Shamus_McFartfinger

Ah!. Now I?m with you. Not a bad idea that. Still, it?d be a hell of a lot easier (and quicker) to do a restore using a Ghost image. (Lightning led me down the easy path with this). * Set aside a partition on a local HD and format to FAT32. * Export your HD image to this partition. * If your drive fails/corrupts, run Ghost (or whatever program you use) from floppy and restore to C: Hell of alot easier than fooking around with CDs.

Lightning _UK! prefers spandex trousers set off with a matching pink chiffon and not lycra bodysuits with the bum cut out. I hope this was helpful.

I?m curious as to how you managed to create an ISO without knowing why you created it or what to do with it. Unless, of course, it came from one of the peer-to-peer networks.

Can I ask why you?d bother? Hmm....?

No problems with v1.2.0.0 here.

LOL! That explains alot. Good to see that you?ve figured out what the problem was (and also for letting us know.) As you?re probably now aware, it?s always a good idea to include any information that might help when posting a query. Posting the model number would have been a dead giveaway. Eagle-eyed hindsight is always 20/20 though.

It works fine with one of those beasties here.

Download Knoppix and burn that for the hell of it. It boots from (and runs from) CD. http://www.knoppix.org/

I wish you the best of luck. After nearly 3 years I still can?t manage a snail mail address. Perhaps this year will be lucky.

I believe Lightning_UK! is already working on this.

<phew> Thank fook for that.

ImgBurn (and DVDD) originally checked read quality from the freshly burned media itself. If the media was crap (like CMC Mags or whatever), the verification process would usually fail. Neither checked (or compared) files or ISOs against the source. Newer versions of ImgBurn compared the source file (the ISO) to the destination when verifying, not the files within the ISO. Sleep deprivation may be playing havoc with my answer so don?t quote me on it.

300 pounds? It?s still a crapload of money. What?s it gonna be able to do? Play Blu-Ray? Who cares? That?s about all it can do besides playing the latest PSX games. DVDs? Streaming media? Online games? My crappy XBox does that for a lot less money. It?ll take a lot to convince me to buy one of these beasties before consigning my modded/HD capable PS2 to the scrapheap. <Bah... Humbug mode off>

Arctic Truck Racing. Ya gotta see this clip to believe it. http://www.4x4.is/ggj/ then select the VIDEO link. Pure madness.

Ain?t it great? $900US is about $1450 here, which would be enough to build a state-of-the-art PC or buy 3 XBox 360?s. I don?t give a fook what it can do - no console is worth that kind of money.

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1714148,00.html Complex technology leaves PlayStation 3 hanging Justin McCurry in Tokyo Tuesday February 21, 2006 The Guardian Sony's quest to reaffirm its domination of the game console market could be hampered by delays in finalising the specifications for technology in its eagerly awaited PlayStation 3 console. The firm insisted yesterday it was on course to release the PS3 in Japan in spring, but speculation is mounting that perfecting the console could take six to 12 months, giving rivals such as Microsoft the chance to make inroads into Sony's 70% market share. "We're aiming for spring, but we haven't announced specific regions," a spokeswoman for Sony Computer Entertainment told Reuters. The company is reportedly waiting for the final specifications, decided by industry consortiums, for the PS3's Blu-Ray DVD drive and input and output technology for video and sound. "We're waiting for them until the last possible minute, but the launch could be pushed back if they're not decided soon," the spokeswoman said, adding that the firm was not thinking about an alternative launch date. The PS3 promises crystal-clear graphics, a high-speed internet connection and a state-of-the-art DVD drive. It will be about the same size as a laptop and will be powered by a "Cell" chip developed with IBM and Toshiba that is several times faster than the Intel Pentium 4 processor used in PCs and game consoles. Merrill Lynch said in a research note last week that the cost of each PS3 unit was approaching $900 (?500), falling to $320 three years from launch. The inclusion of so much new and complex technology made it "prohibitively expensive to make". The Microsoft Xbox 360 sells for $400 and Nintendo's Revolution is expected to cost under $300. Yesterday Tokyo stock exchange reacted badly to speculation about the launch. Sony shares fell 3.6% at 5,300 yen (?25.82).

Agreed. I?d kill to be half as talented. Knowing there are people out there that find ways around the security of operating systems is the primary reason I don?t do online banking. The convenience versus the risk just isn?t worth it. It?s an eye opener seeing what clever people are capable of. It?s one of those ?must have? tools and a very impressive piece of programming. To me it is anyway.

Ain?t it a beauty? He?s a clever fooker. So much for encrypted accounts, huh?

I?m no expert but that sounds logical. Possibly even with a special boot code that executes upon startup. Something like a fake ram drive (or whatever the hell it is) that programs like Partition Magic use when altering the C: drive. It?s way out of my league in any event. The only saving grace for computer illiterates (like most of us), would be a decent firewall like ZoneAlarm that watches for new files or changes in old files wanting access to the outside world. This would have to be disabled also. Logically, unless the firewall was disabled (which BTW is the first process started by windows AFAIK), traffic from outside would be unable to pass through the firewall filters. Not to mention getting past the router (which is mandatory these days) if one is available which doesn?t sound easy. I suppose if all this was accomplished, the victim?s computer would also need to have remote management enabled. Dunno. Just my thoughts. I might be way off. An expert opinion would be nice. L_UK?

Interesting. It does the same with Win2K. What?s even more interesting (to me anyway) is that it also brings up basically the same requester with Mandriva Linux. An industry standard perhaps? What remains obvious though is that if you (the nefarious hacker) want to break into a windows box using the above method, you need to be physically sitting in front of it before proceeding to do all the fancy things explained in the forum. If you?re already sitting in front of it, it?d be easier to change (or remove) the admin password allowing you full access to everything without farting around too much. I?ve used a tool called ?Offline NT Password & Registry Editor? a few times when people have given me their machines to look at without supplying the admin password to get into it. The program itself is a few years old but it still works and it?s simple to use. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Ah! An AS-400. I wish you?d said so in the first place.

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/2006/s1573956.htm Team effort behind road train record Monday, 20/02/2006 A new record has been set in Queensland for the world's longest road train. In the weekend attempt at Clifton, on the Darling Downs, a single prime mover hauled 112 trailers nearly 1.5 kilometres. The previous record was set in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Driver John Atkinson says it was a team effort "We had problems we had to overcome. We ran out of dollies and they had to be shifted in from Toowoomba and there was a last minute panic but the boys came through. "It started to wheel stand but it did the job, it was 1.474.3 metres long, so it was big," he said. And for the record, the truck weighed about 1,300 tonnes. (Shamus? note: Clifton is about 2 1/2 hours drive west of Brisbane).

Would you type a little slower please? I?m still confused.

You got me! Now if I only knew what I did I could take credit for it.