The random Ideas thread...

Helios

There are hundreds of objects in orbit around the planet most are satellites, and of course the moon, but there are 10 unidentified objects 5 of which seem to "move" away from satilllites and shuttles when they get near

only one person has ever been hit by a "falling star" or meteor

There is enough electrical energy in one decent size thunderstorm to power the entire united states for 1 week

The amount of energy it takes to power a hurricane is enormous,
All the nuclear weapons of the Uninted States,Russia, and China combined, could not power a hurricane for more than 2 hours

Plutos orbit is over 200 years but a single day is only 16 hours, while a single day on mercury is almost 150 years and one year is only roughly 30 earth days :D kinda switched around

Freddy Krueger

wow never thought about all this

Helios

what would happen if there was a level 15 earthquake on the richter scale

DPD

I'd get pissed off if I was still alive, that's what. That, and the area effected would be effectively leveled, or worse. Basically, widespread chaos and destruction.

Why do a lot of Kleenex boxes have floral prints on them, when the pollens from flowers make a lot of people allergic and have to use tissues? Assholes.

Kara

Originally posted by DPD
I'd get pissed off if I was still alive, that's what. That, and the area effected would be effectively leveled, or worse. Basically, widespread chaos and destruction.

Why do a lot of Kleenex boxes have floral prints on them, when the pollens from flowers make a lot of people allergic and have to use tissues? Assholes.

lol

'a recent poll showed that 2% of americans over 25 are still virgins. another poll showed that the same 2% dressed up as gandalf for halloween last year.'

ThereIsNoMatrix

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

I got to 47 once before I gave up...

AnotherOne

If a tree falls in the woods, and there is nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?

sparky667

wow i never knew there were two random facts threads

It's illegal to have sexual relations with a porcupine in Florida.

It's illegal to transport dead skunks across the state line of Kentucky.

Helios

We humans are the most intelligent (besides whales) species on the planet and have the largest brain to body size scale ratio (again besides whales) but we humans are by far some of the weakest creatures

Most insects can easily life 2x their weight, with ants 50x, but the vast majority of humans can barely lift 3/4 their weight

Humans are the only species that kill their own for pointless reasons

For humans to have such complex DNA/ genetic structure out immune systems are fairly weak compared to those of animals

The Xenocidal Pyscho has spoken

for only $1000 you can buy a working cannon on E-Bay. Just think of the stuff you could do with your very own cannon :D

the river would no longer be safe....mwahahahaaa.....

ThereIsNoMatrix

- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
- It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.
- The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

T-t-t-that's all folks.

Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphebet soup?

DPD

Does alphabet soup know just how thankful I am for it teaching me how to read? Do people know this is a thread for ideas and not facts? Guard the river with some blow darts and pixie stix PP, they're wheeling up the cannon as we speak.

^^ lol
Did y'all know they now make special diapers for dogs, with the sole purpose of helping the dog hold in his/her farts? THey make a human version of the same underwear as well, for anyone interested.... ;)

Originally posted by DPD
Do people know this is a thread for ideas and not facts?
methinks not. Earlier I considered making a post that would inform the world that I am on a shoe-strike, but then decided that this thread has become a random facts thread, and my post would be considered *gasp* spam.

tHe aRcHeItEcT

Ideas, facts, questions, all this stuff is intresting:D :D ....

Helios

The average person that lives to at least 70 years old, will sleep 204400 hours of their lives more than half.

DPD

Word, PP...shoes should be outlawed in California, except Reebok Classics. Flip flops all the way.

If if plug the headphone jack into my ear, it would be cool if someone that put on my headphones could hear my thoughts

Originally posted by DPD
Word, PP...shoes should be outlawed in California, except Reebok Classics. Flip flops all the way.

tru dat ;) but not JUST in Cali... no shoes anywhere, except for boots, reebok classics, flip flops, and bare feet :D

If if plug the headphone jack into my ear, it would be cool if someone that put on my headphones could hear my thoughts
Maybe they can. You should try it....

They say it's impossible for you to lick your elbow, but that's not true. I have a friend who can. Can you? (hooray for the second-grade-level sentance!! You can tell I'm fried from finals)

Words of wisdom from my Yearbook teacher: Never fart when it's cold outside. Everyone will be able to see it.

