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Here's a "message" that I'm sure some programmer thought was quite clever and/or helpful. Instead it drove people nuts trying to figure out what was going on when it happened (like me when it happened to my Dad's computer way back when):During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play "Fur Elise" or "It's a Small, Small World" seemingly at random. This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.
Although these symptoms may appear to be virus-like, they are the result of an electronic hardware monitoring component of the motherboard and BIOS. You may want to have your computer checked or serviced.-mwb1100 (January 27, 2013, 09:46 PM)
That alternative would divvy up the money among a number of non-profit organizations involved in educational outreach that teaches adults and children how to use social media technologies safely, or are involved in research of social media.
Or just hand the money over to a bunch of buddies... Just a bit skeptical about "non-profits" and "NGOs"... I've lost all faith in them after learning about what some of them really do. Enough to make you vomit through your eye-sockets.-Renegade (January 28, 2013, 12:44 AM)
Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard Law School), Information Law Institute (NYU Law School), Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (Berkeley Law School), Center for Internet and Society (Stanford Law School), High Tech Law Institute (Santa Clara University School of Law), Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, Consumers Federation of America, Consumer Privacy Rights Fund, ConnectSafely.org, and WiredSafety.org.
Suggestion: auto-pm for new users with an archived copy in the personal area of someone's account.-Paul Keith (January 27, 2013, 10:09 AM)
On the right side of the YouTube pages, all of the selections for the videos are .jpg images. You click on them and it takes you to the actual .flv video.Today it seems maybe it was my browser? I went to include this DC link - Reply #91 and it's there... a YouTube video.Youtube videos are flash, not images. Maybe you are having some sort of issue with your flash plugin?-crabby3 (January 25, 2013, 03:14 PM)-app103 (January 26, 2013, 03:02 PM)-Tinman57 (January 26, 2013, 07:29 PM)
Today it seems maybe it was my browser? I went to include this DC link - Reply #91 and it's there... a YouTube video.-crabby3 (January 25, 2013, 03:14 PM)
I tripped across this video -- Slayer's "Criminally Insane" done as an animated cartoon. It's hilarious!-Renegade (January 23, 2013, 06:19 AM)
I always wondered how/where the phrase "Talk to the hand" originated. It seemed so silly.
Tonight I was watching "Demon With A Glass hand" from an old (1964/5) Outer Limits TV show.
(Click on image to enlarge.)
(see attachment in previous post)-IainB (January 23, 2013, 09:35 AM)
Hey, IainB, could you please supply me with a How-To for the Click to Reveal/Hide box in your Reply #4 here? I can't seem to figure it out by myself.-crabby3 (January 25, 2013, 01:12 PM)
My only recent change to my machine was uninstalling Java.-crabby3 (January 24, 2013, 11:41 AM)
@ app103
The Killer Biscuits is really funny except for the last sentence. IMO ditzy is ditzy no matter the hair (dye) color or gender.
Or maybe it's from the '50s when that concept was more widely accepted?-crabby3 (January 24, 2013, 07:24 AM)
For me, anyway, it's easier to click on a pre-loaded tray icon... than it is to track it down in the Start Menu.
-crabby3 (January 22, 2013, 05:57 AM)
As I was reminded recently - here on DC, as a matter of fact - you can stagger the start times of those programs. The sluggishness is, usually, due to everything trying to start at once. If you offset the start times - say by a minute each - your perceived startup will be much speedier. Or, you could get a software like Chameleon Task Manager - not the Malwarebytes launcher - to make staggering startup times a bit easier. Either way, you can start using your system much sooner, even though stuff is still loading. Changed my usage from starting ~ten (10) minutes after boot to start using ~three (3) minutes after boot. Amazing how much you can get done in a mere seven (7) minutes
Note: if you go the staggered startup route, play with it a bit ... changing the start order can significantly affect total startup time.-barney (January 23, 2013, 08:19 PM)
around here, old outhouses/toilets usually had a heart shape cut in the door (I have *no* idea why...)
I dont suppose you've any idea of it's origin Stephen?-tomos (January 21, 2013, 06:51 AM)
Precisely why I maintain that statistics are BS because you can easily twist them to prove anything with anything.
-Stoic Joker (January 20, 2013, 01:37 PM)
87% of all statistics are made up anyway...-Target (January 20, 2013, 05:07 PM)
Mouser approved exception to the "You Must Own It" rule:
Just. Pure. Awesome!-Stephen66515 (January 20, 2013, 03:47 AM)
Why is Java so easy to exploit? Almost all of my AV scans, that find a virus, have something to do with Java. I have a Java Update, sitting in my tray right now, waiting to be installed. I put it off because I figured... what's the hurry. This update may patch a few holes... but what about the other five million.-crabby3 (January 20, 2013, 03:12 PM)
