MikeLigalig.com

Quote from: mfrandsen on June 14, 2007, 03:29:29 AM
mura man daghan sagbot

mas nindot sa pangangan calape

Quote from: lumine on June 10, 2007, 04:42:48 PM

im not familiar man ana cel oy!

sawpo man na or batuli!

Quote from: Bohol Philippines on June 05, 2007, 04:51:22 PM

photo by ryan macalandag of flickr.com
the photographer is a bol-anon

dili man na chicken kebab uy! chicken paham man na!

Quote from: Bohol Philippines on June 04, 2007, 08:15:43 AM
Friends,

My own-kind of TBTK website will rise, not necessarily endorsed by TBTK officials but an independent web portal that has tons of interactive functions.

Once the site is up and running, I will announce it here.

Feel free to post your suggestions and feedbacks about this idea.

wala ba daw TBTK as in tigum b***t tibook kalibutan? curious lang akong usa friend dire...hehehehhehe

if money knocks in our every doors right now, we may not be answering this forum today...

Patron: Waiter!

Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be
your Support Waiter. What seems to be
the problem?

Patron: There's a fly in my soup!

Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't
be there this time.

Patron: No, it's still there.

Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using
the soup; try eating it with a fork instead.

Patron: Even when I use the fork, the
fly is still there.

Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible
with the bowl; what kind of bowl are you
using?

Patron: A SOUP bowl!

Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe
it's a configuration problem; how was
the bowl set up?

Patron: You brought it to me on a
saucer; what has that to do with the fly
in my soup?!

Waiter: Can you remember everything you
did before you noticed the fly in your soup?

Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup
of the Day!

Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to
the latest Soup of the Day?

Patron: You have more than one Soup of
the Day each day??

Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is
changed every hour.

Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the
Day now?

Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is
tomato.

Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup,
and the check. I'm running late now.

Waiter leaves and returns with another
bowl of soup and the check.

Waiter: Here you are, Sir. The soup and
your check.

Patron: This is potato soup.

Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't
ready yet.

Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll
eat anything.

Waiter leaves.

Patron: Waiter! There's a gnat in my soup!

The check:

Soup of the Day
................................... $5.00
Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day
.......... $2.50
Access to support
................................. $1.00

Quote from: Bohol Philippines on June 15, 2007, 06:11:21 AM
Ghost,

Call me Mike.

Bisaya ka ba? Adunay panultihon nga nag-ingon ug gikutlo kini gikan sa balaang kasulatan nga mao ang Bibliya: "Adunay mga nauna nga maulahi, ug ang mga naulahi mahiuna."

Cheers, Ghost!

taga pangangan calape ko sir!

Quote from: Bohol Philippines on June 15, 2007, 05:36:22 AM
I have made a lot of tweaking/tinkering of my Windows XP, but I haven't tried this one.

Is boot defragment absolutely safe?

you can always create a restoration point before doing any tweaks in case of something else bad may happen....

Changing the OEM info in the System Properties window
In the System Properties window, computer manufacturers often insert their logo, company name and the model name or number. This information can be changed or removed.

To change the manufacturer, model and URL information in the System Properties window:

    * Locate OEMINFO.INI in the \Windows\System32 directory, and open in Notepad or a similar text editor.
    * The contents should look something like this:

      [General]

      Manufacturer=Sanx Computers Inc.
      Model=SANX1
      SupportURL=http://www.sanx.org

      Other sections may exist, and these vary from machine to machine. Any additional sections should be retained intact.
    * Change the Manufacturer, Model and SupportURL values to suit your requirements.
    * Save the file, and exit.

To change the OEM logo:

    * Locate OEMLOGO.BMP in the \Windows\System32 directory, and open in a graphics application. If the file does not exist, create a file no bigger than 200 pixels square.
    * Create or change the image to your requirements.
    * Save the file, and exit.

Open the System Properties window. the changes will take effect immediately.

For a Safer, faster XP Close Unwanted Services

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telnet (disabled for extra security)
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
Workstation

A very important new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This basically means that all boot files are placed next to each other on the disk drive to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled but some upgrade users have reported that it isn't on their setup.

1. Start Regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
3. Select Enable from the list on the right.
4. Right on it and select Modify.
5. Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable.
6. Reboot your computer.

You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.

1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.

6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.

7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.

8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.

9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.

10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.

15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.

18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

NTFS vs. FAT

    To NTFS or not to NTFSâ€"that is the question. But unlike the deeper questions of life, this one isn't really all that hard to answer. For most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It's more powerful and offers security advantages not found in the other file systems. But let's go over the differences among the files systems so we're all clear about the choice. There are essentially three different file systems available in Windows XP: FAT16, short for File Allocation Table, FAT32, and NTFS, short for NT File System.


