Never underestimate the power of percussive maintenance.
Absolutely. Depending on the fault, a considered thump in an appropriate location can in fact have a beneficial effect. CRT issues, stuck platters on an HDA, cards that have become unsettled, mechanical issues, MAY receive a possible benefit. LCDs, optical drives, and software faults are highly unlikely to benefit from percussive maintenance.
Re:Argh! The girl gamer topic again!
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I seriously doubt what type of gamer you are, as well as your character.(And I don't mean your Dungeons and Dragons character.)
Seriously, I'm a female gamer AND I play and GM D&D AND I do plenty of other gaming (computer, console, tabletop, LARP, board, word, etc...) You're stereotyping is as bad as the OPs.
As the old adage goes: "a man may work from sun to sun but a womans work is never done". I have only really wanted to play games to waste time when I'm waiting in line or at work between tasks. When I get home, I have things that need to get done, and I don't have 5 hours to sit mindlessly at a computer just to finish a game. It seems senseless. if I'm going to play a game, something needs to come of it!
More to the point, it shouldn't need a minimum of an hour to get anything done, and it shouldn't take 15+ minutes to be able to log out (as in get to a save point/safe location to quit)
I play WoW, my husband has logged more than triple my log in time and we got the game (2 copies) on the same day.
Even some console games I have put the save points so far apart you either lose what progress you have made, or have to be on for a minimum of an hour to move forward. I have stuff that needs to get done, don't make choose between feeding the family and being able to play in what little downtime I do have.
Surely would have to be the Performa 52xx and the PB 190
Both had a series of extended warranty issues, the Performa had cache problems, a batch problem with the copper wiring used for the analog cards, firmware issues, etc... the PB 190 hade numberous problems with firmware, casings, display components, and to top it all off, they both shipped with Mac OS 7.1 when it was new and shiney and full of bugs.
Once you take games out of the equation, the only thing that's really missing on the Mac side is narrow vertical business and hobby apps (which, admittedly, can suck if you really rely on one).
I'm looking for a shareware cross-stitch program that will allow me to convert photos to patterns. There's plenty of free/cheap programs for windows, but all the mac programs are several hundred dollars a pop for something I will use a few times per year...
I believe you'll find that it was considered having NZ join with Australia into a single nation at Federation (Australian - 1901) but that NZ decided not to. They are a sovereign state in their own right at this time, however both countries are currently members of the British Commonwealth, as is Canada.
I used to work in an Apple service workshop, and we used to occasionally get CRTs in which the customer complained had a 'high pitched squeal'. Sometimes we could hear it, sometimes one or two of us could hear it and the rest couldn't, sometimes we would just have to take the customer at their word. Generally it is caused by a faulty high-voltage transformer.
In fact, she's really quite amusing, whatwith the curly-afro like hairdo and the subtle woman-moustache, not to mention the thick rimmed glasses she wore.
At risk of getting flammed - I fail to see what HER appearance has to do with her validity as an expert, or not.
Why do people feel the need to comment on a womans appearance as part of her qualifications (she's too attractive or not attractive enough to be listened to), but they don't use the same criteria when discussing men?
Right up until the point where they get a chance to min/max their character, at which points they make the expression 'creative accounting' look truely inadequate...
Can't a guy poke fun at idiotic stereotypes without somebody actually thinking I seriously believe that all people who play D&D are male and will never feel the warmth of a woman's touch?
Could be worse, you could be chaotic neutral. YOu might decide it is more amusing to fire on your side, their side, yourself, no-one, the ground, grow petunias, etc...
A number of my players in our regular DnD campaign are ex-Australian Army. I know quite a few people in gaming circles who are ex-speical forces from a number of countries and who currently work at the Australian Department of Defense. One of the common characteristics they have is an excelent understanding of tactics and strategy (which are different) and all excelled in manouevers.
You missed "Kill Doctor Lucky" and it's varients. Also sold under the psuedo Cheapass banner are the James Earnest games "Pass the Brain", "Lord of the Fries" and "James Earnest's Totally Renamed Spy Game" (formally known as "Before I kill you Mr Bond").
That's because the GBA sucks as a controller - hence the specifications that the GBA2 be a comfortable and fully functional as a replacement controller.:)
What isn't obvious why anyone with a GBA or a DS would buy a GBA2.
It's unlikely this would be the case, but one excellent reason to buy a GBA2 would be if it could act as a comfortable and fully functional wireless controller for the Revolution AS WELL AS a standalone portable gaming device.
more to the point - we were thinking of putting up a sun sail over the terrace, I wonder if you could apply the solar cells to that: it's already in a large sun-drenched area, unlike our roof which is tiled, it is a single surface, and it is detachable should the unit need to be taken down for maintenance.