Oraclitect

If a vampire bites a person with AIDS, does he get infected?

How many "T"s as the indiana jones song? (ta-ta-ta-ta...etc)

What the hell does "insipid" means afterall? (hey, i'm from Portugal)

Does fishs sleep?

Random pop quiz:
A man lives in the 10º floor, everyday when he goes to work, he uses the elevator to go down, but when he cames back, he always uses the stairs to go up, althought the elevator is working perfectly fine.

Why?

tHe aRcHeItEcT

Because he's stupid, who lives on a 10 degree floor anyway??.......

Helios

Originally posted by Oraclitect

Does fishs sleep?

Random pop quiz:
A man lives in the 10? floor, everyday when he goes to work, he uses the elevator to go down, but when he cames back, he always uses the stairs to go up, althought the elevator is working perfectly fine.

Why?

Thats easy he is a midget, when he goes to work he can reach the floor 1 button but He cant reach the 10 button when he comes home

yes fish do sleep, but sharks (who are fish) dont because if they were to stop they would die because they couldnt breath, their gills dont open and close and let the oxygenated water in

tHe aRcHeItEcT

^^
*Fish sleap for 3 seconds every minute....

Helios

^
thanks for correction, its mammals and sharks that dont sleep at all, with both of them instead of sleeping a part of their brain just shuts down, the part thats left on is the part that regulates heart beat ect, and makes sure that for mammals they go up for air every now and then

HomoUniversalis

mammals and sharks? Amazing... I always knew I didn't have to sleep :).

If everyone was naked, but me, who would be the pervert?

Mr U

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!

ThereIsNoMatrix

-Theoretically, it's impossible to complete a lap around a circle.

- If the main goal of a business is to make money, why hasn't the record companies stopped producing "Now That's What I Call Music" CD's back at Vol. 1?

freeyourmind

How is it not possible to complete a lap around a circle?

ThereIsNoMatrix

Theoretically it's impossible. Say the circle is 1 mile. Would you agree that before completing the lap, you need to make it half way across the circle - running a 1/2 mile? (I'm going to answer for you...) Of course you agree :D. Now, there's a half mile left to go before you complete the lap. Still, you must agree that you would have to run half the distance of that half mile before you can complete the lap. Therefore, you would need to run another quarter mile. However you still need to go half the distance of that quarter mile before you can complete the quarter mile, and complete the lap. This means you'll need to run 1/8 of a mile... Then again you'll need to run half the distance of the 1/8 mile, and it goes on and on. Seeing as how numbers are infinite, there will always be another "half the distance of the previous distance" to cross before u can complete the lap. You may have only 1/4,000,000,000 of the mile to cross before you complete the lap, and it may be a minute fraction of the mile, unable to be seen by your own eyes, but you will never be able to complete the lap.

Applying the same principle, I could also theoretically beat anyone in a race as long as I get a head start - No matter how small the head start is. God I hate philosophy.

NMN

Ah, Zeno's Paradox. What fun!!

ThereIsNoMatrix

Isn't it? Silly Greeks...

tHe aRcHeItEcT

Speaking of Greeks, according to a book I read (the only book I have read:D ) they used to cover they're enitre body with armor,but leave their carrot and two vegs. showing, I think it was either to scare the enemy or poke them, but we all know it raised sexual tension between them.....and thats how massive orgys began, I think :rolleyes: ......

Helios

Originally posted by ThereIsNoMatrix

Applying the same principle, I could also theoretically beat anyone in a race as long as I get a head start - No matter how small the head start is. God I hate philosophy.

Yet you seem to understand it so well. :p

Is anything really Infinite (including numbers) or is the amount so inconcievably high that we could never find it/fingure it out ?

almost like googleplex to the trillionth power, (but higher than that)

btw, a googleplex is 10^[10^100]

HomoUniversalis

Zeno's Paradox

It's not even a hard one. If it was a true paradox, actually moving would be impossible. In the situation you described, ThereisnoMatrix, there is a constant decrease of speed, which normally is not the case.

Also, if you theory was correct, traveling from A to B would be impossible. Imagine there is one meter between A and B. There would be an infinite amount of values between them, 0.000000000....0001, and so on, so that traveling would be impossible.

Theoretically, it is possible to lap a circle.

