Yes, but you can get good Dim Sum in Louisville, and the olde spaghetti factory/warehouse, so you have that going for you.
Plus, you know.. keep it weird.
Since I don't seem to be gaming much anymore, it suits me just fine.
1280x800 is more than enough for what I use it for, and I picked it up for $500 (It's still selling for around $850)
That performance, for that price.. No way I could beat it.
And, quite frankly, it has a better video card than my primary machine at home does. The only gripe at *all* I have had with it was my own unfamiliarity with 64 bit systems. And, well... Vista of course, but you can get it with XP on it, I am just sticking to Vista because I have to support it, and I figure I should have at least once machine in my corral with it on there for research use.
(read "Drove a sword through it to keep me from trying to repair it again and wasting my time")
There has to be an interesting story behind this. Or, at least, a good youtube video...
The story is basically the fact that I knew that if I kept the thing around, I would keep working on it.
The unit would operate fine for about an hour or so, then random errors would occur, and finally it would become unusable. After I recovered all the data from the drives, I replaced every "decently educated user serviceable" part inside. Several re-image, re-assemblies, and frustrated screams later I discovered the burned out chassis fan.
The fan was embedded in the magnesium chassis of the machine, and is not replaceable without heroic effort and some extensive modifications.
Since there were many more pressing things to fix, I knew that I would have to make sure the machine could NOT be fixed, or I would keep trying to fix it every time I looked at it.
Now just to get some more standards. ..and user-replaceable parts.
Yeah. This.
I finally retired (read "Drove a sword through it to keep me from trying to repair it again and wasting my time") my 7 year old Omnibook last winter.
I really thought I would not miss it, but I missed having portable computing a lot more than I thought I would.
I picked up a gorgeous (and amazingly affordable)Pavilion 6985SE late this summer, and it is quickly becoming my favorite machine ever.
If laptop tech keeps improving at this rate, its no wonder. The video is great, and the battry life still amazes me (The 6985se has a 12 cell battery that seems to last forever)
Of course, a fresh install and wipe of all the garbage apps that came with it was a hassle, but I expect that with a machine I don't build myself, laptop or otherwise. Even buying it from Best Buy was not too much of a hassle.
I can see why people prefer them. I could not build a comparable machine (performance wise) in a desktop for the same amount of money even using my best hardware connections.
As far as user replaceable parts goes, yeah. That would be nice. The reason I had to kill my omnibook was because the (frame integrated) fan failed, and I could not get an external blower that worked worth a damn. If I could have replaced the fan, I would probably still be using it. 700mhz, 256MB of RAM and all!
Sorry for the rambling. Stuck in the call center today looking at phones that I KNOW will not ring today, and bored off my ass.
Much as I'm loath to admit it, the best mouse I've ever owned was manufactured by Microsoft.
Logitech however does place a close second. Followed even more closely by virtually every other mouse I've ever owned by any company, I mean, it's a mouse, there's not all that much you can do to set it apart from the rest of the pack. If it moves the pointer around smoothly, has at least 3 buttons and a scroll wheel, and doesn't stick it's as good as at least 90% of the mice (is that even the right term?) out there.
I bought my Microsoft Trackball optical when logitech stopped making the trackball i liked, and I have never looked back. The software was great (programmable "program dependant" buttons with macros) (If you stuck to the version 4.1) I even bought 5 of them from Microcenter when I learned they were being discontinued.
I still have 4 new in the box, and I see they are going for about $150 on ebay now.
The one I am using right now is... 4 years old I think.
Circuit boards in general are made with toxic processes and often contain toxic chemicals in trace amounts.
I'm pretty sure the recycling of game console boards is just as bad as computers, meaning that it is a problem, but nowhere near as many game console boards are sold as PC motherboards making the issue barely worth discussing (about 70 million PCs were sold in the US in 2007, not including servers and laptops whereas just a few million game consoles were sold).
Actually, its 1000 times worse, due to the concentration of burning parts around "recycling" centers.
Check out this 60 minutes segment from two weeks ago. It's hard to watch in places, watching 4 year old kids playing in old capacitors and lead solder.
Well, if you had read some of the comments, many of them already are complaining.
"What kind of toxins are we being exposed too!!!11!"
Yeah.. I much prefer this comment: "By Jermiah
November 23, 2008 12:24 AM | Link to this
I quite enjoyed it. Nothing like a glass a scotch a lawn chair a cigar and 1.5 million foot pounds of pressure to make someone feel alive."
They can just mount all those old Federal Thunderbolt sirens to the ambulances.
They only weigh... what? couple hundred pounds? Not including mompressor?
I miss the sound of Federal Thunderbolts. I hate the tornado sirens around here.