"women are, in general, better at multi-tasking." - And generally poorer at focusing on the task at hand.
Studies have suggested that mens and womens brains operate differently re multi/dedicated-tasking. Multi-tasking is especially useful when trying to achieve other tasks while simultaneously monitoring the wellbeing of babies or small children. The ability to focus on a single task for hours on end is uesful when hunting creatures who can easily kill you. Millenia of evolution yet to be overwritten by access to technology.
Different != Better or Worse, it's just 'different'.
You can have smart people who have never been exsposed to higher education, you can have not-so-smart people who have been smothered in education and are dilligent, but struggle.
If the education system simply taught people the possibility that they could learn something they don't already know that would be an improvement.
There's an old saying: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach how to fish and feed him forever.
Teach someone how to learn and research for themsleves and they are better equiped to adapt to the ever changing world we live in.
Education should be inspiring, it doesn't need to be vocational until the kids have a chance to consider what they might like to do when they leave school. And even then it shouldn't box them in to such a degree that they can't consider changing vocations if they wish.
All inkjet printers run a cleaning sequence, generally when they are powered on and are 'initialising'. During the cleaning cycle they flush ink through the printhead to remove any potentially dried pigment which may have lodged there. This can consume a significant amount of ink.
While I agree that they may have gone overboard in how they restrict cartridge usage these days, in part the reason is the increased quality expectations from consumers - compare the quality of output from an old Deskjet 500 series to one of todays printers. The number of nozzels have increased significantly, the size of the nozzles has similarly decreased. Smaller particles will block the nozzels and affect print quality.
In the early days of inkjet printers, HP used to use the fact that their cartridges had inbuilt printheads as a selling feature. Inkjet inks are mildly corrosive, and over time the flow of ink through the printhead erodes the assembly, causing the quality of the image to decline. canon recommended changing the printheads every 4 or so ink carts. Epson used to have non-user servicable printheads which could cost more than a new printer to be replaced if blocked.
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My husband beats up his mouse. No, that isn't a euphamism.
Never underestimate the power of percussive maintenance.
Absolutely. Depending on the fault, a considered thump in an appropriate location can in fact have a beneficial effect. CRT issues, stuck platters on an HDA, cards that have become unsettled, mechanical issues, MAY receive a possible benefit. LCDs, optical drives, and software faults are highly unlikely to benefit from percussive maintenance.
I seriously doubt what type of gamer you are, as well as your character.(And I don't mean your Dungeons and Dragons character.)
Seriously, I'm a female gamer AND I play and GM D&D AND I do plenty of other gaming (computer, console, tabletop, LARP, board, word, etc...) You're stereotyping is as bad as the OPs.
As the old adage goes: "a man may work from sun to sun but a womans work is never done". I have only really wanted to play games to waste time when I'm waiting in line or at work between tasks. When I get home, I have things that need to get done, and I don't have 5 hours to sit mindlessly at a computer just to finish a game. It seems senseless. if I'm going to play a game, something needs to come of it!
More to the point, it shouldn't need a minimum of an hour to get anything done, and it shouldn't take 15+ minutes to be able to log out (as in get to a save point/safe location to quit)
I play WoW, my husband has logged more than triple my log in time and we got the game (2 copies) on the same day.
Even some console games I have put the save points so far apart you either lose what progress you have made, or have to be on for a minimum of an hour to move forward. I have stuff that needs to get done, don't make choose between feeding the family and being able to play in what little downtime I do have.
That should have been "7.5 when it was new... Obviously that OS threw me into denial so badly I can't even type it without trying to edit it out...
Also, "had" not "hade" and "numerous" not "numberous"
Spellcheckers are you friend. :)
Surely would have to be the Performa 52xx and the PB 190
Both had a series of extended warranty issues, the Performa had cache problems, a batch problem with the copper wiring used for the analog cards, firmware issues, etc... the PB 190 hade numberous problems with firmware, casings, display components, and to top it all off, they both shipped with Mac OS 7.1 when it was new and shiney and full of bugs.
Once you take games out of the equation, the only thing that's really missing on the Mac side is narrow vertical business and hobby apps (which, admittedly, can suck if you really rely on one).
I'm looking for a shareware cross-stitch program that will allow me to convert photos to patterns. There's plenty of free/cheap programs for windows, but all the mac programs are several hundred dollars a pop for something I will use a few times per year...
Maybe 20% of iPod users don't play games?
Or maybe they play World of Warcraft. I know I downloaded the update this morning on my PB 15' 1.5 Ghz. :)
Heard the rumours about easter eggs in the content patch... Kill the Rabbit
I used to have a version of Disinfectant which flagged MS Word as malware...
I seem to recall it got 'upgraded' very quickly from that version.
nVirB was probably the virus I saw most often in 7 or so years doing Mac support as my primary role, other than that, it was mostly Word Macro virii.
