Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-03 11:18:00
Well, I've just turned 18 today(3rd of Jan)! How old or rather "young" is everyone else here?
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-03 11:49:00
Post by: Joey on 2001-01-03 13:17:00
Post by: on 2001-01-03 13:54:00
Are you from Malaysia???
I am from Malaysia, and I am in Form 3 too...
really...PMR nightmare. (* n _ n *)
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-03 15:07:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-03 15:29:00
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Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-03 15:36:00
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-03 15:54:00
Post by: jose on 2001-01-03 16:24:00
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-03 16:49:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-03 17:07:00
Im from London in the UK, and im 20 if you must know.
I got into PCs and consoles quite late in my life so thats why im abit older than the average games player :)
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-03 20:42:00
Cos' I'm from Malaysia too!!! HAHAHA!
Post by: ficedula on 2001-01-03 21:10:00
BTW, does anybody else think the clock on this server is wrong? The times all seem an hour out (and no, we aren't on daylight saving where I am at the moment).
Post by: mr on 2001-01-03 21:29:00
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Post by: Reznor007 on 2001-01-03 21:58:00
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Post by: Qhimm on 2001-01-03 22:40:00
And yes, the times are completely screwed up, seems to be GMT-1 instead of GMT as it says.
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-01-03 22:50:00
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-03 23:18:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-04 00:06:00
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-04 01:08:00
Let's add something to the original question: What is the first notable event (something that was on news, for example) that you remember ? And how old were you when it happened ?
For me it's the Three Mile Island meltdown, evacuation to be more specific. I remember seeing it on television. Unfortunately I can't be sure whether it was live or not. It happened on March 28, 1979 (evacuation took place on 30th). So I was 3 (almost 4) years old when that happened, assuming that it really was live broadcast.
Another thing that I remember were the Moscow Olympics on '80. And that is something that I remember watching live with absolute certainty.
Hmmm, this certainly is 'stuff that doesn't quite fit in elsewhere'. :D
Post by: Qhimm on 2001-01-04 01:35:00
Post by: jose on 2001-01-04 02:24:00
Post by: ficedula on 2001-01-04 02:41:00
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-04 06:51:00
Check the timeline at http://www.inthe80s.com/timeline.shtml .
EDIT: Removed stupid comment.
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Post by: leej32 on 2001-01-04 08:20:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-04 09:29:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-04 10:50:00
Well, I've had four pc's throughtout my PC life. My first was am XT with those 3 colour displays. At that time, it was wow, 3 colours. It's one on those PC's you have to boot with a boot disc and with 640k of RAM. Then, came my 486SX PC. It had a 1X CD Drive. Now that was power. Next came my Intel 166Mhz Processor with the all powerful S3 Virge Video Card. Hehe, I played FF7PC on it in software mode! 2nd time playing FF7PC, i used a AMD 300Mhz processor with an Nvidia TNT video card. Of late, im using my new 1000 Ghz Athlon with the same TNT video card. Intending to get a geforce later though!
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-04 10:51:00
1000 Ghz, I WISH!!!
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-04 15:50:00
The last thing I remember was on the news was yesterday. They were talking about the milenium dome.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-04 16:00:00
Post by: jose on 2001-01-04 17:11:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-04 20:48:00
My birthday is on Pearl Harbor Day. That's enough for me. (Who cares that I was born almost 40+ years after it actually happened.)
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-04 20:52:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-04 21:05:00
I'd do the same with my one and only PC (P166), except it's a laptop/notebook. :wink: Don't even know how to open the thing.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-05 01:32:00
Ah well :)
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-05 07:48:00
Spectravideo SVI-728 MSX
Lots of cool games by Konami. Very good Basic (if compared to C-64). 3.58 MHz. :)
Commodore Amiga 500
Nice comp, but troubled by massive piracy. No less than 4096 colors, although usage of so-called HAM graphics was very rare. Has some excellent games, like Stunt Car Racer, Dungeon Master etc.
My 1st PC: 386DX@25 MHz. 4 MB's of RAM and 52 MB hard drive with 19 ms seek time (it was really fast). 256 KB SVGA graphics gard. Sound Blaster added later.
2nd PC: AMD 486@120 MHz. 16 MB RAM, 1 GB hard drive, 1 MB S3 Trio 64. Same Sound Blaster. 4X CD-ROM added later.
3rd PC: P200MMX (overclocked to 250), 96 MB RAM, 3.8 GB disk, Hercules Dynamite 128 and later Matrox Millennium 2 + Voodoo. SB 16 and 4X CD-ROM. SCSI CD-ROM and CD-R added later. Used as server nowadays.
4th PC: Celeron 300A@472 (or 495), 128 MB, 18 GB, cheap 8 MB TNT, later GeForce 2 GTS, SB Live!, same SCSI stuff except DVD-drive added.
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-05 08:07:00
Pentium 75 8Mb RaM 1.2 Gig HD 14.4 modem (one of those crappy modem + Sound cards) and 2mb shared video ram...
2nd computer: Custom Built Atx style motherboard Pentium III 450 (now a 550) 64Mb Ram (now 192) 20 GB Hd (7200 RPM) 56k modem. 10/100 Ethernet card. Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 48x Cdrom for a reader, 4x4x32 Acer Cd Writer, 10x4x32 Hp Cd Writer (for DAO) SoundBlaster LIVE! MP3 5.1 um i think thats about it.
3rd computer (bought for mom) 466 mhz Celeron 32mb Ram 10 GB HD 56k.. i am sure shared video but i dont remember how much.. i think thats it for that one too.. i got it through my work.. and i dont personally like E-machines.. but i couldnt turn it down at $125 (Clearence)
Post by: on 2001-01-05 09:58:00
Moreover, my computer is good enough to play FF7 and FF8 :wink: 1GHZ
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-05 15:41:00
Post by: on 2001-01-05 15:58:00
Simple Answer: YES 8)
AGP GeForce 2
256 SDRAM
70 GB
Post by: on 2001-01-06 02:23:00
your computer must be 10x faster than mine....
:D
Post by: Joey on 2001-01-06 02:53:00
Post by: on 2001-01-06 03:40:00
here in Malaysia, for a computer like yours...including your very niceeee 3D card would cost a fortune.... :D
Post by: on 2001-01-06 08:30:00
CuddlesWing & Joey try~ http://www.pricewatch.com
[This message has been edited by Amy (edited January 06, 2001).]
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-06 09:26:00
Anyway, I don't find why FF8PC requires more processing power than FF7PC. I mean their both based on the same system, right?
BTW, Qhimm you still havent told us your age!
Come on, no harm done right?
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-06 12:59:00
Hmm, my computer is nearly the same as Amy:-
256MB RAM
GeForce2 Ultra 64MB
40GB x 2 Maxtor HDD.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-06 15:35:00
I meant like in the world map.
