I've just fixed my context menu problem. Wahoo! It turns out that there was an old shellex handler for a virus checker in the context menu handlers for all files. The said virus checker wasn't running and hence it took ages for the menu to appear.
I deleted the key and now have zippy menus and delete file dialogs.
A traditional unit of liquid volume, called the fluid ounce to avoid confusion with the weight ounce. In the U. S. customary system there are 16 fluid ounces in a pint, so each fluid ounce represents 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters. In the British imperial system there are 20 fluid ounces in an imperial pint, so each fluid ounce represents about 1.733 871 cubic inches or 28.413 063 milliliters. A fluid ounce of water weighs just a bit more than one ounce avoirdupois.
According to dictionary.com, ectomorphic is: "having a lightly-muscled build with long limbs"
This means that you are effectively saying "What about us skinny lightly built long limbed geeks?" - you don't really need to say skinny in there. I am not having a go here, but if I was doing, there is a word I could use and say "Ah, but that is..." and I do not mean redundant. What is the word? Anybody?
It's a great idea, but I seriously doubt that it would work in reality.
It might be possible to get it to work for a fixed view point, but as far as all round invisibility goes, it's unlikely.
Here (picture link) is why. If the person in the middle is covered in this paintand has cameras looking behind him to control what is shown on the suit and the other two are looking at the same point, then we can see that the man on the left would expect to see part of a tree and the man on the right would expect to see part of a house.
So what happens? I've no idea. If there was just one onlooker and we knew where he was, then a more realistic picture could be shown.
Don't hold your breath in other words...:)
Roger
(That doesn't make your parent post a troll though)
This is a very good point. Think how many people post comments without reading the article. I often don't read the article but just read the comments. I'm sure lots of people do the same thing.
The article is just the introduction to the topic imho; the comments are the meat.
And this is definately an all-new format, nothing in the press release or BBC article seem to indicate that the discs will work in existing DVD drives,
The new format relies on the shorter wavelength of blue lasers to allow greater data density - hence there is no way that it can work on existing drives. It's not a conspiracy, it's just the price of progress.
I don't know what the "default" multiplier is, but I'd guess it's probably x16, or thereabouts, given the speed of the rest of the system. In which case, if you threw in a 1GHz clock (I suggest oven-baked, as they taste better), you'd get 16 GHz on the processor.
This is just plain wrong. Firstly, I don't believe that you can actually 1GHz crystal oscillators. More importantly, you can't just cool a chip and expect it to be able to go faster.
As you overclock a chip you need more cooling because more power is being dissipated (CMOS logic power consumption is a function of frequency). This does not mean that adding unbounded cooling would allow the chip to be overclocked to any given frequency. The variables which you have control over (temperature, frequency, voltage) are not the whole story with regards to maximum frequency. Just as, if not more, important are device and track capacitance, track resistance and device size. These are controlled by the manufacturers and are the reason why they sell chips at different clock ratings.
As you say, cooling everything to -135C might allow the chips to survive the experience but that doesn't mean that they would work.
Trade marks are similar. In the UK at least, putting TM after your trade mark is regarded as 'totaly meeningless', as it carries no legal weight at all.
I believe that in the UK, putting "TM" means that you consider the logo/phrase to be a trade mark. Putting an (R) (ie. R in a circle) after the logo means that it is registered.
I may be wrong, but I suspect that you can apply TM after phrases, but to get an (R) you have to have a logo - ie. the phrase must be in a particular typeset, colour etc.
This means that to bully somebody for using your registered trademark wouldn't be unreasonable. Where you would stand for bullying someone using the phrase which you had "TM'd" I do not know.
Also, as far as "patent pending" sounding good - I wouldn't be at all impressed by a company who boasted that they did have a patent pending without knowing what it was for. You can hardly put "Patent Pending" on the bottom of your business card after all. It is usually displayed upon the device which has the patent pending.
I presume that you've heard of light mode slashdot? I use it all the time in netscape because it's a lot easier on the eyes. Only two images per article...
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Hi,
I've just fixed my context menu problem. Wahoo! It turns out that there was an old shellex handler for a virus checker in the context menu handlers for all files. The said virus checker wasn't running and hence it took ages for the menu to appear.
I deleted the key and now have zippy menus and delete file dialogs.
The place you want to try looking is:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContentMenuHandlers
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Roger
I think that they mean "fluid ounces".
A traditional unit of liquid volume, called the fluid ounce to avoid confusion with the weight ounce. In the U. S. customary system there are 16 fluid ounces in a pint, so each fluid ounce represents 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters. In the British imperial system there are 20 fluid ounces in an imperial pint, so each fluid ounce represents about 1.733 871 cubic inches or 28.413 063 milliliters. A fluid ounce of water weighs just a bit more than one ounce avoirdupois.
I have a similar problem with the context menus on this machine.
You could try doing a search for regclean - it's an MS tool to delete the dangling com references. It might help you.
Cheers,
Roger
"which runs like the clappers"
what does that mean?