Infinity? I'm not good enough at Math to answer that one. My math teacher advised me first to study math before deciding whether I believed in infinite or not. As I understood it, there are two theories, with both support from a lot of scientists.

Mr U

ThereIsNoMatrix

True, this paradox isn't too hard - It's where most basic philosophy courses start at. The situation I described doesn't necessarily call for a decrease in speed. It simply calls to attention the fact that there is an infinite number of "half distances" before you can complete the lap. Of course in reality there is some point where this theory falls apart and we finish the lap.

Traveling from A to B, according to this theory, would be impossible, but you can get so close to it that you're practically at B.

As for infinity - I too don't know enough about math to answer that. Perhaps there is, perhaps there isn't. At some point, however, the number becomes so gigantic or small that it is no longer practical to figure it out fully (in most cases).

freeyourmind

Originally posted by ThereIsNoMatrix
Theoretically it's impossible. Say the circle is 1 mile. Would you agree that before completing the lap, you need to make it half way across the circle - running a 1/2 mile? (I'm going to answer for you...) Of course you agree :D. Now, there's a half mile left to go before you complete the lap. Still, you must agree that you would have to run half the distance of that half mile before you can complete the lap. Therefore, you would need to run another quarter mile. However you still need to go half the distance of that quarter mile before you can complete the quarter mile, and complete the lap. This means you'll need to run 1/8 of a mile... Then again you'll need to run half the distance of the 1/8 mile, and it goes on and on. Seeing as how numbers are infinite, there will always be another "half the distance of the previous distance" to cross before u can complete the lap. You may have only 1/4,000,000,000 of the mile to cross before you complete the lap, and it may be a minute fraction of the mile, unable to be seen by your own eyes, but you will never be able to complete the lap.

Applying the same principle, I could also theoretically beat anyone in a race as long as I get a head start - No matter how small the head start is. God I hate philosophy.
Ah yes, that's bullshit.

I think that this is where phiosophy stops being philosophy and starts being a time-wasting exercise. It's empty words. It takes the fact that passing a distance requires passing half the distance as saying that one must stop to evaluate his surroundings at that halfway mark. That is simply wrong. Common sense doesn't say that you must stop, it just says that you must go through that point at some stage.

As for infinity, my understanding is that it doesn't mean a number which is impractical to use but truly "always" or "everything" or whatever. For instance, in programming the following command would continue onwards infinitely (it's in Pascal)

while n = n do
n:= n;

There you go, infinity :D

As for something being infinite out of the theoretical and mental worlds, yes, I think the world is infinite, and god is infinite, but I'm religious and you're probably looking for scientific explanations not including god :p good luck, but I don't think they exist.

NMN

Well, Zeno's paradox is a fundamental question in Calculus. It is part of an introduction in the study of limits. TINM is right. It is theoreticall true. You can never reach point B form point A if you travel half the way every single time. It is THEORETICALLY possible but PHYSICALLY improbable. Obviously you can see yourself make a complete lap.

As for infinity, it was just a quantitative symbol and answer to describe the nature of numbers. Number's have no end, and so mathmeticians had to describe this phenomenon.

Have any of you studied Calculus, cause if you have, you know what that math is crazy.

And here is a little puzzle for you guys:
This is called Fermat's Last Theorem

x^n + y^n = z^n Other than 2 and 1, can you find whole number solutions to this equation?

freeyourmind

Originally posted by NMN
Well, Zeno's paradox is a fundamental question in Calculus. It is part of an introduction in the study of limits. TINM is right. It is theoreticall true. You can never reach point B form point A if you travel half the way every single time. It is THEORETICALLY possible but PHYSICALLY improbable. Obviously you can see yourself make a complete lap.
Yes, it would be impossible to arrive at your point if you travel half distance every time and then stop. The concept of not being able to complete a lap before completing half a lap does not neccessitate stopping in the middle. That was just another factor the pseudo-philosophers put in to waste our time :p

If I'm not clear, consider the mini diagram here :D :

A________B_________C

It is not possible to get from A to C without travelling through B. What do we extrapolate from here? That to get from one point to another would require going through the point between them. We do NOT extrapolate that you must stop at B in order to get to C. That assumption is unfounded. If it wasn't then we might have had a paradox here. But it is. Thus - bullshit :)

As for infinity, it was just a quantitative symbol and answer to describe the nature of numbers. Number's have no end, and so mathmeticians had to describe this phenomenon.
Yeah, but I believe the question is does it exist anywhere out of the mental world? does it exist in the physical world? Because of you consider the universe and most important questions to do with it you find that infinity must exist on some level. But modern science, and I believe any form of science that doesn't take the involvement of a fully independent source into the equation, cannot explain infinity, no matter how it tries. Because it goes against modern science's basic prinicples...

