lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 CYBER MONDAY DEALS RCA HDV5000 HD DVD Player Location: Staples.com Price: $50 Info: It's a refurb, and it's a 1st gen HD DVD player, but it's rumored to run $50 cheaper than Staple's usual price. And it's a low commitment way to get into the HD DVD game. Note: model number is an HD DVD player, even though description looks like upconverter. Could be bogus, but more deals below! Xbox 360 Premium Bundle Location: Walmart.com Price: $399 Includes: It's the Xbox 360 Premium with Forza and Marvel Ultimate Alliance, but you get an extra wireless controller and your choice of games from a pool of some decent titles, including Mass Effect, along with an Xbox 360 messenger bag. iPods Galore Location: Bestbuy.com Price: 16gb touch - $379, 160gb Classic - $332, 8gb Nano - $189 Info: Starts today and goes through next Sunday. Best deal on an iPod w/o student discount or refurb. 10% Off At Circuit City Location: CircuitCity.com, In-store pickup only Price: Save 10% on any order of $249 or more. 20% Cash Back At Paypal Retailers Location: 15 Retailers including Barnes & Noble, HP, eToys.com, Overstock and Sharper Image. Info: Get 20% cash back up to $50. 1TB Western Digital myBook external HD Location: ZipZoomFly.com Price: $219 Info: That's a lot of porn, my friends. Viewsonic 26" LCD HDTV Location: Staples.com Price: $399 Info: That's over $100 savings compared to standard online prices. HP Photosmart C6280 All in One Printer Location: Staples.com Price: $100 Info: Also about $100 off standard online prices. Plantronics 330 Bluetooth headset Location: BestBuy.com Price: $25 Info: Save over $25, get your Bluetooth on. ClubIT Deals Location: ClubIT.com Info: We don't know what they'll have for sale yet, but deals should hit Monday morning at 12:30 AM PST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Shai: Thanks, I'm actually testing it out right now. Had to plug it up to the router though. I'll have to find the wireless driver try out this wrapper business. mindvapors: you ever give the omegadrivers a try? omegadrivers.net What for? The graphics problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Shai: Thanks, I'm actually testing it out right now. Had to plug it up to the router though. I'll have to find the wireless driver try out this wrapper business. What for? The graphics problem? yeah http://www.omegadrivers.net/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 hey asshats, here's a tutorial for building a simple trough antenna reflector. give it a shot and you might be able to boost wifi from your neighbor 10 houses down. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-WIFI-Antenna-Reception-Booster/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 So i think the HDD on this laptop might be dieing. I've been getting a lot of "C://blah blah blah could nat write to blah and blah" errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 So i think the HDD on this laptop might be dieing. I've been getting a lot of "C://blah blah blah could nat write to blah and blah" errors. do you defragment enough? too much? try this, your MBR may be corrupted... http://www.ambience.sk/experiments/MbrFix.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 This is a pretty fresh install of XP, installed a few months ago and used less than 20 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 That MBRfix thing just flashed a cmd window for a nanosecond and then disappeared.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 That MBRfix thing just flashed a cmd window for a nanosecond and then disappeared.. you're probably good. virii can fuck up MBR's though manual instructions just in case http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/483/xp_repair_fix_master_boot_record_recovery_console Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Wow. Dude. Your OmegaDrivers suggestion looks like it actually fixed it. I've gone through countless suggestions, and now I think that one worked, as simple as it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Wow. Dude. Your OmegaDrivers suggestion looks like it actually fixed it. I've gone through countless suggestions, and now I think that one worked, as simple as it was. awesome. yeah, those drivers are awesome for 9700's. try out some game sor something graphics intensive. i bet you notice a nice improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I would if I could. The last standing problem with this laptop is its way too frequent freeze ups. I HAVE to have it vertical or the shit seems like it overheats and screeches to a