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7769. alistairConnor - 1/14/2010 12:12:39 PM You probably have to create a shortcut to it and play with the compatibility properties of the shortcut. May or may not work! 7770. arkymalarky - 1/15/2010 2:14:11 AM Thanks, I'll try that! 7771. iiibbb - 1/18/2010 7:42:17 PM If you still have trouble, there's a program out there called DOSBOX at dosbox.com 7772. arkymalarky - 1/19/2010 5:59:46 AM Thanks! It wasn't working so far. It works on my old xp laptop. This one is xp too. 7773. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/20/2010 7:32:10 AM Jesus, not one response to the optical illusion, above. If this doesn't get a response, you folks are without wonder.
7774. alistairConnor - 1/20/2010 12:45:06 PM Hey Wiz, I loved the dots... but my tired old eyes play tricks on me these days even without prompting!
I'm forbidden to see whatever you posted today, here at work (they firewall out all the common timewasting sites... luckily my timewasting tastes are so eclectic, this is only a mild handicap for me), but will appreciate later! 7775. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/20/2010 10:10:38 PM Well here's the URL, Alistair and it's not to be missed because it gives the viewer such a palpable sense of the distances inherent in our universe. It's a remarkable and brilliant visual and well worth viewing over and over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U 7776. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/21/2010 6:16:04 AM The Known Universe (YouTube) 7777. arkymalarky - 1/21/2010 6:35:58 AM Can't get the effect of the dots on my blackberry (or maybe I didn't look at them right) and I quit Moting at work several years ago. When rural people cease to be America's redheaded step-children and get dsl like everyone else I'll keep up with all the cool stuff better. 7778. arkymalarky - 1/21/2010 6:38:12 AM Oooh. Got a cool #, tho. 7779. alistairConnor - 1/21/2010 8:36:14 PM I tried to post on the Mote yesteday with my brand new touchy-feely telephone. I don't think I'll make a habit of it.
I have now seen the Known Universe -- thank you for that Wiz!
Except I didn't need the lesson in humility. I'm already way too humble. 7780. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/21/2010 9:46:54 PM I like your ironic humor, Alistair. 7781. robertjayb - 1/30/2010 10:31:48 PM Mean old mother nature...
A week or so ago Green Bay's fancy LED traffic lights were frozen and inoperable.
Yesterday came word of wind turbine generators freezing.
7782. robertjayb - 1/31/2010 12:02:00 AM It's that darn unruly arctic oscillation...
According to Mark Serreze, it's the Arctic Oscillation.
Serreze is the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He tells host Guy Raz that the Arctic Oscillation is basically "just a honking big weather pattern. And it's rather unpredictable."
7783. alistairConnor - 2/2/2010 12:04:41 AM Coldest January since 1987 over here... that feels about right. 7784. arkymalarky - 2/5/2010 6:01:21 PM Wiz's post in Politics reminds me of something I meant to ask here in this discussion:
Why can't they make a handheld that supports flash? I was very underwhelmed by the i-pad. Friends and fam are trying to get me to replace my blackberry with an iphone (I call them Pod People) and I'm just not compelled to change unless they come up with flash support and a few other features I would like to see. 7785. robertjayb - 2/6/2010 8:51:11 PM Who dat sayin' the U.S. isn't up for the 21st century?
Heinz develops improved ketchup packet! 7786. wabbit - 2/24/2010 1:23:48 AM After many many months of playing with the beta and RC1 versions of Windows 7, the time has come for me to install the real deal. I've had it for quite a while, just haven't had a block of days to do a clean install and re-install all my software. Now, whether I have the time or not, I have no choice. At the end of the weekend, my beloved RC1 will shut down every two hours. I can't deal with that.
Once it's done, I'll post about my nifty new back-up tools - an Azio ADP-SU33 dock and a 1tb Hitachi internal drive. I am very happy. 7787. arkymalarky - 3/24/2010 11:07:18 AM I'm thinking about getting a motorola droid. Anyone know anything about them? This phone's getting worn out and I just don't want to get an iphone. For one thing, it's a much bigger social obligation than I want, best I can tell from Bpb and Mose. 7788. arkymalarky - 3/26/2010 6:50:12 PM Looked at one yesterday. Contract's not up until august, so someone had better talk me down by then. I have just developed a prejudice about iphones. I don't like how proprietary apple's getting, and in their feud with google I side with google. I'm probably wrong, but I think apple's making the same mistake it did with MS years ago. Anyway, I don't want to be a pod person and I really like the droid phone.
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