Topics by Ancient Dragon

I'm in the market for a blu-ray drive on my HP computer. I've googled and found a few, rather expensive ones. All I want to do is play blu-ray movies with it -- don't way to bun them or use it to copy them. Anyone have any knowledge about them …

I have Win7 and using FF with Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. The problem is that the mouse wheel stopped working (it won't scroll the window any more, or just scrolls intermittently for very short periods of time) but everything else works as expected. Changed the battery but that did …

It seems like some people are not out of the woods yet -- [URL="http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/critdate.htm#CDs"]here [/URL]are some critical dates (from twitter) [quote] # 2010-01-01 Fri - Y2.01K. There will be some who have coded only for Years 200# # 2010-01-01 Fri - Sorting YYMMDD decade-reversed covers 1990-2009 only # 2010-01-01 Fri …

[URL="http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=689541&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0"]An interesting and mind-boggling thread[/URL]. When God created the universe 6,000 years ago He made it look like the universe was 16 billion years old. Yea, right :)

I normally hate electric guitars, but ... [URL="http://www.sodahead.com/music/what-is-your-favorite-instrumental-song/question-795961/"]this one[/URL] is just foot stomping great! :) :) Scroll down the page and listen to Cannon in D on electric guita -- also good.

Every since I got a FF update yesterday (to 3.5.7) it seems to be crashing a lot. Anyone else experience this? [edit]64-bit Windows 7[/edit]

Dani, can you let us use smilies in our signatures? I wanted to put :) in my signature but it didn't work.

That is Wal-Mart this year -- no Christmas music and no Christmas tree at the front doors. Its really sad that Wal-Mart isn't in the Christmas spirit this year.

What is that green tweet button with a number next to it used for? (located just under "Business Exchange" menu) Sometimes I see a 1 and other times a 0. Does that just mean Dani has posted something on tweeter.com?

Just installed 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium. So far so good. I did a fresh install, reformatted the hard drive, and installed fresh.

When I hit the Edit button to edit a post there is another active Edit button. Can you remove that button because its confusing.

[URL="http://www.break.com/index/drunkest-guy-ever-goes-for-more-beer.html"]video[/URL] of a drunk trying to buy some more beer.

Now that I have Win7 set up the way I want it, is it possible to create an image on a bootable DVD so that if (and when) my computer crashes I can just reinstall everything from that image? I seem to recall something like that was done on my …

Since its no longer possible to use code tags without line numbers, suggest you change quote tags to retain spaces and tabs like code tags. I'm a little surprised that was not how quote tags should have worked anyway.

I installed Windows 7 this morning, then installed VC++ 2008 Express again. Now I want to install a dependency walker in its installation folder. But suprise suprise, the folder is marked read-only. Using Windows Explorer to change permissions does nothing. Yes, my account is set up as Administrator (already checked …

[URL="http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2aDeft/ellen.warnerbros.com/2009/10/big-ash-twitter-1023.php/"]Got this link [/URL]from twitter -- theEllenShow

Is is possible for you to reduce the amount of negative rep I can give from 30 to something more reasonable, say 10? I'd like to occasionally give negative rep but I don't want to completely destroy the member. Maybe there should be a maximum negative rep that can be …

If you have been on MSN.com you may have already seen [URL="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=b14d7a37-577a-498c-9345-86f516011832&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:bbb5a657-3059-488e-9134-4d88bdddfe32%2C42ffc9f1-ab13-4d1e-b598-9fb9a9ffcd1e%2C70c6ab5d-53ff-47a8-8478-6769c618ee54&from=MSNHP&tab=m3&gt1=42007"]this video.[/URL] Its a tutorial on how to cut down a tree :)

[quote][sarcasm] WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama held a nationally televised address Tuesday to "clarify any misunderstandings" about his health care proposal, assuring Americans that under the new bill senior citizens—and not the federal government—will have the right to choose how they are executed. "Let me dispel these ridiculous rumors once and for …

Can you put a time limit on voting, such as when a time expires then no more votes are possible? Six months seems a reasonable limit. I have seen some of my very very old posts (2-4 years) with votes. The same for applying rep should also apply.

Oh nevermind, my own fault :@

using FF 3.5.3 and attached is how that window looks.

If you dual-boot Vista and Fedora or Ubuntu then Thunderbird email client can use a common email box for both operating systems. If you already have an email account set up on one of the operating systems, such as Vista, then open Thunderbird, select Tools --> Account Settings, then click …

I have noticed on some boards (e.g. [url]http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showforum15.htm[/url]) that when I post two consecutive posts the forum software will merge them into a single post. Is something like that possible to do here at DaniWeb ? Of course it would have to be pretty low on the TODO list.

