Starcandy

Starcandy

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Reply to Elsius Saint Presents: Broadway Windowblinds (Skinner Needed) in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Sorry Elsius, but I think you'll have to count me out on this one. I don't skin Windowblinds, and I've no interest in doing so yet. It's a nice idea though, and if that sample is anything to go off, something Blade Runner-esque could be a direction for the blind. Thanks for the compliment too. Morale boosts are always greatly appreciated, though I don't consider myself to be in the same league as the other skinners you mentioned.

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Reply to Solid State Drives: Already becoming Obsolete? in PC Hardware WinCustomize Forums

No problem, Bryan. Unfortunately your CPU runs on the LGA775 socket, and there are no motherboards using it that have native SATA III support. That means the only options available to you would be to upgrade the CPU, mummyboard and probably the memory (not sure if LGA775 uses DDR2 or DDR3 memory, I suspect it's the former, though I could be wrong), or, buy something like the Crucial C300 128GB that I have so you're not severely limiting your read speed, or, get a latest generation SSD

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Reply to GUI Championships 2012 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="BoXXi" reply="36" id="3049802"] Quoting Starcandy, reply 28that makes me think of a song for the 'people will hit me, but' thread. Freddie and the Dreamers by any chance?[/quote] You read my mind.[e digicons];P[/e]

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Reply to Japan Building A Viral Antivirus? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="12" id="3049795"]Now we can anonymously "drive-by" and hit people with bio-engineered plagues, dirty bombs, cyber-economic attacks and even nuclear weapons.[/quote] As I said, man has always enjoyed being able to destroy with the bravery of being out of range. Whether it's a well thrown stone or a missile that can wipe out millions, it boils down to the same thing; not wanting to see the lights permanently go out in your enemy's eyes.

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Reply to GUI Championships 2012 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="AceMatrix" reply="27" id="3049500"].but I LIKE it [/quote] Oh man, that makes me think of a song for the 'people will hit me, but' thread. Nice one, Ace [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

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Reply to GUI Championships 2012 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="25" id="3049432"] Quoting Starcandy, reply 24eeeeeevil and colder than a polar bears cold bits YIKES![/quote] How about something warm and fluffy then. Warm and fluffy like a teddy bear on fire, mwuahahahaha !

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Reply to Japan Building A Viral Antivirus? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Now the ‘experts’ are arguing about whether “good worms” will stay good or whether they will mutate into harmful ones if they get loose. Really? I kid you not. Read the article. “They’re necessary for defense”. Where have I heard all this before? Was it the Cold War? Why can’t it just stop?[/quote] Complacency, lack of trust, apathy and mans inability to foresee all possibilities. Man has always enjoyed being able to destroy with

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Reply to GUI Championships 2012 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Hmmm..... sounds interesting. I'm not generally a competition person, but I might make an exception and enter something eeeeeevil and colder than a polar bears cold bits in the Iconpackager category.

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Reply to locked post (edited) in Community WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="17" id="3048970"]This reminds me of a few years ago when a few members brought nothing but negativity and behind-the-scenes scheming. They were all removed from the site and the forums nearly instantly became lively again. I'm sure many of you remember this, and I think it's time to do another cleaning as well.[/quote] Maybe it's just me, and due to the fact my mental illness does quite often make me see things negatively, but the last part o

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Reply to How to significantly speed up your PC (without overclocking or upgrades) in PC Hardware WinCustomize Forums

I remember an article by some guy who was using a virtual RAM drive for Photoshop. I think it was the free version of Dataram he was using too. I downloaded the software, but couldn't wrap my head around how to set it up as a scratch disk. I may have a play with it again when my next rig is up and running as I'll have 12GB in that, so a 4GB Ram disk isn't going to be taking too much away. I have 8GB in my present rig.

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Reply to Speed up adobe Photoshop in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="4" id="3048856"]Will it work for PS 7? Yeah ... I know ... I'm ancient.[/quote] If you mean what davyandjane posted, then it states it's a "Free Photoshop Tweak Utility for Adobe Photoshop version 3 through CS5"

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Reply to Solid State Drives: Already becoming Obsolete? in PC Hardware WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="BoXXi" reply="9" id="3048662"]Can I ask: Is there any point using a SSD with SATA 2?[/quote] My present rig uses a SATA II mummyboard and a SATA III SSD (a Crucial C300). I don't get the maximum read or write speeds, but the system is way faster than it ever was using a mechanical drive. [quote who="BoXXi" reply="9" id="3048662"]And if I want to upgrade to SATA 3 to get the best perfomance from the SSD, does that mean changing the motherboard, or is there anoth

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Reply to Solid State Drives: Already becoming Obsolete? in PC Hardware WinCustomize Forums

We're getting closer to the $1 per GB mark for SSD's, and at one point few believed that would ever happen. Anyone who knows anything about computers should be using an SSD as their OS drive if nothing else, and seeing as we're the go-to people for friends and family who know nothing about computers, it's only right that we should show them the benefits of SSD computing. Once I get my new rig built, I'll be giving this one to my brother. I can't see how he'll possi

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Reply to Skin request for a good deed in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="54" id="3047893"]Did you know that there's water at the bottom of the ocean. I think it was Talking Heads that included that line in one of their songs.[/quote] Yup, in 'Once in a Lifetime'. I love me some Talking Heads [e digicons]:inlove:[/e]

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Reply to People will hit me, but..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgQuj8v2gg[/video] You say the hill's too steep to climb Climb it. You say you'd like to see me try Climbing. You pick the place and I'll choose the time And I'll climb That hill in my own way. Just wait a while for the right day. And as I rise above the tree lines and the clouds I look down, hearing the sound of the things you've said today. Fearlessly th

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