Actually, FF7PC's world map looks better and is not blocky unlike it counterpart FF8PC. The worldmap for FF8PC also runs slower too.
Well, here's what i have now,
256 MB SDRAM
50X Aopen CD Drive
ABIT KT7 Raid Motherboard
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1000Mhz @ 1150Mhz
20.4GB Quantum AS20(7200 rpm)
8.4GB Quantum Fireball ST(5400 rpm)
2.1GB Quantum Bigfoot(5400 rpm)
Asus AGPV3400 TNT (TNT chipset) 16MB SDRAM w tv out
SBLive Value
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-06 21:19:00
Couldn't really do anything about that. Eidos do a better job than EA, so I do think that Square should let them make the future FF games for PC at least.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-06 21:59:00
Edit: Something wasn't clear.
[This message has been edited by Srethron Askvelhtnod (edited January 06, 2001).]
Post by: Qhimm on 2001-01-06 22:06:00
EA and Eidos have nothing to do with the programming, they simply publish the game. FF8 was ported to PC by a team of Square programmers.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-06 22:08:00
Post by: on 2001-01-06 22:20:00
FFVIII Configuration: Performance Option:
Click on!
(No World Map Color Animation) & (No World Map Fog)
By the way I have two hard drives: 20 GB & 50 GB which add up to be 70 GB!
50 GB for Windows ME and Microsoft Programs!
20 GB for PC Games and Etc.
Furthermore, is there anyway I can change FFVII PC FMV's format beside AVI?
[This message has been edited by Amy (edited January 06, 2001).]
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-06 22:33:00
well again, this doesnt quite fit anywhere else.
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-07 11:01:00
if i showed you a picture of the ff8 psx world map and then one of the ff8 world map on the pc, id think youd understand how i feel about this topic :x!
ff8psx's world map leaves the pc version for dust! i mean comeon square! whyd the hell did you 'drop' the quality? and why the heck is it so slow? ever heard of... hmm...
whats that term? the one where you load up only the graphics inthe viewable area? and the non-veiwable area arnt loaded? (like out of your view areas, behind mountains, etc)
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-07 16:01:00
Come on, EIDOS does a good job porting Tomb Raider all the time, why the heck do you think they would make a lousy port
Besides EA and EIDOS both make quite good games in terms of graphic quality and sound quality i mean.
Actually, here's a list of stuff that should be done for the FF's on PC
1.Resolution's of up to 1600x1200 should be supported (i mean it is only a matter of rendering the textures at a higher res)
2.Movies should be in high res (FF8's ones were quite sufficient)
3.The backgrounds should be rendered in at least 640x480 not stretched out from psx format.
4.The world map should be smooth (I mean like FF7 not like the blocky FF8 world map.
5.Audio for background music should be done in soundtrack cd audio style and be independant of the sound card.
6.PC users should be given the choice of unlimited save game space. (save state might be a good idea but it might spoil gameplay)
7.Full install should be allowed, i mean if PC users have lots of hard disk space, let them use it. (actually this allows better flexibility in editting the game)
8.The game should not only be ported exactly (for eg: DirectX has quite good water effects that can be applied rather than using the normal psx's water effects)
9.Text should also be done in high res (like FF7 not like FF8's lousy low res text, even the high res text looks low res)
10.More Squaresoft games should be ported like FFT, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, Legend of Mana. (I mean the PC market has an extremely huge and potential market so it's a good idea to take advantage of it)
[This message has been edited by The SaiNt (edited January 07, 2001).]
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-07 18:18:00
Indeed. FF7's world map looked nicer and ran faster on my P250MMX + Voodoo than FF8's map does on my Celeron with GF2. I wonder what they must have done to slow it down so badly.
The SaiNt:
1. Agreed. Although I could live perfectly happily with 1024x768 there's no real reason to stop there, games like NFS: Porsche Unleashed and Supreme Snowboarding can do resolutions like 2048x1536.
2. Yep. FF8 had perfectly good movies, but if they want to go bit further they could use MPEG-2 with very high bitrates, as DVD does. Note: FF8's videos do have pretty high bitrate already, IIRC.
3. Of course. 640x480 is good enough, especially if they want to save some space.
4. And it should also move smoothly.
5. With mp3's, preferably. I mean that FF8 has enough music to fill 4 CD's... Of course DVD would hold more. But I think that Winamp's CPU usage is somewhere around 2 or 3 percents in P2's, so good mp3 player shouldn't really slow the game down.
6. Actually, I'm happy with the way it is.
7. You can do that with any game, kind of. Just make images of your discs and use DAEMON Tools (or something similar) to load that image as virtual CD-ROM. Won't help with editing, naturally.
8. Naturally. (I'll take your word about using PSX's effects, as I know nothing about that)
9. I can live with the text as it is, I can read it from far, far away. :D
10. I wouldn't mind that at all. But for the PC market... Does anyone know sales figures for FF7 and FF8 PC versions ?
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-07 23:25:00
Jari Huttunen: I have no actual data, but I seem to remember reading that FF7PSX outsold all of Square's previous games on opening day. The same report said that FF7PC went a step further on its opening day by surpassing FF7PSX's opening day sales.
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-08 00:10:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-08 02:17:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-08 02:30:00
i would buy 2 copies of ff9/10/11 if they had all of that in them!
square wont do too much extra in porting the games, maybe when they get to ps2 they might to a better port :)
you know the ff7 and ff8 backdrops werent direct from the psx! ff7 is only alittle more detailed (fire up vgs/bleem to find out) and ff8 is a bit more detailed to (but the filtering sucks)
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-08 16:47:00
Skillster :Anyway i have Bleem ,VGS and Espxe I've tried all of them the quality difference is barely noticable. Sometimes I think Square really undermines the users of the PC market. Maybe it's cause they have enjoyed a monopoly on the PSX for too long a period of time.
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-08 18:54:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-08 20:08:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-08 20:51:00
you're right. the quality of ff7-ff8 dropped. the story was no where near as good,
like it didnt have the twists of ff7. i mean just take a look at the Sephiroth post, it shows that there was an amazing amount of story detail in ff7. ff8's just a load of soceress', knights and monsters. what about ff9? i havent tried it yet.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-08 20:57:00
From reading it, I've drawn the conclusion that FF9 is better than FF8, but gameplay is still lackluster compared to other games in the series. Square definately seems to have its priorities mixed up.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-09 01:11:00
ANd I agree the quilitie of ff games is geting silly. The sucess with FFVII must have gone to there heads.
And once I get a web page editer(dream weaver) Im gonna start makeing a FFIX pc petion site. It will probley be crap though.
Post by: on 2001-01-09 03:09:00
on the PC or PSX2.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-09 03:31:00
Cuddles Wing: Actually, I've heard some distant rumblings (Daily Radar) that Square may shift platforms to either X-Box or Gamecube in the near future.
Post by: NightStar on 2001-01-09 03:45:00
I think everybody is just going to cut their losses, and skip the PC. It'll be much easier!
