Just because I think many of the tech people here will appreciate this from overheard in the office: [link]
IT guy: Yeah, the UI needs to be top-notch. Like the best thing you've ever done. Uh, don't spend too much time on it.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
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Typo Boy - Oct 30, 2009 4:33:41 pm PDT #11546 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
shrift - Oct 31, 2009 9:36:00 am PDT #11547 of 25501
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Anyone have recommendations for a 2-port KVM Switch?
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2009 11:02:28 am PDT #11548 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK going nuts with new monitor. Windows 7, computer starts fine in safe mode even with networking. But during normal startup says "starting windows". The little windows logo comes on fades a bit. And then screen blacks out and never comes on again even though I can hear disk go through normal bootup process. No adjustment to monitor makes windows visible. Changes in resolution no joy. Yet it boots fine in safe mode.
Sean K - Oct 31, 2009 11:18:02 am PDT #11549 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Gar, when I had something similar happen to me (on Windows XP) the problem turned out to be that the video card had crapped out.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2009 11:27:21 am PDT #11550 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
brand new computer. works fine with older starlogic monitor
DCJensen - Oct 31, 2009 2:15:01 pm PDT #11551 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
When you are in safe mode, set the resolution low (640x480, 800x600) and to something like 60mhz and reboot.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2009 8:33:39 pm PDT #11552 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tried that. Brought the monitor back, got another brand. Worked fine. Either I got a lemon, or the model was incompatible with the video card. (By trading for another model rather than just another monitor of the same model I was covered either way.) (or maybe there was a driver problem ... Anyway when a montor fails out of the box, past a certain amount of futzing it makes sense just to return it.)
Gris - Nov 01, 2009 9:46:38 am PST #11553 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Are there good Blu Ray/region-free players out there? Or should I consider the two functions separately? I think I've run out of digital inputs on my TV.
ita, I don't know if you're willing to go to some effort/risk for this, but the LG BD370 and LG BD390 are apparently unlockable using this info:
Mine has been updated to the latest firmware and I don't really want to downgrade just to test it (I have no out-of-region discs) but it might be worth trying. The BD390 is a wonderful player - top notch audiovisual quality and feature list. And apparently it's available in the $250 zone now. The 370 is cheaper, but apparently doesn't have quite the stellar video quality.
§ ita § - Nov 01, 2009 2:47:24 pm PST #11554 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Gris. I'll have to think long and hard about whether to take that risk.
Ailleann - Nov 02, 2009 3:46:20 am PST #11555 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I seem to have gotten some more Google Wave invitations. Is there anyone who's still interested who didn't get one?