Have any of you studied Calculus, cause if you have, you know what that math is crazy.
I don't need calculus to know math is crazy. I already know math is crazy. Mostly pointless too...
And here is a little puzzle for you guys:
This is called Fermat's Last Theorem

x^n + y^n = z^n Other than 2 and 1, can you find whole number solutions to this equation?
Whaddaya mean? To all variables? Or just the n? or just the x, y, and z?

NMN

No misunderstood me FYM. Zeno's paradox is as such, and this is from my Calc textbook:

"A man standing in a room cannot walk to the wall. In order to do so, he would have to go half the distance, then half the remaining distance, and then again half of what still remains. This process can always be continued and can never be ended."

This becomes the sum of a series such that:
1 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ... + 1/2^n + ...

In Calc form it is the limit as 'n' approaches infinty of the series equals one.

I wish I could write the shorthand, but I can't do all the character manipulations. I hope that clarifies Zeno. That crazy bastard.

And to Femat's it is solving for the exponents. YOu know Pythagorus's theorem right? That is for the squares of a right triangle, where a^2 + b^2 = c^2. Some examples of real muber solutions are 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2 and 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 and so on and so forth.
Now I am asking you if you can find whole number solutions that satisfy the equation for n=3, 4, 5...
Have fun!

freeyourmind

Originally posted by NMN
No misunderstood me FYM. Zeno's paradox is as such, and this is from my Calc textbook:

"A man standing in a room cannot walk to the wall. In order to do so, he would have to go half the distance, then half the remaining distance, and then again half of what still remains. This process can always be continued and can never be ended."

This becomes the sum of a series such that:
1 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ... + 1/2^n + ...

In Calc form it is the limit as 'n' approaches infinty of the series equals one.

I wish I could write the shorthand, but I can't do all the character manipulations. I hope that clarifies Zeno. That crazy bastard.
Nope, no misunderstanding, at least I don't think so. I realise that what Zeno says is widely accepted. But I still think he's a bullshit artist :) He invented a step that didn't exist there before in order to create the paradox.
And to Femat's it is solving for the exponents. YOu know Pythagorus's theorem right? That is for the squares of a right triangle, where a^2 + b^2 = c^2. Some examples of real muber solutions are 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2 and 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 and so on and so forth.
Now I am asking you if you can find whole number solutions that satisfy the equation for n=3, 4, 5...
Have fun!
uh yeah, I'll get back to you on that later :D

ThereIsNoMatrix

It's not proclaiming that you must STOP at point B - It's proclaiming that you must PASS it, which is true. How do you go from A to C WITHOUT passing B? I know that I, at least, can't dissipate into the air and magically reappear at point C. Maybe I'm not understanding you... Perhaps you could go around point B, in a curve to get from A to C, but you'd still have to pass the half-way point of that curve.

DPD

if you rearrange the letters in the word pass, it makes the acronym asap. and shit, this, and hits are all permutations of one another that i often write in the same sentence.

tHe aRcHeItEcT

Guys this stuff is intresting (not really), but you guys can go make a 'nerd thread' where you can write all that 'intresting stuff' as for this thread keep it for 'random ideas' !!!!!!..........

freeyourmind

Originally posted by ThereIsNoMatrix
It's not proclaiming that you must STOP at point B - It's proclaiming that you must PASS it, which is true. How do you go from A to C WITHOUT passing B? I know that I, at least, can't dissipate into the air and magically reappear at point C. Maybe I'm not understanding you... Perhaps you could go around point B, in a curve to get from A to C, but you'd still have to pass the half-way point of that curve.
Yeah, I'm afraid you misunderstood me... I know how difficult it is to keep track of what people are saying here through this forum system but try and bear with me...