One thing though - The US and Jap versions of FF9 are supposed to work on ePSXe... In case you are interested!
Post by: Ged on 2001-01-09 09:28:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-01-09 09:35:00
Heard of FF9 being released on PC, what do they say about Bouncer?
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-09 13:01:00
Anyway here's something off-topic though.
How many people here are from the EIDOS forums. I was from there too, just that i used a different username. I used my original name, zhenjock when i was there.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-09 21:18:00
And im gonna use dream weaver for the web page cause it is piss easy. I have heard for a link you just right clik on it and select link or something....
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-10 00:49:00
Sir Canealot: I believe that is a standard feature of a lot of html wizards. For instance, the free Netscape Composer that comes with Netscape. In it, you can either right-click and select "make link", or you can just click the big "Link" button at the top of the screen. (Let me say again that I don't recommend using an html wizard to create your pages. Notepad is better than any I've come across.)
So... what makes Dreamweaver worth $200+ bucks? And is Fireworks any good?
And since everyone seems to want this to go completely off topic... Does anyone know of a program that will convert .bmp to JPEG without distorting the image?
[This message has been edited by Srethron Askvelhtnod (edited January 09, 2001).]
Post by: Ant on 2001-01-10 01:07:00
Who says you need to pay £250 squid or whatever, just d/l / get off a cd a 45 day trial ver. of dreamweaver then get a crack for full version, easy as piss!
goto Here (http://www.crack.ru ) if u r looking for any cracks
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-10 01:14:00
A good program to convert bitmaps to JPEG pics is to use ACDSee. Programs like Adobe Photoshop also can, but usually such programs don't show the effects of the conversion right away. With ACDSee, you can preview what will happens if you convert the bitmaps to jpeg and to take appropriate actions such as decreasing compression etc. before starting the conversion process. And they do batch processing too. Neat program!
Post by: ficedula on 2001-01-10 01:51:00
They are good when you're starting out tho.
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-10 02:03:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-10 02:59:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-10 06:07:00
Post by: Joey on 2001-01-10 07:00:00
The best graphics tool is Paint Shop Pro 5.0 (Haven't tried the latest) as you get to convert a Pic into many different formats and you even get to dertermine the compression ratio.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-10 12:39:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-10 14:27:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-10 19:56:00
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-10 21:01:00
Im gonna get it off a place I know :)
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-10 22:24:00
Post by: ficedula on 2001-01-11 01:33:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-11 11:49:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-01-11 15:20:00
Post by: on 2001-01-11 15:54:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-11 17:56:00
The interface slightly different though, might need a little getting used to.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-11 20:10:00
Cuddleswing: I hope you didn't do that *after* reading the Cuddleswing thread.
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-12 10:23:00
Post by: on 2001-01-13 07:11:00
well, not so...but I do miss my Crazy Poster rank. *no more empty smiles posts* *no more short posts* *must make posts that are not off-topic*
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-13 07:47:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-13 14:19:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-13 22:38:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-14 13:08:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-14 13:26:00
Post by: on 2001-01-14 13:32:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-14 13:32:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-14 17:21:00
(after replying to another post)
oh ive just had an idea. lets change this post onto music. i like rock and punk type stuff, anyone ever heard of incubus? i just figured out how to play buck rogers on the guitar by feeder. i know JediMark has completely different taste to me, what about you lot?
[This message has been edited by eerrrr (edited January 14, 2001).]
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-01-14 19:06:00
This thread had gone way offtopic by the time NightStar joined anyway I think, and I for one stop to visit threads that span multiple pages, they're simply too hard to follow.
I like the small threads that starts, with five ontopic posts, then followed by ten completely offtopic, and then everyone find new threads to contribute to.
So you have my vote for closing this one.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-14 19:06:00
Post by: Ant on 2001-01-14 20:21:00
Yeah, make it big!!!!!! Make it the longest ubb thread in the world
...erm....sorry!!!
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-14 20:45:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-14 23:16:00
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Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-15 16:24:00
Hi! Well, I'll bring this off-topic thread back to it's original purpose,
I am 14 years old, Male, Malaysia. Nice board this is. The webmaster..Qhimm right? Hey, nice stars he has. Why are the stars different on each and everyone? It is some kinda ranking? Oh..
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-15 07:46:00
Post by: Sukaeto on 2001-01-15 08:42:00
. . . This is the exact same thing that happened to the age topic at the Eidos Forum. It went way off topic, and became the most bloated thread in the forum. It ended up being over 1000 posts, spread across five parts before it actually died . . .
. . .BTW: I'll be 18 in two months.
(too bad I joined this discussion late: ther're so many comments I could've made back when the discussion was on system specs . . . Aww, what the heck. My box:
900MHZ AMD Athlon T-bird
A-Bit KT7 Raid Motherboard (Apollo KX133 Chipset)
one 128 Meg PC133 DIMM (although I think the bus speed is only 100MHZ)
Asus AGP V7700 GeForce2 GTS /w 32Megs of DDR RAM
SBLive!
15gig, 7200 RPM, Ultra ATA100 Maxtor HDD)
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-15 14:33:00
anyway, I want to give a hand to the webmaster for his brilliant work on this site! *claps hand loudly*
Come on guys, 3 cheers for Qhimm! *cheers!*
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-15 17:52:00
there you go!
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-15 18:13:00
Since you didn't overclock your processor, I can assume its running at 100Mhz.
Post by: Sukaeto on 2001-01-15 20:05:00
EDIT:
Oh yeah- My box, in all its glory, still cannot run the World map of FF8 at full speed. Damn Squaresoft's bad programmers . . .
[This message has been edited by TiadaghtonDude (edited January 15, 2001).]
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-15 20:49:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-15 21:57:00
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-15 22:04:00
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-15 22:06:00
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-15 22:09:00
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-16 02:42:00
OH...there is a goal set here...
let me bring you guys one step foward to page 4... hey...about overcloaking a PC...I wanted to try that once. But tak jadi..
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-16 02:52:00
celebrate... :P
anyway how about telling us how you got involved with this message board? like how you found it?
i found out when i was at my fav oriental site for FF news (its closed now) and they had a bunch of utilities for ff8, they where hacked for Jap/chinese, so i couldnt read it, i took a look at the about box (damn usefull thing!) and saw some english: By qhimm and there was his url for the web page, so i grabbed all the english stuff and was very happy :D but the site didnt get muh updates so i thought id try the messageboard (i hate those!!) this one was nice, tidy and people spoke GOOD english, so i stayed a while and started answering/asking questions.
Boy that was back in september!! but things have moved on so much since then :D
how about you guys/girls?
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-16 03:45:00
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-16 16:08:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-16 07:09:00
Actually, it was interest in the project gast that got me excited.
