Netbooks - the really tiny computers that you can buy for next to nothing for your every day computer needs.

i picked one up recently, one of Asus's EeePC's and i love it!

i reckon these things are the future. they are really compact, light, and moderately powerful for their size. most of them are upgradable to 2gb of ram and windows 7.

depending on the model, they can come with up to around 7 hours of battery life!

mine is the one with the 3 cell battery, so i only get around 3-4 hours. no big deal.

they handle the basic tasks really well. email, web, office stuff etc. and some gaming is also possible. mine even plays WoW! lol

The verdict: if you are looking for a laptop for simple stuff and dont wanna lug around a mountain of computer, i highly recommend a netbook. prices are 280-400.

peace

so recently i decided to get rid of my cable internet as it was always crashing.

i have used both before with moderate success, and i have come across the following statements regarding the 2:

Cable: Pros - much faster than any DSL line. modem automatically configures itself. Con - shared connection; the more people on at once, the slower everything gets. kind of unstable; the connection can drop at random, and the speed is rarely consistent.

DSL: Pros - very stable and consistent connection. single line for each house; only you are using it. Con - typically alot slower than equivalent cable service. modem has to be manually configured. tied into phone system; if exchange box in your area dies, so does your net (not sure on this one).

those are my views on it. there are probably other points about both of them that ive missed out though. please post your comments and views on each.

CONCLUSION:

DSL wins. reason being, for me, is the connection is tons more stable. the bandwidth is more consistent, so the speed isnt going to fluctuate as much.

Cable is nice and fast, but for me, doesnt really have anything else going for it.  for most though ,the speed is what draws them into getting cable over DSL when they have the choice.

what do you reckon? .

sorry its a bit blurry.

Fire away xD

so basically what i wanna do is take my DVDs of LBT movies and TV episodes that i have, and put them in an editable format on my PC. i currently use DVD Decrypter and Handbrake to do all the decoding.

but from what i can see, these programs don't allow me to output in a format that i could take into Windows Movie Maker (i'm cheap )

reason for Movie Maker is i wanna cut clips and stuff to possibly make a few music videos.

anyone have any suggestions on some better software to use? or another way i could do it? i have scoured the web for something that is simple and fast but found nothing.

also, is there any type of format you guys recommend using? for movie maker, im assuming its gonna be WMV format, which as far as i know, takes up a huge amount of space. also, would there be a faster way to speed up the converting/decoding process? or is it more dependent on your computer's hardware?

to my knowledge, this doesn't violate any board rules, as it is for my personal use only. if it does, i apologize and would ask that an admin delete this topic as to not cause any trouble with anything.

thanks

so recently i was listening to the original score for The Land Before Time by James Horner. i picked it up quite awhile ago for stupidly expensive, paid the equivalent of about 100 dollars for it.

after hearing it outside the movie, though, i realize just what an amazing music score it is. it was done for what is classified as a kids movie, and it can easily hold its own against some top movie scores, like Lord of the Rings etc.

anyone have any particular feelings about it? in my opinion it is one of the most amazing musical scores ever created, and just about the only thing ive heard that has topped it or come close, in an animated movie is the Lion King's score.

my respect to James Horner for bringing such a realistic score to one of the best animated movies ever; The Land Before Time.

Peace.

anyone know where this picture of Chomper comes from?



im sure its from a TV episode. anyone know which one? for some reason im dying to know lol

sorry for the quality. i blew the picture up to make it easier to see. unfortunately the quality has suffered

Greetings from... me!

my name is Tyrannosaur (not in real life though ) and i am a HUGE Land Before Time fan. my love for the series started, as im sure its the same for most people, in my early youth .

i have actually been shadowing these boards for quite awhile, at least a year, but never  came around to registering until now.

my love for The Land Before Time extends deep, so deep to the point that, around 1-2 years ago, i developed a big obsession over it, not necessarily a bad thing, though .

i wanted it all: movies, the songs, the whole nine yards lol. sadly i have to hide this obsession from family and friends as they see it as strange.

ah well, never mind .

im not very good at the introducing stuff. im a quiet person who loves to read, play games (WoW ftw!) and sleep .

looking forward to meeting you all and havin' some fun!

regards, Tyranno/Tyr/Tyran/Trex/Rex. (typically what people address me as )

peace out