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General Software Discussion / Re: XP SP3 blocks .NET security patches
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 05, 2008, 08:47 AM »
For some reason 'Wupdates' thinks I need an update to 2.0 (to 2.1, I think)
on my XP SP3 box.  Of course, it cannot install it.
I know how to fix this but had to participate in the same song and dance
on my XP SP2 machine.

I think the headline of this article is a tad sensationalist.
-CWuestefeld
I'm with you on that but I find much of WS to be the same way; sensationalism sells, perhaps.
3577
N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 05, 2008, 08:27 AM »
It's amazing: 28 starters, with 23 of those confirming their entry and 14 Entries!
-Perry Mowbray (December 05, 2008, 08:16 AM)

And let us not forget your good self, equipped with carrot and whip  ;)

3578
General Software Discussion / Re: Music files 101
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 11:24 PM »
It's all getting pretty crazy with the music stuff.
Soon another can't listen to your cd itself!
-cmpm
I caught my self whistling something from the Mikado and
decided that I'd better turn myself in to the RIAA.
Now I have an appointment with the Lord High Executioner.    :mad:

3579
Living Room / Re: Why Windows Rules: the QWERTY phenomenon?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 03:24 PM »
Come to think of it, am I looking to get sued just in time for the holidays?
-40hz (December 04, 2008, 03:08 PM)
Sued, or stewed?  ;)
3580
Living Room / Re: Why Windows Rules: the QWERTY phenomenon?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 02:51 PM »
keep going 40hz, i'm loving it.
and nice pic Edvard -- how about the two of you team up and make a version of the book for mac vs pc.
-mouser (December 04, 2008, 01:08 PM)
There's a nice idea!
3581
General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 02:03 PM »
I'd be interested to hear anyone's experiences of using Serif PagePlus 11 for editing PDFs, as if it works, it would be an unusually cheap approach.  Foxit PDF Editor is $99, for example, about £67.
-rjbull
From the illustration on their site, showing pdf editing, it looks as though pdf editing is less flexible than one might hope... it's hard to tell.
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General Software Discussion / Re: XP SP3 blocks .NET security patches
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 12:55 PM »
This just in from the Windows Secrets (free Issue 177) newsletter:
-40hz (December 04, 2008, 10:00 AM)
I took a look at my set up after reading the newsletter.  Mine's fallen prey to this.
I had the same kind of nonsense to deal with on my previous machine, with SP2.
The issue isn't one that I'm pleased to have to revisit!


3583
Living Room / Re: Why Windows Rules: the QWERTY phenomenon?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 12:52 PM »
Should I go on?
-40hz

Yes, preferably a long trip!  ;D
3584
Living Room / Re: Why Windows Rules: the QWERTY phenomenon?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 12:50 PM »
Edvard, 40hz
You, gentlemen, are droll!
3585
General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 09:09 AM »
FWIW Serif PagePlus version 11 is advertised @ $29.99 at this link.

What the blurb says of it
PagePlus 11 offers a range of new DTP features, including possibly its most powerful improvement ever: PDF import and editing! Now you can edit and save PDF files, just like any other PagePlus 11 document. This fantastic flexibility cannot be found in any other DTP program – at any price – you’ll wonder how you ever completed your desktop publishing projects without it!


I haven't any experience of this software so cannot comment on how "fantastic" this claimed ability might be.
3586
Living Room / Re: Your favorite quotes?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 04, 2008, 03:19 AM »
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable - Plato
Gently removes tarnish - Brasso
3587
Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 03, 2008, 09:13 PM »
the image of you counting past 20 in base10 scares the crap out of me
-Target (December 03, 2008, 06:07 PM)
The method is as plain as the nose in one's face.
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 03, 2008, 05:56 PM »
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and 10 who don't.
-cranioscopical (December 03, 2008, 11:07 AM)

