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Astrotoy7

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Posted in: Saddam's Execution
  Astrotoy7
12-30-2006, 8:51 AM
#31
Saddam's capture and trial were important and necessary. His execution, not. He is another martyr now. Islamic and other radical groups around the world will only use him as an example of the woes of American Imperialism. This is bad, and in no ways...  [Read More]
Posted in: Open Source PS3?
  Astrotoy7
12-30-2006, 5:37 AM
#14
Zalabaar and vaderrocksf - please dont use the forums for chat. 3. Spamming Spamming is strictly prohibited. Your post needs to contribute to the discussion or the topic. 3.1 Spam details Do not post messages that are irrelevant to the topic. Th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Open Source PS3?
  Astrotoy7
12-29-2006, 10:37 PM
#6
...But really, saying nasty things about the Ps3 and the Xbox360 isn't going to make the console wars go away. :rolleyes: Indeed. As long as people are paying money for consoles they will never go away. The console wars start at the manufacturers t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Open Source PS3?
  Astrotoy7
12-29-2006, 1:23 AM
#4
PS3 couldn't overcome Xbox 360 even though they tried! hahahah keep your childish fanboy wars rubbish to yourself. This is a forum for tech discussion. As for 'overcome' - you really should be more clear. A ps3 is technically far superior to a 360....  [Read More]
Posted in: Transferring bookmarks from Firefox
  Astrotoy7
12-05-2006, 9:11 PM
#2
lolz...I just did this last night for my gf.... On the compy that contains all the bookmarks you want - Go to: >Program Files> Mozilla Firefox > defaults > profile. You should see a html file in there calld bookmarks(there may be sever...  [Read More]
Posted in: Noobish WinRAR Question
  Astrotoy7
12-05-2006, 10:16 PM
#13
I'd LOVE to get me some broadband. Unfortunately, it's just not available where I live (yet). There's no cable. There isn't even any DSL access. This may change in the near future, however. I've even looked into satellite broadband, but it's outrageo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Noobish WinRAR Question
  Astrotoy7
12-05-2006, 3:58 AM
#11
... And yes, I feel really stupid.:rolleyes: you've just learnt(and problem solved) something new about an aspect of very commonly use software. Thats hardly stupidity ! what you gotta do is get yourself some broadband...surely there are some cheap...  [Read More]
Posted in: Noobish WinRAR Question
  Astrotoy7
12-04-2006, 6:25 AM
#9
so it was an .rxx file or not ?? The way you described it, it seemed to be an set of .rar files - which cant be extracted all simultaneously into separated directories. Like chase said, a .rar file can be amongst a set of .rxx files but i fits a whol...  [Read More]
Posted in: Noobish WinRAR Question
  Astrotoy7
12-04-2006, 2:09 AM
#6
Cmon Q !! if a file is already in .rar format, its contents are ready to go, not split like a .rxx. The contents are split and meant to be manually reassembled by YOU, not winrar ;) I believe the file spilt is meant to be handled this way(rather tha...  [Read More]
Posted in: Africa : A Digital Dump ??
