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Buy the game. Insert usual line on how NTC does not, will not and never has condoned piracy or any attempt to do it.

JHC, keep your shirt on. There is only one NTC staff member, and that's Phillip. Everyone else posts when they feel like it/have time, so don't go around demanding people help you. That being said. At the end of HL you need to use the jump pads and ledges to get as high up as possible, then use the final jump pad to jump into the big baby's head after it opens. At this point you should have shot out the 3 yellos crystals that recharge him and done significant damage so his head will open. There will be a green portal. Jump through that and you be taken to another location (battlefield) on Xen where GMan tells you that humans are winning then you get zapped to an Osprey flying in space/another dimension where GMan makes you an offer you can't refuse. Either you work for him, or he sends you to a valley where there are hundreds of the wasp-launching three armed things that get very cranky. Depening on which of these you choose you get a "Deceased" or "Awaiting Assignment" message and then cut to credits.

Um, the XBox controller doesn't simulate firing a weapon either. Unless the "VIBRATRON" gives it a kick like a mule that nearly dislocates your shoulder if you hold it in the wrong position. Now don't get me wrong, I have an XBox and enjoy playing Halo but I can't be bothered playing multi-player. However, I still play HL and a few others in both single player, multi-player and bot match (actually the original Unreal bots remind me of the Quake 1 Reaper Bots). Personally I think it's a little unhealthy to get so wound up over any "toy" and just accept that some people like the unlimited configurations of the KBD/MOUSE combo and some like the restrictive, right-handed bias of console controllers.

Plonking plonking I smell a fanboy plonking. Select your type from this list: http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html

Similar to the themed Google banners ie for Christmas etc, I knocked this top quality one up using the high-power, feature rich MSPaint to use until the current storm of Sims2 issues dies out. What do you think Phillip?

Hehe, what can I say. I take all my cues from the great JeffK. 1 am teh 1337 h4><0r wih7 kikx-azs ph070-sh0p3Ing skI11z ROFLOAMOMOFMOMAMODOEXRAO

Kedaxx, your solution is fine if you own the license to the game and are using a legitimate copy. Then it's down to you if you have acres of hard drive space and like to save your CDs. However nit83 clearly states that he is using a copy of a friends disc. In this context, this advice is providing an avenue to pursue illegal activity which is not condoned by this board, in order to keep it's reputation.

Sigh........ Buy the game then try again with a licensed copy. Insert usual line about NTCompat not condoning piracy etc etc. Further problems see 115 other threads all offering same advice re directx re-installation, upgrade video card etc etc.

I also can't play AOE2 but mine's a different reason. I bought a shrinkwrapped new copy off eBay and I lost the Age of Kings CD. Even though I have a legitmate license, MS won't send me a free (or resonably priced) replacement CD. If anyone on here is located in AUS and has a real copy (ie not dodgy ripped copy from a market) could they please burn me a copy and mail it to me. I'll send you $10 when I get it.I don't know anyone else with a real copy so can't ask locally. From what I know of EULA, this doesn't violate it because I still have the case with the CD-key, the certificate of authenticity and all the other crap that came in the box as it is the gold edition. Please PM me with further details. Thanks, F.

Yes, yes it does. Your only option is via ISP either by dial-up or WIFI. Other than that, get someone in your college with more money than sense to build a dedicated machine that will serve as the games server. Don't waste money on graphics card, just RAM, processor and hard drive and have it serve multiple multiplayer games to the college. Then frag away. You can also challenge other colleges to clan wars.

Okay, Ping a bunch of different sites ie microsoft.com, dell.com and see if they resolve and then if they get a response. If they don't, do a "tracert" on each of those and look at the path taken. Likely it will stop at your Uni firewall. Don't post your results here as you will be contravening the IT policy by posting the names of the servers/routers on the net. I am quite familiar with the mechanics of Uni IT policy as they tried to use it to throw me out of uni once.

