Hoi James,, just bought a book "The Dragonfly Effect" it is on using the social media.. might be of interest .. not sure,, as it will be a very slow read for me .. Allan
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:22 AM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > Getting a little worried here, my fiancee just told me she didn't think > tribal cultures were all that advanced. Enough to integrate weapons (bows > and arrows) in play anyways, I wonder what would make her think that, she is > far ahead of me on book learning (English and History major). > > I consider my office and shop areas a reflection of my mind, you can deduce > from that. Ha! Need to find a way to extract some money from all these watts > my brain is consuming, some days it runs through me like a lightning rod, > and on others it is difficult to read more than three words at a time. Molly > might have some advice on psychic pendulums, but I'm thinking Allan or RP > could tell me a thing or two about how to use an echo before it's origin, > I've been waiting for a sweet explanation from science but the statistics > are way outta my league. Inner monologue: how to make some money? (echo, > echo, echo), no reply. :| > > I love taking apart and fixing things, especially when they work better > after. *chuckles > > > On 12/19/2012 1:38 PM, archytas wrote: >> >> 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 ยป >> >> > > -- > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. Of course I talk to myself, Sometimes I need expert advice.. --
