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« on: March 05, 2004, 03:36:32 PM »
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OK reading all this computer geek talk has inspired me. I have an old PC in the basement that was custom built for my Dad a few years ago and I inherited it when he bought a new Gateway. Then I bought a new Gateway so it got retired. I've decided to name him Beer, all I remember about Beer is that he has like an AMD K6 400 processor (maybe) and windows 98 I think.
So tonight I'm gonna rip him open and see whats in there, then hopefully you good people (sorry about the geek thing earlier  ) will help me do what we can to make him bigger faster and stronger. Hell maybe I'll even try to install Linux on him. Or maybe (and more likely) I'll screw something up and turn Beer into a smoldering mass of melted wires and plastic.
Stay tuned......
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Re:Resurrecting the dead
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2004, 03:49:25 PM »
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Good luck with Beer. If all else fails: give him to me and I will drink him.
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Re:Resurrecting the dead
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2004, 03:50:52 PM »
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I named my Xbox Litterpants after my parents wouldnt let me name one of the cats that.
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Re:Resurrecting the dead
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2004, 05:22:05 PM »
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I named my Xbox Litterpants after my parents wouldnt let me name one of the cats that.
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Here is an excerpt from the 2003 Name Popularity Survey for Cats:
1. Felix
2. Sheba
3. Kitty
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17463. Dog
17464. Litterpants
17465. Herod
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See, it's not that unpopular... 
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2004, 06:01:28 PM »
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Wow Grounded, your ability to pull random data from seemingly nowhere is absolutely astonishing! 
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Re:Resurrecting the dead
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2004, 08:11:40 PM »
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Wow Grounded, your ability to pull random data from seemingly nowhere is absolutely astonishing!
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Seemingly nowhere? Is that the PC term for anal orifice?
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Re:Resurrecting the dead
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2004, 06:14:33 AM »
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Wow Grounded, your ability to pull random data from seemingly nowhere is absolutely astonishing!
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I'll tell you a secret...I made it up!
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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2004, 10:21:21 AM »
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I was right! That is nowhere! 
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2004, 03:01:06 PM »
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#2 is sheba, i'm amazed, but i guess that is a cool name
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2004, 03:29:21 PM »
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Wow Grounded, your ability to pull random data from seemingly nowhere is absolutely astonishing!
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Seemingly nowhere? Is that the PC term for anal orifice?
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its the MS version of PC anywhere
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2004, 03:55:32 PM »
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#2 is sheba, i'm amazed, but i guess that is a cool name
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I picked Felix and Sheba because they're both cat foods - I have no idea what the real favourite names are.
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2004, 08:58:40 PM »
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i know you have no clue what the real names are. I thought it was just funny.
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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2004, 09:51:03 PM »
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Beer Update
I got him opened up this afternoon, boy was there alot of crud inside the case!
AMD K6 2 450
Yamaha Soundcard
Virge S3 video card
Looks like a 3 gig hard drive
I'll get some pictures posted soon and I'm gonna need some memory I think he's only 64k right now.
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2004, 02:36:33 PM »
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hmm im a computer tech.
i could fix it up and prob make that run better then your gateway now.
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2004, 05:42:58 PM »
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hmm im a computer tech.
i could fix it up and prob make that run better then your gateway now.
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Does that mean you would install linux on it?
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« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2004, 10:35:47 AM »
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hmm im a computer tech.
i could fix it up and prob make that run better then your gateway now.
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Does that mean you would install linux on it?
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That rig was made for linux..... I have a similar rig right now running Slackware 9.1, and the thing runs like a champ. Click on the little frankenstein icon in my signature....
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« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2004, 10:46:50 AM »
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That rig was made for linux..... I have a similar rig right now running Slackware 9.1, and the thing runs like a champ. Click on the little frankenstein icon in my signature....
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I know Slight that's where I got the idea. What I want to do is maybe turn beer into a CS server, for like 2v2 or 3v3 LAN partys. I'm thinking the only limitation might be memory? (128k) which of course is easily rectified. Or would the video card and processor not be up to the task as well?
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« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2004, 11:39:00 AM »
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Should be fine... you can run a 5v5 on Pentium 166 with 128MB.....
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« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2004, 12:04:32 PM »
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my secondary rig is almost exactly like Beer, but Debian is still being a cow. I think I might try Slackware next since I hear good reviews from others.
Perhaps I will find a clever name for it as well.
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« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2004, 12:37:32 PM »
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hmmm how bout Teriyaki??
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« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2004, 01:45:11 PM »
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Gah! If you want to run a CS server (at least a Steam one) use Windows. You all should know how much I loathe having to say that, but go play on icabbit for a little bit. That's a 800MHz Duron with 512MB of PC133 RAM. Not an impressive system at all, but it CHOKES on a 5v5 game using the latest linux hlds binaries. Valve is just going to pieces what with all this Steam stuff, and the linux HLDS is the biggest casualty. The performance is just HORRENDOUS! My suggestion: do everything but run HLDS on your linux box-- this is one of the very few things Windows is still good for.
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« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2004, 11:02:10 AM »
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ok so beer is all reassembled and I didn't have any parts leftover.
what do i need to do to make him a server? besides installing CS and Steam that is.
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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2004, 02:49:31 PM »
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Just the standalone HLDS win32 server.
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« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2004, 03:22:01 PM »
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umm ok do I have to buy that or, well what is it?
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« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2004, 03:26:46 PM »
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It's free. A little complicated to setup and get running though. I have a tutorial in the Articles board, but it needs updating for use with Steam.
A good start would be to google hlds_v1120.exe and download it. Be warned: it's a whopping 421MB.
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« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2004, 03:32:57 PM »
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