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Zidane

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Since: 07-14-06
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Posted on 10-18-06 05:14 AM, in Pokémon Silver US - 256-Tile Hack Link
Lol, you should always conduct your own research before discrediting someone. PoKéMoN Gold and Silver was released on November of 1999 in Japan.

Tauwasser does, actually, have plenty to share with you if you're willing to listen. The rom editing community is massive; many of us have been doing our thing years before coming to Acmlm. Tau comes from a German community, so it's unlikely that you've heard much about him. He was approved for his background. Whether that is based on his previous posts or his history in other communities, I don't know.

It's all good, though. Tauwasser and HyperHacker have always belittled each other's work.

It doesn't matter if someone else may have done it, though. Learning to do things like this without being told how to do it is what makes something like this great.

(edited by Zidane on 10-18-06 04:20 AM)
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Posted on 10-18-06 01:51 PM, in Circular d-pads: Suck or not suck? Link
Originally posted by Dr_Death16
Originally posted by setz
seriously, maybe I was sega-raised or something, but I prefer a circular D-Pad over a stiff one, for the most part because they're easier to use, I never had any problems with them, plus they look way cooler.
Thumb cramps anyone? I've gotten them from the stiff cross d-pads before if you're going the same sort of direction too often. Circular d-pads are a bit more comfortable on the thumbs.


When I was younger, the SNES controller gave me blisters. I did press a lot harder then, though. The circular pads are a lot more comfortable. They are more precise than the cross pad, but only if the user has good coordination. For those who lack this coordination, it is usually because they rejected the circular pad and never used it enough to master it.

Real gamers use the analog stick. If you're able to master the analog stick, you'll have a clear advantage over those who haven't. There is, actually, a good fighting game that makes use of the analog sticks - Capcom vs. SNK2 EO for the XBox.
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Posted on 10-22-06 05:29 AM, in Fixing damaged CD's Link
Use car wax. Usually works for me.
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Posted on 10-26-06 02:10 AM, in It's like Sony doesn't even WANT to make money! Link
It was a commercial targeting an older, non-gaming audience. When you look at these things with the bias that goes along with being young and a gamer, of course you're not going to understand it. :p If you look at it from another angle, it's commercials like these that convince older people to buy a product for either their kids or themselves.

There's no need to be angry for not seeing shots of upcoming games, though. There will most likely be plenty of game commercials as their release date draws closer (though really, it's never anything different from what you've already seen at a site like Gamespot).
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Posted on 10-26-06 11:14 PM, in It's like Sony doesn't even WANT to make money! Link
Originally posted by Cara Zeltina
Originally posted by Zidane
It was a commercial targeting an older, non-gaming audience. When you look at these things with the bias that goes along with being young and a gamer, of course you're not going to understand it. :p If you look at it from another angle, it's commercials like these that convince older people to buy a product for either their kids or themselves.

There's no need to be angry for not seeing shots of upcoming games, though. There will most likely be plenty of game commercials as their release date draws closer (though really, it's never anything different from what you've already seen at a site like Gamespot).

I sort of fit in the older demograph moreso than the younger one.. And I still find the commercial to be fucking stupid. I mean.. it felt more like a Kodak advertisement or something, until they talk about getting shot, which is even more fucking stupid, because they're essentially suggesting their console is "so real" you can hardly tell the difference from it and the world around you.. and we all know that's full of crap.

Graphics have gotten good, but not photorealistic good, and certainly there is nothing immersive enough to merit that kind of an advertisement angle.. It sounds very much like they're making it out to be beyond what it is, and preying on the naive to fall for it.. Not that it would be a first for any company to do that, but ugh, there are so many more intelligent ways to have gone about this..

The whole thing just.. bored me. Like most commercials do, but worse it told me nothing about the product or the games.. why should I care, is what I ask myself.. And that's kind of counter-productive for what a commercial is suppose to do. (They're suppose to at least tell you what a product does, so the interested will actually look further into it later..) Meh, I admit I am not Sony's greatest fan at the moment either, but if they had made a cool commercial, displaying all of what the console could do, I might have at least given them some credit for that.. but lately it just feels like they keep screwing stuff up..


