The Lowest Form of Wit Comments http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com The Lowest Form of Wit Mon, 20 May 2013 18:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Administrator http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-8 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:24:07 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-8 Oh, and I see that a few people have come here referred from having actually Googled "deltree c:\\windows". Kudos and good luck, folks. :) My one piece of constructive advice is that you might want to try that when you're not actually, y'know, _in_ Windows - what you want is an NTFS-capable bootdisk that includes deltree.exe; Google will locate these for you. Oh, and I see that a few people have come here referred from having actually Googled “deltree c:\\windows”. Kudos and good luck, folks. :) My one piece of constructive advice is that you might want to try that when you’re not actually, y’know, _in_ Windows - what you want is an NTFS-capable bootdisk that includes deltree.exe; Google will locate these for you.

]]> by: Administrator http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/slow-food/#comment-7 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:09:16 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/slow-food/#comment-7 I don't think I'd go for a McHangi myself - hangi food all tastes the same (i.e. like burnt earth). Stick some dirt in the oven with your food and you'd probably get much the same effect (nope, haven't tried it - any volunteers?). I think they'd be missing a marketing opportunity in Australia though, if they didn't roast up some croc and call it a McDundee. :p Yes, that was terrible. Thank you. I don’t think I’d go for a McHangi myself - hangi food all tastes the same (i.e. like burnt earth). Stick some dirt in the oven with your food and you’d probably get much the same effect (nope, haven’t tried it - any volunteers?).

I think they’d be missing a marketing opportunity in Australia though, if they didn’t roast up some croc and call it a McDundee. :p

Yes, that was terrible. Thank you.

]]> by: Administrator http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-6 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:56:08 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-6 Glad to hear I'm not the only one, homercycles. I've almost got enough for Part II. :p And yeah, it's probably almost Linux time for me. I might go for a "Home" edition rather than a "Dance of Eternity" edition, to begin with. Kwiksand: don't worry, I think 'old' applies to all of us long-time computer users. Not so much in age terms, but more in the fact that us long-time users are already "caught". Software developers don't _need_ to cater for or worry about our getting annoyed by changes etc (to a point) - because it's not as though we're just going to Stop Using Computers. But they do care about attracting a greater market (read: new users) - which is where most of the thought and effort is directed when revisions are made, particularly when it comes to almost universally-used/required software such as OS's and office software. It's just a shame that a few more moms-and-pops can't be brought into the fold (by snazzy new versions and features) without indirectly alienating the entrenched user-base in 100 minor ways - but I guess we just have to live with it... or move to alternatives, if it comes to that. Glad to hear I’m not the only one, homercycles. I’ve almost got enough for Part II. :p

And yeah, it’s probably almost Linux time for me. I might go for a “Home” edition rather than a “Dance of Eternity” edition, to begin with.

Kwiksand: don’t worry, I think ‘old’ applies to all of us long-time computer users. Not so much in age terms, but more in the fact that us long-time users are already “caught”. Software developers don’t _need_ to cater for or worry about our getting annoyed by changes etc (to a point) - because it’s not as though we’re just going to Stop Using Computers. But they do care about attracting a greater market (read: new users) - which is where most of the thought and effort is directed when revisions are made, particularly when it comes to almost universally-used/required software such as OS’s and office software. It’s just a shame that a few more moms-and-pops can’t be brought into the fold (by snazzy new versions and features) without indirectly alienating the entrenched user-base in 100 minor ways - but I guess we just have to live with it… or move to alternatives, if it comes to that.

]]> by: crinos http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/slow-food/#comment-5 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:48:56 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/slow-food/#comment-5 I'm afraid McHangi would never take off in Australia. Maybe there needs to be regionally adjusted McDonald's offshoots, like 'McSpitroast-a-roo-on-a-campfire(basted with VB)'. I’m afraid McHangi would never take off in Australia. Maybe there needs to be regionally adjusted McDonald’s offshoots, like ‘McSpitroast-a-roo-on-a-campfire(basted with VB)’.

