I prefer fine nibs, although my Toledo has a more exotic OM (oblique medium) nib on it
> All Pelikan fountain pens have a special insert inside the cap that ensures an airtight fit and thus the immediate flow of ink, even after a longer period of rest.
> Of course, I start to panic and rush to take the printer out of debug mode. I shove the labels into my backpack and pretend nothing happened for the rest of the afternoon.
lololol :D
There's actually a language for programming printers o0
Printer Command Language, more commonly referred to as PCL, is a page description language (PDL) developed by Hewlett-Packard as a printer protocol and has become a de facto industry standard. Originally developed for early inkjet printers in 1984, PCL has been released in varying levels for thermal, matrix printer, and page printers. HP-GL and PJL are supported by later versions of PCL.
PCL is occasionally and incorrectly said to be an abbreviation for Printer Control Language which actually is another term for Page description language.
== PCL levels 1 through 5 overview ==
PCL levels 1 through...
> This pen writes just like its name - FOUNTAIN - It pours out with ink making it eay to write with... The only complaint I have is that I've only had it for a couple of months and already it seems to have broken down! :( Hopefully when I go to Smiggle I can get another one! :)
I have an HP ProDesk 600 G1 desktop PC, and I'm upgrading it with a new Graphics card and a new PSU.
Now, the problem I'm having is that the motherboard in the PC doesn't have a standard 20/24 pin ATX power connector. Instead it has a 6 pin power connector and a 4 pin next to the CPU.
The 4pin ...
@JourneymanGeek licences are for lawyers , this one seems dangerous to recommend, but I don't know is a close reason for things like this does exist ...
Just installed Ubuntu on my ASUS x550ld and touchpad is not working at all. I had to connect mouse. Even mouse's right click is not working also, and left click works only after 2-3 times
I have been reading this discussion with some interest. (Why can people answer a question before being able to comment?). The answer so far is that new users might not understand the way the site works before commenting, thereby flooding the site with unhelpful comments:
New users might not u...
Sorry, never used IDM (didn't even know what it was)
Hey guys. I think I'm going to reformat my laptop and reinstall Windows on it. It was a fun run, but I had to reinstall b/c I screwed up the partition table and I don't feel like configuring Linux again. I imaged the drive before removing Windows so I'm just going to restore it. :P
Oh, and uninstalling VirtualBox somehow screwed up my network drivers so my VPN connections didn't work anymore and I couldn't create new ones (had to delete the existing one in safe mode)
It'd just create a bunch of WAN Miniports in Device Manager with yellow exclamation marks b/c drivers weren't there
Luckily the uninstall created a restore point so doing a system restore fixed it.
I was dreading having to do a Windows reinstall or something. I don't even know if I can reinstall drivers that targeted without knowing precisely what files are needed
(which I didn't)
Internet didn't help either. It was one of those incredibly specific issues
If I tried to connect to VPN, it'd freeze the network icon in the system tray (like, clicking it wouldn't bring up network information)
And like I said, I had to boot into safe mode w/ networking in order to delete the VPN connection. When I tried to recreate it, it'd just hang at "Creating VPN connection"
@Psycogeek Unregulated battery supply such as a rechargeable Alkaline or NiMh batteries may have rechargeable cells containing mercury or cadmium and thus can be an environmental hazardous unless disposed of properly?
@DragonLord None of mine break the $50 barrier, let alone $100.
Well, I suppose that Parker one technically would... :P
Currently using a Pilot 78G as my primary pen. Had blue ink in the Lamy Safari, which ended up drying and had to be cleared out... I usually prefer black.
Also have a couple of really cheap ones (Smiggle, Daiso/Platinum, generic eBay/Hero) to play around with... some are alright, others are bleh.
Please be advised: I will be shutting down my laptop at about 0300 UTC due to the blizzard—I will be on my Nexus 7 instead and will reserve my laptop's power for charging other devices. I expect to lose Internet access for significant periods of time; how long I cannot say.
@allquixotic I have a huge array of power sources, totaling more than 200 Wh and possibly up to 300 Wh, for practically anything that can charge over USB
> The Music app will disappear if minimized within 16 seconds of launch. Just leave it in the foreground for 20 seconds or so and it should work just fine.
I have noticed that the close queue is now over 1000 in length. Is this simply caused by the lack of reviewers or is it caused by something else?
BTW, I have seen the automatic increase in the number of close votes allowed. I presume this is an effort to reduce the close queue length. But I...
Argh. I'm on chat support with comcast. My upload is supposed to be 10 Mbps but I only get about 6. Their support guy is asking me all kinds of irrelevant questions. I'm sure they just misconfigured my account for a different internet tier, but no we have to do the whole rigamarole.
He keeps asking about wireless. IT'S NOT A WIRELESS ISSUE I TOLD YOU FIVE TIMES IT'S A WIRED CONNECTION.
@nhinkle Can you just ask for the next-level support tier? Making advanced users answer zombie-layer questions is counterproductive to both you and them.
@nhinkle I would be tempted to say in no unclear voice, "You're asking me zombie-grade questions. I know my network. My network is not the issue. There's something between me and you that is the issue. Please bypass all the idiot-checking questions."
Brighthouse support seems to recognize that I'm not an incompetent when I use their support. That could be because I make it clear that I know my network isn't the issue.
Comcast is a bit harder to work with. He just remotely reset the modem. It didn't do a damn thing. We'll see what he says next, if it's not helpful I'm asking him to escalate.
It's a text chat BTW, not phone. I avoid phone support at all costs.
With a text chat, don't you get disconnected if the computer, network, or router gets disconnected? That's one issue I've had with Brighthouse chat in the past.
OK. To his credit, he's now said that I should contact their level 2 support. But, he gave me a phone number... which inevitably means sitting on hold and having to try to understand a thick accent :(
But, that was second year Algebra, and I slept through most periods, woke up at the end, saw what minor new thing was added to previous rules, and absorbed it. Then on tests, I completed in about half the period, then went back to sleep. End of the period, a large number still hadn't completed the test.
@JANORTS Wouldn't HP support websites have that information?
I believe I tried all the bookmark management apps on the Chrome web store, deleted part of the bookmarks manually (yes, I even attempted that), organize them within folders and all, but they just came back every time I launched Chrome.
If you're wondering how I ended up with 150,000 bookmarks I...