Off Topic - Question for ye olde computer geeks - Page 2

minipol · #11 July 25th, 2002, 01:47 AM

dir | more would do the trick too

Puke · #12 July 25th, 2002, 04:34 AM

regarding blinking subliminal Messages with the scroll lock light:

if any one remembers 'MOD' files, they were an old form of digitized music files that worked by taking a small handfull of sound samples and replaying them in a variety of volumes, keys, pitches, and durations. someone will probably tell me that i know nothing about sound waves and that key and pitch are the same thing, but that person can bugger off.

anyway, these were popular downloads for a while in the mid 90s on BBS's and such. there were a variety of MOD players that featured ambiant graphics, dancing people, or other effects that played to the music. I had one that made ANSI/ASCII collored effects on the screen, while blinking the caps-scroll-numlock lights as well as the turbo-HDD-power lights in time with the music.

all these newfangled MP3 recorders and media players and jazz pale in comparison to the clever enginutiy that went into older software. everyone probably feels this way, but it seems to me that i grew late enough in history to see some of the greatest inovation mankind has ever concieved, and early enough not to be blunted by its umbiquitousness. now i just need the world to end so the next generation does not one-up me.

Atrocities · #13 July 25th, 2002, 06:05 AM

I'd be happy if someone would just tell me where the "Any" key is and why I just can't simply Shut my computer off by using the power button whenever I want too. Oh ya, you know the cup holder? Well mine broke and ever time I ask the guy at the computer store where I can get a replacement, he starts laughing... Why is that? And the next time my computer screws up I am going to shoot my monitor!

[ July 25, 2002, 05:06: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Taz-in-Space · #14 July 25th, 2002, 06:32 AM

And perhaps the most puzzling question of them all - What does a Monitor monitor?

Oh Yea, Why does my cup-holder disappear when I turn on my computer? Ever notice that?

[ July 25, 2002, 05:38: Message edited by: Taz-in-Space ]

Puke · #15 July 25th, 2002, 08:44 AM

cup holder? i thought it was a cookie tray. i keep hearing about the internet sending you cookies, but since the internet is installed on my computer, i think i should have some pre-packaged ones in there somewhere.

hmm, time to work on the RFC for easybake over IP.

Quikngruvn · #16 July 27th, 2002, 08:18 AM

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The pause and printscreen buttons are right beside the scroll lock button. They aren't the same button.

OK, I know they were the same key two days ago... they must have been switched around by the poltergeist that lives in my computer.

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hmm, time to work on the RFC for easybake over IP.

I think they already have that for the 'kitchen of the future'. And suddenly I am reminded of There Will Come Soft Rains.

Quikngruvn

Gandalph · #17 July 28th, 2002, 04:58 AM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I'd be happy if someone would just tell me where the "Any" key

I had a Customer the other day that had an "Any Key" glued to her keyboard. I had to make a comment about that one!

Andr�s · #18 July 29th, 2002, 11:49 PM

The scroll locks works in ms Excel

Suicide Junkie · #19 July 30th, 2002, 12:11 AM

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why I just can't simply Shut my computer off by using the power button whenever I want too.

Hold the button for about 5 seconds, and it will turn off.

DirectorTsaarx · #20 July 30th, 2002, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:

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why I just can't simply Shut my computer off by using the power button whenever I want too.

Hold the button for about 5 seconds, and it will turn off.

Of course, if you do that, Windows will complain that it wasn't properly shut down and will want to do a disk check the next time you power up. And any program you had open when you powered off is at risk for having some important initialization file get completely trashed in the process. Assuming that simply powering off the computer & powering it back on doesn't destroy the Windows Registry, of course...

In all fairness, Solaris/Unix/Linux don't react well to sudden losses of power (or forced reboots) either. Makes me long for the days of the old TRS-80, where you just had to be careful not to have a floppy disk in the drive at startup or risk losing the floppy; or the Apple II; or any computer running DOS...