http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Brodiepearce&feedformat=atomOCAU Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T13:08:50ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.19.11http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:56:04Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Proof */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
This is simply a re-arrangement of a 1st law rule for relating a change in energy to a change in temperature:<br />
<br />
Q' = m' * c * dT<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
For the most part we are not specifying SI units here, as they become impractical to work with for such small applications as PC watercooling loops. The only important thing is that you use the '''same''' standard of units throughout (E.g. if you specify Q' as kJ/s, then you damn better specify c as kJ/(kg.K) too :P).<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise (In K (kelvin) or °C)<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass Flow Rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant (given as J/(g.K)).<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 L/min of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reached equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise due to pump:<br />
T = 10W / ( 83.33g/s * 4.18J/(g.K) )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
<br />
Second, temperature rise due to CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 83.33g/s * 4.18J/(g.k) )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4.18 kJ/(kg.K). This means that every kilogram of water takes 4.18 kilojoules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C (1K).<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1 min/60 sec * 1.00 g/cm³, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4.18kJ to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08kg will require 1°C x 4.18 kJ/(kg.K) x 0.08kg = 0.334 kJ.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 0.334kJ/s or 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the water to rise in temperature by 1°C on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to be adding 335W of heat to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149°C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:48:57Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Example */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
This is simply a re-arrangement of a 1st law rule for relating a change in energy to a change in temperature:<br />
<br />
Q' = m' * c * dT<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
For the most part we are not specifying SI units here, as they become impractical to work with for such small applications as PC watercooling loops. The only important thing is that you use the '''same''' standard of units throughout (E.g. if you specify Q' as kJ/s, then you damn better specify c as kJ/(kg.K) too :P).<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise (In K (kelvin) or °C)<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass Flow Rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant (given as J/(g.K)).<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 L/min of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reached equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise due to pump:<br />
T = 10W / ( 83.33g/s * 4.18J/(g.K) )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
<br />
Second, temperature rise due to CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 83.33g/s * 4.18J/(g.k) )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:42:00Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Properties */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
This is simply a re-arrangement of a 1st law rule for relating a change in energy to a change in temperature:<br />
<br />
Q' = m' * c * dT<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
For the most part we are not specifying SI units here, as they become impractical to work with for such small applications as PC watercooling loops. The only important thing is that you use the '''same''' standard of units throughout (E.g. if you specify Q' as kJ/s, then you damn better specify c as kJ/(kg.K) too :P).<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise (In K (kelvin) or °C)<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass Flow Rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant (given as J/(g.K)).<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 LPM of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reach equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise caused by pump:<br />
T = 10 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
Second, temperature rise caused by CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:40:47Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Rule */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
This is simply a re-arrangement of a 1st law rule for relating a change in energy to a change in temperature:<br />
<br />
Q' = m' * c * dT<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
For the most part we are not specifying SI units here, as they become impractical to work with for such small applications as PC watercooling loops. The only important thing is that you use the '''same''' standard of units throughout (E.g. if you specify Q' as kJ/s, then you damn better specify c as kJ/(kg.K) too :P).<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass flow rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant (given as J/(kg.K)).<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 LPM of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reach equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise caused by pump:<br />
T = 10 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
Second, temperature rise caused by CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:40:24Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Rule */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
This is simply a re-arrangement of a 1st law rule for relating a change in energy to a change in temperature:<br />
<br />
Q' = m'*c*dT<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
For the most part we are not specifying SI units here, as they become impractical to work with for such small applications as PC watercooling loops. The only important thing is that you use the '''same''' standard of units throughout (E.g. if you specify Q' as kJ/s, then you damn better specify c as kJ/(kg.K) too :P).<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass flow rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant (given as J/(kg.K)).<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 LPM of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reach equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise caused by pump:<br />
T = 10 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
Second, temperature rise caused by CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:38:48Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
For the most part we are not specifying SI units here, as they become impractical to work with for such small applications as PC watercooling loops. The only important thing is that you use the '''same''' standard of units throughout (E.g. if you specify Q' as kJ/s, then you damn better specify c as kJ/(kg.K) too :P).<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass flow rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant (given as J/(kg.K)).<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 LPM of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reach equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise caused by pump:<br />
T = 10 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
Second, temperature rise caused by CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:35:26Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = Q' / ( m' * c )<br />
<br />
== Properties ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise<br />
<br />
Q' = Rate at which heat is being applied (E.g. 60W), this is the rate at which the waterblocks are rejecting heat into the coolant.<br />
<br />
m' = Mass flow rate of coolant (g/s), this is the rate at which the coolant is flowing.<br />
<br />
c = Specific Heat of coolant (AKA Specific Heat Capacity), this is the energy required to institute a temperature change of 1°C for 1g of coolant.<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 LPM of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reach equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise caused by pump:<br />
T = 10 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
Second, temperature rise caused by CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Temperature_changes_of_coolant_within_the_loopTemperature changes of coolant within the loop2008-11-11T06:08:18Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Overview ==<br />
Within a typical rig flowing 4.8 litres per minute through a CPU waterblock where it is cooling a 50W of components (including the pump), the water will be heated up by a mere 0.15°C during the heating phase of each cycle.<br />
<br />
Hence, any consideration to the order of components due to heating/cooling of the coolant should only come into effect if there are multiple CPU blocks, or extremely low flow rates.<br />
<br />
== Rule ==<br />
<br />
dT = W / ( Q * 69.77 * E )<br />
<br />
dT = Temperature rise<br />
<br />
W = Watts of heat being applied<br />
<br />
Q = Litres per minute of flow<br />
<br />
E = % effectiveness of the waterblocks<br />
<br />
== Example ==<br />
<br />
We have a loop with 5 LPM of coolant flow resulting from a pump that dumps 10W of heat into the loop. The loop also consists of a waterblock where 90W of heat enters via a CPU, and a radiator, where all 100W of heat leave. The system has reach equilibrium, and it is assumed all coolant is heated equally by the blocks and cooled equally by the radiator.<br />
<br />
'''Question:'''<br />
What is the impact of running pump -> cpu -> radiator versus pump -> radiator -> cpu?<br />
<br />
'''Answer'''<br />
First, temperature rise caused by pump:<br />
T = 10 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.028°C<br />
Second, temperature rise caused by CPU block:<br />
T = 90 / ( 5 * 69.77 )<br />
T = 0.258°C<br />
<br />
Hence, the second layout will deliver coolant that is 0.286°C cooler than the first.<br />
<br />
== Proof ==<br />
<br />
Water has a specific heat of 4186 J/kg-°C. This means that every kilogram of water takes 4186 joules of energy to change its temperature by 1°C.<br />
<br />
Let's assume an example loop with a flow rate of 4.8 litres per minute. 4.8 litres per minute, is 4800 cm³/min. Water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³. Therefore water flow of 4.8 Litres per minute is 4800 cm³/min * 1.00 g/cm³, or 4800 grams per minute, which is 80 grams or 0.08kg per second.<br />
<br />
If each kilogram requires 4186 joules to raise its temperature by 1°C, then the 0.08 kilograms will require 1°C x 4186 J/kg-°C x 0.08kg = 334.88 Joules.<br />
<br />
Now 80 grams come and go each second, so to heat them all by 1°C requires 334.88 joules per second.<br />
<br />
"Joules per second", or J/s, has a familar name: Watts.<br />
<br />
So, for the for the water to rise in temperature by 1 degree celsius on one trip around the cooling loop, we'd need to add 335 Watts of heat energy to the water.<br />
<br />
If only 50W is being applied, there is only a 50 / 335 = 0.149307 °C temperature rise.<br />
<br />
Assumptions:<br />
The above assumes that all 80 grams of liquid per second are being heated equally; ie, the waterblocks introduce sufficient turbulence or other means to stop portions of coolant remaining unheated.<br />
Important: The above example only calculates the temperature rise of the water after one complete trip through the system. The actual final equilibrium temperature of the water after many loops through the system is a separate value, and is a function of the heat-exchanger (typically a radiator) and its subsquent ability to cool the applied heat load to hold the water temperature at some point consistent with the heat exchanger's capacity.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/RAIDRAID2008-07-23T03:17:41Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>===What is RAID?===<br />
Redundant Array of Independant/Inexpensive Disks (RAID)<br />
<br />
However, thats a fairly old definition. Expensive disks are faster :) as we all know.<br />
<br />
RAID is a method of using multiple physical disks to create a logical disk or disks which may be faster and may be more impervious to failure (redundancy) than the physical disks individually. Typically speed increases are achieved through striping, while redundancy may be achieved in a number of ways typically being parity and mirroring.<br />
<br />
Common RAID configurations include:<br />
*RAID 0 -Striping<br />
*RAID 1 -Mirroring<br />
*RAID 5 -Striping with distributed parity<br />
*RAID 1+0 -Striped mirror set or mirrored stripe set<br />
<br />
====Concepts====<br />
'''Striping'''<br />
<br />
Striping is a method of reading and writing to/from RAID arrays which effectively chunks the data into 'stripes'. If an array has multiple disks the stripes can be written to or read from these disks simultaneously, offering a throughput increase. The amount of data that a stripe contains is generally referred to as a 'stripe size'. The stripe size is determined by the RAID controller (be it hardware or software) and is often user configurable. Configuration of the stripe size can lead to throughput performance increases or penalties depending upon the size of the data which will reside upon the array.<br />
<br />
While throughput may be increased, latency will never decrease. Latency cannot be combatted by adding more disks.<br />
<br />
'''Parity'''<br />
<br />
Array types that use parity offer very simple error detection and correction capabilities. This is done using the XOR logical operation. The data to be written undergoes a XOR operation which results in parity. Regardless of how many stripes of data undergo a XOR operation, the result is always the length of an individual stripe. The parity is then stored on the array, and can be used to recalculate missing data should there be a hardware failure.<br />
<br />
A very simple way to XOR multiple pieces of data together is to sum the columns of corresponding bits. If the column is even, then the result is a 0. If the column is odd, the result is a 1. If the column equals 0, treat it as even. While this works, it is not "what XOR is". Please read elsewhere for an article on XOR itself.<br />
<br />
Here is a simplified example of three bytes undergoing a XOR operation to produce a parity byte:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 2 11001101<br />
Byte 3 01001111<br />
---------------- <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
</pre><br />
If a disaster occurs and Byte 2 vanishes in a puff of smoke, we can XOR the remaining two bytes and parity byte together to arrive back at Byte 2's contents, shown as "Missing" below:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 3 01001111 <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
----------------<br />
Missing 11001101<br />
</pre><br />
If another byte vanishes, the single parity byte is useless and the data is gone.<br />
<br />
===Types of RAID===<br />
====RAID 0====<br />
<br />
RAID 0 requires at least one disk. In this array configuration stripes are written and read across however many disks are in the array. Typically this leads to an increase which is, assuming there are no subsystem bottlenecks, almost a 100% increase per disk in the array compared to a single disk. <br />
<br />
Unfortunately this array type is more susceptible to failure, as it provides no redundancy and a single disk failure will take down the array.<br />
<br />
Single disk RAID 0 arrays are sometimes used by server administrators to quickly get a box up and running before they add more disks later, and migrate the array to another striped array type, such as RAID 5.<br />
<br />
There is no capacity loss on this array type to parity, mirroring, or anything else. The storage capacity of RAID 0 can be expressed as size*n where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
====RAID 1====<br />
<br />
RAID 1 requires two disks. Effectively, this array configuration writes the same data to both disks concurrently, creating a mirror. This array configuration can sustain a single disk loss without data loss. Some controllers will also offer a read throughput increase on this array type.<br />
<br />
Some RAID 1 controllers actually implement striped mirror sets or mirrored stripe sets (RAID 01 or 10) in place of RAID 1. This affords the ability of the array to be expanded later, or even migrated to another array type. Usually this is transparent to the user, and the controller still refers to it as RAID 1.<br />
<br />
Obviously an array of this type has only 50% of the storage space of the combined physical disks. The storage capacity of RAID 1 can be expressed as size(n/2) where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
====RAID 5====<br />
<br />
RAID 5 arrays generally require a three disk minimum. RAID 5 uses striping with distributed parity to achieve redundancy and a throughput increase. On a three disk RAID 5 array, two disks will receive a stripe of data, and the other will receive a stripe of parity. Which disks receive what is rotated, so that the parity is distributed amongst the disks. RAID 5 can sustain the loss of a single disk without losing data. However, unlike RAID 1, RAID 5 has a greater storage capacity for any given number of disks. <br />
<br />
Sometimes RAID 5 arrays are created with two disks, and are effectively the same as a 3 disk RAID 5 array which has lost a single disk. In this state the array will be degraded in performance as all reads will require parity calculations, as well as having no redundancy. A RAID 5 array in this state will go down if a disk is lost. A third disk needs to be added, and the array rebuilt before performance and redundancy return to normal. Two disk RAID 5 arrays are very rarely created.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of RAID 5 can be expressed as size*(n-1) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is number of disks.<br />
<br />
====RAID 6====<br />
<br />
RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 with double the parity. That is, it uses striping with double distributed parity. Opposed to every two chunks from a stripe being used to calculate one chunk of parity, two chunks of parity are created, and then distributed as with RAID 5. This method effectively ''doubles'' the redundancy of the array: a RAID 6 array with a four-disk minimum will fail after two disks have been lost. Using a four disk RAID 6 array as an example, two disks will effectively be used for striping the actual data, the remaining two are used for storing the parity information. Using this configuration, any fears of a second disk failing or of a write error occurring whilst replacing a failed disk are mitigated. <br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 6 array can be expressed as size*(n-2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
====Nested RAID Levels====<br />
<br />
RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays can give particularly good value and performance in regards to the effective use of disks. However, as the number of disks in the array increases, the redundancy of a RAID 5 or RAID 6 array can decrease to and below that of a single disk. That is, regardless of how many disks are in the array, a RAID 5 array will go down once a second disk has failed, likewise, a RAID 6 array '''will''' go down once a third disk has failed. <br />
<br />
To overcome this as the size of the array increases, RAID 1 is an obvious choice, as it's redundancy scales with the size of the array, however, it doesn't come with the performance benefits you might expect from striped arrays such as RAID 5 and RAID 6. This is where we introduce a group of RAID levels known as "Nested". These RAID levels can have better scalability with regards to redundancy and occasionally performance. These RAID levels work by combing two or more RAID levels and applying it to the entire array.<br />
<br />
=====RAID 10=====<br />
<br />
RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, works by splitting the entire group of disks into two or more groups, striping over all the groups, and then creating a local mirror in each group. This is where the name becomes evident, as it combines RAID 1 with RAID 0. For example, if I had a four-disk RAID 10 array, you can imagine a single piece of data being split into two stripes, one stripe going to Group A, the other going to Group B. Group A then mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks, Group B mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks in a similar fashion. So we are effectively creating two RAID 1 arrays within a larger RAID 0 array.<br />
<br />
A four-disk RAID 10 array will sustain a '''maximum''' of two disk failures before the array goes down. That is, it's dependent on which two disks fail. Imagine, for example, that both disks in the Group A RAID 1 of the example above failed, then we have lost an entire group out of the higher RAID 0 array: the entire array will fail. However, if one disk from Group A failed, and one disk from Group B failed, the array will continue to function, as both of the RAID 1 arrays are still active. Note that if a third disk were to fail, the array will go down regardless of which RAID 1 batch it was in, as with a four-disk array it would indicate an entire RAID 1 array had been lost.<br />
<br />
Depending on the RAID controller, RAID 10 arrays are typically limited to four disks.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 10 array is expressed in the same fashion as a RAID 1 array: size*(n/2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
<br />
===How do I setup RAID on WindowsXP?===<br />
Why use RAID on XP?<br />
1) Performance - you can use RAID 0 to write the data much faster than a single drive.<br />
2) SATA controllers make it really easy<br />
<br />
A 2nd PC running with a floppy drive is best when doing this. <br />
Im going to assume you're using onboard RAID ('cause thats what most of us OCAU'ers would use)<br />
btw: you have 2 identical HDD's? <br />
<br />
