insent with a couple of versions. I hope they're helpful.
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Deena - Aug 30, 2005 6:00:48 am PDT #4273 of 10003
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Sophia Brooks - Aug 30, 2005 6:27:40 am PDT #4274 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
They are, thanks, As I said in my email, sometimes the way departments save money is silly. It takes me three times as long to do something using only publisher and word than when I had InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop at my disposal. It took me forever to figure out how to make rounded corners on a box in Publisher.
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2005 8:06:14 am PDT #4275 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My brain is totally not working today....
What do you call that feature that allows you to display sharper text on an LCD monitor? (It does this by controlling/adjusting the individual colored LCD bits that comprise a single pixel in order to smooth the text.) Both PCs and Macs can do this and I have all my Macs set to do this - I'm trying to set my new LCD monitors at work to do this and I can't find where you change the setting for this in XP.
eta: Does MS call it "ClearType"? Is that it?
eta: Nebber mind. That's it. And what a difference it makes.
Katie M - Aug 31, 2005 6:14:14 am PDT #4276 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Monitor question: my monitor, which is unfortunately just slightly out of warranty, appears to have given up the ghost on me. I first had trouble with it one evening last week, when it suddenly shut off and wouldn't turn back on; I fooled around with the connections for a while, and it seemed that when I unplugged and then replugged the cord leading from the monitor to the little transformer box--I have no idea if that's what it actually is, but it's the box between the monitor and the outlet--anyway, it seemed that fooling with that brought it back. So I figured I'd just knocked the plug loose somehow. But it cut out again last night, and is refusing to come back on.
The question is this: Is there any hope that this is a problem that could be repaired at some reasonable cost? Or do I need to give up and buy a new monitor?
DXMachina - Aug 31, 2005 6:20:20 am PDT #4277 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The question is this: Is there any hope that this is a problem that could be repaired at some reasonable cost? Or do I need to give up and buy a new monitor?
You'll probably find that it's cheaper just to buy a new monitor. They're basically disposable items at this point.
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2005 6:25:58 am PDT #4278 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
About 8 years ago, I was quoted $90 to just look at a monitor. And recently my boss called around to repair shops for hours trying to find someone to fix a 21" CRT monitor - no one wanted to work on it.
Katie M - Aug 31, 2005 6:42:21 am PDT #4279 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I was afraid of that. Sigh.
Anyone have any brilliant suggestions for monitors that won't crap out on me after just over a year? I don't need it to be all that big or flashy; this one was a 15-inch flatscreen, and it made me perfectly happy.
Consuela - Aug 31, 2005 7:12:58 am PDT #4280 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I love my flatscreen! I wish I had one at work...
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2005 7:14:40 am PDT #4281 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Anyone have any brilliant suggestions for monitors that won't crap out on me after just over a year?
I've only had experience with ViewSonic and Apple - both have been very good to me....
Deena - Aug 31, 2005 7:22:00 am PDT #4282 of 10003
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Katie, I got my samsung flatscreen at CompUSA. They had a good rebate deal and the salesperson steered me away from the crap ones and explained why. They're having back-to-school sales right now. you might want to check them out.