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Changing Wave
Feb. 25th, 2020 01:48 pmhttps://news.yahoo.com/device-may-low-end-laptop-103502577.html
This hardware looks to turn the system-peripheral paradigm completely on its head.
The Good and the Bad, In Terms of Time
Jan. 9th, 2008 06:56 pmIt just took longer now to connect to the Internet and get to this blog...
...than it did for me to fill out my Federal tax form for 2007 this afternoon.
I'm really annoyed and I don't know who to feel annoyed at, because of this glitch.
FP
PS: Producers Are Money-Grubbing Scum.
...than it did for me to fill out my Federal tax form for 2007 this afternoon.
I'm really annoyed and I don't know who to feel annoyed at, because of this glitch.
FP
PS: Producers Are Money-Grubbing Scum.
Trojans, Again
Jan. 8th, 2008 03:22 pmHad a Trojan Horse Installer attack on my compy this afternoon. I think I got rid of it and all the programs it attempted to install, but I'm afraid I may have missed one or two.
What's weird about this one is the fact that it seemed to attack through Free Agent. But I'm not sure about that fact either.
What is it about this week and sudden-onset adversity? :/
FP
PS: Producers Are Money-Grubbing Scum.
What's weird about this one is the fact that it seemed to attack through Free Agent. But I'm not sure about that fact either.
What is it about this week and sudden-onset adversity? :/
FP
PS: Producers Are Money-Grubbing Scum.
Yay, Dial-up
Sep. 21st, 2007 01:29 amJust spent more than an hour and a half attempting to download yet another e-book in .rar format and then get an error message from the unpacker program that the content is corrupted, so I'll have to try again when I have time.
Bah.
Bah.
The Four Horses of the ApocaGlitch
Sep. 19th, 2007 08:15 pmFor a couple weeks now, I'd been having a weird glitch on my computer...five minutes after log-in, it wanted to connect to the Internet, even if I wasn't running any Internet capable programs.
Well, today I updated my antivirus software filters and did a virus scan--FOUR "trojan horse" viruses, two of which had infiltrated the compy's operating system. Once the viruses were sent to the virtual glue factory, no more five-minute glitches.
I was thinking about taking my computer into town for a service...and I'm glad I don't have to now (apply fist to cellulose matter in noisemaker fashion).
FP
Well, today I updated my antivirus software filters and did a virus scan--FOUR "trojan horse" viruses, two of which had infiltrated the compy's operating system. Once the viruses were sent to the virtual glue factory, no more five-minute glitches.
I was thinking about taking my computer into town for a service...and I'm glad I don't have to now (apply fist to cellulose matter in noisemaker fashion).
FP
Yes, I'm Addicted
Aug. 2nd, 2007 12:19 amHad a hard time connecting tonight. For some reason, the ISP was either too busy or out of service for a while.
When I finally got through about ten minutes ago, I heard the signal noise of the ISP's server responding and quipped to myself "The National Anthem".
FP (who wants to find a way to transmute the sound to something more like actual music)
When I finally got through about ten minutes ago, I heard the signal noise of the ISP's server responding and quipped to myself "The National Anthem".
FP (who wants to find a way to transmute the sound to something more like actual music)
I Wish I Knew VideoJitsu
Jul. 30th, 2007 12:01 amOn Tube Network lately, a certain music video must have become a "programmer's favorite", as in consecutive weeks I've seen it more often than I'd think if it had been random chance. (Here, the FOX station airs an hour of Tube at 2AM on Saturday Nights...and that is the only regular airing of Tube that I think I can catch, at least till I get a TV that can handle "decimal stations".)
It is a live concert version of Alice Cooper's "School's Out".
Finding this version on YouTube is a futile exercize, as there are literally dozens of such videos there, not including the Muppet Show version (which is listed about twenty times!).
Anyway, where videojitsu comes in...I'm imagining this particular version as the soundtrack for a "highlights of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"--especially the Weasley Brothers' rampage at Hogwarts sequence.
Yeah, it'd have to wait for the DVD--and for me to get a DVD-drive for the compy and video editing software and a rip of the music and and and and...
...And I wish I had an idea that PAID. This is no fun.
FP
It is a live concert version of Alice Cooper's "School's Out".
Finding this version on YouTube is a futile exercize, as there are literally dozens of such videos there, not including the Muppet Show version (which is listed about twenty times!).
Anyway, where videojitsu comes in...I'm imagining this particular version as the soundtrack for a "highlights of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"--especially the Weasley Brothers' rampage at Hogwarts sequence.
Yeah, it'd have to wait for the DVD--and for me to get a DVD-drive for the compy and video editing software and a rip of the music and and and and...
...And I wish I had an idea that PAID. This is no fun.
FP
Pong is Ping and Kong is King
Jul. 25th, 2007 01:25 amLooks like LJ got their act back together. I was beginning to get worried there. (They had been out of service since about mid-afternoon here time.)
FP
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Hot Under The...No, Not THERE
May. 22nd, 2007 01:26 amIt looks like that problem I was having earlier was due to the computer possibly overheating. I looked inside the CPU case and found that the case's fan was only set on LOW. So I put it on HIGH and I'm seeing how it does.
I still want to replace the fan on the motherboard itself. It makes just enough noise to discourage me from writing very long documents.
FP
PS: I forgot to cruciform my phalanges and apply knuckle to dead cellulose matter in noisemaker fashion. About an hour after making this post, I had another Stop Error. I suppose I need to take this compy in for a service.
