Hey, who are you?

[Xaser]

LOL, me too kinda

I am an IT asset officer

[Michael]

what exactly do you do as an asset officer

[Xaser]

order all the new gear, play with it, put stickers on it and then send it to who asked for it

Fun stuff

Oh, and tell the trainees what to do :-)

[Michael]

so if I ask for it will it be sent :)

[Xaser]

LOL, you wish, has to be approved by the boss'

Good luck with that though

have a look at the "Guess who's eyes thread" :-)

[Michael]

anyway I can forge his aproval

[Lovebug]

Hi new people
I am the Love Bug hehe

[LeGoLiAn]

hey

[Michael]

Hey LeGoLian welcome

[PcH]

Hello. :)

[Predator]

Welcome :)

[peteross]

welcome all you new guys :)

[Michael]

Hi PcH

[LeGoLiAn]

thnx d00ds

[kidrocky7]

hey whats up LeGoLiAn

[Michael]

no problemo

[timmy_sk]

Hey all, just another puter lover. I love trying new programs and games. I like to build and repair systems as well. I just love puters. lol. Anyway, if anyone wants to chat just email me.

[Predator]

Welcome to hwg :)

[peteross]

welcome to hwg timmy_sk :)

[Lovebug]

Hi Timmy and everyone else

[knightryderrwn]

Now, I won't say that I'm a flight sim addict, but, if there were a group for such people, (SimmersAnonymous?) my intro would go something like this:

"Hi. My name's Bob, call sign "KnightRyder," and I'm a flight sim addict.


I'm unemployed at the moment, married, with two cats, no kids.

Check you later,

Bob

[Michael]

Hi Bob.

Flight Sim Addict Eh.
I am addicted to the newest one but my addiction went away after a week or so.

[knightryderrwn]

about some of the sims I've flown....

Falcon (not 3.0, although I've flown that too....I'm talking the ORIGINAL Falcon here...pink & green EGA graphics...YUCK!

F-19
F-15 Strike Eagle (I, II, and III)
F-117A NightHawk Stealth Fighter
MegaFortress
Birds of Prey
Any of Micro$oft's Flight Simulator Series
Jet
Falcon 3.0
F-14 Fleet Defender
Combat Flight Simulator (again, 1,2, and 3)
IL-2 Sturmovik
F-16 Combat Pilot
Jane's F/A-18
US Navy Fighters
Advanced Tactical Fighters (Jane's ATF)
Strike Fighters: Project 1
Falcon Gold
Soon to be adding: LOMAC & Flight Simulator 2004
...and others...

I got hooked on the damned things because my eyesight is shot to hell, so I can't fly for real.....the day I discovered flight simulators was like my birthday!

Later,

[Michael]

hmm I thought you could still fly small aircrafts with bad eye sight. you just need to be an expert when it comes to the instruments since since you have bad vision you can only fly using instruments.
but then again I dunno.

[Lovebug]

Hi new people

[Predator]

Welcome everyone :)

[knightryderrwn]

Originally posted by Michael
hmm I thought you could still fly small aircrafts with bad eye sight. you just need to be an expert when it comes to the instruments since since you have bad vision you can only fly using instruments.
but then again I dunno.

Oh, civilian aircraft, sure, I could fly those....when I said I can't fly because my eyesight's shot to hell I was referring to military aircraft....sorry for the confusion :P

[Michael]

ahh
Yeah. They want the best vision with Military Aircraft.
I was going to go to an aviation high school when in highschool but then I found out I needed to be good at math. And Math isn't my best subject. I wouldn't of been able to maintain the B in Math.

[knightryderrwn]

Well, that sucks. Yeah, math's not my best subject, either, so I know how you feel, man.

[Michael]

the high school I wanted to go to would of helped me get my Pilots License by the time I was 16.

Also they had contacts with various airlines that would pay for your college if you became a pilot for them.

[reallyflyzgirl]

Hi guys i'm from dallas, TX. And I don't know how to post (obviously huh?) Thought this would be a great board to have on hand for hardware questions . Am I right ?

[phantomAI]

Welcome to the forums reallyflyzgirl :)

If you have any hardware questions feel free to post your question.

To post you usually either hit the reply button or New Thread button.

