Everyone telling this guy to "work in an office where people don't steal stuff" need to wake up. People in general are dirt, and even IF everyone in your office are trustworthy, the people emptying the trash cans, delivering jugs of water, and fixing your copier may not be.
I work in an extremely security-conscious office. Two separate badges required to enter, etc. We had two incidents in the past year. One was a janitor who would steal money out of purses if the person's back was turned. The second was an employee, who worked here for a decade, was everyone's friend, and whom I trusted completely. He stole a credit card off someone else's desk. We were all completely blown away.
People do dumb/criminal stuff all the time. Lock up anything worthwhile.
Exact same experience here. I bought my folks a dual core AMD laptop, 2 gigs of RAM. I get phone calls.."why is freecell so slow?"
It's just pokey, turning off Aero doesn't help. I don't get it.
Yeah, I know you said that. Maybe you have a lot better luck than I do with shoes, but I usually need to try on many pairs to find ones that are comfortable. Trying on a half dozen over the period of a week to find ones that fit correctly doesn't strike me as convenient.
I have no idea how you can buy shoes online. Each manufacturer has a different idea of a given size. Generally I have to try on 8 or 10 pairs to find one that's comfortable. I really don't see myself shipping back that many pairs and waiting for the next one to arrive.
Modded as funny, but in one of my high school classes I had a conspiracy nut professor. He was going on about energy, and asks 'why aren't we using more solar energy?', with the intent of going on about government and energy companies suppressing it. One kid raises his hand...'because it'll make the sun go dim sooner'. Oh the laughter that erupted was fantastic.
I abandoned Netscape for IE 4, not because IE was bundled (I had the original boxed '95), but because it was simply better. Netscape 4 crashed constantly on me, and was slow as hell. IE was neither. In retrospect I morally regret supporting IE, but it was simply better then IMO. Now I use Firefox at work and home on my Mac, so I've come to terms with my actions.
My little 02 Toyota pickup has just a regular metal key. I suspect many car thieves wouldn't be able to drive a stick anyway, so I'm not particularly worried. In my opinion, the simpler mechanical things are, the better.
I used to feel that way on Windows with Acrobat 7, but I've been quite pleased with 8. It's a vast improvement in speed. I never have a problem with it in Firefox anymore.
LOL I've been out at the bar... I had no idea I was modded as flamebait. I'm serious, I hate the clicking, there's no ajenda behind it. My first real exposure to it was after I dumped Ramen on my keyboard, and borrowed my dad's spare until I got a new one. Holy the clicking drove me nuts. I got a new one as soon as I could. Keyboards are very personal, you either like it or you don't. At $15 a pop, I can't see getting upset over one or another.
Good god I HATE that clicking. I refuse to use those things for just that reason. For me, the perfect keyboard is the one on my Powerbook. My hands glide across it effortlessly, I love it.
On a side note...I've noticed that people who accuse others of "ass-kissing" usually mean "doing the job your boss asked you to do". They also tend to be suck in dead end jobs.
My ISP's mail sucks. Plus Gmail has the single best mail interface I've ever used. I wish there was a desktop client like it available. What makes you think your ISP isn't filing your emails away somewhere?
I personally like Gmail's ads. They add a lot of humor when having a back and forth discussion, coming up with stuff that is completely inappropriate. Often we have more fun discussing why Gmail decides we need to see "The secret coffee cos don't want you to know" more than the actual topic.
There's no reason the applications couldn't write to the config files in a human-readable form. That would let you monkey around when necessary. I still believe whoever thought up the monstrosity that is the Registry should be entered into a knife fight with drunken monkeys.
But once something breaks you're back to cryptic/etc files and other obscure things.
How is this any worse than trying to decipher hkey\local\user\KFJLDSFHSDIFHSDJKFHSDKJFHSDK?
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Everyone telling this guy to "work in an office where people don't steal stuff" need to wake up. People in general are dirt, and even IF everyone in your office are trustworthy, the people emptying the trash cans, delivering jugs of water, and fixing your copier may not be. I work in an extremely security-conscious office. Two separate badges required to enter, etc. We had two incidents in the past year. One was a janitor who would steal money out of purses if the person's back was turned. The second was an employee, who worked here for a decade, was everyone's friend, and whom I trusted completely. He stole a credit card off someone else's desk. We were all completely blown away. People do dumb/criminal stuff all the time. Lock up anything worthwhile.
