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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: askfranklin, renee, emkubed, Captain Ned
Captain Ned wrote:Bah, record here in VT is -50F. Back in the late '70s I once walked the the 2 miles to high school in -30F because none of the cars would start (carburetors and cold just don't mix and young'uns will never understand that in today's fuel-injected world).
superjawes wrote:The basic rule is that no matter how cold you think it is, somewhere is getting even colder weather.
just brew it! wrote:Was sub-zero here yesterday morning, and barely got out of the single digits all day. It's 18F right now; practically a heat wave!superjawes wrote:The basic rule is that no matter how cold you think it is, somewhere is getting even colder weather.
My wife looked up the conditions in northern MN (where her sister lives) yesterday. Was something like -25F.
Arclight wrote:Personalize>Window color
What to choose? So many options.....is there a scientifically proven color that is easy or good for the eyes? I can haz a pic to compare?
Arclight wrote:Personalize>Window color
What to choose? So many options.....is there a scientifically proven color that is easy or good for the eyes? I can haz a pic to compare?
ludi wrote:You should select hot pink windows on top of a solid yellow desktop background. Then your UI will look like some of the 3.11-for-Workgroups lab machines we cruelly pranked back in high school (seeing as how true roaming profiles didn't exist yet, and most users didn't know how to change the settings).
notfred wrote:I thought "Zune" was by definition broken?
Captain Ned wrote:And the Zune is alive. Lots of little fiddly bits, but nothing too challenging.
just brew it! wrote:Hey Cap'n Ned... did you get any of these in your area?
just brew it! wrote:Things you find out about while chasing Wikipedia tangents: Creepy looking fish.
http://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl= ... 685HNJertI
http://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl= ... v871UXuk4Y
http://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl= ... mReYBncjA0
http://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl= ... 41&bih=886
Captain Ned wrote:We are, however, willing to add more to that weirdness.All from the truly deep seas. We've not found but a bit of the weird stuff that lives down there.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Captain Ned wrote:All from the truly deep seas. We've not found but a bit of the weird stuff that lives down there.
We are, however, willing to add more to that weirdness.
https://www.google.com/search?q=upward+falling+payload