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then it looks like no xmas avatar for me.

so which distro u decided on?

my previous laptop ran linux perfectly... but it broke and i got a replacement , which doesnt run. it seems ati doesnt have drivers. and generic ones wont do for me

make sure its not just another cliche opening.. like "I have always wanted to do Biomedical sciences because my dad is doing it. " etc.

just dont rush it.... if u have a laptop there is a site to check if iits compatible with the machine. i cant remember i site i used to go to. just did a quick serach and found another good one http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html ill edit my post if i manage to find the other one

well, where are u applying , and what are you applying for. what are ur predicted grades looking like..

u sould not have any problem with ram 512 is moer than enough. virtual memory is set by default at 1.5 times ur amount of RAM. wouldnt reccommend changing it , unless absolutely necessary.

where i come from, they say driking milk and eating red meat together is bad, as it causes hard to your body. I was wondering if there is any scientific basis in that? [edit]I am not jewish. it seems religion seems to crop all the time. I just wanna know from a pure scientific viewpoint[/edit]

sorry to bump this..... but no response to my previous posts? cos i wanna keep my priviledged 100^2 avatar

hmm... its not a problem if u have all the necessary drivers. hehe. i am sure windows generic drivers will support most of the hardware, but u wont get the same performance. if u have the drivers then go for it. IF YOU ARE READING THIS BADCHADS BIRD THEN FIRST CHECK IF UR LAD HAS ALL THE DRIVERS. THEN DO IT. JUST DO IT. cos it will make ur laptop much sweeter to run. cleaner as well. save more space. and other stuff

i would pressonally go for the first one. thats how i write the amount if i have to write a cheque.

hmm... there is a version of ffdshow which makes windows explorer crash upon preview of videos... but the latest one fixes the bug. i dont know if u have ffdshow, but just to let you know about linux. you might want to download a CD demo before installing the proper thing , just to make sure all ur hardware is compatible. there are couple of distros popular ones are Knoppix linux, and Suse LiveCD demo. both of them available at their respective sites. unfortunately some of my hardware doesnt seem to work. uses generic driver for video and doesnt recognise sound card. oh well.

but that means i dont get to change mine. at 75 by 75 loose far to much detail.

roundabouts are very common in england. but i bet you havent seen this MONSTER....

i was wondering why the avatars are resitricted to 75 by 75. my current one is 100 by 100. can someone please allow me to link my new avatar.

u must be joking...

Well I am originally from a country called "Nepal" if anyone heard of it. Its an amazing country, but rite now its in deep political f**k. The culture is wicked too. so many festivals, everyone gets together all the time. Landscape- we got the higest place on earth Mt. Everest. or Sagarmatha as its known to us. The altitude ranges from the highest in earth to almost sea level, giving rise to an extraordinary vairety of flora and fauna. I cant remember the stats but we have the highest number on birds and butterfly species anywhere in earth. but so many god damn leeches. Sports - Football is obviously very popular. so is basketball and table tennis. Educational system is very strict in terms of discipline. its helped me a lot. also being in an english based school, we had to converse in english all during the school time. If we were heard talking in our native language we were severely punished. and punished as in PHYSICAL punishment. People are extrememly friendly. and the food is delicious as well as most of the time very healthy. recreation ? just go watch films, and generally hang about... I lived in Russia (moscow) for four years. I cant remember much of the stuff, because i was very young. All that i remember is there were tanks shooting at the white house (russian white house of course). its was very cold, loads of snow, so very much fun. the education was good as well. had a single teacher teaching us everything. stayed in paris for one week. oh the culture and people there are mindblowing. (a bit arrogant maybe) such a lovely place. rite now been living in UK for 5 years. Fun place to be. Extrememly expensive. Haven't experienced much of the culture. People seem fun too. so many varieties hehe. You wont see any other sport over here other than football. Altough at 2 o clock in the morning you will be able to see some North american sports programme on tele. Education system is a bit Lax when compared to my other ones. Most emphasis seems to be given in learning (properly) and not just remembering stuff. (Thats in my country). ohter than that i can't say much except horrible weather.

one plus one is two two plus two is not equal five How i dont know now.

currently i have J2SE runtime enviroment 5.0 as recommended by the homepage of azureus. available here http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp (the third download) how is that different from the official j2re available from http://www.java.com

i just want to download the java runtime environment. When i go to http://www.java.com , the j2re 1.4 blah blah is available from download. while if i go to azureus home page they link you to suns page where jre 1.5 is available for download. can anyone tell me whats the difference.

hmm... my photoshop is bugging up. JUST WAIT you lot.

nice one.

im up for it. hopefully noone will cheat

AH, u got me there. Y didnt u tell me before. goes and plays deus ex again. would love playing half life 2 or doom3 but i dont think my hardware can support it hehe.

unreals engine is so much better than deus ex IMO. i have to copy of deus ex 2, but havent had a chance to play it yet.