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DCJensen - Oct 25, 2009 7:48:31 pm PDT #11474 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

yay ita!

I would not wish Office 2007 on anyone.

Unless of course they like the Ribbon interface and obfuscation, then go for it.

The other day I was connected to a site and had to compact and repair a MS Access database. I could not find the damn command in Access 2007.


§ ita § - Oct 25, 2009 8:20:48 pm PDT #11475 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've been told that Office 2007 is easier for people who start with 2007, but for me? I didn't have the time. Even if it had been unlocked on my system I'd still have stuck with XP.

it is useful if something won't uninstall or if a program has added something to a MS program and that piece won't go away even when the program has been uninstalled.

Now that I look, I have Paint Shop Pro 7 listed, but it's just a bunch of empty directories. I guess it would take out the registry entries for me, huh? Let me grab it.

Huh. No, it doesn't see Paint Shop Pro either. What a mess.


NoiseDesign - Oct 25, 2009 9:40:24 pm PDT #11476 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I'm planning on pushing for the 27" iMac when the time comes.

That's what my Magic Mouse came with. It is a very nice machine.


Tom Scola - Oct 26, 2009 1:12:48 am PDT #11477 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Does the Magic Mouse have a middle mouse button gesture?


NoiseDesign - Oct 26, 2009 1:14:42 am PDT #11478 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I don't believe it does. Right and left mouse button, and current 4 way scrolling gestures as well as left and right two finger swipe gestures. I wouldn't be surprised to see more gestures added as time goes on.


tiggy - Oct 26, 2009 2:24:10 am PDT #11479 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

What video outputs does your laptop have? What model is it? What inputs do you have left available on your HD TV? Are you willing to get a switching device if you're out of digital inputs (and have digital output from the laptop)?

so many questions that i...may not have the answers to!

it has the S-video and also has the output that you can hook up an external monitor to. it's a Toshiba Satellite A305. the only input i'm using on the tv is the single HDMI cable.


Gris - Oct 26, 2009 2:27:09 am PDT #11480 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Yeah, it sounds like the same gesture set as the laptop trackpads, which I've enjoyed playing with already.


tommyrot - Oct 26, 2009 2:29:02 am PDT #11481 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So.... check out xkcd, for a dose of nostalgia: [link]

Not the strip (though that's OK) but the site itself has gone for a little redesign. Boing Boing sez:

T sez, "I know you folks follow xkcd as good alpha-geeks should, so you won't have missed today's dose of nostalgically eyeball-searing brilliance [ed: a tribute to the soon-to-be-shut-down Geocities]. Just wanted to make sure you took an extra couple minutes to "view source" on the site's "redesign" though. Well worth poring over the lovingly crafted neolithic HTMLer in-jokes there. <FONT COLOR="#88FF88" STYLE="FORTHRIGHT">srsly.</FONT>"

eta:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="QBASIC">IF $BROWSER = "IE" THEN GOTO 50</SCRIPT>

Heh.


tommyrot - Oct 26, 2009 2:42:06 am PDT #11482 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

ION, 2¢ a byte!


le nubian - Oct 26, 2009 3:54:05 am PDT #11483 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

geocities hasn't been shut down already? Like 3 years ago? Wow.