I believe you'll find that it was considered having NZ join with Australia into a single nation at Federation (Australian - 1901) but that NZ decided not to. They are a sovereign state in their own right at this time, however both countries are currently members of the British Commonwealth, as is Canada.
I used to work in an Apple service workshop, and we used to occasionally get CRTs in which the customer complained had a 'high pitched squeal'. Sometimes we could hear it, sometimes one or two of us could hear it and the rest couldn't, sometimes we would just have to take the customer at their word. Generally it is caused by a faulty high-voltage transformer.
In fact, she's really quite amusing, whatwith the curly-afro like hairdo and the subtle woman-moustache, not to mention the thick rimmed glasses she wore.
At risk of getting flammed - I fail to see what HER appearance has to do with her validity as an expert, or not.
Why do people feel the need to comment on a womans appearance as part of her qualifications (she's too attractive or not attractive enough to be listened to), but they don't use the same criteria when discussing men?
Nor are all of them imaginative.
Right up until the point where they get a chance to min/max their character, at which points they make the expression 'creative accounting' look truely inadequate...
Can't a guy poke fun at idiotic stereotypes without somebody actually thinking I seriously believe that all people who play D&D are male and will never feel the warmth of a woman's touch?
*poke* I touch myself? I wonder if it was warm?
:)
Could be worse, you could be chaotic neutral. YOu might decide it is more amusing to fire on your side, their side, yourself, no-one, the ground, grow petunias, etc...
A number of my players in our regular DnD campaign are ex-Australian Army. I know quite a few people in gaming circles who are ex-speical forces from a number of countries and who currently work at the Australian Department of Defense. One of the common characteristics they have is an excelent understanding of tactics and strategy (which are different) and all excelled in manouevers.
N64 - my top 10
You missed "Kill Doctor Lucky" and it's varients. Also sold under the psuedo Cheapass banner are the James Earnest games "Pass the Brain", "Lord of the Fries" and "James Earnest's Totally Renamed Spy Game" (formally known as "Before I kill you Mr Bond").
That's because the GBA sucks as a controller - hence the specifications that the GBA2 be a comfortable and fully functional as a replacement controller. :)
What isn't obvious why anyone with a GBA or a DS would buy a GBA2.
It's unlikely this would be the case, but one excellent reason to buy a GBA2 would be if it could act as a comfortable and fully functional wireless controller for the Revolution AS WELL AS a standalone portable gaming device.
more to the point - we were thinking of putting up a sun sail over the terrace, I wonder if you could apply the solar cells to that: it's already in a large sun-drenched area, unlike our roof which is tiled, it is a single surface, and it is detachable should the unit need to be taken down for maintenance.
"women are, in general, better at multi-tasking." - And generally poorer at focusing on the task at hand.
Studies have suggested that mens and womens brains operate differently re multi/dedicated-tasking. Multi-tasking is especially useful when trying to achieve other tasks while simultaneously monitoring the wellbeing of babies or small children. The ability to focus on a single task for hours on end is uesful when hunting creatures who can easily kill you. Millenia of evolution yet to be overwritten by access to technology.
Different != Better or Worse, it's just 'different'.
Intelligence != Wisdom
Smart != Educated
You can have smart people who have never been exsposed to higher education, you can have not-so-smart people who have been smothered in education and are dilligent, but struggle.
If the education system simply taught people the possibility that they could learn something they don't already know that would be an improvement.
There's an old saying: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach how to fish and feed him forever.
Teach someone how to learn and research for themsleves and they are better equiped to adapt to the ever changing world we live in.
Education should be inspiring, it doesn't need to be vocational until the kids have a chance to consider what they might like to do when they leave school. And even then it shouldn't box them in to such a degree that they can't consider changing vocations if they wish.
All inkjet printers run a cleaning sequence, generally when they are powered on and are 'initialising'. During the cleaning cycle they flush ink through the printhead to remove any potentially dried pigment which may have lodged there. This can consume a significant amount of ink.
While I agree that they may have gone overboard in how they restrict cartridge usage these days, in part the reason is the increased quality expectations from consumers - compare the quality of output from an old Deskjet 500 series to one of todays printers. The number of nozzels have increased significantly, the size of the nozzles has similarly decreased. Smaller particles will block the nozzels and affect print quality.
In the early days of inkjet printers, HP used to use the fact that their cartridges had inbuilt printheads as a selling feature. Inkjet inks are mildly corrosive, and over time the flow of ink through the printhead erodes the assembly, causing the quality of the image to decline. canon recommended changing the printheads every 4 or so ink carts. Epson used to have non-user servicable printheads which could cost more than a new printer to be replaced if blocked.