  Astrotoy7
12-03-2006, 5:29 AM
#1
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/10/24/business/24junk.xlarge1.jpg Ever wondered what happened to your old PC from 5 years ago... I read an interesting NY Times report titled "The Digital Dump: Exporting Reuse and Abuse to Africa."...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help Old Uncle Astro: Intel Machine Wont Start
  Astrotoy7
12-03-2006, 3:30 AM
#8
Intel's mistake was that they stuck with Netburst (P4) as long as they did. They should have moved on sooner rather than continue to try to improve an architecture that was clearly a dead end. The fact that AMD is releasing K8L ASAP shows that they'r...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help Old Uncle Astro: Intel Machine Wont Start
  Astrotoy7
12-03-2006, 12:41 AM
#6
haha. case closed. A friend of mine had an almost identical, derelict but still functional s478 mboard/cpu... Tried his cpu in his mb and my PSU(Control) >> ALL GOOD Tried my cpu in his mb >> no good Tried his cpu in my mb >> no go...  [Read More]
Posted in: Help Old Uncle Astro: Intel Machine Wont Start
  Astrotoy7
12-02-2006, 9:28 PM
#5
Your sure thats celcius and not fahrenheit, because 102 fahrenheit would be about 39 celcius. I just have trouble believing that the cpu is running at 102 celcius. I mean the cmos should automatically shut the system down at 80 celcius, unless that f...  [Read More]
Posted in: DX10 is here!!! (sort of)
  Astrotoy7
12-06-2006, 6:11 AM
#17
Hmm...2)through the comparison MAYBE try to dissuade anyone from purchasing a high-end DX9 card this close to Vista's launch. MAYBE.;) Most gamers I know are hardware focussed(I being one of them) Most are more excited about quad core atm rather tha...  [Read More]
Posted in: DX10 is here!!! (sort of)
  Astrotoy7
12-05-2006, 10:16 PM
#15
Cmon stinger ! Not again :( I think Toms should stop churning out these irrelevant benchies...they must have simply too much time on their hands. A Monkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey) could have told you the revelation that "8800 Needs...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-10-2006, 6:27 AM
#331
lolz...I hope others are getting benefit out of this, othewise it a chatski between me and the very knowledgable stoffe... though as we are both 1337 Level 20 mods and have cast a Death Ward, we may be able to continue - since this is a relevant thre...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-09-2006, 9:03 PM
#329
interesting info :) Thanks ! I think I'll go with the church :) I havent noticed the drow vendor - the only enclosure I came across had Luskan prisoners in it. I guess there must be another one :) I dont think the keep would be too upset, after all...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-09-2006, 6:52 PM
#327
Thank you again stoffe :) Yes, all the vendors from everywhere are unavailable. I might have to sell some of my 1337 stuff if that is the best way to generate cash to open the shop in the keep :) If I opened a monastery, do they sell things like the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-09-2006, 1:15 PM
#325
Thanks Stoffe :) LoH is the only one Im having luck against, probably since my character is also a in melee fighter and can duke it out with her (ive done 2 out of the 3 trials) The wizard lizard is still kicking my a$$ but I have gotten to the but...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-09-2006, 9:02 AM
#323
Riddle me this NWNers: Has anyone noticed that as of Act III, you encounter Melee Battles that are VERY damn hard, a siginificant jump. I have a reasonably strong character at lvl 16 Ranger/Paladin/Cleric/NWN Nine, who has had no huge trouble dispat...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-07-2006, 12:26 AM
#320
@stoffe - thanks for the mini tutorial. Have CnPasted - may give it a try when I get up to doing a campaign as wizard - still havent finished first OC with Drow Male(lawful good), then have to do drow female(chaotic evil) so wont be a while yet ! mt...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-06-2006, 4:14 AM
#316
Hey! I love the Muppets! Do not disrespect the Muppets!!! lolz...calling someone a "muppet" is intended to disrespect them, not the muppets!! It's an England/UK phrase that has caught on here in Oz to a degree. (But I think when we say i...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-05-2006, 11:52 PM
#314
...and the satisfaction of knowing that you're a sucker lolz... nope. its easy to get you rhands on things without paying for them these days. NWN was available here before official Oz release date and was doing the rounds at LANs I float around at....  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-05-2006, 3:23 AM
#311
.... Good thing I don't suffer from epilepsy or I'd have gotten a seizure from that for sure. I suppose it's bearable as long as it only happens at the load screens, even if it's annoying.... Bugger. I do have epilepsy.... thanks for the heads up !...  [Read More]
Posted in: Neverwinter Nights 2 (May Contain Spoilers!! - Please Use Tags)
  Astrotoy7
12-03-2006, 8:32 AM
#296
I read at there official forum that you can mod those feat's in to the normal game, so the Limited Edition feels a little useless if thats true but you dont get the pretty rings and map !! mtfbwya...  [Read More]
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