My point was that YES you must pass through point B to get to C, but that you DON'T have to stop at B at all, you could just continue going forwards...
But the thing is, Zeno's paradox takes it for granted that you MUST stop at point B to evaluate what to do next. The paradox is formed by the fact that you wlll always have to stop, and therefore never reach your objectice, when in fact, logic never says you have to stop! When you go from A to C then yes, you will pass B, but you will not necessarily stop at B, then stop midway between B and C, then stop midway between that and C and so on. Only then, after adding the factor of stopping which didn't exist there before, can the paradox be formed in that you will never reach your objective since you will always have to stop before you reach it...

DPD, pass does not make asap... different lettering

HomoUniversalis

I remember this paradox with some man running, and being unable to catch up with a turtle, or something. The problem is that people tend to forget that if you half the distance, you have to half your speed as well, or the paradox is no longer correct.

Freeyourmind's explanation is correct also, as he concludes from a person moving at a constant speed, ergo the accelaration is not negative or positive, but simply zero, thus the person will just complete the lap.

calculus? Unsure, maybe if you give a brief explanation of what it is. Hmm.. About that n thing, maybe you can use e, i, pi, 1 and o :p.

Mr U

freeyourmind

DPD

ah hell, i was tired. thought i was going to end up with some lifechanging revelation outta that, but you crushed that all in a few words.

guess i better not go off on a tangent, because i'd have to backtrack to get back to the point

NMN

Originally posted by HomoUniversalis
I remember this paradox with some man running, and being unable to catch up with a turtle, or something. The problem is that people tend to forget that if you half the distance, you have to half your speed as well, or the paradox is no longer correct.

Freeyourmind's explanation is correct also, as he concludes from a person moving at a constant speed, ergo the accelaration is not negative or positive, but simply zero, thus the person will just complete the lap.

calculus? Unsure, maybe if you give a brief explanation of what it is. Hmm.. About that n thing, maybe you can use e, i, pi, 1 and o :p.

Mr U

Well, HU, are the turtle and the man traveling at a constant velocity? Cause if they are, then if the man halves the distance between himself and the turtle, he is not jhalfing his speed but increasing his accelereation and by doing so, increasing his velocity.

You are aright about a constant velocity and acceleration being equal to zero. That is part of Newton's First Law.

Calculus: That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.

And finally, 0 cannot be used for the exponents, as 1+1 doesn't equal 1. HARDLY.
1 is merely addition, and if that doesn't work, addition wouldn't work.

And e and pi can't work cause n is supposed to be equal to a whole number. Have fn with that. ;)

HomoUniversalis

I cheated :D

Mr U

The faulty logic in Zeno's argument is the assumption that the sum of an infinite number of numbers is always infinite. While this seems intuitively logical, it is in fact wrong. For example, the infinite sum 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + ... is equal to 2. This type of series is known as a geometric series. A geometric series is a series that begins with one and then each successive term is found by multiplying the previous term by some fixed amount, say x. For the above series, x is equal to 1/2. Infinite geometric series' are known to converge (sum to a finite number) when the multiplicative factor x is less than one. Both the distance that Achilles travels and the time that elapses before he reaches the tortoise can be expressed as an infinite geometric series with x less than one. So, Achilles traverses an infinite number of "distance intervals" before catching the tortoise, but because the "distance intervals" are decreasing geometrically, the total distance that he traverses before catching the tortoise is not infinite. Similarly, it takes an infinite number of time intervals for Achilles to catch the tortoise, but the sum of these time intervals is a finite amount of time.

tHe aRcHeItEcT

PLEASE STOP YOU NERDS!!!!:)
I get enough of that crap in school, post something intresting and random not boring!!!
*jumps off building ledge*

NMN

Originally posted by HomoUniversalis
I cheated :D

Mr U

I noticed.;)
Yeah, I did the math to the geometric series and it does in fact equal 2. That is part of Calculus that you just did, HU, good job.
Thats makes the most sense, and that is why Zeno's paradox is just an intro to Calculus.

Archie, calm down, what one fnds random and interesting could be the bane of another's existence. These problems are interesting and random, as this is a Matrix forum, and we are now talking about Ancient Greek mathmeticians. Don't forget your parachute.

tHe aRcHeItEcT

If mount Everest were a pole and you jumped off the top how lond would it take you to land??.......
Please do not start making calculations about the weight and distance and so on.....:mad: ...

