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From: Stephen Horne on 30 Dec 2009 21:00
On 31 Dec 2009 02:47:34 +0100, Death <death(a)rottingcorpses.x-x> wrote:

>Say "Thank You Death"...you will laugh.

;-)

Also, good for diffusing anger...

"I'm going to *kill* you, Death!" - hard to keep a straight face.

From: Death on 30 Dec 2009 21:10
Stephen Horne wrote:

> On 31 Dec 2009 02:47:34 +0100, Death <death(a)rottingcorpses.x-x> wrote:
>
>>Say "Thank You Death"...you will laugh.
>
> ;-)
>
> Also, good for diffusing anger...
>
> "I'm going to *kill* you, Death!" - hard to keep a straight face.

Death will prosecute!
Death will not go down willingly!

--

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.
From: Shmuel Metz on 30 Dec 2009 20:50
In <4b3bfc73$1(a)news.x-privat.org>, on 12/31/2009
at 02:20 AM, Death <death(a)rottingcorpses.x-x> said:

>Don't killfile anyone.

De gustibus non disputandem est.

>You never know what oyster of information you may get from someone.

But you do know that the oysters come without labels as to which ones are
safe. When the s/n ratio gets too low, there's no good reason not to
killfile the poster.

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From: Stephen Horne on 1 Jan 2010 02:50
On 31 Dec 2009 13:39:45 GMT, central <central77(a)fastmailNOSPAM.fm>
wrote:

>What he said: I've spent hours of my life grappling with video problems,
>which I *eventually* solved (wrong resolution, disappearing windows
>decorations etc etc) but the moment I put a decent(1) card in the system,
>they all just vanished.

That's kind of my feeling (and why I still haven't got the motivation
to do the investigating yet - sorry David - will do soonish).

That said, I'm on serious budget restrictions these days.

>1: Nvidia for preference, and it doesnt need a pile of money - the one I
>run now cost about EUR40, with a gig of memory. Was probably a 'bit
>special' when it was first made but remaindered when I got it and it does
>the job fine.

That amount is no big deal, but like I said, the whole PC is obsolete.
I *was* planning to get some extra RAM, but while UKP 50 or so for a
pair of 1GB DDR1 PC3200 sticks isn't too scary, it's still 20% more
than the same amount of twice-the-speed DDR2, and for something I
won't be able to recycle into a new self-build PC in a few months.

That said, if I spend the UKP 100 on upgrades, and assuming nothing
else dies... it's not like I need a faster system or anything. I'm
only concerned about the RAM because dual booting's such a pain
compared with virtual machines, but 1GB RAM can be a bit low for
comfort working in a VM.

From: graham on 1 Jan 2010 03:20
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:50:18 +0000, Stephen Horne wrote:


>
> That amount is no big deal, but like I said, the whole PC is obsolete. I
> *was* planning to get some extra RAM, but while UKP 50 or so for a pair
> of 1GB DDR1 PC3200 sticks isn't too scary, it's still 20% more than the
> same amount of twice-the-speed DDR2, and for something I won't be able
> to recycle into a new self-build PC in a few months.
>
> That said, if I spend the UKP 100 on upgrades, and assuming nothing else
> dies... it's not like I need a faster system or anything. I'm only
> concerned about the RAM because dual booting's such a pain compared with
> virtual machines, but 1GB RAM can be a bit low for comfort working in a
> VM.

The cheapest motherboard bundle from novatech.co.uk is £102.
I'm sure there will be other buys worth looking at before spending £50 on
2GB ram
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