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t1mmie

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on 23/04/2009 at 1:53:24PM

Edited: 16/6/09 11:59

Total Posts: 400

At 4:30pm every Thursday, we will be awarding a Gaming Award for a technical post - giving you another chance to win a free game (or a £30 Amazon voucher) each week!

Simply write up a (fairly) comprehensive guide or tutorial about how to do something technical and you will be in with a chance of winning. You can enter your submission at any time to be in with a chance of winning (not just on Thursdays).

If you submit after the deadline, then your submission will be considered in next weeks' competition.

If there are no submissions made, then the award will be donated to charity -- So get posting!!

Have a look at the previous (technical post) submissions to get an idea of what we're looking for.

Remember, you can win any game of your choice each week - submitting a technical post is one of the many ways to do so.

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t1mmie

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on 23/04/2009 at 2:54:19PM

Total Posts: 400

Just over 1 hour 30 mins left..!

^_^

motomoto

"The Killer Techie"

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on 23/04/2009 at 3:02:20PM

Total Posts: 249

:O! *nervous*

Hmmm...

"Are you sure?"

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on 23/04/2009 at 3:09:35PM

Total Posts: 1681

I'm sticking with my comprehensive Backup Life Saving effort' !

It seemed to go down well and may have been forgotten...

:¬P

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t1mmie

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on 23/04/2009 at 3:35:58PM

Total Posts: 400

Less than an hour to go!

motomoto

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:07:59PM

Total Posts: 249

23 minutes remaining !

Yeah I did like your post hmm..., but it wasn't really too much of a guide or review, however I do believe that it was useful. :-)!

Digitrader

"rodeado de tontos"

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:08:15PM

Total Posts: 898

Technical Posting entry. How to resolve many PC problems!

To be competant at any PC or MAC opperations there are a few rules that one must adhere to before ANY work is started on either systems.

Before any task is undertaken you must ensure you have a cup of tea by your side as a 5 minute job on a PC invariably lasts longer than 5 mins.

To make the perfect cup of tea you must.

First ensure that your kettle is clean ie no limescale around the inside.

Use cold water fresh from the tap (never re use water thats already been boiled) Boil your kettle with the fresh cold water, and then place your chosen tea bag in a cup or mug ( depending on your brought upness) and infuse with freshly boiled water, leave to stand for 3 - 5 minutes, (experiment with times to suit your palet) but no less than 3 mins and no more than 5 mins is the absolute tea drinkers written rule.

Stirr add milk and suger to taste as required. This should be drank with a chocolate digestive biscuit (tradition) but as in lfe things change and Kit Kat fingers are now as popular a choice as the suggestive digestive.
savour and enjoy this method usuallly helps resolve most PC problems I have ever had.

I am Digitrader I am over 21 and I am a PC.

t1mmie

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:09:35PM

Edited: 23/4/09 16:11

Total Posts: 400

Hehe, very nice Digitrader.

No need to hire a PC repair guy after all.

t1mmie

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:22:25PM

Total Posts: 400

Less than 10 minutes....!

Digitrader

"rodeado de tontos"

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:41:41PM

Total Posts: 898

Drummmm Rollllllllllllllllll.....

Machie

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:50:58PM

Total Posts: 11569

Who won? Am I too late?

motomoto

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:51:21PM

Total Posts: 249

There has been a lot of discussion but it has been decided that the GAD goes to... ... ... ...

Hmmm....! Congratulations! :)

http://chat.freeola.com/Web-Development-4-chat/Backups-Data-Music-Photos-Back-it-up-7954.html

t1mmie

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on 23/04/2009 at 4:54:21PM

Total Posts: 400

Machie wrote:
> Who won? Am I too late?

Sorry Machie :( There's always next week!

Digitrader

"rodeado de tontos"

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on 23/04/2009 at 5:06:24PM

Total Posts: 898

Well done Hmmmm

motomoto wrote:
> There has been a lot of discussion but it has been decided that
> the GAD goes to... ... ... ...
>
>
>
> Hmmm....! Congratulations! :)
>
> http://chat.freeola.com/Web-Development-4-chat/Backups-Data-Music-Photos-Back-it-up-7954.html

Hmmm...

"Are you sure?"

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on 23/04/2009 at 5:13:22PM

Edited: 23/4/09 17:14

Total Posts: 1681

motomoto wrote:
> There has been a lot of discussion but it has been decided that
> the GAD goes to... ... ... ...
>
> Hmmm....! Congratulations! :)
> Taking Backups!

:¬)
Many thanks Freeola!

Unlucky Digi - but a nice post!
Thanks to Machie as well - it was your post about losing 1000's of family photo's that prompted me to post.

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Machie

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on 23/04/2009 at 8:45:56PM

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Thats okay :) as long as the article help others thats all that matters, Fortunately for me all my data was saved. Well done Hmmm.

t1mmie

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on 30/04/2009 at 8:35:17AM

Total Posts: 400

It's back! Read the first post above - ending at 4:30pm again, so get going!

"Shoryuken!"

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on 30/04/2009 at 12:37:51PM

Total Posts: 10376

Done. Hope it's useful.

t1mmie

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on 30/04/2009 at 12:45:27PM

Edited: 30/4/09 13:07

Total Posts: 400

pb wrote:
> Done. Hope it's useful.

