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			<title><![CDATA[Hello Anne Newbie :)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good day guys! Newbie Anne Bruce here, I joined the community to welcome new ideas and it looks like I can find it here <img src="./smilies/smile.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Good day guys! Newbie Anne Bruce here, I joined the community to welcome new ideas and it looks like I can find it here <img src="./smilies/smile.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Im Cathy a Newbie here :)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[My name is Cathy Wong and I'm newbie here in the community. Seems like joining this forum is fun and I am sure I will meet new good friends here. Honestly, I am glad to be part here. Have a good day everyone!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My name is Cathy Wong and I'm newbie here in the community. Seems like joining this forum is fun and I am sure I will meet new good friends here. Honestly, I am glad to be part here. Have a good day everyone!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Fuzzy!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Which makes a better gaming pc, Voodoo or Falcon North West?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Don't bother saying Alienware, they are GARBAGE compared to those two, look at the specs, you can't bulid an Alienware like the others<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Don't bother saying Alienware, they are GARBAGE compared to those two, look at the specs, you can't bulid an Alienware like the others<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[How much should I sell a wii game system with 4 controllers, 10 games and accessories]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I want to get my wife involved in my gaming with the wii I know once she gets started she'lll love it and it will be fun to spend time together like that. Any suggestions of some good games we can team up and play, I was thinking of something where we have to work together to get through the game. Not like racing or fighting.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I want to get my wife involved in my gaming with the wii I know once she gets started she'lll love it and it will be fun to spend time together like that. Any suggestions of some good games we can team up and play, I was thinking of something where we have to work together to get through the game. Not like racing or fighting.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Busy, busy.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 22:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A few people in my hometown had nothing better to do, so they made a little video.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI" target="_blank">World Record Lipdub</a><br />
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<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date. <br />
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This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city." We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope." - Rob Bliss, Director &amp; Executive Producer<br />
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*Note: The "NEW WORLD RECORD" designation refers to size and scope, not duration.</blockquote>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A few people in my hometown had nothing better to do, so they made a little video.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI" target="_blank">World Record Lipdub</a><br />
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<blockquote><cite>Quote:</cite>The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date. <br />
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This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city." We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope." - Rob Bliss, Director &amp; Executive Producer<br />
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*Note: The "NEW WORLD RECORD" designation refers to size and scope, not duration.</blockquote>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nintendo is going to have the Wii Olympics.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well this is an interesting story, apperently Nintendo is hold the Wiilympics this July, Wii players from all over the country can challenge other players and face-off in the Wii Summer Games 2010.<br />
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The point of this is to encourage players to "Get up and get playing" and also in the meantime...to sell more Wiis than they already did. If you're insanely good at any of the following games, you might want to go for the gold.<br />
Wii Sports Resort -<br />
Basketball Wii Sports Resort -<br />
Bowling Wii Fit Plus -<br />
Hula Hoop Challenge -<br />
New Super Mario Bros. Wii -<br />
Coin Battle Mario Kart Wii - Time Trial<br />
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And it look like if you're not able to join at the location needed, you can download Wii Home. I'm not sure yet, it just says "Coming Soon"<br />
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So if you want to enter and want more details you can head on over to the source and check it out!<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well this is an interesting story, apperently Nintendo is hold the Wiilympics this July, Wii players from all over the country can challenge other players and face-off in the Wii Summer Games 2010.<br />
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The point of this is to encourage players to "Get up and get playing" and also in the meantime...to sell more Wiis than they already did. If you're insanely good at any of the following games, you might want to go for the gold.<br />
Wii Sports Resort -<br />
Basketball Wii Sports Resort -<br />
Bowling Wii Fit Plus -<br />
Hula Hoop Challenge -<br />
New Super Mario Bros. Wii -<br />
Coin Battle Mario Kart Wii - Time Trial<br />