I still want to replace the fan on the motherboard itself. It makes just enough noise to discourage me from writing very long documents.
FP
PS: I forgot to cruciform my phalanges and apply knuckle to dead cellulose matter in noisemaker fashion. About an hour after making this post, I had another Stop Error. I suppose I need to take this compy in for a service.
Fair Warning
May. 15th, 2007 09:01 pmI've been hit with a lot of Stop Errors and Browser Crashes and the like lately, so I may have to pull my computer out of operation and have a repairman or three look at it. Dunno whether to blame Hewlett-Packard, Adobe or Microsoft for my current trouble. It may turn out to be all three.
FP
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Downloaded In The Dumps
Apr. 18th, 2007 02:58 amI tried TWICE this week to download an e-book from a website I won't name (cause I'm disgusted with the following hassle), took me FIVE HOURS each time--and the resulting file can't be opened with WinRAR. BAH!
FP
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Project Pitts
Jan. 14th, 2007 01:37 amI thought that by downloading the files to my mother's computer, I could print them out any size I wanted to. I can't. The version of Adobe Reader only allows prints at 100%.
I reverse-engineered the graphics using the PRINTSCREEN function, so my LViewPro could rearrange them, and then I did a roundabout effort to get the new files on her compy...and found of that she has no graphics programming on her computer that can handle the new files.
I can solve everything by simply buying a new ink cartridge for my own printer.
I'm too smart for myself and also too cheap.
FP
I reverse-engineered the graphics using the PRINTSCREEN function, so my LViewPro could rearrange them, and then I did a roundabout effort to get the new files on her compy...and found of that she has no graphics programming on her computer that can handle the new files.
I can solve everything by simply buying a new ink cartridge for my own printer.
I'm too smart for myself and also too cheap.
FP
Really Dumb Technological Question
Dec. 27th, 2006 02:33 pmIs it at all possible to mod an Xbox (hardware and/or software) so it can play game programs from PC CD-ROM disks?
Expletive Seven
Nov. 22nd, 2006 02:27 amJust had IE 7.0 come into my computer and make itself at home. This software is a kludge. The screen looks blurry and the interface is needlessly gimmicky. I want to get rid of that Google windowlet. I don't see the reason for the tab thingies. I hate the icon for the Favorites. Bah.
FP
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Flash animation.
I like a good share of it. I used to follow MondoMiniShows every week till their inexplicable implosion circa 2001. (I was particularly into "Piki & Poko", "Thugs On Film" and "Heavy Metal Guy".) I used to follow WB's online toon "Gotham Girls", based on the femme characters of Batman. I kinda like the animated "8-Bit Theater", even if the webstrip itself doesn't really grab me. (I showed Mom "Garland vs. The Imps" and she loved it.)
In relatively recent times, I found that I could use IrfanView and ZoomPlayer to watch Flash files, so I've been peeking at stuff I've downloaded. But some files refuse to play, due to one technical fault or another. I used to have the main official Flash/Dreamweaver program, but it was installed on Celery Green--and while I still have its Hard Drive, it's currently inaccessible.
Yeah, if a Flash film's hosted on-line, I still could watch via Internet Explorer's plug-in, but if it isn't, I'm out of luck. And waiting for it to load to my cache is tedious. Gotta be a better way. :(
FP
I like a good share of it. I used to follow MondoMiniShows every week till their inexplicable implosion circa 2001. (I was particularly into "Piki & Poko", "Thugs On Film" and "Heavy Metal Guy".) I used to follow WB's online toon "Gotham Girls", based on the femme characters of Batman. I kinda like the animated "8-Bit Theater", even if the webstrip itself doesn't really grab me. (I showed Mom "Garland vs. The Imps" and she loved it.)
In relatively recent times, I found that I could use IrfanView and ZoomPlayer to watch Flash files, so I've been peeking at stuff I've downloaded. But some files refuse to play, due to one technical fault or another. I used to have the main official Flash/Dreamweaver program, but it was installed on Celery Green--and while I still have its Hard Drive, it's currently inaccessible.
Yeah, if a Flash film's hosted on-line, I still could watch via Internet Explorer's plug-in, but if it isn't, I'm out of luck. And waiting for it to load to my cache is tedious. Gotta be a better way. :(
FP
Love/Hate Relationship
Sep. 7th, 2006 01:04 amWith Xusenet. They have a lot of content, but I don't have enough bandwidth in my account to download more than a few files a day. That and their search functions are not very user-helpful. You have to know what you're looking for by filename before you can find anything. This has resulted in a lot of guesswork on my part. Xusenet isn't a great website, but it is a great idea FOR a website.
Update II--Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Aug. 16th, 2006 05:11 pmHey.
Just got the news back from the repair shop...the memory chip on the motherboard had overloaded and gone bad. I should have figured this was coming...there were times that I'd be working and the browser would freeze or just crash.
At least this was the last week my system was under warranty. So I guess I'll only have to pay labor. I'll pick it up tomorrow.
And the first thing I'll do once it's back on my desk and plugged in is back up the data.
FP
Just got the news back from the repair shop...the memory chip on the motherboard had overloaded and gone bad. I should have figured this was coming...there were times that I'd be working and the browser would freeze or just crash.
At least this was the last week my system was under warranty. So I guess I'll only have to pay labor. I'll pick it up tomorrow.
And the first thing I'll do once it's back on my desk and plugged in is back up the data.
FP