I was thinking it targeted people in their late thirties or early forties. Unfortunately, there are some things that people cannot see for what they really are. So, simply put, commercials like these coming from big companies like Sony all work for the company in some way. They spend large amounts of money in hiring professionals to conduct scientific polls, analyze statistics, and figure out how people think. Whether you like it or not, this commercial is working for them.
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Posted on 10-27-06 04:57 PM, in It's like Sony doesn't even WANT to make money! Link
Originally posted by Cara Zeltina
Are you really sure it is working for them? Can you prove that? I can't prove otherwise either of course, but the way you're holding up your arguement is with an undertone that you "know" it is working for them, and I don't see how you could "know" that anymore than I could. Still, it doesn't take much to see this is a pretty poor-taste advertisement.. And I can't see anyone in their 40's or so doing anything but rolling their eyes at these ad's..

Seriously, you can hold a professional image marketed towards 30-40 year olds that still catches the eye of the younger demograph without blowing up grandma's house and throwing zebra's around. Whether or not it actually works is definitely one thing, while whether or not it is stupid as hell is another. In the end though.. I suspect it can be "both."

Edit:
By the way, scientific stufies and crap to see what the audience wants doesn't really mean anything to me.. If that really worked, we wouldn't (all of us wouldn't) see so many annoying or pointless advertisements like we do today.. You can't ever read the minds of the public, it is a wild variable that cannot be determined by a scientific study.. At best, they round off an estimate from a vague or rough figure that only included a relatively small or moderate portion of the audience to begin with, and for that reason you can't ever actually "know" something is working.. They can only just "hope" it works in their position.


Maybe the advertising agency could've come up with something that may attract an audience of all ages, but it may not have been what they were hired to produce.

But are you even trying to understand my posts? There was no "knowing" undertone - I said quite clearly that Sony's commercial is working for them. I also happen to know that statistical analysis data is correct more often than not. Estimates are not vague, though they can sometimes be a little rough. If you want to thoroughly understand how and why statistical analysis works, though, you'll be studying for years.

Though some of the commercials you consider "annoying" or "pointless" may not be effective due to cheap research or budget constraints, most of them are. Have you ever seen the HeadOn commercial? It's been showing for quite a while now. It's one of the most annoying commercials I've ever seen, but it must be working if they're still using it.
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Posted on 11-05-06 04:09 AM, in Microtransactions Link
I really don't mind it. It gives people who are unwilling or don't have the time to play very much to get something decent. As long as something better or equally powerful could be obtained without paying, then I have no problem. I laugh at people who buy their things in games such as PangYa, anyway. It makes them look less skillful.

Expansion packs or extras I have no problem with, as long as it isn't something that comes disabled with the game.

Originally posted by HyperHacker
I just wonder if they can even do anything about people hacking to unlock content already on the disc? I mean you paid for the disc, don't you have the right to use it as you see fit? Would that not include, say, making a hacked copy in which these things are already open?


Games like this usually involve accounts, where your information is stored online. Maybe you could unlock something for single player, but they could care less about that. Hack their server though, and you'll get into some trouble.

(edited by Zidane on 11-05-06 03:09 AM)
(edited by Zidane on 11-05-06 03:10 AM)
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Posted on 11-17-06 12:57 PM, in Final Fantasy 12 Link
I got the game last week, and I'm about 12 hours or so into the game. At first, I didn't really like the battle system, as it was too tough to manage everything at the fastest battle speed in active mode. Oh, normal monsters were easy, but the boss battles were tough because you have to unlock gambits. When you need to use items and get rid of status effects, the gambit system just doesn't work.

Once I've unlocked all the gambits, though, I could probably automate boss fights. I could already just automate normal fights, where all I have to do is make Vaan move close enough to attack. I prefer wait mode, though, because I can micromanage easier, but still keep fighting at the fastest battle speed. Most normal fights are easy if you know how to play the game. For me, it's pretty much everyone takes one swing and the monster is dead. At the moment, there's no real need to use any quickenings, attack magic, or technicks. With the right licenses, it's really easy to be near 100% MP and have everyone just attack with their weapons, using gambits for healing.

