I was making the point more about fairly standard consumer AV devices, not PCs. Half the time, it's intuitive to me, the other half I'll have to dig in the accompanying manual, just like the owner could have done.
I expect to get called out to troubleshoot computer-related stuff. However, I'm still not used to getting paid to hook up a DVD player for someone who could have spent a little time learning how to do it themselves.
Maybe it is easier from their standpoint to pay me to do it rather than trouble themselves, but let's just say the minimum standard of self-reliance has been dropping as far as I'm concerned.
Why was this modded Troll? Apart from Martha Stewart and some mild Enron hearings, the Bush administration hasn't exactly been supercop when it comes to the corporate world.
Sounds corny, but it works, this is how my parents taught me to write as a kid. Get some examples, and practice writing lines of letters, then words. Do, say, a half an hour a day or so.
Once you've gone through a couple of yelllow legal pads, you should be good to go.
Could somebody please explain to me why "vinyl is better"?
Don't get me wrong, CDs are not ideal, and I melted many a tape back in the 80s, but no one who's a proponent of vinyl has ever given a more concrete endorsement than "the sound is warmer."
You could blatantly tell that it was a CG effect at times
Disagree, but who says this anymore? That's so 5 years ago!
Anyway, what the Lord of the Rings films have positively shown for me is that the days of being able to honestly say that are fading fast. We're only a few years away from flawless CGI, IMHO.
Funny, the original PlayStation, which destroyed everything in its path (more dominant than the PS2), had nothing to be backwards compatible with.
It didn't exactly have the greatest competition. The SNES was four years old, and the Saturn wasn't doing that well. The N64, coming out a year later didn't do anything the PS2 couldn't, and the Dreamcast was still 3 years away.
Granted, Sony worked really hard and surprised everyone, but it was hardly a tough market at the time.
Your data is stored on MS servers. You pay a monthly fee, like Xbox Live, and can stream your data for playback when needed.
Unlikely methinks. As storage decreases so rapidly in price, I'd wager a Terabyte's worth of storage could be had for under $500 in 18 months. I can definitely envision cheap, compact "plug-and-play" server boxes, little twee things, becoming bigger business in the next few years for the home market.
Can't have this thread without mentioning Napster at its peak.
I was lucky enough to be working for a cybercafe/reseller/small ISP at the time and had access to some serious bandwith. It was during this period I managed to track down all the rare songs I hadn't heard in years. I must have downloaded dozens of tracks a day.
All that means is that you're too lazy to go find a QT serial (never taken more than 5 minutes in my experience).
Besides, how important is full screen for a 320x240 mpg?
As for playlists, I've never understood the need for 'em for video (and that better be what you're talking about, because if you're using WMP as your mp3 player, God help us all.)
Remember, the story refers to the UK, not the USA. Things are different there, government and law struture wise.
Absolutely correct. There is no constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression in the UK, or even freedom of the press, which makes it all the more ironic that information flows more freely over there than it does in the US.
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Ctrl-S (or cmd-S for the mac), n00b!
Not necessarily a bad thing, and you know with Google, they won't slack on the development of it, but a US-centric Internet is so 1997.
Better not be callin' Mr. T. ludicrous, fool!
I expect to get called out to troubleshoot computer-related stuff. However, I'm still not used to getting paid to hook up a DVD player for someone who could have spent a little time learning how to do it themselves.
Maybe it is easier from their standpoint to pay me to do it rather than trouble themselves, but let's just say the minimum standard of self-reliance has been dropping as far as I'm concerned.
Not complaining, it's just a weird trend. This happening to anyone else?
Why was this modded Troll? Apart from Martha Stewart and some mild Enron hearings, the Bush administration hasn't exactly been supercop when it comes to the corporate world.
I do not miss dialup...
Once you've gone through a couple of yelllow legal pads, you should be good to go.
Don't get me wrong, CDs are not ideal, and I melted many a tape back in the 80s, but no one who's a proponent of vinyl has ever given a more concrete endorsement than "the sound is warmer."
I want answers dammit!
Amen, brother, amen. The PDF's time passed in 97.
...and Martha Stewart apparently. Poor little sacrificial lamb.
What do you do if an epileptic has a fit in your bathtub?
Throw your laundry in.
Disagree, but who says this anymore? That's so 5 years ago!
Anyway, what the Lord of the Rings films have positively shown for me is that the days of being able to honestly say that are fading fast. We're only a few years away from flawless CGI, IMHO.
Besides, being 80 with a lifespan of over 200 years puts him, relatively speaking, in his late thirties/early forties. Mr Mortensen is 45.
"EV1, don't be that guy."
It didn't exactly have the greatest competition. The SNES was four years old, and the Saturn wasn't doing that well. The N64, coming out a year later didn't do anything the PS2 couldn't, and the Dreamcast was still 3 years away.
Granted, Sony worked really hard and surprised everyone, but it was hardly a tough market at the time.
Unlikely methinks. As storage decreases so rapidly in price, I'd wager a Terabyte's worth of storage could be had for under $500 in 18 months. I can definitely envision cheap, compact "plug-and-play" server boxes, little twee things, becoming bigger business in the next few years for the home market.
Don't forget a couple of tactical Nukes. That's the only way to be sure.
You mean these?
If you want o watch something with actual content, why not burn to VCD and enjoy from the comfort of your couch?
I was lucky enough to be working for a cybercafe/reseller/small ISP at the time and had access to some serious bandwith. It was during this period I managed to track down all the rare songs I hadn't heard in years. I must have downloaded dozens of tracks a day.
Good times
...they came up with Windows ME. Not good.
Besides, how important is full screen for a 320x240 mpg?
As for playlists, I've never understood the need for 'em for video (and that better be what you're talking about, because if you're using WMP as your mp3 player, God help us all.)
Absolutely correct. There is no constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression in the UK, or even freedom of the press, which makes it all the more ironic that information flows more freely over there than it does in the US.
XP has WMP bundled, that is illegal
This should read:
OS X has Quicktime bundled, which is nice
XP has WMP bundled, which is crap