HomoUniversalis

Well, it depends how high it is, and whether you have horizontal speed. And if you don't want the answer, why do you ask?

Mr U

freeyourmind

He wants a random guess :) 412 seconds Archie ;)

NMN, got an answer for us on that Femat's thingo? I don't know where to start :p but I used to do a lot of messing with Pythagorian Triads...

NMN

Well, I was just trying to see if you guys could do it. Fermat stated that it was not possible. That you couldn't find an answer other than 1 and 2. But a guy named Andrew Wiles wanted to prove that, or prove that there was a solution and he did. It has something to do with elliptic curves, and modular forms. I am currently reading the book "Fermat's Enigma" by David Singh. When I finish the book, next week, I will get back to you.

***EDIT: 42.49 seconds, Archie ;)

ThereIsNoMatrix

I got 49.38 seconds, lol. And Archie, we're on a Matrix forum... Doesn't that mean there's at least one shred of nerdliness in each and every one of us registered?

NMN

Did you use 9.8 m/s^2? How about 8850 m high? Hmm....must be rounding error on your part, because those are the only givens I used, and I didn't round. Or did you actually do the problem? Hmm.....interesting.

Word to your other thing, whatever it said.

ThereIsNoMatrix

I actually did the problem. I'd try to describe how I looked once I hit the ground, but there's little children who visit the site and I wouldn't want to scar them for life.

Actually you're right... I must have keyed something in wrong on the scientific calculator on the computer.

HomoUniversalis

It is impossible to calculate actually, due to the friction (? the intersection between the falling object and the air) slowing the acceleration down. Unless you leave friction out of it, you can't calculate it.

Mr U

tHe aRcHeItEcT

TINM I geuss your right we all have a little nerd inside us......
I asked this dude next to me on the bus, he is like a mathematics genuis,about the MT. Everst thing, and he started calculating weight, friction, altidtude, wind knots.......I fell asleep and when I woke up he said it would take me<------ 55 seconds.....so I shot him...

ThereIsNoMatrix

Ok, HU, let's just say we're in a vacuum the size of Mt. Everest. If the fall doesn't kill you, the absence of oxygen will.

Archie, what did the senior citizens on the bus do after you shot the guy? Did they chase you off the bus, pursuing you in their rascals waving their canes in the air?

tHe aRcHeItEcT

TINM, I am the king of the bus, maybe I aint the oldest but I am large enough to overthrow any fool who thinks they are smart or wise, and so when I shot him for being so clever the rest of the bus pretended nothing had happened.....

DPD

yeah...the short bus
never seen a window licker with as big an ego as you got, but there's a first time for everything

Anomolous

O.K. this looks like a good place to ask my questions. I figure many people in this forum are knowledgeable about computers. I'm not. I'm a musician.

1. Someone end the debate for me: Is it better to leave your computer on all the time or to turn it off at the end of the day?

2. Is it true that Windows Millenium Edition is the worst piece of crap operating system ever? And would it benefit me to upgrade to something else? What? How?

3. Also, I get this error message when the computer starts up: IPHLPAPI.DLL cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem.
Does anyone know what the heck this means and how to fix it? I have been all over Dell and Microsoft and Google. I cannot find a solution. My computer seems to work just fine. But it irritates me and I don't know if I'm doing further damage to it.

I know these are probably basic, elementary questions for most of you. I'm really that ignorant though, so expert guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone. Hey, if anyone has music questions, I'm your man. :D

HomoUniversalis

Originally posted by Anomolous
O.K. this looks like a good place to ask my questions. I figure many people in this forum are knowledgeable about computers. I'm not. I'm a musician.

1. Someone end the debate for me: Is it better to leave your computer on all the time or to turn it off at the end of the day?

It is if you have the most advanced airconditiong system, and CPU processerors that reset in a while. If you don't, it's best to shut it down. It will let the computer cool down a bit, and at the start of a new day, the CPU will function better than when you have left it on.

2. Is it true that Windows Millenium Edition is the worst piece of crap operating system ever? And would it benefit me to upgrade to something else? What? How?

So they say, I have ME, and if you have grown accustomed to it, don't change it. You could buy a new computer which will probably include windows XP, or you can buy the software package in any store, just ask for Windows XP. Note that buying a newer computer is handier, since if you are still running an older computer, XP will not function optimally. Plus, ME users are not bothered by the Sasser-worm. Beat that XP!

