Well I finaly got a program to work in Wine. Steam, Counter Strike, and Counter Strike: Condition Zero all run very well in Kubuntu on my laptop. If you are trying to do this, make sure your video card has compatable 3D in linux. If you want to do this your self, follow this how to. Also, do not install the games from the CD. I couldn’t get this to work. Instead I logged in and download the games. Hope this helps some of you that are having difficulty getting Steam working.
Author: Blake
New Theme
Well as most of you can see I have changed the theme on the blog and on the forum. I Have changed some of the graphics on the forum to mach the blog’s green. I will do a few more changes on the forum background to make the lighter black on the blog. Enjoy!
Out come
V-night went with no major problems. The only issue we had was sound levels at the back of the gym. A gym is the worest place to have a concert or show of any sorts. We ran the amps at max all of the show. The school is consider bigger speakers and another amp. The one pre-show problem we did have was two burnt bulbs in the par 64’s. Lucky for use we have a local shop that carys the bulbs on the shelf. All in all it went well and I can’t wait till next year.
Variety Night… once again
Well once again, for the fifth year in a row, I am helping with W. J. Firckers annual Variety Night. The one thing thats going to be different is there will be more time to have the dress rehearsal. Instead of starting at 3:15 PM were going to start an hour early so all acts can be on stage and tested. A lot more organization has gone into this show. There is also a good tech crew to handle the show.
Stayed tuned for the Variety Nights out come!
Removing MyBB Copyright
This notes was posted on DennisTT’s Blog. Please read all MyBB users.
All administrators of MyBB probably know of the MyBB License one way or another. However, it has come to my attention that there are some people who just can’t get their head around one statement in the license. It happens to be this one:
The MyBB Group has several copyright notices and “powered by” lines embedded within the product. You must not remove, alter or hinder the visibility of any of these statements (including but not limited to the copyright notice at the top of files and the copyright/powered by lines found in publicly visible templates).
Is the text too difficult to understand? Personally I think we have made this as clear and as inambiguous as possible. Would you not agree? To me, it is quite easy to understand from this quotation that I am not allowed to remove any copyright notice and “powered by”statements which have been already written into the files distributed in the MyBB package. I don’t see any other way of interpreting it.
Is the license too difficult to find? The license is distributed in the Documentation folder of the full MyBB package. It is also displayed when the forum is installed. By installing a forum, the administrator has to at least see one, if not both instances where the license is displayed during the installation of a forum.
Are you that ashamed of running MyBB? I have seen MyBB forums changing the “powered by” line to other software such as vBulletin. I mean, if you like vBulletin, or IPB, or the other software that much, why not use that instead? Why mask MyBB as another software? Is there something wrong with using MyBB? If so, I’d suggest you voice your feedback on the MyBB Community Forums. We respect all feedback, and we take in your suggestions when we’re developing the next version of MyBB. We want to make MyBB something that you and your users want to use. This isn’t just for our own benefit.
I spent an hour tonight surfing the web looking for violators, and with a simple web search, I was able to find around 40 within the time I spent. And that was only for one search. I’m sure there are hundreds of forums out there who have removed the MyBB copyright and/or “powered by” lines.
To the MyBB forum owners who have removed the copyright and/or “powered by” lines, it isn’t a matter of if your forum will be found, it’s when. We enforce our License to the fullest extent possible, including legal action if required. How would it feel if you spent hours working on something to have it taken by another person who claims it is theirs? Not too happy I’d assume. We aren’t either.
Support us, and we will support you. It’s only two lines with links to the official MyBB homepage at the bottom of your forum. Is that too much to ask really?
If you really despise the copyright lines that much, please consider purchasing the privilege of removing the copyright on one board with a small payment to Chris Boulton. Please contact him for more details about this.
PS: Thanks to everybody (the majority of MyBB administrators) who is adhering to the License and thus supporting us 🙂