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Domino, ever tried to cruise down the highway with some bach blasting through the speakers? If so, then I really wish I had seen it since that sounds pretty freaking hillarious Ahahahaha ... I can just picture ... Domino pulls around the corner in a dropped chevy impala with bling bling gold rims and big fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror with Mozart's Magic Flute crancked up aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahaahaha a

... and I'm the prince of England. hip hop cheeery'o old chap

How many friends do you have? 100? 200? 300? Let's say you have 1000 friend and you copy from them. The music industry probably wouldn't give a rats ass. But once you start having 24 million "friends" all passing around songs with the group continuing to grow every day, that's when things get VERY messy. So the simple answer to your question is the sheer scale of it. ... and I'm the prince of England. hip hop cheeery'o old chap

How is it illegal for them to know? If you are sharing the files on your HD publicly (like on Kazaa or something) then you are sharing your files and finding out what you have as trivial. Now the legal question is ... is it illegal to share the songs on kazaa if you own the CD? Isn't copying illegal? What I am trying to say is that it seems to me, technically, the people who download are breaking the law ... not the ones that share. But I'm not a lawyer so what do I know. Of course I doubt that guy owned the songs he was sharing anyway.

What if they charge $1 for every download? Then the kid could be REALLY in trouble!

This may be some interesting reading: http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0...3484600,00.html They are going after the people who share. They also seem to be targetting college students who have large bandwidths. UCLA just recently sent out a warning memo to all students about this. It's really nothing to be worried about ... just be aware.

I personally really liked the term "googling" ... if it means what I think it means, then I think it's a great word!

In order to pollute, they should run first With those cars, I don't think you have much to worry about

http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/hf/har_dali.jpg At first I didn't think much of it .... but then, I noticed something VERY odd in this picture.

Wow Mos .... very interesting ... is that for you?

The Los Angeles metro area is unfreaking believably huge ... you can kinda get the feeling when you fly into LAX and as far as the eye can see in any direction is buildings and stuff. But you don't get a true feeling of the sheer scale of the place unless you drive around for a couple of hours and you are still basically in one small corner of "so cal". I just cannot comprehend the scale of this place. So many houses, buildings, and people crammed in such a vast place!

Win 2000 pro should be rock solid. If you are having problems, it's probably not win 2000's fault. In any case, if you are thinking about reinstalling the OS, then that will cure most software problems. If your crashes are not hardware related, then reinstalling will help. Win XP should work on that PC although it's hard to say without knowing any specs. If the system had no problem with win 2K, then xp most likely will not be a problem and you should install it. After you install a new OS (2K or XP), make sure you do all the updates in "Windows Update". That will fix a lot of your problems. I guess it goes without saying that you should backup ALL documents, pictures, mp3s, etc (stuff that you want to preserve) before doing any major changes (i.e. reinstalling) to your PC.

Actually, I'm dying to try out that beer-cheese soup they have there

Thanks to all Azat + Mos + Mher ... Happpy b-day. So who's going to buy me this thing? ... only about 1 day left

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Which takes us back to the post that started this whole thread! There you have it: An "unverj badmutiun"

Now only if I could remember that.

Azat, I found a nice car for you on ebay HERE. They really need freaking 4 steering stabalizers??? hahahahahahaah .... I like the look but I hate those tires.

To clarify, I think putting PCs together is a great thing to do! So I wasn't trying to knock down Domino's suggestion. However, I have realized that it's not the way to go for most people. If you only want to do it to save money, it's not a good idea. If you enjoy it as a hobby and like to tinker with things, mess around with all the little details, and really get into the guts of your machine, then it's the way to go. Now for someone like Domino who has done is many many times, it's almost a "fun" process. But much like anything else, there is a big learning curve associated with your first few times which may make it a frustrating (and sometimes expensive) procedure to put together a functional PC. Here's my thoughts on buying name-brand PCs ... if you shop around and get an idea of the normal price range for the PC you want (with almost the same specs), then it's a no brainer. PCs, especially things like Dell, HP, etc have very little profit margins on them so any new thing you buy will be a good deal ... especially if you are not buying the top top top of the line. Usually the top of the line stuff is what they can afford to charge a bit extra for. The rest, they are just trying to move out of their warehouses since as you know, computers are HORRIBLE things to have sitting somewhere.. their value drops VERY quickly.

Wow that must be record time! It takes me at least 7-8 hours to put one together. It takes about 1-2 hours just to install the OS. Then assuming you have updated the BIOS on all flashable components, you still need to go find and download all the latest drivers which could take another hour easily. This is 7-8 hours assuming everything works and you don't have any conflicts. I would allow at least ONE full day to assemble a PC from parts (including time needed to stress test).

Sasun, the first one comes with an NEC monitor which is a very respectable brand. The second one, labeled "dell", could be anything ... I think they make some of their own stuff. From what I have read on the web, it's a decent LCD monitor so it shouldn't be a problem either way you go. The Dell one is about $100 less than the NEC one if you were to buy them separately. About the speakers, Altec Lansing makes AWESOME speakers. However, I would go for a 5.1 system (with the 5.1 decoder) as opposed to the 4.1 that comes with that second PC. 5.1 will be MUCH better if you plan to watch DVDs on it. Otherwise, just get a cheaper pair of speakers (2.1) ... the 4.1 will be good if you play a lot of games. In the end, it's a tossup between the first and second among those three. McFarti, do you want me to start listing all the parts and components I have messed with?

Among those, I'd go for the first, unless that $150 is going to make/break you. For that extra $150 you get a DVD burner and a better monitor. Just keep in mind that you may have to get a DVI cable to connect the LCD to the computer for best quality ... they may just give you an analog VGA cable which will not give you the best image quality. Otherwise, the first and the second are awesome machines. I don't think it's worth building it piece by piece ... too much hastle ... unless you WANT to do it.

Pardon my ignorance but who was he?

Yah it's trivial ... especially in windows. Just press print-screen and paste into your favorite image editing program. That's what I do all the time ... it's faster than saving the file anyway. You cannot protect ANYTHING that the user will get to see, hear, experience. Anything that our senses experience can be "recorded" (since obviously we cannot experience protected/encrypted crap). You can make it "difficult" for the average user but only annoy the more advanced ones.