BUT, I do have a bridge I'd consider selling... On Feb 6, 2013 8:52 PM, "Douglas Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Help someone who relies on Dell? Can't be done, my friend. > On Feb 6, 2013 8:48 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> HEY!**** >> >> This my thread and the price of admission is actually being helpful with >> the problem. Please don’t jam this channel. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> After you have said something helpful, THEN you can be ribald. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> n**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Douglas >> Roberts >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM >> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor**** >> >> ** ** >> >> How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling.**** >> >> Merle, what are your thoughts?**** >> >> On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> Hi, **** >> >> **** >> >> My Dell Studio (yeah, yeah, save the Mac cracks) has been cranky of late, >> particularly when streaming stuff, and since I am reluctant to put out a >> couple of hundred dollars to have it “tuned up”, I have been trying to see >> what I can do on my own. This has led me to the resource monitor, a truly >> fascinating little gizmo, a couple of levels down in the Task Manager. >> The help files that are attached to it are pretty lean, and I was wondering >> if someone knew of a “Resource Monitor for Idiots” source. **** >> >> **** >> >> One thing that I immediately learned which was STUNNING was that mac >> I-tunes has a chum that it loads called AppleRemoteDevicesManager.exe which >> grabs 25 percent of your resources off the top and doesn’t let go unless >> you whack it over the head with a brick. It’s purpose is to manage your >> relationship with your mobile devices, but relentlessly demands resources >> even though you don’t have any mobile devices. I think of it as >> essentially an Apple Trojan. (Ok, now, you can make Mac-cracks). **** >> >> **** >> >> Thanks, **** >> >> **** >> >> Nick **** >> >> **** >> >> Nicholas S. Thompson**** >> >> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology**** >> >> Clark University**** >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/**** >> >> http://www.cusf.org**** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com**** >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> >
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