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Post: 22129793_1 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:18 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:18 am
Post: 22129793_2 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:27 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:27 am
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I want to test your skills as computer people! Here's a random challenge!
This covers a large range of topics. Mainly topics like "Try to figure this out! I already know how, I just want to see if you do". Chances are, if you know, we know and we've seen it many times before. If you want to discuss how it works or what not, that's fine. Just use common sense please. |
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Post: 22129793_3 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:29 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:29 am
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I'll help you with your computer problems for gold!
Don't. It's against the C&T rules here. These are also commonly referred to as "guru" threads. |
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Post: 22129793_4 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:32 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:32 am
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Post: 22129793_5 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:38 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:38 am
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Post: 22129793_6 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:42 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:42 am
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This VS. That, which is better?
The only person who can make that decision is you. "Better" is subjective, and it's a personal preference. Nothing has been proven from these topics, besides ignorance of the highest order. Not all topics with "versus" or "VS" in the thread title are frowned upon, but those that are covered in this sticky, are. No Windows version X VS. Windows version Y. No OS A VS. OS B threads. Just don't. |
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Post: 22129793_7 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:49 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:49 am
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What peer-to-peer application do you use?
There are a number of peer-to-peer applications that are popular. The most notable are Bittorrent, Limewire, Gtk-Gnutella and giFT. Other ways some people prefer to get files is the old-fashioned way: via IRC, newsgroups/usenet or private ftp archives. |
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Post: 22129793_8 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:54 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:54 am
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Post: 22129793_9 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:11 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:11 am
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What about some useful software?
Gif animation software 1.) Microsoft GIF Animator - crappy, but free. 2.) Ulead GIF Animator - $49/15 day trial. 3.) CoffeeCup GIF Animator - $34/15 day trial 4.) Unfreez - Combines many gif into a single animated gif. 5.) Macromedia Flash - $499/30 Day Trial 6.) List of other possible software from about.com. Graphics programs 1.) MSPaint (Start -> Run -> mspaint) 2.) Pixia 3.) The GIMP 4.) OpenCanvas - $72 (Prices vary upon version) 5.) Paint Shop Pro - $129/Free Trial 6.) Fireworks MX - $300/30 Day Trial 7.) Adobe Photoshop - $599 8.) Adobe PhotoShop - Student Discounts Virus Scanners 1.) Panda Scan - Online scan 2.) McAfee Freescan - Online scan 3.) Trend Micro's Housecall - Online scan 4.) AVG AntiVirus Suite 5.) AntiVir Personal Edition suite 6.) Avast! - Free for home users. 7.) Norton AntiVirus - $50/15 Day Trial Spyware Scanners 1.) Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 2.) Spybot: Search and Destroy 3.) CW:Shredder. - Just for CoolWebSearch 4.) Various one shot spyware detectors. 5.) HijackThis!. HijackThis! is a last resort tool for removing spyware. This is quite dangrous and should only be used by experienced users and by people being helped by experienced users. It is useful, however, when asking for help here to remove pesky spyware, as you can assist others in helping you remove it by posting up Hijack This! logs. 6.) Microsoft Anti-Spyware BETA - This is for use with only legal copys of Windows XP. HTML Editors 1.) Macromedia Dreamweaver - $399/30 Day Trial 2.) Microsoft Frontpage - WYSIWYG editor 3.) CoffeeCup - $49/30 Day Trial 4.) Arachnophilia 5.) TextPad 6.) Crimson Editor 7.) VIM 8.) Bluefish - Linux only 9.) Other simple text editors include edit.com, notepad, wordpad, Emacs and pico. IRC Clients 1.) BersIRC 2.) BitchX - Not for Windows 3.) HydraIRC 4.) mIRC - $20/30 Day Trial 5.) TinyIRC Free - Pro version is $19.99 6.) xChat Media Players 1.) Winamp - Pro Player is $14.95 2.) iTunes 3.) Foobar2000 - Multiplatform media player. 4.) VLC - The VideoLan Media Player - Multiplatform media player. 5.) Media Player Classic Firewalls 1.) Kerio Personal Firewall 2.) Sygate Personal Firewall 3.) Outpost Firewall 4.) Zone Alarm And a general freeware list. |
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Post: 22129793_10 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:19 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:19 am
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How do I uncompress this file?
We've seen quite a few questions about rar files and how do you use/open them. Rar is a compressed archive of files, similar to that of zip files. You will commonly see these file extentions: rar, cab, arj, lzh, tar, gz, tar.gz, bz2, tar.bz2, ace, uue, jar (Java Archive), zip, 7z, z. Try looking up the file extension at filext.com as they will normally list what kind of file it is, and what software is commonly used to open them with. Common compress/uncompression utilities are: WinRar, 7-zip and WinAce. |
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Post: 22129793_11 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:33 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:33 am
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What's your dream machine? Here's mine!
What is your dream machine? This is my dream machine! What are your computer specs? Here are my specs? There's already a thread for this. Take a look here. |
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Post: 22129793_12 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:37 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:37 am
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What kind of computer/item should I get?
Most opinions come from Tom`s hardware guide, so check there first. Then google it. |
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Post: 22129793_13 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:39 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:39 am
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Should I build, buy or upgrade?
Building or Upgrading is almost always cheaper, provided your time is worthless. If you have no time, buying is a good choice. |
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Post: 22129793_14 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:42 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:42 am
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What's better, ATI or nVidia?
Both ATi and nVidia are offering comparable features and performance at the same price with their video cards. However, nVidia currently has the higher feature set out of the two. Please note, this changes constantly, as both companies are trying to beat the other. It's an arms race. |
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Post: 22129793_15 created on Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:46 amPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:46 am
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What's better, Intel or AMD?
The single core AMD chips excel at gaming functions, while the single core Intel chips are better at multimedia creation or multitasking. The dual core Intel's are better overall compared to the AMD's dual cores, but this has changed constantly over the last year. |
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