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And it look like if you're not able to join at the location needed, you can download Wii Home. I'm not sure yet, it just says "Coming Soon"<br />
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So if you want to enter and want more details you can head on over to the source and check it out!<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Our ways of reaching out]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some of you have noticed email notification from multiple social networking sites asking you to join the site or to add Voodoo Gaming as your friend.  We are becoming members and setting up company/fan pages for Voodoo Gaming Company.  We have set up base on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Linkedin.  Our Devblogs are also going to be going active again with a weekly post from Nextmastermind and myself, brian7526.  It will be posted under the vgc username but we will sign our post on the bottom.  Soon we are going to be making a Myspace page as well to reach out to the younger audiece.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of you have noticed email notification from multiple social networking sites asking you to join the site or to add Voodoo Gaming as your friend.  We are becoming members and setting up company/fan pages for Voodoo Gaming Company.  We have set up base on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Linkedin.  Our Devblogs are also going to be going active again with a weekly post from Nextmastermind and myself, brian7526.  It will be posted under the vgc username but we will sign our post on the bottom.  Soon we are going to be making a Myspace page as well to reach out to the younger audiece.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Did we have fun?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[My First Cloth Animation In Blender]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My sweet confections gone 3D!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Video Games]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Which is your Most Favorite Video Game?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Im Back]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I R BACK, NOW WITH OVER 9000% MORE INSANITY <img src="./smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Biggrin" title="Biggrin" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I R BACK, NOW WITH OVER 9000% MORE INSANITY <img src="./smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Biggrin" title="Biggrin" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Windows 7 Leads to Murder]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Didn't write this, but it's quite an amusing article Bijak found for me. Certainly worth a read-through if you want a huge laugh. It's worth your while, trust me...it's VERY hilarious. If you do read it, make SURE you pay attention to some of the screenshots. They add a LOT to the humor.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Review of Windows 7</span></span><br />
By: Chris Bucholz October 6th, 2009</div>
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 The official release of Windows 7 is only a few weeks away, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking yourself what effect this will have on your lives. Will the gates of Heaven open up and a consort of large breasted angels descend to guide you into computing heaven? Or will it be more of a low key affair, maybe involving the cast of Friends and a degrading video?<br />
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So I decided to apply my powerful brain to the problem, and find out what Windows 7 would mean for you, the average user. With only pre-release versions and betas available for download, to get a copy of the actual release version, I had to turn to eBay, where leaked copies have shown up recently. &#36;150 and two days later, a package of bubble wrapped, technological delights arrived on my doorstep. I giddily tore open the packaging to reveal the contents.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/95floppy.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: 95floppy.jpg]" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Son. Of. A. *****.</span></div>
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Also included, but not pictured, was a small note from the seller, making some pretty inflammatory claims about my mental capacity. I took the matter up with eBay Fraud Protection, but they had similarly unkind things to say about my Internet savvy, only they used longer words. So, my attempts to get my money back from UR_a_Ediot67 were at a standstill. Unfortunately, I still had a column to produce, and as “23 Reasons Punching a Wall Really Hurts” didn’t have the sort of broad appeal I normally like to include in my articles, I decided to plow ahead with my original plan. So below I present my review of “Windows 7.”<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Installation</span><br />
Very difficult. The install for Windows 7 comes on four floppy disks, and as my laptop doesn’t have a floppy drive, I was worried I’d have to travel 10 years into the past to find a computer that did. Fortunately, my local Best Buy was offering a USB floppy drive for &#36;80, which, not withstanding certain recent software purchases, struck me as the greatest ripoff the world has ever seen. I’d advise anyone wanting to install Windows 7 on their own machine should make sure their hardware can support it.<br />
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After that rocky start, the rest of the installation went relatively smooth, although I had to fiddle with the BIOS settings to get the floppy to boot. I chose to install all the options, including something called Microsoft Fax, simply because it sounded ***** amazing. After the install, the computer rebooted without incident, and I was up and running.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/microsoftfax.gif" border="0" alt="[Image: microsoftfax.gif]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hardware Support</span><br />
