Date: 11/07/07     Keywords: no keywords

Play this game on your lunch break or when your brain needs some exercise:

http://www.mygame.com/game/3dlogic2

It's almost like the circuit design job I do. Many times at work I would ask myself, "How can I uncross these signal lines?!"

You will get to ask yourself the same question in this game, after a while.

It uses cookies, so it'll save your progress for future fun.

(Today I called it quits on level 15)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1124049.html

Date: 11/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

My sister just called me and told me she spilled coffee on her laptop, and now half of the keys don't work. She took it in to the place that she bought it from. How likely is it that it can be fixed, and at what type of price?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1123655.html

Date: 11/03/07     Keywords: virus, google

I have a Compaq tc4200, notebook/tablet. It's about 2 to 2.5 years old.
I've searched for answers, googled, but nothing really helpful yet, so before I hand in my laptop to local pc repair shop, I wanted to check in with fellow geeks. My weak point has always been laptop repair.

The monitor on my laptop will, at random moments, just go blank, but each time a different color of blank. So, for example, I'm online and reading a post on LJ and then suddenly the monitor just turns neon green, or pink, or blue, or any other shade and hue and color you can think of.
If I close the laptop, let it shut off, and then open and turn it on again, everything is back the way it was before my monitor blanked out.

It feels like it might be the video, but I want more input to know for sure before I do anything.
I love my laptop *sniff* *sniff*

I've ruled out viruses and the like. AVG is up to speed, running perfectly, AdAware checks out, Defender checks out, CCleaner, etc... no slowdowns in performance, just the monitor.

Any guesses?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1123429.html

Date: 11/01/07     Keywords: programming, java

Question for all programmers out there, in January I'm starting my MS in Information Systems. This is not a programming intensive major, but I intend on picking up a few languages along the way and I'd like to continue to upkeep them afterwards. The majority of programming in this degree will be spent in JAVA (I intend on learning PERL, Python, and probably some combination of the M$ languages [C#, VB.NET, etc.]). Anyway, to get to my question.

I don't want to do development on my machine, I'd rather run it all on a sandbox, and I have the space to have another machine running nearby. What would your recommendations be on specs on said machine, OS, memory req's, etc? I have my own feelings and I'll respond in comments when a few people have responded.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1123151.html

Date: 11/01/07     Keywords: technology, security

I'm looking to exchange the laptop that I recently bought for something that will play Second Life more easily. The one I currently have freezes and crashes during the game and after some asking around, I discovered that the Intel graphics card isn't supported by Second Life.

Could someone please tell me if the specs under the cut will enable me smooth playing for the following recommendations from SL?

SL Recommendations:

• Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
• Operating System: XP or Vista
• Computer Processor: 1.5 GHz (XP), 2-GHz (Vista) 32-bit (x86) or better
• Computer Memory: 1 GB or more
• Video/Graphics Card**:
  • Nvidia Graphics cards (6000 series: 6700, 6800; 7000 series: 7600, 7800, 7900; 8000 series: 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800; GeForce Go: 7400, 7600, 7800, 7900)
  • ATI Graphics Cards (X800, X900; X1400, X1500, X1600, X1700, X1800, X1900)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1122564.html

Date: 10/31/07     Keywords: spam

I've been using Mailsnare for years, but I'm finally fed up. They no longer have a customer phone line, and my account shows 98% full in spite of being nearly empty. The spam filtering has gotten worse and worse. It's time for a change. Any suggestions? Or comments, if this is actually as good as it gets. TIA.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1122484.html

Date: 10/31/07     Keywords: no keywords

I thought you guys n girls would get a kick out of this:



I did!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1122237.html

Date: 10/27/07     Keywords: shopping

It turns out that my 2 DVD readers don't write, and life is too short to do photo and system backups to CDs. Time to buy more hardware! Any recommendation for DVD writers? Brands to avoid? Great classics? Either Newegg or Fry's will probably be my shopping spot. Thanks.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1121971.html

Date: 10/26/07     Keywords: linux

is there a good virtual desktop program for windows that will let me drag windows onto desktops like i can in linux?

thanks so much

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1121542.html

Date: 10/25/07     Keywords: no keywords

I recently bought an S-Video cable for my ATI X800GTO card. Now, dipshit me figured that S-Video is S-Video. Nope.

Apparently, the connector needs a 10-pin HDTV cable, not the standard 4 pin.