3. Also, I get this error message when the computer starts up: IPHLPAPI.DLL cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem.
Does anyone know what the heck this means and how to fix it? I have been all over Dell and Microsoft and Google. I cannot find a solution. My computer seems to work just fine. But it irritates me and I don't know if I'm doing further damage to it.

If you are using Windows ME, email me (HomoUniversalis@Hotmail.com) and I will send you my dll file. Once you have received it through mail, scan it with an anti-virus scanner, just in case, and place it in your windows system folder.

I know these are probably basic, elementary questions for most of you. I'm really that ignorant though, so expert guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone. Hey, if anyone has music questions, I'm your man. :D

Hope that helped,

Mr U

DPD

In response #1: It is better to leave your computer on overnight AND stay online, because we all know that online time is a symbol of superiority. Also, we wouldn't want to wear out those buttons by turning it off and on over and over again. When I still gamed online, I used to restart every 3-7 days or so to make sure my b0x would perform optimally in-game, but now I'll restart every month or so, or when my b0x is running piss poor. Note that my current OS is XP Pro, not ME, but if you don't run a whole lot of shit at once, you shouldn't have a whole lot to worry about.

In response to #2: Personally, I couldn't stand ME, and all my problems were solved upon upgrading to XP Professional. I'm constantly putting my computer's processor under much stress, and by the time I upgraded to XP, my b0x was crashing at least daily without explanation. Sure, I probably did something wrong and I liked a few of the ME features, but in my experience, XP has been much more stable and given my b0x better overall performance. But, as HU showed, he is fine with ME, and I think it's all a matter of personal preference. If you have a tough time adapting to new tech-like stuff, I'd stick with ME due to the familiarity, but if you're sick of the problems it's giving you, yeah, maybe a new computer or upgrade your OS.

Re: Sasser-Worm....Norton Corporate = No Worries

Re: Sasser-Worm....Norton Corporate = No Worries = UTs answer.

Cheers DPD, now I know what to do and direct it on. See, that's the good thing about being old, sometimes you accept to learn everday. Others don't. I myself am constantly learning. Thanks.

EDIT: Take ME outside and shoot it like an old dog. It's a pathetic OS hon, but of course that's my opinion..

ThereIsNoMatrix

Windows ME isn't the worst piece of crap software out there... You'd have to turn to a Mac to find that. ME isn't the greatest, though. I upgraded from ME to XP and am quite happy. It's much more user-friendly and reliable.

As for leaving your computer on or off for prolonged periods... It really depends on the type of machine you have. My old computer would through a piss fit if I left it on for more than 24 hours. The new one I got here is fine, though. I have it running nearly all the time. It will at times start to run slow, but when that happens all I need to do is tell it to reboot. 45 seconds later it's back up and running flawlessly.

tHe aRcHeItEcT

This thread has become an enquiry thread rather than random, but alright helping people is cool....
And DPD, what the hell is your problem?, when ever you get the chance to post under me you have to say something that just came out of your ass......

MacLeod

Damn a thread fulla paradoxes...I should've been in here earlier! What's new then? These are real interesting questions (Bar Windows, of course)...I can't think of one from myself yet, though. :p

EDIT: Actually, I think I have something to say. To your first question, I'd rather suggest two more conditions in addition to HU's heat factor. You have to include whether or not your environment is dusty (longer fan spinning time equals more accumulated dust deposits on the blades), and whether you have alot of RAM. Leaving your computer on for long periods of time especially when you have a RAM-losing application like Kazaa will result in a serious drain in RAM to nowhere, i.e slower overal performance. My roommate does that while I turn my computer off each time I go to sleep: there's quite a difference the next morning.

HomoUniversalis

Personally, I find XP to be too user-friendly. I know ME inside and out, and if something happens, I know what caused it. Eventually I will switch over to XP, but let me at least experience some nostalgia.

Symantec rules! Or so it did untill I discovered that you had to buy a new one each year. Solution: McAfee. I don't like people who try to extort me...
I do miss some of Norton's options though :(.