Terrible. I don’t have any particular exotic hardware on my system, but Windows 7 still struggled to find drivers for basically everything. Screen resolution was limited to 640 x 480, and my external mouse didn’t work because apparently Windows 7 doesn’t have USB support. Bizarre. I’ll spare you the details of what I had to do to get the wireless working, but let’s just say it involved 27 hours of crying.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen1_mailtoscammer.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen1_mailtoscammer.jpg]" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Finally got the Internet working!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Included Software</span><br />
Windows 7 comes packaged with Internet Explorer 2.0, which I will admit to being a little disappointed with. It can render text and images however, which if you think about it, is probably the most important 40 percent of the Internet anyways.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen2_mailfromscammer.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen2_mailfromscammer.jpg]" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The flying Window icon lets you know the Internet is working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Set Up The Microsoft Network </span><br />
Right in the desktop was a link to something called “The Microsoft Network” which the instruction manual promised would provide the unheard of ability to use chat rooms or check the weather. Unfortunately, the set up didn’t seem to work–it evidently requires a phone line to work, and I don’t actually have one of those. So be advised that to fully utilize Windows 7, and experience all of its weather checking glory, you’ll require some pretty specialized telecom equipment.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Long File Names</span><br />
While checking the manual, I noticed that it also promised that Windows 7 would be able to handle long file names. I honestly didn’t know we were limited before, but I guess this isn’t a bad thing.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Briefcase</span><br />
This is a little synchronization tool that lets you keep files in sync across multiple computers when transferring files by floppy. I don’t have any other computers with a floppy drive, so couldn’t test it out, but I guess this would be a useful tool for the Amish.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Start Button</span><br />
The classic Windows Start button is back, and it works pretty much the same as you’re used to. You click it, and a list of programs comes up in a branching menu. If you can’t figure that out, no amount of Matthew Perry videos will help you.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Taskbar</span><br />
The venerable old taskbar is back in Windows 7, looking a little retro, but otherwise in good shape. Definitely a “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” situation here. Curiously, the useful Quick Launch bar seems to have disappeared. I guess with limited room on the floppies, space had to be made for the popular Microsoft Fax.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows Explorer</span><br />
I was very disappointed with this. The improvements made to the most recent version of Explorer were one of the bright points of the whole Vista debacle. The version on display here in Windows 7 is remarkably spartan, lacking many features users look for, like thumbnail previews or frequently used shortcuts. I think Microsoft definitely crapped the bed on this one.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Multitasking</span><br />
I was very impressed here. To test performance, I ran a stress test consisting of a word document, two Internet Explorer windows and Minesweeper. Everything worked pretty smoothly.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen9_multitasking.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen9_multitasking.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Stability</span><br />
Terrible. Possibly related to the previously mentioned hardware difficulties, I found stability to be a real issue with Windows 7. Crashes were frequent, including Blue Screens of Death. Error messages were cryptic and meaningless to me – see below.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen10_word.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen10_word.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Overall</span><br />
In general I was highly disappointed with Windows 7. Although performance has improved since Vista, major features appear to have been lopped off the OS to meet these performance marks. Additionally, the hardware incompatibility and stability issues that have long plagued Microsoft OS releases appear to back in full force. Unless you’re one of those deviants who always has to have the latest OS, or have very specialized faxing needs, I’d strongly recommend avoiding Windows 7 until at least the first Service Pack is released.<br />
<br />
Two stars.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Didn't write this, but it's quite an amusing article Bijak found for me. Certainly worth a read-through if you want a huge laugh. It's worth your while, trust me...it's VERY hilarious. If you do read it, make SURE you pay attention to some of the screenshots. They add a LOT to the humor.<br />
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WARNING: Contains minor cursing.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Review of Windows 7</span></span><br />
By: Chris Bucholz October 6th, 2009</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/windows_7_graphic1.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: windows_7_graphic1.jpg]" /></div>
<br />
 The official release of Windows 7 is only a few weeks away, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking yourself what effect this will have on your lives. Will the gates of Heaven open up and a consort of large breasted angels descend to guide you into computing heaven? Or will it be more of a low key affair, maybe involving the cast of Friends and a degrading video?<br />