    FAT16
    The FAT16 file system was introduced way back with MSâ€"DOS in 1981, and it's showing its age. It was designed originally to handle files on a floppy drive, and has had minor modifications over the years so it can handle hard disks, and even file names longer than the original limitation of 8.3 characters, but it's still the lowest common denominator. The biggest advantage of FAT16 is that it is compatible across a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows 95/98/Me, OS/2, Linux, and some versions of UNIX. The biggest problem of FAT16 is that it has a fixed maximum number of clusters per partition, so as hard disks get bigger and bigger, the size of each cluster has to get larger. In a 2â€"GB partition, each cluster is 32 kilobytes, meaning that even the smallest file on the partition will take up 32 KB of space. FAT16 also doesn't support compression, encryption, or advanced security using access control lists.

    FAT32
    The FAT32 file system, originally introduced in Windows 95 Service Pack 2, is really just an extension of the original FAT16 file system that provides for a much larger number of clusters per partition. As such, it greatly improves the overall disk utilization when compared to a FAT16 file system. However, FAT32 shares all of the other limitations of FAT16, and adds an important additional limitationâ€"many operating systems that can recognize FAT16 will not work with FAT32â€"most notably Windows NT, but also Linux and UNIX as well. Now this isn't a problem if you're running FAT32 on a Windows XP computer and sharing your drive out to other computers on your networkâ€"they don't need to know (and generally don't really care) what your underlying file system is.

    The Advantages of NTFS
    The NTFS file system, introduced with first version of Windows NT, is a completely different file system from FAT. It provides for greatly increased security, fileâ€"byâ€"file compression, quotas, and even encryption. It is the default file system for new installations of Windows XP, and if you're doing an upgrade from a previous version of Windows, you'll be asked if you want to convert your existing file systems to NTFS. Don't worry. If you've already upgraded to Windows XP and didn't do the conversion then, it's not a problem. You can convert FAT16 or FAT32 volumes to NTFS at any point. Just remember that you can't easily go back to FAT or FAT32 (without reformatting the drive or partition), not that I think you'll want to.

    The NTFS file system is generally not compatible with other operating systems installed on the same computer, nor is it available when you've booted a computer from a floppy disk. For this reason, many system administrators, myself included, used to recommend that users format at least a small partition at the beginning of their main hard disk as FAT. This partition provided a place to store emergency recovery tools or special drivers needed for reinstallation, and was a mechanism for digging yourself out of the hole you'd just dug into. But with the enhanced recovery abilities built into Windows XP (more on that in a future column), I don't think it's necessary or desirable to create that initial FAT partition.

    When to Use FAT or FAT32
    If you're running more than one operating system on a single computer (see Dual booting in Guides), you will definitely need to format some of your volumes as FAT. Any programs or data that need to be accessed by more than one operating system on that computer should be stored on a FAT16 or possibly FAT32 volume. But keep in mind that you have no security for data on a FAT16 or FAT32 volumeâ€"any one with access to the computer can read, change, or even delete any file that is stored on a FAT16 or FAT32 partition. In many cases, this is even possible over a network. So do not store sensitive files on drives or partitions formatted with FAT file systems.

You Know It's Time To Turn Your Computer
Off When...

1.

A friend calls and says, "How are
you? Your phones have been busy for a year!"

2.

You forgot how to work the TV
remote control.
3.

You see something funny and
scream, "LOL, LOL."
4.

You meet the mailman at the curb
and swear he said YOU'VE GOT MAIL.
5.

You sign off and your screen says
you were on for 3 days and 45 minutes.
6.

You fall asleep, but instead of
dreams you get IMs.
7.

You buy a laptop and a cell phone
so you can have AOL in your car.
8.

Tech support calls YOU for help.
9.

You beg your friends to get an
account so you can "hang out."
10.

You get a second phone line just
to call out for pizza.
11.

You purchase a vanity car license
plate with your screen name on it.
12.

You say "he he he he" or "heh heh
heh" instead of laughing.
13.

You say "SCROLL UP" when someone
asks what it was you said.
14.

You sneak away to your computer
when everyone goes to sleep.
15.

You talk on the phone with the
same person you are sending an instant
message to.
16.

You look at an annoying person
off-line and wish that you had your
ignore button handy.
17.

You start to experience
"withdrawal" after not being online for
a while.
18.

"Where did the time go?"
19.

You sit on AOL for 6 hours for
that certain special person to sign on.
20.

You get up in the morning and go
online before getting your coffee.
21.

.....You end your sentences
with.....three or more periods.......
22.

You've gone to an unstaffed AOL
room to give tech support.
23.

You think faster than the computer.
24.

You enter a room and get greeted
by 25 people with {{{hugs}}} and **kisses**.
25.

Being called a "newbie" is a major
insult to you.
26.

You're on the phone and say BRB.
27.

Your teacher or boss recommends a
drug test for the blood shot eyes.
28.

