I'm sure there's medical courses that are referred to as "jokes" by brain surgeons, yet would be a learning experience for you & me(assuming you too are not a brain surgeon). I mean like, Minor arteries 301? bahahah! This is child's play!
Flash and Java: Two things that can save print journalism for sure. When's the last time a physical newspaper had 8000 popup ads, browser incompatabilities and trying to load & play entire videos for no reason?
I swear Byte magazine was 70% ads, 30% content. You had 5-6 pages of ads in the middle of articles. I wouldn't be surprised if they just forgot the last part of the article, and continued on with the ads. At least with "Computer Shopper" you were expecting ads. Sadly, PC Magazine was useless to the common user unless you were looking to upgrade. Buy Buy buy buy buy. I miss the magazines that had type-in programs.
It seems the new channels you get with DTV are, um, boring. Isn't one of them a weather station, the others being just more PBS programming? No, I didn't expect Comedy Central, etc, but it seems there's no fun incentive to upgrade to digital. You know what, I won't even call it "upgrade". I'll just call it "switchover".
I like most of Comedy Central's original shows, but I'll lose my mind if they don't air Saving Silverman for the umpteenth time! They air that movie so much, it's like "The Beastmaster" to their TBS.
That's what bugs me about 99% of the mice out there these days: the good ones(ie 5-buttoners) just have to be wireless. I simply don't want a wireless mouse. I like it permanently connected without having to sync, or charge batteries or have dongles to worry about. Sadly, all i could find was this okay Logitech 5-button corded mouse with smaller side buttons. My all-time fave mouse of yesteryear was the MS Explorer mice that had a whopping 5 buttons on them. I had one for work & home & wore them out(the paint flaked off where my finger rested). I used the side buttons for Forwards/backwards navigation, PLUS I could use it as undo/redo in any editor app. The driver software was quite handy. You could customize it on a per-app basis.
Sadly, that wasn't the best driver software out there. Many moons ago, I remember the Logitech mouse drivers let you use the scroll wheel WITHOUT having to click to focus on the window to scroll. You just moved your mouse to the zone even if it wasn't in focus. Sadly, I can't find that nowadays. In additinon to that, you could properly assign the often awkward middle mouse button to do a bona-fide double-click. Wheel mice back then actually had a wheel button that you wanted to use. Nowadays they are a bit less recessed & stiffer. Trying to click with it often makes your finger zip up or down, making that button not very useful.
I remember that virus. I got it from coincidentally the most attractive woman at my workplace, and easily the LAST one who would ever declare any sort of love for me. Yes, she was blonde.
In Windows land, it seems just about dang near every application you install has notification annoyances when you start the PC. 1. Java Virtual machine seems to get an update every other day. This is just great, since I don't have enough java VM versions on my add/remove programs. Thanks! 2. Windows Media Player will irritate you with a media update every day, it seems. 3. Can't forget Itunes! What minor revision do you have now that doesn't seem to do much for me? Hey, what's all these extra applications you think I should install as well? 4. Macromedia Flash, ahh, can't forget that one. 5. HP Printer drivers. Just screams "me too". 6. Probably Steam has an update too.
And that's not even the usual update patches from Windows Update.
Don't turn your computer on in over a week, and you'll be going through 20 minutes of updating stuff. There are times I wish software WASN'T updated so frequently.
Is there a recommended brand/model of PSU that emits no/little/minimal RF interference for clean audio? I'd love a power supply I can't hear(fan), but also can't hear in my system's audio output or recording. Surely there's some better PSU that has the modular power cables(oh that is nice).
I've broken 2 of those plastic tabby things off of ethernet cables. Thus, I have to make sure not to shift the laptop when I use it. I never had that problem with USB. Even with snag-proof cables, I still don't trust those fragile tabs. Even with multiple USB connector types, I would rather use than than RJ-45. No tabs to break!
I don't understand. I set the mousewheel(er, touchpad scroll speed) in Windows, and Chrome insists on going at its own speed for scrolling. I scroll x lines with the zone, and it does page up/page down increments. What the hell?
I used to play GTA:Race(which was a separate project from MTA) which was basically these wacky races in the SA world, where vehicles change at checkpoints, etc. When I wasn't doing that, I was playing MTA. Sadly, 99% of the MTA servers out there were "free roam" servers, with no game structure whatsoever. The remaining 1% were these "RPG" servers, where you play around in this RPG environment. Sadly, an RPG-izing of San Andreas takes all the fun out of the game. No cars until you get your license, etc. You might as well have your character fill out tax return forms.
I used to be on "party server" which had 200 people in one of 20 gangs. Sadly, it was more free-roam than actual structured gameplay. Theere were too many gangs spread out too far apart for any gang battles to take place. But the biggest killer was the horrifically bad hit detection. You can hit someone point blank and their health won't go down. They shoot you, you get hit every time. That, and the MTA web site maintainers can't seem to put together a page to save their lives.
