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by riffraff
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:38 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Did anyone of you turn their back on MS Windows definitely?
Replies: 68
Views: 13381

Re: Did anyone of you turn their back on MS Windows definitely?

I went to Xubuntu when Karmic release came out. Once I'd found all of the codecs and junk I needed, I really didn't Win*blam* at all.  Forced to deal with it now . Ready for an All-Linux box again. Anyone who says Linux isn't user friendly has obviously never used Ubuntu.
by riffraff
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:33 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: YOU SUCK: the venting thread
Replies: 948
Views: 180186

Re: YOU SUCK: the venting thread

<t><br/> Jongoleur said: <br/> <br/> Android tablets* suck.<br/> <br/> Let me be clear, they really are ok as media players, but beyond that comfort zone, they are really terrible.  On screen keyboards are disgusting, positioning a cursor with a fingertip to highlight a few characters is an exercise...
by riffraff
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:15 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: w00t!!! the better half came home with cookies, lots and lots of cookies
Replies: 10
Views: 1659

Re: w00t!!! the better half came home with cookies, lots and lots of cookies

<r>Nooooooo! We're talkin'<br/> <br/> * Doh-Si-Dohs<br/> <br/> * Tagalongs<br/> <br/> * Trefoils<br/> <br/> * Thin Mints<br/> <br/> * Savannah Smiles<br/> <br/> and<br/> <br/> * Samoas <br/> <br/> <URL url="http://girlscoutcookies.org/de.....etCookies">http://girlscoutcookies.org/de.....etCookies</U...
by riffraff
Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:37 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: What are you reading at the moment?
Replies: 42
Views: 9186

Re: What are you reading at the moment?

<t>Abishur said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Ender's Game has always been a favorite of mine.  The sequels he did in the Ender's saga weren't too great (IMHO) they got a little too philosophical but the side series he did (Ender's Shadow) were much better...<br/> <br/> ... I use Project Gutenberg to get inter...
by riffraff
Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:07 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17402

Re: Science Fiction

<t>Alien was on IFC night before last. Haven't watched it in 20 yrs. Good horror flick, but indeed, Aliens was much better. Better script, better acting, better cinematography and continuity and more memorable scenes and lines. Haven't seen it in several years, have only watched it in it's entirety ...
by riffraff
Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:49 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Favorite e-reader and management software?
Replies: 12
Views: 4341

Re: Favorite e-reader and management software?

<t>I have a tiny credit card sized Android with Kindle Reader installed. Love it! It's just bizarre thinking that the collection of references, lit and novels that used to cover a wall fit neatly on a micro SD.<br/> <br/> The only problem with Kindle Android is every update is considerably larger. A...
by riffraff
Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:11 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Visio monitor at Walmart
Replies: 9
Views: 2812

Re: Visio monitor at Walmart

The Vizio does have a gorgeous display.
by riffraff
Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:36 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Mass SD Card Replicator
Replies: 17
Views: 6666

Re: Mass SD Card Replicator

@Jessie
"A" models for students don"t have Ethernet.
by riffraff
Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:40 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Visio monitor at Walmart
Replies: 9
Views: 2812

Re: Visio monitor at Walmart

<t>@rmm200<br/> <br/> No, it's a small square affair about the width of the Pi. I have, somewhere around here, an old DVD player. I'd hoped to gut it, replace the drive assembly with a USB DVD drive and install Pi and support components bringing all of the sockets out to a back panel with short jump...
by riffraff
Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:03 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Visio monitor at Walmart
Replies: 9
Views: 2812

Re: Visio monitor at Walmart

I was looking at that one and found a Philips 19" for $40 less. Also found a returned Belkin powered hub for $6. There it sits, on the sewing machine cabinet/Pi desk... 19" HDTV, powered hub, Logitec keyboard and mouse... with a big hole right in the middle.
by riffraff
Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:52 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Help a friend out with her MSc dissertation?
Replies: 31
Views: 5683

Re: Help a friend out with her MSc dissertation?

