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by dosxuk
Mon 15 Mar, 2010 13.12
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: USB Keyboard changing port at boot
Replies: 8
Views: 1602

Re: USB Keyboard changing port at boot

The BIOS will only understand how to use the ports on the motherboard. It won't know anything about the USB card on the PCI bus, so won't know there are other ports on that card, or how to use them. Once Windows has loaded, it will load up the drivers for the PCI card, and those USB ports will becom...
by dosxuk
Tue 02 Mar, 2010 23.42
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 9280
Views: 2695121

Re: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board

Is there a competition for the number of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes you can get in a thread title which I'm not aware of? This thread seems to have been made to enter it:

BBC Services Axe for new Shows
BBC bringing us new Programs, and to cope are 'Switiching Off' services
by dosxuk
Mon 22 Feb, 2010 14.26
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Webcam Software
Replies: 1
Views: 833

Re: Webcam Software

Windows Media Encoder is free and pretty reliable for streaming video / audio, as is VLC (more fiddly to set up, but can be viewed in things other than Windows Media Player). However, both are unicast, so the bandwidth required goes up for each client which connected. WME can stream to a Windows Med...
by dosxuk
Tue 09 Feb, 2010 19.27
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: TVForumish things you do in real life
Replies: 22
Views: 13068

Re: TVForumish things you do in real life

The union at my university sells rather funky Sheffield Hallam University branded binders - I must buy one because by the time my dissertation comes around I'm certain they'll be no more. You'd better hurry - I checked for you today and the only ones left in stock (until they re-order them in Septe...
by dosxuk
Wed 03 Feb, 2010 18.13
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 9280
Views: 2695121

Re: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board

There seems to be lots of hate for Worzel at the moment...
by dosxuk
Wed 27 Jan, 2010 11.41
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: New Metropol signatures
Replies: 32
Views: 6800

Re: New Metropol signatures

Bail wrote:Whilst I'm not a fan of the above..
I can always change the font...

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ETA: Jake also has a customised version now
by dosxuk
Tue 26 Jan, 2010 21.16
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: New Metropol signatures
Replies: 32
Views: 6800

Re: New Metropol signatures

Sput wrote:Yes. What possessed you to use that font?
I quite like it.

I couldn't find the font used on the official ones, and it would have looked stupid to have a similar font, but not the right one, so I chose one which is completely different, and that I like.
by dosxuk
Tue 26 Jan, 2010 21.12
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: New Metropol signatures
Replies: 32
Views: 6800

Re: New Metropol signatures

WE SUMMON YOU, OH OWNER OF THE SIG, TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF Hello? :D Firstly, Bail - you missed the other bit of the graphic... There's two parts to put together like http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/meanwhile/meanwhile.php http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/meanwhile/avatar.php (and there is a reason for spl...
by dosxuk
Mon 25 Jan, 2010 17.35
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: My Riddle
Replies: 57
Views: 12335

Re: My Riddle

GMTV2009 wrote:Actually, 97% of Harvard Students couldn't answer it where as 86% of Nursery pupils could.
Can you explain this to me - I must be closer to a Harvard student than a nursery pupil as it makes no sense:
If you squeeze time, time'll pop.
If you look at time, you'll pop.
by dosxuk
Mon 25 Jan, 2010 17.32
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: My Riddle
Replies: 57
Views: 12335

Re: My Riddle

An echo...
by dosxuk
Mon 25 Jan, 2010 17.23
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: My Riddle
Replies: 57
Views: 12335

Re: My Riddle

Because they were facing each other.