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SevenStar
08-20-2003, 01:13 AM
Nah, they're not cold - They just know that SevenStar can't die. :cool:

My sound is back. I hate microshaft... I mean microsoft. I check my settings - they're all cool - which I knew, because I hadn't touched them. I rebooted several times - nothing. A few mins ago, my PC crashed. When I rebooted, the sound worked! wtf?
CrippledAvenger
08-20-2003, 01:26 AM
I chalk it up to empty force.
txwingchun
08-20-2003, 07:11 AM
Hve you tried using Linux?
MasterKiller
08-20-2003, 07:15 AM
How long has it been since you wiped the hard drive and reinstalled everything? You should do that every couple of years, at least.
SevenStar
08-20-2003, 10:11 AM
Originally posted by txwingchun
Hve you tried using Linux?

I haven't, but do intend on it. Once I connect my hub and get the network running, I want at least one of my boxes to run linux.
SevenStar
08-20-2003, 10:12 AM
Originally posted by MasterKiller
How long has it been since you wiped the hard drive and reinstalled everything? You should do that every couple of years, at least.

It's been about 2 years.
Shaolin-Do
08-20-2003, 11:41 AM
Sure you dont have that stupid azz virus? (therse like 3 going around real bad right now....)
txwingchun
08-20-2003, 12:34 PM
Originally posted by Shaolin-Do
Sure you dont have that stupid azz virus? (therse like 3 going around real bad right now....)


Windows is a virus
norther practitioner
08-20-2003, 01:35 PM
Windows is a virus

Never truer words spoken...:D
txwingchun
08-20-2003, 02:41 PM
Maybe not a full blown virus:

No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:

1.They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that.

2.Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Windows does that.

3.Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Windows does that too.

4.Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.
Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too.

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences:Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.
So Windows is not a virus.

It's a bug.