I had a hard look at what I *really* wanted a printer for.
Printing photos at photo quality on regular occasions actually doeasnt feature that high up the list, and yet I always seemed to find myself scouring the net for the best res, most true to life inkjet that all the tech sites were raving about.
When I stopped for a second I thought. You know there are really only a few occasions where I really do want a hard copy of a photo. And even fewer when it needs to be stuck on the wall quality.
I figured it was just easier to just get Sony* to print it for me. Its top of the range and they do serious blow ups if you so desire.
Once I had seen the light of the situation the only thing that remained was that if I wasnt printing photos, I must be printing text. Everyone knows you dont print text on inkjets - so off I went and got me a laser (coincidentally Im also one of the "HP are good" crowd so thats who i plumped for). I still havn't even had the pleasure if figuring out how/where to get toner, and i suspect the default toners they give you are only about a 1/4 full in the first place.
(I did end up going for a colour, I couldn't quite let go and embrace b&w, but I really wouldnt bother trying to print photos on it, its for letters, specs, and various other documents etc that look better with a splash of colour here or there. The photos it prints are crap. Thats what sony* is for!)
*insert favourite upload'n'post photo printing site
Further to this, regarding the sheer nitpickiness of the windows XP activation. I was 'fixing' my wife's nasty default build on a toshiba laptop she had been given by the school she works in, and regardless what version of windows I used (XP Pro Corp, XP Pro Retail, XP Pro OEM - I even tried Home Retail and Home OEM) I could not get it to activate with the key stuck on the side of the machine.
The disk from toshiba was a nasty bloatware filled ghost image (which is was ahy it was 'broken' in her opinion - it was actually just in swap hell). When your laptop only has 256mb (64 of which the integrated graphics has already robbed) then a cold boot of XP that is already using 288meg before even opening the start menu is not my idea of a great default build.
Anyway. I read up on this and the consensus seemed to be that if you had a butchered build from your manufacturer then MS werent going to help you and if you wanted a vanilla install you had to get in touch with said manufacturer.
I figured I had nothing to lose anyway, so I stuck XP Pro OEM back on there, then frigged the auto installed key so it was what it said on the laptop, and got on the blower to microsoft, fully expecting them to pass the buck or at least start bugging me because my OEM cd didnt match the product key or some other irregularity - but no. I read out some million digit number, she reads me back another equally well padded one, I type it in - and bingo.
So, it seems as long as your product key is legit, even if the activation thing is getting its knickers in a twist, that MS will sort you out with a quick 5 minute phone call. Fair play in that respect.
ffs, I mod (the interesting/insightful) parent up on a 0 post, and get -1 offtopic.
The parent post actually ends up +5 insightful.
Perhaps I am indeed 'off-topic', but I would also suggest that I am pretty fucking +5 insightful myself for sugeesting a 0 rated post is actually itself interesting/insightful.
{erhaps you are the dick that also moderated the parent offtopic. Yes, a post which in its entirity discusses the fucking topic - "I know, I'll mark that off-topic!"
You'll never read this. What do I care. I'm angry. And also probably being given -1 Troll/Flamebait right now. The karma system shat on me from the start so I don't care. Fuck you.
I dont get mod points. Slashdot gods crucified me shortly after birth. So I just pretend like I can mod, it won't get you karma but at least you know somebody out there cared:)
I'm getting by just fine on my Dell L400 and its 9 gig drive. Which not only lets me surf from the sofa but also runs a full webdev environment (LAMP) quite comfortably....
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 9285280 8354664 930616 90%/
i found dispatch-conf to be far better than etc-update. It took some persistance though to get used to the interface, but ultimately i feel it paid off. It seems easier to manage merging with it imo.
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Why so? Was uniformed spelled wrong? ;)
They can put the close tab button wherever they want in my book, just so long as ctrl+w still works.
Amen to that.
I had a hard look at what I *really* wanted a printer for.
Printing photos at photo quality on regular occasions actually doeasnt feature that high up the list, and yet I always seemed to find myself scouring the net for the best res, most true to life inkjet that all the tech sites were raving about.
When I stopped for a second I thought. You know there are really only a few occasions where I really do want a hard copy of a photo. And even fewer when it needs to be stuck on the wall quality.
I figured it was just easier to just get Sony* to print it for me. Its top of the range and they do serious blow ups if you so desire.
Once I had seen the light of the situation the only thing that remained was that if I wasnt printing photos, I must be printing text. Everyone knows you dont print text on inkjets - so off I went and got me a laser (coincidentally Im also one of the "HP are good" crowd so thats who i plumped for). I still havn't even had the pleasure if figuring out how/where to get toner, and i suspect the default toners they give you are only about a 1/4 full in the first place.
