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Dreamweaver? Ugh -- bloatware city! I don't generally use WYSIWYG HTML editors -- they hide so much from me that I can't tell what kind of document they're actually generating. I have used Quanta (and Quanta Plus) and Eclipse just for general HTML editing. But they're not WYSIWYG.

Or you can edit the shortcut on your desktop (if you choose to have the WebStart version create a shortcut) and modify the command line to have a larger number. For example, "256" could become "512" or "1024" megabytes.

As a frequent flier, I can't use cordless mice on an airplane. I bought a Targus laptop mouse and I love it. It's very small ("Gee Frank, that's such a small mouse. Confident in your manhood, eh?" -- yeah, get those jokes from friends occasionally :)). My wife's mouse just went kapuut on...

Technically there's no rule that says it would be a 50% miss chance. In fact, based on the description, if the tentacles are considered Large and the opponent is Medium, and argument can be made that there should be either 2 chances to hit the Large for every chance there is to hit the Medium...

You may not realize it, but you downloaded the full version of MapTool. It's free. :) Depending on the version you got (see below) the documentation may or may not apply. In general, documentation is written not for the bleeding edge version, but for the ones a little bit older and considered...

Heh-heh, LOL. But at least the Mac is running Unix or a Unix derivative. :\

Since you have a specific list of requirements, you might try browsing http://www.distrowatch.com/, where there are short summaries of (literally) hundreds of free operating systems. Not just Linux, but also FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and others.

I second the idea of using the Live CD. It's a great way to test out whether your hardware will work with Linux (Ubuntu, in your case). I teach Linux training classes (mostly system administration, operating system internals, device driver development, and so on). I have an old Compaq...

I remember having to pull out a disassembler and patch the timing loop in games like Pool of Radiance because running them on a 486DX4 they went WAAAAAY too fast, even with their speed delays set to max! I can't imagine what they would be like on a modern machine! Of course, games nowadays use...

Yeah, the save-and-restore is actually one of my favorite features of using a VTT. When playing F2F with a battlemat, I was taking digital photos of the layout so that I could put it back right for the next session. (This isn't that critical unless the session ended with an unfinished encounter.)

What's the average compression ratio on WinRAR? I get very good rates with bzip2 (but mostly compressing programs: a mix of source code and compiled/executable files) and I understand 7-Zip is supposed to be good for certain file types...

And the performance difference can be significant. It's at least worth looking into...

I haven't seen that large a price difference in USB-only vs. dual-bus. I have three SanMax enclosures (HD-229-CBB) for my older 2.5" laptop drives (160GB, 100GB, 60GB; I have more drives, but they're not worth putting in an enclosure!). I travel a lot and like to suck video off my TiVo and...

Heh-heh, interesting discussion. What do you do about feats like Point Blank Shot? So that means up to but not including 30 feet, right? So if two Medium-size creatures are standing such that there are 6 squares (30 feet) from the center of one creature to the center of another and they both...

Skype seems to really eat CPU, though. Otherwise, it does pretty well, although I haven't tried to monitor bandwidth that it uses. The next time I play online I'll run the monitoring sotware on my router and tell it to track the Skype traffic. Then I'll post back here with the results. I...

Heh-heh, it's amusing to see the concept of Seagate buying out another company combined with the thought that maybe the quality would go up!! Years ago, Seagate was well-known for their "stiction" problems. (Google it if you're interested.) I put a WD drive in my Tivo Series2 about 2.5 years...

I GM my Sunday night face-to-face game using MapTool. Originally, not everyone brought a laptop with them, but once they saw how cool MapTool is, I don't think they'd be happy going back to a battlemat. I know I wouldn't. :) I'm also playing in "TheLev"'s Tuesday night game and that one is...

I'm not sure a guarantee is really practical. Since it's a "draft standard", there could be electrical changes that will require a hardware replacement, not just a firmware upgrade. And you're not likely to find a manufacturer who will guarantee to replace a wireless card that you buy now (Jan...

Hi, Emirikol. I'm using MapTool for my FtF game on Sunday evenings. I had been using v1.2b32, but have recently moved to 1.3b14. I might move to 1.3b18 because I like the idea of tables and I'm a little annoyed with some token sizes not snapping to grid properly. :( Trevor just released...

Who gave him the enlarge person item? Oh, you did. Who gave him the special boots? Oh, you did. Who let 4000+ pounds fall and only do 1d6 damage to the object? Oh, you did. Well, since you're the DM and what you say goes, it sounds to me like what he's doing is perfectly legal. You let...