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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Feedback on the NEW WrongPlanet site. |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2015, 11:35 am
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Replies: 334
Views: 52,758
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| After an absence of many months from WrongPlanet I returned mainly to see if my login still worked more than anything, new forum popped up, gave it a try with my original login, that didn't work as the password hadn't transferred so had to request a new one, that's my only real complaint thus far, o... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why hasn't XP died yet |
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Posted: 30 May 2013, 11:31 am
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Replies: 37
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| Pikachu, your signature says that you use RISC OS. Are you an old Acorn fan? I used RISC OS at school many years ago and thought it was a shame when x86 PCs took over that market share,, now however I run it on a Raspberry Pi as I don't have any old Acorn hardware, though right now I'm posting from... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why hasn't XP died yet |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 37
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| Despite Windows XP being used widely, Microsoft are ending support for it next year. Windows XP end of support date Basically this will force people to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8, or just use competing products that don't bloat the system to hell, it's going to end up with a lot of old Pentiu... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What Operating System do you use? |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 5:03 pm
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Replies: 94
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| So I don't seem to come across as spammy I figured that this update would not include anything that has NOT changed: Changes: x86/x86_64 Haiku (on Dell Optiplex GX150 Small Form Factor mainy as proof I can do it and also in VirtualBox OSE under Debian Squeeze on laptop) That should be all up to date... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What Operating System do you use? |
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Posted: 11 May 2013, 6:45 am
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Replies: 94
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| Update to my previous post x86 and x86_64: Windows XP Pro (on two headless P4 machines) Windows 7 (on desktop, shack computer, and laptop) Ubuntu 12.04 server (on Dell PowerEdge SC1425 server) Debian Squeeze (on laptop and desktop) Android-x86 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (on kitchen computer) ARM Andro... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What Operating System do you use? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2013, 10:02 am
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Replies: 94
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| x86 and x86_64: Windows XP Pro (on two headless P4 machines) Windows 7 (on desktop, shack computer, soon to be reinstalled onto laptop in spare partition) Ubuntu 12.04 server (on both my servers) Debian Squeeze (on laptop, soon to be installed on desktop in spare partition) Android-x86 4.0 "Ice Crea... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Anyone here into computer repair? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2013, 6:32 am
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Replies: 34
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| I service my own computers and have done for years, even laptops which are slightly harder to work with due to the mass of screws taking them apart and limitation on what can be replaced anyway. I know enough to fix most software issues, however with both software and hardware there is more to learn... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Anyone into arduino and raspberry pi? |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2013, 7:05 am
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Replies: 10
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| I have a 256MB Raspberry Pi and a 512MB Raspberry Pi, I haven't had chance to fully explore what can be done with them, one (the 512MB one) sits on a desk in my living room running RISC OS (which I recommend people try at least once), the 256MB one that I own has the Raspbian Linux distro for the Pi... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: A+ cert |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2013, 6:55 am
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Replies: 6
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| I'm currently taking the CompTIA A+ (I suspect that is what you mean by A+), only been taking it a couple of weeks so not passed it yet, my advice would be to keep looking over any study material and do some research related to the course, and perhaps look for some practice exams as suggested in ano... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Cost of running a home server? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2013, 6:02 am
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Replies: 15
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| I doubt it will cost too much, I have a Dell PowerEdge SC1425, a proper rackmount server, just sits on a shelf in my living room and since getting it my electricity usage is about the same as it was before, the server is rarely under heavy load, plus it's up 24/7 as I use it to host websites from ho... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: WrongPlanet is UNDER ATTACK! You may get DDoS warnings. |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2013, 10:48 am
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Replies: 56
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| That explains a lot I'd just moved over to using RISC OS on a Raspberry Pi, and had no problems whatsoever accessing other phpBB and PHP-Nuke based sites using the supplied Netsurf browser, but could not get onto here because of CloudFlare, as it requires Javascript and Netsurf doesn't support it fo... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Power Cables? |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 5:26 am
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Replies: 14
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| I can personally recommend the charger supplied with the Samsung Galaxy S II for powering the Raspberry Pi, I have used this with no problem, they're probably not that cheap to get hold of if you don't have a Samsung smartphone but they do the job. Another thing worth checking just in case is that y... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Has anyone got their own web server? |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2012, 7:28 am
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Replies: 13
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| I mean have you got a domain name and made it available? I wonder how much effort it would be to get my laptop connected to the internet as a web server. It already has IIS and so I think I need a domain name and then to somehow hook it up to the web but not sure what steps are needed. Or if it cos... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Any one got a Raspberry Pi? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 5:56 am
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Replies: 15
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| My Raspberry Pi arrived this morning, it is a new revision of the board that is built here in the UK, not had the chance to fire it up yet as I still don't have a display to connect it up to. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Just passed my amateur radio test today! |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012, 4:19 am
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Replies: 6
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| I have long been interested in radio, and today, nearly 26 years after I got my first shortwave radio at age 12, I'm a licensed Technician, the first amateur radio license level. I plan to take the General (level two) exam in a month or two. The thing is, I don't know what to do now. I got a compli... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Any one got a Raspberry Pi? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2012, 5:55 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Have one on order from Farnell, though I had to order a new television as well as none of my monitors have DVI (except for the display unit for the kitchen computer which is pointless) and my existing television is based on technology from the dark ages so naturally would lack HDMI input. I have pre... |
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