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Windows Media Player 10 The latest media player from Windows, with features such as finding album info, ripping and burning CD's, music news, and downloadable content. With a customizable interface, and millions upon millions of downloadable skins, this is a more commonly used media player just because it comes with any Windows operating system already. iTunes 6 With the ability to transfer files from your computer to your iPod, buy music from their online store, and nifty features, iTunes is a great media player. Between WMP and Winamp, this is another one you might want, but in all honesty, it's just personal prefrence. But, iTunes uses a retarded format called an mp4, I believe, and it's a bitch to convert. If you have mp4 files and you want to play them, iTunes is your only choice. Real Player If you want a media player that has way too many features crammed into it, with not much use for most of them, then you're going to love this. Personally, this isn't that great at all. VLC Meda Player The ultimate media player for your video needs. If WMP can't play a video file - VLC can. If any other can't - VLC can. Zoom Player - Like VLC. I like the look and feel of this player more than VLC, but it'll play anything VLC will play. The non-dvd version is free at the bottom of the page. Cliprex- Cliprex DVD Player Professional software is the free solution for playing DVDs on the PC. Cliprex DVD Player Professional will handle playback of both commercial and consumer-created DVDs. Beside DVD video it supports most well known video standard formats, like DIVX, XVID, MPEG, WMV, ASF, Video CD, Super Video CD and any other videofile you have the codec installed for. Instant Messengers AOL Instant Messenger I think this is the one that started it all, the age of instant messaging. Getting a screen name to use is simple, and once you're logged on, you can start adding all of your friends, make new ones, and transfer files over it. With a customizable buddy icon and a personal profile to put any information you want, you can express yourself. Video and audio messaging is also available, if you have a webcam and/or microphone. But be careful, there are programs, and links that you can click on that may give you viruses, so be careful. MSN Messenger Microsoft's version of IMing. You need a real e-mail address to register, and from there, you can find out if any of your other contacts have it also, by adding their e-mail to your list. With avatars, more in depth selection of smilies to choose from, and weird buddy people things, like that paper clip from Microsoft Word. You can also use video and audio interaction with this also. Yahoo Instant Messenger To be honest with you, I don't know much about this. Just look at the website and see for yourself. Google Talk Yes, Google has even made it's mark in the IMing bussiness. All you need is a gmail account (if you don't have one, just let me, or anyone else here know, I have invites up the bunghole) and you're set. It's pretty plain and basic, using a little amount of memory. You can talk with your friends, with the audio conversation. ICQ Another IMing program that I know nothing about. Just look at the website. Skype Basically, an online telephone service that's free. You can call anyone, just put in the phone number and you're good to go. Great to have if the person you wish to contact is very very far away and the rates would be astronomical, but is also great to call someone down the street. Trillian Like Gaim, this combines all of the popular, most used IM programs and puts it all into one program. Miranda IM Another IMing software that combines all the popular IM programs, but this one is fully customizable and is very small in size. Design And Editing Blender Blender is the free software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. It allows you to create astonishing pieces of realistic images, giving you all the tools to do so. Just a warning though, this is a very advanced program and I suggest doing a couple of tutorials from their site before you try to create your own artwork. Google Picsa 2 It's a photo organizer that imports all your photos to one place on your computer (to Picasa. Although they stay in there original directory, of course) and adds any new ones you aquire automatically. It also acts as a lite/mini photoshop and slideshow viewer.[/size]. GIMP Decent photoshop alternative. Read that page carefully before install. JASC Paint Shop Pro Jasc's take on the world of Photoshopping. This is just a free trial though. JASC Animiation Shop Free trial of this animation editing program, such as GIFs. Avatar Sizer Resize your avatar with ease! Flash Mx All of those flash animations on Ebaums World and Albino Black Sheep were created with this program. It's only a free 30 trial though. Babarosa GIF Animator For any of you that have ventured into my Avatar Request thread, you know that I use this for my editor. It's fairly easy, nothing advanced, and you can use it to make an animated avatar for here, or even for MSN and AIM. Editing existing GIFs is possible too with this program. IrfanView It is a very fast and efficient image/multimedia program. Great for doing quick and simple resizing/editing of images or for going through your picture collections. JCreator This program allows you to create, test, run, and publish Java code applets. A must have for Java creators. Media Editing Adobe Audition/Cool Edit Pro 1.5 For a free trial version of a professional grade recording program, get this. It has tons of cool and neccessary functions needed to fine tune, mix, and tons of other stuff with your music. Audacity Great and simple audio editing and recording studio. It doesn't run out in a month, it is yours to keep, and is pretty cool. Highly recommended. dBpowerAMP BpowerAMP supports practically every audio type created. Split into four components (no need to bloat your computer, install just what is required), all functioning seamlessly together. Powertab Power Tab Editor is a tablature authoring tool for the Windows operating system. It is intended to be used to create scores for the two most popular forms of tablature found on the Web: guitar and bass. It is not designed to be used as a MIDI sequencer, nor is it designed to be used to create piano scores. Powertab Central has many files to choose from. Fruity Loops 3 FruityLoops is a tool for making drum loops or songs with internal mixing and MIDI support. The resulting loops can be exported to a MIDI file or rendered to a WAV file to be used in sequencers or trackers, but its extended playlist allows you to create full songs completely within the program. You can't save anything with an unregistered version though, so you know what to do... Reason - A far superior program to Fruityloops. This is to Fruityloops as Fruityloops is to Guitar Pro when it comes to composing songs. Fruity Loops is better for writing drum loops, but if you want them to sound good, tranfer the pattern to a Reason drum kit and you'll see a huge difference in sound quality.

