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General Software Discussion / Re: HowTo get back 'Image Dimensions' in Explorer?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 12, 2008, 07:05 AM »

Curt,
I've only skimmed this thread, so I might have missed this suggestion elsewhere.  Have you tried installing Xnview (link)?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New Member Map Mod for the Forum -- Configure Your Profile Location!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 10:12 PM »

Apparently Nudone is swimming for his life as we type in the middle of the North Sea

-Carol Haynes (September 11, 2008, 07:32 PM)

Perhaps he Dover Strait in.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for a few good puns

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 10:00 PM »

I used to correspond with a friend who, like you, was given to paronomasia... we were pun pals 

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General Software Discussion / Re: See if your singing is on pitch!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 05:29 PM »

Looks interesting, Curt. Thanks for pointing it out.

This might be just what I need in light of a recent request from my wife.
She would prefer me to pitch my singing altogether.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 05:25 PM »

From what I read, systems with nVidia graphics suffer most (but it's not exclusive to those). The one system of mine that suffers from this does have nVidia graphics (same issue with different versions of the drivers).

I don't much care about this and won't be surprised if some other, subsequent, update slides in an unheralded (or serendipitous) fix.

Despite all our gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, I'm continually amazed that modern O/Ss can sustain so many and such varied systems.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for a few good puns

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 02:18 PM »

Two snowmen are standing in a field. One turns to the other and says
"That's funny, I smell carrots too!"

-Edvard (September 11, 2008, 02:00 PM)

And the third snowman said "I can't smell anything, I haven't got my carotin"

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New Member Map Mod for the Forum -- Configure Your Profile Location!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 02:07 PM »

There's a huge pin outside in my backyard? 

-Cpilot (September 10, 2008, 10:04 PM)

This entire map thing is just a pin in the grass!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 11, 2008, 01:59 PM »

SP3 has some issues with screensavers.  For many they just won't kick in and the screens won't power off.

I found this was happening on one of my machines and went looking, only to find that I'm not alone.
(It's only a minor annoyance, plenty of ways around it.)

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New Member Map Mod for the Forum -- Configure Your Profile Location!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 10, 2008, 09:17 PM »

According to my first attempt I had been cast adrift on the South Atlantic. Later I was marooned on Greenland.
Now I'm somewhat closer to home.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 10, 2008, 05:56 PM »

Nice to see you here, Graham.

Looking forward to some software from you.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for a few good puns

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 10, 2008, 05:45 PM »

Do you like Kipling?
I do, but I haven't Kipled for a while -- it's Rudyard to do.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs...

You'll be a good bit taller than most.


And for the dieters here...

Want a quick way to lose 10lbs of ugly fat?
Cut off your head!

Shades, 40hz, come now in your time is up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's the best image-"framer"?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 10, 2008, 11:37 AM »

I change my own age daily...

-cranioscopical (September 09, 2008, 10:03 PM)

Do you change with age?

-PhilB66 (September 09, 2008, 10:47 PM)

Hoping for some relief? Only for the worse, I fear 

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Living Room / Re: London Stock Exchange - Computer Crash

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 10:22 PM »

That system wouldn't by any chance have been engineered and built by British-Leland would it? 

-40hz (September 09, 2008, 05:28 PM)

Nope, but a lot of them read the WSJ!

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's the best image-"framer"?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 10:03 PM »

I have done very little, concerning frames, due to my change of age yesterday

-Curt

Allow me to wish you a belated Happy Change Of Age Day!

I change my own age daily...

[Edit: cant proff red]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Super FDisk (iso)

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 09:57 PM »

So now it's name is 'MotherF...disk'?

-Shades

 

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Living Room / Re: 10 Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 09:44 PM »

This discussion in all well and good, but who among you is going to help me work out which of my 11 new toolbars will eradicate this virus?

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 02:28 PM »

Nice to see the image again, though (comment #58) 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 02:24 PM »

FWIW I just used this Antec case which has the benefit of a half-decent power supply and attention to noise reduction. I found its options for fan placement to be quite good.

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Living Room / Re: 32-bit Windows and the dreaded (and misunderstood) 4GB RAM limit

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 01:44 PM »

Some motherboard bioses, in combination with other hardware installed on your pc (most notably graphics cards), will find themselves unable to access even 4gb except when using a 64bit OS.

-mouser

And, for those of us without in-depth knowledge of the issue, it's very hard to tell in advance what combination will or will not work.
The mobo that I recently installed has an entry on the ASUS site warning that more than 3Gb RAM will likely result in LESS than 3Gb being recognized (ASUS P5E3 Premium).

After some deliberation, I decided that was a CYA disclaimer and went ahead with 4Gb... and I was lucky, it can see the typical 3Gb+.
There was a feeling of unease, though, as I did have to make that choice in the knowledge that I might need to buy a different mobo if the P5E3 didn't work out. Nobody that I found was able to give a firm assurance that this board would act as I wanted.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Super FDisk (iso)

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 09, 2008, 01:18 PM »

Thanks for the tip.
There I times when I felt that F'disk was well named 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Large Freeware Links Site

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 08, 2008, 06:08 PM »

Yeah, I know... Where's the smiley that shows my looking sheepish and staring at my feet?!

-Darwin (September 08, 2008, 05:57 PM)

We'll tell you.... but not for another 3 years 

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Living Room / Re: Posting time wrong since Forum update?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 08, 2008, 11:18 AM »

I was hoping that if I kept posting here I could gain a day and enjoy a 3-day week-end.

Looks as if mouser has thwarted that one...

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Living Room / Re: Posting time wrong since Forum update?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 08, 2008, 08:02 AM »

I think you're getting a bit ahead of yourself!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Font managers reviews and opinions

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 08, 2008, 07:46 AM »

I'm a long-time user of Adobe Type Manager.
ATM is showing its age a bit.

When I switched to my current machine a month or two back I installed only MainType for font management (2.1.1 in my case).
FWIW I can't fault it.

Another candidate is Extensis Suitcase. Page is here
Suitcase helpfully installs plug-ins for. e.g. Adobe suite applications.
I find that if I don't have Suitcase running the helpers (helpfully) point out that fact.
Although that's really a benefit, (essential, really, for serious stuff) I find it slightly annoying.
That's not because of anything that Suitcase does but simply due to the fact that it's another reminder that I'm as dumb as a telegraph pole.

I haven't found a free FM that does exactly what I want, nor have I looked at all of them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Send some info of your PC!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 07, 2008, 05:53 PM »

my spring coil has a lever to wind it up

-shades

That's a key attribute...

some of these computers I drool over

-Grorgy

Fortunately, I don't need to do that. My dog handles the keyboard drooling round here.