It should have a little animated paperclip that pops up and says, "It looks like you're trying to actually do something here! Would you like help with that?"
We'll be in our bunk.
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Zenkitty - Mar 26, 2010 10:57:30 am PDT #13372 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Gudanov - Mar 26, 2010 10:59:05 am PDT #13373 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
But that (at least in the opposite direction, on Vista) is so damned slow.
Maybe they improved it in 7. I don't even bother to unzip files, I just use the zip file as a folder unless I need it unzipped to work with an app.
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2010 11:01:09 am PDT #13374 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
it's a Mac, dammit. I should be able to intuit a next step.
You didn't get the program that beams the knowledge directly into your brain?
tommyrot - Mar 26, 2010 11:01:47 am PDT #13375 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.
I WANT TO GO HOME RIGHT NOW AND TRY THIS.
Heh. I bring mine to work everyday, so I can have access to all my music.
Of course I'm probably shortening its life with all the hauling around....
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2010 11:02:17 am PDT #13376 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just use the zip file as a folder unless I need it unzipped to work with an app.
The zip files I'm working with have over a thousand pieces in them, and it helps to see thumbnails, so I have to explode them. And natively, it takes forever and freezes the explorer window for the nonce. I think it's WinRAR I have installed, and it's spiffy fast. Much prefer it.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2010 11:02:56 am PDT #13377 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You didn't get the program that beams the knowledge directly into your brain?
Hush you. *I* knew how to zip files.
Gudanov - Mar 26, 2010 11:13:11 am PDT #13378 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
And natively, it takes forever and freezes the explorer window for the nonce.
Weird, maybe it's a Vista thing. I use zip files with thousands of source code files and it doesn't seem to have any troubles.
meara - Mar 26, 2010 1:33:46 pm PDT #13379 of 25501
So...it zips them when you say "archive", but then does it PUT them somewhere?? Because that's what i associate "archive" with. And that's what I'd be scared of, if I clicked "archive", that it would put my files somewhere I couldn't find them!
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2010 2:43:31 pm PDT #13380 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You didn't get the program that beams the knowledge directly into your brain?
Hush you. *I* knew how to zip files.
Oh, snap!
So...it zips them when you say "archive", but then does it PUT them somewhere?? Because that's what i associate "archive" with. And that's what I'd be scared of, if I clicked "archive", that it would put my files somewhere I couldn't find them!
That's what I was worried about, too, but I tried it, and it puts them in the location where the files originated (i.e., the desktop, or the specific folder o' documents).
javachik - Mar 26, 2010 8:47:06 pm PDT #13381 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I got the Netflix Wii streaming disc today and it's swell. So now I've got the Roku in the bedroom (and Steve has my old Roku at his place in Boston, with which he watches my Netflix queueue and my Amazon Unbox purchases - totally legally). Not bad.