Dual core, 2 GB, and it still feels pokey.
Exact same experience here. I bought my folks a dual core AMD laptop, 2 gigs of RAM. I get phone calls.."why is freecell so slow?" It's just pokey, turning off Aero doesn't help. I don't get it.
Yeah, I know you said that. Maybe you have a lot better luck than I do with shoes, but I usually need to try on many pairs to find ones that are comfortable. Trying on a half dozen over the period of a week to find ones that fit correctly doesn't strike me as convenient.
I have no idea how you can buy shoes online. Each manufacturer has a different idea of a given size. Generally I have to try on 8 or 10 pairs to find one that's comfortable. I really don't see myself shipping back that many pairs and waiting for the next one to arrive.
Modded as funny, but in one of my high school classes I had a conspiracy nut professor. He was going on about energy, and asks 'why aren't we using more solar energy?', with the intent of going on about government and energy companies suppressing it. One kid raises his hand...'because it'll make the sun go dim sooner'. Oh the laughter that erupted was fantastic.
I abandoned Netscape for IE 4, not because IE was bundled (I had the original boxed '95), but because it was simply better. Netscape 4 crashed constantly on me, and was slow as hell. IE was neither. In retrospect I morally regret supporting IE, but it was simply better then IMO. Now I use Firefox at work and home on my Mac, so I've come to terms with my actions.
My little 02 Toyota pickup has just a regular metal key. I suspect many car thieves wouldn't be able to drive a stick anyway, so I'm not particularly worried. In my opinion, the simpler mechanical things are, the better.
I used to feel that way on Windows with Acrobat 7, but I've been quite pleased with 8. It's a vast improvement in speed. I never have a problem with it in Firefox anymore.
We use Notes where I work. It certainly has a ton of corporate features, wrapped up in the slowest, most wreched interface I have ever used.
Pabst has mastered this with my favorite malt beverage....BIG BEAR.
LOL I've been out at the bar... I had no idea I was modded as flamebait. I'm serious, I hate the clicking, there's no ajenda behind it. My first real exposure to it was after I dumped Ramen on my keyboard, and borrowed my dad's spare until I got a new one. Holy the clicking drove me nuts. I got a new one as soon as I could. Keyboards are very personal, you either like it or you don't. At $15 a pop, I can't see getting upset over one or another.
Good god I HATE that clicking. I refuse to use those things for just that reason. For me, the perfect keyboard is the one on my Powerbook. My hands glide across it effortlessly, I love it.
I suspect more Reptoid involvement.
I heard this on Coast to Coast AM the other night, with a much more in depth story and interviews.
We love catamari....in space! Roll it up!
On a side note...I've noticed that people who accuse others of "ass-kissing" usually mean "doing the job your boss asked you to do". They also tend to be suck in dead end jobs.
My ISP's mail sucks. Plus Gmail has the single best mail interface I've ever used. I wish there was a desktop client like it available. What makes you think your ISP isn't filing your emails away somewhere?
I personally like Gmail's ads. They add a lot of humor when having a back and forth discussion, coming up with stuff that is completely inappropriate. Often we have more fun discussing why Gmail decides we need to see "The secret coffee cos don't want you to know" more than the actual topic.
Peon: Lord Vader, they've gone public with a cure for cancer! Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bah, the 1986 film did it right. There was no need to change everything.
God I wish I had mod points for that one! Bumblebee is NOT a Camaro!
V is an excellent documentary on the Reptoids' plans for us. Don't be fooled, the best place to hide the truth is in plain sight.
There's no reason the applications couldn't write to the config files in a human-readable form. That would let you monkey around when necessary. I still believe whoever thought up the monstrosity that is the Registry should be entered into a knife fight with drunken monkeys.
But once something breaks you're back to cryptic /etc files and other obscure things.
How is this any worse than trying to decipher hkey\local\user\KFJLDSFHSDIFHSDJKFHSDKJFHSDK?