1st, setup your BIOS to enable onboard RAID. Set the boot device to the RAID controller (sometimes this means set it to SCSI - check your manual for that one). <br />
In your manual there will most probably be two RAID chipsets. <br />
One is the oboard default SATA driver (ie. nVidia, VIA, etc). <br />
The second chipset will be the addon chipset (I.e. usually Promise RAID) <-- this is the one you want (if your mobo has one).<br />
As the processing will be done in this chip with no impact with other resources. <br />
<br />
Get your mobo CDROM and find the RAID directory. Theres usually a DIR in there called F6 or BOOTFLOPPY. <br />
Basically your looking for file/s that can be copied to a floppy disk that will enable windows to find your RAID HDD's. Copy these files to a floppy (theres NO other way to do this unfortunatley, floppy it is). <br />
<br />
Boot XP from the CDROM and when asked Press F6 to install additional RAID or SCSI controller. This will be about 30secs into the blue DOS screen. <br />
Put the floppy in and windows will find the correct driver. You then select the correct driver from a small list avalible. <br />
<br />
Format the drive and continue installing windows the usual way. <br />
Only at the end of the entire install process, will you know if the drivers you put on the floppy are the correct ones!!! <-- and that sucks. <br />
If not try again with a different F6 driver. <br />
<br />
Once windows boots for the first time install the RAID (32bit windows driver) BEFORE any other driver. This is NOT the driver on the F6 floppy.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/RAIDRAID2008-07-22T13:17:11Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''What is RAID?'''<br />
Redundant Array of Independant/Inexpensive Disks (RAID)<br />
<br />
However, thats a fairly old definition. Expensive disks are faster :) as we all know.<br />
<br />
RAID is a method of using multiple physical disks to create a logical disk or disks which may be faster and may be more impervious to failure (redundancy) than the physical disks individually. Typically speed increases are achieved through striping, while redundancy may be achieved in a number of ways typically being parity and mirroring.<br />
<br />
Common RAID configurations include:<br />
*RAID 0 -Striping<br />
*RAID 1 -Mirroring<br />
*RAID 5 -Striping with distributed parity<br />
*RAID 1+0 -Striped mirror set or mirrored stripe set<br />
<br />
'''Striping'''<br />
<br />
Striping is a method of reading and writing to/from RAID arrays which effectively chunks the data into 'stripes'. If an array has multiple disks the stripes can be written to or read from these disks simultaneously, offering a throughput increase. The amount of data that a stripe contains is generally referred to as a 'stripe size'. The stripe size is determined by the RAID controller (be it hardware or software) and is often user configurable. Configuration of the stripe size can lead to throughput performance increases or penalties depending upon the size of the data which will reside upon the array.<br />
<br />
While throughput may be increased, latency will never decrease. Latency cannot be combatted by adding more disks.<br />
<br />
'''Parity'''<br />
<br />
Array types that use parity offer very simple error detection and correction capabilities. This is done using the XOR logical operation. The data to be written undergoes a XOR operation which results in parity. Regardless of how many stripes of data undergo a XOR operation, the result is always the length of an individual stripe. The parity is then stored on the array, and can be used to recalculate missing data should there be a hardware failure.<br />
<br />
A very simple way to XOR multiple pieces of data together is to sum the columns of corresponding bits. If the column is even, then the result is a 0. If the column is odd, the result is a 1. If the column equals 0, treat it as even. While this works, it is not "what XOR is". Please read elsewhere for an article on XOR itself.<br />
<br />
Here is a simplified example of three bytes undergoing a XOR operation to produce a parity byte:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 2 11001101<br />
Byte 3 01001111<br />
---------------- <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
</pre><br />
If a disaster occurs and Byte 2 vanishes in a puff of smoke, we can XOR the remaining two bytes and parity byte together to arrive back at Byte 2's contents, shown as "Missing" below:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 3 01001111 <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
----------------<br />
Missing 11001101<br />
</pre><br />
If another byte vanishes, the single parity byte is useless and the data is gone.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 0'''<br />
<br />
RAID 0 requires at least one disk. In this array configuration stripes are written and read across however many disks are in the array. Typically this leads to an increase which is, assuming there are no subsystem bottlenecks, almost a 100% increase per disk in the array compared to a single disk. <br />
<br />
Unfortunately this array type is more susceptible to failure, as it provides no redundancy and a single disk failure will take down the array.<br />
<br />
Single disk RAID 0 arrays are sometimes used by server administrators to quickly get a box up and running before they add more disks later, and migrate the array to another striped array type, such as RAID 5.<br />
<br />
There is no capacity loss on this array type to parity, mirroring, or anything else. The storage capacity of RAID 0 can be expressed as size*n where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 1'''<br />
<br />
RAID 1 requires two disks. Effectively, this array configuration writes the same data to both disks concurrently, creating a mirror. This array configuration can sustain a single disk loss without data loss. Some controllers will also offer a read throughput increase on this array type.<br />
<br />
Some RAID 1 controllers actually implement striped mirror sets or mirrored stripe sets (RAID 01 or 10) in place of RAID 1. This affords the ability of the array to be expanded later, or even migrated to another array type. Usually this is transparent to the user, and the controller still refers to it as RAID 1.<br />
<br />
Obviously an array of this type has only 50% of the storage space of the combined physical disks. The storage capacity of RAID 1 can be expressed as size(n/2) where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 5'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 arrays generally require a three disk minimum. RAID 5 uses striping with distributed parity to achieve redundancy and a throughput increase. On a three disk RAID 5 array, two disks will receive a stripe of data, and the other will receive a stripe of parity. Which disks receive what is rotated, so that the parity is distributed amongst the disks. RAID 5 can sustain the loss of a single disk without losing data. However, unlike RAID 1, RAID 5 has a greater storage capacity for any given number of disks. <br />
<br />
Sometimes RAID 5 arrays are created with two disks, and are effectively the same as a 3 disk RAID 5 array which has lost a single disk. In this state the array will be degraded in performance as all reads will require parity calculations, as well as having no redundancy. A RAID 5 array in this state will go down if a disk is lost. A third disk needs to be added, and the array rebuilt before performance and redundancy return to normal. Two disk RAID 5 arrays are very rarely created.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of RAID 5 can be expressed as size*(n-1) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 6'''<br />
<br />
RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 with double the parity. That is, it uses striping with double distributed parity. Opposed to every two chunks from a stripe being used to calculate one chunk of parity, two chunks of parity are created, and then distributed as with RAID 5. This method effectively ''doubles'' the redundancy of the array: a RAID 6 array with a four-disk minimum will fail after two disks have been lost. Using a four disk RAID 6 array as an example, two disks will effectively be used for striping the actual data, the remaining two are used for storing the parity information. Using this configuration, any fears of a second disk failing or of a write error occurring whilst replacing a failed disk are mitigated. <br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 6 array can be expressed as size*(n-2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''Nested RAID Levels'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays can give particularly good value and performance in regards to the effective use of disks. However, as the number of disks in the array increases, the redundancy of a RAID 5 or RAID 6 array can decrease to and below that of a single disk. That is, regardless of how many disks are in the array, a RAID 5 array will go down once a second disk has failed, likewise, a RAID 6 array '''will''' go down once a third disk has failed. <br />
<br />
To overcome this as the size of the array increases, RAID 1 is an obvious choice, as it's redundancy scales with the size of the array, however, it doesn't come with the performance benefits you might expect from striped arrays such as RAID 5 and RAID 6. This is where we introduce a group of RAID levels known as "Nested". These RAID levels can have better scalability with regards to redundancy and occasionally performance. These RAID levels work by combing two or more RAID levels and applying it to the entire array.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 10'''<br />
<br />
RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, works by splitting the entire group of disks into two or more groups, striping over all the groups, and then creating a local mirror in each group. This is where the name becomes evident, as it combines RAID 1 with RAID 0. For example, if I had a four-disk RAID 10 array, you can imagine a single piece of data being split into two stripes, one stripe going to Group A, the other going to Group B. Group A then mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks, Group B mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks in a similar fashion. So we are effectively creating two RAID 1 arrays within a larger RAID 0 array.<br />
<br />
A four-disk RAID 10 array will sustain a '''maximum''' of two disk failures before the array goes down. That is, it's dependent on which two disks fail. Imagine, for example, that both disks in the Group A RAID 1 of the example above failed, then we have lost an entire group out of the higher RAID 0 array: the entire array will fail. However, if one disk from Group A failed, and one disk from Group B failed, the array will continue to function, as both of the RAID 1 arrays are still active. Note that if a third disk were to fail, the array will go down regardless of which RAID 1 batch it was in, as with a four-disk array it would indicate an entire RAID 1 array had been lost.<br />
<br />
Depending on the RAID controller, RAID 10 arrays are typically limited to four disks.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 10 array is expressed in the same fashion as a RAID 1 array: size*(n/2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''How do I setup RAID on WindowsXP?'''<br />
Why use RAID on XP?<br />
1) Performance - you can use RAID 0 to write the data much faster than a single drive.<br />
2) SATA controllers make it really easy<br />
<br />
A 2nd PC running with a floppy drive is best when doing this. <br />
Im going to assume you're using onboard RAID ('cause thats what most of us OCAU'ers would use)<br />
btw: you have 2 identical HDD's? <br />
<br />
1st, setup your BIOS to enable onboard RAID. Set the boot device to the RAID controller (sometimes this means set it to SCSI - check your manual for that one). <br />
In your manual there will most probably be two RAID chipsets. <br />
One is the oboard default SATA driver (ie. nVidia, VIA, etc). <br />
The second chipset will be the addon chipset (I.e. usually Promise RAID) <-- this is the one you want (if your mobo has one).<br />
As the processing will be done in this chip with no impact with other resources. <br />
<br />
Get your mobo CDROM and find the RAID directory. Theres usually a DIR in there called F6 or BOOTFLOPPY. <br />
Basically your looking for file/s that can be copied to a floppy disk that will enable windows to find your RAID HDD's. Copy these files to a floppy (theres NO other way to do this unfortunatley, floppy it is). <br />
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Boot XP from the CDROM and when asked Press F6 to install additional RAID or SCSI controller. This will be about 30secs into the blue DOS screen. <br />
Put the floppy in and windows will find the correct driver. You then select the correct driver from a small list avalible. <br />
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Format the drive and continue installing windows the usual way. <br />
Only at the end of the entire install process, will you know if the drivers you put on the floppy are the correct ones!!! <-- and that sucks. <br />
If not try again with a different F6 driver. <br />
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Once windows boots for the first time install the RAID (32bit windows driver) BEFORE any other driver. This is NOT the driver on the F6 floppy.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Roll_CallTeam Fortress 2/Roll Call2008-07-22T13:08:08Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* OCAU Team Fortress 2 Roll Call */</p>
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<div>Back to [[Team Fortress 2]]<br />
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== OCAU Team Fortress 2 Roll Call ==<br />
<br />
Everyone please register your interest in organised games on the form below! If you are unable to edit the form, contact one of the OCAU steam mods via steam chat, or post in the OCAU Team Fortress 2 Forums. <br />
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The link to OCAU-TF2 chat (paste in browser): steam://friends/joinchat/103582791429673770<br />
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'''IMPORTANT!''' Log into OCAU Steam chat half an hour prior to each organised match to sort out players and warm ups. Most games have been starting at 8pm AEST, so try to log into the chat for 7:30pm. As you can see we have many players interested in these matches, so organisation is the key. Do not log in at 8pm and expect to be on a team!<br />
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By the way, '''people who leave the games they have nominated for before they end''' (and do not find a replacement), will have a black mark on their name, and '''won't get preference to play the following week over others'''. This is due to some matches where we are constantly down a player or two.<br />
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{| align=center border="5" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" style="background:#f0f8ff;"<br />
! align=center width=120; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white" | '''OCAU Username'''<br />
! width=170; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white " | '''TF2 Username'''<br />
! width=220; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white " | '''Preferred Class - 1, 2, 3, 4'''<br />
! width=45; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white " | '''Stats'''<br />
! width=170; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white " | '''Highlander (WP) Mayhem 9v9 (Wednesday)'''<br />
! width=170; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white " | '''Raw (WP) 8v8(Friday)'''<br />
! width=170; height=30 style="background:#4682b4; color:white " | '''Smackdown (WP) 12v12(Saturday)'''<br />
|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=9031 Buckwah ]<br />
| [OCAU] Buck Steel<br />
| Soldier, Medic, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197976371444/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=73661 jevan]<br />
| [OCAU] Jev<br />
| Demoman, Sniper, Medic, Spy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197973246621 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=58385 Seeker ]<br />
| [OCAU] Seeker<br />
| Soldier, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ssseeker/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
! style="background:green; color:white"| yes ( 16/07 )<br />
! style="background:green; color:white"| yes ( 18/07 )<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=81350 hoonda75 ]<br />
| [OCAU] hoonda75<br />
| Shyte at all of them<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992725260/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
! style="background:green; color:white"| Yes<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=20380 Fettrix ]<br />
| [OCAU] Fett Pro Epic Fail<br />
| Engineer, Sniper, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/fettrix/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=85501 neowolf]<br />
| [OCAU] neowolf<br />
| Ever-changing SteamID<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/justinlb Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=28380 11101101]<br />
| [OC?U] 11101101<br />
| Medic, Scout, Soldier, Pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992850716/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=14142 gameboy]<br />
| [OCAU]gameboy<br />
| Spy, pyro, sniper and medic.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/bojan/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=73880 yucatan ]<br />
| [OCAU] nem<br />
| Delicious Milk Man<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/nem00/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=48805 Feza ]<br />
| [OCAU] Feza<br />
| Heavy!!!!!<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968382557/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|- <br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=34086 lulow] <br />
| Bob<br />
| Pyro, Engineer, Demoman<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/lecherous/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=40559 `X' ]<br />
| [OCAU]`X<br />
| Heavy, Engy, Medic, Spy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/bigmal/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=22926 Raptor_Eye]<br />
| [OCAU] Raptor_Eye<br />
| Heavy,Medic,Pyro,Soldier,Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960568892 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=52086 glasnt]<br />
| [OC?U] glasnt<br />
| Look I'm higher in the list! <br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/glasnt/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=88342 Rahk]<br />
| [OCAU] Rahk<br />
| Sniper, Soldier, Demoman, Scout<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/rahk Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=49055 s4mmy]<br />
| [OC?U]MooMan<br />
| Soldier, Demoman, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/mooman/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=59456 darkanjel]<br />
| [ÖC'ÄÜ]dk<br />
| Spy, soldier, demo, medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989743792 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=45980 porridge ]<br />
| [OC?U] porridge<br />
| I Play any Class<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/porridge/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=78200 antari ]<br />
| [OC?U] Teleporter Entrance<br />
| Demo, Solly, Sniper, Spy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197996236979/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=6310 E2EKI3L ]<br />
| [OC?U] free hat<br />
| Soldier, Medic, Engy, all<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/freehat/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=97084 Claire Bennet ]<br />
| [OCAU] Claire Bennet<br />
| Pyro, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/clairebennet/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=76359 slov]<br />
| [OC?U] SLoV!!!<br />
| Soldier, Engineer, Medic , any<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197966536647/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=8041 Sir Ghallahad]<br />
| Ghallahad<br />
| Soldier, Demo, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ghallahad/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=86362 Gavsta ]<br />
| [OCAU] Gavsta<br />
| Heavy, Scout, Medic, Pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995223269/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=73887 Evangel ]<br />
| [OCAU] Evangel<br />
| Scout, Medic, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/evangel/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=94427 Noizeee ]<br />
| [OCAU] Noize.<br />
| Spy, Solly, Medic, Engi, Scout, HW<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/noizeee/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=36456 evlcookie]<br />
| [OC?U] evlcookie <br />
| Soldier and anything else /shrug.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/evlcookie/stats/tf2/ Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=83789 Jaker ]<br />
| [OCAU] Jaker<br />
| IMMA SCATMAN<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/jaker/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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! style="background:green; color:white"| FFS TOUCH ME<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=54941 angelessme ]<br />
| [OC?U] angelessme<br />
| Medic, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/angelessme/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=25955 Gigs ]<br />
| [OCAU] Gigs<br />
| Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ocau_gigs/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=79523 Jonsta]<br />
| J***<br />
| All classes<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/jxxx/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=93660 Angel Havoc]<br />
| [OC?U] Angel Havoc<br />
| Sniper, Pyro, Soldier and Demospam <br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989743792 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=6314 PsychoSmiley ]<br />
| [OCAU] PsychoSmiley<br />
| Sniper, Soldier, Medic, Pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968292873/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=644 Herbo ]<br />
| [OCAU] -eQ- Herbo<br />
| Heavy, all bar sniper & spy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992599836/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=45143 Spoon69 ]<br />
| [OCAU] -eQ- Custard-Undies<br />
