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StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 14:50

*edit*

I fail on both counts.

Post by **KALSTER** » 28 Oct 2010, 14:51

Uneducated.

SykomantiS · Post by **SykomantiS** » 28 Oct 2010, 14:51

I have some of the needed qualifications, but I'm not driving 500km one way to and from work everyday

SykomantiS · Post by **SykomantiS** » 28 Oct 2010, 14:52

StarPhoenix wrote:*edit*

I fail on both counts.

That sounds like a self nomination

Stuart...

Post by **Stuart** » 28 Oct 2010, 14:57

D3PART3D wrote:
Stuart wrote:
D3PART3D wrote:Stuart, just read your question again - I've never actually tried using the Steam serial with a retail copy,I have tried retail serials with Steam though and only a few work, so maybe just give it a shot and see!
I'd rather not "just give it a shot and see." I only want to do it if I KNOW I can avoid downloading the game. Otherwise I'll just buy it from the shops.
Okay. So seeing as how I'm socially inept and all, I'm not sure if I should mind my own business now or if I get to ask why you wanted to get it off steam in the first place, and why you're so against downloading when you have a WA account and a 4mbps line?

Um, it'll still be quicker for me to go to the shops and grab it than it will be for me to download it. Quicker still if I can borrow the install discs from my friend.

StarPhoenix wrote:
jee wrote:http://www.kzndac.gov.za - download the pdf - the information technology officers
*Reality check*

Above my batting average.

C'mon, apply. Move to KZN. jee will train you. She has nothing else to do all day.

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:01

Uh....Stuart, do you think that jee would let me move in with her?
What about finding a shrink and getting around? I can't expect jee to
be my chaffeur, you know.

Besides....there is the samll matter of not having no tershierry edukashun.

CapNemo · Post by **CapNemo** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:06

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:08

Stuart wrote:Um, it'll still be quicker for me to go to the shops and grab it than it will be for me to download it. Quicker still if I can borrow the install discs from my friend.

Ah okay. I like having my games on my Steam account because I can't look after discs. They end up scratched like a bedpost at Tribble's.

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:10

D3PART3D wrote:
Stuart wrote:Um, it'll still be quicker for me to go to the shops and grab it than it will be for me to download it. Quicker still if I can borrow the install discs from my friend.
Ah okay. I like having my games on my Steam account because I can't look after discs. They end up scratched like a bedpost at Tribble's.

My brother is going to be helping me in this rspect by opening up a joint credit card account thingy for me in December.

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:16

StarPhoenix wrote:Uh....Stuart, do you think that jee would let me move in with her?
What about finding a shrink and getting around? I can't expect jee to
be my chaffeur, you know.

Besides....there is the samll matter of not having no tershierry edukashun.

I've attended a few of the tutorial classes Unisa has on offer to their IT students. I learned that DSL only works on fiber-optic cables, ISDN is for regular telephone lines and why ISA slots are > PCI.

Post by **Stuart** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:17

StarPhoenix wrote:Uh....Stuart, do you think that jee would let me move in with her?
What about finding a shrink and getting around? I can't expect jee to
be my chaffeur, you know.

Besides....there is the samll matter of not having no tershierry edukashun.

Application forms can be doctored, and jee would be delighted to have a man in the house again. I'm sure she won't mind driving you around.

D3PART3D wrote:
Stuart wrote:Um, it'll still be quicker for me to go to the shops and grab it than it will be for me to download it. Quicker still if I can borrow the install discs from my friend.
Ah okay. I like having my games on my Steam account because I can't look after discs. They end up scratched like a bedpost at Tribble's.

So make an ISO.

jee · Post by **jee** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:23

Nope, those are at the Main office. My post will be in this weekend's Tribune - and you need a library and an IT qualification.

However, my cyber post will be here soon....

Oh and Syko, you can stay with me

i have enough space...

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:24

I'm not good at being deceitful, StuRat.
It would only be a matter of time before I started laughing.

@ D33: Oh.....I thought that DSL happened over copper wires.

People still use ISA?

