I have misplaced the CD that came with it. Would anyone have any idea
how I can get a new one?
Christopher
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Hi Paul. I really appreciate your message. We're also going to try to
use the built-in camera so we can videochat. He still lives by himself,
and I think the connectivity will be really good for him (and us).
Thanks again and best regards, -Andy
Schmidt, Paul wrote:
Andy, the use of a PC
Hi Michael. Thanks for all the great suggestions. I think we'll start
with the combination of assistive settings, a headset (so far he has
declined to pursue hearing aids), and work on the video/display setups
first. Then I'll start exploring some of the other audio options with
him. Many t
Hi Mar. Thanks for the suggestion, and for the smile - I think the "old
gent" will go for it! -Andy
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Andy, if you can pry another $99 out of the old gent, I can't recommend
Pro-Care enough. ...
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I had this problem a couple of months ago with a 4 year old PC. I
unplugged and replugged the connection cable at the HD end and the MB.
The reseating got me back in operation. Worth a try.
Tony B wrote:
New PC. Too old to try to resuscitate.
The computer is a Dell XPS 1 Gz. Pentium III with
New PC. Too old to try to resuscitate.
The computer is a Dell XPS 1 Gz. Pentium III with 256K rdram. It can't
be upgraded to Windows XP according to Dell. My daughter uses it for
games and internet access. What is the best course of action? Buy a
cheapie PC or buy a new disk drive?
**
Cheapie PC will get you VISTA (Yeech)
If you have the OS I would buy a Harddrive (less than $50) and install 98Se
Stewart
At 10:27 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
My high-school daughter's older PC suddenly can't boot with the
error message "there is no boot drive present." I booted from
CD-ROM us
My high-school daughter's older PC suddenly can't boot with the error
message "there is no boot drive present." I booted from CD-ROM using an
old Windows ME disk (the computer had Windows NT on it before it
wouldn't boot) and found that drive C is not present. A second physical
hard drive, D,
Searching online is sometimes effective; so are lists.
If you must have a manual, the "Missing Manual" series is very good
[using step by step tutorials], and the Dummies guides are pretty good,
too. Last time I was at Ollie's Discount Bargain Outlet, there were at
least 4 different Dreamweave
Dunno...still say 30-50% increase isn't bad. Are you quoting data from two
CPU's or two cores? I don't think there are any true four core CPU's out
yet, have to wait for AMD for that one.
Mike
On 4/30/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Chips are cheaper then ever, and I *only* get a
>(by the way Tom, you're posting in the future again.)
So you had better believe -- I have seen the future!
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>Chips are cheaper then ever, and I *only* get a 30% increase? I'll take
>it. Doesn't sound like a gimmick as much as a value.
But the gain drops off rapidly. I have seen figures like this...
2 processors 150% = 100% + 50%
4 processors 187% = 100% + 50% + 25% + 12%
8 processors 198% = 100% +
>I suppose I have to say here that my video editing program - Sony's
>Vegas - has been multi-threaded for years. And when rendering video
>you get pretty much 100% speed increase with a second CPU. i.e., a
>render takes half as long.
An example where multi-threaded is easy to do. Rendering is a si
Interesting short interview with a guy who does security for a living on
both OS X and Vista. One of the more interesting tidbits was that the
exploit he used to crack the OS X macbook is an exploit across platforms
running quicktime.
Mike
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/04/30/daizovi/index.p
O'Reilly Media's Make Magazine was the second place I saw the
"Throwies". First place was on the cube sculpture in NY at Cooper Union.
Reusable graffiti!
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/the_first_led_throwie_video.html
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/led_throwie_talkie
This does seem the be the area where the most speed increase is seen.
Stewart
At 07:17 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
I suppose I have to say here that my video editing program - Sony's
Vegas - has been multi-threaded for years. And when rendering video
you get pretty much 100% speed increase with a
I suppose I have to say here that my video editing program - Sony's
Vegas - has been multi-threaded for years. And when rendering video
you get pretty much 100% speed increase with a second CPU. i.e., a
render takes half as long.
I have no idea if it offers much beyond 2 cpu's, since I've never h
Chips are cheaper then ever, and I *only* get a 30% increase? I'll take
it. Doesn't sound like a gimmick as much as a value.
Mike
On 4/30/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wikipedia has a good article on multi-core computing. It rightly points
out that there are bottnecks that lim
Correct but the software was not much different than it was
today. It was as you said how the programs were written.
All too often the programs are written not to use the maximum amount
of capability. (In todays windoze)
I was reading an article on Cray and the companies that have
succeeded
Put another way: If we can't define and rely on an accurate perception
of the real, fact based world, how can we hope to accurately perceive
the future.
If we can't see where we are now, how can we see where we're going.
(by the way Tom, you're posting in the future again.)
Tom Piwowar wrote:
>The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN®)
>recently agreed to reduce their Registrar Transaction Fee from $.25 to
>$.22. What does this mean for you?
>
>Good news. You have been credited $.03/yr for each domain name you
>registered or renewed dating back to July 1, 2006* --
>Actually multi core technology was taken from the Supercomputers.
That is one element, but it is the entire system that makes it run fast.