(How picky is that?)
So, those of us who have paid for (what used to be called) the SoHo version, or any of the other versions should just grin and bare it?
I dont think so. I'm pissed.
It's not all freeware
The hell with printing them... Just the signs alone.
The price of Coroplast has tripled over the last 24 months. I buy 4'x8' sheets of it for making cages for small animals. My price went from around $6 to over $25!
I'm pretty sure there are about 100 ways to prevent your kids from watching shows that are rated for language or whatever. What I want is a way to ban commercials for my kids without having to completely turn off the TV. Commercials are WAY more dangerous since they are about real life things that you can buy or do. Drugs, alcohol, sex, self-loathing, junk food... on a TV show is bad enough... but on a commercial that advertises crap you can get at the local fix Dr.'s office or buy at a convenience store is a whole different ballgame. Fuck all these drug advertisements on TV too... who needs that crap on TV? Go to a fucking M.D. or stop smoking if you are sick.
Besides, I don't want my kids nagging me about lame toys. Whatever happened to the cool violent toys of yesteryear? As much as I appreciate cartoons, I'm sick of all the ultra-cutsie stuff.
Indeed.
I am amazed to hear that "For the children" is a viable argument when we are blasted with commercials for cialis and viagra... not to mentioned those hideous "mucus" commercials that seem to only be on during dinner time.
Commercials using language that any 5 year old can easily decipher given context clues, but hey, thats ok!.. as long as the pharma lobby has more money than the comedians
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Good pizza in the South comes from Savage Pizza, in little five points, Atlanta.
Yes, but you can get good Dim Sum in Louisville, and the olde spaghetti factory/warehouse, so you have that going for you. Plus, you know.. keep it weird.
Looks cool, and i will definitely keep it bookmarked.
Problem is that that fan on that laptop was literally embedded into the metal framework. Not screwed in, but part of the frame.
Not much I could do about that one.
Low resolution, and shitty video card.
Not my kind of laptop...
Well, everyone has their own needs.
Since I don't seem to be gaming much anymore, it suits me just fine.
1280x800 is more than enough for what I use it for, and I picked it up for $500 (It's still selling for around $850)
That performance, for that price.. No way I could beat it.
And, quite frankly, it has a better video card than my primary machine at home does. The only gripe at *all* I have had with it was my own unfamiliarity with 64 bit systems. And, well... Vista of course, but you can get it with XP on it, I am just sticking to Vista because I have to support it, and I figure I should have at least once machine in my corral with it on there for research use.
(read "Drove a sword through it to keep me from trying to repair it again and wasting my time")
There has to be an interesting story behind this. Or, at least, a good youtube video...
The story is basically the fact that I knew that if I kept the thing around, I would keep working on it.
The unit would operate fine for about an hour or so, then random errors would occur, and finally it would become unusable. After I recovered all the data from the drives, I replaced every "decently educated user serviceable" part inside. Several re-image, re-assemblies, and frustrated screams later I discovered the burned out chassis fan.
The fan was embedded in the magnesium chassis of the machine, and is not replaceable without heroic effort and some extensive modifications.
Since there were many more pressing things to fix, I knew that I would have to make sure the machine could NOT be fixed, or I would keep trying to fix it every time I looked at it.
So I took all the hardware out, broke out my stage combat rapier, and put the damned thing out of my misery forever(p)
Sorry for the lack of video.
Now just to get some more standards. . .and user-replaceable parts.
Yeah. This. I finally retired (read "Drove a sword through it to keep me from trying to repair it again and wasting my time") my 7 year old Omnibook last winter.
I really thought I would not miss it, but I missed having portable computing a lot more than I thought I would.
I picked up a gorgeous (and amazingly affordable)Pavilion 6985SE late this summer, and it is quickly becoming my favorite machine ever.
If laptop tech keeps improving at this rate, its no wonder. The video is great, and the battry life still amazes me (The 6985se has a 12 cell battery that seems to last forever)
Of course, a fresh install and wipe of all the garbage apps that came with it was a hassle, but I expect that with a machine I don't build myself, laptop or otherwise. Even buying it from Best Buy was not too much of a hassle.
I can see why people prefer them. I could not build a comparable machine (performance wise) in a desktop for the same amount of money even using my best hardware connections.
As far as user replaceable parts goes, yeah. That would be nice. The reason I had to kill my omnibook was because the (frame integrated) fan failed, and I could not get an external blower that worked worth a damn. If I could have replaced the fan, I would probably still be using it. 700mhz, 256MB of RAM and all!
Sorry for the rambling. Stuck in the call center today looking at phones that I KNOW will not ring today, and bored off my ass.
When, exactly, did septic tanks become a fringe case?
