Makeshift Flash Mod

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I was asked to work on site for a company that specializes in loans and stuff, industrial loans and business loans and so on. They paid me very well for doing this.

I did this whole thing and they later sent me an intro they wanted added into the flash file, Heck I had never worked with flash before I even began to try and work on this site, so bare with me for my lack of knowledge of dreamweaver and or what ever that cs3 program was I was using to edit the .fla files with. If you go to starlitefundinginc.com you will see that I did the intro as they requested. If you look closely you will see that i used an iframe to set the size of the flash file and I believe I used to tables to keep it centered. Maybe not. But after the first flash file runs it’s full term I set the html page it was on to forward to the next page after 27 seconds. With using the Iframe the site stays focused on the main address in the address bar, This was simple because the page does not actually change, So I only had to do one <title></title> in the html listingteh many types of loans and funding they provide. The owners of that company did not want any text on the page, even though I tried what I could to explain how search engines  work these days.

What I am wondering is if there is way that I can some how combine two flash files  and make it one file? Is this even neccessary? Would it be much of a hassle for me to squish em both together ?

I mean they get plenty of people looking to check out the site and stuff for corperate loans and stuff or what ever they are looking for.  I mean what they are looking for is beyond my knowledge or ability to care greater than assumption. I do see hits on the site so I am not sure how the search engines are ranking this site, I never find it in searches unless I do a specified search for the company. I never seem to find it under any form of loan I try.

If anyone knows a way of putting something in the html to increase hits to that site hit me up with a tip or something, or if anyone knows how to smoosh the two swf files into or if it is even worth the bother hit me up. I kind of figgured that would be a huge wonkin file and no one would actually sit and wait while that loaded.but hit me up if you have a clue.

Really if I had better knowledge of adobe products I probably would have made a ton more money on this project, But my knowledge of dreamweaver is quite limited. The site does not make me happy. I know it isn’t my site and the owners of the company seemed happy with it, I just wish I could have done a little bit better.

Linux: Wine + Magix

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Well I got into the mood to edit some audio. I cracked open my c drive in my trusty Xandros File manager and then the console and found my way to the magix folder. Well guys, you can edit audio under wine. With the use of magix music maker you can actually edit your mp3 files and do it in 16 tracks.

See I have been using magix for about 9 years now so I love that fricken audio editor and well not being able to use really upsets me, it seem with the latest version of wine you have a free shot at using magix on your favorite operating that does not seem to Microsoft.

I must warn that I just loaded it and ran the basic features and played some of the sound effects that come with it , before I wrote this. So even if it does not do the masterful audio editing that magix is commonly capable of, it is a huge move. I am quite sure the guys with wine might feel like upgrading it really soon to not have any issues.

screenshot wine magix

16 tracks of editing fun! Bam!

well there is the screen shot of the mp3 and audio file editor running on linux, I hope you guys enjoy this.If you need help just message me and I will extend what ever help I can your way. Enjoy making your audio masterpiece. :P

TruXter

Car Stereo Woes

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Ok I bought a car, And gave up the old car with a very nice stereo in it that had many , many functions a tech geek like myself would like.

You know addons like sd and mmc reader and usb and aux connections. Well the car I am in, came with a clarion stereo and no manual. It has this screen saver feature so you can not see the clock, it just rolls lines and then zeros. Well that has been bugging me, the only time I see the clock is when I turn off the stereo. The clock is two hours off. NO FRICKEN MANUAL. I started a search and found some spam filled site that actually carried the pdf. First I skipped that site and hit a few forums in the links and found tons of lost and confused people, who missabreviated stuff and just made it seem hopeless. I really have no idea why I put so much freakin effort into this I really want to get another car stereo like the one I had before. But if you know me, I can not drop something without figguring it completely out and see all of it’s features good or useless. I of course will then decide what will be a handicap or an excelent feature.

Well it turned out devicemanuals.com had exactly what I needed. This stereo isnt half bad now that I can adjust the time and the bass & treble, bass boost and loudness. I will not be hanging on to it though much longer I am going back to the storage ready machine.

Shopping Tip: PC Vs Laptop

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If you are in the market for a new computer but are not sure if you should get a personal computer with a tower and a monitor, or a laptop, Hopefully this article will help you. I will try and weigh the differences for you.

For the first I will start with PC (personal computer).

Ups.

