Has anyone else had any luck with getting Bluetooth headsets to work with anything other than normal phone calls with Android? Mine doesn't work with Skype, Tango, regular voice recognition like Google Now, or Waze. It's a Jawbone, not like it's obscure. Didn't have much better luck way back in the past when I used iDevices either.
Meaning that IE was running on the test machines regardless of browser being tested, but the same wasn't true in inverse?
Hardly seems fair to me.
When IE first started getting forcefully integrated in the latter days of 95, even more so in the 98 days, one of the first things I would do is do every hack and trick I could find (usually available in handy "lite" programs) to remove IE from the background when you weren't using it. It was a major undeniable performance boost on those machines of the day. I'm guessing we're still dealing with a remnant of that.
Problem or not I believe in putting as little on a system as possible to keep it performing well. If I don't need it, I don't put it, and if a library is needed I put a library on instead of a program. Same thing with drivers, when I download a 75MB printer driver I know less than 1MB of that is driver, probably 100K of it or less. I'm much better off finding that piece, putting it on the system and sending the rest to hell. As far as I'm concerned I need one media player on a system that does everything, if there's no iPhone there's no reason to put the rest.
When I admin Windows systems I do everything I can to not put Apple products on them. I use Quicktime Alternative or Quicktime Lite and highly recommend against putting iTunes or Quicktime on unless you absolutely have to.
I don't actually use Windows, but I do take care of it for others.
Hold down that little Windows key on your keyboard and hit "R". Type in "MSConfig", in the startup section enable/disable whatever you want. I personally like to disable just about anything Adobe, Apple, or Oracle puts in there, unless I actually need to run an Oracle component in the background. Those three companies can't help but attention whore and run on startup and none of there stuff actually needs to run until used. You can probably find a few more things that have no business starting with your machine while you're at it.
our officials here have snooped on us in every way possible for years. When they can't figure out how to snoop (old Skype) they simply hire Microsoft to buy the company and add a back-door.
My Nook Simple-Touch runs straight up Android fine for the most part, few things are buggy and don't work right, but it's not exactly meant to be high power.
If anything I would say Google is saving the netbook. Those Chromebooks are netbooks as far as I'm concerned, and they're not bad little systems, in fact the Acer isn't too far from from the Aspire One that I use.
It annoyed me how quickly the manufacturers jumped ship on Linux as soon as the stripped down Windows 7 for netbooks came around. I bought one of those netbooks and put Linux on it immediately.
I don't complain they don't innovate, not really, maybe I did at one time but I left their flock when Win2K was new. I was only semi in the flock anyways, being a Novell guy and all.
Outsourcing works for private companies when they outsource to countries that have less monetarily oppressive governments than our own. Simple statement.
I know plenty of people with big trucks. Always bitching about gas prices, have a hard time parking them because they're so long, and rarely haul anything with them.
I've had plenty of people laugh at me for riding a bike in general, but my trip to the grocery store is short. I've had several people ask how much the trailer costs, if it actually works out well, and show general interest. The beer bottles being thrown at me and laughing generally happen when I'm quite a bit further from home, without my trailer.
I'm looking all I see is various versions of Windows on the left-hand check column. Dells website is notoriously stupid to navigate and they're also famous for "sort of" offering Linux systems, either unlisted, buried, and with outright warnings that you're not getting Windows.
Sounds like smoke blowing to me.
I've seen a Samsung Chromebook, but that does not appear to an option across the board like you're inferring. Still going to have to pay the tax.
But they don't actively make fun of you for using their products. With Google it's seamless their browser self updates, they also don't try to charge you anywhere near the cost of a new computer to update the software product. It's free.
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Has anyone else had any luck with getting Bluetooth headsets to work with anything other than normal phone calls with Android? Mine doesn't work with Skype, Tango, regular voice recognition like Google Now, or Waze. It's a Jawbone, not like it's obscure. Didn't have much better luck way back in the past when I used iDevices either.
Meaning that IE was running on the test machines regardless of browser being tested, but the same wasn't true in inverse?
Hardly seems fair to me.