The license system also takes some time to get used to. At first, everyone is almost alike. Each character starts close to each other on the license grid. The only thing to really tell them apart is how much HP and MP they start off with, and how much they gain with each level. The customization is really nice when you get farther in the game, though. However, I have most of my main characters with important MP regening licenses.
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Posted on 11-22-06 08:28 PM, in More PS3 fun... Sony falling WAY short on shipments for Friday's launch... try 200,000 max. Link
Originally posted by HyperHacker
"Rassweiler cited the PlayStation 3’s inclusion of a power supply that packs a whopping 400-watts—yet uses a very compact, low-profile design. At $37.50, this power supply costs about twice as much as an average unit found in a PC."
WTF? I'm guessing these people have never bought a power supply before.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817165007

That's pretty cheap to buy alone. Most people have computers that were put together for them by companies such as Dell, who get PSUs for even less by buying them in bulk. We are talking about manufacturing costs, after all.
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Posted on 11-25-06 03:08 PM, in Wireless Networking / Router help (Basics I'm sure) Link
When you buy a Linksys, the first thing you have to do is configure the router through a direct connection to it. Along with the router, you should of gotten a CD and an instruction manual that says to use the CD for first-time installation. :p Just hook up your laptop through Ethernet and run the CD. You'll go through a wizard that is pretty easy to understand. Once you've got everything working, you won't need that CD again, even if you hard reset the router. Just remember to keep your wireless connection off while directly connected to the router for setup.

Unless you're worried about your neighbors using your connection, you shouldn't even bother with wireless security. And unless you've got some files on the computer that must never be viewed outside of the house, you're just as good with WEP as you are with WPA. WEP cracking is involved and time consuming. It is a waste of time. Anyone who is able to do it has better things to do, unless he or she just wants to use your connection.
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Posted on 11-26-06 09:25 PM, in Wireless Networking / Router help (Basics I'm sure) Link
Originally posted by Racer Xeo
Originally posted by DarkSlaya
Wait, your router's IP?

Like, 192.168.1.1 ?

I have a Linksys router, and that does the trick.


Yeah, I've tried that and a few other IP's similar (default ones). It always times out.

So ... yeah.


It's going to time out because you aren't even connected to the router. :p You can set the router IP to whatever you want, but it defaults to 192.168.1.1 after setting the router up.

Originally posted by Racer Xeo
Originally posted by Zidane
When you buy a Linksys, the first thing you have to do is configure the router through a direct connection to it. Along with the router, you should of gotten a CD and an instruction manual that says to use the CD for first-time installation. :p Just hook up your laptop through Ethernet and run the CD. You'll go through a wizard that is pretty easy to understand. Once you've got everything working, you won't need that CD again, even if you hard reset the router. Just remember to keep your wireless connection off while directly connected to the router for setup.


So I've run the configuration on my family computer (days ago), the one directly connected to the router and modem. Should I connect my laptop to the router and then run setup on it or something?

I dunno, we might just have some guy come up here and set this all up for us.


So the configuration went smoothly? You didn't set any encryption at all? Have you tried connecting to the router with your other computer (after removing the direct connection)? Have you tried connecting with any other computers?

Which wireless types are you allowing to connect to the router ?

I would connect to the router with your family computer and check the settings for anything out of the ordinary, like blocked mac addresses.

You could also double check your network settings to make sure you have the network authentication set to Open, data encryption disabled, and haven't got it running in something like ad-hoc mode.

If you're desperate, you could try hard resetting the router (little black button in the back of the router), which would have the router running at the factory defaults (IP 192.168.1.1, no encryption, wireless g and b, SSID linksys).

Originally posted by Tanks
I'm glad someone started a thread about this, Ive got a D-Link router that went offline one day and the rested itself, I hooked it back up and it was and unsecure network, I tried to acess router options to resecure it but it won't work, and Network magic doesn't work with my network either. My family can still connect but it's still unscure.


