Huckleberry Pie

Agreed. It's not that I'm bashing R* or Take-Two ala-Thompson, but I think it's their fault as to why the Coffee scandal came up. If Ben really did say it, then I would take it, as well as their attempts at disabling user intervention on in-game files, as their excuse for them to cover up their mistakes. They should have done some things for them to give this controversy thing to rest, and to make us fans more eager to mod and enjoy GTA: release an SDK, and do an audit on their source code to make sure that they won't wind up in another scandal. GTA became popular because of modders besides the gameplay and the controversy surrounding it. And Half-Life. Why do we still see kids playing the original Counter-Strike and the Source remakes? It's because of modders. The reason for Warcrap III being widely played? Modders, especially the ones who made the DOTA map. The only beef that I had with T2 and R* is that they sometimes see the glass half-empty and cover things up the wrong way.

You bought the second edition of the game, I assume. Try to downgrade it.

LOL, Tagalog expletives...

I would like to put this in Japanese... 36. あなた　の　醜い　です。

In the tradition of Brotha and his GTAIV trailer remakes, I'm proud to present the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Strawberryland... God Bless and enjoy...

34. Learn to spam websites somewhere else, you prick! (in response to teh recent spamming spree)

Hi, Prudie, and welcome to the forums... I guess it's a surprise that you joined here... Oh, and care for buying yourself a copy of GTA?

Nice... Maybe if you guys just get rid of Chafttheafe's sig, as well as other pron spammers... But anyway, it's another winrar for us, eh?

I will just read this topic...oops...

OK, agreed. I guess I'll just report them rather than rant at the topics... And thanks for keeping those fools out of the boards, they deserve to be banned, anyway...

OK, noted. I also made some security measures in my forum, too, just in case these fools decide to flood my board with utter nonsense. And can you edit out the sigs in some of the porn spammers, too?

It seems as though we're a target of a spamming spree by some rather unscrupulous scoundrels... Sorry, but I'm not into bossing at the admins here, but the posts they make concerned me. The following bots were found spamming here: Zeredisemip Zewemossy incimeinfonge HeraSyday Hirlisowlemerv Chafttheafe Shoorerix cyncgrady OqEnuddehannich Mantorkas Carkanquini Jzntscool (suspected) Some of them are either porno bots or criminals hawking fake medications or conducting credit card fraud. I strongly advise that you DO NOT click the links they provide, as they may steal sensitive information or may infect your computer. Some of them are already banned by admins, but there are still that aren't, and there seems to be newly spawned ones... What do you guys think? P.S.: Feel free to lock this if you feel that this is unnecessary...

26. Get a frickin' life, you poo-mouthed fool!

OG Loc, perhaps?

So it could also be likely that she has something else besides that? Or she's just acting too immaturely? Need to agree. Hmm, yeah, you have something of a point...

What do you mean? My XAMPP method includes the full version of PHP5 as an Apache module. Yeah, I've read it from their site...

I could have done this on Apache, but I'm not that used to that server. But I'll make a tutorial about it... Nice... That's also worth noting if you're too lazy or too desperate to have a PHP-pready server. I guess, but you may consider upgrading if you don't want to stuff it...

So it could also be likely that she has something else besides that? Or she's just acting too immaturely?

Yeah, you have a point. I could have got in touch with her mum or dad or something...

We did that. I banned her for misconduct and swearing, just to prevent any disruption and to cool her down, not to punish or torture her. Gave her a chance to reform and feel at home, but it seems as though she's in another temper fit again. If I ignore her at YM, and leave her, she might resort to making a sockpuppet and beg at me in tears, asking me to talk to her again. Now if you check out some of the recent posts in my forum, you'll find some derogatory stuff, such as this: And this: And another one, as a reply to this thread: I just wanted to settle things, although I'm not as good as that Hey Arnold guy at that. I removed or commented out the inappropriate posts, since I don't want any smut on the forums. I admit that some may call her a "sick and noob" person; even I can call her like that, although it's a bit too derogatory. It's just that she joined the forums, and we found out that she has a mood disorder of some sort, or at least suspected, based on her calm-angry cycle of behaviour. It's kinda' hard to convince her to kiss and make up, but what do you think? Oh, and can we arrange a conference with her so that we can work things out? A permanent ban on her won't do, and is my last resort...