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-16 08:46:00
I don't really remember when, or how, I first stumbled onto this site.....I think I found it when I was search for a way to load Soundfonts onto FF8....I think I found http://ffsf.cjb.net/ 's site then linked over to Qhimm's....I believe someone by the name, "Stiletto", from the Eidos forum, told me about the Soundfont site....and the Griever project....
Hmm....I guess I found Qhimm's site because someone put a link up of it in the Eidos Forum....although, I'm pretty sure I knew of this site a few months before that.....Oh hell.....what difference does it make....I can't remember clearly....I must be getting Alzheimer's or something.
The only thing I can remember from back then, was that the Forum was really hard to follow.....it was one of those tree branching type forums. I made a few post/questions and moved on......
And I believe....if memory serves....Qhimm had a thread where.....that told where the name "Qhimm" was derived from.....and I ain't telling
[This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited January 17, 2001).]
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-16 09:08:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-16 09:55:00
If it's based on an Athlon Processor, just go to the http://www.amdmb.com forums.
Check out the overclocking section.
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-16 15:43:00
Ha! I am sooooo embarred to say that mabye I have the slowest PC on earth!
Pentium Pro 200mhz
32 MB EDO ECC RAM
S3 Trio AGP Card (4 MB)
36k Modem
A very COMMON RAM Booster (not in the hardware specs :))
Win 98 (I should have at least a 64 MB RAM PC to own Win 98) *oh..why bother*
Playing FF 8 and BG 2 on this PC is mighty SLOW...so..I'd prefer FF7 and BG.
:D
Ha! I'd figure out to get this thread rolling...EVERYONE POST THEIR PC SPECS here!!! :D
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-16 17:25:00
anyways i had specs like yours when i bought my pc back in 5/1/98:
p2 233
32mb sdram
20 speed cdrom
s3 trio vigre 4mb
33kbps modem - diamond supra
ess1869 sound isa slot
win95, that was then, after some upgrades im up here:
p celeron 366 mhz (fatser than it looks :D )
96 mbsd ram
ati rage fury 32mb
sb live 1024! (oh yeah!!)
112kbps internet line
still got my 15" screen (its dyin you know its getting real dark!)
creative 4speaker set
mitsumi cdwriter
40speed cdrom (got that free!!!)
and win98/2000 dual boot (i love that! organise you stuff slow and big on w2k, and games on win98!)
but i think srethron's got a slower pc than yours
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-16 20:45:00
StrayWings: P166 (Laptop)
48MB RAM (no idea on speed)
Win95 Explorer
2x CD Drive
12 GB Hard drive
No 3D card
ESS1608 Audiodrive
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-16 20:59:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-16 21:31:00
386 33MHz
16MB RAM
Dos 6.1
Win 3.1
125 MB Hard drive
3.5 and 5.25 (broken) floppy drives
No CD drive
Definately no 2D/3D card
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Post by: Ant on 2001-01-17 00:44:00
I think its coz he is called Kim or something similar.
Post by: ficedula on 2001-01-17 02:11:00
PC 1) 386 20Mhz, 512K graphics card, 4MB RAM, 40MB hard disk, Dos 6/Win 3.11 (The Doom Machine)
PC 2) P75, 24MB RAM, 1MB S3 Trio, 260MB hard disk, Dos6/Win3.11, SB16 compatible. (The Quake Machine)
PC 3) K6-II 500, 192MB RAM, 16MB Savage 4, SB Live!, Win98, 56K modem, 100MBit network card, Miro DC30 video capture/edit card, 20GB hard disk, 10X DVD drive. (The Kick-Ass Machine)
However the first two are back home ... can't exactly bring *everything* to uni!
(PC #1 cost 30UKP inc. monitor, hehehe).
(So did PC #2 .. except no monitor.)
Post by: Sukaeto on 2001-01-17 02:30:00
1) 486DX2 66MHz, 8 megs of RAM, 540 Meg HDD, 1meg Cirrus Logic Video card.
2) P100, 24 Megs of RAM, Digital Research (generic) sound card, 1 meg Diamond Video Card, 540 Meg Hard disk.
3) K6 MMX 233, 32 Megs of RAM, 4 Meg STB Nitro (S3 VirgeGX) Video Card, Creative Labs 512K SB AWE 64, 1.2 gig HDD (later upgraded to a 13.6 gig-er when the 1.2 died.)
4) The kick-ass Athlon box I described above.
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-17 16:16:00
Well if you see say "Qhimm!" a few times..you would say something like "Kill Him!"
Hey...a 386...I had a 486 once.. 8MB Ram I guess...I was quite fast BACKKKK then.... :D
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-17 05:23:00
oops...I misspelled, "Qhimm" on the last post.....guess I can blame the "U", after "Q", rule on that one.
Lets see.... Currently looking.....and waiting....for a highpowered, low priced computer. I refused to get burned a third time. I'll either buy it from the bottom up or buy one of those bare bone systems and build from there. I'm currently waiting to see what Motherboards are coming out for the new 166FSB DDR Athlons. I'm waiting for either Abit or Asus to come out with one. The P4 are twice as expensive and the CPU isn't as fast as the Athlon, even though the Gig mark is higher [This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited January 17, 2001).]
I had a Tandy 1000EX....my first, so called, computer...really my Mom's at the time, but I took it over. LOL. Used it mainly for writing book reports and stuff like that for Highschool.
My dad picked up a 286 from his work a good number of years later....
Three years later I got this PB 200mmx for 900 dollars, without monitor; four week before the P2's came out. Some time within the first year I put in a 64meg stick in it, which brought the total to 80megs, and a Voodoo2 card. Sometime within the second year I put in a SB live card and a US Robotics 56k modem. I had to get the modem. The original Card was a Soundcard/Modem Combo.....Now into the third year with this P200....
http://www.xbitlabs.com/cpu/athlon-1200.html
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-17 07:10:00
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Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-17 08:31:00
But based on that review.... According to that review the Athlon still performs better than the P4 at higher graphic resolutions. I'm totally gussing, but I'd say that the Athlon 1.2gig CPU is superior to the Intel 1.5gig CPU. But the speed of the Ram and the Highway it's using, (the 400mhz FSB) is why the P4 is giving better results on that "Quake3", 640X420 benchmark. I imagine that the DDR sees no or very little added benefits above a 166mhz Front Side BUS and that's why AMD chose that Motherboard speed. And I'm sure that the Rambus needs every bit of that 400FSB and that's why Intel chose their MB speed. Although I'm just speculating. You would think that AMD would play a numbers game with Intel....but it doesn't look like they are going to....well....at least not yet. Another thing that I'm curious about, is whether Rambus memory is stable? I have a feeling that the DDR memory is stable....although I have no idea whether DDR truly is, or isn't. [This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited January 17, 2001).]