Your answering machine/voice mail
sounds a little like this...."BRB. leave
your S/N and I^ll TTYL ASAP".
29.

You need to be pried from your
computer by the Jaws-of-Life.

Net Addiction

Top Signs of Net Addiction

* You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the
bathroom and stop to check your e-mail
on the way back to bed.
* You get a tattoo that reads "This
body best viewed with Netscape Navigator
3 or higher."
* You name your children Eudora,
Mozilla and Dotcom.
* You turn off your modem and get
this awful empty feeling, like you just
pulled the plug on a loved one.
* You spend half of the plane trip
with your laptop on your lap...and your
child in the overhead compartment.
* You decide to stay in college for
an additional year or two, just for the
free Internet access.
* You laugh at people with 28,800
modems.
* You start using smiley's in your
snail mail.
* Your hard drive crashes.
* You haven't logged in for two
hours. You start to twitch.
* You pick up the phone and manually
dial your ISP's access number.
* You try to hum to communicate with
the modem. And you succeed.

How the Internet Began?

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that
a trader by the name of Abraham Com did
take unto himself a young wife by the
name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely
woman, broad of shoulder and long of
leg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon
Dot Com.

She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why
doth thou travel far from town to town
with they goods when thou can trade
without ever leaving thy tent?"

And Abraham did look at her as though
she were several saddle bags short of a
camel load, but simply said, "How, Dear?"

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in
all the towns and drums in between to
send messages saying what you have for
sale and they will reply telling you
which hath the best price. And the sale
can be made on the drums and delivery
made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."

Abraham thought long and decided he
would let Dot have her way with the
drums. The drums rang out and were an
immediate success. Abraham sold all the
goods he had at the top price, without
ever moving from his tent.

But this success did arouse envy. A man
named Maccabia did secret himself inside
Abraham's drum and was accused of
insider trading. And the young men did
take to Dot Com's trading as doth the
greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They
were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich
Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short.

And lo, the land was so feverish with
joy at the new riches and the deafening
sound of drums that no one noticed that
the real riches were going to the drum
maker, one Brother William of Gates, who
bought up every drum company in the
land. And indeed did insist on making
drums that would work only with Brother
Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.

Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have
started is being taken over by others."

And as Abraham looked out over the Bay
of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known
"ebay" he said, "We need a name that
reflects what we are," and Dot replied,
"Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."

"YAHOO", said Abraham.

And that is how it all began.

It wasn't Al Gore after all.

There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives.

He loved the 4th wife the most and
adorned her with
rich robes and treated her to
delicacies. He took
great care of her and gave her nothing
but the best.

He also loved the 3rd wife very much.
He's very proud
of her and always wanted to show off her
to his
friends. However, the merchant is always
in great
fear that she might run away with some
other men.

He too, loved his 2nd wife. She is a
very considerate
person, always patient and in fact is
the merchant's
confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some
problems, he always turned to his 2nd
wife and she
would always help him out and tide him
through
difficult times.

Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very
loyal partner
and has made great contributions in
maintaining his
wealth and business as well as taking
care of the
household. However, the merchant did not
love the
first wife and although she loved him
deeply, he
hardly took notice of her.

One day, the merchant fell ill.

Before long, he knew that he was going
to die soon.
He thought of his luxurious life and
told himself,
"Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I
die, I'll be
alone. How lonely I'll be!"

Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved
you most,
endowed you with the finest clothing and
showered
great care over you. Now that I'm dying,
will you
follow me and keep me company?"

"No way!" replied the 4th wife and she
walked away
without another word.

The answer cut like a sharp knife right
into the
merchant's heart.

The sad merchant then asked the 3rd
wife, "I have
loved you so much for all my life. Now
that I'm
dying, will you follow me and keep me
company?"

"No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so
good over
here! I'm going to remarry when you die!"

The merchant's heart sank and turned cold.

He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always
turned to you
for help and you've always helped me
out. Now I need
your help again. When I die, will you
follow me and
keep me company?"

"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this
time!" replied
the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can
only send you
to your grave."

The answer came like a bolt of thunder
and the
merchant was devastated.

Then a voice called out: "I'll leave
with you. I'll
follow you no matter where you go."

The merchant looked up and there was his
first wife.
She was so skinny, almost like she
suffered from
malnutrition.

Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I
should have
taken much better care of you while I
could have!"...

Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives

a. The 4th wife is our body. No matter
how much time
and effort we lavish in making it look
good, it'll
leave us when we die.

b. Our 3rd wife is Our possessions,
status and
wealth. When we die, they all go to others.

c. The 2nd wife is our family and
friends. No matter
how close they had been there for us
when we're alive,
the furthest they can stay by us is up
to the grave.

d. The 1st wife is in fact our soul,
often neglected
in our pursuit of material, wealth and
sensual
pleasure.

Guess what?

