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Yup... that's a common occurence with me as well. Glad to know you solved your problem.

Mind providing some links to pages that Opera doesn't render properly? As for Avant Browser, it's still based on IE, so it means that any vulnerability in IE is still a problem for you. At least the Maxthon developers work on patching some of the security holes of IE.

I have to agree with this. The concept of proper memory management is completely lost to Java students, while one of the first things you learn about with C++ is pointers and dynamic memory (those **** seg faults and bus errors... ). Also in Java, the ability to pass by reference is completely lost... something that is very useful in programming. I know a friend of mine had written a program in C that she ultimately had to convert to Java... it went from a nice clean bunch of code to a clunky ugly comglomerate of classes that contained 2 data members and one method...

Opera is my personal favorite. A really great trick is that you can "trick" some sites that don't work properly in Opera (because of poorly written browser checks) to send it their Mozilla code. This is one way of getting around the Hotmail "Junk E-mail" problem. By editing the ua.ini file, you can tell the hotmail site to send you the IE version of the site, and everything will render perfectly. I'm wondering if there's a simliar function in FF... Also... the speed of Opera is just unbeatable...Everything just renders so fast!

I've been using a little addon for extra adblocking ability. http://nontroppo.org/wiki/OperaAdblock It's small and fast and does the trick quite well. The C++ version is probably your best bet (C++ > Python, anything...). As for Java, the JRE is all you need. As long as you got the Opera installer that didn't exclude Java, you should be fine.

Hrm... I need to work on getting a third computer to use as a Linux test box... I've always wanted to get one going, I've just never had the hardware... Looks really good though! That wall is a classic!

You can find themes that use the native theme service built into XP. Look for "Visual Styles" and a UXTheme.dll patch for more info. And yes, you do have to pay for WindowBlinds, but it's just like any other software that you purchase...

You're probably going to get better answers to this in the Unattended section of the forum. We just like to show off our stuff here...

@Nanaki: Ah... that would probably do it. My friend was probably running the stock Safari - not updated.

If you've got the settings in VMWare properly configured, all the rest of it should be done for you. VMWare automatically sets up two new network adaptors on your computer for the purpose of connecting your virtual computer to your physical network. I've found that Bridging is the easiest connection to use, since there's no work to be done on your part at all.

Wow... that's pretty... Happy Father's Day indeed!

Looks pretty good so far. The only thing about the site itself is that the Service and TOS pages won't load. I'm not sure if that's a temporary thing, or a WIP, but something that should probably be taken care of. Otherwise, good job! EDITJust wondering... how long with the images be hosted for? Automatic deletion after 1 month or so?

5400K is meant to simulate the light emitted by a standard incandecent (I can't spell...) light bulb, while 9300K represents the light from the sun (since the surface of the sun is ~9300K). 9300K is a much "whiter" white, while, 5400K tends to be a bit more yellow. If you want to understand a bit more on how this works, read up on Blackbody radiation and emission. As things get hotter, they emit more light at higher frequencies (lower wavelengths = bluer -> purple). That's why a relatively "cool" electric stove element looks red - it's not hot enough to emit the shorter wavelengths, which would mix to give you white light.

Are you using a firewall with browser masking? I remember having this problem with Sygate. Windows Update needs to know that you're using IE and a Windows-based machine.

I think it's because of the shutdown event tracker. Some of the switches there need the "-" key.

Yeah, there are other ways of doing this with more expensive devices (like PDA/Cellphone) but if you're using a standard MP3 or CD player then this is the way to go... I've had these for 3 days now and they're absolutely fantastic... worth every penny.

Well, if you get decent reception in your backyard, then go for it. It's the easier way of doing things, and you don't have to worry about copying files n such... you can just use the sharing part of iTunes (I forget what it's called) on your Mac.

Wow... that's crazy powerful... it's like a built in C interpreter...

Safari does? My friend just rendered it on his computer and it came out looking like garbage...everything red and errors in the face...I'd like to see a screenshot... Here's what it looks like in Opera 8.01:

Hey Bold, I'm not sure if this helps at all, but I found a command for removing the WMP entries in the context menus. regsvr32 /u wmpshell.dll This will completely remove all WMP related entries in the context menus. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the info. Looks very promising...

Link? I'd like to try it out. Or do you have to sign up as an official beta tester?

If you've got a 802.11g wireless network, then go for the second option. You'll have plenty of bandwidth to handle the music. 802.11b will do the trick, but if there's any other traffic on the network you may get problems. So... in short: 802.11b - Option 1 802.11g - Option 2 Cheers!

Check under the Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel.

Lingon Berries... only the real kind from Sweden... SO GOOD!!! Not that modified version of the cranberry that they try to pass for Lingon here in North America... that's just crap.