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did you know: r2-d2, from the hit movie ";the star wars";, was built by george commodore - who later designed and built the commodore 64 computer!
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 I have to choose between two houses, one with DSL and the other with cable internet. Both houses are comparable in space/cost. First, is is wrong to choose one's home based on internet capability and second, which is better, cable or DSL?
de
7/14/2005 4:57:55 PM [link]
 I am a faithful consumer of the cable internet service. I'm sure DSL is ok; I've just always heard that cable is faster. I may be making this up completely. One would think that any house could be fitted for anything, unless you'd have to pay a lot for the guy with the drill to come out. I paid my drill operator 45 dollars or some nonsense to put a hole in my wall and pull cable through it. For consistency's sake, I'll say that cable is better than DSL. Secondly, is it wrong to base a home purchase on its pre-existing internet hardware? I don't know. I can tell you a major aspect of the decision making process that I went through when purchasing my own house was based on the Seinfeld episode of The Summer Me and The Winter Me. This is where Jerry, the lead character, has his friend George (The Winter Me), and also a camp friend (The Summer Me) collide together in one episode to a very funny conclusion. I won't spoil it for you, in the event you have not yet seen it. You see, each is the others' so-called Me person; George's Summer version is the other guy, and vice-versa. It can get confusing.
It came down to one house being in its own right more practical in some senses defined as The Winter Me, and the other house, the more dreamy of the two, defined as The Summer Me. Since as we all know, Summer is more dreamy and all-around a more fun time than is Winter. And as I am not always the most practical person, I chose Summer. This is not to say that I do not have my moments of practicality, I do. I have an IRA. I installed my own bathroom sink. And it was a pedestal sink too, not one of those pansy-assed cabinet jobs. What I think I might be saying is that basing a home buying decision on internet hardware alone may not be the best idea. Find something more esoteric to use as a guide. Some ideas: the presence of a nearby cemetery, the ability of the house to withstand a wild boar attack, or simply the sound the front door makes as it opens and closes.
-tim
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Thanks wiz.Mordread, individual trckas repeat 99 times. I'm afraid the level of AS required for just a play all mode is at least for now out of my league and frankly, a bad design choice.
-Lix
7/24/2021 10:25:57 PM [link]
yeah, probably.
-adina
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6/18/2015 11:23:03 PM [link]
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-adina
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how do you open up letters you wrote that you delited to read again
-david
10/28/2010 2:16:05 PM [link]
In the occurrence of a permanent delition, the best bet is to download "Microsoft's Office Document Undelite". You can either get it off the web or many shoppes sell it.
-rich
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how do you open old letters you wrote on microsoft works word processer that when you was done writing you delited it how do you get it back
-david
8/11/2010 12:03:50 PM [link]
Ah, David, I too was once delighted by the words I wrote back in the day of word processors. It was a heady time, filled with ascii art and blunt metaphors.
But I urge you to keep these memories as they are. Memories. Don't look back. I made the mistake of re-reading some letters that once "delited" me, in my youth, only to discover hackneyed phrases and transparent, shallow sentiment.
You were done writing. It delighted you. Don't try to get it back.
-adina
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Should I wait for the Zune Phone?
-er
4/6/2010 10:55:30 PM [link]
You should! The new Zune Phone and Zune Tablet (AKA Z-Tab) have both gotten rave reviews from people who have gotten their hands on early copies. They due out soon - probably when those new Microsoft retails stores start opening.
-rich
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I've been looking for a way to programmatically list the system dsn's on a machine. I know they're stored in the registry and are available to some api somewhere. I've seen proprietary dll's that can do this.
-JM
7/30/2008 4:39:49 PM [link]
Look buddy, we've all seen a few proprietary dll''s that can do that, so quit bragging. I suggest that you take some classes in javanese, and then get back to me. By the way, it's called msn, not dsn.
-rich
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Can you change the font on a website to something more attractive like Comic Sans?
THANKS!
-CX
7/30/2008 4:38:49 PM [link]
The internet can be viewed in all Comic Sans by applying a special wax to your monitor that you can buy at computer stores!
-rich
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What kind of computer runs this website?
-chipmunk
6/9/2008 12:36:21 PM [link]
At happyrobot we don't discriminate against religiously-minded folks, but we would like to assert that no big, omniscient "computer" made or runs this site.
This site began its evolution after the "big bang" when a handful of bytes were magnetically drawn together and began to multiply, evolving to what you now experience as "happyrobot".
There are some who believe that rich is pulling the strings on this production, but he merely writes the guidelines. The rest is natural law.
-adina
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My PC is so ugly. Why can't they be pretty like the nice Apples computers I see in the stores?
-UGGGGY!
12/13/2007 10:32:35 PM [link]
Do people still make fun of Apple? I remember well everyone lining up to make fun of Apple. I remember your names, and I remember what you said.
About 15 years ago, my old mac looked like a beige pizza box, running System 7.1 with 8MB of RAM, and had more charm than your PC now, sorry. It's simply the difference between creating something with love and generosity, or cowering arrogance and disdain.
-john ball
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What software do you use to make those funny pictures of cats with captions on them?
-t
8/1/2007 2:04:11 PM [link]
Very good question -t. The lol funny thing is, those pictures weren't created with software. They were discovered in 1949 by a shepherd searching for a stray ewe who had wandered into a sea cave thirty-five miles east of Odessa. Thousands of them, packed in a bevy of clay canisters. Scientists believe they are perhaps eleven hundred years old, created by an obscure, isolated religious sect, who could not live near populated areas, as people could not stand them. There are rumors that what the public has seen so far is only a small portion of what was found, and hundreds of images of turtles wearing funny hats and spewing stinging profanities have been kept hidden.
As to how they were made? Attempts at recreating the process have not met complete success, but the best regarded theory, to put it simply, is they were made with human hair.
-john ball
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I'd like to do that "beam a song" thing with my new Zune mp3 player but I can't find anyone else who has a Zune. Should I just go back to cassettes?
-BG
7/23/2007 10:13:14 PM [link]
Ah yes, your generation was all about zune in, zurn on, zune out, weren't they, Grandpa?
These days, children effortlessly "beam songs" to one another at such a high frequency, it is completely undetectable to anyone over 30. What's more, they don't need platforms or software - they transmit their zunes using their brains in what can only be termed a genetic leapfrogging.
Fortunately, we at microsoft are in the process of developing a revenue model that will make profit from these brain-to-brain teen transmissions.
-adina
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I want to install America Online in my new Apple MacBook.
How do I obtain a disk from AOL to accomplish this. I have an Apple E-Mac and use an American Online Platinum Premier Version 7.0 disk which works fine but I tried to install it on the MacBook and it was rejected.
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3/1/2007 2:14:36 PM [link]
I'd first call AOL. Didja call them? That's what I'd do.
After you are off the phone with their fine customer service people, I'd sit down and think long and hard and ask yourself, "Do I really want AOL futzing up my shiny new MacBook?"
Look deep within. Really really deep. Deep.
I think you know the answer.
-rich
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