so all i need for a new build is throw on the drivers, install my freeware stuff, and its identical to every other box i run for all intents and purposes
@JourneymanGeek On the other hand ,take Photoshop for example 3000 registry entries, some stupid activation, and layers of junk that I did not need. I tried to trade that for Gimp , 2700 registry entries, and layers of junk I did not need. then it crashed, then 64bit is back in beta.
@JourneymanGeek PaintNet , what is the net part for? programmed in Netframework (worst programs in the world) ? or requires the frilling internet at any time to exist :-) both banes of my existance.
Great for some simple programs and to get stuff for free, but nothing like real programming, so it doesnt have the massive skill used to program in higher languages.
@surfasb I certannly am using that stuff in many things. We must remember that i went through ALL the revisions of it, from 1.0 and on. That i have seen programs that do better than word, that fit on 1/2 a floppy disk and didnt require 35Megs of subsystem. I am Biased as heck.
When going through these revisions of "net" MS changed it and destroyed many of the finished projects, the programmer was either done with it or done with giving it away for free.
@JourneymanGeek it depends, I don't need software for it, hence why I mentioned SSH (tbh I was gonna use rsync) so essentially all I need is non-web accessible space somewhere that's reliable and in the UK
for me gimp and open office were very similar to thier counterparts, in size, registry mess, and complexity. I always need 1 thing that doesnt come in "paint" and "wordpad" but i have to deal with 1000 things to do the one.
@JourneymanGeek Most of my stuff still has to be in the lamest most usable format, that will still be converted 20 years from now. Some programs and formats are like VideoLazerdisk , just try and find a player for those. although i am not so old as to need a 8-track :-)
Disclaimer I do have the programs i am whining about , on the other computer, and the other users use them. it is pure survivability without the costs.
one great replacement item i have been happy with so far, is FoxIt reader vrses adobees Pdf reader. did everything i need, in 1/3rd the mess, and doesnt do the thing I did not want/need that adobee keeps adding.
Adobee is a short drive away from here. they have 6000 people working on cute icons, and i think 2 programmers left, must have been a error in indian immigration :-)
@JourneymanGeek "" Sumatra PDF Viewer. This lightweight program lets you view PDFs without a lot of extra features that slow things down. It has all the basics you need and none of the fluff that you don't."" <--- and that is what i need usually. I always wonder who is it that keeps asking for the fluff :-)
Remember the Bill gates/Steve Jobs YouTube that was posted here a few days ago? Bill mentioned that some groups were really making great stuff and going somewhere , They were not just pumping out junk that they could sell to some large corporation someday.... The tube video (in sections) runs out. . . a few seconds later my brain says, Did bill just say that his large corporation buys junk :-)
Those kind of things, valuable when trying to sort out what songs you want to delete from your collection or when you are bored of hearing the same songs again.
But at the moment my music collection is kinda outdated, I can easily name a bunch of songs that I like but are not in my collection or not on my walkman... :S
The downside of hearing them on TV / radio or going to YouTube / Grooveshark / Spotify / ...
... and not keeping a list of songs that should be in my music collection.
Perhaps I should focus doing that on my Windows Phone 7 or so...
I do a lot of tv movie , in the same instances that other people are more likly to be doing music. the advent of amazing portable devices, from radio to tv. I can walk my dog and watch tv.
tv meaning DVRed programming, wedged into a 5" portable.
I finnaly overcame the hardests thing about outdoor computer, by going Cyborg :-) A eye viewer , that goes over one eye , so the sun doesnt wash out the picture. 3oz using the new dime sized lcd module (as modded from a finished product). I still have a hard time playing video games while jogging :-)
and what would the pictures be without the meat :-) Not an easy picture to do, when trying to hold the parts and pieces from falling apart, but that is the android device showing in the tiny viewer. before assembly
is it new year already, i am not drunk yet. this is like birthdays, at some age seeing another year go by, or making another resolution to change , just doesnt have the same meanings
@HappyNewYearToAll so what are your plans for . . . . The End of the World as we know it?
I forgot the world was going to end, Pity the person who still hasnt figured out how to get windows 7 to hibernate properly . Mabey next year i can spell
@HappyNewYearToAll no drugs for me, although I would love to take advantage of californias Medical weed , the psudo legalisation of it hasnt dropped the price.
