my Windows boxes do not use the XP skins--they use the 2000 one.
Mine, too. I dislike both the XP and OS X boxes.
Oh, yeah, baby, it's snakalicious in here.
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DXMachina - Mar 09, 2006 11:28:26 am PST #7471 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Sean K - Mar 09, 2006 11:50:43 am PST #7472 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
my Windows boxes do not use the XP skins--they use the 2000 one.
Yeah, I go for the "Windows classic" look, myself. Although I do turn on the web-like one-click activation (select on mouse hover). My mouse hand gets sore really easily, due to an old broken metacarpal, so if I can reduce my amount of mouse clicking by %50, I will.
Tom Scola - Mar 09, 2006 3:18:07 pm PST #7473 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My co-op building's annual shareholders' meeting is coming up, and this year it promises to be extremely mathy.
My Treo has a built-in calculator that can do amortization calculations, but I can't figure out how to use it. It lets you input any four of these five variables, and it will solve for the other:
- PV
- FV
- Pmt
- APR
- N
Can anyone tell me what those variables mean?
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2006 3:22:57 pm PST #7474 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.
Yes.
In order,
Present value, future value, payment (per period), annual percentage rate, number of payments.
eta: Typically, in a loan the present value is the amount of the loan and the future value is zero (if you're paying off the entire loan).
Tom Scola - Mar 09, 2006 3:30:12 pm PST #7475 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Ahh, I see why I was having trouble getting it to work. It wants the payment to be negative.
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2006 3:32:31 pm PST #7476 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.
Yeah, either the payment or the present value has to be negative (depending on how you look at it) for a loan.
Pix - Mar 09, 2006 4:15:46 pm PST #7477 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Don't go ruining my pettiness with your salient points....
Sean, can I tag this? It just made me snort.
aurelia - Mar 09, 2006 8:00:58 pm PST #7478 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I bought a new watch today. [link] I've looked at my wrist more in the last 6 hours than I have in the last several years.
Lee - Mar 09, 2006 8:02:58 pm PST #7479 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Very cool, aurelia.
Sean K - Mar 09, 2006 9:21:05 pm PST #7480 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean, can I tag this? It just made me snort.
You betcha.