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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite gadgets and gizmos?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2008, 06:43 PM »

OK, forget the WaterPic, I changed my mind.

*This* is by far, the best gadget I've ever owned... 215 degrees F at the tip, it is a bug zapper, stone cleaner, all-metal cleaner, plastic cleaner, *name it*. Whatever you steam clean feels nice and warm & completely clean & smooth afterwards.

-SKesselman (August 28, 2008, 04:42 PM)

That's a bit over the top for dental hygeine 

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Living Room / Re: Video chat: Why don't people like it?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2008, 06:37 PM »

I'm curious:

Video chat is something I used to dream of (remember Blade Runner?).
What's up with people?! The future of communication is here, why do people shy away from it?

-SKesselman (August 28, 2008, 06:17 PM)

That is because, when talking to a client, one has to change out of pyjamas!

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite gadgets and gizmos?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2008, 01:24 PM »

I ride one of those!

-CleverCat (August 28, 2008, 05:23 AM)

I'll send you a plunger...   

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC Upgrade - A few questions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2008, 01:15 PM »

I restored the last (Acronis) image from the old system and miracle of miracles, XP started without a hitch

-nosh

Holy mackerel!
I'd have liked a serving of that a few weeks back 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mozilla Ubiquity Prototype Available

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2008, 03:25 AM »

Mother-In-Law's Present

(Nicely wrapped but it turns out to be just another pair of socks)

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Living Room / Re: What printer?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 27, 2008, 09:23 PM »

Glad to see you're happy. Let's hope you remain so!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mozilla Ubiquity Prototype Available

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 27, 2008, 09:18 PM »

Powerpint?

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Living Room / Re: Cortex Command Giveaway

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 27, 2008, 12:54 PM »

cranioscopical you are not allowed to enter, i dont think you saw this part:

You're only required to have at least 1 (one) non-spam post.

-mouser (August 26, 2008, 10:35 PM)

Curses! I'll just have to do a mouser and wander away for a while until the dust settles.
Back to my day job at Hormel Foods Corp.

AND, LET THE FORUM BEWARE, MY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS BROKEN!

It has a bug in it of the original, literal kind. The little swine crawled into a relay and... pouf!

This  mousering stuff is a dangerous business.   

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Official Announcements / Re: August 26 had some slight downtime -- thanks to gothic for fixing it

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 27, 2008, 07:37 AM »

the air conditioner shorted out.

-Josh (August 27, 2008, 01:14 AM)

What's passed is past, it's water under the southbridge.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC Upgrade - A few questions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 27, 2008, 07:25 AM »

I sometimes wonder about using two identical drives in a computer -
the chances could be that they might both give up around the same ?
maybe it just me imaging the worst possible scenario

-tomos

That's an interesting point. Of the four that I bought for one of my machines three died (they had nearly sequential serial #s). That's a bit too much for me to accept as coincidence. There may have been some other reason entirely, I can't say.

OTOH I like the idea of identical components. I offer no rational support for that view, just a vague feeling of balance. At some time or another I've mixed drives in most machines I owned, with no (known) problems.

Usually I start off any new machine with identical drives. You can cross your fingers for me as I just put four drives into my new machine, each one being the same model as the rest.  I'll report back on Fryday.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mozilla Ubiquity Prototype Available

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 27, 2008, 07:01 AM »

As soon as anyone uses the word "Empower", I get an overwhelming urge to grab the 12 gauge and do some target practice...   

-4wd (August 27, 2008, 01:53 AM)

   Under what handicaps we've all laboured, all unknowing!
Like you, Ronald Reagan didn't like the term. He used to rail against the evil empower.

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Living Room / Re: What do you do during your free time?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2008, 10:32 PM »

BTW: If you remember the 70's correctly, you probably weren't there!

-40hz (August 26, 2008, 09:56 PM)

Few of us who were there were all there 

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Living Room / Re: Cortex Command Giveaway

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2008, 10:29 PM »

Yes, please.
Very nice of you to offer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC Upgrade - A few questions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2008, 08:22 PM »

we need some high quality cody stickers like that, saying something like "Cody Inside"

-mouser (August 26, 2008, 06:17 PM)

Hmph!  Judging by the state of my car this morning, I could use one that says "Cody Outside"   

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC Upgrade - A few questions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2008, 06:04 PM »

I hope you have lots of fun with your new system! 