halt. That, and the occasional write errors but I sure they are connected. I also just tried to make a partition to throw linux on but partitionmagic said there was a bad sector on the HD. Is there any way to salvage this one, or should i buy a new HDD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I would if I could. The last standing problem with this laptop is its way too frequent freeze ups. I HAVE to have it vertical or the shit seems like it overheats and screeches to a halt. That, and the occasional write errors but I sure they are connected. I also just tried to make a partition to throw linux on but partitionmagic said there was a bad sector on the HD. Is there any way to salvage this one, or should i buy a new HDD? you should probably buy a new hard drive. one thing you can do is boot with your xp cd or a bootable floppy and run scandisk. like this at command prompt (but not command prompt from windows. not the same) c:\ scandisk c: then hit enter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 my laptop's battery can't hold a charge anymore. it was never a long lasting battery to begin with, but if i even pull the poer cord out it will instantly shut down. is this normal for laptop batteries? do i need to buy a new one? i really like taking a shit while on the oz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 my laptop's battery can't hold a charge anymore. it was never a long lasting battery to begin with, but if i even pull the poer cord out it will instantly shut down. is this normal for laptop batteries? do i need to buy a new one? i really like taking a shit while on the oz. http://www.hackaday.com/2005/08/26/how-to-laptop-resurrection-and-upgrade/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 sweet. will give it a try if i can get this damn battery out. the friggin release is caught Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Casek, what do you know about packet analysis on torrents and/or video streams? I'm mostly concerned about how the ISP knows what it knows and what I can do to counteract it. Apparently PG has been ported to OS X, so that's a plus. I've been noticing some lags in the cable DSL here. It's going into a Surfboard, then an Airport Base Station. If I could get a Linux box going, I'd just use Wireshark. But, that's not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Casek, what do you know about packet analysis on torrents and/or video streams? I'm mostly concerned about how the ISP knows what it knows and what I can do to counteract it. Apparently PG has been ported to OS X, so that's a plus. I've been noticing some lags in the cable DSL here. It's going into a Surfboard, then an Airport Base Station. If I could get a Linux box going, I'd just use Wireshark. But, that's not an option. wireshark is also windows compatible. ISP's use Sandvine to throttle bt traffic. only way around it is to VPN or encrypt via azureus, utorrent, etc. peerguardian is good to have on hand too. keeps the bad guys out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks. PG is going on here tomorrow. I'm still on a Mac, though. So, encryption....I don't know if I can do that with Tomato. I need to get another x86 laptop, or fix the one I've got. I stand corrected. Wireshark has been ported to BSD, so maybe I'll try to compile it tomorrow. I'm going to look into Sandvine...I've heard of network chokes, but I never looked into it. I'm fucking tired. Someone came by and blazed a bunch of tweed during the Simpsons, and I don't even smoke the stuff. I feel about 25% dumber right now. Caffeine isn't working. Get on AIM someday. It would be nice to catch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 ljohuh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoholica Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Does anyone know a good program to use to rip your songs off your ipod onto your computer... Windows.. not Mac??? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Windows At the risk of making my Windows readers feel like second-class citizens, please follow the first four steps outlined in the instructions for Mac users. Once you’ve done that: 1. Double-click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop. 2. Locate your iPod in the window that appears and select it. 3. Choose Folder Options from the Tools menu in the My Computer window. 4. Click the View tab in the Folder Options window that appears. 5. Look for the Hidden Files and Folders entry. Below this entry enable the Show Hidden Files and Folders option and click Apply to reveal the hidden files. 