DeadCats

I dunno how to turn it off, either, but if you find out, please post it. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by clutch: By Xerox at their PARC facility, correct? </font> I believe so.

The 'modern' GUI, the mouse, all of that, was developed at PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) labratories. MS and Apple BOTH stole what they have from them. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

PCTools until v. 6, which was a total bugfest. Divide-by-zero errors right on installation. Corrupted FATs. They were is such close competiton with Norton, that they could not have performed any cursory beta testing prior to publishing. Unfortunately, Norton did the same thing right at the same time. End users were screaming their heads off at these (then) two companies. QEMM was fun, but a person could spend entirely too much time trying to get the ultimate configuration with it... Novell DOS 7 (DR DOS 7) was a blast, configuring multitasking under DOS. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 27 January 2001).]

Hmm...I'm running the same mouse, MS IntelliPoint software, version 3.20.0.484, and not experiencing any of the things you are. Am I wrong in assuming that your mouse is USB, and using a directly powered USB port? I've discovered two things about my mouse: 1. That it is 'finicky' about its settings, just like my old USB Logitech Trackball Marble+. 2. Also just like my old Logitech, it works much better plugged into the USB port on my computer than it does hooked to the USB port on my MS keyboard. Anyway, good luck with yours. I am delighted with mine. It seems to fit my smallish hand better than the Trackman Marble+ (and I very much liked my Marble, in fact, all my past Logitech Trackball mice). ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 27 January 2001).]

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by oldspice: UPDATE...I guess when you use the same disk over and over the formatting may become unreliable...</font> Heheheh...Yeah, you can corrupt some floppies just by looking at 'em. I wish they'd do away with 1.44MB 3.5" floppy discs completely. They've outlived their purpose now. I notice the new Sony Mavica uses a mini-CDRW... ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

And I vote to keep the thread alive as a LIVING TRIBUTE to our esteemed members, EddiE314 and jdulmage. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Hmm...I was just getting used to the idea of being, "immortal and disrespectful." It was kinda nice... ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jdulmage: yeah....whatever..you were basically saying "there are a lot of idiots around, jdulmage is one of them". It's the same as if I said "There are a lot of fags around here, just look at DeadCats" Whether what I just said there was true or not, I'm telling everyone to look at DeadCats, cause he is a fag. It's the same crap. So quit trying to cover up the insults that you made, cause it is very useless.</font> No, jdulmage. If I want to say that I think you're an idiot, I don't need to do so surreptitiously. I'll plainly state, "In my opinion jdulmage is an idiot." ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 22 January 2001).]

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DeadCats: Well, we get idiots everywhere. Even in here. Just ask jdulmage. </font> jdulmage, that was my entire post. I referred to you, but I did not refer to you as an idiot. Why you choose to pick up that mantle and wear it as your own is beyond me. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Conga Line...or is that, "Command Line?" ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

On the same subject, my wife, who once subscribed to the MSDN (or whatever it is now), is going to start doing so again. She has no interest in running Whistler on her machine, but I'm curious about running it on mine. My machine's kinda dated; a PII 333Mhz. But Win2K runs much better and faster on it (especially now with 192MB RAM) than Win9x. The code for Whistler, still being in beta, probably hasn't been optimized for speed yet, so it might make a significant difference in how it operates on my machine. Anyway, that's my guess. Is anyone here presently running Whistler on such a low-end machine, and how is it doing? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Killer_Wolf: ...Can anyone tell me if Whistler is going to be like W2k, in 10 games only 2 can play on W2k? And the beta versions of Whistler, can play games?</font> Where did you get your "2-in-10 games run with Win2K" information? Personal experience? Are the games you play that whacked? Win2K plays an enormous number of games, doing particularly well with newer releases; but you'd be surprised how many older games work straight out of the box or with minor tinkering. Check out DosFreak's list here in ntcompatible. And didn't MS just release about the THIRD compatibility update, mostly games patches? There's a huge difference between what's factual and what is just, "the party line." ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sandoval: They have every right.. but they are not going to change who the president is...</font> Well, we get idiots everywhere. Even in here. Just ask jdulmage. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 "Talking to DeadCats is like talking to a dead cat." -MrsDeadCats, 2001

Huh? I've been in these forums for a little while, and it seems like it's been some time since we've seen an "Annoyed w/Win2K Boot Time" header. I'm not. Sure, it may be a minor inconvenience needing to reboot on some software and/or hardware installation, but that's really nothing much. So, what's your point? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Well, I sure don't know what the solution is, but what do you think caused it? I'd like to know, as I've got a couple of 'friends' whose machines I'd like to configure that way. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Shrink: ...The line was said by Strother Martin Jr...</font> For some reason, I always thought it was, "Boy, what we have here is a failure to communicate." Anyway, great movie, although as prison movies go I always liked the line, "I think I broke his fuc***g neck!" Now, which prison movie did THAT line come from? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

What's anyone upset about. Typical jdulmage post... ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by INFERNO2000: He was registered before that....but he got booted from the board for being a baaad boy. he came back...we needed JD.</font> Yes, jdulmage is the board whipping boy. But he's also the proverbial bad penny. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

The answer is "sort of." "dxr3" is an excellent forum search word. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 11 January 2001).]

My LinkSys Cable/DSL Router(BEFSR41) requires that I open my web browser and finish configuring. How about yours? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

LinkSys BEFSR41 EtherFast Cable/DSL Router. Has 4-Port 10/100 Switch & Firewall. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

No, we understand your attempt, DavidNewbould. Unfortunately, you failed in this attempt as much as you succeeded in your attempt to convince us that some people just shouldn't run Win2K. Have a nice weekend. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Hmmm... Good question. I dunno. Maybe I wasn't logged-in at the time. Must be an I/O error. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 06 January 2001).]

Sorry, DavidNewbould. We already know you're beyond hope. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999