Let us know how you get on!

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Official Announcements / Re: August 26 had some slight downtime -- thanks to gothic for fixing it

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2008, 04:32 PM »

a big thanks to Gothi[c] for waking up out of his sleep just to fix the problem

-mouser (August 26, 2008, 01:39 PM)

That's some dedication there, Gothic, thank you very much!

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Living Room / Re: What May Happen in the Next 100 Years (Predictions from 1901)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 25, 2008, 10:23 AM »

Just as long as I can still have ghoti and chips!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: AirObic/ Aerobic Vertical mouse - first impressions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 25, 2008, 08:46 AM »

agreed, I shouldn't moan I think it's just the fact I'm so ambiguous about it ...

-tomos (August 25, 2008, 01:20 AM)

Not to mention ambidextrous 

A  good moan never hurt anybody...

Thanks, in part, to the revival of posture comments via this thread, I'm trying to remember to sit up straight.  The keyboard looks so far away! 

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Living Room / Re: Codex Transportica - recognition at InspirationBit.com

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 25, 2008, 08:40 AM »

And very well deserved, too.

 

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Living Room / Re: What May Happen in the Next 100 Years (Predictions from 1901)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 24, 2008, 09:11 PM »

I want my flying cars!!!!

I'll trade you mine for your mint condition C,X, and Q 

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC Upgrade - A few questions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 24, 2008, 09:06 PM »

I'm leaning towards the 9600GT

-nosh

FWIW the BFG 9600GT OCX that I bought runs cool and makes next to no noise (which is why I bought it). Nice to know that it performs as advertised, though. If you're using the computer to listen to music you don't want fan racket.

Personally, if I want music I turn on a hi-fi so I'm happy with the on-chip audio that's on my mobo (ASUS P5E3 Premium). It's a nice mobo, btw, with the bugs already ironed out and good features.

Here, if you're interested

http://www.asus.com/...&l3=640&l4=0

 
You could always start out with the on-chip audio and see if it meets your needs. If you're happy then you have saved some cash for other upgrades. If not, just put in the card of your choice later.

As others have said, please don't buy bargain basement RAM

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Living Room / Re: What do you do during your free time?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 24, 2008, 08:48 PM »

Thank you for that, Shades.

As I recall, we used to stand one in front of the (black-and-white) TV and pretend we'd joined the fancy mob who could afford colour.   

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Living Room / Re: What do you do during your free time?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 24, 2008, 05:38 PM »

What is this "flesh form"?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: AirObic/ Aerobic Vertical mouse - first impressions

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 24, 2008, 05:21 PM »

Price is too high in my opinion.

-tomos (August 24, 2008, 03:55 PM)

Thanks for the review, it'll be interesting to see how  you get on.

If it eases discomfort in your arm/wrist perhaps almost no price is too high.

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Living Room / Re: What May Happen in the Next 100 Years (Predictions from 1901)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 24, 2008, 05:15 PM »

What I find most interesting is that everybody (futurists, sci-fi writers, etc.) all missed the single biggest thing that changed just about everything - the ubiquitous microprocessor.

I was talking to some 20-somethings last week, and I realized they couldn't really grasp (or maybe they just couldn't believe) what life was like back in 1970. I think that speaks volumes about how radically different are the ways we work, live, and play compared to just 35 years ago.

-40hz (August 24, 2008, 11:13 AM)

I grew up in England and recall being astonished, as a child, by the prediction that the world would some day cease to run on literal horse power. Milk, bread, coal and many other necessities came to our door on horse-drawn carts. My parents grew up before in-house electricity was common, and neither they nor their contemporaries had a telephone. Most of their generation had no access to radio, and television was unheard of. As always, things now are both better and worse.

Looking back, I think the late 60's early 70's were my favourite years... lava lamps notwithstanding.