It is actually the only thing that
follows us wherever
we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to
cultivate and
strengthen our soul now rather than to
wait until
we're on our deathbed....

If you messed up your life, you could
press "Ctl, Alt, Delete " and start all over.

To improve your appearance, just adjust
the display settings.

If life got too noisy, you could just
turn off the speakers.

To get even with neighbors, you'd turn
up the Sound Blaster.

To get your daily exercise, just click
on "Run".

If you needed a break from life, just
click on "Suspend", then when you're
ready to continue life you'd hit "any key".

To add/remove someone from your life,
click on Settings and Control Panel.

If you misplaced your car keys, you'd
click on "Find".

"Help" with the chores would be just a
click away.

Auto insurance wouldn't be necessary.
You would simply use your retrieval
diskette to recover from a crash.

In the mood for a pizza? Just click
"Send Now" and a hot pizza would soon be
on its way.

If you had a terribly bad love story,
you'd just have to reformat your HDD to
delete permanently each and every sad
moments that had existed in your life
and start a new beginning as a new
individual...

Bow...

Quote from: Bohol Philippines on June 15, 2007, 04:36:14 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to welcome Ghost.

I won't be alone in this section from this day onward.

Thanks Ghost for sharing with us your hard-earned knowledge.

Cheers!

Im just a newbie here Sir...

The Programmer and the Engineer

A Programmer and an Engineer were
sitting next to each other on an
airplane. The Programmer leans over to
the Engineer and asks if he wants to
play a fun game. The Engineer just wants
to sleep so he politely declines, turns
away and tries to sleep. The Programmer
persists and explains that it's a real
easy game. He explains, "I ask a
question and if you don't know the
answer you pay me $5. Then you ask a
question and if I don't know the answer
I'll pay you $5." Again the Engineer
politely declines and tries to sleep.

The Programmer, now somewhat agitated,
says, "O.K., if you don't know the
answer you pay me $5 and if I don't know
the answer I pay you $50! " Now, that
got the Engineer's attention, so he
agrees to the game. The Programmer asks
the first question, "What's the distance
from the earth to the moon?" Then
Engineer doesn't say a word and just
hands the Programmer $5.

Now, its the Engineer's turn. He asks
the Programmer, "What goes up a hill
with three legs and comes down on four?"
The Programmer looks at him with a
puzzled look, takes out his laptop
computer, looks through all his
references and after about an hour wakes
the Engineer and hands the Engineer $50.
The Engineer politely takes the $50
turns away and tries to return to sleep.

The Programmer, a little miffed, asks,
"Well what's the answer to the
question?" Without a word, the Engineer
reaches into his wallet, hands $5 to the
Programmer, turns away and returns to sleep.

Quote from: buenavista on June 02, 2007, 01:58:19 PM
hi,im from cabul-an buenavista bohol (an island) though wala ko nag-eskuyla didto ug high school coz at that time wala pa to,but im proud to say we are the first island who had a high school!pero sad to know lang kay dili quality ang pagtudlo didto!based sa ako nadunggan pirmi wala klase...pero mga good teachers ang naa didto ang problema lang kay layo kaau sila,kinahanglan mulabang pa sila ug lawod kung muoli sila sa tagsa-tagsa nila kapanimalay,busa nag board na lang sila then every weekend na lang sila muoli mao lagi na usahay wala klase  sa first day of the class.then ang mga teachers pod didto ang uban wala intawon pa sweldo labi na ang mga intern magpaabot ra sila sa bayad sa mga estudyante.so manghinaut ko na tagaan unta ni ug pagtagad..
Give a quality education now!

dili sad the first island who had a high school uy! sa amoa kay na establish among high school sa pangangan island in the late 1960's man.

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The real name of Francisco Dagohoy was Francisco Sendrejas. He got the name "dagohoy" as a shortened word to "dagon sa hoyohoy", meaning the charm of the gentle wind. It was believed that Dagohoy had the ability to manipulate a gentle breeze of wind to levitate him and make him float freely in air making him easy to escape from his enemies.
   
Nobody knows if it is just a myth or reality. What matters most is what the people believe about a great boholano hero name Francisco Dagohoy.

Additional Info...

The real name of Francisco Dagohoy was Francisco Sendrejas. He got the name "dagohoy" as a shortened word to "dagon sa hoyohoy", meaning the charm of the gentle wind. It was believed that Dagohoy had the ability to manipulate a gentle breeze of wind to levitate him and make him float freely in air making him easy to escape from his enemies.
   
Nobody knows if it is just a myth or reality. What matters most is what the people believe about a great boholano hero name Francisco Dagohoy.

I GOT THIS MESSAGE THROUGH E-MAIL AND I BELIEVE THERE IS TRUTH IN WHAT THE PERSON WROTE AND WE SHOULD SERIOUSLY THINK AND PONDER ABOUT THIS.