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So I decided to apply my powerful brain to the problem, and find out what Windows 7 would mean for you, the average user. With only pre-release versions and betas available for download, to get a copy of the actual release version, I had to turn to eBay, where leaked copies have shown up recently. &#36;150 and two days later, a package of bubble wrapped, technological delights arrived on my doorstep. I giddily tore open the packaging to reveal the contents.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/95floppy.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: 95floppy.jpg]" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Son. Of. A. *****.</span></div>
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Also included, but not pictured, was a small note from the seller, making some pretty inflammatory claims about my mental capacity. I took the matter up with eBay Fraud Protection, but they had similarly unkind things to say about my Internet savvy, only they used longer words. So, my attempts to get my money back from UR_a_Ediot67 were at a standstill. Unfortunately, I still had a column to produce, and as “23 Reasons Punching a Wall Really Hurts” didn’t have the sort of broad appeal I normally like to include in my articles, I decided to plow ahead with my original plan. So below I present my review of “Windows 7.”<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Installation</span><br />
Very difficult. The install for Windows 7 comes on four floppy disks, and as my laptop doesn’t have a floppy drive, I was worried I’d have to travel 10 years into the past to find a computer that did. Fortunately, my local Best Buy was offering a USB floppy drive for &#36;80, which, not withstanding certain recent software purchases, struck me as the greatest ripoff the world has ever seen. I’d advise anyone wanting to install Windows 7 on their own machine should make sure their hardware can support it.<br />
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After that rocky start, the rest of the installation went relatively smooth, although I had to fiddle with the BIOS settings to get the floppy to boot. I chose to install all the options, including something called Microsoft Fax, simply because it sounded ***** amazing. After the install, the computer rebooted without incident, and I was up and running.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/microsoftfax.gif" border="0" alt="[Image: microsoftfax.gif]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hardware Support</span><br />
Terrible. I don’t have any particular exotic hardware on my system, but Windows 7 still struggled to find drivers for basically everything. Screen resolution was limited to 640 x 480, and my external mouse didn’t work because apparently Windows 7 doesn’t have USB support. Bizarre. I’ll spare you the details of what I had to do to get the wireless working, but let’s just say it involved 27 hours of crying.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen1_mailtoscammer.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen1_mailtoscammer.jpg]" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Finally got the Internet working!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Included Software</span><br />
Windows 7 comes packaged with Internet Explorer 2.0, which I will admit to being a little disappointed with. It can render text and images however, which if you think about it, is probably the most important 40 percent of the Internet anyways.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen2_mailfromscammer.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen2_mailfromscammer.jpg]" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The flying Window icon lets you know the Internet is working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Set Up The Microsoft Network </span><br />
Right in the desktop was a link to something called “The Microsoft Network” which the instruction manual promised would provide the unheard of ability to use chat rooms or check the weather. Unfortunately, the set up didn’t seem to work–it evidently requires a phone line to work, and I don’t actually have one of those. So be advised that to fully utilize Windows 7, and experience all of its weather checking glory, you’ll require some pretty specialized telecom equipment.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen3_msnsetup.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen3_msnsetup.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Long File Names</span><br />
While checking the manual, I noticed that it also promised that Windows 7 would be able to handle long file names. I honestly didn’t know we were limited before, but I guess this isn’t a bad thing.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Briefcase</span><br />
This is a little synchronization tool that lets you keep files in sync across multiple computers when transferring files by floppy. I don’t have any other computers with a floppy drive, so couldn’t test it out, but I guess this would be a useful tool for the Amish.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Start Button</span><br />
The classic Windows Start button is back, and it works pretty much the same as you’re used to. You click it, and a list of programs comes up in a branching menu. If you can’t figure that out, no amount of Matthew Perry videos will help you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen6_startmenu.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen6_startmenu.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Taskbar</span><br />
The venerable old taskbar is back in Windows 7, looking a little retro, but otherwise in good shape. Definitely a “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” situation here. Curiously, the useful Quick Launch bar seems to have disappeared. I guess with limited room on the floppies, space had to be made for the popular Microsoft Fax.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen7_taskbar.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen7_taskbar.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows Explorer</span><br />