A personal computer can have high amounts of power in many of the parts, Like fresh up to date video card for the gamers or high quality video watchers, Or powerful processor(s) to do the tasks you need to get done, latest and greatest up to date memory and full capacity . Nice 25inch monitor and the keyboard and or mouse of your choice allowing you to make all use of the items as easy as you want. Well Like I have a trusty keyboard I bought from CompUSA at least four years ago that has tons of extra keys for items that I may need to open and run plus it’s own scroll wheel so I can skip ahead 5 lines at a time when I know I am on a huge page and need something from the bottom of the page, but do not feel like grabbing the mouse. That wheel also works in video games. My mouse is Memorex mouse with 5 buttons plus the wheel clicks for other uses, in most games the wheel clicks for an aimer and the side button are stand up and lay down. Both of those items where my own choice and my selection, as the case for my pc is my choice with ventilation So I can run the fans I feel I need to cool my computer the way I want and have it look the way I want. Everything can be modified and upgraded.

Downs.

Lots of wires everywhere. Huge tower that I keep bumping with my knee and I know someday I will bump it hard enough to scratch the hard drive . Can hardly ever move it or take it anywhere, like on vacation. No way of just putting it away and pulling back out when in need for usage without a frickin’ owner’s manual on how to rewire it back together. I never have been good at memory games. All of the add on parts are quite costly. When buying speakers you have to select some that will sound good, look good, and last and might be impressive, So you kinda have to learn all that or trust ol’ brad from the sales desk. Pretty loud, is most annoying when using as a media center.

For thsi next section I will cover the laptops:

Ups.

Portability, design, ease of use, small, convenient, hides away nice when a guest comes over with a toddler, Slides right under the seat in my car, Has a mouse and keyboard, monitor, and speakers built right in, you can add on third party if you want but do not have to ! Really makes great use of the Wi-Fi system you set your house up to, You can actually now sit on the couch in your skivvies and pizza stained t-shirt and let that computer desk chair collect dust. You can cook and check your email or MySpace message with your laptop resting safely on the counter while you fry your bologna.

Downs.

Once that keyboard is damages or worn out, It gets expensive, once that monitor breaks, well it’s really quite ruined and probably a better idea to buy a new one instead of replace it. If that toddler gets hold of the laptop, it’s screwed. The mouse built into laptops has always been something that just bothers me into utter stress, because they never seem to do what I want them to do without a few tries. Can get stolen easily. Will warp if left under the seat in my car on a hot day when I get stuck somewhere a little longer than I anticipated. I always have to remember to gather it up when I leave a location that I took the thing out of my car. Not very good for gaming or video compression, most parts are not upgradeable.

Okay, I just covered my likes and dislikes now I will do the run down of what is the better choice.

For those who are into high end monster power tasks, Go for the PC. For everyone else get the laptop, you will get ten times more out of the laptop than what you will get from the pc. Take that sucker to work with ya. Just when you are shopping , if they do not state the specifications of what is in the computer, chances are they are outdated.

GLHF

TruXter

Linux Gamer Update

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Well I have my Grand Theft auto vice city and my GTA San Andreas working just fine under Linux. Having an issue with gtaIII at the screen where it is saying it is setting up for my video card and then it just locks up, unsure what happened.

I have Delta force one and two working fine, I am now working on getting black hawk down to work and will be headed to making deltaforce extreme work on Linux. I will be helping you guys all get through this . My ultimate goal is to play online with anyone of the deltaforce games after deltaforce one. I wouldn’t mind a nice capture the flag or TeamDeath Match and not have to worry about some brat hacking me because I set myself to DmZ on my router for open ports.

After that works I will be moving on to Need For Speed. Carbon and most wanted .(i actually like most wanted a lot more).

If anyone is already deep into either one of these and making them work on linux please hit me up with a little help, I may not be as far along as you.

Thanks guys for reading this stuff, this is fun.

Broke My MP3 Player

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Today at work I squatted down to paint something that needed to be painted (of course?) and heard a crunch from my lower pocket. I thought to myself “Cheetos?” I do not remember having Cheetos in my pocket . So I stood up to dig into my pocket and see WTF it was. :( It was the MP3 player that I was listening to earlier.

So now it’s crushed and I have nothing to listen to podcasts except an MP3 player that runs on actual changeable batteries. I hate recharging them dang things. So I will be shopping for a new one now.

