Re: Mind's Eye Windows Eight

Hoi James,, just bought a book "The Dragonfly Effect" it is on using
the social media.. might be of interest .. not sure,, as it will be
a very slow read for me ..
Allan

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:22 AM, James <ashkashal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Getting a little worried here, my fiancee just told me she didn't think
> tribal cultures were all that advanced. Enough to integrate weapons (bows
> and arrows) in play anyways, I wonder what would make her think that, she is
> far ahead of me on book learning (English and History major).
>
> I consider my office and shop areas a reflection of my mind, you can deduce
> from that. Ha! Need to find a way to extract some money from all these watts
> my brain is consuming, some days it runs through me like a lightning rod,
> and on others it is difficult to read more than three words at a time. Molly
> might have some advice on psychic pendulums, but I'm thinking Allan or RP
> could tell me a thing or two about how to use an echo before it's origin,
> I've been waiting for a sweet explanation from science but the statistics
> are way outta my league. Inner monologue: how to make some money? (echo,
> echo, echo), no reply. :|
>
> I love taking apart and fixing things, especially when they work better
> after. *chuckles
>
>
> On 12/19/2012 1:38 PM, archytas wrote:
>>
>> I can barely resist fixing things. I'm about to upgrade my PC to a
>> solid state drive - but should really have worked out whether anyone
>> will use it. I'd probably want to fit a miniature mobile phone to the
>> watch before fixing it to my belt. I rebuilt an old Land Rover a
>> couple of years back - should really have worked out whether I'd ever
>> want to drive the thing first! I've just been thwarted by a tap-
>> washer - the screw actually has a hex-splined head - but I have a box
>> of them in the shed from my car mechanic past so it will succumb
>> tomorrow! Assuming nothing in the shed attacks me - I'm not very
>> tidy.
>>
>> Aero was a duck-egg if ever there was one!
>>
>> On Dec 18, 11:13 pm, James<ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Funny, I just disabled Aero on a netbook with Win7 and the user seemed
>>> astonished at how fast it worked after (interactive response time was
>>> the word I used while grumbling). This was a retired engineer who
>>> designed and built the early PC stuff while managing four layers in
>>> development for manufacturing industries. I kinda shrug and ask for
>>> feedback in a week, "what do you think?" style.
>>>
>>> Something tells me much of what we do is because of someone deciding for
>>> us what we want or need. When we look deeper we find things with an
>>> astonished expression, but really much of our issues were figured out by
>>> hunter gatherers on the savannah some time ago but we're being led
>>> around like a bunch of clothes shoppers changing fads by the season. :p
>>> One of the names my peers used to use was 'trash picker' (among others),
>>> I always looked back blank and thought the morons were walking past a
>>> $600 stereo on the curb because of their pride, all it needed was a fuse.
>>> :/
>>>
>>> I find my belt is a handy place for a wristwatch, you have to remove a
>>> pin and let it hang unhinged-like.
>>>
>>> On 12/18/2012 12:13 PM, archytas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mine came small with a bigger thing to allow fitting to old sized
>>>> equipment. The EA stuff works after retro-installation and as long as
>>>> the Origin thing is switched off before the machine is. The major
>>>> import of smart phones in my world is not having to wear a watch.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Dec 17, 1:20 pm, gabbydott<gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am planning to do the upgrade on my notebook between the years. After
>>>>> what I have heard from your experience I will not upgrade Noah's
>>>>> computer
>>>>> system with all his EA Sports games installed on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I have treated myself to a new smartphone, the Nexus 4. It arrived
>>>>> earlier
>>>>> than expected and it is a wonderful new toy! :)
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I still need to wait for a new micro sim card. I tried to cut the old
>>>>> one
>>>>> smaller, but I must have ruined it. No need to cry over spilled milk.
>>>>> At
>>>>> least I tried.
>>>>> Am 15.12.2012 18:12 schrieb "archytas"<nwte...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> To be fair the W8 thing is now working a bit better than 7 did - I
>>>>>> just resent it not coming with easier upgrade and having to re-install
>>>>>> most programmes. The big problem turned out to be with EA Games.
>>>>>> Shut down and restart are now quicker and I was able to use my laptop
>>>>>> in wordprocessing for 6 hours without charger - an hour's
>>>>>> improvement. I wish someone made systems that were less about being
>>>>>> kids' toys.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> On 14 Dec, 21:42, Lee Douglas<leerevdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now I'm not one of these anti Apple bods, but it is true that as an
>>>>>>> IT
>>>>>>> professional I like kit that I can tinker with and that I can make
>>>>>>> work
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the ways in which I like to work. So my biggest hangup with Apple
>>>>>>
>>>>>> products
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is that you are forced into doing things there way. And updates,
>>>>>>> well of
>>>>>>> course you do get them automatically applied as well, and things like
>>>>>>> Itunes, well I'll not tell you how many of my mates have called me up
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> week to ask me to roll back to the previous version for them!
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>> Also, nice to see you Don.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, 8 December 2012 13:33:34 UTC, Don Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm skittish of upgrades. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is almost
>>>>>>>> my personal motto. The Mac costs more and lacks some of the software
>>>>>>>> available to the IBM model but imho is worth every extra dollar.