Maybe we can learn something from our South Korean neighbor. No wonder why they are so rich and why the Philippines is so poor.

The message goes:

"As you know, we have plenty of Koreans currently studying in the Philippines to take advantage of our cheaper tuition fees and learn English at the same time. "When I went home to Calape last August 2006, I observed the presence of South Korean everywhere we went. I asked some of them why study English here. The response was Filipinos speak clearly, slowly and easy for us to understand than any other English speaking country in the world. "

This is an essay written by a Korean student and I want to share with you. This should be a wake up call to every Filipino.

(Never mind the grammar; it's the CONTENT that counts)

**MY SHORT ESSAY ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES**
By: Jaeyoun Kim

Filipinos always complain about the corruption in the Philippines. Do you really think the corruption is the main problem of the Philippines? I do not think so. I strongly believe that the problem is the lack of love for their country, the Philippines. Let me first talk about my country, Korea. It might help you understand my point. After the Korean War, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Koreans had to start from scratch because the entire country was destroyed after the Korean War, and  we  had no natural resources. Koreans used to talk about the  Philippines , for Filipinos were very rich in Asia . We envy the Filipinos. Koreans really wanted to be well off like Filipinos. Many Koreans died of famine. My father & brother also died because of famine. Korean government was very corrupt and is still very corrupt beyond your  imagination, but Korea was able to develop dramatically because Koreans really did their best  for the common good with their heart burning with patriotism. Koreans did not work just for themselves but also for their  neighborhood and country. Education inspired young men with the spirit of patriotism. 40 years ago, President Park took over the government to reform Korea . He tried to borrow money from other countries, but it was not possible to get a loan and  attract a foreign investment because the economic situation  of  South Korea was so bad. Korea had only three factories. So, President Park sent many mine workers and nurses to Germany so that they  could send money to Korea to build a factory. They had to go through horrible experience. In 1964, President Park visited Germany to borrow money. Hundred of Koreans in Germany came to the airport to welcome him and cried there as they saw President Park. They asked him, "Mr. President, when can we be well off?"  That was the only question everyone asked to him. President Park cried with them and promised them that Korea would be well off if everyone works hard for Korea , and the President  of Germany got the strong impression on them and lent money  to  Korea. So, President Park was able to build many factories in Korea . He always asked Koreans to  love their country from their heart. Many Korean scientists and engineers in the USA came back to  Korea to help developing the country because they wanted their country to be well off. Though they received very small salary, they did their best for Korea. They always hoped that their children would live in well off country. My parents always  brought  me to the places where poor and physically handicapped people  live. They wanted me to understand their life and help them. I also worked for Catholic Church when I  was in the army. The only thing I learned from Catholic Church was that we have to  love our neighborhood. And, I have loved my  neighborhood. Have you cried for the Philippines ? I have cried for my  country several times. I also cried for the Philippines  because of so many poor people & street childrens. I have been to the New Bilibid prison. What made me sad in the prison were the prisoners who do not have any love for their country. They go  to mass and work for Church. They pray everyday. However,  they  do not love the Philippines . I talked  to two prisoners at the maximum-security compound, and both of  them said that they would leave the Philippines right after they are released  from the prison. They said that they would start a new life  in other countries and never come back to the Philippines. Many Koreans have a great love for Korea so that we were able  to share our wealth with our neighborhood. The owners of factory and company were distributed their  profit to their employees fairly so that employees could buy what they needed and saved money for  their  future and their children. When I was in Korea , I had a very strong faith and wanted to be a priest. However, when I came to the Philippines , I completely lost my faith. I was very  confused when I saw many unbelievable situations in  the Philippines . Street kids always make me sad, and I see  them everyday. The Philippines is the only biggest Catholic population country in Asia , but there are too many poor people  here. People go to church every Sunday to pray, but nothing has been changed.

My parents came to the Philippines last week and saw this situation. They told me that Korea was much  poorer than the present Philippines when they were young. They  are so sorry that there are so many beggars and street kids. When we went to Pasangjan,I forced  my  parents to take a boat because it would be fun. However, they were not happy after taking a boat. They said that they would not take the boat again because they were sympathized the boatmen, for the  boatmen were very poor and had a small frame. Most of people just took a boat and enjoyed it. But my parents did not enjoy it because of love for them. My mother who has been working for Catholic Church since I  was very young told me that if we just go to mass without changing ourselves, we are not Catholic indeed. Faith should come with action. She added that I have to love Filipinos and do good things for them because all of us are same and have received a great love from God. I want Filipinos to love their neighborhood and country as much as they love God so that the Philippines will be well off. I am sure that love is the keyword, which Filipinos should  remember. We cannot change the sinful structure at once. It should start from person. Love must  start in everybody, in a small scale and have to grow. A lot of things happen if we open up to love. Let's put away our prejudices and look at our worries with our new eyes. I discover that every person is worthy to be loved. Trust in love, because it makes changes possible. Love changes you and me. It changes people, contexts and  relationships. It changes the world. Please love your neighborhood and country. Jesus Christ said that whatever we do to others we do to  Him. In the Philippines , there is God for people who are abused and abandoned. There is God who is crying for love. If you have a child, teach  them how to love the Philippines . Teach  them why they have to  love their neighborhood and country. You already know that God also will be very happy if you love others.  That's all I really want to ask you  Filipinos.