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-17 09:17:00
DDR simply means Dual Data Rate. It's called that because it transfers data on rising _and_ falling edges of clock pulse. Effectively giving twice as much memory bandwidth. NOTE: I'm really annoyed by manufacturers who talk about 333 MHz DDR RAM if the regular was 166 MHz. It still is 166 MHz, god damn it! :D It just transfers twice as much data at that speed.
About P4's performance: It can't compete with Thunderchicken or even P3 at same frequency, if the code is not optimized for it. It's supposed to reach much higher clock speeds than the competition with it's really really long pipeline. It will be competitive if it can do that (and programs are optimized for it), but if AMD gets it's Athlons to higher than expected speeds P4 is in trouble.
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-17 09:33:00
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-17 11:22:00
By then, X-box will be out....If Xbox is cheap and if Morrowind goes to X-box unchanged from the PC version, then I'll decide to keep this old computer and buy the X-box....
If not, I'll make the plunge on a new system.....
It also depends if I'll ever take work home with me. So far I haven't....
And then there is one more little factor. The 'spree of the moment' factor. The one that tells you to screw it....and you end up screwing yourself. You never know when that one's gonna hit. :D
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-17 12:07:00
Speaking about processors, my 1000Mhz processor just got burned this morning so I'm using my K6-2 300 now. The processor fan got jammed and i didnt notice it till the processor burned. Now I've got to wait about 1-2 weeks to get a replacement from AMD due to the Chinese New Year holidays. Anyway, i'll probably give me time to look into the FF7 geometry format.
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-17 12:45:00
PS. My new P3 700 sucks when it comes to overclocking; it won't go over 868 on my Abit BE-6 and only 933 on my friends insanely overclockable BF-6. Why did I have to get the bad one. :(
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-17 14:47:00
Overclocking a PC!!! :D
Overclocking is looking for danger. Nolah, just kidding..Overclocking is fun! I tried to overclock my PC once...tapi tak jadi...
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-17 17:07:00
Intel processors tend to give off signals that they are overheating by bringing up blue screens or halting the PC. New Athlon processors, (because of AMD's ingenius methods) can still run in an overheated enviroment. This makes them able to burn themselves out while running. Besides, i have the temp sensors on my taskbar but it wasnt me using the PC, my dad was using it.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-17 20:01:00
The SaiNt: I agree. Well, hopefully we can get some stuff done, then.
Jari Huttunen: You wouldn't know anything about overclocking a laptop, would you? :wink:
Post by: Ged on 2001-01-17 23:47:00
Hopefully, tommorow i'm staying home, so its reading time :)
Post by: Sukaeto on 2001-01-18 01:35:00
. . . I guess you could call me too careful. :wink:
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-18 02:41:00
1) Custom built motherboard. They are built specifically for certain purpose. So there's very small change that clockspeed could be manipulated by jumpers, much less bios. It's likely that they used oscillator that is soldered directly to motherboard. Replacing that oscillator with faster could lead to all kinds of consequences, from interesting to catastrophic, depending on things that get their speed from it.
2) Heat dissipation. Laptop is not exactly the easiest thing to cool. It's very small and not really ventilated at all.
It's best not to try overclocking it, at least until you have something to replace it with. :)
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-18 03:00:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-18 11:17:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-18 16:37:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-18 19:52:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-18 20:14:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-18 21:07:00
i was messing with 486's last year.
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-18 21:10:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-01-18 22:12:00
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-18 22:51:00
Ages ago I had I comouter with 640k ram
Then year later I bought a
P75
8megs of ram
28.8 modem
thenI upgraded it to
p120(was runing at 100)
16 megs of ram(my freind after all these year has this pc and its still chuging along)
ThenI got a
PII 233
32 megs of ram
ATI rage pro
then I upgraded to
64megs of ram
A riva tnt
Then I got(and still have)
An atholn 650
128megs of pc100 ram
Sound blaster live value
Riva tnt2 m64
Then I got
an extry 64 megs of ram
And a PRothet II gts PRO 64mb :)
I found this site ages ago. I registered for this board a while after three sixty. I visited the techdesign site ages beofore it was mentioned on the eidos forum(I dunno how I found it in the first place)
Ah well thats my history hope you didnt find it completely boring :)
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-19 02:00:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-19 02:18:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-19 16:41:00
Gee, now we're into our first ever 5th page...
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Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-19 06:32:00
http://www.neocomputers.com/cgi-bin/systems.asp
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Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-19 09:33:00
Since the page it so long already, I might as well suggest something, let's visit each others web pages(for those who have web pages) and we'll all comment on it one by one. This should keep the thread going on even longer!
Let's start with my page! http://www.finalfantasyfanatics.net
Actually, I haven't updated my site in ages but I do have a new beta one in my hard disk. I'm not intending to upload it till I'm fully done with it. Just a habit of mine.
[This message has been edited by The SaiNt (edited January 19, 2001).]
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-19 10:17:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-19 20:15:00
Post by: on 2001-01-19 21:15:00
400MHz 128MB 3DLabs Permedia 2
good enough to play FFVII, FFVIII and FFIX
hope that Square will release FFX for PC....
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-19 22:10:00
Post by: ryasko on 2001-01-20 02:56:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-20 16:26:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-20 06:44:00
And I've been to ffpchelp.com before. I like the new front page. How did you get the domain?
Post by: ryasko on 2001-01-20 09:12:00
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-20 11:35:00
Don't really have anything to do with it for now, except for hosting my FF9 patch file ( maybe also for the future ).
Also have a couple of other URLs but I let my friends use it for their website instead.
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-20 15:48:00
Why like tat one ar????
Well, it is a nice site. Too many clours though....make a board something like Qhimm's, simple and beautiful. Anyways, it is a nice board *nicer than anything I would do*
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-21 16:35:00
I have made several sites, but my personal one isn't finished yet. A little site I have come pretty far with is here: http://www.ff7gold.cjb.net/
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-22 06:56:00
just follow this link for the time being http://pwp.maxis.net.my/zhenjock/index2.htm
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-22 17:14:00
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-01-22 19:37:00
Maybe I should start doing shifts at FFhelp. I know a few things about FFVII. Mostly just how to copy the movies to the hard drive but thats beiside the point....
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-22 19:39:00
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-22 21:04:00
BTW Qhimm, you still need to tell us your age!
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-23 02:35:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-23 03:27:00
Post by: Joey on 2001-01-23 16:47:00
T.Q.
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-23 06:15:00
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-01-23 12:01:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-23 22:00:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-24 10:09:00
Post by: Ant on 2001-01-24 16:34:00
If u is that cirious, just search for Qhimm on ICQ, there's only one I think.
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-24 16:45:00
But he has a life and hes very mataure (sensible) in his posts, so i put him about 19/20 (well he was till recently...)
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-01-24 20:13:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-26 06:51:00
Post by: on 2001-01-26 07:00:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-26 10:32:00
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-28 17:31:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-28 18:13:00
Post by: on 2001-01-28 20:54:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-28 22:21:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-28 22:54:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-01-29 02:27:00
Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's the same ages in Sweden as well.
