Parody? I don't know. Their January 2001 Bush inaugural "Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over" article was chillingly prescient.
...If they want to post a relevant article, maybe they could whine about how old gear was built to last, while today's asian-made crap barely survives the trip from the store...
Really, they should just put big recycling bins right outside the exit door. : - (
I've got a DDR1 era mobo with the usual 2 IDE controllers and 2 SATA ports.* The SATA ports are enabled/disabled with a jumper on 2 of 3 pins on a 3 pin header. Plug the Turbo button onto it, and I can run one OS on SATA drives, or turn them off from the front of the case, and use mobile drive racks to put in IDE drives for other purposes, like TiVo hacking.
*Interestingly enough, the SATA ports hang the boot process with 1TB drives attached, but I can put adapters on them and hook them to the IDE bus, and the board handles them no problem. Even handles 2TB drives.
The one about the close button having migrated to be next to the min and max buttons (on the mac anyway, they were always together on windows right?) is a pretty good point. A destructive button like that should be isolated from other controls.
But yea, a lot of the other ones I have seen in there were just crap.
No, they weren't always together on Windows.
Up through Windows 3.1, the "X" for closing the window was in the upper left hand corner.
Microsoft did a survey, "Leave it there, or move it to the upper right hand corner with the Minimize and Maximize buttons?"
Half the people said "Leave it where it is", the other half said "Don't care".
So when Windows 95 came out, they'd done what no one asked, they moved it to where it could cause trouble.
And they changed some of the keyboard shortcuts, like the one to make a new folder.
Then in Windows 98 they changed it back.
Then in XP they changed it again.
That's not the only keyboard shortcut they changed with 95, but it's the one that tripped me up the most, and then tripped me up again when they changed it again, and again after that, (and why isn't it available as part of the right click menu?) and that's why I've been doing a slow burn over it ever since.
And stuff that let's you actually do something, like the file manager (which was called File Manager up through 3.1 and changed to Explorer in 95, right before they rushed out a web browser called Internet Explorer which created no end of confusion), the hardware manager (Device Manager), and the place where you set up your networking settings, all of that gets buried further and further down the menu tree and harder to find, and of course they keep changing what they call stuff, or which utility applet controls what.
You could try a solid state drive in that 386 just for grins and giggles.
Provided you've got the disposable income for a grins and giggles fund.
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But since they aren't as satisfying, you drink twice as much and enjoy it less.
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But most importantly, stuff made with "real sugar" doesn't taste like it used to when they use HFCS instead, and you wind up consuming more because it isn't as satisfying.
Actually it's been common practice for years now to put some sort of insulating underlayment on the outside of the outer wall framing (and then fiberglass between the studs with the paper backing towards the living space as a vapor barrier).
Before foam panels, with or without the thin metal skin (that'll cut your fingers *real good*), a processed fiber panel, sometimes referred to as "bearhide" or "blackcat" was used. A stray spark landing on it can smolder for a long time before turning into a pretty good fire.
That underlayment is actually a calculated part of the strength and rigidity of the studwall, which is why there are rules about using enough of the right kind of nails to attach it to the wood.
The thing that make the mysterious future mysterious is we don't know what's going to come along. New houses should have lots and lots of (low-voltage wiring) conduit installed. Also it should be wired for twice as much electrical power as you think it'll need, with a lot more outlets than you think you'll need.
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for a sub-mini male to 3 VGA female out."
Do you mean a 3/32" TRS plug (or TRRS) to 3 RCA jack cable? Or plug to 3 BNC connector? 'Cause when somebody says VGA, I'm thinking HD-15.
Parody? I don't know. Their January 2001 Bush inaugural "Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over" article was chillingly prescient.
In the US, they would have shot the guinea pigs.
I wish I were joking.
In the US the humans living there would be lucky if it were only the guinea pigs getting shot.
Jose Guerena Killed: Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid
In the US, they would have shot the guinea pigs.
I wish I were joking.
In the US the humans living there would be lucky if it were only the guinea pigs getting shot.
Jose Guerena Killed: Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid
...If they want to post a relevant article, maybe they could whine about how old gear was built to last, while today's asian-made crap barely survives the trip from the store...
Really, they should just put big recycling bins right outside the exit door. : - (
Is that a picture of what you don't want or what you do want?
'Cause it looks about like how I'd laboriously re-arrange IE 5 back when, and about how I layout FF 3.whatever today.
