We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

Got a question about technology? Ask it here. Discussion of hardware, software, TiVos, multi-region DVDs, Windows, Macs, LINUX, hand-helds, iPods, anything tech related. Better than any helpdesk!


tommyrot - Nov 16, 2007 3:34:16 pm PST #3474 of 25497
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 accidentally reformatted the drive. It didn't even warn me that I was going to lose data.

That sucks. I think MS has the philosophy of "if it ain't got Windows stuff on it then there's obviously nothing at all on it."

ION, in OS X you can now 'right-click' by putting two fingers on the trackpad and clicking, rather than holding down the ctrl key while clicking (you have to enable this feature). Is this new for Leopard? Or have I been missing this goodness for years?


Gris - Nov 17, 2007 1:55:42 am PST #3475 of 25497
Hey. New board.

Or have I been missing this goodness for years?

It's been around at least as long as Intel laptops, and I think Powerbooks had it before that. Maybe even iBook G4s. So... years.

You can also drag downwards using two fingers to scroll, at least on my MBP. Best. Feature. Ever.


omnis_audis - Nov 17, 2007 8:54:30 am PST #3476 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

you need a 3rd party system pref to do those trackpad tricks with G4 hardware.


Theodosia - Nov 17, 2007 11:04:06 am PST #3477 of 25497
'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"

Any suggestions for which type of anti-Spyware/anti-Virus software I should install on my Vista desktop PC? It came with Norton, which has now just lapsed, so I should either renew it or get something else....


Dana - Nov 17, 2007 11:05:48 am PST #3478 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I hear AVG is good. And for spyware, Ad-Aware and Spybot.


Theodosia - Nov 17, 2007 12:53:15 pm PST #3479 of 25497
'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"

Thanks, Dana!


tommyrot - Nov 18, 2007 1:16:54 am PST #3480 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Dawn of the Computer Era

Pictures of computers in use from the '60s through '80s. I think my fave is the business guy in the oddly colored suit using a TRS-80 with cassette interface.


NoiseDesign - Nov 18, 2007 1:21:41 am PST #3481 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

I love the 60's picture of a line drawing of a woman in a bikini. Computers and porn, they just belong together.


DXMachina - Nov 18, 2007 1:33:51 am PST #3482 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think my fave is the business guy in the oddly colored suit using a TRS-80 with cassette interface.

Did you notice that he's writing with his right hand while typing with his left? He's a true multitasker.

Most of the pictures look to be from the very late '70s to the very early '80s, all those PETs, Trash 80's, and CoCos

Our very first system at work was one of these. The not so little box to the right of the TRS-80 is a 5 MB hard drive, which cost $5000 in 1984 dollars.


NoiseDesign - Nov 18, 2007 1:42:13 am PST #3483 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

I have a price list from a computer store in San Diego from about 1984 that has a few hard drives on it. None bigger than 5MB and at least one was close to $10,000 if I remember right.