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Well, i have it automatically join two channels when it connects. Each channel gets a separate window if that's what you are talking about. So hopping just involves changing windows. I think that's how it works anyways, not an expert at it.

I put the commands in the "perform buffer" in connection manager.

Instead of MIRC, I'm using Trillian. I'm with fatty in being new to this. Am I missing out on any features with trillian? Seems fairly easy to use, and doesn't require another program for IM.

I get packet loss

A revelation????

I think you do need to have CS installed, not just HL......someone correct me if I'm wrong tho.

Get geekplay from geekboys to play demos. Makes it pretty simple.

Mmmm Stats

Looks like Sparky has the lead at 30k

bdg doesn't show up for some reason

check out rev at 32K or so

stats

This is out of about 5 million. Kinda neat.

bump

This is great, but seems to be falling in the forums.

I had an ATI card a couple of years ago and had numerous problems with it from driver issues to the hardware simply failing. That coulda change by now, but I've avoided them a long time. Plus in testing, if I remember correctly, ATI rarely can keep up with Nvidia. But that is supposed to be changing with the 9700. But the price......

I've gone with Nvidia based chips for a while now, and have been very happy with them.

I'd suggest pricing out the 8250 series also. With that, the base processor is a 2.4 ghz and the memory is better, PC 1066 RDRAM. I just did a quick run thru of it, and think it's only about $120 more (it was $1050 or $1060 after rebate) than what you have there, and that $120 will get you 600 more mhz chip and memory that is a lot better for games. Some of the 8250 series are also in the $800-900 range, which is basically just taking away 256mb of RDRAM, which may be a trade-off to consider.

Just my opinion, for CS what you have there will be more than adequate, but I like to have as much bang for the buck as possible, even if it's an extra 100 bucks or so.

Morning!!!! I wanna live in your world where noon is morning.

Let me re-phrase - building your own is perfect, so long as you are not on a budget and know what you are doing. For the avg. pute user, this won't apply (or those with wives that just won't let them toy around ). The avg user is gonna be using something that's on par with most store/internet bought machines. Whether they build or buy.

Of course the twinkers could build an uber machine. But who has that money or the time? I'm sure some do, but most don't. But a twinker could build a better machine for the money than buying one.

So you live with what you can get. I myself think Dell has a very structurally sound architecture. They use solid, quality materials in building their systems. Maybe not the best; but far from the worst. And there is a lot to be said for the support side of it.

Most people could not build a system that is stable for less than what they could buy it from Dell or a competitor. A lot of factors go into building your own. Takes some skill to custom build. That's always a factor.

Dunno, for those of you that read this and fear self-builds, you can't go wrong with a Dell. It'll take some software adjustments once you get it, but the hardware is sound and reliable. As for HP, Sony, Gateway, Compaq, and a slew of others, good luck. I've had pretty extensive experience with the four above and would recommend none of them.

Wow, i sound like a commercial

building your own is a great way.....did it with my last computer. But as Gond points out, software can be key, esp when you need something like Office. Got lazy and bought a Dell a week ago tho About the 5th or 6th I've gotten from them with much success (for an office environment).

btw, I used www.pricewatch.com to find pretty much everything I needed. I had a good experience with each vendor I used from there.

Anyone got any secret vendors for parts?

Whatta weekend it's been. With the holiday and all, the server has been full nearly round the clock. Jumped in the afternoon Friday and some late nite Fri and Sat and great games going on.

Let's keep the trend up thru Christmas and beyond. Great to play in a community with such a dedicated player base. The games can get very interesting it seems.

Anyways, glad to see the large group of friendly people around.

Now if we could only keep the cursing to a minimum

On PS2 over broadband, it's pretty fun

And to still be banned after this long........................c'mon, what did you do??

Try reconnecting or confessing

Wow, accusing an admin of cowardice.............that'll get you unbanned quick

I suspect this is not the full story; or an admin accidentally did this. Either way, it's prolly a limited duration ban. Just try to reconnect.

Cage uses amx mod. I've misplaced the website, but a search for it will bring it up. As to how to work it, m0m would have that info.

When he's around, it's no coincidence that maps with vending machines get played more

de_rats would get played more if the freezers weren't so empty

DJ - those are too funny btw

I'm with you Zap. #2 when I was undergrad. And nothing to speak of during law school

Miami has a tough coupla games coming up. Pitt is no pushover (ask VT + they are 5-0 in conf) and well, VT will be looking to redeem themselves after a good season.

I gotta think that either Pittsburgh or VT will get the best of Miami. And for those that think this is BS, just look at Rutgers, hands down Pitt and VT have more stamina and heart than that.

Golfing's not much of a choice when you're in my profession. And it can be really fun. But, no matter whether it's stroke play or a tournament, seems everyone I golf with turns it into a reason to drink beer. And that, makes it a great sport. Not many sports where the participants can drink a 6 pack and still be an asset to the team.

Ubernewb said about watching football which made me think of something. OSU has a class called "Sport for the Spectator" where you learn to watch sports. Hmmm, maybe watching is now a sport?????

Anyways, I proposed to my wife on a golf course, what a great setting, and I think that hole was my first par on a par 5 also - so a double wammie

This is what I use. The side buttons come in handy for voicecomm. The button layout is also better than on some of the other optical mice. My wife's optical mouse, for example, has two buttons on the left hand side that are kinda small. The bigger buttons just fit my hand better.

The one problem is the cord getting stuck on the speakers, or sitting your beer on it. So maybe cordless would be better But never heard of anyone using cordless for this game.