Vista *curse*
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-25 18:57:00
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ervaqre schreef: > |> No, no, it's not 2022 yet! Be patient! > |> > | Well, I'll have chocolate in the mean while. > > Chocolate is bad for your health!! > Then I'll be making the soylent green taste like chocolate. -- Danny. |
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-26 15:17:59
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Pixel "#~ schreef: >>>> You could google it. >>> I can't be bothered. >>> >>> >> The true spirit of Aglami. > > She finished it now. > So never mind. > I now know the end. > And can't harrash my girlfriend with it anymore. > > Maybe she faked reading the end, just to get you off her back. Or did she say what the *real* end was? -- Danny. |
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ervaqre wrote at: 2007-07-26 19:11:00
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DG mehawa... | Because a piece of software they HAVE to use because of school doesn't | work otherwise. Also the mp3-player and the new fangled cell phone | require the XP USB drivers. They wanted a new PC, but only one that came | for free with a 25 euro a month cell phone plan. I advised against it | since most of those are end of run things without any software | (including the OS) or socket 370 (!!!) models. The Via Epia type stuff. | You can surf the web, but that's it. PC's like those are worth less than | 200 euro's. You should tell them to get Vista on that system and to call 020 500 1500 (MS helpdesk) when they run into trouble. That'd be fun ;) -- ervaqre, your worst nightmare |
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-26 19:15:59
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ervaqre schreef: > | Because a piece of software they HAVE to use because of school doesn't > | work otherwise. Also the mp3-player and the new fangled cell phone > | require the XP USB drivers. They wanted a new PC, but only one that came > | for free with a 25 euro a month cell phone plan. I advised against it > | since most of those are end of run things without any software > | (including the OS) or socket 370 (!!!) models. The Via Epia type stuff. > | You can surf the web, but that's it. PC's like those are worth less than > | 200 euro's. > > You should tell them to get Vista on that system and to call 020 500 > 1500 (MS helpdesk) when they run into trouble. That'd be fun ;) Vista costs more than they're willing to spend on a new PC. But I know of many people that think a new, bigger, OS will actually speed a PC up. Even burn CD's faster. -- Danny. |
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ervaqre wrote at: 2007-07-26 19:45:00
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DG mehawa... | VLC is very good for people that rather not fuss with codex stuff. So | that's why I advise it to most users, especially novice ones. True, I've seen people being very happy with VLC. And it's enormously CPU efficient, that's what I really like about it. Now if somebody could take the best of VLC and the best of Media Player Classic I'd be happy as well. | I keep Winrar. It has opened every archive file I've gotten recently | without update nags. That may however tell more about the limited | variation of archive files I come across. Well, the reason I got 7-zip actually was that I used to come across .7z files which Winzip and Winrar couldn't open at the time. I found it quite annoying that once again I needed to install a new program for some or the other exotic archiving format. Then I found out I quite liked 7-zip, so I stuck with it ever since. As of today however, I don't think it provides any significant advantages over Winrar. They both can open the most common archiving formats without problems and come in installers of about 1 MB. It's just that Winrar is good at making .rar files and 7-zip is good at making .7z files, but I always save everything as .zip anyway. Winzip however has totally taken the wrong road, I believe. The latest installer is about 9 MB and comes with an integrated DVD-burner and FTP- client... :s | I haven't worked a lot with Dreamweaver. Just enough to know it needed | to be easier. EditPlus is text orientated, am I right? Not the wysiwyg I | prefer. EditPlus is a text-based editor indeed. And a very good one at that. As for wysiwyg-editors, I've played around a bit with Quanta Plus on Linux and I must say it's rather good. Apparently Microsoft's Expression Web is rather good as well and it delivers everything in valid xhtml and css. However...it also comes with this new Silverlight thingy. | For image editing you could use GIMP, but I found it unusable because of | the interface. There's a great variation in image software. Vector | based, raster based, photo orientated, drawing orientated and so on. | Nothing does it all unless it's absolutely huge, CPU heavy or expensive. | | <snip> | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Raster_graphics_editors I could use GIMP indeed, but I find its interface a horrible thing as well. Of course you could install Gimpshop, but that still doesn't make the interface "normal". What I use now is Paintshop Pro 9, because I mainly use an image editor for editing photos. I still think PSP 7 was much, much better in terms of loading times though. But what I should do is go through that list, install the most promising ones and find the ultimate image editor. | That Infrarecorder sounds good. Don't know if I need it though. Well, I think it's a good replacement for Nero. It's a bit similar to CloneCD. But then again, who still burns CDs and DVDs these days? -- ervaqre, your worst nightmare |
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-26 20:28:00