These supercomputers came with special operating systems that were built
to spawn threads and compilers that were specially designed to analyze
code to ide
>I agree with Tom for a quick review of a lost skill. The
>Dreamweaver bible is by Joseph Lowrey and is "Dreamweaver Bible."
>Joseph's site for these books is:
Yes, I have "Dreamweaver Bible" on the book shelf closest to my computer.
Also the "Visual Quickstart Guide." But, first I Google.
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A few nights ago PBS ran a great program on Watergate 30 Years After.
They interviewed many of the primary players looking at events from the
perspective that 30 years provides.
One of the interesting points was that those involved in the Nixon crimes
were people of high personal virtue -- the
I agree with Tom for a quick review of a lost skill. The
Dreamweaver bible is by Joseph Lowrey and is "Dreamweaver Bible."
Joseph's site for these books is:
http://www.idest.com/dreamweaver/
and it is available on Amazon and in your local bookstores. It *is*
the definitive book for this app
As usual, Tom, you made my case with fewer words and greater clarity.
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Michel David Lowe
Purcellville, VA
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Actually multi core technology was taken from the Supercomputers.
I worked for Cray Computers a long time ago for a short stint and
they were manufacturing parallel processing super computers that used
multi processors arranged in parallel using super cooling technology
to achieve super fast a
>I've got the Visual Quickstart Guide, the Dreamweaver Visual
>Encyclopedia, and even the Missing Manual, but when I want to look
>something up, they just don't have the answer. Neither book is
>organized so that you can quickly find simple procedures (in the index,
>or the table of contents) so t
>Net result is that an application designed for multitasking can make great
>use of a multiple CPU computer. The reality is that most personal computer
>applications were designed to single thread on a single CPU. To answer your
>question another way, if the application was designed in anticipati
When I had to switch to my new ISP who doesn't offer usenet or email, I
started using Forte's usenet service. Had good results.
http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php
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The ability to utilize multiple cores in a single application to speed up
execution depends mainly on the design of the application. If the
application was designed to consist of a "mother" process and multiple
"daughter" processes then you can multiprocess in hardware. The mother
initializes the
His.com has just announced that it is discontinuing its Usenet servers.
Any recommendations on a good Usenet server to switch to? I don't mind paying
a reasonable subscription fee.
I've seen that Google provides free access, but I won't use it if it's only web
access. I hope they have server
Can anyone recommend a good Dreamweaver book (for Dreamweaver 8)?
I've got the Visual Quickstart Guide, the Dreamweaver Visual
Encyclopedia, and even the Missing Manual, but when I want to look
something up, they just don't have the answer. Neither book is
organized so that you can quickly fin
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:
Intel and AMD both have multi-core CPU's out now. I'm
wondering how difficult it is to modify existing code
to use this ability? We have some compute bound code
that seems to have multiple threads, the vendor says
that in their testing (from years a
Intel and AMD both have multi-core CPU's out now. I'm
wondering how difficult it is to modify existing code
to use this ability? We have some compute bound code
that seems to have multiple threads, the vendor says
that in their testing (from years ago) that multiple
processors didn't help much (f
you should ask the guys over at makezine.com they are always hacking
stuff like this!
On 4/29/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have two of those oversized calculators that I got on sale for $1
each. A few of those could work. You may find other parts inside that
can be useful on other p
Andy Gallant sez:
>A very senior citizen (92 years young) asked me to help him get and set
>up a Mac mainly to use the web. His vision is somewhat impaired
>(cataracts) and his hearing isn't what it used to be. We're looking at
>the 17 inch or 20 inch iMac. Does anyone have experience or adv
On 4/29/07, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(I don't think much
of Christian Science - apologies in advance - but
people generally don't doubt CSM's credibiility, and you
can make the same argument about WSJ or the Economist
on political lines).
This is an excellent point. Unfortunate
Andy, the use of a PC and email was absolutely critical for my dad and
our family and communicating. He was in a nursing home nearby, had
cataracts in both eyes and could not hear. He had a WINDOWS machine,
and the cursor enlarged anything it got close to. We enlarged what we
could on the scree
I didn't install anything to try this, but I don't believe this could
really do a lot of angles. I mean, it's really a 2D image, after all.
You can't actually see what's behind that tree, because in the 2D
image there _is_ nothing behind the tree.
found so far is making scenes that looked like
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Andy Gallant wrote:
> A very senior citizen (92 years young) asked me to help him get and set
> up a Mac mainly to use the web. His vision is somewhat impaired
> (cataracts) and his hearing isn't what it used to be. We're looking at
> the 17 inch or 20 inch iMac. Does anyon
David Turk
> The reason I'm interested in this is because we're trying to
> develop 3-Dimensional exhibits based on photographs. The
> closest thing I'd found so far is making scenes that looked
> like pop-up books. What this promised seemed to imply
> fleshing out the pop-up effect to make the s
The reason I'm interested in this is because we're trying to develop
3-Dimensional exhibits based on photographs. The closest thing I'd
found so far is making scenes that looked like pop-up books. What this
promised seemed to imply fleshing out the pop-up effect to make the
scene look 3D from dif
A very senior citizen (92 years young) asked me to help him get and set
up a Mac mainly to use the web. His vision is somewhat impaired
(cataracts) and his hearing isn't what it used to be. We're looking at
the 17 inch or 20 inch iMac. Does anyone have experience or advice to
share? Also, a
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