Having been through this situation for 4 years I can assure you that if you are living in Uni College accomodation, the only way you can play online games is if you pay for the bandwidth with a private ISP. That is of course if you are allowed to dial-out through the PABX which is also highly unlikely. You could always hope that an ISP has a local WIFI point though (this wasn't available when I was at uni). The bottom line will be this for a college: All ports will most likely be blocked and any traffic to the outside world will go through a proxy (http/ftp) or a mail server. There are ways around this via tunnelling programs etc but it contravenes(sp) school policy so expect to be raked over the coals if caught. You won't get thrown out for doing it because you aren't doing anything illegal but you may have your account restricted. This is done so that nobody from the outside world can see/exploit unprotected computer systems and to stop Kazaa and all other sh1tware from contaminating the network. It also means that they can be seen to be attemtping to limit piracy of movies, music etc etc etc by blocking these programs and not allowing anyone to run any type of server other than for legitimate educational uses. There are huge fines for organisations that do not actively discourage piracy or allow it to go unabated. Best solution for you - find a bunch of people within your uni/college who enjoy the games and play against them. You'll still have the same amount of fun and everyone will have great pings/no lag. Plus, as you know the people personally, you can beat the crap out of them if they cheat or exploit the server. F.

Go into the group policy editor (gpedit.msc) on the local machine, then "Local Security Policy>>windows settings>>security settings>>local policies>>security options" the attribute you want is "Interactive Logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration" and change the value to 3 days. That is what mine is set at.

Some people use the price of a Big Mac and combination with the exchange rate to calculate a comparitive cost of living. It may seem like a bit of a joke, but it actually works.

I can think of a few ways - Forget birthday Leave bra, two sizes two small, in car Say her sister has nice ass/breasts/legs Leave toilet seat up Leave wet towels on floor Make pass at her mother Ask mates over when she asks to watch a special movie

If in Win2k/XP save it with the extention ".cmd" If in Win9x/Me save it with the extention ".bat" ".exe" files are binary and are not text based.

AndyFair, You are correct in so much as that when a new record in a table is created the values in a numeric field are set to "0" however on a form where the text field is unbound, the fields will remain NULL unless a value is entered by the user or the default value is set in the field properties. If the field is bound to a field in the table, obviously it will display the value from the table, which unless changed, defaults to "0". F

I would simply do this: Set each txt box to be numeric only through the properties. Then do the following code where text0/1/2 are the boxes that accept user input and text3 is the total box. Option Compare Database Option Explicit Private Sub Text0_afterupdate() Me.Text3 = Me.Text0 + Me.Text1 + Me.Text2 End Sub Private Sub Text1_afterupdate() Me.Text3 = Me.Text0 + Me.Text1 + Me.Text2 End Sub Private Sub Text2_afterupdate() Me.Text3 = Me.Text0 + Me.Text1 + Me.Text2 End Sub This way, not matter which field has a value or no value it will add it up. You can then add error trapping "IF" statements and msgbox's to alert the user to their stupidity. If you've set the boxes to numeric only, they will only accept numbers. It depends on what range of numbers you are expecting. With no error trapping, the boxes will accept any number, small or large.

Originally posted by Alec§taar: Quote: Only muscle-bound weightlifting guy I ever knew into computers & who was GOOD with Photo-editing too!). Well now you know two. I hit the gym every afternoon after work for an hour. Great way to relieve stress and shed pounds. Got a personal best on the bench press last week at 130kg (that's 286 pounds in foreign speak). Will try for 135 (approx 300) in a couple of weeks. My next milestone is 150kg. Even with a good diet, losing those last few kilos is taking time.

Yo bunggle, Any hits on your offer?

