The thing (yes, highly technical term) I used for unzipping files has expired.
Anyone know where I can download a free program that does this, that's easy to use for a person who refers to it as a "zip thingie."
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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Strix - Jun 05, 2011 6:34:27 am PDT #16884 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jessica - Jun 05, 2011 6:37:38 am PDT #16885 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Mac or PC? Most operating systems these days come with a simple zip/unzip utility.
Ginger - Jun 05, 2011 6:45:31 am PDT #16886 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm using 7-Zip [link] on Windows.
Strix - Jun 05, 2011 7:48:34 am PDT #16887 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
PC, and mine did too, but now it wants me to pay for it.
I'll look at that, Ginger: thanks.
Jesse - Jun 05, 2011 9:03:48 am PDT #16888 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Question: I've had my HP laptop for maybe four years, and it's started shutting down every couple of days, I guess because of some issue with the fan. (I can hear it revving for a while before it apparently overheats and shuts down.) It is worth trying to get it fixed, or is it just time for a new one? This is basically what happened with my last laptop, on about the same timeline. I don't have any other issues with the performance or anything.
Gudanov - Jun 06, 2011 3:49:17 am PDT #16889 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
7-Zip is great. It's one of the first programs I install on any new computer.
If you can replace the fan yourself it might be worth it (be prepared for that to take some time and caution), the last laptop fan I bought was only $40. I expect it might be awfully costly to have someone replace it though.
In celebration of getting a new job and still having almost all my severance left, I just ordered myself a Lenovo laptop. It's got one of those little nub thingies in addition to the touchpad. I always sort of liked that mouse-pointing method. Unfortunately, I paid a little extra for a 9-cell battery instead of the standard 6-cell and that will delay it. Since I don't intend to use it plugged-in, I figured it was worth a little more wait. The other customization was taking a zero cost option for 4GB as one DIMM instead of two DIMMs so I'll have a memory slot free. It's nice they give you a choice there.
Jessica - Jun 06, 2011 4:30:56 am PDT #16890 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm at our satellite office moving computers around and I have just discovered that one of our $8000 Final Cut Pro edit stations is connected to a trackball mouse.
I realize that we just had the "but it still works!" conversation in Natter, but DUDE. IT IS 2011. YOU CANNOT SERIOUSLY BE USING THIS MOUSE WITH THIS COMPUTER AND BE HAPPY WITH IT. (I have now requested 10 new optical USB mice for this office. When they arrive, the trackball mice are going in the trash.)
I am also now very nearly (just have to schedule the exam) an Apple Certified Support Technician, which means I will soon be officially authorized to press random buttons until shit works. Woo hoo!
Jesse - Jun 06, 2011 4:50:08 am PDT #16891 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you can replace the fan yourself it might be worth it (be prepared for that to take some time and caution), the last laptop fan I bought was only $40. I expect it might be awfully costly to have someone replace it though.
Yeah, I'm scared of that, although Dr. Google suggests I may be able to clean some shit out and help it relatively easily. I'm still scared to open my computer, but maybe will try it?
Theodosia - Jun 06, 2011 5:14:04 am PDT #16892 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
If you had a choice would you go for Quicken online or your own locally-owned copy? Not a theoretical question for me, my old iBook has Quicken 2004, which is the ONLY thing I'm using it for now, and I may as well decide what I'm going to do with it on the new MacAir.
Jessica - Jun 06, 2011 5:15:43 am PDT #16893 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The last time I checked, the online version was missing several key features (reporting, mostly), but depending on how you're using it it may not matter.