I'm curious what they are making an example of. It seems that the gross IT incompetence at the school is now getting other people possibly sent to jail, even if they didn't do anything. You have to love computers in schools. They have un-maintained PCs, you have no authority to do anything, and no waiver you can sign saying you can't be sued for any damages. But if a porn pop-up happens and you're within 3 feet of it, you're busted.
Well a virus is an irritating program that eats up resources, making your computer unstable, interfering with hardware, replicates and repairs itself when you attempt to delete it, and drives you insane.
The sad thing is, a lot of system-tray startup software that insists on self-installing does the same things too. No acrobat, i don't need to be running all the time. You listening, Apple? Heck, a lot of AVG software bogs down the system so much I'm wondering if the cure is worse than the disease.
..most notably, the other candidates for president you never hear about. Aside from Nader, McCain & Obama are the candidates I never heard of, nor the general public cares about. They are probably there every election, yet nobody notices.
I'm glad I participated in this election. The important part of the electoral process is getting that sought after "I voted" sticker. No more stickers? That's a problem.
I picked up the 120 gig Acer Aspire One last week since my 701 conked out on the display. My question: Why don't they offer a Linux version with the 120 gig or 160 gig drive? I bought the XP version since I know I was going to run out of space on the SSD drive. I actually enjoyed using the Xandros linux distro on the 701, but was dismayed to find out it wasn't free to install on another computer. Would have loved to continued using Linux on the Aspire one, but not with a small hard drive.
I just bought one after having too many problems with my EEE PC 701. It blows the EEE out of the water. Great price too. I haven't tried linux on it, but overall, it's a wonderful computer.
They had a program called AMP in the mid-90s. Great show. Lots of interesting videos. About a year into the show, they went from playing full-length videos to "samples" of the videos for some bizarre reason. They screwed up a perfectly good show.
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I'm sure there's medical courses that are referred to as "jokes" by brain surgeons, yet would be a learning experience for you & me(assuming you too are not a brain surgeon). I mean like, Minor arteries 301? bahahah! This is child's play!
Flash and Java: Two things that can save print journalism for sure. When's the last time a physical newspaper had 8000 popup ads, browser incompatabilities and trying to load & play entire videos for no reason?
Depends, is it an ATI All-in-Wonder(tm) bankruptcy?
I swear Byte magazine was 70% ads, 30% content. You had 5-6 pages of ads in the middle of articles. I wouldn't be surprised if they just forgot the last part of the article, and continued on with the ads. At least with "Computer Shopper" you were expecting ads. Sadly, PC Magazine was useless to the common user unless you were looking to upgrade. Buy Buy buy buy buy. I miss the magazines that had type-in programs.
It seems the new channels you get with DTV are, um, boring. Isn't one of them a weather station, the others being just more PBS programming? No, I didn't expect Comedy Central, etc, but it seems there's no fun incentive to upgrade to digital. You know what, I won't even call it "upgrade". I'll just call it "switchover".
Dude, it's BREASTFEEDING PICS ON A WEBSITE. Not only on a website, but a privately-owned website. It's not some huge political revolution here.
....they make the rules. If you find it necessary to post pics of yourself breastfeeding, I'm sure you'll find another site that will accept it.
I like most of Comedy Central's original shows, but I'll lose my mind if they don't air Saving Silverman for the umpteenth time! They air that movie so much, it's like "The Beastmaster" to their TBS.
That's what bugs me about 99% of the mice out there these days: the good ones(ie 5-buttoners) just have to be wireless. I simply don't want a wireless mouse. I like it permanently connected without having to sync, or charge batteries or have dongles to worry about. Sadly, all i could find was this okay Logitech 5-button corded mouse with smaller side buttons. My all-time fave mouse of yesteryear was the MS Explorer mice that had a whopping 5 buttons on them. I had one for work & home & wore them out(the paint flaked off where my finger rested). I used the side buttons for Forwards/backwards navigation, PLUS I could use it as undo/redo in any editor app. The driver software was quite handy. You could customize it on a per-app basis.
Sadly, that wasn't the best driver software out there. Many moons ago, I remember the Logitech mouse drivers let you use the scroll wheel WITHOUT having to click to focus on the window to scroll. You just moved your mouse to the zone even if it wasn't in focus. Sadly, I can't find that nowadays. In additinon to that, you could properly assign the often awkward middle mouse button to do a bona-fide double-click. Wheel mice back then actually had a wheel button that you wanted to use. Nowadays they are a bit less recessed & stiffer. Trying to click with it often makes your finger zip up or down, making that button not very useful.