You should also go here: http://www.comics.com/comics/dilbert/ and subscribe to "The Daily Dilbert". Aside from that, these guys are quite right. Apply for everything that sounds interesting, that you know you can do. For the most part, your employer expects you to have a certain skill set that they are employing you for and while they will offer training and development, they will expect you to know the nuts and bolts enough to do the base level of your job. If you haven't had an IT job, look at your other jobs/uni/school stuff and see how that fits in. If you went throuh college/uni chances are you have a decent working knowledge of Windows/Linux/Mac and a full office suite. Teamwork, leadership and adaptability are a must and you need to provide examples of all of these things in your resume and application. One thing I was told though, don't tell them too much as you want to leave them something to ask you in your interview. If you've installed Windows2000 on your own or someone else's computer and got it to run programs and access the net, you aren't lying by saying "Experience with installation/configuration of Windows2000 professional". If you've seen stuff done and had some hands on time but aren't overly confident, use the term "exposure" as in "I have had exposure to Windows2003 Server" which says to a prospective employer "I know it exists, I've used it but I'd like a Sys Admin around if the server cracks itself open". Basically if you have a better idea than "that's a pretty box" say you've had exposure. Best idea, talk to a recruiment agency and get them to critique your application/resume. I have a BInfoTech degree from one of the better Universities (IT degree wise) in Australia but it was my time living in the campus college that taught me my stuff regarding design/building networks and workstation/server/domain configuration. Degree time was good for upper level theory and methodologies but the "hitting with stick" part came from college and summer internships. Start reading MCSE and CCNA literature so that you can honestly say that you are working towards these. Obviously you may need to pay but check with friends, colleagues and libraries to get something of a start. If you have done enough preparation and can show your employer, through practise tests, that you have all your spoons in the same drawer, they may even spring for the exams after you start, providing you stay with them for x number of years. Above all, if you have no IT experience, try and find a reference, preferably someone who has not got a personal connection to you (ie friend, family, debtor) and will tell someone that you are capable of learning and adapting to new environments and technologies. You are at a dedicated IT school so have your marks ready to show that you understand the difference between an RJ45 jack and a CD-Rom. If your folks/family live in a decent sized city, move back in with them for a summer and sponge off them so you can do a un-paid internship. I did this early in my degree and whilst it cost me $$$, I leant heaps, got experience and was moved into the help-desk and desktop support role after 2 weeks. When my time was up they asked me to apply for the position properly and stay on with them. I didn't and don't regret the decision for various reasons, but that helped me get future jobs.

One thing that amazed me when I was in the 'states last year was the amazing varity of autos on your roads. In fact, I got told to "shut up about the damn cars already" (I stayed in Queens and out in Nassau County). Coming from Australia where we have a limited number of "common" cars, be they domesitc or foreign, I was simply amazed at the array of vehicles on the road. Must admit a major liking of the Cadillac's. What do you guys think of the Pontiac GT? I could be wrong but I believe it is based very heavily on our Holden Monaro. I was also led to believe (by someone I met whilst over there - friend of a friend etc) that getting rear-drive new cars is very difficult. I find that hard to believe as I do enjoy rear-drive cars far more than front drive. I think RD are much safer too. I am probably buying a new car on Monday so I'll post pictures next week.

I've found that the new reference files for AdAware have allowed it to correctly target CWS. I have used it on a couple of work machines and it is successful in clearing it. I'd download AdAware, install it, update it and do a custom deep scan with all options on in safe mode. It should kill it.