>>>>>>>> Zero
>>>>>>>> issues. Loads faster. No constant downloading of updates for
>>>>>>>> protection and what not.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> MicroSoft is desperate to compete with Apple. They keep rushing
>>>>>>>> unfinished crap to production and it shows. From what I've read the
>>>>>>>> interface for Win8 makes it more like the Mac. New learning is
>>>>>>>> required to utilize the new stuff. Perhaps a good time to switch to
>>>>>>>> Mac if you've ever considered it. It's different but intuitive
>>>>>>>> enough
>>>>>>>> where I think it's easier once you get out of the Windows mindset.
>>>>>>>> Of
>>>>>>>> course, if your programs aren't available on the Mac it would make
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> switch unadvisable. And then there's the price....
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> dj
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:58 AM,
>>>>>>>> archytas<nwt...@gmail.com<javascript:>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I finally have my laptop working about 2 weeks after installing W8
>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>> an upgrade. I had to use the refresh option. This uninstalled
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> 50 programs, including MS Office, along with my text files and
>>>>>>>>> anything from competitors like Google Chrome. I may as well have
>>>>>>>>> formatted my hard drive and installed W8 from scratch. It's
>>>>>>>>> marginally better than W7 now. Without my back-up I'd have to
>>>>>>>>> spend
>>>>>>>>> about 200 to get the programs I actually use back. I had 2 hours
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> pain with Microsoft over Office - which wouldn't let me reinstall
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> my genuine disk. The new version of IE that supplanted my normal
>>>>>>>>> browsers left me cold and I will never learn its new interface. In
>>>>>>>>> all it's cost me 2 days work and frustration and left me feeling
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> thing is intended to get us to spend more money on MS products.
>>>>>>>>> Analysis boils down to a con I could easily do without. My old
>>>>>>>>> fart
>>>>>>>>> prediction on your son is he will learn more about deviant
>>>>>>>>> mothering
>>>>>>>>> on the lines of 'A Boy Named Sue' than the tribulations of dotage.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> shall encode something in cloud cabal to let him know getting old
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> crap but does entail a certain freedom from mothers.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>> With England at 332 for two I sorely miss Vam. I'd explain in
>>>>>>>>> great
>>>>>>>>> detail Gabs - but cricket is one secret we have kept from you
>>>>>>>>> Germans
>>>>>>>>> since refusing to send professionals to expand the game in your
>>>>>>>>> country in the 1930s. I have an image of you as the lady chair of
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Deutscher Cricket Bund, ensuring the teas are maintained to the
>>>>>>>>> high
>>>>>>>>> standard I found in a small club outside Munich. The potatoes were
>>>>>>>>> particularly excellent, though not as rewarding as my practical
>>>>>>>>> explanation of 'chin music' on the pitch - which led to some jokes
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> dueling scars during splendid after-match hospitality. I'm sure
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> game would be safe in your hands and would always return to see the
>>>>>>>>> pigs flying on tandems over the Munich Hills (with are, in fact,
>>>>>>>>> outside Dublin). Sadly, as an old fart, I am reduced to guile,
>>>>>>>>> deception and soin to get batsmen out these days, before retiring
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> the pavilion and endless discussion of bad backs and has-beenery.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Nov 26, 3:50 pm, gabbydott<gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Right, which is why one should write an alternative text for the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> images
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> uses. But the visual stuff helps the un-initiated more than gray
>>>>>>>>>> XP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> style
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and code language. My son says he doesn't need W8. For him to be
>>>>>>
>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> decode old farts' stories of victimization I'll have to buy the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> upgrade
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> him.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2012/11/25 archytas<nwte...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'd still be on dos given the choice too. I finally have W8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> looking
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> like XP and most of the glitches out. I wouldn't have bothered
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> except
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> for the reasons above. Lots of this metro, visual stuff makes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> much harder for blind people. I'd go for text-only with a button
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> play pics and vids.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 25 Nov, 09:43, Allan H<allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Right now my hands are stuck firmly in my pockets I preferred
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IBM
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dos
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> over MS dos and only started using had a fantastic email
>>>>>>
>>>>>> program..
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wonder it it is still around.. I fully understand about the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> barge
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> pole.. excellent idea.. I am sure your son or grand son will
>>>>>>
>>>>>> love
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> it..
>>>>>>>>>>>> Allan
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:59 AM, archytas<nwte...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lots of stuff doesn't work - start up and shut down remain
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dicey,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> laptop's mousepad doesn't shut down automatically when I plug
>>>>>>
>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mouse
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in - the lis of such annoying bits is long. Microsoft (after
>>>>>>
>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> fob-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> offs) told me to use F8 to do some debugging. I'd rung to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tell
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> F8 didn't work! I wouldn't touch the thing with a bargepole
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> unless
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you have a commercial reason for needing to.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 24 Nov, 20:07, Allan H<allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actually MS is trying to get control of the gaming market ,,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> getting game programers to set their programs that they only
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> operate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on Windows 8
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Allan
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 6:21 PM, archytas<nwte...@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> W8 looks like yet another attempt to stick us with yet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> another
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> portal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> directing us to Microsoft products - via its metro
>>>>>>
>>>>>> interface
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> replaces desktop. I don't like Faceflop, Googleplod or
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Twatter
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> (which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> started as a place to host audio podcasts - am amazing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> non-starter).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The highlight on these over several years was Gabby
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tagging me
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> as a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rabbit in a weird building in Berlin.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm rid of the metroface through a bit of cheap software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> understand why these conglomerates want to shoehorn an
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> advertising-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> based business model into our social activities. These
>>>>>>
>>>>>> days I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> watch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all commercial TV via Tivo to fast forward he ads and
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> increasingly
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the same with BBC to evade their promos. I-google lets me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rid
>>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> read more »
>>
>>
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