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good point.. you need a fairly quick system to run Symantec software.. you might want to try a different package (firewall/anti virus) this could take care of the problem

What service are you playing on?? Xbox live or xbconnect?? if you are on live try xbconnect.. It does help with load.... With the live stuff it is connecting to servers then back to the xbox.. with xbconnect.. you are connecting directly to the other xboxes..

I think it is just to say that you have done it.. Otherwise what would the point be? It is fun to experiment..

that could be but my guess is that you are downloading a smaller file on the other sites.. which means that you getting the burst speed instead of a stable speed test..

metaplayer 10 is out.. I have it and it is worth the download.. it looks a hell of a lot better than MP9 here is a link.. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx I could almost bet that they are having graphics issues with the intergration...

yeah pretty much.. it is sad but true... the just think they know what we want.. but in reality we want an os that is stable, not full of holes, and user friendly... Windows XP does only one of these... It is kinda user friendly... It is full of holes and if you install SP2 and then right click on my machine the system crashes... Yippe!

I think he is talking about the Xbox version.. but that is true...

cause this site is accurate.. and tests with a 2mb file instead of a 100k file..

shit.. did they have the standard 6 grand audio system?? How good it the rest of the issue.. I was going to scan it and then make it available for people here to look at..

It would only be able to support 1 user at a time.. I have tired putting dial up over my wireless... It was slow as hell and not worth the time..

it might not be you... it could be the lag on the other end..

It is that time again.. Maximum pc had put out its annual Dream Machine issue. I dont have it yet but they have posted some pretty sweet pics... Might have to go out and buy it.. Take a look http://www.maximumpc.com/features/feature_2004-08-24.html

I dont know if you have been following the developments in Longhorn in the past weeks since SP2 has come out but there have been huge cutbacks.. Here are some of them: 1) Release Date The release date was set for early 2007 for the consumer. This has been moved to mid 2006 for wide availability. This is possible because of the other cuts Microsoft +10 pts. 2) New File system Longhorn was to ship with WinFS, the new file system that provides more secuity and data protection. However since Microsoft decided that they need to rush SP2 they moved people to that project and off of this one. What does this mean? The BETA version will have WinFS but the retail version will not ship with it.. Personally that is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard. This new file system will be out in 2007ish. I have no idea if you will be able to get your hands on this or not. Microsoft -20pts. 3) New GUI Since Windows 2000 Microsoft has decided to get away from the Win98 look.. Personally I hate the new schemes they have come up with... There are 2 versions, which depend on what type of graphics you have and the computer. Both of them are not going to be on the ship version. They will be out 2006 for XP and 2007 for Longhorn.... Not what I am looking for but what ever...

Yes your read correctly... There is going to be a wireless router that supports dial up.. Who the hell would want to do this.. I have no idea but here is the rest of the article: Always On Wireless today launched a portable 802.11b router that supports dialup and broadband Internet connections. The pocket-sized [3.15

Hey i am having a problem with this link thing... I have to make a new username and password??? What is up with that? I think I got one to go though but I am not sure.. CA3LE?

That is a good point.. Since Windoes xp is basically the 2000 kernal repackaged with an annoying ass GUI you get the same thing... I would only recommend Linux for a server or someone who has a hell of a lot of time on there hands... Dont expect to be able to do anything for the first week with linux installed... And even at that some of your hardware might not even be supported. As long as we are on this topic here is a good article: San Francisco (CA) - Paul Otellini, Intel's president and COO said in an interview with German press agency dpa that Linux was far from making significant progress in the desktop world. The company does not believe that the open source is able to replace Windows as the most popular desktop OS in the foreseeable time. Otellini considers initiatives to establish the operating system as a serious alternative for Windows on the desktop as "interesting" but feels that a major shift cannot be expected soon. "The Linux projects in Munich or the Lindows PCs offered at Walmart are interesting. However, I do not see a major trend away from Windows," he said. pic8Otellini, who is expected to replace Craig Barrett next year as chief executive officer, said that there are continued opportunities for Linux in the server space instead. As example he mentioned a project with NASA announced Tuesday, which will use 10,240 Itanium II processor to create the most powerful Linux cluster system, reaching an expected performance of about TFlops. According to Otellini, the supercomputer carries significant "symbolic value". Managers of global companies interested in using a using a similar system in their corporate environment would now react with more confidence in the technology. "It is not just about offering the highest performing supercomputer again in America," Otellini said. Source: Tom's Hard news

624 is more than enought to do just about anything... Xbox should be able to run fairly big games depending on what game it is... I think you should be able to run a 16 player halo game with no problems..

right.. i was assuming that it was a home box.. there is no other way other than Linux for servers..

if you want to learn it and spend the time learning it.. otherwise get a copy of xp...

lol got to love that error message.. Spammer!!!