Good good, keep them coming guys! :D

Prizes are a £30 Amazon voucher or any game of your choice.

motomoto

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on 30/04/2009 at 12:45:49PM

Total Posts: 249

Nice one PB!

Is anybody going to challenge this?

t1mmie

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on 30/04/2009 at 12:50:09PM

Total Posts: 400

Very nice Hmmm..., and with a working example too! ^_^

Hmmm...

"Are you sure?"

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on 30/04/2009 at 12:56:41PM

Total Posts: 1681

t1mmie wrote:
> Very nice Hmmm..., and with a working example too! ^_^

Thanks t1mmie :¬)

Perhaps someone could look at different ways of allowing code to be shown in the forum at some point?

The character limit can be hard to get around.
Also, backslashes are removed which has caught me out a few times.

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t1mmie

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on 30/04/2009 at 1:08:11PM

Total Posts: 400

If you put double backslash \ it should work. Not sure about the character limit, you might be able to bypass it by opening and closing the code tag or something.

motomoto

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on 30/04/2009 at 3:31:45PM

Total Posts: 249

Nobody else? :(

cjh

"It goes so quickly"

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on 30/04/2009 at 4:07:28PM

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motomoto:
"Nobody else? :(".

I'm game!

t1mmie

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on 30/04/2009 at 4:10:43PM

Total Posts: 400

Great work guys, 20 minutes to go!!

motomoto

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on 30/04/2009 at 4:50:41PM

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T'was a difficult decision but the winner is (drum roll please)...!

...

...

Well done cjh! great guide and great detail!

http://chat.freeola.com/Web-Development-4-chat/How-to-make-use-of-Internet-Explorer-8s-many-compatibility-modes-8085.html

Hmmm...

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on 30/04/2009 at 4:53:28PM

Total Posts: 1681

Congrats to cjh! :¬)

Haven't seen you about for a while...

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cjh

"It goes so quickly"

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on 30/04/2009 at 5:02:07PM

Total Posts: 460

Thank you very much, it was close getting to the deadline though :)

And thanks too Hmmm, I've not been online as much recently, Nintendo Wii + Mario Kart, you understand how it is :)

Hmmm...

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on 30/04/2009 at 5:06:32PM

Total Posts: 1681

cjh wrote:
> Nintendo Wii + Mario Kart, you understand how it is :)

Nope! :¬P

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"Shoryuken!"

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on 30/04/2009 at 8:24:37PM

Total Posts: 10376

Well done! Was a good post and a cheeky little intro too!

t1mmie

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on 06/05/2009 at 9:54:04AM

Total Posts: 400

I'm opening this one up early this week. You've got until 4:30pm tomorrow to submit your technical post to be in line for the next free game / voucher give away.

Remember to try and keep things comprehensive, yet simple to follow. It can be about anything technical at all, so get posting! :D

"Shoryuken!"

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on 06/05/2009 at 3:13:35PM

Total Posts: 10376

Bah! Why'd you have to remind them all. I've got less of a chance to win a GAD for my technical post now! :D

t1mmie

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on 06/05/2009 at 3:17:35PM

Total Posts: 400

pb wrote:
> Bah! Why'd you have to remind them all. I've got less of a
> chance to win a GAD for my technical post now! :D

;D

Garin

"Devil in disguise"

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on 06/05/2009 at 3:44:18PM

Total Posts: 2073

Are you sure your post qualifies as technical, pb? ;)

"Shoryuken!"

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on 06/05/2009 at 11:11:25PM

Total Posts: 10376

Garin wrote:
> Are you sure your post qualifies as technical, pb? ;)

It's about as technical as I get! :D

motomoto

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on 07/05/2009 at 11:53:08AM

Total Posts: 249

Bump!

Any other offerings?

Emmie87

"THFC"

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on 07/05/2009 at 12:21:33PM

Total Posts: 2953

So does it always work with Reviews, chat posts, cheats and walkthroughs being in with a chance on Tuesday and Technical Posts being the Thursday winner??

I just wondered as i aint seen cheats win for some time or a walkthrough, didn;t know if people were still submitting many, i ddi a load a few days ago but wondered if they still stood a chance to win?

I may try my hand at what i consider to be a technical post for me lol, maybe just a small guide on something i know how to do, but dont exect anything groundbreaking!

motomoto

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on 07/05/2009 at 1:31:24PM

Total Posts: 249

Hey Emmie,

Tuesday's prize is awarded for all things Gaming, this means cheats, reviews, walkthroughs... (runs out of ideas) but yes anything gaming related.

Thursday is for technical submissions, ultimately we want guides that other Freeola users would be interested in using. Personally I like to see a good un-freeola-related PC tutorial, but I know other Staffies here like to see a good web design related tutorial...

I really like your guide Emmie, because its exactly what a lot of Freeola customers would probably like to do with their web site, but I also like PB's as its the sort of thing that I dabble in.

Can you see how difficult it is to award GAD prizes? ;___;

ButchML

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on 07/05/2009 at 2:03:16PM

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motomoto wrote:
> Can you see how difficult it is to award GAD prizes? ;___;

Still think we should update our old tea randomiser to pick, or maybe we should ask Tony for a dartboard?

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