I was very disappointed with this. The improvements made to the most recent version of Explorer were one of the bright points of the whole Vista debacle. The version on display here in Windows 7 is remarkably spartan, lacking many features users look for, like thumbnail previews or frequently used shortcuts. I think Microsoft definitely crapped the bed on this one.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen8_explorer.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen8_explorer.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Multitasking</span><br />
I was very impressed here. To test performance, I ran a stress test consisting of a word document, two Internet Explorer windows and Minesweeper. Everything worked pretty smoothly.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen9_multitasking.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen9_multitasking.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Stability</span><br />
Terrible. Possibly related to the previously mentioned hardware difficulties, I found stability to be a real issue with Windows 7. Crashes were frequent, including Blue Screens of Death. Error messages were cryptic and meaningless to me – see below.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cracked.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screen10_word.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: screen10_word.jpg]" /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Overall</span><br />
In general I was highly disappointed with Windows 7. Although performance has improved since Vista, major features appear to have been lopped off the OS to meet these performance marks. Additionally, the hardware incompatibility and stability issues that have long plagued Microsoft OS releases appear to back in full force. Unless you’re one of those deviants who always has to have the latest OS, or have very specialized faxing needs, I’d strongly recommend avoiding Windows 7 until at least the first Service Pack is released.<br />
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Two stars.]]></content:encoded>
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These pics are a little on the old side, but I figure they'd be good to hold you over. <img src="./smilies/wink.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />]]></description>
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<img src="http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz303/DFZScreens/Cottagefinishedlowerside.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: Cottagefinishedlowerside.jpg]" /><br />
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These pics are a little on the old side, but I figure they'd be good to hold you over. <img src="./smilies/wink.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />]]></content:encoded>
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			<description><![CDATA[Who here has a Steam account and plays games through steam? <br />
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If you do add your account name so we can possible game together.  Add a game list if possible.  I will keep the first thread up to date with all of the account names and mark if they have a game list.<br />
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My account name is:  rolex2424]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Who here has a Steam account and plays games through steam? <br />
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If you do add your account name so we can possible game together.  Add a game list if possible.  I will keep the first thread up to date with all of the account names and mark if they have a game list.<br />
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My account name is:  rolex2424]]></content:encoded>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just thought you guys might like to see a music video I created.<br />
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGo6Fp7-FyE[/youtube]]]></description>
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGo6Fp7-FyE[/youtube]]]></content:encoded>
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			<description><![CDATA[This looks like fun. Hello <img src="./smilies/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" alt="Biggrin" title="Biggrin" />]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[VGC: From phpBB to MyBB - Complete!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hello Users!</span></span></div>
<br />
I'm sure you have noticed there has been a dramatic change on VGC's home forums. And indeed, there has been quite a mighty one.<br />
<br />
VGC has successfully converted from phpBB to MyBB! (thanks to Evil Eye)<br />
<br />
In other words, we have converted our Forum Software.<br />
<br />
phpBB was quite an annoying system to get things done around this forum. Installing mods on it took 15 min or more, simple theme edits had to take place within the depths of our servers, and it wasn't equipped with the largest essentials a forum would need.<br />
<br />
MyBB has this. And we can install mods easily in under a minute. Along with the fact that it's easy to make theme and style edits. And as such, we felt the switch was the best way to help us and help serve you as the users.<br />
<br />
Passwords, and posts have all been retained. And additionally, we have been able to easily remove the more unprofessional elements of VGC (using a forum to display affiliates, using redirect forums to get to other sections of the site, etc)<br />
<br />
Anything that you could access via the redirect forums that were once here, can now be accessed via the forum navigation bar.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<br />
You may experience a few bugs at the start. These aren't really a problem though.<br />
<br />
*You may login only to be seemingly kicked out<br />
-Soultion: This is a bug that comes with being logged into phpBB at the time of the switch. To fix this, simply log-in, and if it seems that you never even logged in, simply click VGC's banner.<br />
