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Problems in Computer Conservation
sobachatina writes "The Computer museum at The University of Amsterdam has an interesting page with examples of the problems that they run into maintaining 20+ year old hardware such as rubber rollers from card readers melting or mold growing inside CRT terminals.I hate it when I get mold growing inside my monitor!"
There's a difference between using tubes and transistors in audio. One of the biggest misconceptions is that tubes sound better than transistors. This is only somewhat true. :) Tubes do sound "warmer" than transistors, but technically (especially on digital recordings) transistors are "more accurate." It all depends on the listener's preference. There are actually some really great modeling amps out there (transistor amps specifically designed to sound like tube amps) that cost a LOT less than tube amps. On the whole, transistors are MUCH better than tubes, but since audio is subjective anyway, tube amps have endured. That said, I'm really drooling over a couple really nice guitar amps with tubes. They just sound classier. ;)
Does your Windows 2000 computer use the regular Windows NT logon? If so, hitting the "windows" key (the one with the little flag on it) and the "L" key at the same time will lock the workstation. If you are setup differently, so you cannot click ctrl-alt-delete and get the security center with the Task Monitor and stuff, then it should work. "windows" + pause/break will bring up system properties.
There...fixed my signature, hehe...
would be a better subject of study. I mean we're Slashdot users: c'mon how many times do we actually leave our keyboards??? hell i got mold growing my freakin legs.
"One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."
Not at all relevant, but a great quote, nonetheless. A +1 mod to the first person who knows who said it.