Now, I am having a hell of a time trying to find myself a 10-pin HDTV cable and a gender-bender to connect the two so I can connect it to my TV.

Any suggestions on where I can find such things? Newegg is coming up with nothing.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1121526.html

Date: 10/25/07     Keywords: jsp

I am thinking of buying the item below. Are they worth it, or should you get separate items?

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Specs&oid=63069506&category=Products

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1121075.html

Date: 10/24/07     Keywords: no keywords

Here's the deal! For the past few days, Vista has paused a bit while trying to load up. Yesterday, it simply would not complete the loading process. The progress bar would hang, and it would either stay there, or the screen would turn black.

Tried dusting out the case. Tried repairing using the Vista DVD. Tried removing all USB devices. Tried removing some PCI devices. Tried a memtest. Tried reinstalling Vista. Tried installing Vista on another disk. Tried removing the original disk. Tried removing a memory stick, and then the other. Tried flashing the BIOS to the latest version.

Every single time I tried one of these things, Vista would boot up once, and work until I restarted it, and it would hang again. So that's my problem: Vista works as long as it detects a change in hardware; otherwise, it hangs on boot. Very weird!

The only remaining thing I can think of is buying a new motherboard, but I'm really not sure if this motherboard's broken. It works wonderfully when Vista is up and running.

Otherwise, I'm flummoxed. Has anyone heard of anything similar? Is there anything I might be forgetting?

(My desktop's hardware specs are in my profile.)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1120837.html

Date: 10/23/07     Keywords: no keywords

I recently moved to a new house (not even a mile away), thus prompting a technician to come out to the new house to get all the outlets ready (the new house had never had cable installed). Everything was good to go; he said the levels were fine, etc. However, ever since using the internet at the new place, I've been having issues with the consistency of the connection.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1120692.html

Date: 10/21/07     Keywords: no keywords

Logitech's best gamer's keyboard got a makeover!
Click to read more.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1119949.html

Date: 10/21/07     Keywords: no keywords

hi. new here. i am a dell user and am having some serious crappy issues with my dell. it's a inspiron/B130....

what happened was i stupidly decided to clean my C drive and somehow...i cleaned my whole system. everything is just wiped out.

i have no internet, no files, no volume control, can't get into windows media....you get it....so, my dad says "do you have the "reinstallation cd backup system?" and i look and i can't find it. oh, damn.

so, we both go on dell.com and we're there for like 2 hours and we can't find the cd/order it. we've gone everywhere on the site.

does anyone here use dell? does anyone know if there is another site to order the reinstallation cd?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1119650.html

Date: 10/20/07     Keywords: no keywords

...but not if you like games. http://www.mandible.net/ is a very new startup. This site is the journal of the person starting up: he's just submitted a game to the IGF. If you've ever wondered about starting a game company, you might find this an interesting read. I recommend the company goals. Please spread the word. Mods, please remove this if you think it oversteps.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1119067.html

Date: 10/19/07     Keywords: web

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1118973.html

Date: 10/18/07     Keywords: no keywords

I have an EPSON stylus photo R320 printer. It is connected to a computer using windows XP. I can network the printer with the other computers using windows XP, but I can not network it to the computer that uses Windows Vista. Can anybody help me so I can connect that printer. Thanks for the help ahead of time.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1118476.html

Date: 10/17/07     Keywords: google

I'm not sure if this question belongs here, but i have a sound file that is .rar, and i cant figure out how to play it. I searched for programs with google but so far no luck. Any advice?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1118443.html

Date: 10/16/07     Keywords: no keywords

I am attempting to format my Gateway Solo 1450 with a clean install of XP Home in preparation for its new home.

I have tried to use Seagate's Seatools DOS to format the computer's hard drive but Seatools does not recognize the hard drive (20 gig Parallel ATA).

So I figured I would just use the restore cd that came with the computer but I cannot get the computer to boot to cd-rom. This happened when I tried the Seatools on cd as well but I just figured it was because it was an older computer and I just loaded it on a 3.5 floppy instead.

The boot sequence is configured to boot to cd, then floppy then hard drive.

Any ideas what is going on here?

Its a cd-burner/dvd player combo drive. I don't know what type exactly since its been a while since I've bought this computer and its never been my main computer.

How can I clear off this computer?

Thanks!

(I have access to XP Pro but I'd have to get my hands on it, its my father's)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1118149.html