Daniel (PoolHaddock's) post influenced me to share this: THIS SITE HAS EVERYTHING FROM HERE, AND MORE!!!! Mac Downloads SECURITY An Anti-virus website that basically covers everything. Ad-Aware This gets rid of adware and spyware, great tool. It also has an auto update programmed into it so everytime you start it u, it checks to see if their are new definitions from Lavasoft, the makers of Ad-Aware. The time it takes to scan your computer is sort of the drawback though, it takes about 15 to 20 minutes for it to complete. I just let it go, do something else, and it's done. XoftSpy * Complete PC scanning, inc. memory & registry * Removes ALL Spyware Parasites, Unwanted Toolbars and Browser Hijacks * Largest database in the industry * New Spyware added Monthly + free updates * Prevents identity and credit card theft * Increases your computer's speed CCleaner CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! Microsoft Antispyware This is a great Security program that offers Real Time Protection, Full System Scans, and even lets you see all of the startup programs your computer has, which you can edit in or out a program. Basically, this is just a great program, and there is much more you can do with it. Spybot Search & Destroy This is one of the greatest spyware removers to date, and of course it's totally free with it updated regularly. I recommend you going to advanced options when you first get it, then look for Resident. Turn that on (It's nickname is TeaTimer) and it allows you to be able to decide whether or not a part of your system can be changed, make it a complete dead end to bad programs and processes. Avast! Antivirus The latest version of avast! antivirus kernel features outstanding detection abilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection of In-the-Wild viruses (viruses already spreading between users) and excellent detection of Trojan horses. AVG Anti-Virus If you don't already have this, get it. It's actually found a piece of spyware that McAfee couldn't even find. It has Real Time Protection, E-mail Scanner, and bunch of other stuff. Updates regularly. HijackThis Hijack This is for advanced users. If you are not familiar with running processes on your computer as well as anything ever installed that could tie into your web browser, it will not be much help to you. Zone Alarm A great firewall, easy to operate, and it doesn't miss a thing. This thing works, trust me. Regcleaner Similar to CCleaner, but more powerful and somewhat less easy to use. Sygate Personal Firewall Pro Another excellent firewall. Especially useful for McAfee VirusScan users because new versions of ZoneAlarm mess up the virus scanner service. The download is only for a thirty day trial version. CWShredder CWShredder™ finds and destroys traces of CoolWebSearch. CoolWebSearch is a name given to a wide range of different browser hijackers. Though the code is very different between variants, they are all used to redirect users to coolwebsearch.com and other sites affiliated with its operators. Spyware Doctor A very thorough scan through all your registry files and disks. It does take some time to do it though, but it's efficient, and finds many infections usually. It's just a great tool to have. Webroot Spy Sweeper Using state-of-the-art spyware research methods that identify new spyware threats before they are widely distributed, Spy Sweeper ensures you have the