ah, there it is. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81678, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:33, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81672 |
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O2 really is rather shit, isn't it?
I think it's mangled my article.
*turns the motorcycle back on* |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81679, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:36, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81678 |
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Why yes, it has. (Either that or MT)
Luckily I've still got a preview open, so can recover it from the page source. |
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Adrian Lees |
Message #81680, posted by adrianl at 22:01, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81672 |
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The wobbling noise just stopped
This leads me to believe that the fan has also stopped A thermally unstable computing device made stable only by the presence of a physically unreliable cooling device. That's as stupid as dynamic RAM; it's just obvious that it's never going to work! |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81681, posted by Phlamethrower at 22:21, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81680 |
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I think I'll just fill my case with cooking oil.
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans1/
Mmm, deep fried chips.
[edit - found the one I was after. ebil dead links!]
[Edited by Phlamethrower at 23:24, 23/10/2006] |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81682, posted by Phlamethrower at 22:38, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81616 |
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How will we know when it's changed? I'll post a message.
It's changed
I need the new FTP details
Unless you have some other image uploadery thing planned. |
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John Hoare |
Message #81683, posted by moss at 22:42, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81682 |
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How will we know when it's changed? I'll post a message.
It's changed
I need the new FTP details
Unless you have some other image uploadery thing planned.
There's a 'Upload File' option on the left - use that. The path you need is images/posts. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81684, posted by Phlamethrower at 22:57, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81683 |
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Yay! |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81686, posted by Phlamethrower at 23:17, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81684 |
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"it" is "up". However I'm wondering if anyone has the patience to read it all (And whether any of it is any good, of course)
Also, you may need to fix the permissions on a few folders. I tried publishing it using today's date, but got a nasty error
Error making path '../books/2006/10': mkdir ../books/2006/10: Permission denied at lib/MT/FileMgr/Local.pm line 107
And netsurf doesn't support the comment positioning stuff that I stole from the Sonic article
Back to ordinary tables for next time, then.
[Edited by Phlamethrower at 00:19, 24/10/2006] |
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John Hoare |
Message #81687, posted by moss at 23:26, 23/10/2006, in reply to message #81686 |
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Excellent. I'll read it in a bit.
The permissions should be fixed now. It was dodgy permissions - Phil Reed had the same problem. |
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John Hoare |
Message #81716, posted by moss at 04:05, 25/10/2006, in reply to message #81687 |
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a) It's an *excellent* piece.
b) It might have been better posted as two parts though - a week apart, say. It's a very long article, and whilst I love long articles, more people might read it if it was in two bits.
c) Write something introducing people to Nethack
d)  - write something introducing people to Angband |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81717, posted by Phlamethrower at 08:08, 25/10/2006, in reply to message #81716 |
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a) It's an *excellent* piece. Yay!
b) It might have been better posted as two parts though - a week apart, say. It's a very long article, and whilst I love long articles, more people might read it if it was in two bits. Yes 
c) Write something introducing people to Nethack Hmm... |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81721, posted by Phlamethrower at 08:26, 25/10/2006, in reply to message #81717 |
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When you finally get some money, you should consider watching the first film. Not only because it's good, but also because it works as a standalone product. Unless it hits you in the right spot, that is
The manga is also good if you'd rather read about it. Of course I can't say which is the best, because that's impossible. |
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richard cheng |
Message #81732, posted by richcheng at 10:29, 25/10/2006, in reply to message #81716 |
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a) It's an *excellent* piece. I don't know if this is true because...
b) It might have been better posted as two parts though - a week apart, say. It's a very long article, and whilst I love long articles, more people might read it if it was in two bits. ...I've not got round to reading it yet. I have it open in a tab, though.
c) Write something introducing people to Nethack
d) - write something introducing people to Angband The definitive introduction to Nethack/Angband already exists. It was published in Acorn User sometime in the 90s, and it is directly responsible for many thousands of wondrous things remaining unfulfilled that I could have achieved had I not wasted so many hours playing Angband. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #81970, posted by Phlamethrower at 23:06, 29/10/2006, in reply to message #81732 |
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I'm starting to feel like I want to write an article about music, except I SUCK. And all my music is leeched from internet radio/TV anyway. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #82004, posted by filecore at 15:56, 30/10/2006, in reply to message #81573 |
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9. A recording of the graphics card fan in my computer doing its motorcycle impression. OH GOD PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
Anyone recommend any good graphics cards with a cooling system that (a) works and (b) doesn't deafen the user?