Well I couldn't resist posting this as I found the stuff I didn't know quite interesting. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/trivia) Dustin Hoffman was reputedly the original choice to play Deckard. While the film is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", the title comes from a book by Alan E. Nourse called "The Bladerunner". William S. Burroughs wrote a screenplay based on the Nourse book, and a novella entitled "Blade Runner: A Movie." Ridley Scott bought the rights to the title but not the screenplay or the book. The Burroughs composition defines a blade runner as a person who sells illegal surgical instruments. Exasperated crews often referred to the film as "Blood Runner". The building used in the final chase scene between Decker and Roy, the Bradbury, was the same building used in the 1964 episode of the original Outer Limits titled 'The Demon With a Glass Hand' staring Robert Culp. The ending that features Deckard and Rachael driving in the countryside contains unused footage from Stanley Kubrick's Shining, The (1980). The opening sequence has been identified as a shot of the I.C.I. Chemical Plant in Wilton, Teesside, UK. It was actually a diminishing perspective miniature landscape set nicknamed "Hades". It measured 18 feet wide by 13 feet deep. In the sequence where Deckard and Gaff approach police headquarters in a spinner, a model of the Millennium Falcon ( Harrison Ford's spaceship in Star Wars (1977)), disguised as a building, can be seen in the lower left corner of the frame. The model was a personal project of one of the film's model builders, and was used as a building at the last minute. A model of the Dark Star spaceship from the film Dark Star (1974) is also used as a building. It can be seen behind the Asian billboard when Gaff's spinner is approaching the Police building. The mold used for the rooftop of the Police Headquarters building was originally a mold used in the Special Edition of _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_. It is the saucer-like ceiling Richard Dreyfuss stands under after he enters the Mothership. The dialogue in all releases of the movie alludes to another replicant who dies before Deckard's final battles with Pris and Batty. The conflicting dialogue occurs in the first conversation between Deckard and Bryant. Bryant initially tells Deckard there are four "skin jobs" on the loose, but minutes later says six escaped, and one was killed by the "electronic gate", which should leave five. The explanation is that the script originally contained an additional replicant named "Mary", but time and budgetary constraints resulted in her being written out. M. Emmet Walsh who plays Bryant, reports that new dialogue was recorded to change the number of replicants in this scene, but Scott inexplicably only used half of the new dialogue, resulting in the inconsistency. There are at least three major drafts of the screenplay. While they all have the same storyline, many details differ between them: The first of these drafts, dated July 24, 1980, was written by Hampton Fancher alone. It refers to replicants as "androids" and makes it clear that Deckard is human; at one point, he has a physical, hoping to qualify for an off-world flight. The Voight-Kampff test can spot "androids" after five or six questions, (not the thirty questions required in later drafts; Rachael is detected after thirteen questions, not a hundred. Deckard recognizes Zhora fairly quickly in this draft (her appearance has changed in later drafts). The fifth "android" Mary has a part in this draft. Instead of finding Tyrell at the Tyrell building, Batty goes to Tyrell's mansion, and he kills Tyrell, along with his bodyguard, a maid, and his entire family; he kills Sebastian later. Deckard kills Mary, Pris, and Batty. Deckard and Rachael escape from the city. In the woods in the country, Deckard kills Rachael, knowing that another Blade Runner would have done it sooner or later. The draft dated December 22, 1980, was co-written by David Webb Peoples. It does not have the chess game featured in the final film, but it is the most cohesive of the three draft (there are no continuity problems, and the story is virtually complete, with details missing from the final film). Batty and Company are known as replicants by this time. Also, a sixth replicant, Hodge, is in the mix; he attacks Batty and Gaff at Leon's flat. Mary is also in this draft; as before, she is killed by Deckard in Sebastian's apartment. Chew is shown after he freezes to death. In this draft, the Tyrell Corporation is called "the Nekko Corporation". Instead of praising Deckard's skills as a Blade Runner, Bryant chastises him for shooting a replicant in public view after Deckard kills Zhora. Leon disguises himself as a Russian in a bar sitting next to Deckard before attacking him; Deckard isn't fooled, but Leon is still faster than him, and Deckard needs to be rescued by Rachael. In this draft, "Tyrell" turns out to be another replicant; after killing him, Roy demands that Sebastian take him to the real Tyrell, and Sebastian reveals that Tyrell has an unnamed disease and is now in hibernation unit awaiting a cure. Roy demands that Sebastian wake Tyrell up, and Sebastian reveals that Tyrell died a year