Post by: Qhimm on 2001-01-29 03:28:00
And about my age... gave me a good laugh to look through some of your comments :wink: Late 70's was close, with May 1982 being the correct answer. Sorry to disappoint some of you, although I'm a bit flattered being seen as older, being "wise" and "mature". I never did care a lot for childish style (y dont u try it?), I've found it's much easier to have a decent conversation when you keep things professional. Am I right?
By the way, I cannot believe such a silly topic has gotten 200 posts...
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-29 16:00:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-29 08:25:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-29 11:48:00
1. Qhimm finally told us his age.
2. With such a stupid topic we actually have reached 200+ posts.
Honestly, I think this topic has gone overboard. It's like a whole forum by itself.
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-29 14:31:00
How much more obvious hint can there be ?!? :D Shame on you for not getting it. :D
Qhimm: Silly ones always get lots of posts, observe FFO's General Chat (or any other board with very high member count) for few days and it's pretty obvious.
Although there is probably more important reason for the high post count: this is a topic that everyone can participate, unlike some topics on programming/tweaking/hardware etc. Pretty much everyone knows their age, after all. :)
EDIT: More text. More, more, more!
[This message has been edited by Jari Huttunen (edited January 29, 2001).]
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-29 15:52:00
My life's record...I was born on 18 October 1986...I am twins with my sister Ceara Wong, I myself is named Simon Wong. We made names out of our initials. Ceara Wong(CuddlesWings)and Simon Wong(StrayWings).
I have been on this board not so long ago, actually I was attracted to my sister's exploits on this UBB Board, she says this board is cool! She plays FF7, she doesn't really like FF8..I like FF8 but not as much as I like playing FF7. The games I play includes Starcraft, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Commandos II, Silver *short game*, and Heroes III *cool game*.
Me and my sister are Prefects at school. The schools here in Malaysia are nothing compared to the schools in the West.
My favrioute place in the world is Japan. I would really like to go the sometime. Hong Kong is quite a nice place too *got a lot of pretty girls there* :wink:
My computer specifications are:
Pentium Pro 200mhz, 32 MB EDO ECC RAM, 20x CD ROM Drive...36.6kpbs Modem...well, that's about the hardware specs...this computer is a family computer.
One thing I know why this thread has many posts, it's because people can post free subjects more like chatting, it's great. I just hope Qhimm will not delete this thread... :( It has made so much good for people :(
So, how is everybody doing? I hope all of you guys are fine and healthy. Chinese New Year at my place was nice.
Well, that's it for this post. See you guys later in other posts.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-01-29 17:00:00
Post by: ficedula on 2001-01-29 18:23:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-29 21:55:00
Post by: halkun on 2001-01-29 22:46:00
26 years old.
aaauuuggghhh!!!!!!
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-30 00:38:00
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Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-30 00:39:00
There are many ways to get a life as listed below:
1) Get off your computer and go OUTSIDE!
2) Be SOCIABLE to people.
3) Under NO circumstances so you use words like LOL instead you LAUGH.
..the list goes on and on :D
Post by: Ant on 2001-01-30 00:50:00
no 3 really gets on my tits when people do that!!!!!
It really is the ultimate sign of being a geek.
Post by: Simon on 2001-01-30 02:25:00
Actuallly I get urges to do that anyway
Post by: on 2001-01-30 03:42:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-01-30 11:14:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-01-30 11:22:00
Anyhow, I'll help you..
bleemer.163.net - you can download CVGS 1.4.1 there (and bleem15b etc) www.aldostools.com (or www.aldotools.com) - download the FFIX patch for CVGS..
Best solution? Get ePSXe (now the best PSX emu around!) - www.psxemu.com (there you can also get lots of emus/patches/dexdrives etc)
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-30 11:25:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-30 21:12:00
a certain shade of green
favorite things
nowhere fast
stellar.
NOW!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ant on 2001-01-31 01:10:00
You are gonna have to crank up yer posting pace if you wanna attain "No Life" Status coz i was just checkin out the stats hack and you have to post 1000,
when you do you get 5 blue stars.
Post by: ryasko on 2001-01-31 06:09:00
I guess I'll join in too:
March 23, 1982
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-31 07:07:00
![]("http://www.geocities.com/threesixtyci/wdust.jpg")
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-01-31 10:32:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-01-31 12:23:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-01-31 14:03:00
Friday 13th June 1984 :D
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-01-31 14:49:00
So very true! :D
How is everbody doing?
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-01-31 15:06:00
PS. Ohhh, that's where the 360 came from, should've realized that earlier.
StrayWings: Not so good, I've this really annoying pain in my back, thanks to bizarre sleeping position. Thank god it's getting better all the time.
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-01-31 20:51:00
Post by: Threesixty on 2001-01-31 22:46:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-02-01 11:53:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-02-01 20:46:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-01 21:57:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-02 00:28:00
Classical - Beethoven, Back, Vivaldi
Jazz: Mostly Blue Note, Miles Davis, various stuff I pick up...
Rap: Us3, Fun Lovin' Criminals (both of these are a little jazz related, I don't listen much to pure rap)
Uncatagorizable: Portishead for instance...
Funk: Jamiroquai (not much), Morphine
Rock and related guitar playing stuff: Many Norwegian pure rock bands, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Creed
Metal: Rhapsody, Sentenced, Children of Bodom (two last ones are Finnish, Jari?)
Techno: Good old amiga MOD files, Unreal Tournament soundtrack
...and of course Uematso!
All of these are examples from the top of my head, not even the best music I have on my
6GB CREATIVE NOMAD JUKEBOX MP3/WMA PLAYER
The only genre I don't listen to will have to be hit-list music (which in Norway means Britney, Anastasia and worse), but then again that is the music played at parties up here so I guess I listen to that too in a way.
[This message has been edited by dagsverre (edited February 01, 2001).]
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-02-02 02:58:00
Music... mmmm... I don't listen music that much, on purpose that is, but I often have something on the background. Pretty much everything will do, _except_ boy bands. And some of the girl bands + certain names from the charts, like Britney and Christina for example.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-02 07:47:00
I've forgotten the link( I didn't keep it cause I don't own one). Note: This isnt one of those Joey posts, there really is such a thing and I've seen it. If I remember properly, you have to get notebook hard drives.
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-02-02 09:31:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-02 15:29:00
What's your real name and how do you you pronounce it?
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-02 16:24:00
So I tend to appriciate a lot of different music, I listen to all different kinds as long as it is a little originality and good musicians behind it.
