ok here it is, the competition, first of what can you win,
A Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo (800 MHz AMD Duron) Minitower (see photo), complete with 32mb nvidia Geforce 2MX 400 (32mb ram) card, Turtle Beach Sana Cruz II audio card, Intel 10/100 network, 56k modem, 20gig hd, 128mb ram, IDE based.
also included i will pre-install a linux distro such as ubuntu linux 5.1, suse 9.3 professional or fedora core release 4 on this for the winner.
Its a nice wee box with room for expansion and it can be yours for FREE, NADA, ZIP. Well not quite, YOU have to pay for SHIPPING the box from me, to you.
ok, thats it, on with the competition,
Quote:later today i will boot the machine up and i will ping www.google.com, to win this box, you have to tell me from the moment i press the ON button to when i can open a cmd prompt (or cli) and type ping www.google.com and get a ping reply from www.google.com, how long will it take on this box ? for example:- i guess 3 minutes 45 seconds.
Now that's cool isnt it, well, what if i forget to plug in the ethernet cable ? that could take a few extra minutes ? either way, i'll time it and as soon as I get a PING reply from www.google.com, that'll be my END time and i'll subtract the start time from that to get the result
ok ? easy huh ?
The first person with the nearest correct answer (in seconds) wins and only one guess per person
reminder of the rules:-
* you pay for shipping
* you must be a member of linux-noob.com
* only one guess per person
* the guess must be in the form of X minutes and X seconds
* post your guess in this thread.
* first person with the correct answer who is willing to pay for shipping, gets it.
* if the person who wins doesn't want to pay for shipping, then the next nearest (who is willing...) will get the computer
* competition CLOSES Wednesday 8th of June 2005 (winner will be announced same day)
people ! this is actually a nice little box and worthy of some attention, so if you win it, do us all a favor here at linux-noob.com, tell us exactly what you are going to do with it :)
My Ubuntu distro keeps locking up, atleast everytime the screensaver goes on.
I bet this is a video card issue (ati 9800 pro), since in Windows i gotta use 4x agp instead of 8x agp or the computer locks up everytime i play a game or just random.
I've installed the fglrx drivers and they work fine, i have 3d acceleration and all. Tried to set the AgpMode option to "4", but it still freezes.
Anyone have a tip on what i can do?
I checked if i can set the max\min agp usage in BIOS but i can't. :(
Hey guys, I'm leaving for basic in a lil over 15 days now. One of the things I was wanting todo before I left was make a giant botnet and start a channel and just let it run long as it could. (I'm going to be gone for ~8 months) Do any of you by chance know of anybody that could help me get this going? I don't really care if they kill the processes while i'm away, but just don't delete all the files for them or w/e. If any of you know anything, plz lemme know!
Older Woman: I'd give it to you but I don't have one.
Officer: Don't have one?
Older Woman: Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving.
Officer: I see...Can I see your vehicle registration papers please.
Older Woman: I can't do that.
Officer: Why not?
Older Woman: I stole this car.
Officer: Stole it?
Older Woman: Yes, and I killed and hacked up the owner.
Officer: You what?
Older Woman: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see.
The Officer looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back up. Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.
Officer 2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please! The woman steps out of her vehicle.
Older woman: Is there a problem sir?
Officer 2: One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.
Older Woman: Murdered the owner?
Officer 2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car,please.
The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.
Officer 2: Is this your car, ma'am?
Older Woman: Yes, here are the registration papers. The officer is quite stunned.
Officer 2: One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license.
The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer.
The officer examines the license. He looks quite puzzled.
Officer 2: Thank you ma'am, one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner.
Older Woman: Bet the liar told you I was speeding, too.