Hey that is some pretty neat stuff!! What else have you done that is really cool?? What do you want to do when you get out of school??

for a home test that would be awesome!! I wish I had a 6mb line into my house... Welcome by the way!

wow you guys are strange...

yeah i know.. it was on tomshardware... they correct it before i could find the link agian..

well I reported a false story.. I was surfing the net and found this article.. Like Democrats, GOP Conventioneers Fail To Lock Down Wireless Newbury Networks' war drive found thousands of unsecured access points around Madison Square Garden, even though the GOP had declared its convention a Wi-Fi free zone. Republicans and Democrats may hold to different ideologies, but they're pretty much the same when it comes to locking down wireless, a Boston-area firm said Thursday. As it did in late July when the Democrats held their convention in Boston, Newbury Networks, a provider of location-based wireless security solutions, conducted a "war drive" around New York's Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican National Convention that wraps up Thursday. Newbury's casual cruise on Aug. 24 found thousands of unsecured wireless access points and adapters and hundreds of vulnerable wireless networks near the Garden. "We found hundreds right smack on top of Madison Square Garden," said Matthew Gray, Newbury's chief technology officer and one of the technicians who did the drive. "One of the biggest differences between the Fleet Center [in Boston] and Madison Square Garden is that the latter has no physical space between it and the street. Right there on the sidewalk in front of the Garden, we found plenty of access points." Although both the Democrats and Republicans declared their conventions Wi-Fi-free zones " the Republicans said it wasn't for security purposes but because of iffy connections in building-dense Manhattan " Gray's take is that unsecured access points present a security threat to wired networks like the one run by the Republicans inside Madison Square Garden. "Someone has a laptop, say a delegate or a media representative, and they plug into the wired network inside the Garden," he said. "Because Microsoft and Intel have done a great job of making wireless easy to use, that laptop aggressively tries to connect to any Wi-Fi network it can. If it's connecting to a hacker's access point, which could easily be deployed near the Garden, as we did ours, that attacker could see any shared folders on the laptop. Worse, there are any number of ways to break into that laptop through various Windows vulnerabilities, and then they're on the wired network as well." To demonstrate this, Newbury operated an unsecured an access point, a so-called "honey pot" " during its drive around the Garden and as its car was parked nearby. On average, a wireless device connected with the access point every 90 seconds. "There are a huge number of obvious targets inside Madison Square Garden during the convention," said Gray. "But in the enterprise environment, hackers would be more likely to go after specific valuable data, such as credit-card records or proprietary information." Newbury's executives debated whether to actually examine the connecting devices for possible shared folders, but decided not to, said Gray. "That's a bit dubious, but we talked about it... after all, they were connecting to our access point." One of the few differences between its cruising of the Democratic and Republican conventions, said Gray, had nothing to do with the two parties, but simply their choices of venues. "Manhattan is a lot more compact, and we found a lot more access points [near the Republican convention]," said Gray. Newbury's New York wardrive counted more than twice the number of overall access points and cards than its Boston cruise, and almost 2-1/2 times the number of devices near the Republicans' convention site compared to the Democrats'. Both wardrives uncovered a trait shared by both cities--about two out of every three access points operate without encryption, a serious failing and an invitation to attack, said Gray. "As the case in Boston, convention planners can't enforce these 'no Wi-Fi' policies," said Gray. "New York, in many respects, is even more vulnerable because of the level of wireless traffic around Madison Square Garden. All the security policies in the world can't stop a wireless intruder from accessing a signal emanating from a Wi-Fi access point." Newbury did the wardrive for more than just kicks, said Gray, who pitched Newbury's WiFi Watchdog product as a way for companies to monitor outside connections, detect where those possibly rogue access points might be available to workers, and actively stop connections from being made. Source:http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=46200817&tid=5978 Very interesting...