6. Dismiss the Folder Options windows by clicking the OK button. 7. Double-click the iPod’s icon in the My Computer window. 8. Sorry about the return to second-class citizen status, but please follow steps 8 through 10 in the Macintosh instructions above. 9. Once the Music folder is on the Desktop, right-click on the folder, select Properties from the contextual menu, uncheck the Hidden option in the Attributes area of the General tab, and click Apply. In the Confirm Attributes Change window that appears make sure the Apply Changes to This Folder, Subfolders, and Files option is checked and click OK. The folder and all the items in it are now visible and can be dragged into the iTunes library. Note that although the music files bear a seemingly incomprehensible four-letter title (AHLK.m4a, for example) when viewed outside of iTunes, their titles will appear properly once you’ve brought them into iTunes. or http://www.gtkpod.org/about.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoholica Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 ar ok cool, but is there anyway like you can get that is already named...for example....Artist - Title. instead of XNFJ. to do this i think you need a program where u can drag and drop??? free program??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 http://www.hackaday.com/2005/08/26/how-to-laptop-resurrection-and-upgrade/ Nice post... I actually am going to try that tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Casek, what about this? http://redhatcat.blogspot.com/2007/09/beating-sandvine-on-windows-with-wipfw.html It looks like a way to get around the throttle by denying Sandvine's RST flags on the Bittorrent port. I guess the RST flags tell the other seeds/peers on the tracker that I have disconnected and to discontinue all traffic to my client. That's fucking SHADY, if not illegal. Since this is a BSD system, IPFW is built in. I just need to figure out the UNIX commands to make this happen in OS X. It's probably not hard, just time consuming. Fuck Comcast. Apparently they're about to get slapped with a class-action suit over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 anyone got a bitme.org invite they want to hook me up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18323368?hilite= DAMN, SON!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 anyone got a bitme.org invite they want to hook me up with? nope sorry but here is a list of open invites Signup is open for these 86 bittorrent trackers. This file was created on: 11/26/2007 8:23:14 PM GMT! 420project AppzUniverse ArenaBG ARMTracker AudioZoneTorrents BadBits bestshare [bS] BestXviD BitHQ BitSoup BitTorrents [biTT] BiTTuRK blue-bytez Cinematik Cyber-Angels [CA] Deviloid dnbCafe dnbtracker EclipseTorrents EliteTracker [ET] Empornium EXITORRENT ExtremeBits [eXB] EzTorrents FileBits FileMP3 FilePorn FileShare.Lv [FS] FuckTheClones [FTC] FullContactZone [FCZ] FunFile [FF] gamato GreekBits h33t HD-bits.ro HomemadePornTorrents ILoveTorrents [iLT] IMDbTorrent IPTorrents [iPT] Kludd LinuxTracker [LT] MixFiend Mp3nerds [MP3N] Nocopyright.NU PhoenixPT PianoSheets PimpTorrent piratetorrents PornBits PowerTorrent [PT] PussyTorrents RainbowTorrents [RT] RespectTheSeed scanbytes.org SceneLinks [sCL] SceneVets SeedMeTV [sMTV] SeedMore [sM] shackers-paradise softmp3 SportScene [sSC] STMusic SweBits [sB] swep2p.org TapeDown TDSTrader [TSD] TextbookTorrents TheMixingBowl themusik [TM] TorentCrestin TorrentBits [Tbits] TorrentFive [TF] TorrentPhase TorrentsForAll [TFA] TorrentsLab Torrent-Vision Torrentzilla [TZ] Trancebooster [TRB] TribalMixes TunisiaGate [TS] TVtorrents Urban-Race [uR] Wild-Bytes [WB] XbitZ [XB] xXx-Devil [XD] yuwabits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18323368?hilite= DAMN, SON!!! little old but good post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 little old but good post I just noticed it was from May. Touche. The point is, Comcast is getting away with this only because people aren't aware of Sandvine. I'm sure a lot of folks on here are A)using BT, B)are on Comcast, and C)going nuts trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Well, now everybody who reads this thread knows. And, it sucks. Apparently, Comcast doesn't care if people know about this, either. Their attitude seems to be, "If you don't like it, find another ISP to use." But, if they don't care, then why aren't they talking about how they're analyizng my traffic? Probably because they know people like me who care will jump ship. SUPER SHADY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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