Not secure? It sounds like the data encryption was taken off when the router reset. Who set it up last time? If you connect to the router's setup page, there should be something that let's you edit wireless security (just make sure you choose something that your network cards support, too).
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Posted on 11-28-06 10:06 PM, in Wireless Networking / Router help (Basics I'm sure) Link
I don't suggest doing anything like that until you've figured out what the problem is. There is always a small chance that there is something wrong with the router hardware. If you change the firmware, they probably won't give you a refund if it still doesn't work. :p

I'm guessing that you probably have a WRT54G, as they're pretty cheap and can be bought from almost anywhere. The latest revisions don't even have a Linux OS anymore, meaning that you'll have to flash the OS in order to install DD-WRT (which happens to be the only working third party firmware for the latest WRT54G revision, as they come with very little memory). Screw it up, and you'll have to use a JTAG interface to fix it. :p
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Posted on 11-29-06 12:39 AM, in More PS3 fun... Sony falling WAY short on shipments for Friday's launch... try 200,000 max. Link
Lol, you guys are complaining about how Sony isn't releasing 100GB models to the public? I'm not the only one who finds that petty, am I?
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Posted on 11-30-06 07:46 PM, in NT domain monitoring Link
You could watch someone input their password and use their account. :p Since you have administrator priveledges, take it a step further and change your MAC address and computer name to match up with the account you're using. If you can't find a way to avoid the administrator's watchful eye, you could pose as someone you hate. XD
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Posted on 12-01-06 09:52 AM, in NT domain monitoring Link
Originally posted by Boom.dk
Yes, however, I can't connect to the wireless network with a spoofed MAC address, believe me, I tried.


You can't connect if the spoofed MAC address doesn't match up to the correct login information and computer name. The school probably limits its Wi-fi to certain computers, which is normally done by limiting certain MAC addresses..

You can't just come up with any address. What I'm talking about is using the MAC address of a computer that belongs to the person whose account you'd use. There would be some slight connection problems if you were to both be connected to the network, but it should still work. You couldn't play any online games for much longer than a minute (depending on what the other person was doing), but browsing the web should work fine.
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Posted on 12-02-06 02:10 PM, in NT domain monitoring Link
For what reason? Does it really matter what he sees if he thinks you're someone else? If you're that ethical, why do you want to do things that you're not allowed to do?
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Posted on 12-03-06 06:48 AM, in Long distance relationships: Yay or nay? Link
Long distance relationships don't work. :p Well, at least 99% of the time. The ones that you will hear saying that it works are those who have never tried it or are currently in one. If you are in one, there is very good chance that it will fall apart and you will feel stupid for thinking that it would actually work out.

I speak from experience. I pulled off about three years with one person, with no physical contact at all. It's one of the dumbest things I've ever done. However, if visit your lover from time to time, it may just work out if you plan on moving closer some time in the near future.

The same seems to go with friends, too, but it is easier to pick up where you left off if you manage to get back in touch with them.
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Posted on 12-06-06 02:01 AM, in NT domain monitoring Link
There are many different tools used to monitor NT domain. If you download and run this and paste the logfile, we may be able to see what your administrator is using.
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Posted on 12-06-06 05:01 PM, in NT domain monitoring Link
Loads of processes when it comes to laptops, especially school-bought ones. Your school is using ThinkVantage to monitor the network.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [cssauth] "C:\Programmer\Lenovo\Client Security Solution\cssauth.exe" silent
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {0045D4BC-5189-4b67-969C-83BB1906C421} - C:\Programmer\Lenovo\Client Security Solution\tvtpwm_ie_com.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ThinkVantage Password Manager... - {0045D4BC-5189-4b67-969C-83BB1906C421} - C:\Programmer\Lenovo\Client Security Solution\tvtpwm_ie_com.dll

You'll have to edit the registry to stop them from monitoring the registry. XD If you have full administrator priveledges, though, check and see if you can uninstall the monitoring tools, lol. If not, there are some programs that will allow you to edit what programs are run at startup.

Edit: Nevermind...

Originally posted by Lenovo
To further enhance security, select ThinkPad® and ThinkCentre® systems also include an embedded chip called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). ThinkVantage Client Security Solution works in conjunction with this chip to manage encryption keys and processes.


You're pretty much screwed unless you can burn off the chip or find some great cracker to make some software to work around it all.

(edited by Zidane on 12-06-06 04:02 PM)
(edited by Zidane on 12-06-06 04:07 PM)
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Posted on 12-07-06 06:28 PM, in NT domain monitoring Link
Originally posted by Boom.dk
Except that those are driver/software updates from Lenovo that I installed myself. The chip is currently not in use, as I have disabled it in the BIOS.


And you know for sure that whatever you do is being transmitted over the network?
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