(I did end up going for a colour, I couldn't quite let go and embrace b&w, but I really wouldnt bother trying to print photos on it, its for letters, specs, and various other documents etc that look better with a splash of colour here or there. The photos it prints are crap. Thats what sony* is for!)
*insert favourite upload'n'post photo printing site
Further to this, regarding the sheer nitpickiness of the windows XP activation. I was 'fixing' my wife's nasty default build on a toshiba laptop she had been given by the school she works in, and regardless what version of windows I used (XP Pro Corp, XP Pro Retail, XP Pro OEM - I even tried Home Retail and Home OEM) I could not get it to activate with the key stuck on the side of the machine.
The disk from toshiba was a nasty bloatware filled ghost image (which is was ahy it was 'broken' in her opinion - it was actually just in swap hell). When your laptop only has 256mb (64 of which the integrated graphics has already robbed) then a cold boot of XP that is already using 288meg before even opening the start menu is not my idea of a great default build.
Anyway. I read up on this and the consensus seemed to be that if you had a butchered build from your manufacturer then MS werent going to help you and if you wanted a vanilla install you had to get in touch with said manufacturer.
I figured I had nothing to lose anyway, so I stuck XP Pro OEM back on there, then frigged the auto installed key so it was what it said on the laptop, and got on the blower to microsoft, fully expecting them to pass the buck or at least start bugging me because my OEM cd didnt match the product key or some other irregularity - but no. I read out some million digit number, she reads me back another equally well padded one, I type it in - and bingo.
So, it seems as long as your product key is legit, even if the activation thing is getting its knickers in a twist, that MS will sort you out with a quick 5 minute phone call. Fair play in that respect.
10 seconds on full power stopped both of them. Made a funky smell too.
I've no idea, not only do they they appear to be 11GHz short, but they've screwed up the units AND the decimal places.
Keep putting the washers/screws in the bag until it shuts up. *Then* scan the next item ;)
After all, the machine is telling you to "place item in bagging area", who are you to argue!
You know what? You're right.
:)
hazzah! yes im new here
What a shame this is way down the list of replies. If only you could TTT comments!
excellent point sir.
I hear there is an elf about town who will help you out for the reasonable fee of a one small jar!
ffs, I mod (the interesting/insightful) parent up on a 0 post, and get -1 offtopic.
The parent post actually ends up +5 insightful.
Perhaps I am indeed 'off-topic', but I would also suggest that I am pretty fucking +5 insightful myself for sugeesting a 0 rated post is actually itself interesting/insightful.
{erhaps you are the dick that also moderated the parent offtopic. Yes, a post which in its entirity discusses the fucking topic - "I know, I'll mark that off-topic!"
You'll never read this. What do I care. I'm angry. And also probably being given -1 Troll/Flamebait right now. The karma system shat on me from the start so I don't care. Fuck you.
very good! I like!
very succinctly put
As far as the dealer was concerned she was threatining him with hard time!
Still doesnt make it right I agree, but if I was a drug dealer I wouldn't be ranking it in the same class as petty vindictiveness.
*Shrugs*
but, I need to paste this funny picture I saw into a OO document so's I can attach it to an e-mail!
A quote from Young Einstein!?
You must have been the other person that saw it!
AHA! If the user googled for the difference between RAM and HDD, that would be half the battle!
I dont get mod points. Slashdot gods crucified me shortly after birth. So I just pretend like I can mod, it won't get you karma but at least you know somebody out there cared :)
Hardcore linux user here... he say, valid points. +1 Interesting!
Class post! +1 Underrated! Only sorry I never get mod points - I am one of the untouchables !
By 30 your typical game designers salaray isn't conducive to the life one might expect at that age either in my experience.
My hat has trouble replying to my business. I find it soon passes.
I'll say!
/dev/hda3 9285280 8354664 930616 90% /
:)
I'm getting by just fine on my Dell L400 and its 9 gig drive. Which not only lets me surf from the sofa but also runs a full webdev environment (LAMP) quite comfortably....
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
Not much space for pr0n though
i found dispatch-conf to be far better than etc-update. It took some persistance though to get used to the interface, but ultimately i feel it paid off. It seems easier to manage merging with it imo.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=MSFT&t=5y&l=on&z=m &q=l&c=%5EIXIC
IANA Financial Advisor, but over the last 5 years MSFT hasn't gone anywhere.