[Michael]

hey reallyflyzgirl welcome

[Lovebug]

Hi New people :)

[Predator]

Welcome everyone :)

[kaijin]

i'm new, yeah!!
i'm an industrial engineering student here in northern mexico. i live for music, listening and playing it.(o)

[Michael]

Hey Kaijin.
Welcome to hardwareGeeks :)

[Lovebug]

Hi new person

[xes999]

Just saying Hello

[kidrocky7]

hello xes999

[Michael]

hey welcome to hwg

[Lovebug]

Hi xes

[peteross]

welcome you new guys :)

[CliffHanger9]

I am meeeee.

:D

[Michael]

hi meee i am mee :)

[Lovebug]

hi

[carrotghoul]

hi,I'm a neurotic girl

[Michael]

Hey how are you?
I am Mike.

[Predator]

Welcome Everyone :)

[Sara Black]

Could you please help me? (sorry if this is a bit off topic) I am not
technically minded, but I would like to start an online store. What
should I start with? Are there any pitfalls that I should be aware
of? Thank you

[Michael]

hey sara black.
Starting an Online store is a bit hard.
First youhave to decide what you want to sell. (You probably already know)
Next you need to apply for the propper tax id's if your in the US you will need a state TAX ID for the state your in.
You will then need to find a host to host your website
www.kiahost.com has cheap hosting. and a domain name.
Yourstore.com

You will need to accept credit cards. Be it via PayPal or through your bank.
If you do it through your bank you will need to be approved. You have to submit to a credit check and after they verify your credit history they will either denie you or approve u.

If you choose paypal you do not need to do the following.

You will need an SSL cert www.geotrust.com they cost about 50 dollars a year.

After you have what payment options you will get a shopping cart.
http://php.resourceindex.com
or your web host may provide one.
KIahost.com provides one for u.

After that you simply set it up to your liking. you can either design the layout ur self or hire someone to do it.

then you just need to advertise to let people know your store is available to buy from.

[Michael]

Also to add to my post
Pitfals include.
Chargebacks will take 15 dollars away from you. Even if the customer never returns the Item.
Charge Investigations will cost you 5 dollars even if you legitamatly charged them.

Another pitfal its sometimes hard keeping up to date with what u have in stock if u work alone

[Michael]

opps double post

[Lovebug]

Hi new peeps

[peteross]

whats up you new guys :)

[conclave]

:confused:

[Michael]

hi conclave

[conclave]

I'm sorry, but I no speak english

[Michael]

hmm .es = spain

bienvenidos
hablas espanol?

[Zombie]

hi all

[Michael]

hey zombie welcome to HWG

[peteross]

welcome zombie

[Lovebug]

Hi new guy

[kidrocky7]

whats up zombie

[snsn]

I am from china

[kidrocky7]

hey snsn, welcome to HWG

[Predator]

Hey Welcome :)

[issack]

hellow everybody
I come from Taiwan:)

[snsn]

welcome :)

[Michael]

Hi snsn and issack welcome to hardwaregeeks

[kidrocky7]

whats up issack

[diskopo]

What's ups fellas

[Michael]

whats poppin

[Wendas]

Hi everybody, I'm Wendas and I come from Poland

[snsn]

hey Wendas, Welcome to HWG :)

[Michael]

Hi wendas how are ya :)

[kidrocky7]

whats up wendas

[Lovebug]

Hi new guys and gals

[EastbayBeast3]

nice

[Michael]

hi eastbaybeast3

[Icco]

Lol never loopked at this thread till now :p

Hi, my names Icco and im from nothern california!

[soujirou]

hy...
I'm from Brazil..... thkz for all...

[Michael]

hey soujiruo welcome :)

[peteross]

welcome :)

[Marciff]

hi

[Michael]

hi marciff welcome to HWG

[Samir]

Hello Everyone:D:D

[Michael]

hey samir. welcome to hwg :)

[kidrocky7]

whats up samir

[drg]

:rolleyes: hello

[Michael]

hey drg welcome

[Lovebug]

Hi new guys

[peteross]

hello you guys (hi)

[BxBoy]

Hi new Peepz!

[nybj21]

hi, all

[Michael]

hi ny

[peteross]

hello there nybj21

[Lovebug]

Hi new guy. Another New Yorker. Yay

New Yorkers rock.

[LaGavina]

Hello...from Los Angeles, live in Barcelona

[kidrocky7]

hey LaGavina, whats up and welcome to HWG