| Medic, Demo, Soldier, Engineer<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972662878/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=5446 Doc]<br />
| [OCAU] Doc<br />
| Engie 33%, Medic 33%, Soli 33%.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197961244886/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=14527 Chimp ]<br />
| [OCAU] Chimp<br />
| BANANANANANANAs<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960277997/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=19072 rodgrech]<br />
| [OCAU] rodgrech<br />
| Heavy, Engineer, Pyro, Med<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970186156/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=65047 simwah]<br />
| [OCAU] Sim<br />
| Anything<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/simwah Link ]<br />
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|- <br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=2296 talking_goat ]<br />
| [OCAU] eazycompany<br />
| Engie, Medic and Soli.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963760224/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=28140 bucsta]<br />
| [OCAU] bucsta<br />
| Pyro, Spy, Soldier, Engineer<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970768773/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=32955 eixt]<br />
| [OCAU] xternal<br />
| Demoman, Engineer, Medic, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197975390115 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=93796 Nonfatsumo]<br />
| [OC?U] Nonfatsumo<br />
| Soldier or Medic <br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993893770 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=45470 Tornhelm ]<br />
| [OCAU] KwanzaBot<br />
| Whatever is needed<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197982516073/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=52116 NRGU ]<br />
| [OCAU] Shublar<br />
| studyinglots(sorta)<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/nrgu/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=80232 CordlezToaster]<br />
| [OCAU] CordlezToaster<br />
| All<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/CordlezToaster/ Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=86444 Spikeness]<br />
| [OCAU] Spikeness<br />
| A Bit of Everything.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197974795245/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=1754 Onyx]<br />
| [OCAU] Onyx<br />
| Medic, Pyromanic, Demolitions.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995286329/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=21773 Nobby ]<br />
| [OCAU] Nobby!<br />
| Medic, Soldier, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963163105/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=65193 Infusionv2]<br />
| InfusionV2<br />
| Medic, Scout, Soldier, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/infusionv2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=71761 Jarnzie ]<br />
| [OCAU] Jarnz<br />
| Medic, Engineer, Demoman, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/jarnz/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=3274 othy ]<br />
| othy<br />
| Sniper, Medic, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/othy/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=13838 DaveQB ]<br />
| [OCAU] DaveQB<br />
| all, any<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/daveqb/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [[BurningFeetMan]]<br />
| [OCAU] BurningFeetMan<br />
| I play everything.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/burningfeetman/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=31371 Narcoticx2 ]<br />
| [OCAU] Narcoticx2<br />
| Everything 'cept Scout.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969102424/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=39717 Duo ]<br />
| [OCAU] Duo<br />
| Scout, Soldier, Spy, Engi<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993671945/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=15241 Skit ]<br />
| [OCAU] skitau<br />
| Demoman, Medic, Engineer<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/skitau/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=18082 Scorpion121 ]<br />
| [OCAU]Skorpion<br />
| Soldier, Spy, Medic, Demo<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/scorp121/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=66771 t3zza ]<br />
| You Sunk my Battleship<br />
| Soldier, Heavy, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ysmb/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=52908 Statts ]<br />
| [OCAU] Statts<br />
| Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970686209/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=39743 Ze. ]<br />
| [OCAU] Ze<br />
| Pyro, Scout, Demoman, Whatever<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963323998/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=27241 Assasinator_2 ]<br />
| [LLJK] Fat Man<br />
| Demoman, Soldier, Pyro, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/NamTaf/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=29263 w@sted ]<br />
| [OCAU] w@sted<br />
| All <br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960275219/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=58085 csimpson ]<br />
| [OCAU] Cam<br />
| Engineer, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970524834/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=18678 Xenomorph ]<br />
| [OCAU] Xenomorph [Lab]<br />
| All except Spy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964136887/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=1318 mrayner ]<br />
| [OCAU]Rayna<br />
| Soldier, Demoman, Medic, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968656117/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=29912 Thhhza ]<br />
| [OCAU] Thhhza<br />
| All except Heavy & Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964339931/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=54284 Sobbsy ]<br />
| [OCAU] Sobbsy<br />
| Soldier, Scout, Medic, Sniper<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=54284 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=88033 Benzini ]<br />
| [OCAU] Benzini<br />
| Engineer, Soldier, Medic, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971659540/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=74033 insidious ]<br />
| [OCAU] Vinh aka insidious<br />
| Heavy, Spy, Soldier, Medic.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/insidious_node/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=5499 Oblong Cheese ]<br />
| [OCAU] Oblong Cheese<br />
| Soldier, Engineer, Medic, Scout.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/oblongcheese/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=36264 predder ]<br />
| [OCAU] predder<br />
| Soldier, Medic, Engineer, Pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/predder/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=37487 Bosk]<br />
| [OCAU] Bosk<br />
| I suck with all of them<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993765389/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=37586 Esoteric]<br />
| [OCAU] Plonker<br />
| Soldier, Scout, Engineer, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/chess1/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=66712 Szemen]<br />
| Szemen<br />
| Medic, Engineer, Scout<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=66712 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=10820 breech]<br />
| [OCAU] breech<br />
| Medic, Engineer, Pyro, Heavy, Scout.<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=10820 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=14927 bioxeed]<br />
| LAG*sonic.Gorilla<br />
| Medic, Soldier, Heavy, Engi<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/bioxeed Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=47157 nickowns]<br />
| -te- nicky<br />
| All<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/nicky/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=71145 Lasmi]<br />
| [OCAU] Red]<br />
| Engineer, Demo, Medic, Scout/Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992685593/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=25003 mosaic]<br />
| mosaic<br />
| All expect Scout, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963519402/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=84546 Dom. ]<br />
| [OC?U] DOMinator<br />
| Medic, Spy and scout<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/domwat/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=50962 bustin ]<br />
| [OC?U] Bustin<br />
| Soldier,Medic,Engie,Heavy.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/76561197994608614/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=48805 pheonix83 ]<br />
| [OC?U] Pheonix<br />
| Soldier,sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968382557/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=53546 uncle laz]<br />
| laz<br />
| Soldier, Sniper, Scout, Demo<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960793009/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=4640 Greenman]<br />
| Greenman<br />
| Eng, Medic, Pyro, Soldier<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=4640 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=85268 Lardman]<br />
| [OCAU] Lardman<br />
| Don't care. PS: I'm on fiya.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197976523351/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=85268 Retwah10]<br />
| [OCAU] Retribution<br />
| Whatever needed<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197976523351/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=92857 adema]<br />
| [OC?U] adema<br />
| Demoman, scout, pyro, medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/adema/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=93157 Cookie]<br />
| [OC?U] Cookie<br />
| Any<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/bugger_m8/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=86500 Ken_ZomgWtfBbq]<br />
| Ken_ZomgWtfBbq [OCAU]<br />
| Sniper, Engineer, Demo<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ken_zomgwtfbbq/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=12309 recoil]<br />
| [OC?U] Archeus / Recoil<br />
| Pyro, Engie, Spy, Soldier <br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989743792 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=54692 Plasmodic]<br />
| [OC?U] Plasmodic<br />
| Engineer, Demoman, Heavy, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995373494 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=26229 Dragonflame]<br />
| [OC?U] Dragonflame<br />
| Heavy, Medic, Sniper, Scout<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197984903935 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=93949 TehSmartyMan]<br />
| [OC?U] TehSmartyMan<br />
| Medic, Spy, Pyro, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993735513 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/search.php?searchid=6716092 martron]<br />
| martron<br />
| Any and All!<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971860244 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=7188 TenSE]<br />
| [OCAU] TenSE<br />
| Soldier, Scout, Sniper<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?find=lastposter&t=7188 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=1152 Rt!]<br />
| Rt!.p<br />
| Sniper, Soldier, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/rheetard Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=94025 Soulsword98]<br />
| [OC?U] Fake<br />
| Spy, Engineer, Demo, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/nataddicott Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=39708 Clippit]<br />
| Operation J.A.M.J.A.R.S.<br />
| Barrage Craft<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197967650646 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=31837 vchoy]<br />
| [OCAU] fyusy<br />
| Heavy, engineer, pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197963426399/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=26453 spinach ]<br />
| spinach_au<br />
| Heavy, Medic, Demo<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993031465/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=18831 Truffles ]<br />
| Twisted<br />
| Engineer, Heavy, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993242150/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=4436 fletch]<br />
| [OC?U] Ghostcloud<br />
| Demo, Soldier, Medic, Scout<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992744812 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=21675 &#91;HOD&#93;Recoil ]<br />
| [OC?U] Rec0il<br />
| soldier, engi, medic & pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965771475/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=85267 ker]<br />
| ker<br />
| Medic, Engineer, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/kerkerr Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=24845 Rezin]<br />
| [OCAU] Rezin<br />
| Demo, Soldier, Heavy, Scout<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/RezinAU/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=59245 Matttai]<br />
| [OCAU] Matttai<br />
| Engineer, Pyro, Scout, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998123200/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=95927 Mordillio]<br />
| [OCAU] Mord<br />
| Engineer, Pyro, heavy, Soldier, Demo<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197980217390/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=95308 4wardtristan]<br />
| Viol3ntRikken<br />
| Soldier, Medic, Demo, Scout, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964318216/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=59245 tehoriginal]<br />
| [OCAU] Dr.Death<br />
| Engy, Demo, Heavy, Sniper, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197976911781 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=88985 Nateb ]<br />
| [OCAU] Hyperterminal<br />
| Medic, Heavy, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968856347/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=93245 Oblique ]<br />
| [OCAU] Oblique<br />
| Scout, Soldier, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/oblique/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=26583 Skitz0 ]<br />
| [OCAU] Skitz0r<br />
| Engineer, Fatty<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197961233536/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=92909 Bioman_-]<br />
| [OC?U] Bioman<br />
| Sniper, Demo, Medic, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197977853574/home Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=80587 Spanish_Onion]<br />
| [OCAU] Spanish Onion!<br />
| Any but Spy, Demoman, Soldier.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994215113/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=83334 master.Cuong]<br />
| [OCAU] master.Cuong<br />
| Sniper, Heavy, Engineer, Soldier.<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998633220/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=92698 tofuartist]<br />
| ` sam.e.bear ^<br />
| Soldier, Spy, Scout, Sniper [4xS]<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/rapeartyst/stats/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=89953 platinumweaponx]<br />
| reevolution<br />
| Medic, Engineer, Heavy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994806874/TF2 Link ]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=63520 #47]<br />
| [OCAU] Rubix³<br />
| Medic, Soldier, Demoman, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197962664529/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=1096 PostModern]<br />
| [OCAU] Socket 7<br />
| Engy, Soldier, Pyro<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971051172/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=78896 Leaf_Killer]<br />
| [OCAU]Leaf_Killer<br />
| Everything except spy<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995760568 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=718 Suntzu]<br />
| [OCAU]Suntzu<br />
| Everything as im a noob at TF2<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/TBA Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=15283 deadeye263]<br />
| deadeye263<br />
| Demo, Soldier, Pyro, Engy, Sniper<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/deadeye263/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=97282 D500]<br />
| [OCAU] D500<br />
| Sniper & Scout<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992767786/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=76455 johnamadeus]<br />
| [OCAU] Al<br />
| Pyro, Demo, Scout, Soldier, Learning all classes though<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994707695/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=95334 Raolin]<br />
| [OC&Lambda;U] Raolin<br />
| Pyro, Medic, Engineer<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998592789/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=83962 Cronium]<br />
| [OC&Lambda;U] Industrious Thoughts<br />
| Medic, Pyro, Soldier<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/id/cronium/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=34517 redw0lf]<br />
| [OC&Lambda;U] Phaded<br />
| Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, Medic<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960281234/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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|-<br />
| [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]<br />
| [OC&Lambda;U]brodsta<br />
| Soldier, Scout, Engineer<br />
| [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994034152/stats/TF2 Link]<br />
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<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
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Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
The process for partitioning your system during installation will vary between distributions. The example distribution Ubuntu includes a simple partitioning tool in all of the installation media, it will allow you to create the standard maximum of 4 primary partitions and then logical partitions within, with support for creating most of the popular file-systems, NTFS excluded (desirable?).<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
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apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
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Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of commands as another user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
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sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
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Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox with superuser privileges. Immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:58:28Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
The process for partitioning your system during installation will vary between distributions. The example distribution Ubuntu includes a simple partitioning tool in all of the installation media, it will allow you to create the standard maximum of 4 primary partitions and then logical partitions within, with support for creating most of the popular file-systems, NTFS excluded (desirable?).<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of commands as another user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox with superuser privileges. Immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:57:49Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
The process for partitioning your system during installation will vary between distributions. The example distribution Ubuntu includes a simple partitioning tool in all of the installation media, it will allow you to create the standard maximum of 4 primary partitions and then logical partitions within, with support for creating most of the popular file-systems, NTFS excluded (desirable?).<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of commands as another user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox with superuser privileges. Immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:47:10Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing software */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of commands as another user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox with superuser privileges. Immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:46:57Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing software */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of commands as another user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox with superuser privileges, immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:46:29Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing software */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of commands as another user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox as root, immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:45:37Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing software */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the Mozilla Firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install the package "mozilla-firefox", however, installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use one of either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of command as one user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox as root, immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:44:35Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing software */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the mozilla-firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager (continuing with the Ubuntu theme):<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of command as one user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox as root, immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:44:14Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing software */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
Installing software using a CLI is usually not as bad or painful as people new to linux imagine. For example, to install the mozilla-firefox web-brower using the Debian APT package manager:<br />
<br />
apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Installing packages requires administrator privileges, so, generally, unless you're logged in as root (which is '''not''' advised), you will need to use either the ''sudo'' or ''su'' commands. Su temporarily allows the current user assume the shell and thus privileges of another user, wheras sudo allows you to issue one command or series of command as one user, once the command has completed, you're back to your original shell, seemingly having never left. Until someone familiar with su adds something, we'll continue the article using sudo:<br />
<br />
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox<br />
<br />
Will attempt to install mozilla-firefox as root, immediately after issuing this command, you will be asked for the superuser password. Given the correct password, it will download and install the package and any ''dependencies'' as root, and all will be well.<br />
<br />
Dependencies are basically packages or files which another package requires in order to run correctly. For example, the package firefox-greasemonkey, which installs the popular greasemonkey plugin for firefox, requires that several of the core firefox packages be installed first. You cannot add plugins to a browser that is not yet installed after all.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:22:49Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (No responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc.).<br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
{work in progress, I'm going to bed}</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:22:09Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Installing Linux */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (no responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc)<p><br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<p><br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<p><br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<p><br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<p><br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
{work in progress, I'm going to bed}</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:21:13Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Why are there so many different distributions? */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (no responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc)<p><br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<p><br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<p><br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<p><br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<p><br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<p><br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<p><br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with a GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
{work in progress, I'm going to bed}</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:20:47Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Why are there so many different distributions? */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (no responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc)<p><br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<p><br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<p><br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<p><br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<p><br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<p><br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<p><br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for ''server'' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with an GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
{work in progress, I'm going to bed}</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:20:33Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Why are there so many different distributions? */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (no responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc)<p><br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<p><br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<p><br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<p><br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<p><br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<p><br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<p><br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed). This is before even discussing the plethora of different options there are for '''server''' environments.<br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with an GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
{work in progress, I'm going to bed}</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Linux_Newbie_GuideLinux Newbie Guide2008-07-22T12:18:23Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Live CD */</p>
<hr />
<div>So, you've heard about this operating system called [[Linux]], and are curious to try it out on your PC? This guide intends to demonstrate some of the basics, such as the layout of the Linux filesystem, how to install applications (through a package manager), and of course, how to get Linux running on your PC. (no responsibility is taken for any data loss, etc)<p><br />
<br />
===Installing Linux===<br />
<br />
Firstly, there are a number of options for installing it on your PC.<p><br />
<br />
====Standard Install====<br />
<br />
This is the standard installation method, which will install Linux on its own partitions on the hard drive. This can be done by itself (being the only OS on the computer), or as a dual-boot with another OS. If dualbooting with Windows, make sure to install Windows BEFORE installing Linux. Installing Windows after installing Linux will mean that the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Linux one (I think)...basically, you won't be able to boot Linux.<br />
<br />
====Live CD====<br />
<br />
This is not really an installation method as such, but is very useful for trying Linux. What a LiveCD does, is that when you boot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive (and the BIOS set to boot off the optical drive), you will load a complete Linux desktop off the CD (loading it into RAM). You can try out an installation with this, and I find it particularly useful to use as a rescue disc in case you can't boot your standard OS. It is also a reasonably effective method of testing whether your hardware will be supported by default.<br />
<br />
Many modern distros (Ubuntu is a prime example) will combine the Live CD and an install CD, essentially meaning that you can boot into the OS off the CD, and then install it to the hard drive through the CD. Some operating systems could also be installed from a USB pendrive in this way.<p><br />
<br />
====Wubi====<br />
<br />
Wubi is a relatively new installation method which is designed for Ubuntu only (sorry for the Ubuntu references, but it's what I'm used to), where Linux will be installed (or uninstalled) though Windows as a Windows application, with the option to boot Ubuntu Linux placed in the Windows boot menu. Wubi does not repartition your hard drive.<br />
<br />
====Virtualisation====<br />
<br />
If anyone's used VMware or similar virtualisation programs, they'll know what I'm talking about. It's useful if you need to run Linux at the same time as Windows (or OSX). An example would be if you're designing a webpage and want to see how it looks on a Linux machine compared to a Windows machine.<br />
<br />
===Partitioning Linux and the Linux filesystem===<br />
<br />
"Where's the C: drive?" is a cry of Linux newbies everywhere. The Linux (well, the UNIX filesystem) is arranged completely different to Windows. Rather than having a separate 'drive' for each physical drive, the whole filesystem is arranged in a tree. The main (I guess the closest thing to C:) part of this filesystem is the root directory. This is called /, and all other directories will fall under this. Extra physical drives will be mounted (made so Linux can access them) through other directories (like /media/cdrom or /movies).<p><br />
<br />
These directories have their own functions, as do the "Program Files" and "Documents and Settings" directories on a Windows machine. Some of these directories work in a similar way to Windows directories:<p><br />
<br />
/home/username - This is the Linux equivalent of the C:\Documents and Settings\Username directory. In a standard install it is the only directory that non-root (Administrator) users have write access to.<br><br />
/usr and /opt - These are roughly the equivalent of the Program Files directory, and will contain installed applications.<p><br />
<br />
Now, back to partitioning. On a single-drive, Linux-only machine, you can have a minimum of two partitions. The first partition will be the root directory (/), which will take up nearly all of the hard drive space. The second partition will be the swap directory (equivalent of pagefile.sys), which will not be visible to users. Typically the swap directory is to be twice the size of the amount of RAM in the machine, but I've usually made mine about 512MB-1GB, with no hit to performance.<p><br />
<br />
Many systems will wish to put some directories as a separate partition (even on a separate physical drive), so you might allocate a certain amount of space for the root directory, and another partition for the /home directory.<p><br />
<br />
===Why are there so many different distributions?===<br />
<br />
The reason for the large variety of distributions is that Linux is all about choice and customisation. No two PCs are the same, and no two users are the same. The major differences between distributions are the package management systems (how to install programs), the standard desktop used (the two largest are GNOME and KDE), and the extra applications used. Some people will prefer the KDE desktop with Debian's APT package manager, others will prefer GNOME using Redhat/Fedora's RPM package management system. Some will desire only the applications they use everyday to be installed by default, others will want everything and the kitchen sink installed. Some will want flashy desktops with 3D effects on the windows, some will want a minimal desktop designed to run on low-end hardware, and some will require no graphical desktop at all (perhaps with server applications installed).<p><br />
<br />
One of the most popular distributions currently out there is the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The standard distribution is based on APT with an GNOME desktop (although derivatives of Ubuntu come with other desktops).<br />
<br />
A time-line of Linux distributions can be found [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/LinuxDistroTimeline.png here] showing the main forks and where the various distributions are built from.<br />
<br />
===Installing software===<br />
<br />
This is distribution dependent, and relies quite heavily on which package management system is used.<br />
<br />
Software is usually installed from online software repositories. Software can be installed by using the command line interface (CLI) or by using a graphical user interface (GUI). Differences in the CLI syntax varies by distribution, as does the GUI software. Popular GUI software includes Synaptic for systems based on Debian that use the apt method.<br />
<br />
{work in progress, I'm going to bed}</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-07-19T13:15:30Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''67''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
'''* #01 - brodiepearce'''<br />
'''* #02 - Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #54 - Flux<br />
* #55 - Mooncat<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #57 - alex1marsh2<br />
* #58 - XStatic64<br />
* #59 - ApathyGates<br />
* #60 - bart5986<br />
* #61 - jamiemao<br />
* #62 - Badooleoo<br />
* #63 - Mr.Sinister<br />
* #64 - thewingbot<br />
* #65 - Coldplayer<br />
* #66 - fried<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #100 - migoreng<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #308 - WCE07<br />
* #666 - bliaker<br />
* #667 - Sydneyboi<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #1991 - afrokiller<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #6996 - CPU<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
* #838383 - evilgnome<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-05-29T02:58:07Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''67''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
'''* #01 - brodiepearce'''<br />
'''* #02 - Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #54 - Flux<br />
* #55 - Mooncat<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #57 - alex1marsh2<br />
* #58 - XStatic64<br />
* #59 - ApathyGates<br />
* #60 - bart5986<br />
* #61 - jamiemao<br />
* #62 - Badooleoo<br />
* #63 - Mr.Sinister<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #100 - migoreng<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #666 - bliaker<br />
* #667 - Sydneyboi<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #1991 - afrokiller<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #6996 - CPU<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/RAIDRAID2008-04-29T12:08:55Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
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<div>'''What is RAID?'''<br />
Redundant Array of Independant/Inexpensive Disks (RAID)<br />
<br />
However, thats a fairly old definition. Expensive disks are faster :) as we all know.<br />
<br />
RAID is a method of using multiple physical disks to create a logical disk or disks which may be faster and may be more impervious to failure (redundancy) than the physical disks individually. Typically speed increases are achieved through striping, while redundancy may be achieved in a number of ways typically being parity and mirroring.<br />
<br />
Common RAID configurations include:<br />
*RAID 0 -Striping<br />
*RAID 1 -Mirroring<br />
*RAID 5 -Striping with distributed parity<br />
*RAID 1+0 -Striped mirror set or mirrored stripe set<br />
<br />
'''Striping'''<br />
<br />
Striping is a method of reading and writing to/from RAID arrays which effectively chunks the data into 'stripes'. If an array has multiple disks the stripes can be written to or read from these disks simultaneously, offering a throughput increase. The amount of data that a stripe contains is generally referred to as a 'stripe size'. The stripe size is determined by the RAID controller (be it hardware or software) and is often user configurable. Configuration of the stripe size can lead to throughput performance increases or penalties depending upon the size of the data which will reside upon the array.<br />
<br />
While throughput may be increased, latency will never decrease. Latency cannot be combatted by adding more disks.<br />
<br />
'''Parity'''<br />
<br />
Array types that use parity offer very simple error detection and correction capabilities. This is done using the XOR logical operation. The data to be written undergoes a XOR operation which results in parity. Regardless of how many stripes of data undergo a XOR operation, the result is always the length of an individual stripe. The parity is then stored on the array, and can be used to recalculate missing data should there be a hardware failure.<br />
<br />
A very simple way to XOR multiple pieces of data together is to sum the columns of corresponding bits. If the column is even, then the result is a 0. If the column is odd, the result is a 1. If the column equals 0, treat it as even. While this works, it is not "what XOR is". Please read elsewhere for an article on XOR itself.<br />
<br />
Here is a simplified example of three bytes undergoing a XOR operation to produce a parity byte:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 2 11001101<br />
Byte 3 01001111<br />
---------------- <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
</pre><br />
If a disaster occurs and Byte 2 vanishes in a puff of smoke, we can XOR the remaining two bytes and parity byte together to arrive back at Byte 2's contents, shown as "Missing" below:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 3 01001111 <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
----------------<br />
Missing 11001101<br />
</pre><br />
If another byte vanishes, the single parity byte is useless and the data is gone.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 0'''<br />
<br />
RAID 0 requires at least one disk. In this array configuration stripes are written and read across however many disks are in the array. Typically this leads to an increase which is, assuming there are no subsystem bottlenecks, almost a 100% increase per disk in the array compared to a single disk. <br />
<br />
Unfortunately this array type is more susceptible to failure, as it provides no redundancy and a single disk failure will take down the array.<br />
<br />
Single disk RAID 0 arrays are sometimes used by server administrators to quickly get a box up and running before they add more disks later, and migrate the array to another striped array type, such as RAID 5.<br />
<br />
There is no capacity loss on this array type to parity, mirroring, or anything else. The storage capacity of RAID 0 can be expressed as size*n where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 1'''<br />
<br />
RAID 1 requires two disks. Effectively, this array configuration writes the same data to both disks concurrently, creating a mirror. This array configuration can sustain a single disk loss without data loss. Some controllers will also offer a read throughput increase on this array type.<br />
<br />
Some RAID 1 controllers actually implement striped mirror sets or mirrored stripe sets (RAID 01 or 10) in place of RAID 1. This affords the ability of the array to be expanded later, or even migrated to another array type. Usually this is transparent to the user, and the controller still refers to it as RAID 1.<br />
<br />
Obviously an array of this type has only 50% of the storage space of the combined physical disks. The storage capacity of RAID 1 can be expressed as size(n/2) where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 5'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 arrays generally require a three disk minimum. RAID 5 uses striping with distributed parity to achieve redundancy and a throughput increase. On a three disk RAID 5 array, two disks will receive a stripe of data, and the other will receive a stripe of parity. Which disks receive what is rotated, so that the parity is distributed amongst the disks. RAID 5 can sustain the loss of a single disk without losing data. However, unlike RAID 1, RAID 5 has a greater storage capacity for any given number of disks. <br />
<br />
Sometimes RAID 5 arrays are created with two disks, and are effectively the same as a 3 disk RAID 5 array which has lost a single disk. In this state the array will be degraded in performance as all reads will require parity calculations, as well as having no redundancy. A RAID 5 array in this state will go down if a disk is lost. A third disk needs to be added, and the array rebuilt before performance and redundancy return to normal. Two disk RAID 5 arrays are very rarely created.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of RAID 5 can be expressed as size*(n-1) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 6'''<br />
<br />
RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 with double the parity. That is, it uses striping with double distributed parity. Opposed to every two chunks from a stripe being used to calculate one chunk of parity, two chunks of parity are created, and then distributed as with RAID 5. This method effectively ''doubles'' the redundancy of the array: a RAID 6 array with a four-disk minimum will fail after two disks have been lost. Using a four disk RAID 6 array as an example, two disks will effectively be used for striping the actual data, the remaining two are used for storing the parity information. Using this configuration, any fears of a second disk failing or of a write error occurring whilst replacing a failed disk are mitigated. <br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 6 array can be expressed as size*(n-2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''Nested RAID Levels'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays can give particularly good value and performance in regards to the effective use of disks. However, as the number of disks in the array increases, the redundancy of a RAID 5 or RAID 6 array can decrease to and below that of a single disk. That is, regardless of how many disks are in the array, a RAID 5 array will go down once a second disk has failed, likewise, a RAID 6 array '''will''' go down once a third disk has failed. <br />
<br />
To overcome this as the size of the array increases, RAID 1 is an obvious choice, as it's redundancy scales with the size of the array, however, it doesn't come with the performance benefits you might expect from striped arrays such as RAID 5 and RAID 6. This is where we introduce a group of RAID levels known as "Nested". These RAID levels can have better scalability with regards to redundancy and occasionally performance. These RAID levels work by combing two or more RAID levels and applying it to the entire array.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 10'''<br />
<br />
RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, works by splitting the entire group of disks into two or more groups, striping over all the groups, and then creating a local mirror in each group. This is where the name becomes evident, as it combines RAID 1 with RAID 0. For example, if I had a four-disk RAID 10 array, you can imagine a single piece of data being split into two stripes, one stripe going to Group A, the other going to Group B. Group A then mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks, Group B mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks in a similar fashion. So we are effectively creating two RAID 1 arrays within a larger RAID 0 arrays.<br />
<br />
A four-disk RAID 10 array will sustain a '''maximum''' of two disk failures before the array goes down. That is, it's dependent on which two disks fail. Imagine, for example, that both disks in the Group A RAID 1 of the example above failed, then we have lost an entire group out of the higher RAID 0 array: the entire array will fail. However, if one disk from Group A failed, and one disk from Group B failed, the array will continue to function, as both of the RAID 1 groups are still active. Note that if a third disk were to fail, the array will go down regardless of which RAID 1 batch it was in, as with a four-disk array, it would indicate an entire RAID 1 array had been lost.<br />
<br />