When IE first started getting forcefully integrated in the latter days of 95, even more so in the 98 days, one of the first things I would do is do every hack and trick I could find (usually available in handy "lite" programs) to remove IE from the background when you weren't using it. It was a major undeniable performance boost on those machines of the day. I'm guessing we're still dealing with a remnant of that.
Not indie enough for me, I use Linux. I'll stick with the Humble Bundle, which gives me direct downloads, Ubuntu Software Center and Steam.
I've been assured by many vendors that once I put Linux on it, it's no longer a PC - so I just shut off my brain and think on those terms.
Redundant? Excuse me! I beat the second recycling post by four minutes!
throw some kitties in the crock pot, put a beagle on a bagel, and another barker on the barbie....
It's called recycling, duh....
Clicking on all the scores on the comments. The moderator fights on this thread are epic.
But we have to pass it to find out what's in it!
Problem or not I believe in putting as little on a system as possible to keep it performing well. If I don't need it, I don't put it, and if a library is needed I put a library on instead of a program. Same thing with drivers, when I download a 75MB printer driver I know less than 1MB of that is driver, probably 100K of it or less. I'm much better off finding that piece, putting it on the system and sending the rest to hell. As far as I'm concerned I need one media player on a system that does everything, if there's no iPhone there's no reason to put the rest.
When I admin Windows systems I do everything I can to not put Apple products on them. I use Quicktime Alternative or Quicktime Lite and highly recommend against putting iTunes or Quicktime on unless you absolutely have to.
I don't actually use Windows, but I do take care of it for others.
Hold down that little Windows key on your keyboard and hit "R". Type in "MSConfig", in the startup section enable/disable whatever you want. I personally like to disable just about anything Adobe, Apple, or Oracle puts in there, unless I actually need to run an Oracle component in the background. Those three companies can't help but attention whore and run on startup and none of there stuff actually needs to run until used. You can probably find a few more things that have no business starting with your machine while you're at it.
They can know I watch it, just as long as they aren't telling everyone I watch the wrong type.
our officials here have snooped on us in every way possible for years. When they can't figure out how to snoop (old Skype) they simply hire Microsoft to buy the company and add a back-door.
The Saudi's could learn a lot from us.
I'll bet it's the same computers the Geek Squad guys said are so far gone they're not worth working on, why don't you buy a new one?
(virus that could easily be cleaned with DBAN)
My Nook Simple-Touch runs straight up Android fine for the most part, few things are buggy and don't work right, but it's not exactly meant to be high power.
Hey, there are some pretty good deals there, thanks.
There's only one answer to every problem, that's create more money! There wasn't a bug in the servers, Blizzard just consulted with the FED.
If anything I would say Google is saving the netbook. Those Chromebooks are netbooks as far as I'm concerned, and they're not bad little systems, in fact the Acer isn't too far from from the Aspire One that I use.
It annoyed me how quickly the manufacturers jumped ship on Linux as soon as the stripped down Windows 7 for netbooks came around. I bought one of those netbooks and put Linux on it immediately.
I don't complain they don't innovate, not really, maybe I did at one time but I left their flock when Win2K was new. I was only semi in the flock anyways, being a Novell guy and all.
Too bad I can't mod this thread, that was funny.
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Where is your head on this?
Outsourcing works for private companies when they outsource to countries that have less monetarily oppressive governments than our own. Simple statement.
I know plenty of people with big trucks. Always bitching about gas prices, have a hard time parking them because they're so long, and rarely haul anything with them.
I've had plenty of people laugh at me for riding a bike in general, but my trip to the grocery store is short. I've had several people ask how much the trailer costs, if it actually works out well, and show general interest. The beer bottles being thrown at me and laughing generally happen when I'm quite a bit further from home, without my trailer.
Really?
I'm looking all I see is various versions of Windows on the left-hand check column. Dells website is notoriously stupid to navigate and they're also famous for "sort of" offering Linux systems, either unlisted, buried, and with outright warnings that you're not getting Windows.
Sounds like smoke blowing to me.
I've seen a Samsung Chromebook, but that does not appear to an option across the board like you're inferring. Still going to have to pay the tax.
But they don't actively make fun of you for using their products. With Google it's seamless their browser self updates, they also don't try to charge you anywhere near the cost of a new computer to update the software product. It's free.