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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 3838 Location: Here Abouts
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This is the only night of the week I'm likely to be up after midnight, finishing an episode of Darkness Radio, then bed for snuggles and (hopefully) a good nights sleep.
Hear that Hammys? Quiet!!
_________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:27 pm |
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bally199
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:52 pm Posts: 1036 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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I'm here. Installing XP onto a laptop with a 266mhz Pentium 2, 128mb of ram and an incredible 8mb of vRAM.  Having said that, can't be any worse than the current Netbook range. 
_________________ Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:34 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Well done! Didn't know they did them on a Saturday. I'm been drinking a lot of Fentimans's lemonade recently with the hot weather and very nice it is too. Bolton are always on last on Match of the Day, so it's rare on a Saturday during the season fro me to get an early night  .
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:53 pm |
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mars-bar-man
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:00 pm Posts: 940 Location: Pompy
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Still here, still filling this application form out, really tiring me out. But it's the job I really want, so I'll persevere.
_________________Just your friendly neighbourhood mars-bar-man.flickr
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:56 pm |
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bally199
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:52 pm Posts: 1036 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Bah.# This Dell laptop must have some sorta variable speed CDROM, as it's always spinning up, spinning down when it's in use. Either the drives on its way out, or the stupid BIOS is doing it. To say its got such lowly specs, the laptop itself is actually quite fast! Loads up really quickly, browses the Internets fine.  Just a shame it's a FAMILY laptop. This would do for me until I can get a nice shiny new one. 
_________________ Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:18 am |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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I've just got off the phone from my girlfriend...She went to bed early and woke up about an hour and decided to text me, I called her and it would appear that an hour on the phone from an Orange PAYG phone to an O2 costs around £10, exactly what I topped up with just two days ago  I'm not complaining, it's the best talk we've had in a good while, I've not seen her for a month and won't see her again for another two weeks, she's swamped with essays and an exhibition to put together for her final year of uni plus she's been working a shed load during the Easter to get money to help fund her last semester as the uni wouldn't help her out (yet they will help people who get £9,000 a year and spend their money willy nilly  ). I don't really feel tired now...Which doesn't bode well, wondering whether it's worth not sleeping...Just staying up until tomorrow night...A few more episodes of Scrubs me thinks...And maybe some rum... Cheers for being here guys.
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 am |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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My mobile phone will have better performance than that laptop. I'm not joking either 
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:41 am |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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It's probably an old 8x drive. They were CLV rather than CAV. Faster drives spin at a constant angular velocity which means they're say 50x at the edge, but only 20x when reading from the middle. 8x or slower drives actually span the disk faster when you read from the middle, so the linear velocity remains constant. That's because they're based on the 1x CD you get music on. If you spin a disk too fast, it can shatter. It's all fun and games until someone looses an eye  I'm bed going to Zzzz.
_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:43 am |
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am Posts: 1751 Location: Marbella Spain
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Morning all beer and choccies and trying to fix the keyboard on an old dell lappy ,later's 
_________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming... Damn, What a ride!!
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:18 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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Yeah they're even last on MOTD 2 when the run through just the goals, did you see how they blatantly refused to discuss our obvious penalty claim as well, if it had been Arsenal they'd have shown it fifty times. My driving test was on friday, it was only 1am when i posted :p ***Yo ADMINS, the naughty word filter is stopping me saying a popular north-london football clubs beginning with A, is the admin a spurs fan? :p *****
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:40 pm |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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It's 3am, I've got work in six hours...I'm not tired 
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:02 am |
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MaverickWill
Has a life
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:27 pm Posts: 4
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Corrected. 
_________________ Compulsive buyer - if I can find a cheap 4870x2 before DX11 cards come out, I'll take it - get in touch if this could be your old (OLD? Wha?) 4870x2!
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:35 am |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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Got to wake up at 7am tomorrow  so, nn all 
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Sat May 02, 2009 12:14 am |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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G'night Chris
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Sat May 02, 2009 12:17 am |
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am Posts: 1751 Location: Marbella Spain
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Morning all,anyone up , 
_________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming... Damn, What a ride!!
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