I tried using the Clipper Tool once when I first got Vista. I have never used it again. When do you want just a tiny piece of a window? Not very often. Alt-PrtScn works just fine TYVM.
Based on this information, I'm officially switching. The first time I came across an advertisement rather than a failed DNS lookup I was not happy. It's incredibly annoying.
In other news, a handful of well known FOSS projects are reported to have been given an incredible amount of money. Apparently the sum total of the donations is remarkably close to equaling Microsoft's cash reserves. Microsoft, however, has not commented on this claim.
Wow, there are games that require you to have a certain number of friends? That explains a lot... I kept wondering why people that I didn't even know - friends of friends - persisted in attempting to friend me. What an idiotic system. I can't believe facebook allows that crap... wait, yes I can, they don't care.
Hmm, this is an interesting concept. However, to carry it to its natural extreme.... what then would we do with Microsoft? I've wasted hundreds of hours of my life trying to fix their crap.
Receiving a text is very different than sending one. I'll read a text or a brief email while I'm driving. It's not much different from looking down at your stereo. Actually composing a text requires that you focus both on what you want to say and hitting the proper buttons to say it.
That sounds better to me too. Punishing these people is a start but the reality is we need to do a better job of educating consumers. As long as there are suckers there will be people trying to scam them.
Topping off your car in Oregon is illegal now too. Pretty soon it'll be required that you have a hazmat suit and a special "vehicle fuel dispensing" license just to put gas in a car. Ugh.
They may whine but I would counter their argument with an argument about wear and tear on the road. I have no stats to back up my claim but my guess would be that a tractor trailer or a hummer would do just a bit more damage to the road surface than a Prius would. They should, therefore, pay more than the prius owner.
This. Don't let the government fool you. They're not in the business of taxing you less or taking taxes away. They're in the business of lining their pockets. Yes, I've become a bit cynical over the years.
The same is true in Oregon with sales taxes. There are always people pushing them. What they always leave out is that they aren't going to decrease property taxes, state income taxes or any other source of state revenue accordingly. They're just going to tax you even more than before.
This is probably close to the truth. I found the Windows 7 install to be dead simple. It's by far the fastest, easiest windows install yet. I was actually quite impressed. Of course, I was doing a clean install, not an upgrade. Upgrading your OS is just asking for trouble IMO.
Note: I'm talking about the 64bit install on a 2.67 GHz C2D with 4 GB of RAM and a 10k HDD. Although I also had excellent results on an ancient 2.4 GHz P4 with only 1GB of RAM. Obviously the latter wasn't nearly as fast as the former but it was still much better than doing an XP install.
This is part of the reason having multiple monitors rather than one large one was useful for so long. Windows 7 has better window management built right in although you still can't specify that you'd like to treat an arbitrary area as separate. As monitors get bigger we're going to need better window management tools.
Ultramon is cool but I don't believe it will let you select an area of your screen and say, "this is an area that defines the limits of maximzation" (please correct me if I'm wrong!) Even on a 24" display it can get tiring constantly arranging your windows into the correct configuration. Multiple 30" monitors would only make you go crazy. That's not to say I wouldn't enjoy though. Having 3 1600x1200 monitors has been great. I wouldn't complain about having a few 30's.:)
However, I'll bet that the wiretapping charge doesn't stick. These days the cops make all sorts of spurious charges and the DA plea bargains the charges down. I'll bet he pays a few huundred bucks fine for a misdemeanor.
This is true, however, this is also the reason you don't piss off cops. Don't let them violate your rights, sure, but don't be a jerk. They will instantly acquire an almost da Vinci-like creativity for inventing reasons you've broken the law. It's not worth the hassle.
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I tried using the Clipper Tool once when I first got Vista. I have never used it again. When do you want just a tiny piece of a window? Not very often. Alt-PrtScn works just fine TYVM.
Based on this information, I'm officially switching. The first time I came across an advertisement rather than a failed DNS lookup I was not happy. It's incredibly annoying.
