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  1. Mark Dubbelboer

    What game is this?

    My girlfriend's family has this game that I've seen many places however I have no idea what the game is called. The board is setup as a whole bunch of like hollowed out holes that hold a small round stone (i've seen variants that were pegs in a hole). Every hole has a ball in it except the...
  2. Mark Dubbelboer

    excel question

    Alright, I'm having a hard time with some data I need formatted. Essentially i've got a list of about 200 countries that are all in a column. What I want to do is to duplicate each country 20times. For example. the data now reads Afghanistan Albania Algeria ... I want it to read...
  3. Mark Dubbelboer

    DSL phone line question

    I just recently got a desktop, before that I was running wireless internet to my laptop. Now that I needed to wire directly to my desktop I was forced to run a 50ft phone cable through the wall to the modem and it seems like my ADSL cuts out a lot more than it used to. Is it possible the phone...
  4. Mark Dubbelboer

    How do I use paint thinner?

    So I'm painting the floors at work, and if it sounds like it can't get any worse it can. I'm dumb. As in, I've got dirty brushes and a dirty roller and I don't know how to clean them. I've got some paint thinner but I'm not sure what to do with the stuff. I've used it before, but that was...
  5. Mark Dubbelboer

    You have been deemed a geek!

    Geek Test! My Score: 33.33333% - Total Geek I'm not sure if this is old or not, but I waste a LOT of time on the internet and this is the first time i've stumbled across this. I did a search and didn't see this posted before so I thought i'd let you all enjoy it. I don't think my score...
  6. Mark Dubbelboer

    Simple, Simple Boot.ini question

    I'm having a hard time grasping how to edit my boot.ini file. This desktop computer used to dual boot win2000 and win98 but I'm moving away for school and my parents want it to boot only win98. my boot.ini file looks like this:
  7. Mark Dubbelboer

    Do your kids play video games?

    I remember not too long ago there was a father on here that was having problems with a child playing video games too much and he was contemplating creating a lock box of some sort to limit his child's time. I hate to ruin the lives of many many kids who may now have to do homework...
  8. Mark Dubbelboer

    Splinter cell help...

    Hey gang, I'm on the chinese embassy mission (mission 6) and i can't get out of the damn sewers. I was booting it away from some guards chasing me into the sewer and i think that might be my problems. Regardless i'm exiting the sewers via the ladder and i can see the guard on my right and he's...
  9. Mark Dubbelboer

    NFL2k3 Update - Xbox Live

    Has there been any official word on what the update did? I know there's lots of speculation going around message boards and whatnot but I haven't seen an official word from Microsoft or SegaSports. Does anyone know exactly what it does?
  10. Mark Dubbelboer

    XBox Live - NFL2k3 Help

    For some reason my stats don't update. I played my first game and had my ass absolutely handed to me, fine. My record: 0-1 I played my second game and lost a thriller by 3...my record: 0-1 Then I've gone on to turn it around and knock off two mediocre players, my record: 0-1 What gives...
  11. Mark Dubbelboer

    Gambling legality question

    Is gambling on the internet legal? because the company is located in an area where gambling is not located (i.e. dutch antilles) is it legal for anyone to use that company to make bets? To me it's kinda like going to vegas, only without having to get up. But i'd rather be safe than sorry so...
  12. Mark Dubbelboer

    BackYard Football Gamecube

    I don't get it. My brother got me this game for xmas and it totally blows. So i sell it on ebay, and make a killing. I'm making a killing just buying this game from walmart and selling it online, what's going on here people?
  13. Mark Dubbelboer

    NFL Defense Question

    something i've never really understood- the difference between a nickel and dime defence. I have a good understanding of football so you don't need to dumb it down too much, this is just something i've never really had explained to me
  14. Mark Dubbelboer

    Buying old video games?

    After going through an old bookcase and finding my Betrayal to Krondor game i've found myself staying up well past my bedtime and coming to work red-eyed in the morning thinking about nothing but that blasted game. I played that thing to death when it came out then forgot about it, now I want...
  15. Mark Dubbelboer

    How do i remove my car's faceplate?

    I've got a 92 grand prix and I need to remove the factory default faceplate. I'm looking on the internet but I can't find a site specific to my car...any ideas on where to turn?
  16. Mark Dubbelboer

    St. Paddy's Day Supper Recommendations

    Planning on doing a green themed supper for st. patrick's day for a couple friends before hitting the bars. We're just throwing around a couple ideas here but was thinking of maybe making up some green colored stew to throw over some green rice. We were also gonna whip up a batch of buns that...
  17. Mark Dubbelboer

    Grammar

    The AutoCAD technologist in our office was just trying to explain to me that after a period you only need to put one space before starting the next sentence. I said that was silly, it's always been two spaces. She gave some half-assed answer about how with computers it became irrelevant and...
  18. Mark Dubbelboer

    In-Dash Mp3 player

    Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent middle of the road mp3/cd player for my car? I was looing at crutchfields because i'm not that big into car audio and they had a couple models in the 200 dollar range but i'm not really sure what would seperate one from another, any suggestions...
  19. Mark Dubbelboer

    IE Status Bar

    for some reason my computer at work won't show the status bar when i open a new IE window. It's rather annoying. is there any way to change the default so that the status bar defaults to on?
  20. Mark Dubbelboer

    Help me clean my hands

    I work as a bartender when i'm not working as a student and whenever i'm done my shift three finger on my right hand are always bright red. I never really understood why, then one day realized it's from dunking my fingers into the maraschino cherries. There's really no alternative to using my...
  21. Mark Dubbelboer

    silly question

    i was curious. when you create a new thread it automatically forwards you to the thread. is this counted in the total number of views?
  22. Mark Dubbelboer

    A Toast to the last day of work

    *raises beer can* Hope everyone here has a safe holidays and best wishes for the new year!
  23. Mark Dubbelboer

    Return of "I Soiled Myself"

    Come on people, what sort of stains do you have on the clothes you're wearing right now? I just got off work (bartending) and i've got marachino cherry juice all over my chest and some red wine on my right stomach. I spilt the hamburger i picked up at burger king on my pant legs and i've got...
  24. Mark Dubbelboer

    Incredibly lame request - E-Cards

    So bluemountain.com went members only. Are there any other companies that let you sent e-cards free. I know they're incredibly lame but it's a tradition among my friends i don't get to see allt he time thanks, mark
  25. Mark Dubbelboer

    THPS3 Help

    Can anyone help me out here, I'm missing one goal and I oh so desperately want to be darth maul. It's on the cruise ship and I need to get the secret tape. I can see the wires i have to grind to get to the big red thing where the secret tape is, but i'm clueless as to how to get high enough to...
  26. Mark Dubbelboer

    Shot in the dark - X-Com

    Does anyone remember this totally kick-ass game? I have a hankering for it, does anyone have any idea where I can find the original (X-Com - UFO Defense) All I can find is a PSX version and a new version of it that's a shooter or something lame like that. thanks, mark ick, sorry, i guess...
  27. Mark Dubbelboer

    wack layout

    I was viewing the HTF a lot earlier today with no problems but just now when i got to the main page the layout was all crazy-like. The lightbulbs showing new posts occupied like half the page on the left with the right half of the screen showing the rest. IE6.0.2600
  28. Mark Dubbelboer

    Time

    VBB looks good Parker, only problem is it tells me it's about 6 hours later than it is...i'm not up that late am i?
  29. Mark Dubbelboer

    New PDA Feature

    in a word - "Golden" Sure it just saves me the time of manually adding the page to my avantgo browser but I appreciate it. Once again well done Parker
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