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Need A Bettter Hosting Provider

Gilly — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:48:49 +0800

Hi,

I'm now on ABC Hosting, somehow their memory/cpu rules are too restrictive while their virtual private server charges are just too high, imposing an additional $60 per month based on $1 per 10MB of memory, which is outrageous and RAM is so cheap these days!

... this is on top of the basic annual fee of roughly $120.

I need to switch to a better host asap, this is my stats for this month,

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Please recommend a better (US based, as my site mostly deals with American-centric affairs/topics & products) hosting solution, thank you so much.

The purpose of saving money

Gilly — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:52:34 +0800

Asians save too much, what's the point... we should buy what we want when we want like Americans.

All the money you save the banks use it while you eat cancer causing maggi mee and get back 0.01% a year!!

Smartphone Mount (for cars)

Gilly — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:38:25 +0800

Right now there's no good place to place my phone in the car where it wouldn't get sat on/dropped or pothole-shaked

I'm looking to get an item like this

Arkon CM920 Gooseneck Mount & Universal Holder for Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone, iPod Touch by Arkon

Any recommendations on a quality mount available in msia/lyn?

Your Highness (2010)

Gilly — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:48:55 +0800

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Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic comedy adventure set in a fantastical world--Your Highness. As two princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the heir apparent's fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed.

Thadeous (McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he's settled for a life of wizard's weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious' bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), the king gives his deadbeat son an ultimatum: Man up and help rescue her or get cut off.

Half-assedly embarking upon his first quest, Thadeous joins Fabious to trek across the perilous outlands and free the princess. Joined by Isabel (Natalie Portman)--an elusive warrior with a dangerous agenda of her own--the brothers must vanquish horrific creatures and traitorous knights before they can reach Belladonna. If Thadeous can find his inner hero, he can help his brother prevent the destruction of his land. Stay a slacker, and not only does he die a coward, he gets front row seats to the dawn of an all-new Dark Ages.

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I predict this thread will get zero reply coz it's not a comic hero movie

Girl who nag drive slower

Gilly — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:56:51 +0800

Why they are so easy sked of faster driving

Windows Update BSOD crash

Gilly — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:27:01 +0800

OS: Vista Home Premium 64, notebook: 2 week old dell sxps16

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Last week, I faced some BSOD probs, but solved it by uninstalling the KB973879 Microsoft Update.

Things were relatively crash-free after that.

Yesterday I went to look at the downloaded but uninstalled MS Updates (horribly BAD idea) and picked some updates while unticking 2 of those KB#### updates.

At restart, the ShutDown process went (screen is black, comp still on) on for an absurdly long time... I can't make it reboot with the ON button, in the end after 20 minutes I just removed the battery.

Argh!! Why??

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Restarted and went into Startup Repair, then logged in.. there's this 'Test Mode' small text at all 4 corners of the wallpaper, and the Vista effects were off, i wonder what else is off in Test Mode?

CODE

Security Update for MS Win (KB972260)
Update for MS Win (KB969058)
Update for MS Win (KB973874)
Win IE 8

I uninstalled all 3 Windows updates done yesterday except IE8. Then restarted.. the ShutDown took a long time and ended with a BSOD.... I think it was 'Power Driver Fail'? I forgot to remember the exact wording

Restarted in 'Last Good Configuration', rebooted and scheduled a Memory Diagnostics Tool run.

Result: No mem probs.

Now I don't know what to expect next, but how do I get out of 'Test Mode' and start Vista in its usual manner, there's no options at boot and F1 offers no help.

Trackball vs Mouse

Gilly — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:59:26 +0800

I wonder if a trackball is better than a mouse, looking at some user reviews at logitech, trackball users overwhelmingly vote for the trackball.

Are there any trackball users here, I've never used a trackball before.

New Dell Studio XPS 16 Notebook BROKEN

Gilly — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:53:50 +0800

I just got this notebook last week, a Dell Studio XPS 16, so I've been using it for a week without any problems.

Suddenly I began to get serious Blue Screen /BSOD crashes last night... the crashes show different error messages each time.

It happens practically every time I disconnect a USB cable or LAN cable..

ERROR MESSAGES:

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What should I do?

RM10 Ginseng Candy Export Scam

Gilly — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:13:35 +0800

Sex sweets filled with double potions

PETALING JAYA: It was marketed as a premium ginseng candy priced at RM10 each, but instead of the herbal root, it contained sildenafil and tadalafil, the key compounds to treat erectile dysfunction.

Health Ministry enforcement officers recently intercepted a shipment of 68,000 herbal candies worth RM680,000 before it could be exported to China and the Middle East.

A Health Ministry source told the New Straits Times that the sex candies had been illegally produced in local factories at remote locations and were several times stronger than the normal <removed> pills.

"Investigations show that the manufacturer had intentionally mixed both compounds, sildenafil and tadalafil.

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http://www.nst.com.my/articles/13cand/Arti...ex_html/Article

Nike Jordan Force (retro)

Gilly — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:06:44 +0800

I'm trying to find this, are they selling in kl or local online sites

Dell Partition Issues & Windows 7

Gilly — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:55:20 +0800

I just bought a new dell studio xps after my old acer got busted, its 500gb drive looks like this:

OS (C 451gb
Recovery (D 15gb

I don't know where the rest went, probably page file (4gb) and other windows stuff.

I downloaded a free software, 'Partition Wizard Home Edition' to split the hd.

When I bought it from dell, the online deal says windows 7 will come free, after some registration, they'll ship the dvd when it comes out.

What is the ideal partition for this setup below,

C: Vista 64bit
D: dell's recovery
E: windows 7

(^more important)

F: games
G: videos/misc storage

Can Win7 be installed in an extended partition? Due to the 4 primary partition limit, this is what happened