There appears to be some confusion about what c++ code snippets are supposed to be. I've seen two threads already that are just normal c++ questions but posted as code snippets. I really don't like intermingling the c++ forum with code snippets for two reasons [list=1] [*]Much more difficult to …

When I click on "Site Search" with empty search box the browser used to bring up another window that would let me select several options. That is no longer possible.

I just finished installing Fedora 11 on my 64-bit Vista computer (dual boot) and see that it does not include gcc or g++. I looked on gnu.org, found something that described the gcc compiler package (briefly) but no links to where to download the binaries. Anyone have links to it?

Today my wife and I have been married (to each other :)) for 47 years. Going to wine and dine this evening so you won't see me around for the rest of today.

Just want to announce that I am resigning as moderator due to health reasons. It was a pleasure to have had the opportunity to work with all of you DaniWeb members, the moderator team and administrators. I will continue to drop by now and then to see how things are …

died today of heart attack. RIP.

A while back when I changed and saved my signature it was changed on every post that I had made. I just now changed it, but nothing happened in existing posts. Was the previous behavior because I was a mod or has something else changed here at DaniWeb ?

Has anyone tried to get a perfect game ? I've been trying now for a couple months to win without taking any points but can't seem to get beyone a couple hands. I've done it several times on XP, but have yet to accomplish it on Vista. The best I've …

When a post is flagged is it possible to disable that link so that others know it has already been reported ? Currently there is no way for members to know if a post has been reported or not, so we wind up with several people reporting them.

Are you going to pre-order Windows 7? I have and got the Pro edition because it contains XP compatibility mode.

This is not very far from where I live -- 170 ft water tower built in 1949 and restored in 1995. [url]http://www.catsupbottle.com/[/url]

Has anyone tried to write [URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307398"]this tutorial [/URL]using VC++ 2008 Express? The article claims to be written with VC++ 2005. But I thought 2005 and 2008 used compatible versions of CLR language. I'm getting all kinds of compiler errors -- for example [icode]String* str;[/icode] instead of using [icode]String^ str;[/icode] and …

Any way to turn off that annoying music when a new message arrives :@ I have already unchecked the items in [b]Play A Sound[/b] when new message arrives, but the music still persists.

[url]http://www.break.com/index/dont-drink-and-go-cart.html[/url]

The lady that made an ass of Simon Cowell! What a talented woman :) :) [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk&NR=1[/url] I've watched that clip 5 or 6 times and am amazed each time I watch it.

When I click a link IE8 always opens a new window instead of creating a new tab. I have clicked Tools --> Internet Options --> Tabs --> "Open Link In Other Programs In" --> "A new tab in current window". How can I set it so that a new tab …

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhcA4Ry65FU"]Happy Mother's Day [/URL]to all you moms out there. :) ;) Us guys couldn't survive without you. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAxfh8ukosQ"]Narue on Mother's Day[/URL]

DaniWeb is very sloooow today. Are you doing server maintenance -- again?

Too bad they don't [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw&NR=1"]teach this [/URL]in school any more :)

The post count on the forum's main menu is incorrect. For example the thread circled in the attached bitmap says 0, but there are three responses to the original post

Just thought I'd let you know why misspelled words are not caught while you type today.

usine FF on Vista, code inside code tags without line numbers turn is not visible when I click the Toggle link. Works ok with [noparse][code=cplusplus][/noparse]. The problem only happens on random posts. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post858782.html#post858782"]Here[/URL] is an example I extracted from another post (PM) When I edit the code tags to add …

[URL="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/156580/50_000_rock_paper_scissors/"]Rock Paper Scissors Championship[/URL]

Currently, code=lang inserts line numbers starting at line #1. Is there a way to make it start with another number? For example [noparse][code=cplusplus line=500][/noparse]

A nuclear attack is perhaps the most real and immediate end of the world scenario. No monsters need to be thought up, no fiction created to make this apocalypse possible. [URL="http://apocaluck.com/"]Go here [/URL]to find out how you would fair in a nuclear attack. For me: Shockware: Shaken Head Blast: Roasted …

For some reason there is a line through the text "Game Development" menu -- see attached. I only find that when currently browsing the C++ forum. I'm using FF on Vista Home. Dani I suppose you could tuck this away for later when you aren't busy doing anything else :)