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ervaqre schreef: > True, I've seen people being very happy with VLC. And it's enormously > CPU efficient, that's what I really like about it. Now if somebody could > take the best of VLC and the best of Media Player Classic I'd be happy > as well. Just make VLC look and feel as MPC. They can keep the traffic cone in though. > Well, the reason I got 7-zip actually was that I used to come across .7z > files which Winzip and Winrar couldn't open at the time. I found it > quite annoying that once again I needed to install a new program for > some or the other exotic archiving format. Then I found out I quite > liked 7-zip, so I stuck with it ever since. As of today however, I don't > think it provides any significant advantages over Winrar. They both can > open the most common archiving formats without problems and come in > installers of about 1 MB. It's just that Winrar is good at making .rar > files and 7-zip is good at making .7z files, but I always save > everything as .zip anyway. Yep, zip has the better compatibility. Never came across .7z's though. Winrar shall remain. > Winzip however has totally taken the wrong road, I believe. The latest > installer is about 9 MB and comes with an integrated DVD-burner and FTP- > client... :s Winzip became Nero. Tsk... > EditPlus is a text-based editor indeed. And a very good one at that. As > for wysiwyg-editors, I've played around a bit with Quanta Plus on Linux > and I must say it's rather good. Apparently Microsoft's Expression Web > is rather good as well and it delivers everything in valid xhtml and > css. However...it also comes with this new Silverlight thingy. Luckily I'm not involved with any webpage programming currently. I found it too cumbersome. Liked designing, but all the behind the scenes stuff, code for counters and the way it looked totally different in other browsers or on other screen sizes took the joy out of it. > > I could use GIMP indeed, but I find its interface a horrible thing as > well. Of course you could install Gimpshop, but that still doesn't make > the interface "normal". What I use now is Paintshop Pro 9, because I > mainly use an image editor for editing photos. I still think PSP 7 was > much, much better in terms of loading times though. But what I should do > is go through that list, install the most promising ones and find the > ultimate image editor. Been there, done that. A little, anyway. Pixia came out best so far. Gimshop had horrible reviews (crashing, never starting or looking the same as regular Gimp). So I didn't even try Gimpshop. Some others look like PSP 3, only less clean. I only tried free Windows ones, and things don't look great, only judging on the interfaces. > > | That Infrarecorder sounds good. Don't know if I need it though. > > Well, I think it's a good replacement for Nero. It's a bit similar to > CloneCD. But then again, who still burns CDs and DVDs these days? > Pyromaniacs. -- Danny. |
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Pixel "#~ wrote at: 2007-07-27 12:17:59
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Earlier ervaqre muttered: >I could use GIMP indeed, but I find its interface a horrible thing as >well. Of course you could install Gimpshop, but that still doesn't make >the interface "normal". What I use now is Paintshop Pro 9, because I >mainly use an image editor for editing photos. I still think PSP 7 was >much, much better in terms of loading times though. But what I should do >is go through that list, install the most promising ones and find the >ultimate image editor. Hmmm, yes, I think that after PSP 7, they redid it, and it turned out way bigger and takes a lot longer to load. But it did come with better features I think. Version 7 runs on my 95 PC. -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." - |
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-28 17:28:00
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ervaqre schreef: > | Vista costs more than they're willing to spend on a new PC. But I know > | of many people that think a new, bigger, OS will actually speed a PC up. > | Even burn CD's faster. > > Oh yes, that also goes for the sort of internet connection they have. > For example: "Ever since I have provider X my mouse doesn't respond > anymore. I really regret going to provider X. With provider Y I could > use my mouse, which I find much easier than using only the keyboard." > I'm forever baffled by the people that get megabit connections only to do simple browsing, maybe some webcamming and the occasional e-mail with attachment. -- Danny. |
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-28 17:32:59
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ervaqre schreef: > | Just make VLC look and feel as MPC. They can keep the traffic cone in > | though. > > Noo! Not the traffic cone!! That's awful!! It's small potatoes compared to the interface. Now there's an idea of a logo. > | Luckily I'm not involved with any webpage programming currently. I found > | it too cumbersome. Liked designing, but all the behind the scenes stuff, > | code for counters and the way it looked totally different in other > | browsers or on other screen sizes took the joy out of it. > > Well, coding for different pc browsers is not the end of the world, but > if you want your website to look properly on on browsers that come with > mobile phones these days, well, that's a true horror! Gak! My deepest sympathies. > | Been there, done that. A little, anyway. Pixia came out best so far. > | Gimshop had horrible reviews (crashing, never starting or looking the > | same as regular Gimp). So I didn't even try Gimpshop. Some others look > | like PSP 3, only less clean. I only tried free Windows ones, and things > | don't look great, only judging on the interfaces. > > Well, I will do it some day in the future. I'm actually rather satisfied > with PSP 9. It's just that in the end I'd like a free, lightweight > alternative. > And MS Paint just won't do... -- Danny. |
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DG wrote at: 2007-07-28 17:35:59
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ervaqre schreef: > | I found later versions impossible to crack. Or at least within > | downloading tons of viruses, spyware and stuff onto the puter. > > Umm...don't most of us actually pay for software, Pixel? Especially now > that you have a job I expect you to pay the people for all their efforts > of creating your favorite software! > What kind of capitalist are you? Punishing people when they have an income! Making them have to pay for stuff. -- Danny. |
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