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Blue Orb 2 on LGA 1155 socket?

vintec — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:52:39 +0800

Hi all,

I've got an old Blue Orb 2 lying around gathering dust. My hackintosh shopping has dried up my budget so buying a new cooler is out of question. I thought if it fits into my i5 3550 CPU with minimal or no modifications, then why not! It was used for my old AMD 939 socket CPU and it's compatible with LGA 775. Just wondering if anyone has first or second hand experience with this? Cheers!

requesting driver's licence history

vintec — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:45:31 +0800

hi all, i'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but i can't think of any other section to post. feel free to move this thread if there is.

i'm looking at getting a motorbike licence in Australia and Queensland law requires an open licence of at least one year to apply for motorbike L. I've renewed my open licence in Dec 2008, which does not show the exact period of me holding the licence. i've browsed through JPJ portal and can't find such a service provided.

is anyone here a JPJ runner and could get a letter/document from JPJ to show my licence history? i'm willing to pay a reasonable fee. or if there's an easy & proper channel i should go through, please enlighten me. thanks.

backslash not registering

vintec — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:50:46 +0800

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<body<?php if ($loc != "") { echo " onload=\"initialize()\""; } ?>>

i can't believe the second backslash is not registering, thus ended the whole echo there, leaving the gibberish "; } ?>> displayed in html

anyone knows why PHP in OS X so F'd up? wasted so much of my precious time and now with this bug, i'd have to test my page on my webhost

integrating ajax with google map API

vintec — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:55:35 +0800

hi all,

i've managed to embed google map into html page and all i need to do now is to get different values from the URI to show different maps. PHP is my bread and butter but i have limited understanding in javascript, maybe you can explain in PHP terms to me if needed be.

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found this snippet to get data from URI but i'm not exactly sure how to transfer the value to google map API:

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i was trying to figure out how to make xmlHttp a global variable and pass it to initialize() but i guess i better leave the codes as is and ask for help. and then, what do i do next?

thanks a bunch

enabling php 5 on MBP

vintec — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:32:58 +0800

hi, i'm not sure if the following post should be moved here, thanks.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry23279313

enabling php 5 on MBP

vintec — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:07:10 +0800

jeez, this is driving me up the wall, i hope as usual, lowyat codemasters could solve my problem

just a quick insight for those who aren't familiar with OS X:

php 5 and apache 2 server are built-in in OS X 10.5 and above. so all i need is instal mysql and enable php in apache httpd.conf (which both i've done).

now all i need to do is to make a copy of php.ini.default and rename it to php.ini in /private/etc/

the problem is sudo cp private/etc/php.ini.default private/etc/php.ini doesn't work at all! i've even tried doing it in /etc/ folder itself but none of my combo displayed any error message nor successfully make a copy of php.ini

so i did ls -al on php.ini.default and it returned -r--r--r--....

so i suspected the file permission is preventing me from copying the file (i could be wrong but i'm desperate enough to think this way, correct me if i'm wrong)

so i went sudo chmod 644 php.ini.default without any errors

but the file permission is still the same, and tearing my hair out badly!

so hope any of you could gimme a hand or i'd go bald in another hour. thanks heaps.

[addedon]January 27, 2009, 7:13 pm[/addedon]btw, i was using MAMP before but problems with phpmyadmin and/or mysql had prompted me to zap MAMP up and use the built-in php and apache

MBP + Belkin 54G

vintec — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:57:46 +0800

for some reason my particular mbp has problem detecting my wireless (ie, cant detect the SSID at all) from time to time, not all the time. my mbp never encountered issue like this with any other wireless out there except for the one i use at home. and everyone else's lappy or desktop never had this issue, nor my mum's G4 powerbook

tried updating the firmware but problem persists

am i alone out there? i'm as frustrated/pissed as my avatar, hehehe...

nokia tube

vintec — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:59:12 +0800

did a quick search and haven't found anything yet so there we go

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/nokia-r...s-apples-sales/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...8040702319.html

anyone got more info?

i'd love to see a smaller and cheaper alternative to iphone

clamxAV antivirus

vintec — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:24:41 +0800

i'm scanning the files from my old pc, which i suspected is infected with boot sector virus. i've backup my files to an HFS+ external harddisk and i can only scan it with clamxAV. i have to do this as i dont want the virus to f*ck up my windows partition. just wondering how good is this anti virus and whether they'd pick up an boot sector virus? i tried searching for the database of known viruses by clamxAV without any luck

external HD file system choice

vintec — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:58:14 +0800

need some advice from you guys and i apologize in advance if i'm being pain in the arse as i'm a perfectionist, i want the best possible solution

FAT32
even though i doubt i have any file as big as 4GB to transfer, reliability issues really turns me off. i have bad experience with dead HD and i want it to be reliable

HFS+ w/ MacDrive
Pain in the arse to install MacDrive on any friend's computer i wanna get files from. Even worse if it's from uni computer as i don't have privilege to install software on those machines. solution to this is to make sure i bring my laptop around, which i mostly do