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:27

StarPhoenix wrote:
D3PART3D wrote:
Stuart wrote:Um, it'll still be quicker for me to go to the shops and grab it than it will be for me to download it. Quicker still if I can borrow the install discs from my friend.
Ah okay. I like having my games on my Steam account because I can't look after discs. They end up scratched like a bedpost at Tribble's.

My brother is going to be helping me in this rspect by opening up a joint credit card account thingy for me in December.

Cool! Credit cards are evil though, so be careful...

Especially when they team up with Steam against you.

Stuart wrote:So make an ISO.

why didn't I think of that before?

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:31

StarPhoenix wrote:@ D33: Oh.....I thought that DSL happened over copper wires.

People still use ISA?

Try telling this to a group of 30 students who tell you you're wrong because their textbook says so. I spent about 30 minutes arguing with them until the lecturer told me to be quiet or leave.

In retrospect, it's kinda funny.

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:31

How are credit cards evil, D33?

Post by **Stuart** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:33

StarPhoenix wrote:How are credit cards evil, D33?

Whatever you do, DO NOT FEED THEM AFTER MIDNIGHT!!!

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:34

Huh?

Doesn't say much for UNISA......and to think that I was considering them.

D33 wrote: why didn't I think of that before?

Maybe you don't like having mounds of discs cluttering up your room?

Post by **Ron2K** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:39

D3PART3D wrote:I've attended a few of the tutorial classes Unisa has on offer to their IT students. I learned that DSL only works on fiber-optic cables, ISDN is for regular telephone lines and why ISA slots are > PCI.

Erm, no. DSL works over standard analog copper wire. Standard voice communication over the phone line only uses frequencies up to 4kHz; DSL uses higher frequencies (up to 4MHz). The higher frequencies permit more bandwidth to be transmitted over existing copper wire, although higher frequencies are more prone to attenuation the further the subscriber is from the exchange (which is why you get higher speeds if you're closer to the exchange). The original ADSL specification could deliver 8Mbps to the subscriber over around 2 km of copper wire (further than that and maximum throughput decreased); the newest specification (ADSL 2+) can get you up to 24Mbps. Telkom has recently made a whole lot of exchanges ADSL 2+ compatible but currently do not support speeds greater than 10Mbps.

ISDN is a throwback to the old dial-up days, when your dial-up modem would use the same 4kHz voice frequency as voice communications and hence tie up a phone line. It could offer up to two services (one of phone, data, fax) over a single line, with the line being digital rather than analog. It's still useful in certain applications, but for home consumers wanting to download moar interwebs, it's far better to use the existing analog infrastructure and use DSL.

In terms of slots, we've evolved from ISA to PCI and now PCI Express.

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:42

<information overload>WOW!</information overload>

You sure do know your stuff, Ron.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:43

Ron..

Ronny.

He knows that.

He was posting the idiocy of what he "learned" at UNISA.

See the straight face at the end there?

I think you need to move out of CT...

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:46

StarPhoenix wrote:Huh?

It's so tempting to spend money you don't yet have.

StarPhoenix wrote: Doesn't say much for UNISA......and to think that I was considering them.

I'm sure it was isolated though, I don't hear as many horror stories from the people I know enrolled with them.

StarPhoenix wrote:Maybe you don't like having mounds of discs cluttering up your room?

That too. I have towers of NAG and PCF discs, they drive me crazy.

D3PART3D · Post by **D3PART3D** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:52

UrBaN wrote:Ron..

Ronny.

He knows that.

He was posting the idiocy of what he "learned" at UNISA.

See the straight face at the end there?

I think you need to move out of CT...

Thanks Urban!

StarPhoenix · Post by **StarPhoenix** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:53

Perhaps you could throw them out if you are not using them, D33.

I am still trying to force myself to get rid of my clutter, but I have become so attached to it that it is difficult to get my emotions out of the way
and behave like a rational human being would.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:56

StarPhoenix wrote:Perhaps you could throw them out if you are not using them, D33.

I am still trying to force myself to get rid of my clutter, but I have become so attached to it that it is difficult to get my emotions out of the way
and behave like a rational human being would.

Wassat?

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