Hey... I would have let the "512k" comment pass if only that person wasn't trying to pick up what was originally a typo by replacing it with their own lame mistake.
Still, it's nice to know there are a few people left out there that know the difference between these things. As you say, it's basic stuff - and something that people that comment should know.
I'm beginning to think they really *are* herding us towards greener pastures.
It's not an entirely altruistic act. Judging by that list they're no longer only worried by just the technologically savvy leeching their tunes - they're spreading their nets wider and trying to target more people with... how can I put this... "eclectic" tastes.
Ferchrissakes: MC Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit? STOP! Hammer Time! And on second thoughts: no - please just stop.
For anybody wanting a loud clicky action keyboard there's one available at
Maplin suitably called the "CLICK Keyboard".
They're quite cheap and they have a great action. The first one I had met with an unfortunate end so I've now got two more because I hate typing on spongy keyboards.
BTW don't take the back off unless you want to fiddle with the hundreds of bits of copper that make the clicks.
I suggest July should be go-away-and-think-about-what-you've-done time.
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Linux should try to keep its GUI the same, then it will offer something windows doesn't.
I disagree! The "start" button & icon dock desktop is a well-worn concept now - shouldn't new desktops be looking to innovate? Instead of emulating desktop formats from Apple and Microsoft (who've got massive resources to develop these things) new desktops should play on their strengths and try out something new (the previously mentioned big players are bound to a certain extent by their users resistance to change).
Something like trying to incorporate Fitt's Law which basically says the less effort (distance, size of target) required to get to something e.g. a menu button the better. With this in mind, I'm waiting for someone to develop a popup circular menu-thing. Anybody know if there are any projects working on something like this in a desktop?
Just wondering about these desktop screenshots....
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The GIMP always seems to make a guest appearance in the desktop screenshots... is this because people use it for the screen grab or what?
Fling enough shit at people and eventually you'll hit a scatophile. Who'll probably quite like it.
Pity you have to cover all the other people in excrement - but hey - someone wanted it.
Personally, I'd rather not don shit-repllant attire and adopt all your counter-measures but just stop the very small minority of anti-social idiots from flinging shit in the first place and ruining it for the vast majority.
It's like living under a flightpath: at first, you can't deal with all the jet planes, but after a while you don't even realize they're there.
Good analogy but to extend it: you probably wouldn't choose to live under a flight path without good reason in the first place.
If your first experience of the web was a deluge of deafening popups/unders/overs/whatever, as is common with some sites these days, then you mightn't bother with it after that. Which is especially true of the people that are offended by the porn.
Those that have been around for a while have learned to adapt and deal with these "jets" and other annoyances but there's a certain amount of skill to getting a good SNR from the internet nowadays.
And the colour scheme on this version (middle of the page) should help you vomit it all back up again. It's sort of hypnotic.... must... buy... fat... bastard... chair...
It's really quite simple - the parts used are all standard and readily available. An inverter powers the X-box. X-box plugs into a standard (but expensive) head unit. It's been done using Playstations for years.
Pity it's been installed in what looks like to be an old Rover 400... the equivalent of this being sellotaping money to a turd.
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Well... the first thing you should do is apologise profusely for holding up play and then get up and drag your damn couch off the pitch.
What's this thing supposed to be - some kind of holodeck?
So, PVRs should be...ummmm
The Recordomatic 9000?
The Automatic Recording System of Entertainment?
Hey... I would have let the "512k" comment pass if only that person wasn't trying to pick up what was originally a typo by replacing it with their own lame mistake.
Still, it's nice to know there are a few people left out there that know the difference between these things. As you say, it's basic stuff - and something that people that comment should know.
Are you sure you didn't mean megabytes (MB)?
It's been done for real before... Aqua Tank
At least watercooling offers some kind of benefit for the risk taken...
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Oh no! Not dead plastic fish?
Seriously, did you really think the whole case was filled with water?
Or they want to put the CD on a gold chain and wear it as a medallion... bling!
It's not an entirely altruistic act. Judging by that list they're no longer only worried by just the technologically savvy leeching their tunes - they're spreading their nets wider and trying to target more people with... how can I put this... "eclectic" tastes.
Ferchrissakes: MC Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit? STOP! Hammer Time! And on second thoughts: no - please just stop.
For anybody wanting a loud clicky action keyboard there's one available at Maplin suitably called the "CLICK Keyboard".
They're quite cheap and they have a great action. The first one I had met with an unfortunate end so I've now got two more because I hate typing on spongy keyboards.
BTW don't take the back off unless you want to fiddle with the hundreds of bits of copper that make the clicks.
All the people commenting about it.
Next question please.
then after that, it's time for a nap.
No rest for the wicked...
I suggest July should be go-away-and-think-about-what-you've-done time.
I disagree! The "start" button & icon dock desktop is a well-worn concept now - shouldn't new desktops be looking to innovate? Instead of emulating desktop formats from Apple and Microsoft (who've got massive resources to develop these things) new desktops should play on their strengths and try out something new (the previously mentioned big players are bound to a certain extent by their users resistance to change).
Something like trying to incorporate Fitt's Law which basically says the less effort (distance, size of target) required to get to something e.g. a menu button the better. With this in mind, I'm waiting for someone to develop a popup circular menu-thing. Anybody know if there are any projects working on something like this in a desktop?
The GIMP always seems to make a guest appearance in the desktop screenshots... is this because people use it for the screen grab or what?
Other people have developed GUIs for BT. A quick google should provide the goods or there are a few options at...
BT Links
I use this
HTH
Fling enough shit at people and eventually you'll hit a scatophile. Who'll probably quite like it.
Pity you have to cover all the other people in excrement - but hey - someone wanted it.
Personally, I'd rather not don shit-repllant attire and adopt all your counter-measures but just stop the very small minority of anti-social idiots from flinging shit in the first place and ruining it for the vast majority.
Good analogy but to extend it: you probably wouldn't choose to live under a flight path without good reason in the first place.
If your first experience of the web was a deluge of deafening popups/unders/overs/whatever, as is common with some sites these days, then you mightn't bother with it after that. Which is especially true of the people that are offended by the porn.
Those that have been around for a while have learned to adapt and deal with these "jets" and other annoyances but there's a certain amount of skill to getting a good SNR from the internet nowadays.
The La-Z-boy Oasis has got the beer covered...
And the colour scheme on this version (middle of the page) should help you vomit it all back up again. It's sort of hypnotic....
must... buy... fat... bastard... chair...
So it is.
I must have been thrown off by that sporty woody-insert interior...
It's really quite simple - the parts used are all standard and readily available. An inverter powers the X-box. X-box plugs into a standard (but expensive) head unit. It's been done using Playstations for years. Pity it's been installed in what looks like to be an old Rover 400... the equivalent of this being sellotaping money to a turd.