I hate bybands as well...of course. And my real name? Dag Sverre Seljebotn. I don't have a nick. I pronounce it straight ahead in my language, Norwegians get it right at once (it's common names), don't know exactly how to explain it in English. I know the meanings of the words as well, even though noone care any more about the meanings of names here than in English-speaking countries:
Dag = day
Sverre = if I go about 1000 years back (to the vikings), before it was shortened, it would have been Sverdawarjar, which is the same work as in English (common ancestor language): Sverre = Sverdawarjir = Swordwarrior
Seljebotn: Actually two words, Selje is a tree, Botn is the english word "bottom", meaning a valley. So, a valley full of Selje-trees. It's a specific valley on the west-coast of Norway, been there many times...my father grew up there.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-02 17:14:00
Well my real name is
Lau Zhen-Jock
For those of you with GB2312 enabled browsers, my name is written in Simplified Chinese as
Ãõ Õñ ׿
(pronounced Liu Zhen Zhuo in Mandarin)
I don't think anyone can pronounce my family name wrongly, right? But just in case Lau is pronounced La-ou. My surname is just a surname and has no written meaning in the chinese language.
Zhen is pronounced as Jurn with not too much emphasis on the letter r. This word means exersion/enthusiasm
Jock is pronounced as J-ock? Basically is pronounced exactly the way the brits' call Jock's. This word means eminent / outstanding / remarkable.
When put together, my name means that have to exert and work with enthusiasm to achieve outstanding performance.
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-02-02 21:18:00
Dag Sverre: Rub it in why don't ya. Those things cost $500. Nevertheless, I'll have one someday.
Caddberry: My musical taste is quite diverse as well. I like Shock Rock, Metal (Black/Unblack, Death), Gothic, Industrial, Techno, Dance, Alternative, Punk (mostly old school, but some new school), Hardcore, Classical, Rock, Ska, Rapcore. I don't much care for a lot of the mainstream stuff (rap, Britney/Nsync style stuff gets two thumbs down).
I played the piano for a couple years when I was younger. Now I do bass guitar and drums.
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-03 12:54:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-03 18:03:00
Our first 7th page
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-03 19:37:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-02-03 22:51:00
my names Sajid but i dont think you can make funny jokes outta that easily :P
jari: what did u mean when you put the link to qhimms main page in ure post? whats so new about that?
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-02-04 00:05:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-02-04 11:02:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-02-04 16:18:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-04 17:12:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-02-04 23:55:00
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-02-05 05:27:00
I have posted my life's story. You guys should do the same. :) It would be interesting to know and everyone would be a step closer to each other.
:D I am looking foward to hear from Amy!
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-02-05 05:29:00
I have posted my life's story. You guys should do the same. :) It would be interesting to know and everyone would be a step closer to each other.
:D I am looking foward to hear from Amy!
Post by: Ged on 2001-02-05 09:27:00
But maybe when every1 here will be adults??
Just jokin' :D
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-02-05 10:01:00
My real name is Travis Miller kinda common :) i plan on changing it but Travis Means Crossroads and Miller hell i dont know.. My origional name was Travis Stuart.. and i dont know what Stuart means either.
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-06 11:31:00
It's cause nobody has thought of good enough off-topic thing for everyone to share.
Why don't I suggest something to add on to it?
How about, tell us about how do you think the condition of this board will be in 40-50 years from now? Will you still be posting although your well above 80??
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-06 20:26:00
For one thing, people nowadays seem to take the world of today for granted. However, it's only been like this for the last hundred years or so, and even in those years we've had two world wars. 50 years? That's plenty of time for a even a post-apocalyptic world to rise. I don't think we should take it so extremely for granted that things will stay on the same track. Perhaps people discover that there's isn't really any point behind technology. Perhaps the machines take over (this is with an ironic smile, I don't think there's anything to be afraid of).
Even if things doesn't get as drastical, I don't think we will stay on the same track. I do believe that today's capitalistic society isn't here to stay, but that's probably because a part of me is against it...all the buying pressure, all the giants squeezing every last drop out of the commercial-brainwashed consumer. And also, 20% of the humans living on the work of the other 80%. And coorperation leaders earning more than the working people, even if the working people work harder. You might have stamped me as a communist by now, but don't fear, I tend to be reasonable and I absolutely see the advantages of a free market. I haven't really taken a firm stance, I just see that things are wrong as they are today. I'm also very for free speech BTW, there's no way I'm ever going to support forced communism.
The bottom line is, I think the world will change. Even if nothing of what I have described above is true, people won't log on to a board in the future...just look on how the user interfaces have improved in the last ten years. With this speed, we'll have way better ways of communicating than some hacked UBB Perl/HTML board in 50 years.
And with that as a basis, predicting the results of this board in 50 years is difficult to say the least. It can of course exist for a while, being updated to other formats as they arrive. But, things like Usenet is much more likely to survive in some way. I'm more optimistic for alt.games.final-fantasy.rpg as such than this board.
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-06 20:56:00
Post by: Sukaeto on 2001-02-06 21:39:00
. . . ah well, carry on. :D
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-02-06 23:58:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-02-07 06:34:00
As for where the world's heading, I do see an eventual one world government coming to power. It seems like it'll be some sort of dictatorship. I have no idea when, but almost definately within the next 500 years. I certainly hope I'm wrong, though. But I dunno, I mean heck, they're already teaching about a "new world order" in America's schools. How about you guys in Malaysia and Europe? I know England is losing it's identity because of the UN and the 10 nation commonwealth thing.
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-07 17:50:00
It's harder and harder to become a dictator the traditional way because of all the information flow. So I don't think that will happen. What might happen is that the large coorperations take over, think Shinra in FF7...
Post by: Anonymous on 2001-02-07 20:26:00
If not, is there any modifications you can get? Where? How?
Thanks, guys.
Second question: Is anyone using Virtual Channel 133 memory for his/her PC? Does it really perform that well? Does it slow down 2D apps? Thanks.
Post by: on 2001-02-08 11:26:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-08 16:39:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-02-08 18:01:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-08 20:38:00
in the past, when guns and explosives were first invented wars stopped hapening as much cos they were too expensive. so maybe in the future a new weapon will be made which will make wars even more rare and expensive, but more powerful. maybe in the future something similar to an ff may be discovered on earth......nah.
Post by: Sir Canealot on 2001-02-09 03:10:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-09 12:30:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-09 12:32:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-09 21:03:00
here's something to change the subject. its about LAN. has anyone here got a lan line? and if u do, what is it and how much does it cost? is T3 the best lan line you can get?
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-02-10 03:50:00
*GRIN* Haven't been posting in this board for quite awhile...
Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-02-10 05:23:00
T1 and T3 are American thingies, and not available in Europe, IIRC. There are other fast connections available in Europe, most of them optical, like ATM which is probably the most common high speed connection in Finland. It's available in speeds from 4 Mbps to 155 Mbps, latter being about 3 times as fast as T3.
Anyway, you have to ask your ISP for the cost (and availability) because these connections are usually built to fit your needs and hence there are no list prices for them.