not sure of the maths here but isn't that 3 kinds? (I know that quote as 'there are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don't...')
-Target (December 03, 2008, 04:54 PM)
It's all a bit beyond me!  I learned to count on my fingers... gloves on/gloves off  :o
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 03, 2008, 11:07 AM »
Got news for ya, it doesn't stop there either.
Just be grateful you don't have to deal with me on a regular basis. (I'm allergic to 8's and 2's!) :-[
-40hz (December 02, 2008, 10:12 PM)
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and 10 who don't.
3590
DesktopCoral / Re: Corral has 2 r's
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 11:32 PM »
can you cite an authority for that?
-mouser (December 02, 2008, 10:34 PM)
Not immediately, I don't find the need to keep style manuals on my desktop  :)

In the meantime, I think you should mind your p's and q's!
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DesktopCoral / Re: Corral has 2 r's
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 11:07 PM »
DAMN IT!! :-[
you'd really think i'd have that one down by now.
-mouser (December 02, 2008, 10:42 PM)
I don't really believe that we would think that, for saying which I'll cite having sight of your site.  :)


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DesktopCoral / Re: Corral has 2 r's
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 10:26 PM »
and "rs" is not a possessive but a plural, thusly no apostrophe.   ;D
-iberkeley (December 02, 2008, 06:13 PM)
It is correct usage when the apostrophe is used to avoid ambiguity.
One might make a case for it in "r's".
3593
Living Room / Re: Gift-giving season cometh. What computer hardware/peripheral would you like?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 08:09 PM »
Thanks, Chris. Now you've got me droolling over this
-Darwin (December 02, 2008, 07:31 PM)

 :)  Intel and Hitachi are collaborating, I believe.

3594
Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 1 - Codename "Winter Wondercode"
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 06:36 PM »
and here i was sitting reading the newsletter in shorts and a tshirt, the front door open, enjoying the warm spring weather. viva la southern hemisphere!
-ak7 (December 02, 2008, 04:56 PM)
I believe that it is forbidden to make cruel remarks of that kind to us, who are enduring the frozen north. One who does so deserves the ice to melt in his Mai Tai 


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Living Room / Re: Gift-giving season cometh. What computer hardware/peripheral would you like?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 04:05 PM »
FWIW I would like what I'd consider to be a top-notch SSD but I'm not sure that such a thing exists quite yet.

I don't think I found any computer hardware that appealed to me at this time last year.

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Living Room / Re: Gift-giving season cometh. What computer hardware/peripheral would you like?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 04:00 PM »
I got a panasonic electric shaver a while ago
-mouser (December 02, 2008, 03:20 PM)

And this doubles as, what, a mouse?  :)
-cranioscopical (December 02, 2008, 03:56 PM)

Maybe it's powered by a USB cable? :tellme:
-Deozaan (December 02, 2008, 03:57 PM)

Oops!  While you were posting I realized that I was being just too much of a smart-arse and so modified the post  ;D :-[
3597
Living Room / Re: Gift-giving season cometh. What computer hardware/peripheral would you like?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 03:56 PM »
I got a panasonic electric shaver a while ago
-mouser (December 02, 2008, 03:20 PM)

Glad you liked it, but I was thinking more about computer-related hardware (and should have been more explicit) :)



3598
Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR featured on DOWNLOAD.COM
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 03:52 PM »
Nice one, mouser!
3599
Living Room / Gift-giving season cometh. What computer hardware/peripheral would you like?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 01:18 PM »
No, no, no!  I'm not offering to give it to you!

I'm just interested to see members' wish lists.

And, if you can remember, what would you have liked one year ago?

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Living Room / Re: Why Windows Rules: the QWERTY phenomenon?
« Last post by cranioscopical on December 02, 2008, 11:39 AM »
Interesting points of view from everyone  :)

For myself, these days I just stick with Windows because it's good enough and widely supported. My curiosity about other OS's has pretty much died out. Most of the fun went out of computers when I started using them for business, rather than just as a hobby.
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