Depending on the RAID controller, RAID 10 arrays are typically limited to four disks.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 10 array is expressed in the same fashion as a RAID 1 array: size*(n/2) where size if the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''How do I setup RAID on WindowsXP?'''<br />
Why use RAID on XP?<br />
1) performance - you can use RAID 0 to write the data much faster than a single drive.<br />
2) SATA controllers make it realy easy<br />
<br />
A 2nd PC running with a floppy drive is best when doing this. <br />
Im gona assume your using onboard RAID (cause thats what most of us OCAU'ers would use)<br />
btw: you have 2 identical HDD's? <br />
<br />
1st setup your BIOS to enable onboard RAID. Set the boot device to the RAID controller (sometimes this means set it to SCSI - check your manual for that one). <br />
In your manual there will most prob be 2 RAID chipsets. <br />
1 is the oboard default SATA driver (ie. nVidia, VIA, etc). <br />
2nd will be the addon chipset (ie. usually Promise RAID) <-- this is the one you want (if your mobo has one).<br />
As the processing will be done in this chip with no impact with other resources. <br />
<br />
Get your mobo CDROM and find the RAID directory. Theres usually a DIR in there called F6 or BOOTFLOPPY. <br />
Basically your looking for file/s that can be copied to a floppy disk that will enable windows to find your RAID HDD's. Copy these files to a floppy (theres NO other way to do this unfortunatley, floppy it is). <br />
<br />
Boot XP from the CDROM and when asked Press F6 to install additional RAID or SCSI controller. This will be about 30secs into the blue DOS screen. <br />
Put the floppy in and windows will find the correct driver. You then select the correct driver from a small list avalible. <br />
<br />
Format the drive and continue installing windows the usual way. <br />
Only at the end of the entire install process, will you know if the drivers you put on the floppy are the correct ones!!! <-- and that sucks. <br />
If not try again with a different F6 driver. <br />
<br />
Once windows boots for the first time install the RAID (32bit windows driver) BEFORE any other driver. This is NOT the driver on the F6 floppy.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/RAIDRAID2008-04-29T12:01:24Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''What is RAID?'''<br />
Redundant Array of Independant/Inexpensive Disks (RAID)<br />
<br />
However, thats a fairly old definition. Expensive disks are faster :) as we all know.<br />
<br />
RAID is a method of using multiple physical disks to create a logical disk or disks which may be faster and may be more impervious to failure (redundancy) than the physical disks individually. Typically speed increases are achieved through striping, while redundancy may be achieved in a number of ways typically being parity and mirroring.<br />
<br />
Common RAID configurations include:<br />
*RAID 0 -Striping<br />
*RAID 1 -Mirroring<br />
*RAID 5 -Striping with distributed parity<br />
*RAID 1+0 -Striped mirror set or mirrored stripe set<br />
<br />
'''Striping'''<br />
<br />
Striping is a method of reading and writing to/from RAID arrays which effectively chunks the data into 'stripes'. If an array has multiple disks the stripes can be written to or read from these disks simultaneously, offering a throughput increase. The amount of data that a stripe contains is generally referred to as a 'stripe size'. The stripe size is determined by the RAID controller (be it hardware or software) and is often user configurable. Configuration of the stripe size can lead to throughput performance increases or penalties depending upon the size of the data which will reside upon the array.<br />
<br />
While throughput may be increased, latency will never decrease. Latency cannot be combatted by adding more disks.<br />
<br />
'''Parity'''<br />
<br />
Array types that use parity offer very simple error detection and correction capabilities. This is done using the XOR logical operation. The data to be written undergoes a XOR operation which results in parity. Regardless of how many stripes of data undergo a XOR operation, the result is always the length of an individual stripe. The parity is then stored on the array, and can be used to recalculate missing data should there be a hardware failure.<br />
<br />
A very simple way to XOR multiple pieces of data together is to sum the columns of corresponding bits. If the column is even, then the result is a 0. If the column is odd, the result is a 1. If the column equals 0, treat it as even. While this works, it is not "what XOR is". Please read elsewhere for an article on XOR itself.<br />
<br />
Here is a simplified example of three bytes undergoing a XOR operation to produce a parity byte:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 2 11001101<br />
Byte 3 01001111<br />
---------------- <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
</pre><br />
If a disaster occurs and Byte 2 vanishes in a puff of smoke, we can XOR the remaining two bytes and parity byte together to arrive back at Byte 2's contents, shown as "Missing" below:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 3 01001111 <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
----------------<br />
Missing 11001101<br />
</pre><br />
If another byte vanishes, the single parity byte is useless and the data is gone.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 0'''<br />
<br />
RAID 0 requires at least one disk. In this array configuration stripes are written and read across however many disks are in the array. Typically this leads to an increase which is, assuming there are no subsystem bottlenecks, almost a 100% increase per disk in the array compared to a single disk. <br />
<br />
Unfortunately this array type is more susceptible to failure, as it provides no redundancy and a single disk failure will take down the array.<br />
<br />
Single disk RAID 0 arrays are sometimes used by server administrators to quickly get a box up and running before they add more disks later, and migrate the array to another striped array type, such as RAID 5.<br />
<br />
There is no capacity loss on this array type to parity, mirroring, or anything else. The storage capacity of RAID 0 can be expressed as size*n where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 1'''<br />
<br />
RAID 1 requires two disks. Effectively, this array configuration writes the same data to both disks concurrently, creating a mirror. This array configuration can sustain a single disk loss without data loss. Some controllers will also offer a read throughput increase on this array type.<br />
<br />
Some RAID 1 controllers actually implement striped mirror sets or mirrored stripe sets (RAID 01 or 10) in place of RAID 1. This affords the ability of the array to be expanded later, or even migrated to another array type. Usually this is transparent to the user, and the controller still refers to it as RAID 1.<br />
<br />
Obviously an array of this type has only 50% of the storage space of the combined physical disks. The storage capacity of RAID 1 can be expressed as size(n/2) where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 5'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 arrays generally require a three disk minimum. RAID 5 uses striping with distributed parity to achieve redundancy and a throughput increase. On a three disk RAID 5 array, two disks will receive a stripe of data, and the other will receive a stripe of parity. Which disks receive what is rotated, so that the parity is distributed amongst the disks. RAID 5 can sustain the loss of a single disk without losing data. However, unlike RAID 1, RAID 5 has a greater storage capacity for any given number of disks. <br />
<br />
Sometimes RAID 5 arrays are created with two disks, and are effectively the same as a 3 disk RAID 5 array which has lost a single disk. In this state the array will be degraded in performance as all reads will require parity calculations, as well as having no redundancy. A RAID 5 array in this state will go down if a disk is lost. A third disk needs to be added, and the array rebuilt before performance and redundancy return to normal. Two disk RAID 5 arrays are very rarely created.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of RAID 5 can be expressed as size(n-1) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 6'''<br />
<br />
RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 with double the parity. That is, it uses striping with double distributed parity. Opposed to every two chunks from a stripe being used to calculate one chunk of parity, two chunks of parity are created, and then distributed as with RAID 5. This method effectively ''doubles'' the redundancy of the array: a RAID 6 array with a four-disk minimum will fail after two disks have been lost. Using a four disk RAID 6 array as an example, two disks will effectively be used for striping the actual data, the remaining two are used for storing the parity information. Using this configuration, any fears of a second disk failing or of a write error occurring whilst replacing a failed disk are mitigated. <br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 6 array can be expressed as size(n-2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''Nested RAID Levels'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays can give particularly good value and performance in regards to the effective use of disks. However, as the number of disks in the array increases, the redundancy of a RAID 5 or RAID 6 array can decrease to and below that of a single disk. That is, regardless of how many disks are in the array, a RAID 5 array will go down once a second disk has failed, likewise, a RAID 6 array '''will''' go down once a third disk has failed. <br />
<br />
To overcome this as the size of the array increases, RAID 1 is an obvious choice, as it's redundancy scales with the size of the array, however, it doesn't come with the performance benefits you might expect from striped arrays such as RAID 5 and RAID 6. This is where we introduce a group of RAID levels known as "Nested". These RAID levels can have better scalability with regards to redundancy and occasionally performance. These RAID levels work by combing two or more RAID levels and applying it to the entire array.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 10'''<br />
<br />
RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, works by splitting the entire group of disks into two or more groups, striping over all the groups, and then creating a local mirror in each group. This is where the name becomes evident, as it combines RAID 1 with RAID 0. For example, if I had a four-disk RAID 10 array, you can imagine a single piece of data being split into two stripes, one stripe going to Group A, the other going to Group B. Group A then mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks, Group B mirrors it's stripe across it's two disks in a similar fashion. So we are effectively creating two RAID 1 arrays within a larger RAID 0 arrays.<br />
<br />
A four-disk RAID 10 array will sustain a '''maximum''' of two disk failures before the array goes down. That is, it's dependent on which two disks fail. Imagine, for example, that both disks in the Group A RAID 1 of the example above failed, then we have lost an entire group out of the higher RAID 0 array: the entire array will fail. However, if one disk from Group A failed, and one disk from Group B failed, the array will continue to function, as both of the RAID 1 groups are still active. Note that if a third disk were to fail, the array will go down regardless of which RAID 1 batch it was in, as with a four-disk array, it would indicate an entire RAID 1 array had been lost.<br />
<br />
Depending on the RAID controller, RAID 10 arrays are typically limited to four disks.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 10 array is expressed in the same fashion as a RAID 1 array: size(n/2) where size if the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''How do I setup RAID on WindowsXP?'''<br />
Why use RAID on XP?<br />
1) performance - you can use RAID 0 to write the data much faster than a single drive.<br />
2) SATA controllers make it realy easy<br />
<br />
A 2nd PC running with a floppy drive is best when doing this. <br />
Im gona assume your using onboard RAID (cause thats what most of us OCAU'ers would use)<br />
btw: you have 2 identical HDD's? <br />
<br />
1st setup your BIOS to enable onboard RAID. Set the boot device to the RAID controller (sometimes this means set it to SCSI - check your manual for that one). <br />
In your manual there will most prob be 2 RAID chipsets. <br />
1 is the oboard default SATA driver (ie. nVidia, VIA, etc). <br />
2nd will be the addon chipset (ie. usually Promise RAID) <-- this is the one you want (if your mobo has one).<br />
As the processing will be done in this chip with no impact with other resources. <br />
<br />
Get your mobo CDROM and find the RAID directory. Theres usually a DIR in there called F6 or BOOTFLOPPY. <br />
Basically your looking for file/s that can be copied to a floppy disk that will enable windows to find your RAID HDD's. Copy these files to a floppy (theres NO other way to do this unfortunatley, floppy it is). <br />
<br />
Boot XP from the CDROM and when asked Press F6 to install additional RAID or SCSI controller. This will be about 30secs into the blue DOS screen. <br />
Put the floppy in and windows will find the correct driver. You then select the correct driver from a small list avalible. <br />
<br />
Format the drive and continue installing windows the usual way. <br />
Only at the end of the entire install process, will you know if the drivers you put on the floppy are the correct ones!!! <-- and that sucks. <br />
If not try again with a different F6 driver. <br />
<br />
Once windows boots for the first time install the RAID (32bit windows driver) BEFORE any other driver. This is NOT the driver on the F6 floppy.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/RAIDRAID2008-04-29T11:45:39Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''What is RAID?'''<br />
Redundant Array of Independant/Inexpensive Disks (RAID)<br />
<br />
However, thats a fairly old definition. Expensive disks are faster :) as we all know.<br />
<br />
RAID is a method of using multiple physical disks to create a logical disk or disks which may be faster and may be more impervious to failure (redundancy) than the physical disks individually. Typically speed increases are achieved through striping, while redundancy may be achieved in a number of ways typically being parity and mirroring.<br />
<br />
Common RAID configurations include:<br />
*RAID 0 -Striping<br />
*RAID 1 -Mirroring<br />
*RAID 5 -Striping with distributed parity<br />
*RAID 1+0 -Striped mirror set or mirrored stripe set<br />
<br />
'''Striping'''<br />
<br />
Striping is a method of reading and writing to/from RAID arrays which effectively chunks the data into 'stripes'. If an array has multiple disks the stripes can be written to or read from these disks simultaneously, offering a throughput increase. The amount of data that a stripe contains is generally referred to as a 'stripe size'. The stripe size is determined by the RAID controller (be it hardware or software) and is often user configurable. Configuration of the stripe size can lead to throughput performance increases or penalties depending upon the size of the data which will reside upon the array.<br />
<br />
While throughput may be increased, latency will never decrease. Latency cannot be combatted by adding more disks.<br />
<br />
'''Parity'''<br />
<br />
Array types that use parity offer very simple error detection and correction capabilities. This is done using the XOR logical operation. The data to be written undergoes a XOR operation which results in parity. Regardless of how many stripes of data undergo a XOR operation, the result is always the length of an individual stripe. The parity is then stored on the array, and can be used to recalculate missing data should there be a hardware failure.<br />
<br />
A very simple way to XOR multiple pieces of data together is to sum the columns of corresponding bits. If the column is even, then the result is a 0. If the column is odd, the result is a 1. If the column equals 0, treat it as even. While this works, it is not "what XOR is". Please read elsewhere for an article on XOR itself.<br />
<br />
Here is a simplified example of three bytes undergoing a XOR operation to produce a parity byte:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 2 11001101<br />
Byte 3 01001111<br />
---------------- <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
</pre><br />
If a disaster occurs and Byte 2 vanishes in a puff of smoke, we can XOR the remaining two bytes and parity byte together to arrive back at Byte 2's contents, shown as "Missing" below:<br />
<pre><br />
Byte 1 11101011<br />
Byte 3 01001111 <br />
Parity 01101001<br />
----------------<br />
Missing 11001101<br />
</pre><br />
If another byte vanishes, the single parity byte is useless and the data is gone.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 0'''<br />
<br />
RAID 0 requires at least one disk. In this array configuration stripes are written and read across however many disks are in the array. Typically this leads to an increase which is, assuming there are no subsystem bottlenecks, almost a 100% increase per disk in the array compared to a single disk. <br />
<br />
Unfortunately this array type is more susceptible to failure, as it provides no redundancy and a single disk failure will take down the array.<br />
<br />
Single disk RAID 0 arrays are sometimes used by server administrators to quickly get a box up and running before they add more disks later, and migrate the array to another striped array type, such as RAID 5.<br />
<br />
There is no capacity loss on this array type to parity, mirroring, or anything else. The storage capacity of RAID 0 can be expressed as size*n where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 1'''<br />
<br />
RAID 1 requires two disks. Effectively, this array configuration writes the same data to both disks concurrently, creating a mirror. This array configuration can sustain a single disk loss without data loss. Some controllers will also offer a read throughput increase on this array type.<br />
<br />
Some RAID 1 controllers actually implement striped mirror sets or mirrored stripe sets (RAID 01 or 10) in place of RAID 1. This affords the ability of the array to be expanded later, or even migrated to another array type. Usually this is transparent to the user, and the controller still refers to it as RAID 1.<br />
<br />
Obviously an array of this type has only 50% of the storage space of the combined physical disks. The storage capacity of RAID 1 can be expressed as size(n/2) where n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 5'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 arrays generally require a three disk minimum. RAID 5 uses striping with distributed parity to achieve redundancy and a throughput increase. On a three disk RAID 5 array, two disks will receive a stripe of data, and the other will receive a stripe of parity. Which disks receive what is rotated, so that the parity is distributed amongst the disks. RAID 5 can sustain the loss of a single disk without losing data. However, unlike RAID 1, RAID 5 has a greater storage capacity for any given number of disks. <br />
<br />
Sometimes RAID 5 arrays are created with two disks, and are effectively the same as a 3 disk RAID 5 array which has lost a single disk. In this state the array will be degraded in performance as all reads will require parity calculations, as well as having no redundancy. A RAID 5 array in this state will go down if a disk is lost. A third disk needs to be added, and the array rebuilt before performance and redundancy return to normal. Two disk RAID 5 arrays are very rarely created.<br />
<br />
The storage capacity of RAID 5 can be expressed as size(n-1) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 6'''<br />
<br />
RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 with double the parity. That is, it uses striping with double distributed parity. Opposed to every two chunks from a stripe being used to calculate one chunk of parity, two chunks of parity are created, and then distributed as with RAID 5. This method effectively ''doubles'' the redundancy of the array: a RAID 6 array with a four-disk minimum will fail after two disks have been lost. Using a four disk RAID 6 array as an example, two disks will effectively be used for striping the actual data, the remaining two are used for storing the parity information. Using this configuration, any fears of a second disk failing or of a write error occurring whilst replacing a failed disk are mitigated. <br />
<br />
The storage capacity of a RAID 6 array can be expressed as size(n-2) where size is the size of the smallest disk and n is the number of disks.<br />
<br />
'''Nested RAID Levels'''<br />
<br />
RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays can give particularly good value and performance in regards to the effective use of disks. However, as the number of disks in the array increases, the redundancy of a RAID 5 or RAID 6 array can decrease to and below that of a single disk. That is, regardless of how many disks are in the array, a RAID 5 array will go down once a second disk has failed, likewise, a RAID 6 array '''will''' go down once a third disk has failed. <br />
<br />
To overcome this as the size of the array increases, RAID 1 is an obvious choice, as it's redundancy scales with the size of the array, however, it doesn't come with the performance benefits you might expect from striped arrays such as RAID 5 and RAID 6. This is where we introduce a group of RAID levels known as "Nested". These RAID levels typically have better scalability with regards to redundancy and occasionally performance.<br />
<br />
'''RAID 10'''<br />
<br />
RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, works by splitting the entire group of disks into two or more groups, applying a local mirror within each group, and then striping over all the groups to produce an array.<br />
<br />
These RAID levels work by combing two or more RAID levels and applying it to the entire array.<br />
<br />
'''How do I setup RAID on WindowsXP?'''<br />
Why use RAID on XP?<br />
1) performance - you can use RAID 0 to write the data much faster than a single drive.<br />
2) SATA controllers make it realy easy<br />
<br />
A 2nd PC running with a floppy drive is best when doing this. <br />