ago; Roy kills Sebastian after learning this. In both of these two drafts, the entire replicant line is put on hold after Tyrell is killed, as Batty is now public knowledge. Bryant reveals Gaff is planning to kill Racheal. In this draft, Batty saves Deckard and lets his lifespan run out. After Deckard returns home, Bryant calls to warn him that Gaff is coming, hinting that Deckard should get out of town. Deckard and Rachael leave town. Rachael asks Deckard to kill him, so another Blade Runner can't do it; Deckard does so. While Deckard is probably human in this draft, he empathizes with the replicants, comparing himself to them at the end, saying "Roy Batty was my late brother." The draft dated February 23, 1981, is VERY close to the final film. It has some spare narration, and it also has the continuity problem of Bryant saying there are five replicants in the city. In the final battle, Deckard tries to back out, saying he doesn't want to kill Pris or Batty. At the end, Deckard and Rachael flee the city; Gaff's spinner is seen in the distance chasing them. The error concerning the number of replicants was dealt with in the never-made sequel to the movie (which was instead made into a novel) in which Deckard is the remaining replicant. The computer screen in Gaff's police spinner shows the same computer sequence (with the word "Purge") that the Nostromo displays in the film Alien (1979) (also directed by Ridley Scott). The end of the chess game in which Sebastian, with help from Batty, defeats Tyrell, is inspired by the real-life "Immortal Game" (so-called) in which Adolf Anderssen beat Lionel Kieseritzky in London in 1851. In July 2000, director Ridley Scott said that Deckard is, in fact, a replicant. Harrison Ford takes issue with Ridley Scott's revelation that Deckard is a replicant. "We had agreed that he definitely was not a replicant," Ford said. Director Trademark: [Ridley Scott] [Mothers] Leon shoots his interviewer just as he is asked a question about his mother. The movie was given poor ratings by most critics in 1982, including Siskel & Ebert. In 1992, the two critics re-evaluated their attitudes toward the film and gave it two enthusiastic thumbs-up. All the replicants are called by their names and the humans are called by their surnames. Rick Deckard is called by both his name and surname. At some point of the movie every replicant has a red brightness in their eyes (Rachel in Deckard's home, Pris in Sebastian's). Deckard also has the shining in his eyes while talking to Rachel in his house. They hired a female gymnast as a stunt double for Daryl Hannah in the scene where Pris attacks Deckard, but director Ridley Scott rehearsed the scene so many times that when they were ready to shoot the scene she was too exhausted to do anything. The scene was filmed with a male gymnast that they had been able to track down during the lunch break. The incept (birth) date of Pris ( Daryl Hannah) is 14 February 2016. Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer)'s odd meld of "father" and "fucker" after he says to Tyrell, "I want more life" is deliberate. Hauer was instructed to pronounce it in such a way that it could be both. When Gaff talks to Deckard in the Chinese restaurant he speaks partly in Hungarian, he says: "Azonnal kövessen engem" which means "Follow me immediately", and "Lófasz" which means something like "bullshit" in English (only much ruder). Evidently, Hungarian moviegoers find this fantastically funny. Gaff continues in Hungarian. He says, "Nehogy mar, te vagy a Blade Runner," which means, "No way, you are the Blade Runner." After this, he switches to another language. Deckard's apartment, drawn by set designer Charles Breen and built on stage at Warner Bros., was inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Innes-Brown House in Los Angeles. Breen actually had plaster casts taken from the textile blocks of the Wright-designed house and used them for the walls in the stage set. Ridley Scott carried a photo of Edward Hopper's famous painting "Nighthawks" with him during shooting to show it to the crew members, to give them a feeling what kind of mood he wanted to create in the film. In the final scene where Deckard believes Rachel to be dead, there are televisions in the background which have interference superimposed on them and the eerie wind noise, both effects are taken from Alien (1979), a previous Ridley Scott film. Ridley Scott constantly would ask Joe Turkel (a friend of Stanley Kubrick's ), "How would Kubrick have done it?" In the end, Turkel had to tell Ridley that it was his film, not Kubrick's, and he should film it in his own style. This was one of the first major films to be reissued years later in a "director's edition" in which the director was allowed to restore edited footage or otherwise make changes more closely reflecting his original vision. Today, such later "revision" of films is commonplace. When Deckard ( Harrison Ford) stops Rachel ('Sean Young' ) from leaving his apartment he pushes her away from him. The expression of pain and shock on her face was real. She said Ford pushed her too hard and she was angry with him.

I'd like to throw in "DeadCats" and "Eddie314" into the mix too, though we haven't seen them for a long time for one reason or another.