23 Ways To Speed WinXP

Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers' PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing.

1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer.

2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance.

3.) Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. If you're not sure, here's how to check: First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, then back-up any important data. Next, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the prompt, type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press the Enter key. This process may take a while; it's important that the computer be uninterrupted and virus-free. The file system used by the bootable drive will be either FAT32 or NTFS. I highly recommend NTFS for its superior security, reliability, and efficiency with larger disk drives.

4.) Disable file indexing. The indexing service extracts information from documents and other files on the hard drive and creates a "searchable keyword index." As you can imagine, this process can be quite taxing on any system.

The idea is that the user can search for a word, phrase, or property inside a document, should they have hundreds or thousands of documents and not know the file name of the document they want. Windows XP's built-in search functionality can still perform these kinds of searches without the Indexing service. It just takes longer. The OS has to open each file at the time of the request to help find what the user is looking for.

Most people never need this feature of search. Those who do are typically in a large corporate environment where thousands of documents are located on at least one server. But if you're a typical system builder, most of your clients are small and medium businesses. And if your clients have no need for this search feature, I recommend disabling it.

Here's how: First, double-click the My Computer icon. Next, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching." Next, apply changes to "C: subfolders and files," and click OK. If a warning or error message appears (such as "Access is denied"), click the Ignore All button.

5.) Update the PC's video and motherboard chipset drivers. Also, update and configure the BIOS. For more information on how to configure your BIOS properly, see this article on my site.

6.) Empty the Windows Prefetch folder every three months or so. Windows XP can "prefetch" portions of data and applications that are used frequently. This makes processes appear to load faster when called upon by the user. That's fine. But over time, the prefetch folder may become overloaded with references to files and applications no longer in use. When that happens, Windows XP is wasting time, and slowing system performance, by pre-loading them. Nothing critical is in this folder, and the entire contents are safe to delete.

7.) Once a month, run a disk cleanup. Here's how: Double-click the My Computer icon. Then right-click on the C: drive and select Properties. Click the Disk Cleanup button -- it's just to the right of the Capacity pie graph -- and delete all temporary files.

8.) In your Device Manager, double-click on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers device, and ensure that DMA is enabled for each drive you have connected to the Primary and Secondary controller. Do this by double-clicking on Primary IDE Channel. Then click the Advanced Settings tab. Ensure the Transfer Mode is set to "DMA if available" for both Device 0 and Device 1. Then repeat this process with the Secondary IDE Channel.

9.) Upgrade the cabling. As hard-drive technology improves, the cabling requirements to achieve these performance boosts have become more stringent. Be sure to use 80-wire Ultra-133 cables on all of your IDE devices with the connectors properly assigned to the matching Master/Slave/Motherboard sockets. A single device must be at the end of the cable; connecting a single drive to the middle connector on a ribbon cable will cause signaling problems. With Ultra DMA hard drives, these signaling problems will prevent the drive from performing at its maximum potential. Also, because these cables inherently support "cable select," the location of each drive on the cable is important. For these reasons, the cable is designed so drive positioning is explicitly clear.

10.) Remove all spyware from the computer. Use free programs such as AdAware by Lavasoft or SpyBot Search & Destroy. Once these programs are installed, be sure to check for and download any updates before starting your search. Anything either program finds can be safely removed. Any free software that requires spyware to run will no longer function once the spyware portion has been removed; if your customer really wants the program even though it contains spyware, simply reinstall it. For more information on removing Spyware visit this Web Pro News page.

11.) Remove any unnecessary programs and/or items from Windows Startup routine using the MSCONFIG utility. Here's how: First, click Start, click Run, type MSCONFIG, and click OK. Click the StartUp tab, then uncheck any items you don't want to start when Windows starts. Unsure what some items are? Visit the WinTasks Process Library. It contains known system processes, applications, as well as spyware references and explanations. Or quickly identify them by searching for the filenames using Google or another Web search engine.

12.) Remove any unnecessary or unused programs from the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel.

13.) Turn off any and all unnecessary animations, and disable active desktop. In fact, for optimal performance, turn off all animations. Windows XP offers many different settings in this area. Here's how to do it: First click on the System icon in the Control Panel. Next, click on the Advanced tab. Select the Settings button located under Performance. Feel free to play around with the options offered here, as nothing you can change will alter the reliability of the computer -- only its responsiveness.

