yeah, I'd be running Win7 now, except there isn't upgrade support from the RC to the final version. Quite looking forward to the perf boost though.

My Vista install takes absolutely forever to reboot. So I only reboot when I have critical system updates that are being enforced by IT (I'd run it naked as well, but IT again enforces restrictions...

Your collection has grown since your last post in the thread 2+ years ago...

I'm up to 5218 songs, which is putting me at around 34GB. A lot more of it was legally acquired than when I last...

Assuming this is directed at me, I wasn't referring to federal law, just Washington state. :)

IIRC, playing poker online is now a felony in Washington state. Sorry :P

I do get the impression though (from my own shopping experiences) that without a register doing the calculations, a good number of cashiers wouldn't be able to make change. Sad country we live in (I...

Coulda sworn it was the other way around, under the name Sears Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), whose stock has performed rather poorly over the last year...

I don't think the "record" will stand up very long (http://blogs.technet.com/robert_hensing/archive/2008/06/23/mmpc-team-blog-ff-3-0-download-record.aspx)...

I use soda and pop interchangeably. Never coke unless referring to the product by that nickname.

Most of my shopping, for shirts at least, the last couple years has been at recruiting events or morale events. And grabbing free shirts out of the rare box in the hall at work.

For jeans, I go...

At least, drink responsibly when you code (http://xkcd.com/323/) :P

I usually have music playing, though sometimes just to provide background noise and a beat. If I'm trying to solve a problem, I'll usually pace, walk around the office or my apartment (my gf gets a...

For your signature, you need to go to your profile to remove it. Thanks :)

I can't narrow it down to 3. But Hellsing was in there somewhere.

There's probably a setting where you rotated the screen. Depending on your graphics card, there should be a control program in the Control Panel where you can reset the setting.

Please remove the link in your signature. I'd wager it violates the rules.

I've had no issues with it. It hasn't saved my life yet, but I've not had a reason for it to :P

Same thing happened to me when I found QC. Here's a list of comics I regularly read:

http://questionablecontent.net/
http://xkcd.com/
http://drmcninja.com/...

I'd heard about Facebook, but not AOL. What is this company coming to? :(

From what they've been saying so far, Win7 will be drastically different from Win6 (Vista/2k8).

Because it wouldn't make sense for business. You've heard how fanatical everyone is about upgrading to Vista, so saying "here, here's a 'new' OS that's somewhere between Vista and 2008, now pay up...

The problem is the value placed on rep given by new - or at least relatively new - members. Reputation is defines as: The established community members should be the ones driving one's reputation....

Layout wise, yes. In terms of content, no. And I very much like it that way, kthx.

And may such plans never come to be... :P

It should run without the battery plugged in. Since that scenario isn't working, I'd venture something related to either the adapter or the port it plugs into (and attached circuitry)

were I to guess, I'd say it's something in the hardware and you'll have to send it in for repair. :(

I usually start on a whiteboard, and then save the good stuff on either paper or a text document. But the brainstorming, writing then erasing, all tends to happen on a whiteboard as much as I can.

The 'My Documents' tree has been restructured (thankfully), but program files is still under "C:\Program Files" (on most systems).

Not positive, but it's probably a security feature to prevent tampering with anything in the program files directory.

I also have a hard time with some of the cheaper rye whiskeys, but I hear the expensive ones are quite good. I do appreciate a good whisk(e)y too though :)

I can give a more accurate answer. The famous person I look like is, quite simply, myself of course. And I am famous. Or infamous, I can't remember which...

If I were to make a list, it would largely be a subset of John's. That said, here's my list:
* Posting Games
* Lack of interesting content in the Geek's Lounge (I mean, I like the idea of an...

useful++, though it's because they've improved over time. I do like them now :)

While this may be true for someone starting a career, I'd argue that after a 20-year career in a specific field, the Bachelor's Degree should be a moot point, especially in a trade where one can...

Yay for thread necromancy :P


This is not necessarily correct, as the OS could be aggressively swapping data into a pagefile. This would save time if the memory were later to be swapped out, so...

It's easy to remember some passwords if you have a good way to remember them by. Mine is typically 10 to 18 characters, including letters, numbers, and symbols. I just have a couple rules I tend to...

I don't know about the connectors, but there is a chance that your TV will only output a lower quality image than the Blu-Ray player is sending. In the event that they're on the same page, you're...

Wow. That was an amazing sentence. Can you read it out loud without breathing?

Anyway, you should also make sure you have the right drivers installed. Does it ever happen when you're not doing...

I'm sure he's putting money a lot of places. You don't keep all your eggs in one basket, especially if you have that many eggs.

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