To put it shortly: If you have to ask how much it costs it's too expensive for you. :D I would recommend either ADSL or cable modem, they are much faster than modem or ISDN and reasonably priced, especially if you have to pay by the minute for your dial-up connection.
Post by: Ged on 2001-02-10 10:34:00
wth my parents woke me up at 5:30 AM???
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-02-10 14:27:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-10 15:00:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-02-10 15:28:00
Since Valentine's day is coming, a bit of a private-love question. Who here (except Joey of course :D) has a GF (girl-friend, not guardian force!) or BF (boy-friend). I have a GF.. Sounds weird but I'm in the middle of having a BF also! Nothing rude, please.
PS. Explenations for Joey :D
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-10 21:17:00
Post by: on 2001-02-11 10:39:00
Post by: Ged on 2001-02-11 11:40:00
amy - where????
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-11 15:29:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-11 19:11:00
Post by: The Skillster on 2001-02-12 16:49:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-12 12:06:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-02-12 21:43:00
Ged: I suggest you dump both of them.
Post by: on 2001-02-13 16:14:00
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-02-13 10:46:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-13 14:27:00
Well as starters, I'm am single, so I dont have a GF.
Besides, my real-life attitude makes me the very anti-social kind. I mix with many people well but don't generally get close to anyone in any kind of relationship.
Besides, I dumb college lecturer had to give me and my college mates a special 'Valentines Present' before my exam next week. I now have classes from 8am - 6pm (non-stop,no break) on Valentine's Day.
Sad case isn't it?
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-13 21:01:00
Post by: on 2001-02-14 17:47:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-14 20:57:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-14 22:08:00
I'm serious, I didn't know. This might come as a shock to you (?), but I think Valentine's day is a strictly American tradition, and the only way we even know of the concept is through US sitcoms... (and I think some flower shops are trying to start the trend over here too because I think I saw this sign about it soon being Valentine once in my life, but I don't think they've had any success).
So what am I doing on Valentine's? The same thing as many other people I know, reading for our physics test tomorrow...
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-14 22:20:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-14 23:50:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-15 00:38:00
I missed the chat, so I might have gotten things wrong. On the other hand, if he wanted us to know about his love life problems he probably would have told us about it himself?
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-15 19:13:00
Post by: Srethron Askvelhtnod on 2001-02-15 20:54:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-15 21:10:00
Anyway, you are totally right of course, he should go for it...what's the worst thing that can possibly happen? Is that worst thing really that bad, considered you did your best and am no longer uncertain, and weighted up against what happens if everything turns out for the better?
Though I don't really have the right to say anything about this. I would probably need to be in your real life to make any sound judgements about this at all.
What's the point of going out with a girl at 13? Well, suppose, later in life the same situation happens again...except this time he knows what to do about the situation and have gone through it before.
On the other hand, no one should feel any pressure about having a GF at age 13 either.
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-15 21:26:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-16 02:38:00
However I would like to change the subject for a moment and let all you people from the UK know that finally we will see FINAL FANTASY 9 in the shops tomorow... with a bit of luck!!! HALELUIA!!! :D
Post by: Caddberry on 2001-02-16 10:32:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-16 12:26:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-16 12:30:00
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-17 13:57:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-17 21:53:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-18 07:39:00
Ok, guys and gals, post your desktop pictures here. I wanna see how you desktop looks like!!! I'll get mine up later, I need to study for my exams for the coming week.
Post by: StrayWings on 2001-02-18 14:24:00
MWAHAWHAAHA....T3 anyone?
mine is just a lousy 33.6k :(
Even so, it's doing wonders! :)
I am not a frequent surfer though...so, it doesn't really matters...but it sucks when I need to wait to my MP3 songs in Napster to finish downloading...nevermind also..chat in ICQ while downloading...chat chat chat..HA! Finish downloading! *inhales* the net.
Or mabye we would do a mini RPG story...posted by everyone who wishs to take part.
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-18 15:17:00
![]("http://www.galbadiamessageboard.f2s.com/images/wierd.gif")
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-18 19:04:00
![]("http://www.completeubb.f2s.com/ubb/desktop.png")
.png has to be the best image file type out there, how come i hardly ever see it? i just started using it with paint shop pro 7 for my site and its compresses really well.
--EDIT-------
oopsy daisy, put the IMG address wrong.
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Post by: J*** H******* on 2001-02-18 23:20:00
Two reasons: 1) Older browsers don't support it 2) It can't match JPEG's compression ratio if you are compressing photos or other such things.
Oh, almost forgot the pictures. :) It's pretty big download even when downsized and compressed so I'll post only the link.
Smaller picture (downsized to 800x600): 128 KB
Full size version (1600x1200): 484 KB
EDIT: Small fixes.
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Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-02-18 23:49:00
http://www.penjejakbadai.net/wall.jpg
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-19 01:04:00
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-02-19 01:33:00
On the serious side, I only surf the net between 12 to 3 or 4 am. Lot of things to do. BTW, if you're looking forqward to upgrading your UBB, bleemer have already released UBB6 beta 7.8.
Post by: Qhimm on 2001-02-19 02:21:00
Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-19 02:51:00
It's KDE2 if you're interested, running on Linux.
On a side note, how do you people stand running on those low resolutions? I feel claustrophobic just by looking on those screenshots...
[EDIT: Stupid non-html tags...]
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Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-19 07:45:00
BTW, i started a new thread, (you might have noticed) but try not to post in it till Qhimm closes this one.
Post by: cHiBiMaRuKo on 2001-02-19 10:18:00
Post by: Joey on 2001-02-19 10:57:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-19 13:52:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-19 13:57:00
Neat eh?
Usually, my start taskbar is hidden, but if I didn't show it to you guys then it would look just like wallpaper. Look closely at the bottom left corner of my desktop. The transparent My Computer Icon is there.
I'll post my Win2K desktop later.
Post by: eerrrr on 2001-02-19 15:43:00
Post by: Jedimark on 2001-02-19 15:49:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-02-19 18:36:00
I just tried to access my desktop screen capture and it loaded ok on my pc.
Maybe the server was down or your connection is bad?
Try and right click on my link and choose save target as to save it to your hard disk before viewing it.
Actually what's really funny is that I can't access your link either eerrr so I can't help you there.
***EDIT***
Hey, I made it to the 9th page!!!
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Post by: dagsverre on 2001-02-19 21:43:00
Think about how you can make the image simpler. Just because fading is more technically advanced doesn't mean that the viewers will think "this should have been faded" when viewing it. It's really more about how simple you can make it while it still working...for instance you can make the sky entirely black? That would also save a lot of space.
Post by: Qhimm on 2001-02-19 23:54:00
Post by: The SaiNt on 2001-11-20 12:50:00
Strange.
I thought this thread was closed a long time ago.
Maybe while importing to phpBB, the closed flag wasn't transfered.
Post by: ficedula on 2001-11-20 14:40:00
Well, I'm putting it down again. 11 pages is too much.