14.) If your customer is an advanced user who is comfortable editing their registry, try some of the performance registry tweaks offered at Tweak XP.

15.) Visit Microsoft's Windows update site regularly, and download all updates labeled Critical. Download any optional updates at your discretion.

16.) Update the customer's anti-virus software on a weekly, even daily, basis. Make sure they have only one anti-virus software package installed. Mixing anti-virus software is a sure way to spell disaster for performance and reliability.

17.) Make sure the customer has fewer than 500 type fonts installed on their computer. The more fonts they have, the slower the system will become. While Windows XP handles fonts much more efficiently than did the previous versions of Windows, too many fonts -- that is, anything over 500 -- will noticeably tax the system.

18.) Do not partition the hard drive. Windows XP's NTFS file system runs more efficiently on one large partition. The data is no safer on a separate partition, and a reformat is never necessary to reinstall an operating system. The same excuses people offer for using partitions apply to using a folder instead. For example, instead of putting all your data on the D: drive, put it in a folder called "D drive." You'll achieve the same organizational benefits that a separate partition offers, but without the degradation in system performance. Also, your free space won't be limited by the size of the partition; instead, it will be limited by the size of the entire hard drive. This means you won't need to resize any partitions, ever. That task can be time-consuming and also can result in lost data.

19.) Check the system's RAM to ensure it is operating properly. I recommend using a free program called MemTest86. The download will make a bootable CD or diskette (your choice), which will run 10 extensive tests on the PC's memory automatically after you boot to the disk you created. Allow all tests to run until at least three passes of the 10 tests are completed. If the program encounters any errors, turn off and unplug the computer, remove a stick of memory (assuming you have more than one), and run the test again. Remember, bad memory cannot be repaired, but only replaced.

20.) If the PC has a CD or DVD recorder, check the drive manufacturer's Web site for updated firmware. In some cases you'll be able to upgrade the recorder to a faster speed. Best of all, it's free.

21.) Disable unnecessary services. Windows XP loads a lot of services that your customer most likely does not need. To determine which services you can disable for your client, visit the Black Viper site for Windows XP configurations.

22.) If you're sick of a single Windows Explorer window crashing and then taking the rest of your OS down with it, then follow this tip: open My Computer, click on Tools, then Folder Options. Now click on the View tab. Scroll down to "Launch folder windows in a separate process," and enable this option. You'll have to reboot your machine for this option to take effect.

23.) At least once a year, open the computer's cases and blow out all the dust and debris. While you're in there, check that all the fans are turning properly. Also inspect the motherboard capacitors for bulging or leaks. For more information on this leaking-capacitor phenomena, you can read numerous articles on my site.


Following any of these suggestions should result in noticeable improvements to the performance and reliability of your customers' computers. If you still want to defrag a disk, remember that the main benefit will be to make your data more retrievable in the event of a crashed drive.

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines

    Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

    Open up the Registry and go to :

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

    Under that branch, select the key :

    {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

    and delete it.

    This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

    This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons

Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

You may need to restart Windows XP.

Increase Bandwidth By 20% Options, (XP Pro Only)

A nice little tweak for XP-Pro only. M*crosoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)

Here's how to get it back:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "

This opens the group policy editor. Then go to

Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO.

This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

works on XP Pro, 2000 but not on other o/s not tested.




If you are not running any services that need to use QOS then the space "reserved" for QOS is not used. In the event you are running a service that can take advantage of QOS, it can reserve a percentage of your bandwidth if it needs it. If nothing needs QOS then the bandwidth that would otherwise be reserved for QOS apps is available to all things that want it.

Turning this figure down or off will not make your network games run faster on a normal home connection, nor will it speed up general internet surfing. For the average user, playing with this setting will not do anything to make your system run faster or "better".

Healthy Tricks for Sick Pranks

Welcome Screen

I do not know about you, but after about five years of XP using, I got a little tired of seeing that Welcome Screen whenever the OS is loading. And removing it would bring me the much
awaited peace I need. I am sure that you have found all sorts of methods of removing it: editing the registry entries by yourself or downloading a program from the Internet that does it automatically. The Web is flooded with tips and tricks on how to change something in your XP to bring it closer to your tastes.

Anyway, I thought you may want to know how to remove that nagging (for me at least) blue Welcome Screen without appealing to nothing else but your Windows XP operating system. There aren't too many users that know that XP itself and Microsoft's website provide you a series of tools designed to customize your OS in order to make it more fun and add a plus of functionality.

Removing the Windows XP Welcome screen is really easy and it will not take you more than a jiffy to do it. The only condition is for you to be the only one that uses the computer, as it involves removing the password screen. After disabling the Welcome screen, the OS will load automatically in the administrator account.