Hmm. My previous card was an nVidia 5800 something, and I put a passive heatsink onto it (Zalman ZM80D-HP), even though the stock fan wasn't so loud at all, I just wanted it even quieter (my case is an Antec P180)... anyway, passive/silent solutions are easy, depends what you're needing the card to do. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82007, posted by Phlamethrower at 16:22, 30/10/2006, in reply to message #82004 |
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anyway, passive/silent solutions are easy, depends what you're needing the card to do. 1. PCI-E, DVI output
2. Acceptable 3D performance
3. Not overheat/explode/die for at least a year
4. Not make more noise than every other component in the computer put together
5. Preferably fit in my current case (Which means it must sit right next to another PCI card, thus ruling out placing a dedicated fan in the adjacent slot)
6. Not cost the earth.
Is that good enough? |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #82008, posted by monkeyson2 at 16:29, 30/10/2006, in reply to message #82007 |
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4. Not make more noise than every other component in the computer put together How much noise do the components make when they're not put together?  |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82012, posted by Phlamethrower at 17:22, 30/10/2006, in reply to message #82008 |
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4. Not make more noise than every other component in the computer put together How much noise do the components make when they're not put together?
Less than the graphics card does |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82384, posted by Phlamethrower at 15:00, 5/11/2006, in reply to message #80938 |
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I say write about Lexx. I've started work on it. Hurrah! |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82439, posted by Phlamethrower at 19:51, 5/11/2006, in reply to message #82384 |
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I have a feeling this is going to be another long article
Maybe I can work out some logical way to split it up - although there's so much stuff to say about the show, and I haven't even rewatched any of the episodes yet to get into the specifics |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #82440, posted by monkeyson2 at 19:54, 5/11/2006, in reply to message #82384 |
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I say write about Lexx. I've started work on it. Hurrah!
You're supposed to be working on other, secret, things  |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82442, posted by Phlamethrower at 20:07, 5/11/2006, in reply to message #82440 |
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Yes
Maybe in a little while, as I've almost finished the introduction to the series & main characters (Almost 2,500 words )
If I had the time to write it, my todo list would probably have an entry entitled 'Write todo list'. But so far I haven't found the time to even do that |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82453, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:43, 5/11/2006, in reply to message #82442 |
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...I'm still writing  |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82456, posted by Phlamethrower at 23:49, 5/11/2006, in reply to message #82453 |
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...I've stopped writing.
Mainly because I'm not sure what I'm writing is what I wanted |
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John Hoare |
Message #82459, posted by moss at 00:30, 6/11/2006, in reply to message #82440 |
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I say write about Lexx. I've started work on it. Hurrah!
You're supposed to be working on other, secret, things
I do this all the time. I'm supposed to be writing a <cite>Beat The Geek</cite> review, but I started an NTS article instead |
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John Hoare |
Message #82460, posted by moss at 00:31, 6/11/2006, in reply to message #82456 |
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...I've stopped writing.
Mainly because I'm not sure what I'm writing is what I wanted I do this all the time too
Just carry on, and then do a redraft if neccessary. I always find it helpful at first to just let the words tumble out, and *then* decide what to do with them. It's only then that you can decide whether what you've ended up writing is better than what you intended to write or not. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #82464, posted by Phlamethrower at 00:50, 6/11/2006, in reply to message #82460 |
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But if I keep writing at my current level, the finished thing could easily be 10,000 words
When reallly what I'm after is 1,000 words that have the effect of saying "Watch LEXX" 500 times. |
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