Shotgun LAN

I forgot I even had an account here! I actually even remembered my password! But I do miss trying to blow up half of Aldershot.

Hi Guys I was fixing this guy's PC last week (removing AOL - harder than you might think!) ..... anyway, turns out he is starting up a shopping cart based web site selling IT books. He showed me a number of sample titles, some from the Dummies guide series (OK, I know, but there's still a market!), ...

Anyone got an old ASUS P5A motherboard they could bring to this weekend's Lan? Nightmare's BIOS is dead and I may be able to get it going again... if I can borrow a working BIOS. Luckily these old boards still have a 32 pin EEPROM that can be easily removed/replaced.

Thanks

If the phono to scart adapter hasn't got X-Box written on the side, then it IS probably mine. I'll message you privately with the home address.

If you have allowed an "unknown" person to have access to your entire network by simply throwing a CAT5 cable over the wall to his house, then you will have broken the first law of networks. Rule 1. Trust no one until they have been vetted as to what they want to do and what they want acce...

LazyManc wrote:Is it just me or is Sparks sounding more and more like James Bond with every post?

Damn. You've obviously seen the kit installed in my motor!

Too late to get the number plates changed or a respray. Have to get another one. What a shame.

PeteTheHair: FYI, cordless phones are also a no-no. I But only if they are the 2.4GHz ones. Most (legal) cordless phones are either 1.6MHz/49Mhz or 31/46MHz or Dect (1.8GHz). The 2.4GHz are just coming in now and proving quite popular due to their price. Until someone cooks their pizza whilst talki...

i was wondering what the components for wireless nt are, i see cards and stuff but basically it confuses the hell out of me. Firstly - What exactly IS a wireless "nt" ? What on earth do you mean? But instead of being completely unhelpful, let's try something novel in a forum! Think of it ...

Seahorse wrote:Surely he can't be a dyslexic programmer...

Now this time you HAVE completely lost me.

p.s. why did some evil person come up with a word that no dyslexic person could ever spell right anyway!? And, why is "abbreviated" such a long word? Answers on a £20 note to me asap please.

The problem with compression league tables is that there are too many "what if's". If you define the source file as containing a large string of pseudo-random binary data, the compressors will all have a very hard time making much of it. I.e. it will become difficult to find any one algori...

Some games based on the CS engine have been seen using fragmented packets with incorrect Checksums. Some ADSL routers when performing the NAT process then see these broken packets and when patching the packets with the internal network IP header info, also think they need to recalculate the checksum...

mpeg itself is already a very lossy algorithm that uses some real cute tricks to throw data away that the human eye+brain won't notice is missing. If you watch a live Digital data stream, as seen via Sky or DTT (as was OnDigital now BBC et al) wait for some video that involves panning or sideways mo...