That's unfortunate. It might be the keyboard Sean. Swap to the other keyboard. I think an option click is a back command in many browsers. If the keyboard is flaky it could be causing problems.
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NoiseDesign - Oct 19, 2005 9:34:18 am PDT #5187 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
P.M. Marc - Oct 19, 2005 10:41:28 am PDT #5188 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sean, are you still using Firefox?
Remember the part where I said it was unstable? Seriously, you may want to just use Safari or Opera on that machine. My machine, which is fairly modern compared to yours, still has to deal with regular Firefox barfing.
NoiseDesign - Oct 19, 2005 10:51:45 am PDT #5189 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
That machine is kinda like trying to websurf with the mental capacity of gramps from The Simpsons.
le nubian - Oct 19, 2005 1:21:36 pm PDT #5190 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2005 1:24:37 pm PDT #5191 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a Vaio right now, and let me say -- their TV tuner and recording software sucks. The integration of it with other apps is pretty good, but the equivalent to the intelligence of a season pass didn't exist when I bought the box a year and a half ago.
le nubian - Oct 19, 2005 1:29:49 pm PDT #5192 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
interesting. thanks for the information. I had no idea such animals existed.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2005 1:31:11 pm PDT #5193 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mine's not dedicated like the one in the article, but I did get it because of the integrated tuner and recording software. I ended up using it much less than I'd expected as a "media centre." It's just a computer, except when Lost is up against VM and I don't feel like torrenting.
However ... I wonder if TiVo can read what the Vaio records ... that'd change things...
dw - Oct 19, 2005 2:56:38 pm PDT #5194 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Anyone know how I can convert a video on a DVD-R into a streamable file (e.g. WMV)? I have a set of 30-second PSAs they want posted on the school's website, but they only gave me a DVD.
Sean K - Oct 19, 2005 3:12:06 pm PDT #5195 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean, are you still using Firefox?
Nope, I switched to Opera. Opera lets me do TabEnterPost, Firefox still does not. Safari may, I haven't checked yet. If it does, I'll try that for a while and see if that runs better on the machine.
And will do on switching the keyboards, ND.
That machine is kinda like trying to websurf with the mental capacity of gramps from The Simpsons.
Heh. Yes it is. I'd renamed the two drives Romulus and Remus, but I think I may have to rename them Abe and Homer Jay.
Gotta run. Got rehearsal for Mother Courage @ Boston Court tonight, and that runs from this weekend through the end of November, so I won't be able to do much on weekends for Grand Tour, ND. I can do Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, but that's it for evenings. I can still tech during the day on thursday and friday if it helps.
meara - Oct 19, 2005 3:36:37 pm PDT #5196 of 10003
So, I ordered stuff from Shutterfly--this was the first time I've ever ordered prints on line (I know, I'm all behind the times--I just got a digital camera in May!) And I'm wondering if it's just how it works, or something on their end--the picture book I got is awesome, overall, but the one picture I ordered an 8X10 of, the colors are all off--at least, from what I was expecting. On the computer it looks to me like a really great color turqoise-y--very bright and vivid and something that would cheer me up if placed in my cube. Looks like that on my work computer too. But printed out, it's more a muddy/darker/less green blue (still nice and sharp, which is shocking considering it was taken out an airplane window at 30,000 feet, but....).
Should I ask for my money back (they claim a satisfaction guarantee), or should I just be aware that colors may not match what I'm expecting, in the future? (Or, both)