Well, they covered what I couldn't cover, which was about half, but I have to pay it back by the month. Of course, they've probably spent about twice as much as the Dreamhosting cost on art supplies for me in the past year. My 120 set of Prismas, for instance.
I loves 'em, but be aware: The first console I ever owned was my Gamecube, and this Gateway is the first remotely current computer we have ever owned. Our ancient Mac, which was our only computer until last October, could not save images into alternate formats, only as the default format of whatever program they were made with.
Actually, the primary motivational force being my parents' purchase of this Gateway was my urging them to get a computer that would allow me to have a webcomic, as in a computer that could perform any of the normal Internet tasks beyond basic (Java--less, Shockwave-less) web-browsing. So I guess that was an artistic expense as well.
I can't do it. Am I supposed to do this through a website or a folder like my documents? Whenever I try to rename something.htaccess, it keeps on saying: "Please specify a file name" or something like that. So, I link the file to avatar.jpg anyways and it says that it is't a jpg, gif, or png file. I'm using windows by the way.
You have to upload to an FTP service, then rename the file to just plain .htaccess. Alternatively, you can rename the file through the command line to avoid the check.