NTFS-3G
as good as it seems, the only flaw with this is the very slow writing speed. according to this blog, one of the person posted in the comments made a benchmark on the HD speed. HD using NTFS-3G is about 8 to 10 times slower than HFS+. newer version might not be as slow but its still a long way to go. well, you guys might say that it might not a big issue since it's got the best of both worlds but for a perfectionist like me who shopped around and spent $AUD50+ on a firewire800 enclosure, i dont want it to end up like a granny.

i'm more incline towards HFS+ but if anyone can point out flaws in my research, i'm more than happy to listen, ta!

external HD with firewire 800

vintec — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:33:33 +0800

as per title, one of my USB port is dedicated to my permanent logitech vx nano receiver. that leaves me with 1 available USB port! i've been shopping for external HD that supports firewire 800 AS WELL AS ones that are bus powered firewire. so i have a less clattered desk and a small lappy bag to carry with me

i know some of WD, lacie and seagate ext HD supports firewire 800 but i'm not sure which ones doesnt need external power supply. or do all of them dont need external power supply?

external HD choice

vintec — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:28:34 +0800

g'day all

as for those who's familiar with mac books, the obvious downside of these machines are the lack of USB interfaces (2 for 15" & 3 for 17"). one of my USB port has been occupied by the permanent logitech vx nano receiver, that leaves me with 1 available USB port

lets put aside the idea of getting a USB hub as i'd prefer to keep the the mess on my desk to minimal as well as keeping the accessories for my mobile computing to minimal

what did apple do to make up the lack of USB ports is to include firewire 400/800 interfaces. so i was thinking of getting a HD with fw800 interface but that'll require external power source. i'm not sure if i'd bring my ext hd along with me to uni/work but if i do, that's gonna be a huge bag to carry

so i was considering ext hd that runs through ethernet port on a storage network area. i hav zero knowledge when it comes to this. is it possible to access this hd from internet when my lappy and i are not at home? or do i require at least a server to access the hd?

[addedon]January 21, 2008, 7:25 pm[/addedon]i was looking for more info on firewire...looks like some devices draws power from the bus and some not. can anyone let me know whether most/all firewire ext HD are bus powered or external power supply is needed? thanks in advance

mbp battery

vintec — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:32:59 +0800

i've been using my mbp for about 2-3 weeks now. i charged the battery to the fullest on the very first use. i did take out the battery at some stage because i have been using my lappy on the desk all these times. since i read from apple website that taking out the battery is not necessary unless it's a long storage period, ie. 6 months etc. it's logical to assume that leaving the battery in the lappy is alright since there must be some mechanism in the laptop itself to cutoff the charging unless someone's up for a correction

anyway, i've been through about 5 charging cycles so far with 99% of battery health. funny thing is, the max percentage of charging capacity is dropping drastically, especially over these past few days. it dropped to 99% last week and if i'm not mistaken, it dropped from 97% to 96% now as of typing of this post

i'm aware that charging capacity drops over batter health but this is a bit too much, isnt it? plus the health is still very high at the moment

web services security

vintec — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:40:01 +0800

not sure if this is the right section to post my question, anyhow....

first things first, i'm NOT asking you guys to do my work

i've done website programming in the past and hav done 2 semester of master in IT. never came across with web services

i gonna right a report on web services security in general for my uni work. problem is i hav no idea how does web services work! it'll be great if u guys can let me know more about web services as well as the security protocols/management of it

GRX40 or pacifica112

vintec — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:30:02 +0800

hi, i'm new to electric guitar and done some research w/ this conclusion. i'm gonna settle w/ H-S-S pick ups as i prefer cleaner sound (correct use of jargon?) of single coil but also gonna jam some metal songs w/ the humbucker

both are good guitars for beginners/intermediates as opposed to squire fat strat (lots of complains w/ inconsistency QC)

as i'm in residing in australia, these prices are in AUD. i manage to find RX40 jump start pack (w/ 10W amp and acc.) for $440 and pacifica pack for $570 (w/ 15W amp and acc.). however, i manage to find an as new pacifica w/ hardcase on ebay for $250-$360 and i'm pretty sure acc. and amp can be found really cheap on ebay too!

actually both of these are way out of my budget of $300 for the whole lot but i know nothing can replace quality as the no brand classical guitar i'm playing now is really turning me off! i'm willing to sacrifice some spending on a good guitar but wouldn't go all the way to spend $570 retail on the pacifica

i'm leaning towards pacifica due to 1) look (sunburst and natural wood colour is sooooo awsome!) 2) for some reasons i hav the feeling that yamaha would hav better QC.

but if someone would point out that the ibanez item has just as good quality as the yamaha, i would spend less for same quality anytime over looks!