Well, I always liked the M's because they have that same "crunchy" feel as IBM Selectric typewriters and Hammond B3's.
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It's a little depressing that my keyboard is ~27 years old.
It's really depressing that when it's still going strong everything currently on the store shelves will have gone belly up.
That and the "turbo" button. Anyone miss that?
I've got a DDR1 era mobo with the usual 2 IDE controllers and 2 SATA ports.* The SATA ports are enabled/disabled with a jumper on 2 of 3 pins on a 3 pin header. Plug the Turbo button onto it, and I can run one OS on SATA drives, or turn them off from the front of the case, and use mobile drive racks to put in IDE drives for other purposes, like TiVo hacking.
*Interestingly enough, the SATA ports hang the boot process with 1TB drives attached, but I can put adapters on them and hook them to the IDE bus, and the board handles them no problem. Even handles 2TB drives.
Can't afford to test with 3TB drives. : - )
The one about the close button having migrated to be next to the min and max buttons (on the mac anyway, they were always together on windows right?) is a pretty good point. A destructive button like that should be isolated from other controls.
But yea, a lot of the other ones I have seen in there were just crap.
No, they weren't always together on Windows.
Up through Windows 3.1, the "X" for closing the window was in the upper left hand corner.
Microsoft did a survey, "Leave it there, or move it to the upper right hand corner with the Minimize and Maximize buttons?"
Half the people said "Leave it where it is", the other half said "Don't care".
So when Windows 95 came out, they'd done what no one asked, they moved it to where it could cause trouble.
And they changed some of the keyboard shortcuts, like the one to make a new folder.
Then in Windows 98 they changed it back.
Then in XP they changed it again.
That's not the only keyboard shortcut they changed with 95, but it's the one that tripped me up the most, and then tripped me up again when they changed it again, and again after that, (and why isn't it available as part of the right click menu?) and that's why I've been doing a slow burn over it ever since.
And stuff that let's you actually do something, like the file manager (which was called File Manager up through 3.1 and changed to Explorer in 95, right before they rushed out a web browser called Internet Explorer which created no end of confusion), the hardware manager (Device Manager), and the place where you set up your networking settings, all of that gets buried further and further down the menu tree and harder to find, and of course they keep changing what they call stuff, or which utility applet controls what.
Sounds like you have a much better PBS affiliate than here in NC.
This. SG:U got off to a terrible start, but the second season (post cancellation) got pretty damned good. Not quite Atlantis good, but still up there.
If I didn't know better I'd think it was a Friday night Fox show.
...No other channel wanted wrestling...
Then why is it on Spike and another channel or two in addition to SyFy?
...all many of them want are lasers, spaceships, and babes in spandex or leather.
To be fair to them they could, if absolutely necessary, forgo the lasers and spaceships.
....is a great example of how not to do it.
You could try a solid state drive in that 386 just for grins and giggles.
Provided you've got the disposable income for a grins and giggles fund.
But since they aren't as satisfying, you drink twice as much and enjoy it less.
But most importantly, stuff made with "real sugar" doesn't taste like it used to when they use HFCS instead, and you wind up consuming more because it isn't as satisfying.
But would he be a match for someone who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night?
But if the foil isn't grounded,might it not just act as a re-radiator?
Actually it's been common practice for years now to put some sort of insulating underlayment on the outside of the outer wall framing (and then fiberglass between the studs with the paper backing towards the living space as a vapor barrier).
Before foam panels, with or without the thin metal skin (that'll cut your fingers *real good*), a processed fiber panel, sometimes referred to as "bearhide" or "blackcat" was used. A stray spark landing on it can smolder for a long time before turning into a pretty good fire.
That underlayment is actually a calculated part of the strength and rigidity of the studwall, which is why there are rules about using enough of the right kind of nails to attach it to the wood.
If you really want to use this stuff as a Faraday cage, it'll all need to be bonded to the service entrance ground.
Otherwise, maybe it'll block some signals, or maybe it'll act as a re-radiator.
Make make makes.
(I don't need a preview button, I need a preview klaxon)
Shouldn't new houses be wired with cat5?
The thing that make the mysterious future mysterious is we don't know what's going to come along. New houses should have lots and lots of (low-voltage wiring) conduit installed. Also it should be wired for twice as much electrical power as you think it'll need, with a lot more outlets than you think you'll need.
You know, he does remind me a little of Tuvok.