Turning off the power, always results in (terrible things) like cleaning the house, walking the dog, and sleeping normally. Around here if the Cable or the power goes out, people wander outside of thier homes like zombies seeking food.
With looks on thier faces like , Where Am I , and What happend to my life.
Oh yeah!... New internet is so fast, speedtest.net can't keep up! all installed now :)
And... we licensed the speedtest engine from Ookla / run it within our network... now it is my PC that can't keep up with the speed (going to try out an Intel NIC next week)...
hyperoptic.com - I just cant' believe that a few months ago, I found out about them/was saying wow... then, I emailed in... and... I have a job here! I love it... and Super User is partly responsible (thanks guys!), as they Googled me / found out a bit about me from here!
@RedhattedCatsaysBestWishes Oh - Well its the first Linux distro I ever used (Back when it was Fedora Core), and I've used it on and off for the past 9 years or so. So yes :P
@SimonSheehan thanks for reconsidering. Nothing personal (I wasn't even paying attention to who posted those ads), but last time the ads for ubiquitous software overshadowed potentially more interesting ones. Although I suspect someone else will post a Firefox ad soon... maybe you should leave it undeleted so it can be an example of what not to do :P
@nhinkle We could use that to judge community interest in some ads. Pretty sure nobody ever clicked on links for Firefox etc. I remember the most popular being the SOPA topics, but that's hardly surprising.
no need to continue downvoting, folks. i edited in a little notice on the VLC and Firefox ads. That'll prevent them from displaying on the site (because it breaks the required format).
I noticed an interesting quirk with the editor. You don't need to put legitamate URLs when you add links. Has anyone else tried this: adding hidden messages to posts? (Edit to see my messages)
@Sathya Have fun and happy new year to you as well!
@IvoFlipse I love it there! The sort of thing I should have been doing for ages! I still run my company, but, not doing crappy little jobs at all any more.
@SimonSheehan Sorry, just got back, had to dash out... I am doing a mix of things... internal IT support/normal issues a lot of programming and giving out ideas with regards to things like load balancing/server infrastructure for the website along with using my business contacts to help out with procurement... I love it!
The load is the average number of processes waiting. man 3 getloadavg says:
The getloadavg() function returns the number of processes in the system run queue averaged over various periods of time. Up to nelem samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of loadavg[].
The syste...
It is just so fun being part of a startup/getting hands dirty in many different things e.t.c. ... LOVE IT... I just can't believe I got the job by emailing in and saying I wanted to work there!
@SimonSheehan lol... well... travel just SUCKS ... about 3 and a half hours every day :( ... have to pay about £1800 for my yearly ticket and I nearly always stand.... (I bought a year in advance on the hopes I will get renewed and it is much cheaper per day, and the price is going up soon... I can always pay £10 to get a part refund)... If I do get renewed, I may just move closer!...
the connections are not too bad in theory... it is just annoying as the stations are so old and the designs... it can take up to 5 minutes to change lines at a single station... and you nearly always just miss one (on underground)... but, yeah, agree with everything
@WilliamHilsum Well, the timetables here are constructed in a fashion you never really have to wait long if you transfer between lines. Theoretically I can get to one side of the country to the other without any hassle
We only have a few transport companies
Dutch Rail is the main exploiter and it does a pretty good job tbh
The problem in the UK is that different companies don't accommodate for each other's timetables
I have to say to some extent it is the same in England... the thing I hate the most is the price... if you are staying in London/don't understand, it can be tricky... but, basically... there are north terminals and south terminals... depending which side of London you live on, you come in to one of those, then, you need to use tube or something to connect between the terminals... e.g. I could get to manchester/up north easily... train from here to south-ish london, change on tube to a north
@RedhattedCatsaysBestWishes Is this a metro style railway or proper trains? I mean, to be fair, London Underground is like every 2 minutes on the busy lines (e.g. jubilee) in the mornings/rush hour... but, always crammed!
@nhinkle thanks, I posted with just a link... rooting around games and I saw something that struck a nerve/wanted to share... if you can upvote, please do... but, doesn't matter if you don't/can't... reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/nwrnl/…
I noticed an interesting quirk with the editor. You don't need to put legitamate URLs when you add links. Has anyone else tried this: adding hidden messages to posts? (Edit to see my messages)
The load is the average number of processes waiting. man 3 getloadavg says:
The getloadavg() function returns the number of processes in the system run queue averaged over various periods of time. Up to nelem samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of loadavg[].
The syste...