In other news, a handful of well known FOSS projects are reported to have been given an incredible amount of money. Apparently the sum total of the donations is remarkably close to equaling Microsoft's cash reserves. Microsoft, however, has not commented on this claim.
"Good enough" is the enemy of great.
Wow, there are games that require you to have a certain number of friends? That explains a lot... I kept wondering why people that I didn't even know - friends of friends - persisted in attempting to friend me. What an idiotic system. I can't believe facebook allows that crap... wait, yes I can, they don't care.
Who cares!? It's the First of May!
Huh! I should think that you Jedi would have more respect for the difference between knowledge and... heh heh heh... wisdom.
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Hmm, this is an interesting concept. However, to carry it to its natural extreme.... what then would we do with Microsoft? I've wasted hundreds of hours of my life trying to fix their crap.
This is true, at least he managed to RTFM.
What's this MTV that you speak of? Are you talking about that channel that only makes trashy reality shows for teens and drunk college kids?
Maybe the astroturfing garbage will finally stop... or at least be more obvious.
Receiving a text is very different than sending one. I'll read a text or a brief email while I'm driving. It's not much different from looking down at your stereo. Actually composing a text requires that you focus both on what you want to say and hitting the proper buttons to say it.
The money from all those firings is never passed down to the devs either. It always goes up the chain.
That sounds better to me too. Punishing these people is a start but the reality is we need to do a better job of educating consumers. As long as there are suckers there will be people trying to scam them.
Left 4 Dead 2 - Australian for awesome!
Topping off your car in Oregon is illegal now too. Pretty soon it'll be required that you have a hazmat suit and a special "vehicle fuel dispensing" license just to put gas in a car. Ugh.
I have the RTM and I only have DVI monitors, no problems.
Holy crap that's depressingly accurate. Can we get that made into a billboard?
They may whine but I would counter their argument with an argument about wear and tear on the road. I have no stats to back up my claim but my guess would be that a tractor trailer or a hummer would do just a bit more damage to the road surface than a Prius would. They should, therefore, pay more than the prius owner.
This. Don't let the government fool you. They're not in the business of taxing you less or taking taxes away. They're in the business of lining their pockets. Yes, I've become a bit cynical over the years.
The same is true in Oregon with sales taxes. There are always people pushing them. What they always leave out is that they aren't going to decrease property taxes, state income taxes or any other source of state revenue accordingly. They're just going to tax you even more than before.
Windows 7's barely out and you've forgotten what nVidia did on Vista already!
FTFY.
This is probably close to the truth. I found the Windows 7 install to be dead simple. It's by far the fastest, easiest windows install yet. I was actually quite impressed. Of course, I was doing a clean install, not an upgrade. Upgrading your OS is just asking for trouble IMO.
Note: I'm talking about the 64bit install on a 2.67 GHz C2D with 4 GB of RAM and a 10k HDD. Although I also had excellent results on an ancient 2.4 GHz P4 with only 1GB of RAM. Obviously the latter wasn't nearly as fast as the former but it was still much better than doing an XP install.
That is awesome. Thanks for the tip.
This is part of the reason having multiple monitors rather than one large one was useful for so long. Windows 7 has better window management built right in although you still can't specify that you'd like to treat an arbitrary area as separate. As monitors get bigger we're going to need better window management tools.
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Ultramon is cool but I don't believe it will let you select an area of your screen and say, "this is an area that defines the limits of maximzation" (please correct me if I'm wrong!) Even on a 24" display it can get tiring constantly arranging your windows into the correct configuration. Multiple 30" monitors would only make you go crazy. That's not to say I wouldn't enjoy though. Having 3 1600x1200 monitors has been great. I wouldn't complain about having a few 30's.
However, I'll bet that the wiretapping charge doesn't stick. These days the cops make all sorts of spurious charges and the DA plea bargains the charges down. I'll bet he pays a few huundred bucks fine for a misdemeanor.
This is true, however, this is also the reason you don't piss off cops. Don't let them violate your rights, sure, but don't be a jerk. They will instantly acquire an almost da Vinci-like creativity for inventing reasons you've broken the law. It's not worth the hassle.