@ meltwater

Desperately need a new laptop, guess I need to find another Nigerian scamster to burn. Anyone looking for "tru luv"?
by riffraff
Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:40 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: iPad
Replies: 33
Views: 6819

Re: iPad

<t>The saddest, or most infuriating aspect of Apple products is that they are not designed to be upgraded or recycled.<br/> <br/> I used to work as a tech at a small computer shop. We were the only authorized service center on our side of town for a number of brands. We had a "warehouse", a storefro...
by riffraff
Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:27 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17402

Re: Science Fiction

JustThisGuy said:

Anyone like Moon?
Plot was stolen from a short story I wrote when I was in high school.
by riffraff
Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:20 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Just in case anyone forgot what this is all about
Replies: 26
Views: 4362

Re: Just in case anyone forgot what this is all about

<t>JonB said: <br/> <br/> ...How true. They will be undercut by cheap offshore developers whose output is prolific but crap. And do not think for one moment that working for a company as a games programmer is going to pay well - it does not. Games programming is one of the most poorly paid sectors o...
by riffraff
Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:17 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17402

Re: Science Fiction

I won"t say that all CGI is bad, but these lowbudget green-screen productions get annoying. You end up with two heads talking superimposed over a blurry backdro and it looks like an early daytime drama.
by riffraff
Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:23 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: YOU SUCK: the venting thread
Replies: 948
Views: 180186

Re: YOU SUCK: the venting thread

<t>@ Skygod<br/> <br/> Is this BORED enough for you?<br/> <br/> From dictionary.com:<br/> <br/> <br/> suck<br/> verb (used with object)<br/> 1.to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.<br/> 2.to draw (water, moisture, air...
by riffraff
Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:05 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Its a camera, but not as we know it...
Replies: 22
Views: 4015

Re: Its a camera, but not as we know it...

meltwater said:

...lol at the 3.5" floppies...we all know it what you do with it that counts...
Not the size of the boat, but the number of megapixels?
by riffraff
Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:50 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Would like to hear Liz's opinion on this
Replies: 14
Views: 3923

Re: Would like to hear Liz's opinion on this

Was thinking of this...



Note the red "Cylon Eye" maraschino cherry at the bottom of the glass. Pi drink should include some sort of brandy and raspberry liqueur served in a shot glass which has a raspberry frozen in 3/4" of solid ice at the bottom. Get it?
by riffraff
Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:41 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: The presidents brain is missing!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2297

Re: The presidents brain is missing!!

<t>Smartybones said: <br/> <br/> ...Years ago, remember that program "Spitting Image" where they poked fun at politicians and celebrities. They did a whole series of sketches about Ronald Regan's brain going missing...<br/> Silly goose! Everyone knows that "Ronald Reagan" was the crowning glory of D...
by riffraff
Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:19 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Help a friend out with her MSc dissertation?
Replies: 31
Views: 5683

Re: Help a friend out with her MSc dissertation?

Jongoleur said:


Now I have this mental image of people circling the link, prodding it with long sticks, thinking "is it safe?".



"It's DEAD, Jim!"
by riffraff
Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:14 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17402

Re: Science Fiction

<t>I'm just really disappointed in the state of Sci-Fi cinema and television these days.<br/> <br/> There have been so many starts with great potential but writers these days just aren't up to the task of creating a universe and balancing the human element of stories with the wow factor of hard scie...
by riffraff
Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:24 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17402

Re: Science Fiction

@WildWalker

BSG was some of the best script writing and acting I've ever seen on the small screen.

Edward James Olmos rocks.
by riffraff
Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:01 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Your drink of choice
Replies: 33
Views: 6515

Re: Your drink of choice

For beer, Dos Equis Amber. That's the darkest I go. You can keep the Guiness, thank you.
by riffraff
Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:49 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17402

Re: Science Fiction

Who here has read The Difference Engine?

Gotta have one or two in a group of cybernerds.
by riffraff
Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Its a camera, but not as we know it...
Replies: 22
Views: 4015

Re: Its a camera, but not as we know it...

<t>Kernel said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Years ago my dad bought a load of cassette tapes to record something - not really useful anymore (as we don't have any equipment to record/play it with) but my mother refuses to throw them away because at the time they cost a lot of money!<br/> <br/> <br/> Last week...

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