*ps. it's 4:30am and i still can't sleep. partially due to this guitar issue! lol

[addedon]December 12, 2007, 2:32 am[/addedon]oh, what's the retail of these guitars back in m'sia?

kernel_stack_error

vintec — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:31:53 +0800

where do i start from...

starting from a week or 2 ago, whenever i accidentally kicked or bumped on my pc, window will freeze up

few days ago, i started to get BSOD w/ the error message kernel_stack_error and reboots itself, the BSOD wouldn't stay long so i cant check the messages properlly...problem persist and i would get just a simply error message subsequently

i was backing up my HD last night seeing the situation is getting worse, when i was copying some file from my bitcomet folder, the problem is more obvious..so i suspect the bad sector (?) is within that area of the HD...however, even if i dont touch that area, i still get the BSOD after a while

time to get new HD, isnt it?

i was hoping that formatting my hd and maybe using some HD repair/recovery utility to fix it but now my SATA driver floppy disk is screwed so i can't format the drive until i sorted out this problem

sata HD

vintec — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:37:52 +0800

did a quick search, havent come across anything i wana ask...or please refer me if such discussion has already been made, ta.

i have a WD 200G sata HD and space is running out soon (ppl told me 200G is overkilled when i first bought it 3 years ago )

does sata comes w/ 16mb cache or only available to sata2?

if sata doesn't come w/ 16mb cache:

i know i wont be able to utilise the speed potential of sata2 connector but would i be able to utilise the 16mb cache and experience a slight increase in HD speed?

[addedon]October 23, 2007, 8:38 pm[/addedon]i know there's a HD thread but it's 95 pages...and with this specific thread for sata HD, it might be easier for future searches

i'm deeply sorry...

vintec — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:22:56 +0800

it's been a rollercoaster ride...long story short, i hurt my gf again for bringing up topics about the guy who she lost her first time to...the guy left for singapore for good 2 months ago. apparently, she is/was very attached to this guy due to reasons only chicks would understand

the first time i hurt her, i was using her computer i saw some entries she made in her blog, not knowing that the blog was not meant for public access. her entries was about how she couldn't forget her first man with pictures and song lyrics yada yada.... i confronted her and she denied everything and got very upset for the fact the i "pried" her privacy. i totally forget about my sadness and quickly turn to cheer her up.

next day, bought a soft toy and a card for her and things went good after a while

but lately, we went out to some places and she told me about her memories with that guy exactly a year ago, it starts to make me uneasy but i tried to keep it to myself as i dont wana bring up things she doesnt like to hear. over the few days, she even changed her msn taglines to "remembering the times" or "it was then" etc

even worse i saw her writing some sort of "diaries" on some word docs. this time, i didn't had the trust in her seeing that she's been denying things that i've seen with my own eyes months ago...i opened it up and i was never wrong. lately she's been listening to the song "you should be happy", she said in the "diary" that she is still wondering whether the guy is happy yada yada...here's another catch, i had been quite sensitive to the songs she's been listening to cuz it realy felt like she's not over him yet but as usual, she always deny and say i'm too sensitive

i dont hav a lot of ppl to talk to, eventually i talked to a close friend of mine, as well as my ex, who we still shares our close friendship...ppl advice me to dump her since i'm not happy with the relationship as well as not trusting her...i thought carefully for the whole day, shed my tears for the first time since i broke up w/ my ex a year ago

i decided to talk it out with her, hoping she can shed me some light herself and works things out....but then again, she denied everything. this time, i brought up the topic that i hav been keeping to myself all these times. i told her what i've seen with my own eyes on her blog before but she kept saying that those were before we even started goin out, mind you, i know the dates, i wont get that wrong

i dont know why, when she gets upset again, i was deciding whether to drop the sledge hammer or to salvage what i have. in that split second, i have decided to keep her. i dont know why am i so attached to her even though i know she's lying, i think i'd rather listen to what she said than what i've seen

sigh...i was writing this to ask girls out there ways to show her my sincere apology especially i dont feel like doing the same thing as before and thinking gifts and cards can buy her off...but i got carried away and starts writing half of the story

territorial army

vintec — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:44:45 +0800

did a search and only found someone asking about career in police force. i searched for TDM website but i'd like to hear experience / advice from someone with experience in army reserve.

i'm 22 this year with chinese ethnic. i'm currently studying my final semester of bachelor of applied multimedia. if i'm not going to study masters, i'll go home, take a job to gain experience and try my own business down the track.

i'm really interested in joining the army to push myself physically and mentally. and cast myself as a stronger person physically and mentally. i'm not thinking of taking military as fulltime career becoz the pay is low, and i dont think my parents want to see me joining the army after spending so much time and money for my studies. so i guess army reserve is a good option for me. it might give me something fresh after spending months in office.

i think the degree (multimedia) i get will not get me to higher officer ranks, will it?

how is it like in the army? especially for chinese?

most probably i'll join the reserves in my hometown kk, sabah. i'm not so sure though if i get a job in west malaysia.

french uni in KL

vintec — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:24:17 +0800

as per title, are there any french uni that offer twinning or transfer in KL? my friend is interested in studying interior design. cheers