[tags]mp3 player, ipod[/tags]

Crysis SP Demo Review – Video Game

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To kick this off , let me explain, I am not paid to like or dislike the game, So I have a human’s opinion, I like some stuff I dislike others. If they where paying me it would all be 100% like. If I was paid to dislike , it would be 100% dislike.

I am not a fanboy who has been chewing on his blanket since he first saw the previews drooling on his keyboard waiting the demo. I just heard of the game less than two days before I got the demo. I gave the game an honest try and an honest feel . for those of you who know what color the main guy’s shoe laces are and why they are that color because you read the entire pamplet and news article and website front to back and upside down awaiting a clue to some imaginary riddle, Good for you, The sales pitches worked fine for you. Anything more than a sentence or two in response to this, really is overboard and you may want to ditch the yoda mouse and lunchbox.
Well I gave the game a play, or two. The demo is found here

The machine I am using is:

Direct x 9 c

AMD 2800+ Sempron 87*F

NVIDIA BFG 7600 512MB agp 110*F

2 Gigs 3200 RAM

Loading the demo the first time is a little bit drawn long, images are excellent and look very fun,Game ran fine at full settings on windows xp pro, just the dark setting and colors with some weird blue trim in the parachute scene. While looking in on the “suit tools” or options or what ever you see a circular list of stuff, you have no idea what any of it is, because it is unlabeled and it does nothing to assure you that you are on the right thing except for the cloaking,inviz.PNG or what ever that ten second thing is. there seems to be a strength,armor and cloaking that happens with the suit.

The fights where pretty great but it seemed very “grand theft auto” ish, it seemed like the bad guy just kept spawning up everywhere, and if you wanted one to just go away, turn your back and he will disappear when you turn your back. The narrator or guide or as the game called him something like prophet or what ever, he was a bit of a nag, so speakers went down just long enough for me to get killed by a guy that was not there a second ago. bad guys always know where you are , unless you are cloaked, then they just flip out and run in circles. The instant you re-spawn they know exactly where you are and are shooting at you within in a blink of time.

The water. Not so good. It just did not have that water look that you would expect from this new of a game. I mean there where bubbles and some sounds that let you know you are in water, but it just does not look like water other than your guy is now waving his hands in front of himself as if he is swimming, unsure if that run button helped any, could not tell. bullets hit you when you are under, and you can not pop up secretly , at all if you are being chased .Yes you can run out of breath. and yes he can outlast most of you, but does not live for ever underwater. sorry I did not see a timer nor a meter that let’s you know how much air is left, you just got wait till you hear him grunt or panic or make a painful sound. beach.PNG

You can pick up guns for spare bullets, and to carry or swap more guns . You can pick up numerous objects and chunk them , at people or just for the hell of it. I never found a med pack. No idea. You can enter vehicles , but it seems I haven’t figured how to man the guns on them, and or how to drive the vehicles. Maybe you can , maybe you can’t. I am not so certain that you can. I have no idea why all the bad guys looked the same, why they glow red or many things, not much to tell me why or how, I just assume it’s the pants the main guy is wearing.gunfire.PNG

Overall I give the game demo a rating of 6.5 . I will not be buying this one for myself . I might get it for my son, he will not take interest in it for more than a day, but just in case one of his friends have the game, it might be fun to lan party it. I can’t see it being very fun online. delta force 2 meets doom meets half life2.

[tags]games, gaming, crysis,video game,fps,first person shooter[/tags]

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PC Protection – My Fresh Install Rules

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1. first thing is go into control panel and into Administrative Tools and then Services and then scroll down to messenger and turn it off.(also telnet if I think I will not be using it)

2. Set up blocking of websites by adjusting my Hosts file
3. go get A-Squared it finds adware and spyware and some virus and trojans.

4. Check router firewall and dmz settings.

5. get ad-aware . it’s pretty much the same as a-squared but finds other stuff .

6.get spybot search and destroy, similar to adaware and a-squared.

7. install firefox and use that instead of explorer

8.install thunderbird and use that instead of outlook

9. save an online virus scanner to favorites

10. practice safe surfing (no clicking links in email… ever, pay attention to site names when using search engine, do not install any addons that come with freeware, never reply to any email that says ” you stuff is in jeopardy”, call business’s for verification to any emergency emails,never give out passwords to anyone on the net or in real life)

What you do is what you have to live with. asking people for advice is a safe bet… Some times..?

have fun good luck