PART 2: The next step is to install the SQL server. Go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ and then choose the Community Server. Again, I'm using Windows XP, so I'll choose the Windows version. In my setup, I chose the Essentials version, since I'm only doing this for the lulz . Select the mirror nearest you, and then begin the download. After that, you'll be asked to install and configure it. When you're ready with the configuration, select Detailed Configuration. Follow the on-screen instructions (choosing the Developer Machine option works best of you're just experimenting). You'll be asked to start MySQL as a service. I recommend to do that so that the database starts when you run your PC. Your username is root, and you are required to enter your password. It will then configure your SQL server according to your settings. Next, we'll then install PHPMyAdmin. I downloaded the zipped version of the script. Copy all the phpmyadmin files at the htdocs directory (preferably in a separate sub-folder, such as "...\htdocs\phpmyadmin"). On your browser, go to 127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/index.php - you will then be warned that your configuration file doesn't exist. Make a writable folder named config in the phpmyadmin directory, and then refresh the page. Click on the setup script link to configure. Click on Add, and then you'll be asked to fill in some details. I didn't add all of them, just the following: Server Host Name: localhost Server Port: 3306 Server Socket: N/A Connection Type: TCP PHP Extension: MySQLi Use for config auth: root Password for auth: <insert password> Verbose Name: <insert name of server> phpMyAdmin control user: root phpMyAdmin control pass: <insert password> phpMyAdmin database for advanced features: <your desired database name> Click on Add, and then click on Upload/Download. Enter the directories, either absolute path or relative to phpMyAdmin top level directory, like c:\server\htdocs\sqldb or something like that. You may also choose to allow character set conversion, if you like. Click on Save, and then move the config.inc.php to the phpmyadmin root directory. You can now log on and edit databases. Next on the list is MediaWiki. Download the MediaWiki package at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download. Extract the contents of the wiki app to your \htdocs directory, either at the root or in the \wiki folder. Go to 127.0.0.1\index.php. You'll be asked to set up the wiki. Use root as your DB username and your database password as the DB password. Some of the other fields are self-explanatory, so I'll leave the configuration up to you. Click on Install MediaWiki, and you're done. Move the LocalSettings.php file in your wiki's config directory for your wiki to work. And voila! Your site's now good to go. There are a few bugs or stuff that I may need to fix in this howto, so if you have any questions, ask me, OK? Note: Your ISP may have some restrictions regarding the use of home DSL plans to run web, email, ftp or Multi Theft Auto servers. Contact them first if in doubt. God Bless and enjoy...

OK, so while I'm not intending to make my PC run all day for this server, I would like to share with you a little tutorial on how to make your own server, with PHP and MySQL on it. You'll need the following tools: * You (of course) * A fast PC with at least 512~1024MB RAM, and a 1.5Ghz CPU (A dual core will be fine, but if you're building a dedicated rig, go for a 3Ghz quad) * Abyss Web Server * PHP 5 * MySQL Essentials * PHPMyAdmin And for our test app, we'll use MediaWiki for our test server. Start off by downloading Abyss Web Server from their website. I'm on Windows so I'll download the Windows version. After downloading, open the installer. Click on I Agree, and then Next. The following screen will then appear: I left the options as is, but it's up to you if you want to omit any items. After that, choose a directory for the server. Use the default folder for best results, although it would be nice if you try installing it in c:\server instead of in the Program Files directory. Then, click on Install. You will then be asked if you want to start it automatically, or leave the startup work to you. Start the web server, and then it will then ask you to access the console configuration. Choose your language from the three buttons on the right side of your screen. In this tutorial, we'll use English. You'll then be greeted by a screen with some icons on it. At the Hosts selection box, click on Configure. There's an option if you want to add more, but you'll need to buy the premium version of Abyss, although we're not into that for now. Next, download the preconfigured PHP 5.5 interpreter (the link provided is for Windows, although there are versions for Mac OS X. I think some Linux distros already have a PHP runtime preinstalled). Install it, and then edit the php.ini file in the PHP5 installation folder. Find the doc_root line, and then add the following: doc_root =c:\program files\abyss web server\htdocs Where c is the hard drive that you're using. After that, you'll need to make the php files work when you browse them. To do that, go to the console (right-click on the blue Abyss icon in the system tray, and then click on Show Console), click on Configure, and then click on Scripting Parameters. Make sure that "Enable Scripts Execution" is checked or else the PHP stuff won't work. Press Add in the Interpreters table. Since I'm using XP, I'll choose "FastCGI (Local - Pipes)". If your scripts won't work and give you a 503 error, set the interface to "CGI/ISAPI" to solve the problem. In the Interpreter field, press Browse..., go to the directory where you have installed PHP and click on php.exe if you have installed PHP 4 or php-cgi.exe if you have installed PHP 5. Then add the extension php to the Associated Extensions list. Validate your changes, and then restart the server. I'll whip up the second part later, OK? God Bless and enjoy...

Wear nothing Would you rawther: * Yell "SPARTAAAAA!" at Eloise... * ...or beat her up?

lol, really, or what?