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by Scronty
Sun May 09, 2004 12:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: hyperthreading
Replies: 20
Views: 428

Afternoon, M&M.

"HyperThreading Technology" is just an Intel marketing ploy.

http://www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading.htm
http://www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.htm

can provide software performance benefits of up to 25%
"up to" does not mean "of".

Cheers,
Scronty
by Scronty
Wed May 05, 2004 2:34 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: The first competition.....
Replies: 101
Views: 13462

Afternoon, All.

I might have to withdraw from this contest as well. I've had a busy week and haven't had a chance to even start any mapping :?.

There's no way I could possibly build a decent bridge in a single day (unless it was uninterupted - which it isn't).

Cheers,
Scronty
by Scronty
Tue May 04, 2004 10:37 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: next competition?
Replies: 19
Views: 4995

Afternoon, tltrude.

That's why I suggested a cave system. All cave systems in use by any military would have vents and ducts throughout the complex. This would give a bit of flexibility to map layouts and routes to take (and where to watch out for those pesky opponents).

I'd prefer the map to be ...
by Scronty
Sun May 02, 2004 7:34 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: next competition?
Replies: 19
Views: 4995

Afternoon, All.

Underground cave system (as opposed to an overground cave system ;) ).

Cheers,
Scronty
by Scronty
Sat May 01, 2004 10:40 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: I am alive.
Replies: 8
Views: 2422

Afternoon, Axion.

Condolences to you regarding your grandparents recent bereavement :cry: .
My grandparents (two on mothers side; one on fathers side) are now well into their eighties so I can expect to receive the call any day between now and two decades time. :?

Condolences to you regarding ...
by Scronty
Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:59 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: The first competition.....
Replies: 101
Views: 13462

Afternoon, lizardkid.

DOH!!! no wonder i didn't see him on the entrants list, he's a judge.
Ummm... no he isn't :) .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My entry is definitely going to be quite useless as my missus is home sick so I cannot spend as much (any) time on the computer as I'd intended :? .
I'm still in ...
by Scronty
Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freakin computer problems
Replies: 29
Views: 579

Afternoon, M&M.

You may have a few sectors on your HDD corrupted (even the HDD you replaced).

Run Scandisk.exe to see if that's the problem.

I used to get random errors like you're getting with MS Excel. Found out the excel.exe file was spread over a corrupted sector and once that sector was ...
by Scronty
Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:15 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: The first competition.....
Replies: 101
Views: 13462

Afternoon, All.

I'm in.

Wondering if an entire map could actually be the brdge? It'd have to be something the size of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which I don't think I could finish in a week :shock: .

Maybe a bridge over a creek on a golf-course would be more my size :? .

Cheers,
Scronty
by Scronty
Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:11 am
Forum: Mapping
Topic: COMPIING PROBLEM
Replies: 19
Views: 403

Afternoon, dr shenker.

May be a stupid question but...
You *have* kept the Pak0.pk3, Pak1.pk3, Pak2.pk3, Pak3.pk3, Pak4.pk3, and Pak5.pk3 files in your main directory when you moved the custom pk3 files out?

Cheers,
Scronty
by Scronty
Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:47 pm
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Awesome
Replies: 89
Views: 12181

Afternoon, All.

There's nothing stopping you from starting an unofficial contest while awaiting the official rules/ etc.

How about a prefab for a bridge, for starters?
Can be stone/ wood/ brick/ etc.
Can be one arch/ multi-arch/ no arch.
Could even be a moving drawbridge.

Include a small section ...
by Scronty
Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:28 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: playing violent video games can increase aggressive thoughts
Replies: 23
Views: 456

Afternoon, ziptie2k2.

An-eye-for-an-eye always seems like an appropriate punishment to curb some peoples undesirable tendencies.
However... :P

What would you do to child molesters? Surely not molest their own child. So what could possibly be the punishment?

A rapist would get their donger ...
by Scronty
Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:48 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: playing violent video games can increase aggressive thoughts
Replies: 23
Views: 456

Afternoon, All.

As hinted in previous posts, violence in video games/ movies/ etc are triggers for weak minds to cause violence.

For most people these forms of entertainment are just that - entertainment.

Some of these weak minds are due to age (6 years old).
Some are from bad genes (they're just ...
by Scronty
Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freakin computer problems
Replies: 29
Views: 579

Afternoon, M&M.

Corrupt JPEG data: 66 extraneous bytes before marker 0x88

There's a corrupt jpg file in whatever map that is.

This information is notifying you that the .jpg fileformat is incorrect (i.e. it's corrupt).

Which image it is I wouldn't have a clue.

Try downloading that map again ...
by Scronty
Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freakin computer problems
Replies: 29
Views: 579

Afternoon, M&M.

For starters; install your sound-card drivers. The OS needs those drivers to communicate with the hardware (in this case: your sound card) correctly.

I've always found WinME the worst OS Microsoft has ever developed.
I have a machine with similar specs to yours. The first day I had ...
by Scronty
Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:57 pm
Forum: Mapping
Topic: Doesn't make the needed files.
Replies: 4
Views: 188

Afternoon, Freddy.

Could it be MAX_SURFACE_INFO the error you're talking about?
ERROR: MAX_SURFACE_INFO

There is too much shader data in the scripts folder.

SOLUTION: Remove custom pk3s
Cheers,
Scronty