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Just a quick question: I have a 2-3 year old computer and want to upgrade the RAM from 256MB to 512MB or above. I have an Athlon XP 1600+ processor which i think has a bus speed of 266MHz, and so does my current RAM (DDR266 X 1). Can i just buy any DDR RAM, eg. PC2100 or PC3200 and add that as an extra DIMM? Or will i need to find some older RAM or replace what i currently have. Thanks for any help. Eddie

Seriously, i wouldn't discount Ebay for a second hand camera. I bought a Canon EOS 10D for £550, and I was incredibly scared that i would be spending nearly a months wages on something that wasn't going to be optically sound. I needent have worried though, it was in the immaculate condition that the seller had described. Personally i would go for a Canon, for the simple reason that there are so many second hand lenses for sale on Ebay. For example i have just bought a Canon 100-300mm USM lens for £100, so it just goes to show whats on offer if you are prepared to bid.

This reffers to adding "devmode" to the end of the target for the .exe file (the file used to launch the game). I had to do something similar to get a version of HL2 working. The easiest way to do this is as follows: 1. Create a shortcut to the .exe file (probably called farcry.exe or similar) 2.Next right click on that shortcut and select properties 3.Finally in the target box add "-devmode" (without the quotation-marks) after the quotiation-marks that are already there. I hope this helps a bit, and you understand what im getting at. If not, i'll try and make it clearer.

I love American football, and try to watch the NFL as much as possible on SkySports. However, i will miss the Super Bowl this year as i'm going skiing.

I think in simple terms .255 means that there are 254 host addresses available in that octet of the IP address, i.e. addresses from 1 to 254. If you have a subnet of 255.255.255.240 i think that would allow 14 host ip addresses rather than the usual 254, thus giving you scope for more networks. Sorry that isnt the best explaination, but im a bit rusty on the subject. I hope that gives you a basic idea.

A subnet mask just defines how many portions of the ip address can be used as host addresses, and how many can be used for networks. In a 'class C network' (255.255.255.0) it is only the last octet that can be used for host addresses (eg. 192.168.100.x). If you need more than the 244 hosts that a class C allows, you can move the subnet to a 'class B network' (255.255.0.0) this means you can use the last 2 octects of the IP address for host addresses (eg 192.168.x.x). Class A follows a similar pattern. You can also subnet an IP range to adjust the network/host portions accordingly, but this is a little more complicated. Also, according to CISCO a router 'should' (by convention) be on .254, not .1 as this 'should' be reserved for the Primary domain server, but obviously you can use whatever you want within the same IP range. Just thought some people might be interested in some background on subnets.

For subnetmask you want 255.255.255.0 for a standard class C network. Eg if you have the computers/router on the 192.168.100.x network. where x is a number between 1 and 254.

It is nice to see that your argument has progressed from this quote, to a fairly well explained and eloquent response. I see your point, but aren't you really advocating education and contriception as a means of helping to stem the tide of famine? If so, this is something that not only has been mentioned in this thread, but is also a goal of sever major charities. Wouldn't contriception be a better way to limit the birth rate, rather than simply discouraging sex? Something that is highly likely to be unpopular. (Oh and cheers for the spelling tip :P )

Based upon Phil's arguement i would say that is highly likely. I am not (intentionally) saying that Phils arguement is a invalid one (although i would find it difficult to reason), i am mearly stating that the manner in which his oppinion/view is being stated is without (what i would consider) knowlege of the situation in question. EDIT: In case i didn't make this clear previously, I am not saying Phil/anyone else is wrong, mearly that their viewpoints seem to be based around fairly limited knowledge.

Does the number of people who have rejected your "suggestion" not convince you that: a) it is a badly explained/ill informed viewpoint b ) short of being ill informed, you are a fairly ignorant (cheers) indevidual, whoes knowledge of world issues should be re-assessed before starting a debate.

Survival of the fittest is difficult to argue effectively or convincingly, as it is not us who are the architects of our own success. As “Anal Teflon” loosely pointed out, it is down to the success of our “ancestors” (by this I assume he means: people who most likely are no relation to him whatsoever, but from whom he is lucky enough to have inherited a fully industrialised country at the time of his birth). So we are lucky. That has been pretty well established; but does that fact give us the right to pull the old Survival of the fittest line? The Natural Selection, superior species ideal (nice to see relics of Nazi Germany still remain intact; the thesis of a racist bigot (by the name of Darwin), given a uniform and a gas chamber). As for the reducing/eliminating sex argument; are you honestly saying that in their situation you would happily forgo what my well be one of life’s only pleasures? More than that, that they should be expected to forget/ignore beliefs relating to the sanctity of marriage? No. Should awareness be spread regarding the use of contraception? Yes. Is this a function of many charities? Yes. For most people this is really a no-brainer, but as you pointed out even a 10 year old could understand your argument. This is true, a ten year old probably could, however you should expect that a more intelligent and compassionate human being, hopefully like most members of this forum would find obvious flaws in your argument; as no doubt most have.

I assume that's what he objected to. Not that I care, but I thought I would point it out.