That sort of thing does get my goat.
But, probably, not quite as "irritating" for me as "Google it" ..
That sort of thing does get my goat.
Oh, yeah. Like Google is the only search engine.
It is for the brain washed masses.Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:51 pmOh, yeah. Like Google is the only search engine.
Had to do some spec surfing on that one! I knew I had several but could not remember what they were and what laptops. I think one of them was for some kind of memory card. Odd though as I don't think I had a digital camera yet. Thought it might have been for a modem but my laptops had that built in. The thing those first two laptops did not have was wireless networking. Must have been for that. I do remember sitting in a coffee shop surfing the internet with a laptop that would not have had wireless networking. I sure don't think I would have been plugging in the Ethernet and am certain that I wasn't using the built in modem. My first laptop with built in wireless still had a modem and a PC card slot and I had a digital camera by then. I remember Verizon had like a hotspot PMCIA card. One of my customers let me borrow that so I could support him while on vacation. Really cool stuff back then!
I actually have a yet-untested PCMCIA wireless network module; also have a couple of PC PCMCIA interface cards which are still new-in-packaging! I also know that modules exist for e.g. CF cards but not sure when these first appeared? I'd be tempted to see if I can get that ancient Dell desktop online with the aforementioned. But I doubt modern WiFi security/encryption protocols will be supported.
Having to use cassettes was one of the primary reasons I bought a 1541 as soon as I could afford one!
I always thought it was funny that they called the 3 - 1/2s floppies as well. Guess they probably were more likely to work but truly my use of 5 - 1/4 was not that long so I don't remember. I do remember the frustration of trying to put a dozen floppy files together to work on the database file I still work on. Back then, when the inevitable floppy disk failure would occur, we would loose at least a day waiting for the next fedex package and hope that all of those would be good. Gosh and the time to split and copy all those files.
Friend of mine has an SUV with the little knob thing for the gear select and a button for the emergency brake. That whole situation freaks me out. He already had some sort of issue with it, then there was a recall for the thing not staying in park when selected. Give a manual transmission and a hand brake attached to a wire any day.wwblm wrote: ⤴Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:58 pmWhen I was young, some cars had push buttons. I hear that is making a come back. I recently rented a van that had a knob that you turned like the volume on the radio. Did not like that. Wife's car has "paddles" on the back of the steering wheel. Guess you could call those gear leavers;-) They are kind of fun to use but are rarely used.
Taught my daughter to drive a stick. Would have taught my grandson but did not have a vehicle available to teach him with. Don't have a problem with a stick shift but don't particularly miss using one either.
Used to have a GS1100ET. Sweet spot on the cams took my breath away! Very happy with my PC800 these days. Only manual I have and not teaching the grandson on thatDisturbedDragon wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:08 pm I also ride a GSXR1000 which is obviously a manual as well.
Potato or potahto? Some say some folders are not directories, some say both are interchangeable, so on and so on. This is a curious discussion on this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/507 ... d-a-folder.
I guess a lot of people don't make sense since I see folders for music and video collections quite frequently. Here's but two for example:
Jewel cases waste far too much space, especially the ones for DVDs. I use these storage cases and toss the original cases:
The hanging sleeves that come with the cases I use help prevent scratching better than many CD cases. They are far less frustrating to get discs in and out of than many of the original cases.BG405 wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:17 pm I have a case which looks like that (a street find, like a monitor and one of my keyboards, along with other useful stuff people tend to leave out on their front walls etc.) albeit I think it's smaller but doesn't have the inserts. Guess that's what it was intended for. .. I have a collection of cables, adaptors and stuff in it.
I prefer to have my CDs in racks in their jewel cases, less risk of scratching them IMHO. Plus I like to keep them "as new" (and no longer lend stuff out, for this reason).