I can barely resist fixing things. I'm about to upgrade my PC to a solid state drive - but should really have worked out whether anyone will use it. I'd probably want to fit a miniature mobile phone to the watch before fixing it to my belt. I rebuilt an old Land Rover a couple of years back - should really have worked out whether I'd ever want to drive the thing first! I've just been thwarted by a tap- washer - the screw actually has a hex-splined head - but I have a box of them in the shed from my car mechanic past so it will succumb tomorrow! Assuming nothing in the shed attacks me - I'm not very tidy.
Aero was a duck-egg if ever there was one! On Dec 18, 11:13 pm, James <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny, I just disabled Aero on a netbook with Win7 and the user seemed > astonished at how fast it worked after (interactive response time was > the word I used while grumbling). This was a retired engineer who > designed and built the early PC stuff while managing four layers in > development for manufacturing industries. I kinda shrug and ask for > feedback in a week, "what do you think?" style. > > Something tells me much of what we do is because of someone deciding for > us what we want or need. When we look deeper we find things with an > astonished expression, but really much of our issues were figured out by > hunter gatherers on the savannah some time ago but we're being led > around like a bunch of clothes shoppers changing fads by the season. :p > One of the names my peers used to use was 'trash picker' (among others), > I always looked back blank and thought the morons were walking past a > $600 stereo on the curb because of their pride, all it needed was a fuse. :/ > > I find my belt is a handy place for a wristwatch, you have to remove a > pin and let it hang unhinged-like. > > On 12/18/2012 12:13 PM, archytas wrote: > > > > > > > > > Mine came small with a bigger thing to allow fitting to old sized > > equipment. The EA stuff works after retro-installation and as long as > > the Origin thing is switched off before the machine is. The major > > import of smart phones in my world is not having to wear a watch. > > > On Dec 17, 1:20 pm, gabbydott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am planning to do the upgrade on my notebook between the years. After > >> what I have heard from your experience I will not upgrade Noah's computer > >> system with all his EA Sports games installed on it. > > >> I have treated myself to a new smartphone, the Nexus 4. It arrived earlier > >> than expected and it is a wonderful new toy! :) > > >> I still need to wait for a new micro sim card. I tried to cut the old one > >> smaller, but I must have ruined it. No need to cry over spilled milk. At > >> least I tried. > >> Am 15.12.2012 18:12 schrieb "archytas"<[email protected]>: > > >>> To be fair the W8 thing is now working a bit better than 7 did - I > >>> just resent it not coming with easier upgrade and having to re-install > >>> most programmes. The big problem turned out to be with EA Games. > >>> Shut down and restart are now quicker and I was able to use my laptop > >>> in wordprocessing for 6 hours without charger - an hour's > >>> improvement. I wish someone made systems that were less about being > >>> kids' toys. > > >>> On 14 Dec, 21:42, Lee Douglas<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Now I'm not one of these anti Apple bods, but it is true that as an IT > >>>> professional I like kit that I can tinker with and that I can make work > >>> in > >>>> the ways in which I like to work. So my biggest hangup with Apple > >>> products > >>>> is that you are forced into doing things there way. And updates, well of > >>>> course you do get them automatically applied as well, and things like > >>>> Itunes, well I'll not tell you how many of my mates have called me up > >>> this > >>>> week to ask me to roll back to the previous version for them! > > >>>> Also, nice to see you Don. > > >>>> On Saturday, 8 December 2012 13:33:34 UTC, Don Johnson wrote: > > >>>>> I'm skittish of upgrades. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is almost > >>>>> my personal motto. The Mac costs more and lacks some of the software > >>>>> available to the IBM model but imho is worth every extra dollar. Zero > >>>>> issues. Loads faster. No constant downloading of updates for > >>>>> protection and what not. > > >>>>> MicroSoft is desperate to compete with Apple. They keep rushing > >>>>> unfinished crap to production and it shows. From what I've read the > >>>>> interface for Win8 makes it more like the Mac. New learning is > >>>>> required to utilize the new stuff. Perhaps a good time to switch to > >>>>> Mac if you've ever considered it. It's different but intuitive enough > >>>>> where I think it's easier once you get out of the Windows mindset. Of > >>>>> course, if your programs aren't available on the Mac it would make the > >>>>> switch unadvisable. And then there's the price.... > > >>>>> dj > > >>>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:58 AM, archytas<[email protected]<javascript:>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> I finally have my laptop working about 2 weeks after installing W8 as > >>>>>> an upgrade. I had to use the refresh option. This uninstalled about > >>>>>> 50 programs, including MS Office, along with my text files and > >>>>>> anything from competitors like Google Chrome. I may as well have > >>>>>> formatted my hard drive and installed W8 from scratch. It's > >>>>>> marginally better than W7 now. Without my back-up I'd have to spend > >>>>>> about 200 to get the programs I actually use back. I had 2 hours of > >>>>>> pain with Microsoft over Office - which wouldn't let me reinstall > >>> from > >>>>>> my genuine disk. The new version of IE that supplanted my normal > >>>>>> browsers left me cold and I will never learn its new interface. In > >>>>>> all it's cost me 2 days work and frustration and left me feeling the > >>>>>> thing is intended to get us to spend more money on MS products. > >>>>>> Analysis boils down to a con I could easily do without. My old fart > >>>>>> prediction on your son is he will learn more about deviant mothering > >>>>>> on the lines of 'A Boy Named Sue' than the tribulations of dotage. I > >>>>>> shall encode something in cloud cabal to let him know getting old is > >>>>>> crap but does entail a certain freedom from mothers. > > >>>>>> With England at 332 for two I sorely miss Vam. I'd explain in great > >>>>>> detail Gabs - but cricket is one secret we have kept from you Germans > >>>>>> since refusing to send professionals to expand the game in your > >>>>>> country in the 1930s. I have an image of you as the lady chair of > >>> the > >>>>>> Deutscher Cricket Bund, ensuring the teas are maintained to the high > >>>>>> standard I found in a small club outside Munich. The potatoes were > >>>>>> particularly excellent, though not as rewarding as my practical > >>>>>> explanation of 'chin music' on the pitch - which led to some jokes on > >>>>>> dueling scars during splendid after-match hospitality. I'm sure the > >>>>>> game would be safe in your hands and would always return to see the > >>>>>> pigs flying on tandems over the Munich Hills (with are, in fact, > >>>>>> outside Dublin). Sadly, as an old fart, I am reduced to guile, > >>>>>> deception and soin to get batsmen out these days, before retiring to > >>>>>> the pavilion and endless discussion of bad backs and has-beenery. > > >>>>>> On Nov 26, 3:50 pm, gabbydott<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> Right, which is why one should write an alternative text for the > >>> images > >>>>> one > >>>>>>> uses. But the visual stuff helps the un-initiated more than gray XP > >>>>> style > >>>>>>> and code language. My son says he doesn't need W8. For him to be > >>> able > >>>>> to > >>>>>>> decode old farts' stories of victimization I'll have to buy the > >>> upgrade > >>>>> for > >>>>>>> him. > > >>>>>>> 2012/11/25 archytas<[email protected]> > > >>>>>>>> I'd still be on dos given the choice too. I finally have W8 > >>> looking > >>>>>>>> like XP and most of the glitches out. I wouldn't have bothered > >>>>> except > >>>>>>>> for the reasons above. Lots of this metro, visual stuff makes > >>> things > >>>>>>>> much harder for blind people. I'd go for text-only with a button > >>> to > >>>>>>>> play pics and vids. > > >>>>>>>> On 25 Nov, 09:43, Allan H<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Right now my hands are stuck firmly in my pockets I preferred > >>> IBM > >>>>> Dos > >>>>>>>>> over MS dos and only started using had a fantastic email > >>> program.. > >>>>>>>>> wonder it it is still around.. I fully understand about the > >>> barge > >>>>>>>>> pole.. excellent idea.. I am sure your son or grand son will > >>> love > >>>>>>>>> it.. > >>>>>>>>> Allan > > >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:59 AM, archytas<[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Lots of stuff doesn't work - start up and shut down remain > >>> dicey, > >>>>> the > >>>>>>>>>> laptop's mousepad doesn't shut down automatically when I plug > >>> my > >>>>> mouse > >>>>>>>>>> in - the lis of such annoying bits is long. Microsoft (after > >>> two > >>>>> fob- > >>>>>>>>>> offs) told me to use F8 to do some debugging. I'd rung to > >>> tell > >>>>> them > >>>>>>>>>> F8 didn't work! I wouldn't touch the thing with a bargepole > >>>>> unless > >>>>>>>>>> you have a commercial reason for needing to. > > >>>>>>>>>> On 24 Nov, 20:07, Allan H<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> Actually MS is trying to get control of the gaming market ,, > >>> by > >>>>>>>>>>> getting game programers to set their programs that they only > >>>>> operate > >>>>>>>>>>> on Windows 8 > >>>>>>>>>>> Allan > > >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 6:21 PM, archytas<[email protected] > > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> W8 looks like yet another attempt to stick us with yet > >>> another > >>>>>>>> portal > >>>>>>>>>>>> directing us to Microsoft products - via its metro > >>> interface > >>>>> that > >>>>>>>>>>>> replaces desktop. I don't like Faceflop, Googleplod or > >>>>> Twatter > >>>>>>>> (which > >>>>>>>>>>>> started as a place to host audio podcasts - am amazing > >>>>> non-starter). > >>>>>>>>>>>> The highlight on these over several years was Gabby > >>> tagging me > >>>>> as a > >>>>>>>>>>>> rabbit in a weird building in Berlin. > >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm rid of the metroface through a bit of cheap software. > >>> One > >>>>> can > >>>>>>>>>>>> understand why these conglomerates want to shoehorn an > >>>>> advertising- > >>>>>>>>>>>> based business model into our social activities. These > >>> days I > >>>>> watch > >>>>>>>>>>>> all commercial TV via Tivo to fast forward he ads and > >>>>> increasingly > >>>>>>>> do > >>>>>>>>>>>> the same with BBC to evade their promos. I-google lets me > >>> rid > > ... > > read more » --