Not just Ram, Mac. On Windows ME, you'll find a folder:

C:\_Restore\Temp . This folder is full of restore files. Which means that if you have, at any given point since the last installation of Windows, installed programs with a total disc space of, let's say, 10 GB, this folder will hold all of those programs, uncompressed, in CPY files. rendering them useless for someone trying to find a copy of a program some hacker, cracker or virus deleted.
The size of the folder is the exact same amount of the total amount of programs you have ever installed, which means 10 GB (this is a lot more if you play games as much as I do :D). This means that if you still have those programs installed your disc space will occupy 20 GB. It's absurd!
This is not only completely useless if you do not use the system restore option, but also halves your disc capacity (which means less virtual memory, so less performance).
And I haven't even mentioned the privacy problems.

Note that these CPY files can not be deleted, and that quite a lot of viruses and Trojans target these files explicitely since they can not be changed by another application that Windows itself, unless you remove the protection, which is rather complicated. Too complicated for the normal ME user.

Basicly, yes, ME sucks. Unless you know the system very well, and know how to remove the bad elements. Than, ME is very useless, and the only reason why you should change is the login features XP has: ME doesn't support windows themes per user :(.

Mr U

MacLeod

Hey yeah...same problem in Norton Antivirus 2004. All that 'Norton Protected Files'...I had a heart attack when I discovered 2+ Gigs missing from my computer overnight....:eek:

Anomolous

Thanks to all for the input.

Is McAfee better than Norton?

DPD

Originally posted by tHe aRcHeItEcT
This thread has become an enquiry thread rather than random, but alright helping people is cool....
And DPD, what the hell is your problem?, when ever you get the chance to post under me you have to say something that just came out of your ass......

It's not a problem that I have, it's an opinion. Due to current complaints against me, I think it's best that I not share as many of my opions as I have been as of late in order to retain my membership in this forum. As for words coming out of my ass...it's called colloquialism. Perhaps you miss the drift due to English not being your primary language. A language barrier that you have as somewhat of an outsider doesn't make me look like I'm talking out of my ass, but ACCORDING TO POPULAR OPINION, makes it look like exactly the contrary. Like I've said before, if you have a problem with me, or think I have a problem and would like to resolve it quickly, I've chosen to make my contact information visible so people have the option of communicating with me about these problems and misunderstandings. And besides, my post was a random thought/idea, just one that you had a problem with. Since I'm no longer welcome in this thread, that will be all.

NMN

Nobody said you weren't welcome, DPD. People need to chill, and I myself have been trying to work on that. CHILLAX. Everyone. Archie, please stop commenting on the way the thread is turning. The point is to post something about the topic or start a new one. By defintition, a random ideas thread can mean a random topic thread, as everything starts out as an idea. I know you started the thread, but it is not 'your' thread. Thank you.

Please DPD, you are welcome anywhere here. Just stay on a topic of randomness.

Originally posted by DPD
It's not a problem that I have, it's an opinion. Due to current complaints against me, I think it's best that I not share as many of my opions as I have been as of late in order to retain my membership in this forum. As for words coming out of my ass...it's called colloquialism. Perhaps you miss the drift due to English not being your primary language. A language barrier that you have as somewhat of an outsider doesn't make me look like I'm talking out of my ass, but ACCORDING TO POPULAR OPINION, makes it look like exactly the contrary. Like I've said before, if you have a problem with me, or think I have a problem and would like to resolve it quickly, I've chosen to make my contact information visible so people have the option of communicating with me about these problems and misunderstandings. And besides, my post was a random thought/idea, just one that you had a problem with. Since I'm no longer welcome in this thread, that will be all.

What's this? Just try and stop and I'll get a can of whoopass on ya. Hell you're valued here, and so is your opinion. If it wasn't I'd let you know, don't worry. Now relax before I get my cat-o-nine tails out here.
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*NOTE TO DPD: You know my feelings on emoticons, so I've even brought in my own one with more attitude. Still doesn't look right damnit lol.*

tHe aRcHeItEcT

NMN im not trying to change the topic of this thread, there is no real topic but its supposed to be about random ideas not questions, but none the less I even said that im cool with the fact that you people are trying to help that dude that has problems with his PC, and I never said this thread was mine!!, all I was saying is that there a few members who like to piss me off, and as soon as I reply back, I seem to become the bad guy in your eyes!!.....