most powerful and up-to-date protection against new emerging spyware threats. Kapersky Kaspersky Lab is dedicated to deflecting cyber threats. A multi-national research team works round-the-clock to develop new techniques to protect users against malicious programs, such as viruses, worms, and Trojans, hackers, spam and other forms of unsanctioned intrusion and data leaks. Browsers Mozilla Firefox What can I say? This is just a kick-ass browser with features galore. With tabbed browsing, downloadable search engine toolboxes, pop-up blocker, anti-advertisements, instant access bookmarks and keywords, auto-word find, mouse gestures, customizable skins, plug-ins and security. I personally give my stamp of approval for this web browser. :thumb: Mozilla Suite If you use both Firefox for browsing and Thunderfird for e-mail, consider switching to this. It's less commonly used that Firefox, so it gets even fewer popups since almost no-one writes code to get around it. The only bad thing about it is that Mozilla recently stopped releasing new versions of it in order to concentrate on Firefox and Thunderbird. Unless Mozilla makes some MAJOR updates to Firefox, I don't plan on switching back to Firefox anytime soon. Opera Tabbed browsing, a big plus. It's very easy to edit and customize. There is no longer an ad banner at top, so that's an improvement from before. It pretty much has some of the features of Firefox, and uses less memory while running. Netscape Eh, not a great browser, just too blocky and big. I don't know, it's just something that I completely hate, but you might like. Maxthon Nothing much to say here, it's like a slightly better version of Internet Explorer...meh. Avant Browser Tabbed browsing, but sorta weird, I don't know. Personal prefrence, like I've said tons of times before. AOL Explorer AOL Explorer browser is pretty cool. But it leaves AOL processes running on your computer after you close it, so you have to shut those down manually. Still, it's a nicely designed and conveniant browser and comes with AIM email. Which is already set up if you have an AIM screen name. K-Meleon Super super super small and fast little browser. If your computer is complete junk, and can hardley run two programs at once, this is the browser for you. Even though it doesn't have many advanced features, other than tabbed browsing, it still works. Deepnet Explorer Not only is Deepnet Explorer the world’s first browser with RSS news reader and P2P client integration, it is also the first browser to foil phishers! With its superior security, functionality and usability, Deepnet Explorer can dramatically improve your web experience. Browser Help Objects FireTune for Firefox If you have Firefox, this is a must have. It speeds up the loading time for every page at least 50%, I swear you'll see a difference. If you don't download anything else from this thread, get this, you won't be sorry. Google Toolbar Spyware and adware free, the Google toolbar is one that you can trust, with a Google search box wherever you are, word translator, and spell check. Media Players Winamp 5.1 Great media player, it runs on a low memory supply, and with great efficiency. You can also download many plug-ins and skins for it to customize Winamp to your prefrence. It does rip CD's onto your computer slowly though, a small con that can easily be cured by using another program, such as Windows Media Player.