<br />
*Unfortunately, Avatars that were too large in size for the default MyBB (which has now been remedied) were removed. Simply re-upload an avatar of your choice.<br />
<br />
*Some BBCodes may be messed up since MyBB's BBCodes and phpBB's BBCodes aren't the same. Posts that used phpBB BBCodes in the past will not be remedied, but you can easily amend your signatures to MyBB's BBCodes.<br />
<br />
*When you first login, you'll likely be displayed as hidden (you'll know this if it displays a * next to your name on the "Who's Online" statistic on the index page) You'll have to remedy this via the User Control Panel.<br />
<br />
Any others, please report to me, here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hello Users!</span></span></div>
<br />
I'm sure you have noticed there has been a dramatic change on VGC's home forums. And indeed, there has been quite a mighty one.<br />
<br />
VGC has successfully converted from phpBB to MyBB! (thanks to Evil Eye)<br />
<br />
In other words, we have converted our Forum Software.<br />
<br />
phpBB was quite an annoying system to get things done around this forum. Installing mods on it took 15 min or more, simple theme edits had to take place within the depths of our servers, and it wasn't equipped with the largest essentials a forum would need.<br />
<br />
MyBB has this. And we can install mods easily in under a minute. Along with the fact that it's easy to make theme and style edits. And as such, we felt the switch was the best way to help us and help serve you as the users.<br />
<br />
Passwords, and posts have all been retained. And additionally, we have been able to easily remove the more unprofessional elements of VGC (using a forum to display affiliates, using redirect forums to get to other sections of the site, etc)<br />
<br />
Anything that you could access via the redirect forums that were once here, can now be accessed via the forum navigation bar.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<br />
You may experience a few bugs at the start. These aren't really a problem though.<br />
<br />
*You may login only to be seemingly kicked out<br />
-Soultion: This is a bug that comes with being logged into phpBB at the time of the switch. To fix this, simply log-in, and if it seems that you never even logged in, simply click VGC's banner.<br />
<br />
*Unfortunately, Avatars that were too large in size for the default MyBB (which has now been remedied) were removed. Simply re-upload an avatar of your choice.<br />
<br />
*Some BBCodes may be messed up since MyBB's BBCodes and phpBB's BBCodes aren't the same. Posts that used phpBB BBCodes in the past will not be remedied, but you can easily amend your signatures to MyBB's BBCodes.<br />
<br />
*When you first login, you'll likely be displayed as hidden (you'll know this if it displays a * next to your name on the "Who's Online" statistic on the index page) You'll have to remedy this via the User Control Panel.<br />
<br />
Any others, please report to me, here.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Want to Affiliate with VGC?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.voodoogamingcompany.org/mybb/showthread.php?tid=102</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you would like to affiliate with VGC, take these steps.<br />
<br />
Add VGC's Affiliate Button to your forum's footer (or somewhere in your website's affiliates section)<br />
<br />
Our Affiliate Button:<br />
<img src="http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/VoodooGamingCompany/linkto.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: linkto.jpg]" /><br />
<div class="codeblock">
<div class="title">Code:<br />
</div><div class="body" dir="ltr"><code>http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/VoodooGamingCompany/linkto.jpg</code></div></div>
<br />
After that, post on THIS topic, with THIS posting template. (Copy and Paste it)<br />
<br />
<div class="codeblock">
<div class="title">Code:<br />
</div><div class="body" dir="ltr"><code>[b]Website Name:[/b] (Your website's link)<br />
[b]Website Affiliate Button:[/b] (Your affiliate button image link)<br />
<br />
[b]Affiliation Proof:[/b] (post the link to the page where you added VGC's affiliate button)</code></div></div>
<br />
Please bear in mind. Voodoo Gaming Company does not accept affiliates with adult-rated material, your website must be PG-13 at the most!! Additionally, any website that goes entirely against our rules will be rejected outright.<br />
<br />
VGC also holds the rights to reject any affiliation request that we feel do not suit our best interest.<br />
<br />
Thank you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you would like to affiliate with VGC, take these steps.<br />
<br />
Add VGC's Affiliate Button to your forum's footer (or somewhere in your website's affiliates section)<br />
<br />
Our Affiliate Button:<br />
<img src="http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/VoodooGamingCompany/linkto.jpg" border="0" alt="[Image: linkto.jpg]" /><br />
<div class="codeblock">
<div class="title">Code:<br />
</div><div class="body" dir="ltr"><code>http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/VoodooGamingCompany/linkto.jpg</code></div></div>
<br />
After that, post on THIS topic, with THIS posting template. (Copy and Paste it)<br />
<br />
<div class="codeblock">
<div class="title">Code:<br />
</div><div class="body" dir="ltr"><code>[b]Website Name:[/b] (Your website's link)<br />
[b]Website Affiliate Button:[/b] (Your affiliate button image link)<br />
<br />
[b]Affiliation Proof:[/b] (post the link to the page where you added VGC's affiliate button)</code></div></div>
<br />
Please bear in mind. Voodoo Gaming Company does not accept affiliates with adult-rated material, your website must be PG-13 at the most!! Additionally, any website that goes entirely against our rules will be rejected outright.<br />
<br />
VGC also holds the rights to reject any affiliation request that we feel do not suit our best interest.<br />
<br />
Thank you.]]></content:encoded>
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