Im gona assume your using onboard RAID (cause thats what most of us OCAU'ers would use)<br />
btw: you have 2 identical HDD's? <br />
<br />
1st setup your BIOS to enable onboard RAID. Set the boot device to the RAID controller (sometimes this means set it to SCSI - check your manual for that one). <br />
In your manual there will most prob be 2 RAID chipsets. <br />
1 is the oboard default SATA driver (ie. nVidia, VIA, etc). <br />
2nd will be the addon chipset (ie. usually Promise RAID) <-- this is the one you want (if your mobo has one).<br />
As the processing will be done in this chip with no impact with other resources. <br />
<br />
Get your mobo CDROM and find the RAID directory. Theres usually a DIR in there called F6 or BOOTFLOPPY. <br />
Basically your looking for file/s that can be copied to a floppy disk that will enable windows to find your RAID HDD's. Copy these files to a floppy (theres NO other way to do this unfortunatley, floppy it is). <br />
<br />
Boot XP from the CDROM and when asked Press F6 to install additional RAID or SCSI controller. This will be about 30secs into the blue DOS screen. <br />
Put the floppy in and windows will find the correct driver. You then select the correct driver from a small list avalible. <br />
<br />
Format the drive and continue installing windows the usual way. <br />
Only at the end of the entire install process, will you know if the drivers you put on the floppy are the correct ones!!! <-- and that sucks. <br />
If not try again with a different F6 driver. <br />
<br />
Once windows boots for the first time install the RAID (32bit windows driver) BEFORE any other driver. This is NOT the driver on the F6 floppy.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-04-14T13:01:23Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''67''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
'''* #01 - brodiepearce'''<br />
'''* #02 - Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #54 - Flux<br />
* #55 - Mooncat<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #57 - alex1marsh2<br />
* #58 - XStatic64<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #100 - migoreng<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #666 - bliaker<br />
* #667 - Sydneyboi<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #1991 - afrokiller<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #6996 - CPU<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-04-14T13:00:22Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''67''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
'''* #01 - brodiepearce'''<br />
'''* #02 - Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #54 - Flux<br />
* #<54> - Mooncat<br />
* #55 - alex1marsh2<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #57 - XStatic64<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #100 - migoreng<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #666 - bliaker<br />
* #667 - Sydneyboi<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #1991 - afrokiller<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #6996 - CPU<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Nlite_TutorialsNlite Tutorials2008-04-11T12:16:30Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Terminology */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Nlite_logo.png|right|thumb|150px|Nlite]]<br />
<br />
[http://www.nliteos.com/ Homepage for Nlite]<br />
<br />
[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=300319 OCAU Forum Nlite Forum Thread]<br />
<br />
Last updated by [[BurningFeetMan]] 11/04/2008<br />
<br />
==Why Nlite?==<br />
<br />
CAUSE IT'S DA WAYZ OF TEH FEWCHER, SUCKA LOL<br />
<br />
==Getting Started==<br />
<br />
Ok, here's a list of applications and items that we need to get the show on the road.<br />
<br />
*We require the original Windows XP Pro Install disc. The service pack of the disc isn't important.<br />
*Go [http://www.nliteos.com/download.html here] and download the latest version of Nlite.<br />
*Go [http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=pt%7Cen&u=http://virtualltek.mgbr.net/inicial.php%3Fpage%3Ddown08 here] and download the latest version of Addon Maker. Original Portuguese site found [http://virtualltek.mgbr.net/inicial.php?page=down08 here].<br />
* We need [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx Microsoft Virtual PC], or [http://www.virtualbox.org/ Virtual Box]<br />
* We also need [http://www.alcohol-soft.com/ Alcohol 120%], or [http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/Alcohol_52__Free_Edition Alcohol 52%], or [http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/announcements.php Daemon Tools]<br />
*Blank CDs & DVDs<br />
<br />
==Integrating Service Packs==<br />
Before we continue through this tutorial, I can only assume that you've read the [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Nlite_Tutorials#Getting_Started Getting Started] chapter and have all the tools ready, working and installed as per the guide.<br />
<br />
*Service Pack 2 for Windows XP can be downloaded [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en here].<br />
<br />
*Service Pack 3 Release Candidate for Windows XP can be downloaded [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&displaylang=en here]<br />
<br />
==Available Addon Software==<br />
<br />
Here is a good start to getting a real taste of exactly what nlite can do for you. <br />
<br />
[http://www.winaddons.com/nlite-addons Here] is a list of already made and managed Nlite Addons hosted at http://www.winaddons.com.<br />
<br />
So what exactly is in this list? As you can see at a glance, it's sorted alphabetically. Have a quick scroll down and see if you can find any of your favourite applications. Basically, it's a list of freeware & shareware software that you can slipstream to your Windows install disc. For example, on this list is the well known PDF reader package by Adobe, [http://www.winaddons.com/adobe-reader-812/ Adobe Reader]. By default, Windows XP can't open up PDF files. So to get around this we can download the CAB file located at Win Addons for Adobe Reader and slipstream it to our Windows install disc. Now, when you format your computer, and use this updated Windows install disc to re-install Windows, Adobe reader will also install too! All automatically and silently. You don't have to click any buttons, or sort through any install files. It's all done, and you'll never have to re-download adobe PDF reader ever again!<br />
<br />
==Winamp==<br />
Before we continue through this tutorial, I can only assume that you've read the [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Nlite_Tutorials#Getting_Started Getting Started] chapter and have all the tools ready, working and installed as per the guide.<br />
<br />
OK, so you've gone through the [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Nlite_Tutorials#Available_Addon_Software Available Addon Software] list, and noticed that winamp isn't on that list. want to add the latest Winamp version to your Windows XP Sp3 Cd. Well, we'll start at the Nulsoft website http://www.winamp.com/. Here you can navigate to the "Free Download" button, then download the "Full" version, which is currently 5.53 as I type.<br />
<br />
<br />
==File Types==<br />
<br />
Here are various types of file types that you may need to know about for your Nlite project.<br />
<br />
*.EXE<br />
<br />
*.BAT<br />
<br />
*.CMD<br />
<br />
*.MSI<br />
<br />
*.CAB<br />
<br />
*.7z<br />
<br />
==Terminology==<br />
<br />
*Slipstream<br />
<br />
*Integrate</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Buying_condomsBuying condoms2008-02-02T07:56:11Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
<hr />
<div>= First, a Little Introduction =<br />
<br />
Ok... the first question I expect from you the reader is "Why are you doing this ?" Simply put, it's funny or more precisely, I think I can make it funny. So don't take anything here seriously, just sit back and enjoy it.<br />
<br />
Also, I decided to do this instead of housework... who me ? procrastinate ?<br />
<br />
OK - just one serious note: Condoms Are Good. They prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and other Bad Things (assuming that you use them properly of course). Be safe and all that.<br />
<br />
Now everyone knows that the proper word for condoms are prophylactics, but we call them condoms. Know why ? Because "prophylactic" sounds pretty wimpy. CON-DOM sounds a lot better, like a truck tire... CON-DOM (paraphrased from someone's stand-up comedy act).<br />
<br />
= Who this is aimed at =<br />
<br />
This is aimed at any pimply faced teenager that has ever had the chance of actually having sex (with a real person that is) slip away because they could not face actually buying those condoms. The kind of person who turns red with embarrassment at the mere mention of the word. Also, anyone who has wondered exactly how the best way to buy that embarrassing little package is (course, you're not going to get it here, as I'm just talking out of my ass anyway.<br />
<br />
= Buying Condoms =<br />
<br />
*Know where you are going to get them. I think the best place to go is a supermarket or any drug store-like place. If you have friends that work there. Maybe consider traveling to another store, or perhaps another suburb. If the drug store is located within a shopping center, make sure there is parking close by, and if possible, pick one with an outside entrance.<br />
<br />
*Dress appropriatly. The name of the game here is not making an impression. You want to be indistinct and unnoticable, but not noticeable in your un-noticeability. Don't go in with a trench coat and fake mustache, but on the flip side you don't want to go in speedos ! Dress appropriately for the weather too, you'll see later on a jacket may be necessary. The jacket can be a simple leather or bomber - nothing too big or small. Maybe consider putting off any sex until winter.<br />
<br />
*Pick up something else. This is very important. This is not to try to hide your purchase of pecker wrappers from the check-out person, but from other customers. Nothing too big, nothing too small. Try a bottle of shampoo or a magazine (not a porno though !). Kleenex aren't a good idea either.<br />
<br />
*Know the target's location in the store. Once you enter the store, walk casually around until you find where the condoms are. These days that section is generally called "Health" When you pass it, don't attract attention to the fact you are passing it ! Many people think that you should make some sort of gesture to indicate that you are repulsed by what you see. Not so ! These actions just draw more attention to you ! Keep your head forward, and quickly scan the display. You have to pick out the package you want quickly, and that means now. The last thing you want is to be seen sitting there like a dork staring at the condom display. Since you are obviously embarrassed by looking at it, you will have your hands in your pockets. And how do you think it looks to see someone staring at a condom display with his hands down his pants ?<br />
<br />
*Make the pick-up. You know where the condom rack is, but don't want to make it obvious that you are heading there. Just "head down that isle." Stop at the display, pick up a package, and continue on. Don't spend too much (if any) time comparing prices or brands, that just gives people more of a chance to laugh at you. Once you have the package in your hot and sweaty little hands, put it unobtrusively behind the other item you have picked up earlier. Don't hide it per-se, but just happen to walk with the condoms behind the other item. <br />
<br />
*Go to the check-out. Just in case you were feeling lucky, there's sure to be a huge line up at the check-out counter. Stand tall, head up, but don't look at anyone in the eye. Try your best to control your sweating palms (another reason for the jacket). The best position is probably with your hands clasped in front of you. Standing like this you present the appearance of a presentable person, and the condom package is hidden between your body and your other package.<br />
<br />
*Pay. Make sure you have enough money beforehand. The last thing you want to do is to have to say to the check-out person, "could you hold these for me while I go to the bank ATM ?". Now although you may think that the check-out person will cause trouble, generally they don't. Unless you make it. Don't quibble about the price, or try to use a maxed out credit card. Just hand him/her your packages, and when they tell you how much you owe, give them the money or card. No trying to be helpful and giving extra change, and don't sit there pulling change out of your pockets. Just hand a note over that is big enough to cover the price, and take your change (forgetting your change will cause them to call you back, and everyone will laugh at the guy who bought the condoms who forgot his change). <br />
<br />
*Take the package. 99.9% of the time when you get your purchases from the check-out person it will be bagged. If for some reason it isn't, don't complain, remember, subtlety is what we're going for. Walk away at a normal pace. If you got the condoms in a bag, make sure the label is not pressing against the thin plastic. There is nothing like walking through the mall with "Saturn" tattooed to your plastic bag. The bag can be hidden in your jacket too. If there was no bag, zip up the bottom of your jacket, and then place the purchases in there carefully. Having a box of condoms fall out in front of that pretty girl from school that you meet outside the mall who recognises you is Not Good. <br />
<br />
*Escape. Like you were being chased by an angry group of fathers who were not only bikers, but had also caught you in their daughter's bedroom (which could be what you are hoping for, seeing as you are buying condoms). When you are out of the building, jog at a good pace to your car. Don't look back.<br />
<br />
= But What if I can't find them ? =<br />
<br />
This can be a dilemna. In small stores, important items (to us anyway) can be hidden away, or maybe even not sold at all. In big stores, you can only go through a certain amount of floor space before your courage runs out. More often than not, though, they are in such a location in the store that simply makes them hard to find.<br />
<br />
Now the big decision is "do I ask ?" Do you have the balls (intended irony) to go up to the counter and ask: "Excuse me, where are the condoms ?" I mean, you know that everyone in the store is going to hear, and then stare at you until you leave. And what about the person you ask ? Can you ask some old lady that looks like your granny ? Basically you are saying to them:<br />
<br />
"I am going to have sex with someone. Please tell me where the latex devices that keep my sperm in check are."<br />
<br />
The ones among us who don't care would simply walk up to the little old lady, lean on the counter, look her right in the eye and say "I'm gonna get me some tonight - where's the condoms at ?" (yea, right!)<br />
<br />
I guess the only way to do it is just walk up to the counter (they are normally hidden away a little, and there are generally more old people hanging around there. Wait until the pharmacist comes over, and ask. Don't scream from across the room, wait until they come to you.<br />
<br />
= INTERNET =<br />
<br />
Cmon, you all know we live in an internet age.<br />
<br />
BUY BULK!<br />
<br />
http://www.condomcountry.com.au/<br />
<br />
Serious.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Humour]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-01-17T00:57:10Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''67''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
'''* #01 - brodiepearce'''<br />
'''* #02 - Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-01-17T00:56:46Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''67''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
* #01 - brodiepearce<br />
* #02 - Statts<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-01-17T00:55:14Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''61''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
Code:<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
* #01 - brodiepearce<br />
* #02 - Statts<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise<br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2008-01-17T00:54:43Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''61''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
* #01 - '''brodiepearce'''<br />
* #02 - '''Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise <br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #49 - Kitler<br />
* #50 - Richie13<br />
* #51 - Back Door Shen.<br />
* #52 - glimmerman<br />
* #53 - raGneG <br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #137 - Goth<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]<br />
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[[Category:Clubs]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Ban_listBan list2007-11-22T14:21:51Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Failboat */</p>
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<div>'''This page contains a list of [http://overclockers.com.au/wiki/Prominent prominent] users of OCAU banned and a brief reason why.'''<br />
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Username: BenZor<br />
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Forum Most Active In: Apple Hardware & Software<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=26947 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason: He was banned for trade scamming (people paid, did not receive items)<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7400047&postcount=78 Link to Reason]<br />
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Username: Juf<br />
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Forum Most Active In: Newbie Lounge<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=82481 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Wiki Profile: [http://overclockers.com.au/wiki/Juf Wiki Profile]<br />
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Reason: Bern made a rule that Juf is not to post any questions outside of [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7101368 The Official OCAU juf Question Thread - MKIIa] which Juf failed to follow.<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7101368&postcount=8 Bern makes the rule]<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=546945 Jufs question outside the The Official OCAU juf Question Thread - MKIIa]<br />
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Username: l00b3r<br />
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Forum Most Active In: Photography<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=18022 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason: Initially banned for inappropriate behavior, given a second chance via deal with admin Ma Baker but again stuffed up. <br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7188326&postcount=10 Link to Reason]<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7188092&postcount=8 l00b3rs outcome was voted on]<br />
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Username: SexyLegs<br />
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Forum Most Active In: The Pub<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=69382 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason:<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=5948185&postcount=50 Multiple Warnings]<br />
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==Failboat==<br />
"[http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2758/wherethisthreadgoingzq3.jpg I like where this user is going]"<br />
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Username: Mitch01 <br />
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Forum Most Active In: Every OCAU thread that ever was, and presumably ever will be. <br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=5151 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason: Do a user search for Mitchh01, read the first reply and you will find enlightenment.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Ban_listBan list2007-11-22T14:18:07Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
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<div>'''This page contains a list of [http://overclockers.com.au/wiki/Prominent prominent] users of OCAU banned and a brief reason why.'''<br />
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Username: BenZor<br />
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Forum Most Active In: Apple Hardware & Software<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=26947 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason: He was banned for trade scamming (people paid, did not receive items)<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7400047&postcount=78 Link to Reason]<br />
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Username: Juf<br />
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Forum Most Active In: Newbie Lounge<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=82481 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Wiki Profile: [http://overclockers.com.au/wiki/Juf Wiki Profile]<br />
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Reason: Bern made a rule that Juf is not to post any questions outside of [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7101368 The Official OCAU juf Question Thread - MKIIa] which Juf failed to follow.<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7101368&postcount=8 Bern makes the rule]<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=546945 Jufs question outside the The Official OCAU juf Question Thread - MKIIa]<br />
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Username: l00b3r<br />
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Forum Most Active In: Photography<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=18022 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason: Initially banned for inappropriate behavior, given a second chance via deal with admin Ma Baker but again stuffed up. <br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7188326&postcount=10 Link to Reason]<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=7188092&postcount=8 l00b3rs outcome was voted on]<br />
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Username: SexyLegs<br />
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Forum Most Active In: The Pub<br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=69382 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason:<br />
