That "non-obvious" feature is right there on the same option dialog that you go to to configure CD ripping in WMP. The user was either completely devoid of clue or simply chose to ignore it. Either way, the help button RIGHT BELOW IT takes you directly to an explanation of what the feature does. No need to R the whole FM!
Is that a good enough explaynation for you?
Thanks for the shaving tip though... now if I could just figure out how to plug this twin-blade disposable into the wall.
Do you read the entire manual of every new program you use?
No, but I go through every menu and dialog, and if I see something I think I should know more about, like "Personal Rights Management", then I find out more about it before I use the software.
You'd think something like "Personal Rights Management" would set off a little warning in someone's head, but again, the guy didn't bother to find out.
So the user in question didn't follow the procedure for either turning off the DRM protection or backing up his licenses. I'm no fan of DRM, but RTFM still applies in a "DRM controlled future". Maybe even more so!
Celestia is pretty shweet too... not an astronomy package, but an OpenGL virtual universe that you can fly around in... scriptable so you can record demo movies, etc. Check it out!
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Brits think America doesn't understand irony? I understand irony perfectly. As a matter of fact, I iron my pants every day.
Thanks. Now they'll also think we don't understand humor.
to make money Dell would need to sell their products at retail locations which are already covered pretty well with HPs
Dell seems to do just fine selling their products online and mail order. If they bundle their own printers instead of HP printers, why would they need to sell them at retail outlets?
I was thinking it would be appropriate to put together a lunch plate of the most disgusting Spam recipes available and deliver it to him at his shop. And when he says "but I didn't order that", I could say "Neither did I.":-D
5. What happened to that cool thing I was playing around with last week?
The prototypes on Google Labs are meant to be low maintenance experiments. If one disappears it may be because no one was interested enough to use it, it wasn't stable enough for users to try it out, or it was so wildly successful that heavy usage brought the server to its knees. While that particular application may not reappear, there should be something equally interesting to replace it shortly.
So after today's/.ing, are they going to replace the entire lab site?
...what would be really cool would be a dual-screen system with a two-sided display. Think sales presentation, with sale guy on one side, and client on the other. No more elbow bumping and reaching over shoulders, etc. I've lost track of how many of our sales reps have asked me about this...
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That "non-obvious" feature is right there on the same option dialog that you go to to configure CD ripping in WMP. The user was either completely devoid of clue or simply chose to ignore it. Either way, the help button RIGHT BELOW IT takes you directly to an explanation of what the feature does. No need to R the whole FM!
Is that a good enough explaynation for you?
Thanks for the shaving tip though... now if I could just figure out how to plug this twin-blade disposable into the wall.
Do you read the entire manual of every new program you use?
No, but I go through every menu and dialog, and if I see something I think I should know more about, like "Personal Rights Management", then I find out more about it before I use the software.
You'd think something like "Personal Rights Management" would set off a little warning in someone's head, but again, the guy didn't bother to find out.
So the user in question didn't follow the procedure for either turning off the DRM protection or backing up his licenses. I'm no fan of DRM, but RTFM still applies in a "DRM controlled future". Maybe even more so!
dangit, you owe me a keyboard!
Robert Smeeeeeeeth... Robert Smeeeeeeth.....
Google gave me this:
t erfacing.html#vga_laptoplcd
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http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/in
The prognosis isn't good
Celestia is pretty shweet too... not an astronomy package, but an OpenGL virtual universe that you can fly around in... scriptable so you can record demo movies, etc. Check it out!
Brits think America doesn't understand irony? I understand irony perfectly. As a matter of fact, I iron my pants every day.
Thanks. Now they'll also think we don't understand humor.
.. there WAS a demo server running on a C64. Now there's just a smoking lump o' plastic surrounding a the burnt out husk of a 6502.
to make money Dell would need to sell their products at retail locations which are already covered pretty well with HPs
Dell seems to do just fine selling their products online and mail order. If they bundle their own printers instead of HP printers, why would they need to sell them at retail outlets?
Have you tried car wax?
Tell you what...ditch the robots, get someone who can make cool acronyms and go from there.
Like these guys?
kinda reminds me of the very cool terminatorX program.... the author built a turntable for scratching using an old turntable and some mouse guts.
I was playing Q3A last night and there were brains flying EVERYWHERE!!
I'm about 40 minutes away :-)
:-D
I was thinking it would be appropriate to put together a lunch plate of the most disgusting Spam recipes available and deliver it to him at his shop. And when he says "but I didn't order that", I could say "Neither did I."
I'm using the googlebar with Moz 1.0 (build 2002053012) and it works just fine.
You might be interested in this: http://googlebar.mozdev.org/
All I can see now is blue teeth....
Yeah, but then they'd have to listen with their mouth hanging open... who wants to talk to THAT guy?
5. What happened to that cool thing I was playing around with last week?
The prototypes on Google Labs are meant to be low maintenance experiments. If one disappears it may be because no one was interested enough to use it, it wasn't stable enough for users to try it out, or it was so wildly successful that heavy usage brought the server to its knees. While that particular application may not reappear, there should be something equally interesting to replace it shortly.
So after today's /.ing, are they going to replace the entire lab site?
Sure, but that's not always practical.
...what would be really cool would be a dual-screen system with a two-sided display. Think sales presentation, with sale guy on one side, and client on the other. No more elbow bumping and reaching over shoulders, etc. I've lost track of how many of our sales reps have asked me about this...
.. hmmm, wirelessless?
credit cards, genius.
ok, that's three words...
How about "source code"?
Does this really mean anything, considering the source? I've never looked at Slashcode, but I've heard rumors...