]]> by: kwiksand http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-4 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:42 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-4 <em>And yes, Logitech, I much enjoy the re-arranged edit block on my keyboard, because accidentally selecting and deleting random blocks of text from my documents on a regular basis is a complete barrel o’ laughs. It must be fun to pull off an ongoing prank on thousands of computer users simultaneously.</em> This sums it up perfectly (taken from OCAU front page snippet). Why would you change something that has otherwise been the same for what is now decades. When I got my Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard a few years ago this annoyed me to no end. I'm happily typing away on an el Cheapo Standard Dell now. It may not be quite as nice a keyboard as some of the newer ones, but damn I don't have to re-teach my brain key layout. Hell, even my Laptop has the right layout (even if they are in a slightly different place), but thats to be expected. It's the same with Office 2007 and Vista though. I'm all for moving on, trying something new, and staying right at the "edge" of bleeding edge, but why change something as fundamental as menu placement (e.g Vista's Explorer window and IE7), or as standard as the office interface. I've been using Office 2007 for over a year now, and i'm still re-learning which set of buttons I have to click jus to shade/border a cell in Excel, or change something else in Word. Ridiculous! God I sound old. And yes, Logitech, I much enjoy the re-arranged edit block on my keyboard, because accidentally selecting and deleting random blocks of text from my documents on a regular basis is a complete barrel o’ laughs. It must be fun to pull off an ongoing prank on thousands of computer users simultaneously.

This sums it up perfectly (taken from OCAU front page snippet). Why would you change something that has otherwise been the same for what is now decades. When I got my Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard a few years ago this annoyed me to no end. I’m happily typing away on an el Cheapo Standard Dell now. It may not be quite as nice a keyboard as some of the newer ones, but damn I don’t have to re-teach my brain key layout. Hell, even my Laptop has the right layout (even if they are in a slightly different place), but thats to be expected.

It’s the same with Office 2007 and Vista though. I’m all for moving on, trying something new, and staying right at the “edge” of bleeding edge, but why change something as fundamental as menu placement (e.g Vista’s Explorer window and IE7), or as standard as the office interface.

I’ve been using Office 2007 for over a year now, and i’m still re-learning which set of buttons I have to click jus to shade/border a cell in Excel, or change something else in Word.

Ridiculous! God I sound old.

]]> by: crinos http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-3 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:53:34 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-3 One word solution: Linux. Windows = pop Linux = prog One word solution: Linux.

Windows = pop
Linux = prog

]]> by: homercycles http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-2 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:59:09 +0000 http://lowestformofwit.blogsome.com/2008/01/20/deltree-cwindows/#comment-2 It's like I'm reading my own thoughts before I've written them down. Windows Vista is a joke and XP's days are numbered. I've been using Linux for the past week or so, and apart from a steep learning curve, once you get it the way you want, it's far more efficient and hassle-free than Windows ever was. The scanning program that comes with Mandriva 2008 is way better than any commercial Omnipage crap I've seen, and it all worked without any nag screens. I was astounded when I saw it! I've considered the Mac but, as a long-time PC user, the prospect of switching to Mac is a little like having to wear a straight jacket after my wallet has been emptied. The keyboard shortcuts are horrible on the Mac and the Finder is utterly woeful. You might benefit from a week of Linux evaluation, perhaps? It’s like I’m reading my own thoughts before I’ve written them down. Windows Vista is a joke and XP’s days are numbered. I’ve been using Linux for the past week or so, and apart from a steep learning curve, once you get it the way you want, it’s far more efficient and hassle-free than Windows ever was.

The scanning program that comes with Mandriva 2008 is way better than any commercial Omnipage crap I’ve seen, and it all worked without any nag screens. I was astounded when I saw it!

I’ve considered the Mac but, as a long-time PC user, the prospect of switching to Mac is a little like having to wear a straight jacket after my wallet has been emptied. The keyboard shortcuts are horrible on the Mac and the Finder is utterly woeful. You might benefit from a week of Linux evaluation, perhaps?

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