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Post by gwen on Feb 8, 2007 1:44:50 GMT -4
Ah the days of DOS and Win 3.1. Good times. Mean while, Vista seems like a bloated piece of trash. My friend saw a computer running Vista on display at a store, it had really good stats and everything. But when he moved the mouse, the cpu usage shot up and the mouse courser movement was laggy... It's really pathetic. OS X, Linux and other OS' can run fancy graphical UI's on much less with no problems. I won't even upgrade to XP, let alone Vista. Going stick with Win2k for as long as I can and probably switch to Linux in the near future. Try FreeBSD with a Gnome or KDE desktop, I've never been so happy with a computer (nothing wrong with Linux though). Got my start on Windows 3.1 in high school. There I've done it, dated meself
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Post by james on Feb 8, 2007 3:51:01 GMT -4
I was thinking of going with the Ubuntu distro of Linux with XGL (I think that's what it's called). I'd then use 'Wine', or some other windows emulator to run things like Photoshop and 3d studio max and graphics programs and games etc. It's been working well for my friend for the last few months. Rarely needing to boot up windows. He used FreeBSD with KDE for a bit, but stopped for whatever reason. And I didn't get my own computer till around the the time of win9x, I started on my grandpa's 286 and my cousin's 386 a lot and learnt how to use DOS that way. My grandma still has that 286 kicking around and I was using it recently to get some files off of it. Took me a bit to remember how to use it, but it was kind of fun. Got to love those orange monochrome monitors too. (wow we've gone way off topic )
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Post by Mr Gorsky on Feb 8, 2007 5:34:18 GMT -4
WIndows XP is a pretty good OS, particularly for someone like me who has to look after a network as a bolt-on to the job he is actually paid to do - and where most of the users computer literacy falls into the "can just about switch it on without pulling a muscle" category.
We do have a couple of Win2K machines also in the mix and, although sharing some similarities with both XP and W2003Server, they are not nearly as idiot-proof as the XP ones.
From everything I have seen and read about Vista, it seems to have taken its cue almost entirely from the current obsession with having your PC do everything you can already do with your TV, DVD player, Radio, Hi-Fi etc. on top of all its actual computing functions.
Give me 5 pieces of equipment that each fulfill one job brilliantly over one piece that does all 5 to an average extent ... hence I still have a cellphone, PDA and desktop PC. Downloading songs on iTunes is about as close as I get to using my computer as an entertainment centre.
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Post by HeadLikeARock (was postbaguk) on Feb 8, 2007 6:45:32 GMT -4
OK I've emailed Jarrah White twice now re the image I posted showing shadows at strange angles. He read both emails on the day I sent them but hasn't seen fit to reply. Seems he's another one who doesn't want the truth to get in the way of a good story...
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Post by gwen on Feb 11, 2007 15:24:11 GMT -4
I was thinking of going with the Ubuntu distro of Linux with XGL (I think that's what it's called). I'd then use 'Wine', or some other windows emulator to run things like Photoshop and 3d studio max and graphics programs and games etc. It's been working well for my friend for the last few months. Rarely needing to boot up windows. He used FreeBSD with KDE for a bit, but stopped for whatever reason. And I didn't get my own computer till around the the time of win9x, I started on my grandpa's 286 and my cousin's 386 a lot and learnt how to use DOS that way. My grandma still has that 286 kicking around and I was using it recently to get some files off of it. Took me a bit to remember how to use it, but it was kind of fun. Got to love those orange monochrome monitors too. (wow we've gone way off topic ) There are open source replacements for rather much anything standard, OOo, the Gimp, Inkscape, oh n FreeBSD has a Linux emulation layer which runs almost any Linux binary, sometimes faster than on a Linux box.
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Post by james on Feb 11, 2007 16:01:17 GMT -4
There are open source replacements for rather much anything standard, OOo, the Gimp, Inkscape, I already use OpenOffice for windows. It's good and I like it. I don't like Gimp though. I'd really prefer to use Photoshop instead.
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Post by gwen on Feb 11, 2007 16:07:33 GMT -4
There are open source replacements for rather much anything standard, OOo, the Gimp, Inkscape, I already use OpenOffice for windows. It's good and I like it. I don't like Gimp though. I'd really prefer to use Photoshop instead. The Gimp does take some getting used to and I don't mind saying it took me a couple of years, I can become so set in my ways when it comes to computers!
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Post by svector on Feb 24, 2007 21:33:03 GMT -4
Mine just did... All three bits basically focus on the one picture and the problem of shadow angles. Nowhere is the shape of the rock, with it's sloping lower left edge really mentioned. When I asked Jarrah why he failed to consider the fact that the entire "big rock" shadow was not visible when drawing his directional line, he promptly banned me from commenting on his videos. Yes, Jarrah and I have had our run-ins. In fact he's featured quite prominently in Lunar Legacy pt. 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCRYTaE3ek
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Post by svector on Feb 24, 2007 21:36:24 GMT -4
Try FreeBSD with a Gnome or KDE desktop, I've never been so happy with a computer (nothing wrong with Linux though). Got my start on Windows 3.1 in high school. There I've done it, dated meself Windows 3.1? When I was in high school, the computers all ran CP/M! And you think YOU'VE dated yourself?
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Post by BertL on Feb 24, 2007 21:38:04 GMT -4
Mine just did... All three bits basically focus on the one picture and the problem of shadow angles. Nowhere is the shape of the rock, with it's sloping lower left edge really mentioned. When I asked Jarrah why he failed to consider the fact that the entire "big rock" shadow was not visible when drawing his directional line, he promptly banned me from commenting on his videos. Yes, Jarrah and I have had our run-ins. In fact he's featured quite prominently in Lunar Legacy pt. 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBCRYTaE3ekAwesome, I myself have debated him over longer time as well. Did he go on and on and on about the one picture he uses in his film too with you?
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Post by svector on Feb 25, 2007 6:07:42 GMT -4
Awesome, I myself have debated him over longer time as well. Did he go on and on and on about the one picture he uses in his film too with you? Yes, he never stops referring to it. I think he believes he found the holy grail of hoax proof. He's even given some of the rocks pet names, within the photo. What I took exception with was his use of an incomplete shadow and ignorance of terrain irregularities, to form a directional line comparing the rock shadow's angle to the astronaut's shadow. Interestingly, he unwittingly destroys his own premise when he sets up a bucket and the shadows converge almost identically to the Apollo example. Jarrah is quite an interesting character. When not creating hoax videos, he seems to enjoy making videos with cartoon trains and dubbing over audio from comedy skits. Bizarre stuff.
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Post by scooter on Feb 25, 2007 20:59:41 GMT -4
Try FreeBSD with a Gnome or KDE desktop, I've never been so happy with a computer (nothing wrong with Linux though). Got my start on Windows 3.1 in high school. There I've done it, dated meself Windows 3.1? When I was in high school, the computers all ran CP/M! And you think YOU'VE dated yourself? LOL! When I was in high school, we used....pencils...and our brains. I learned about computers in the USAF in 77 (tube type!)
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Post by james on Feb 25, 2007 21:59:57 GMT -4
And you think YOU'VE dated yourself?That was Gwen that dated herself, not me (you have my name on the quote) When I was in high school, we used....pencils...and our brains.Same here. Well, the pencils anyway...
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Post by wingerii on Feb 25, 2007 23:32:56 GMT -4
When I was in fifth grade, our school got one o' them new-fangled fruity-coloured iMacs, and we liked it, by gum!
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Post by gillianren on Feb 26, 2007 3:03:12 GMT -4
I learned a little BASIC in second grade . . . .
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