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Off Topic / Re: Post Your Battlestations

« on: June 10, 2012, 03:47:22 PM »

Already posted it elsewhere but w.e. I'm the best.



I don't game.

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General Discussion / Re: Dedicated Hosting Service

« on: June 10, 2012, 09:57:15 AM »

I think this'll have to go in the main post when it's up.

Haha definitely!

It's sounding too good to be true...

I haven't made any of my plans public yet, not sure what sounds too good to be true.

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Modification Help / Re: TCPObjects, how do they work?

« on: June 10, 2012, 08:04:48 AM »

lol, didn't know windows had netcat, thought that was a 'nix thing.

It surprised me too!

http://joncraton.org/blog/46/netcat-for-windows

Even though it's pretty much identical I don't like how it works compared to NIX.

Can this be used for purposes other than testing, if so, are we required to port forward?

In theory, yes but you have to manually send data, you couldn't really use it as a permanent TCP endpoint. If you want external connections, yes, you'd have to port forward.

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Modification Help / Re: TCPObjects, how do they work?

« on: June 10, 2012, 07:35:00 AM »

Could one not use telnet or netcat for a client?

Sure, but the Windows netcat utility is stuff imo and it's nice to have a GUI sometimes.

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Modification Help / Re: TCPObjects, how do they work?

« on: June 10, 2012, 06:47:07 AM »

Despite how sketchy this site looks, if you need a TCP end point (client or server) to test your TCP objects with, this is a fantastic utility:

http://www.socketworkbench.com/

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General Discussion / Re: Surely my internet can't be this bad...

« on: June 09, 2012, 11:57:53 AM »

You're so dumb it's not even funny.

Guess I am, better just not turn up to any of my remaining exams.

Also reread the quote, it says max, not "real, sustainable".

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General Discussion / Re: Surely my internet can't be this bad...

« on: June 09, 2012, 11:51:42 AM »

You fail.

I don't care about other people's connections lol, my post was talking about my connection, no one elses. You don't need to try and compete with me all the time, it's ok.

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General Discussion / Re: Surely my internet can't be this bad...

« on: June 09, 2012, 11:48:44 AM »

Once again, know-nothing Lub says something wrong

Speedtest has always showed me the "real, sustainable" speed I pay for. I can download/upload for hours and happily achieve that speed for the majority of the transfer duration, it's not just a burst speed.

Once again, Kalphiter tries to call me out and fails.

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General Discussion / Re: Surely my internet can't be this bad...

« on: June 09, 2012, 11:40:39 AM »

it measures an average of the speed you have in a short timeframe

Which is a pretty accurate way to measure your max bandwidth.

hey look here it is showing the exact speed I pay for


speedtest = winner

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Off Topic / Re: Whats your favourite drink?

« on: June 09, 2012, 09:03:58 AM »

Water.

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General Discussion / Re: Dedicated Hosting Service

« on: June 08, 2012, 11:07:05 AM »

Yeah, he's Europe.
And you're Mountain.

I'm Mountain, huh?

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General Discussion / Re: Dedicated Hosting Service

« on: June 08, 2012, 11:05:34 AM »

If the server Lub was hosting earlier was running on the server network that his hosting service is going to use I already prefer it hugely over Kalphiter's. I still prefer to host servers myself, though.

Nah that was running on my home connection from the UK, ping is gonna be lots better (I think you're in Europe right?).

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Off Topic / Re: My mom is getting an iMac!

« on: June 07, 2012, 07:47:13 PM »

well the only parts ive ever had "die" on me for no apparent reason, were RAM (thank god its the cheapest and easiest part on a computer to replace)
and a power supply, though i suspect that computer i built wasnt handling heat very well, and it was the cause.

i have heard of harddrives stuffting out on people. but they have been writing on and off the things for years, or claimed used old ones to add to their computer.
brand new HDD should last at least a decade with basic use.

i think mac users can buy and rebuy extended warranties beyond the free limited one at purchase.
however pc users have lifetime factory warranties on all parts from every company. regardless when or where you got the pc

Hm fair enough, as I said above it was probably the GPU being stuff. The Apple Genius Bar is fantastic for support, especially if you have an extended warranty, no need to mess about shipping parts back to manufacturers and waiting weeks, they just sort it there and then.

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Off Topic / Re: My mom is getting an iMac!

« on: June 07, 2012, 07:44:30 PM »

typically floor models of computers or badly shipped computers have issues

I built it myself and it was completely perfect for about a year. The GPU was only like £30 because I have no interest in games so i'll put it down to that being a piece of stuff.

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General Discussion / Re: Dedicated Hosting Service

« on: June 07, 2012, 07:43:03 PM »

whats the price gonna be lubabububabuabuaubabuaubaubaubau

Probably no less than the competition.