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[http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=5948185&postcount=50 Multiple Warnings]<br />
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"[http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8500/wherethisthreadgoingdf4.jpg I like where this user is going]"<br />
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Username: Mitch01 <br />
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Forum Most Active In: Every OCAU thread that ever was, and presumably ever will be. <br />
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Profile: [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=5151 OCAU Profile]<br />
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Reason: Do a user search for Mitchh01, read the first reply and you will find enlightenment.</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2007-10-15T13:10:20Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
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The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
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==Introduction==<br />
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'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
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There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
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==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
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==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
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For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
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For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
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(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
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==Members==<br />
There are now '''61''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
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* #00 - magicsun<br />
* #01 - '''brodiepearce'''<br />
* #02 - '''Statts'''<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise <br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
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==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2007-10-15T13:09:54Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Sig Tag */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
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The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
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==Introduction==<br />
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'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
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<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
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For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
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(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!''' Alternatively, copies of the sig in proper forums formatting are available via the club thread link above.<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''61''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
* #01 - brodiepearce<br />
* #02 - Statts<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise <br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
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==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2007-10-15T13:08:39Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Sig Tag */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
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The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
Joining the club is easy, just make a post in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 Club Thread] registering your interest, and any particular member number you might like (otherwise you'll be given one in the order you joined).<br />
<br />
==Sig Tag==<br />
To flaunt your exclusive membership to other OCAU forum-goers, you can add the following line of code to your sig (you might have to make room for it, maximum of 5 lines remember!):<br />
<br />
For the default forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
For sabretooth's forum theme use:<br />
<br>[URL=http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=561056][SIZE=1][B][COLOR=Red]Mi[/COLOR] [COLOR=Orange]Gor[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]eng[/COLOR]<br />
<br>[COLOR=Orange] Noo[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]dle[/COLOR][COLOR=Orange] Cl[/COLOR][COLOR=Red]ub[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=White] member #<insert member number>[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]<br />
<br><br />
<br />
(In case you didn't notice, the only difference between the two is a change in the text colour of "Member #'x'" to better suit each theme for readability). '''Don't forget to replace "<insert member number>" with your member number, and to remove the gap between the two lines (otherwise they will appear as two different lines in the forums)!'''<br />
<br />
==Members==<br />
There are now '''61''' forum members spreading the good snack:<br />
<br />
* #00 - magicsun<br />
* #01 - brodiepearce<br />
* #02 - Statts<br />
* #03 - OhFoRkMe<br />
* #04 - EvilGnomes<br />
* #05 - Narcoticx2<br />
* #06 - necrotic<br />
* #07 - johnamadeus<br />
* #08 - insidious<br />
* #09 - Ambush<br />
* #10 - DraGoN-BoY<br />
* #11 - Active Snail<br />
* #12 - poppinfresh<br />
* #13 - ma77]<br />
* #14 - RakOon<br />
* #15 - T1tan<br />
* #16 - CaptnMooCow<br />
* #17 - bolex17<br />
* #18 - SSJX<br />
* #19 - jas0nt<br />
* #20 - cpl_punish<br />
* #21 - Jm3<br />
* #22 - BurningFeetMan<br />
* #23 - GreyWolfe01<br />
* #24 - skuld<br />
* #25 - tellytubby<br />
* #26 - dawesius<br />
* #27 - Xanex<br />
* #28 - Lardman<br />
* #29 - Mr_LeE<br />
* #30 - karnage112<br />
* #31 - Mshake<br />
* #32 - WestCoast<br />
* #33 - TX3<br />
* #34 - kuruptz<br />
* #35 - flatlinerz<br />
* #36 - jay.tee<br />
* #37 - rozzo1<br />
* #38 - cpt_munch<br />
* #39 - !ceman™<br />
* #40 - Sachimo2000<br />
* #41 - fedex<br />
* #42 - Majikthise <br />
* #43 - konholyoh<br />
* #44 - Elmf<br />
* #45 - K3nii<br />
* #46 - M_D_S<br />
* #47 - benroachie<br />
* #48 - Seinster<br />
* #56 - jinxhavoc<br />
* #69 - Jaymo<br />
* #85 - fo3<br />
* #86 - fad<br />
* #130 - iAl3xi<br />
* #131 - jruisan<br />
* #777 - Appius1<br />
* #888 - Barca888<br />
* #1337 - N1zmo<br />
* #1979 - DuaNo<br />
* #2374 - intrasonic<br />
* #8008 - hobo matt<br />
<br />
==Linkies==<br />
* Club Thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634]<br />
* Indofood [http://www.indofood.co.id http://www.indofood.co.id]<br />
* Mi Goreng Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng]<br />
* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Mi_Goreng_Noodles_ClubOCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club2007-10-15T13:04:11Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox OCAU Club|<br />
name = [[OCAU Mi Goreng Noodles Club]]|<br />
established = 28th of March, 2007, a Wednesday|<br />
director = [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/member.php?u=56074 brodiepearce]|<br />
members = 10|<br />
club thread = http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7100634#post7100634|}}<br />
<br />
The Overclockers Australia <b>Mi Goreng Noodles Club</b> is an online community within the forums that has been established to appreciate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng Mi Goreng] range of instant noodles made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie Indomie], a subsidiary brand of the [http://www.indofood.co.id/ Indofood] company.<br />
<br />
==Introduction==<br />
<br />
'''''OMG I JUST DISCOVERED THESE NOODLES, FUCKING WIN!!!''''' - [[BurningFeetMan]] on ''Mi Goreng Noodles''<br />
<br />
<br />
There is a reasonably detailed wikipedia article on Mi Goreng noodles here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie_Mi_Goreng], however a short detail is called for. It is not entirely known how long the Mi Goreng range of noodles from Indomie have been in the market, however they have gained a cult status in many countries, particularly among computer enthusiasts and those on a tight budget e.g. students. A short discussion about Mi Goreng noodles on IRC led to the proposal of a club, and so here we are, now with a club thread, official forums signature tag, and a wiki article!<br />
<br />
==Joining The Club==<br />
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* Indomie Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomie]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/User:TankiiUser:Tankii2007-09-09T05:01:48Z<p>Brodiepearce: </p>
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<div>Tankii is one of the rare femmegeek species. She has a purple mohawk. The mysterious Tankii specie came into existance when an experiment intended to embed the beneficial qualities of the Chameleon into human subjects went terribly wrong, resulting in a femmegeek, the opposite of the he-man that the experimenters had hoped for. The chameleon gene is concentrated in her hair follicles, giving her the amazing ability to change hair colour almost effortlessly.<br><br><br />
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Sticks<br><br />
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FatMan<br></div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_BooksScience Books2007-09-09T04:20:01Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* By Title */</p>
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<div>This is a transcribe of the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books] thread in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science Subforum], a cumulative list of various members' recommended reading. Recommendations can include anything from Astronomy, to Mathematics, all the way to that fiddly little thing we know as Quantum Mechanics, so long as it is a branch of Science, it's there.<br />
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1. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Title By Title]<br><br />
2. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Author By Author]<br><br />
3. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#Resources Resources]<br><br />
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==By Title==<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168/sr=1-1/qid=1162426567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books A Brief History of Time] by Stephen Hawking<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 A Short History of Nearly Everything] by Bill Bryson<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Arcadia-Play-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0571169341/sr=1-1/qid=1162425557/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books Arcadia - A Play] by Tom Stoppard<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Asimov-Physics-Isaac/dp/0380418487/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267324&sr=1-1 Asimov on Physics] by Issac Asimov<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Guide-Science-Penguin-Press/dp/0140172130/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416387&sr=1-1 Asimov's New Guide to Science] by Issac Asimov<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Its-Late-B-L-Cohen/dp/0306414252 Before It's Too Late] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Fallout-Marie-Curie-Hiroshima/dp/B000I0ROB0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269224&sr=1-1%5DBefore%20the%20Fallout%20-%20Diana%20Preston Before the Fallout] by Diana Preston<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Big_Bang.html Big Bang] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Black-Holes-Time-Warps-Commonwealth/dp/0393312763/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267686&sr=1-1 Black Holes and Time Warps] by Kip Thorne<br />
* [http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/files/_rocketry__bottle_rocket_handbook_952.pdf Bottle rocket handbook] by Leo C. Singleton IV<br />
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chaos-Making-Science-James-Gleick/dp/0749386061/sr=8-1/qid=1163928631/ref=sr_1_1/026-6368786-6606042?ie=UTF8&s=books Chaos - Making a New Science] by James Gleick<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345331354/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_1_img/002-7604447-2183258 Cosmos] by Carl Sagan<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Disturbing-Universe-Sloan-Foundation-Science/dp/0465016774/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266351&sr=1-1 Disturbing the Universe] by Freeman Dyson<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Berlin-Thomas-Levenson/dp/0553378449/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266882&sr=1-1 Einstein in Berlin] by Thomas Levenson<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Fermats_Last-Theorem_The_Book.html Fermat's Last Theorem] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fireworks-Science-Technique-Takeo-Shimizu/dp/0929388054 Fireworks, The Art, Science and Technique] by Takeo Shimizu<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Flatland-Romance-Dimensions-Thrift-Editions/dp/048627263X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269664&sr=1-1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions] by Edwin A. Abbott<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Logic-Revolutionary-Computer-Technology/dp/0671875353/ref=pd_bbs_7/105-3293755-3166018?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180358364&sr=8-7 Fuzzy Logic] by Daniel McNeill<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Genius-James-Gleick/dp/0349105324/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264964&sr=1-2 Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman] by James Gleick<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-Integers-Mathematical-Breakthroughs/dp/0762419229/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8 God Created The Integers] by Stephen Hawking<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Scientists-Science-Devils-Pact/dp/0142004804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311346&sr=1-1 Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact] by John Cornwell<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Schrodingers-Cat-John-Gribbin/dp/0552125555/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416512&sr=1-1 In Search of Schrodinger's Cat] by John Gribbin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Big-Bang-John-Gribbin/dp/0552131466/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416439&sr=1-1 In Search Of The Big Bang] by John Gribbin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Just-Six-Numbers-Forces-Universe/dp/0465036732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180268021&sr=1-1 Just Six Numbers] by Martin Rees<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Hearts-Cosmos-Scientific-Universe/dp/0316648965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416332&sr=8-1 Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos] by Dennis Overbye<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Fifth-James-Watson/dp/080534635X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311268&sr=1-1 Molecular Biology Of The Gene] by James D. Watson et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-science-society-Science-study/dp/0385044275/ref=sr_1_3/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361655&sr=1-3 Nuclear Science and Society] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Once_Upon_A_Number.html Once Upon A Number] by John Allen Paulos<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Out-Control-Biology-Machines-Economic/dp/0201483408/sr=8-1/qid=1162425952/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books Out of Control] by Kevin Kelly<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Power-Save-World-Nuclear-Energy/dp/0307266567/ Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy] by Gwyneth Cravens<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Radiochemistry-Nuclear-Chemistry-Gregory-Choppin/dp/0750674636/ref=sr_1_2/102-0291463-3096109?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186378756&sr=8-2 Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry] by Gregory Choppin et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=sr_1_1/102-1521130-5252100?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180407248&sr=1-1 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-Modern-Library/dp/0679601279/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267572&sr=1-1 The Character of Physical Law] by Richard Feynman<br />
* [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Books/0854045988.asp The Chemistry of Fireworks] by M S Russell<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html The Code Book] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469/sr=8-1/qid=1164001265/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0858116-8647344?ie=UTF8&s=books The Demon Haunted World] by Carl Sagan<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/ELegant-Universe-Brian-Greene/dp/009928992X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266491&sr=1-1 The Elegant Universe] by Brian Greene<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/End-Certainty-Ilya-Prigogine/dp/0684837056/sr=8-1/qid=1162425580/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books The End of Certainty] by Ilya Prigogine<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Computation-Richard-Phillips/dp/0738202967/ref=sr_1_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267853&sr=1-1 The Feynman Lectures on Computation] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-including-Feynmans/dp/0805390456/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311210&sr=8-1 The Feynman Lectures on Physics] by Richard Feynman et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Fifth Miracle] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/First-Three-Minutes-Modern-Universe/dp/0465024378/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264698&sr=8-1 The First Three Minutes] by Steven Weinberg<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Meme Machine] by Susan Blackmore and Richard Dawkins<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Mind-God-Scientific-Basis-Rational/dp/0671797182/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311102&sr=8-1 The Mind Of God] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Energy-Option-Alternative-90s/dp/0306435675/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361622&sr=8-1 The Nuclear Energy Option] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [The Origin Of Life] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Species-Selection-Preservation-Favoured-Struggle/dp/1402171935/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189310781&sr=8-1 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] by Charles Darwin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Selfish Gene] by Richard Dawkins<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Shebang-Timothy-Ferris/dp/0753804751/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267765&sr=1-1 The Whole Shebang] by Timothy Ferris<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Starry-Night-Enthusiast-CD-ROM/dp/0716795647/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311564&sr=1-3 Universe] by William J. Kaufman<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Warped-Passages-Unraveling-Mysteries-Dimensions/dp/0060531096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264848&sr=1-1 Warped Passages] by Lisa Randall<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&qid=1180274760&sr=8-1 What Do You Care What Other People Think?] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
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==Resources== <br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_837472_46/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&node=75&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1YFQAB63ZYN6Y2HBW5A8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=291199201&pf_rd_i=283155 Amazon Science Book search] (majority of links above are to Amazon product pages)<br />
* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books thread] on the OCAU Forums, from which this list is updated<br />
* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science subforum] on the OCAU Forums</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_BooksScience Books2007-09-09T04:18:51Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* By Title */</p>
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<div>This is a transcribe of the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books] thread in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science Subforum], a cumulative list of various members' recommended reading. Recommendations can include anything from Astronomy, to Mathematics, all the way to that fiddly little thing we know as Quantum Mechanics, so long as it is a branch of Science, it's there.<br />
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1. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Title By Title]<br><br />
2. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Author By Author]<br><br />
3. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#Resources Resources]<br><br />
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==By Title==<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168/sr=1-1/qid=1162426567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books A Brief History of Time] by Stephen Hawking<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 A Short History of Nearly Everything] by Bill Bryson<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Arcadia-Play-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0571169341/sr=1-1/qid=1162425557/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books Arcadia - A Play] by Tom Stoppard<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Asimov-Physics-Isaac/dp/0380418487/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267324&sr=1-1 Asimov on Physics] by Issac Asimov<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Guide-Science-Penguin-Press/dp/0140172130/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416387&sr=1-1 Asimov's New Guide to Science] by Issac Asimov<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Its-Late-B-L-Cohen/dp/0306414252 Before It's Too Late] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Fallout-Marie-Curie-Hiroshima/dp/B000I0ROB0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269224&sr=1-1%5DBefore%20the%20Fallout%20-%20Diana%20Preston Before the Fallout] by Diana Preston<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Big_Bang.html Big Bang] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Black-Holes-Time-Warps-Commonwealth/dp/0393312763/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267686&sr=1-1 Black Holes and Time Warps] by Kip Thorne<br />