I remember that virus. I got it from coincidentally the most attractive woman at my workplace, and easily the LAST one who would ever declare any sort of love for me. Yes, she was blonde.
In Windows land, it seems just about dang near every application you install has notification annoyances when you start the PC.
1. Java Virtual machine seems to get an update every other day. This is just great, since I don't have enough java VM versions on my add/remove programs. Thanks!
2. Windows Media Player will irritate you with a media update every day, it seems.
3. Can't forget Itunes! What minor revision do you have now that doesn't seem to do much for me? Hey, what's all these extra applications you think I should install as well?
4. Macromedia Flash, ahh, can't forget that one.
5. HP Printer drivers. Just screams "me too".
6. Probably Steam has an update too.
And that's not even the usual update patches from Windows Update.
Don't turn your computer on in over a week, and you'll be going through 20 minutes of updating stuff. There are times I wish software WASN'T updated so frequently.
Is there a recommended brand/model of PSU that emits no/little/minimal RF interference for clean audio? I'd love a power supply I can't hear(fan), but also can't hear in my system's audio output or recording. Surely there's some better PSU that has the modular power cables(oh that is nice).
Choosing a browser with security as the only concern? Opera.
"Eeeeverybody's getting secure browsers!"
"You get a secure browser!"
"YOU get a secure browser!"
"You get a secure browser!"
I've broken 2 of those plastic tabby things off of ethernet cables. Thus, I have to make sure not to shift the laptop when I use it. I never had that problem with USB. Even with snag-proof cables, I still don't trust those fragile tabs. Even with multiple USB connector types, I would rather use than than RJ-45. No tabs to break!
I don't understand. I set the mousewheel(er, touchpad scroll speed) in Windows, and Chrome insists on going at its own speed for scrolling. I scroll x lines with the zone, and it does page up/page down increments. What the hell?
I used to play GTA:Race(which was a separate project from MTA) which was basically these wacky races in the SA world, where vehicles change at checkpoints, etc. When I wasn't doing that, I was playing MTA. Sadly, 99% of the MTA servers out there were "free roam" servers, with no game structure whatsoever. The remaining 1% were these "RPG" servers, where you play around in this RPG environment. Sadly, an RPG-izing of San Andreas takes all the fun out of the game. No cars until you get your license, etc. You might as well have your character fill out tax return forms.
I used to be on "party server" which had 200 people in one of 20 gangs. Sadly, it was more free-roam than actual structured gameplay. Theere were too many gangs spread out too far apart for any gang battles to take place. But the biggest killer was the horrifically bad hit detection. You can hit someone point blank and their health won't go down. They shoot you, you get hit every time. That, and the MTA web site maintainers can't seem to put together a page to save their lives.
Naturally, GTA4's multiplayer blew MTA away.
I'm curious what they are making an example of. It seems that the gross IT incompetence at the school is now getting other people possibly sent to jail, even if they didn't do anything. You have to love computers in schools. They have un-maintained PCs, you have no authority to do anything, and no waiver you can sign saying you can't be sued for any damages. But if a porn pop-up happens and you're within 3 feet of it, you're busted.
..you should hire better IT people to slim that # down instead of hiring that blue-haired lawyer guy from The Simpsons.
Well a virus is an irritating program that eats up resources, making your computer unstable, interfering with hardware, replicates and repairs itself when you attempt to delete it, and drives you insane.
The sad thing is, a lot of system-tray startup software that insists on self-installing does the same things too. No acrobat, i don't need to be running all the time. You listening, Apple? Heck, a lot of AVG software bogs down the system so much I'm wondering if the cure is worse than the disease.
..most notably, the other candidates for president you never hear about. Aside from Nader, McCain & Obama are the candidates I never heard of, nor the general public cares about. They are probably there every election, yet nobody notices.
I'm glad I participated in this election. The important part of the electoral process is getting that sought after "I voted" sticker. No more stickers? That's a problem.
Even without a wireless keyboard & mouse + TEMPEST hacking?
Or wireless + remote desktop?
I picked up the 120 gig Acer Aspire One last week since my 701 conked out on the display. My question: Why don't they offer a Linux version with the 120 gig or 160 gig drive? I bought the XP version since I know I was going to run out of space on the SSD drive. I actually enjoyed using the Xandros linux distro on the 701, but was dismayed to find out it wasn't free to install on another computer. Would have loved to continued using Linux on the Aspire one, but not with a small hard drive.
I just bought one after having too many problems with my EEE PC 701. It blows the EEE out of the water. Great price too. I haven't tried linux on it, but overall, it's a wonderful computer.
They had a program called AMP in the mid-90s. Great show. Lots of interesting videos. About a year into the show, they went from playing full-length videos to "samples" of the videos for some bizarre reason. They screwed up a perfectly good show.