Ian Selbie is the best ever. His letters make Friday morning at school more entertaining than it should be.

You've never tried an Aberdeen bar until you've been in da "Schooner" at seven in the morning .. crikey ... whit a fun! Nae sarcasm! Bottom 'o Market Street if onybody is wondering. It got closed down. That is a tragedy! I had a few hazy 7 o'clock, Saturday morning sessions in The Schooner during my time in Aberdeen. I'm far too old for that kind of nonsense now though. 31 is too old?

Currently, your first point seems unlikely. The ID cards bill has been defeated in the house of Lords three times in one month, so the government has realised that it will have to change the policy, which means that they could make it voluntary instead of compulsary, which in turn means that it would be a rather useless system. It needs to be all or nothing. On your second point, this is very true. Currently the government are leaving the bill open ended so that means that once its passed they can abuse this ability and change whatever is stored on the card at any time.

You've never tried an Aberdeen bar until you've been in da "Schooner" at seven in the morning .. crikey ... whit a fun! Nae sarcasm! Bottom 'o Market Street if onybody is wondering. It got closed down.

Oh yeah, Black Flag day would be awesome.

Here is some information regarding Identity cards. Its the rough draft of my dissertation: www.jastewart.co.uk/dissertation.doc Enjoy, its a kinda length but digestable read.

Goofy is a fictional character from the Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse universe. He is an anthropomorphic dog and is one of Mickey Mouse's best friends. Sources including the Goof Troop television show and A Goofy Movie reveal the character's full name to be Goofy Goof. Anthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopting the persona of another person), is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, or natural phenomena. Animals, forces of nature, and unseen or unknown authors of chance are frequent subjects of anthropomorphosis. The term comes from two Greek words, άνθÏωπος (anthrÅpos), meaning "human", and μοÏφή (morphÄ“), meaning "shape" or "form". The suffix '-ism' originates from the morpheme '-isma' in the Greek language

Would this be like "places you've been" and "future holiday" threads? if so, its a good idea. However, a forum that is small shouldn't usually have so many sub sections but this forum has potential to be big.

no, i'm quite happy to have such a detailed answer rather than just "no i don't" I always believe in justification for something like this

http://p208.ezboard.com/fdylanmoranforumfrm14.showMessage?topicID=3.topic Yahoo! Everyone check this genious out, he is amazing. He was Bernard on Black Books.

you know i mean apple

iPod headphones are crap! here is a small diagram: ....s>o>u>n>d> whereas normal head phones ....>s>o>u>n>d> [head]

Ok, I think this is a touchy topic, and I don't want to have the board at each others necks over this issue, but I'd just like to know. Do you follow a religion? If so what one? Personally I don't believe in 'god' as such or christianity. I do however believe that there has to be a higher power of some sort because if not, the world is really an amazing accident.

iPod don't have a great reputation fixing iPod either. Hmm.

I own a 20gb iPod (old, not new). After owning an iPod for nearly a year, its easy to see that there are way better mp3 players out there, but I love my iPod for its ease of use. The battery life sucks a bit and iTunes takes up a hellalotta RAM.

The Rockies album is good, but not great. I am very impress that they have written songs and released an album at the age they are and I like their stage presence live, so I'll stick around with them. (I own the album)

A man phone up work and says to his boss "I can't come to work today, I'm sick" and his boss says "Well how sick are you?" and the man replies "Well I'm in bed with my sister". I totally stole that from the Fast Show live

I think it is to happen, but there are some problems:

Jeremy beadly he is awesome.

I'm sure you've all read it. Gotta say i'm impressed with it, it was indeed very well written.

Someone wise once told me Shetland is a difficult place to sustain a marrage, of course I am not experienced in this field of information, someone could perhaps shed some light?

Consider that Shetlink has had so I'm gonna say that activity is surely going to increase. 200 Posts a day seems a bit steep. I guess we're 'active'.

Speaking from the perspective of a 17 year old growing up in Shetland all my life, I think that Shetland, especially country places (I grew up in Burra) are fantastic places to grow up in because you have the freedom and safety but as you get a bit older and you either go to the Anderson or move to lerwick (I did the latter, we moved aged; 7) I think growing up in Lerwick you just realise the potential that is the world and you should go 'exploring' different areas of the world just to experience different cultures and encounter different diversities. Maybe you'll find a good place to settle in, maybe you'll want to move back to Shetland, but at least you have seen past the horizon. Or something like that.