* [http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/files/_rocketry__bottle_rocket_handbook_952.pdf Bottle rocket handbook] by Leo C. Singleton IV<br />
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chaos-Making-Science-James-Gleick/dp/0749386061/sr=8-1/qid=1163928631/ref=sr_1_1/026-6368786-6606042?ie=UTF8&s=books Chaos - Making a New Science] by James Gleick<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345331354/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_1_img/002-7604447-2183258 Cosmos] by Carl Sagan<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Disturbing-Universe-Sloan-Foundation-Science/dp/0465016774/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266351&sr=1-1 Disturbing the Universe] by Freeman Dyson<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Berlin-Thomas-Levenson/dp/0553378449/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266882&sr=1-1 Einstein in Berlin] by Thomas Levenson<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Fermats_Last-Theorem_The_Book.html Fermat's Last Theorem] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fireworks-Science-Technique-Takeo-Shimizu/dp/0929388054 Fireworks, The Art, Science and Technique] by Takeo Shimizu<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Flatland-Romance-Dimensions-Thrift-Editions/dp/048627263X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269664&sr=1-1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions] by Edwin A. Abbott<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Logic-Revolutionary-Computer-Technology/dp/0671875353/ref=pd_bbs_7/105-3293755-3166018?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180358364&sr=8-7 Fuzzy Logic] by Daniel McNeill<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Genius-James-Gleick/dp/0349105324/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264964&sr=1-2 Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman] by James Gleick<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-Integers-Mathematical-Breakthroughs/dp/0762419229/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8 God Created The Integers] by Stephen Hawking<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Scientists-Science-Devils-Pact/dp/0142004804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311346&sr=1-1 Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact] by John Cornwell<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Schrodingers-Cat-John-Gribbin/dp/0552125555/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416512&sr=1-1 In Search of Schrodinger's Cat] by John Gribbin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Big-Bang-John-Gribbin/dp/0552131466/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416439&sr=1-1 In Search Of The Big Bang] by John Gribbin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Just-Six-Numbers-Forces-Universe/dp/0465036732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180268021&sr=1-1 Just Six Numbers] by Martin Rees<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Hearts-Cosmos-Scientific-Universe/dp/0316648965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416332&sr=8-1 Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos] by Dennis Overbye<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Fifth-James-Watson/dp/080534635X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311268&sr=1-1 Molecular Biology Of The Gene] by James D. Watson et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-science-society-Science-study/dp/0385044275/ref=sr_1_3/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361655&sr=1-3 Nuclear Science and Society] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Once_Upon_A_Number.html Once Upon A Number] by John Allen Paulos<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Out-Control-Biology-Machines-Economic/dp/0201483408/sr=8-1/qid=1162425952/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books Out of Control] by Kevin Kelly<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Power-Save-World-Nuclear-Energy/dp/0307266567/ Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy] by Gwyneth Cravens<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Radiochemistry-Nuclear-Chemistry-Gregory-Choppin/dp/0750674636/ref=sr_1_2/102-0291463-3096109?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186378756&sr=8-2 Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry] by Gregory Choppin et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=sr_1_1/102-1521130-5252100?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180407248&sr=1-1 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-Modern-Library/dp/0679601279/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267572&sr=1-1 The Character of Physical Law] by Richard Feynman<br />
* [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Books/0854045988.asp The Chemistry of Fireworks] by M S Russell<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html The Code Book] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469/sr=8-1/qid=1164001265/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0858116-8647344?ie=UTF8&s=books The Demon Haunted World] by Carl Sagan<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/ELegant-Universe-Brian-Greene/dp/009928992X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266491&sr=1-1 The Elegant Universe] by Brian Greene<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/End-Certainty-Ilya-Prigogine/dp/0684837056/sr=8-1/qid=1162425580/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books The End of Certainty] by Ilya Prigogine<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Computation-Richard-Phillips/dp/0738202967/ref=sr_1_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267853&sr=1-1 The Feynman Lectures on Computation] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-including-Feynmans/dp/0805390456/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311210&sr=8-1 The Feynman Lectures on Physics] by Richard Feynman et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Fifth Miracle] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/First-Three-Minutes-Modern-Universe/dp/0465024378/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264698&sr=8-1 The First Three Minutes] by Steven Weinberg<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Meme Machine] by Susan Blackmore and Richard Dawkins<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Mind-God-Scientific-Basis-Rational/dp/0671797182/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311102&sr=8-1 The Mind Of God] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Energy-Option-Alternative-90s/dp/0306435675/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361622&sr=8-1 The Nuclear Energy Option] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [The Origin Of Life] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Species-Selection-Preservation-Favoured-Struggle/dp/1402171935/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189310781&sr=8-1 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] by Charles Darwin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Selfish Gene] by Richard Dawkins<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Shebang-Timothy-Ferris/dp/0753804751/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267765&sr=1-1 The Whole Shebang] by Timothy Ferris<br />
* [Universe] by William J. Kaufman<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Warped-Passages-Unraveling-Mysteries-Dimensions/dp/0060531096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264848&sr=1-1 Warped Passages] by Lisa Randall<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&qid=1180274760&sr=8-1 What Do You Care What Other People Think?] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
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==By Author==<br />
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==Resources== <br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_837472_46/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&node=75&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1YFQAB63ZYN6Y2HBW5A8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=291199201&pf_rd_i=283155 Amazon Science Book search] (majority of links above are to Amazon product pages)<br />
* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books thread] on the OCAU Forums, from which this list is updated<br />
* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science subforum] on the OCAU Forums</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_BooksScience Books2007-09-09T04:12:52Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* By Title */</p>
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<div>This is a transcribe of the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books] thread in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science Subforum], a cumulative list of various members' recommended reading. Recommendations can include anything from Astronomy, to Mathematics, all the way to that fiddly little thing we know as Quantum Mechanics, so long as it is a branch of Science, it's there.<br />
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1. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Title By Title]<br><br />
2. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#By_Author By Author]<br><br />
3. [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Science_Books#Resources Resources]<br><br />
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==By Title==<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168/sr=1-1/qid=1162426567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books A Brief History of Time] by Stephen Hawking<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 A Short History of Nearly Everything] by Bill Bryson<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Arcadia-Play-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0571169341/sr=1-1/qid=1162425557/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books Arcadia - A Play] by Tom Stoppard<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Asimov-Physics-Isaac/dp/0380418487/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267324&sr=1-1 Asimov on Physics] by Issac Asimov<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Guide-Science-Penguin-Press/dp/0140172130/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416387&sr=1-1 Asimov's New Guide to Science] by Issac Asimov<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Its-Late-B-L-Cohen/dp/0306414252 Before It's Too Late] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Before-Fallout-Marie-Curie-Hiroshima/dp/B000I0ROB0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269224&sr=1-1%5DBefore%20the%20Fallout%20-%20Diana%20Preston Before the Fallout] by Diana Preston<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Big_Bang.html Big Bang] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Black-Holes-Time-Warps-Commonwealth/dp/0393312763/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267686&sr=1-1 Black Holes and Time Warps] by Kip Thorne<br />
* [http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/files/_rocketry__bottle_rocket_handbook_952.pdf Bottle rocket handbook] by Leo C. Singleton IV<br />
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chaos-Making-Science-James-Gleick/dp/0749386061/sr=8-1/qid=1163928631/ref=sr_1_1/026-6368786-6606042?ie=UTF8&s=books Chaos - Making a New Science] by James Gleick<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345331354/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_1_img/002-7604447-2183258 Cosmos] by Carl Sagan<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Disturbing-Universe-Sloan-Foundation-Science/dp/0465016774/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266351&sr=1-1 Disturbing the Universe] by Freeman Dyson<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Berlin-Thomas-Levenson/dp/0553378449/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266882&sr=1-1 Einstein in Berlin] by Thomas Levenson<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Fermats_Last-Theorem_The_Book.html Fermat's Last Theorem] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fireworks-Science-Technique-Takeo-Shimizu/dp/0929388054 Fireworks, The Art, Science and Technique] by Takeo Shimizu<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Flatland-Romance-Dimensions-Thrift-Editions/dp/048627263X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180269664&sr=1-1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions] by Edwin A. Abbott<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fuzzy-Logic-Revolutionary-Computer-Technology/dp/0671875353/ref=pd_bbs_7/105-3293755-3166018?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180358364&sr=8-7 Fuzzy Logic] by Daniel McNeill<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Genius-James-Gleick/dp/0349105324/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264964&sr=1-2 Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman] by James Gleick<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-Integers-Mathematical-Breakthroughs/dp/0762419229/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8 God Created The Integers] by Stephen Hawking<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Schrodingers-Cat-John-Gribbin/dp/0552125555/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416512&sr=1-1 In Search of Schrodinger's Cat] by John Gribbin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Search-Big-Bang-John-Gribbin/dp/0552131466/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416439&sr=1-1 In Search Of The Big Bang] by John Gribbin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Just-Six-Numbers-Forces-Universe/dp/0465036732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180268021&sr=1-1 Just Six Numbers] by Martin Rees<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Hearts-Cosmos-Scientific-Universe/dp/0316648965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180416332&sr=8-1 Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos] by Dennis Overbye<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-science-society-Science-study/dp/0385044275/ref=sr_1_3/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361655&sr=1-3 Nuclear Science and Society] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/Once_Upon_A_Number.html Once Upon A Number] by John Allen Paulos<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Out-Control-Biology-Machines-Economic/dp/0201483408/sr=8-1/qid=1162425952/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books Out of Control] by Kevin Kelly<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=sr_1_1/102-1521130-5252100?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180407248&sr=1-1 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-Modern-Library/dp/0679601279/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267572&sr=1-1 The Character of Physical Law] by Richard Feynman<br />
* [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Books/0854045988.asp The Chemistry of Fireworks] by M S Russell<br />
* [http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html The Code Book] by Simon Singh<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469/sr=8-1/qid=1164001265/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0858116-8647344?ie=UTF8&s=books The Demon Haunted World] by Carl Sagan<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/ELegant-Universe-Brian-Greene/dp/009928992X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180266491&sr=1-1 The Elegant Universe] by Brian Greene<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/End-Certainty-Ilya-Prigogine/dp/0684837056/sr=8-1/qid=1162425580/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6098554-7209664?ie=UTF8&s=books The End of Certainty] by Ilya Prigogine<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Computation-Richard-Phillips/dp/0738202967/ref=sr_1_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267853&sr=1-1 The Feynman Lectures on Computation] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Fifth Miracle] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/First-Three-Minutes-Modern-Universe/dp/0465024378/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264698&sr=8-1 The First Three Minutes] by Steven Weinberg<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Meme Machine] by Susan Blackmore and Richard Dawkins<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Mind-God-Scientific-Basis-Rational/dp/0671797182/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189311102&sr=8-1 The Mind Of God] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Energy-Option-Alternative-90s/dp/0306435675/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180361622&sr=8-1 The Nuclear Energy Option] by Bernard Cohen<br />
* [The Origin Of Life] by Paul Davies<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Species-Selection-Preservation-Favoured-Struggle/dp/1402171935/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7954640-2251836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189310781&sr=8-1 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] by Charles Darwin<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152 The Selfish Gene] by Richard Dawkins<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Shebang-Timothy-Ferris/dp/0753804751/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180267765&sr=1-1 The Whole Shebang] by Timothy Ferris<br />
* [Universe] by William J. Kaufman<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/Warped-Passages-Unraveling-Mysteries-Dimensions/dp/0060531096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180264848&sr=1-1 Warped Passages] by Lisa Randall<br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/104-5773484-5043959?ie=UTF8&qid=1180274760&sr=8-1 What Do You Care What Other People Think?] by Richard Feynman, et. al.<br />
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==By Author==<br />
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==Resources== <br />
* [http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_837472_46/002-3418205-6919244?ie=UTF8&node=75&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1YFQAB63ZYN6Y2HBW5A8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=291199201&pf_rd_i=283155 Amazon Science Book search] (majority of links above are to Amazon product pages)<br />
* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=7349708&posted=1#post7349708 Science Books thread] on the OCAU Forums, from which this list is updated<br />
* [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Science subforum] on the OCAU Forums</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/User:TallehUser:Talleh2007-07-23T09:58:42Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* History */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Talleh.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A wild Talleh in her natural habitat]]<br />
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== History ==<br />
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Talleh is a highly organised vending machine developed by the CLAMP organisation, Press button, receive desu.<br />
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== Habitats ==<br />
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The Talleh is a magical being. She often can be found surfing the ocau forums, photoshopping obscene images, watching anime, or browsing Neko galleries.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Laptopcat.jpg|right|226px|thumb|Talleh surfing the OCAU forums]]<br />
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== The girl, the geek and the gutless wonder ==<br />
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<br />
She uses a Mac so you have every right to ignore her (but be nice).<br />
<br />
Talleh is a figment of your imagination. Move along, please.<br />
<br />
Add more if yer bored.<br />
<br />
[Aldryic C'boas] <br />
- Talleh stole my pants!<br />
- Talleh fails at taking photos<br />
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== Addictions ==<br />
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PANGYA PLX.<br />
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Neko :><br />
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[[Image:Pangya.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Talleh's addiction, whatever the hell it is]]</div>Brodiepearcehttp://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/User:TallehUser:Talleh2007-07-23T09:57:28Z<p>Brodiepearce: /* The girl, the geek and the gutless wonder */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Talleh.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A wild Talleh in her natural habitat]]<br />
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<br />
== History ==<br />
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Fill at will<br />
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<br />
== Habitats ==<br />
<br />
The Talleh is a magical being. She often can be found surfing the ocau forums, photoshopping obscene images, watching anime, or browsing Neko galleries.<br />
<br />
[[Image:Laptopcat.jpg|right|226px|thumb|Talleh surfing the OCAU forums]]<br />
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<br />
== The girl, the geek and the gutless wonder ==<br />
<br />
<br />
She uses a Mac so you have every right to ignore her (but be nice).<br />
<br />
Talleh is a figment of your imagination. Move along, please.<br />
<br />
Add more if yer bored.<br />
<br />
[Aldryic C'boas] <br />
- Talleh stole my pants!<br />
- Talleh fails at taking photos<br />
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== Addictions ==<br />
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PANGYA PLX.<br />
<br />
Neko :><br />
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[[Image:Pangya.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Talleh's addiction, whatever the hell it is]]</div>Brodiepearce