First of all, you will have to go to User Accounts situated in the Control Panel. Open your account and create a password for your account. Do not worry, as you will not have to enter the countersign every time you load XP as the option will be disabled later on.

Next step would be going to Start menu and typing in Run control userpasswords2. Just paste it from here to be sure you got it right. In the user accounts dialog that opened, uncheck the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” box. As soon as you click on Apply button, XP will need to make sure that it is indeed an authorized person that meddles around security settings of the machine.

That's about all there is about disabling the Welcome screen. From now on, you will no longer be prompted to type in a password and the screen will just vanish.

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Logo Removal

How would you feel about removing that Microsoft brand at Windows XP startup? What do you get instead? Nothing except for a black screen. Trying this will not result in any harm to your computer as there will be no messing around with Windows' system files. It is just an option that XP provides.

First of all, you should know that the Microsoft logo at startup and the loading bar are displayed during the BIOS loading. They are two separate files that can be modified very easily. If you do not know how to do it, just search the Internet for change XP bootscreen and the browser's page will be flooded with results. For hacking the Windows files, you will need to be armed with a little confidence and patience. The easy part is using BootSkin, a freeware loaded with boot themes ready to be applied.

For getting rid of the Microsoft logo displayed while BIOS is loading, begin with opening System Configuration utility. Go to Start>Run and type msconfig. The window will open in an instance. The box you have to check is /NOGUIBOOT. Roughly translated, it means that there will be no interface displayed during the boot process.

Applying will get you the desired effect during the boot and nothing will be displayed while BIOS loads. Simple as that.

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High Contrasted XP

Let me give yet another tip on Windows XP’s capabilities. Did you know that there is a key combination that will instantly display the High Contrast dialog? The magic keys are SHIFT, left ALT and PRINT SCREEN. Pressed together, they will bring forth the necessary dialog to improve the readability for people with visual impairment. For reversing the operation, it is enough to use the key combination once more and everything will become normal again.

If you click OK on that box, the screen should turn black as this is the default contrast in Windows and everything will be bigger. But do not stop at making it just black. Use the Settings button to get into the intricacies of the option.

Accessibility Options allow you to configure the Sticky Keys for the keyboard, enable the Show Sounds option, choose a different contrast in Display (you have 36 options to choose from). In Mouse tab, you can configure the keyboard to act as a mouse (NumLock arrows).

If you really want to play a prank on your friends, then here's a tip: try the CTRL+ALT+one of the arrow keys. This combination will rotate the screen by 180 degrees. For a newbie, this experience could be pretty scary. However, there is a catch. Not all the Windows XP installed machines will be able to respond correctly to the action. I tried this at home and it worked just fine. Doing the same thing at the office resulted into utter failure. The only thing I can think of about this is that the shortcut is driver dependant.

However, if you have an NVIDIA board, then go to Rotation Settings and operate a 180 degrees action. It is pretty weird and combined with changing the mouse buttons' action, it can result in a pretty dangerous burst of laughter.

pangit bitaw ang IE7 kay hinay tungod sa kadaghang plug-ins mas maayo pa ang IE6. ok lang sad ang mozilla firefox kaso lang some of my download managers/boosters are not capable of running thru mozilla firefox. mao na im using both IE6 and mozilla firefox depending on the situation.

Rapidshare Hacked, unlimited upload, no countdown

UNLIMITED download/upload
Its very easy to fool Rapid Share server if your IP address is assigned by your ISP. Just follow these simple steps:

clean up IE or netscape or Firefox cookie( In this case the one that belong to rapidshare website)
On Command prompt (open MS-DOS)
type -----> ipconfig /flushdns <---Enter
type -----> ipconfig /release <---Enter
type -----> ipconfig /renew <---Enter
type -----> exit <--------Enter

Or save these commands in a bat file and run it everytime you need to fool Rapidshare server. Remember to clean up rapidshare cookie in your temp Internet files folder.

Now you should be ready to download/upload as many files as you want from their server.

another way, get proxies from the internet and apply to the browser.
some of proxies might not work though...

Note:
If you are on a LAN and behind a router (using NAT, for example)---this will not work.
If you use a fixed proxy--- this will not work.
If you have a fixed IP address from your ISP or college or employer or whatever -- this will not work.
If you happen to get the same IP address from your DHCP server because it's assigned to you -- this will not work

NO waiting
THIS "cheat" for RAPIDSHARE DOWNLOADS eliminates the "WAITING" for the file. No more COUNTDOWNS. So heres what you do:

1. First, Find a rapidshare download.
2. Hit the FREE BUTTON, like always.
3. While your waiting for it to countdown, change the URL in the bar to:
Code:
java script:c(countdown = 0);
and hit ENTER or the GO button over and over. Eachtime you do so, it decreases 10-20 seconds. Few times and the link appears.
or you can simply do the code below ONCE
java script: for (i=0; i<30; i++) { c(); }