In the UK it means "run very fast"
Cheers,
Roger
He doesn't say that sales are at their lowest in decades, just that the sales of PCs have dropped by the largest amount in decades.
That's what I read it as anyway.
Cheers,
Roger
Just curious, but which part of the toolbar do you use that isn't already supported in Moz?
:)
I only ever used the google toolbar for searching - ie. never any of the other fluff, whatever it was
Moz lets you search google (or other sites or your choice) directly from the url bar so I no longer have the need for the google toolbar.
Cheers,
Roger
Ah, tautology. That's the one I was thinking of.
:)
Thanks
Roger
Like I said, I'm not bothered about your post - I just wanted to know what the word is that I describe.
Roger
According to dictionary.com, ectomorphic is: "having a lightly-muscled build with long limbs"
..." and I do not mean redundant. What is the word? Anybody?
This means that you are effectively saying "What about us skinny lightly built long limbed geeks?" - you don't really need to say skinny in there. I am not having a go here, but if I was doing, there is a word I could use and say "Ah, but that is
Ta,
Roger
It's a great idea, but I seriously doubt that it would work in reality.
:)
It might be possible to get it to work for a fixed view point, but as far as all round invisibility goes, it's unlikely.
Here (picture link) is why. If the person in the middle is covered in this paintand has cameras looking behind him to control what is shown on the suit and the other two are looking at the same point, then we can see that the man on the left would expect to see part of a tree and the man on the right would expect to see part of a house.
So what happens? I've no idea. If there was just one onlooker and we knew where he was, then a more realistic picture could be shown.
Don't hold your breath in other words...
Roger
(That doesn't make your parent post a troll though)
(I still want the focus to follow my mouse, among other things)
You can do this with TweakUI. Been around since at least Win98 as far as I know.
Roger
I tried to break Shannon's Law, but it didn't make a bit of difference......
:)
Haha, very good
That's true of course.
:)
I also read in another comment which reckoned there were statistics that suggested the vast majority of visitors don't in fact read the comments.
Looks like I could have been wrong
Roger
This is a very good point. Think how many people post comments without reading the article. I often don't read the article but just read the comments. I'm sure lots of people do the same thing.
The article is just the introduction to the topic imho; the comments are the meat.
Roger
I got me a car, it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail!
Hmm. Where to? Can I come too? I can pay for the jukebox if you like.
Cheers,
Roger
True, I did get that impression from the blurb as well.
And this is definately an all-new format, nothing in the press release or BBC article seem to indicate that the discs will work in existing DVD drives,
The new format relies on the shorter wavelength of blue lasers to allow greater data density - hence there is no way that it can work on existing drives. It's not a conspiracy, it's just the price of progress.
Roger
Funny? Damnit moderators, get a grip. This is a serious solution. Just because he put goatse as the error doc doesn't make it funny.
How about +1 Informative ?
I don't know what the "default" multiplier is, but I'd guess it's probably x16, or thereabouts, given the speed of the rest of the system. In which case, if you threw in a 1GHz clock (I suggest oven-baked, as they taste better), you'd get 16 GHz on the processor.
This is just plain wrong. Firstly, I don't believe that you can actually 1GHz crystal oscillators. More importantly, you can't just cool a chip and expect it to be able to go faster.
As you overclock a chip you need more cooling because more power is being dissipated (CMOS logic power consumption is a function of frequency). This does not mean that adding unbounded cooling would allow the chip to be overclocked to any given frequency. The variables which you have control over (temperature, frequency, voltage) are not the whole story with regards to maximum frequency. Just as, if not more, important are device and track capacitance, track resistance and device size. These are controlled by the manufacturers and are the reason why they sell chips at different clock ratings.
As you say, cooling everything to -135C might allow the chips to survive the experience but that doesn't mean that they would work.
Cheers,
Roger
Well obviously American humour is lacking something then :)
Trade marks are similar. In the UK at least, putting TM after your trade mark is regarded as 'totaly meeningless', as it carries no legal weight at all.
I believe that in the UK, putting "TM" means that you consider the logo/phrase to be a trade mark. Putting an (R) (ie. R in a circle) after the logo means that it is registered.
I may be wrong, but I suspect that you can apply TM after phrases, but to get an (R) you have to have a logo - ie. the phrase must be in a particular typeset, colour etc.
This means that to bully somebody for using your registered trademark wouldn't be unreasonable. Where you would stand for bullying someone using the phrase which you had "TM'd" I do not know.
Also, as far as "patent pending" sounding good - I wouldn't be at all impressed by a company who boasted that they did have a patent pending without knowing what it was for. You can hardly put "Patent Pending" on the bottom of your business card after all. It is usually displayed upon the device which has the patent pending.
Cheers,
Roger
hehe, very good.
I presume that you've heard of light mode slashdot? I use it all the time in netscape because it's a lot easier on the eyes. Only two images per article...
Cheers,
Roger
Reboot gibt Macht frei.
Damn me, someone who can speak their mind.
:)
Good on you