Much as I'm loath to admit it, the best mouse I've ever owned was manufactured by Microsoft. Logitech however does place a close second. Followed even more closely by virtually every other mouse I've ever owned by any company, I mean, it's a mouse, there's not all that much you can do to set it apart from the rest of the pack. If it moves the pointer around smoothly, has at least 3 buttons and a scroll wheel, and doesn't stick it's as good as at least 90% of the mice (is that even the right term?) out there.
I bought my Microsoft Trackball optical when logitech stopped making the trackball i liked, and I have never looked back. The software was great (programmable "program dependant" buttons with macros) (If you stuck to the version 4.1) I even bought 5 of them from Microcenter when I learned they were being discontinued.
I still have 4 new in the box, and I see they are going for about $150 on ebay now.
The one I am using right now is... 4 years old I think.
Damn . You beat me to it!
/Runs off to listen to the Medieval Millennium Faire commercial.
Circuit boards in general are made with toxic processes and often contain toxic chemicals in trace amounts.
I'm pretty sure the recycling of game console boards is just as bad as computers, meaning that it is a problem, but nowhere near as many game console boards are sold as PC motherboards making the issue barely worth discussing (about 70 million PCs were sold in the US in 2007, not including servers and laptops whereas just a few million game consoles were sold).
Actually, its 1000 times worse, due to the concentration of burning parts around "recycling" centers.
Check out this 60 minutes segment from two weeks ago. It's hard to watch in places, watching 4 year old kids playing in old capacitors and lead solder.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4586903n
Well, if you had read some of the comments, many of them already are complaining.
.. I much prefer this comment:
"What kind of toxins are we being exposed too!!!11!"
Yeah
"By Jermiah November 23, 2008 12:24 AM | Link to this I quite enjoyed it. Nothing like a glass a scotch a lawn chair a cigar and 1.5 million foot pounds of pressure to make someone feel alive."
November 31st?
But that is running hybrid, which brings everything down to 32bit when it is running. (Or so I have been led to believe)
The real question is .. Will it run on 64 Bit Vista .. Which is where I cant find ONE DECENT DAMNED VIRUS SCANNER that works.
Not one.
Pissing me off
Hmm, she should go big time.
.. Rly!
It was done years ago.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vision.html
Check that out. Wetware. Ya
And here is an EXTREMELY exhaustive discussion on the physics of lightsabers, in a fun sort of way.
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1406308
"Can a lightsaber cut through adamantium?"
Dude... niiiice. I am so very jealous
Sorry, the delay of typing out messages over citrix session. It causes many a typo.
They can just mount all those old Federal Thunderbolt sirens to the ambulances.
They only weigh... what? couple hundred pounds? Not including mompressor?
I miss the sound of Federal Thunderbolts. I hate the tornado sirens around here.
(How picky is that?)
Their treatment of Jurassic Park with Weird Al was classic.
Almost as good as Roadhouse!
you get what you pay for?
So, those of us who have paid for (what used to be called) the SoHo version, or any of the other versions should just grin and bare it? I dont think so. I'm pissed. It's not all freeware
No, thats fine. Ask.
We have a small animal rescue (wildlife and guinea pig) and "Cubes & Coroplast"(p) is about the best thing you can use for Guinea Pigs.
Most store bought cages are criminally undersized for active, grazing, social creatures.
The hell with printing them... Just the signs alone.
The price of Coroplast has tripled over the last 24 months. I buy 4'x8' sheets of it for making cages for small animals. My price went from around $6 to over $25!
Recycling election signs works nicely though...
Special Agent Jethro Gibbs unavailable for comment...
I'm pretty sure there are about 100 ways to prevent your kids from watching shows that are rated for language or whatever. What I want is a way to ban commercials for my kids without having to completely turn off the TV. Commercials are WAY more dangerous since they are about real life things that you can buy or do. Drugs, alcohol, sex, self-loathing, junk food... on a TV show is bad enough... but on a commercial that advertises crap you can get at the local fix Dr.'s office or buy at a convenience store is a whole different ballgame. Fuck all these drug advertisements on TV too... who needs that crap on TV? Go to a fucking M.D. or stop smoking if you are sick.
Besides, I don't want my kids nagging me about lame toys. Whatever happened to the cool violent toys of yesteryear? As much as I appreciate cartoons, I'm sick of all the ultra-cutsie stuff.
Indeed. .. as long as the pharma lobby has more money than the comedians
I am amazed to hear that "For the children" is a viable argument when we are blasted with commercials for cialis and viagra... not to mentioned those hideous "mucus" commercials that seem to only be on during dinner time.
Commercials using language that any 5 year old can easily decipher given context clues, but hey, thats ok!