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Jetée · 07-27-2009, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

I come and go in spurts...now that my laptop is totally crashed and I have to share this desktop with my one teenage son, the other has his own MacBook that we're not allowed to touch.

I'm shopping for a new laptop so soon I'll be even faster!

How long did your laptop last? I think mine has reached its minuscule limit (only ~38 GB of space, piddling) and it is propbably over three years old at this point.

We're brothers in coincidence yet again, as we are both in the market for upgrading the laptop (though I hope mine does not crash in the foreseeable future).

ring · 07-27-2009, 05:40 PM

Jetée · 07-27-2009, 05:43 PM

I am at a loss now, for you are testing my nature of happenstance ring.

(I don't get it now, but I wonder if on Thursday something happens that will blow me back)

BadNick · 07-27-2009, 05:44 PM

My laptop is a Gateway TA1 which I estimate is close to 5 years old. Funny thing is I actually have two now and neither works. I got both of these from work but use them mostly for personal stuff. When the first one wouldn't boot up at all, I got the second one and used that a couple more years. Now that one is "intermittent" since if I take a large C-clamp and one of my butter knives, and I clamp the knife so that it presses exactly in the right spot next to the touch-pad, it will still work; but otherwise it seems trashed.

I think I've weasled our I.T. guy into getting me a nice new powerful laptop with a nice big screen...I really don't care about weight since I almost never carry it around very far.

Do you have any advice as to a good, fast, large screen (~17"?) laptop?

ring · 07-27-2009, 05:45 PM

Perhaps it's a sunspot thang.

Jetée · 07-27-2009, 05:50 PM

I don't have any good knowledge about computer specs, price comparison, or even where to start in diagnosing maybe a common problem.

I'm in this information age, but damned if I'm trying at all to learn about it (this phrasing is a tad confusing, but it's meant to reflect that I should know more about IT than I do now, which is diddly-squat).

I have delicious bookmark of when a friend was describing his laptop, and i thought he got a good deal; I may just post that, 'cause I wouldn't know where to start.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

My laptop is a Gateway TA1 which I estimate is close to 5 years old. Funny thing is I actually have two now and neither works. I got both of these from work but use them mostly for personal stuff. When the first one wouldn't boot up at all, I got the second one and used that a couple more years. Now that one is "intermittent" since if I take a large C-clamp and one of my butter knives, and I clamp the knife so that it presses exactly in the right spot next to the touch-pad, it will still work; but otherwise it seems trashed.

I think I've weasled our I.T. guy into getting me a nice new powerful laptop with a nice big screen...I really don't care about weight since I almost never carry it around very far.

Do you have any advice as to a good, fast, large screen (~17"?) laptop?

MexicanOnABike · 07-27-2009, 06:02 PM

i'
ve
lost
interest
in this thread
in the last few days
but it's good you guys
are keeping up with the
post like usual. I will be back!

Jetée · 07-27-2009, 06:08 PM

Great to hear.

Any recommendations on movies lately?

BadNick · 07-27-2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ring

Perhaps it's a sunspot thang.

dearing, funny you should say that. My friends joke that I blame everything on sunspots. Also, you may be aware that we are in a sunspot minimum lately, as far as the report I read last week there haven't been any significant sunspots for the last few months. NASA/Marshall Solar Physics

MOAB, keep pedaling, buddy. I'm sure eventually you'll find your way back here

Jetée · 07-27-2009, 06:54 PM

Well, now that you're back: HP Pavilion DV6000 Notebook Review | PCMech

I saved this bookmark it seems in Dec of '07, so I'm sure you can do everything to improve upon these specs, but to me, and my only knowledge of laptops being in comparison to the one I'm typing upon now, it's an improvement x10.

ring · 07-27-2009, 07:25 PM

I'll post at the temporary posterior of this thread for posterity's sake.

BadNick · 07-27-2009, 07:31 PM

thanks for the HP reference, Jet. I was already planning to include HP laptops in my search since I've had luck with their desktops...as I'm on one now...so I suppose if I get one of the best laptops that HP offers I should be good to go.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ring

I'll post at the temporary posterior of this thread for posterity's sake.

here I am, now at the end, an ass as usual. Not that there's anything wrong with an ass.

Jetée · 07-27-2009, 07:40 PM

Donkey.

I had a thought about them a week ago, something very interesting, if I may say so, but unfortunately, I cannot recall how I thought to implement them here.

How would you implement a donkey at the TFP?

carrot glace · 07-27-2009, 09:05 PM

make chili out of it

Jetée · 07-27-2009, 09:05 PM

You should go to sleep.

Zooksport2 · 07-27-2009, 10:31 PM

I have a 3 month old Dell XPS 1730 that you can have....... You just need to buy me a return ticket to your house.....

heheh

.

carrot glace · 07-27-2009, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetée

You should go to sleep.

maybe 'now' i will

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 12:10 AM

man, I totally fell asleep five minutes after i posted that; i guess i was talking to myself.

ring · 07-28-2009, 06:18 AM

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:20 AM

I think I'll try once a week to turn you fellows to an interesting podcast I found beyond intriguing and/or hilarious. This is now a week after the format flip I told you guys about, but other than sports headlines at the top of every other hour, the same enjoyably-intriguing off-topic reference show that ties back to sports somehow is still going strong.

Yesterday's was "a classic". To quote a piano-playing bond, "Please to enjoy".
(And today was the first time i listened to the show live)

7/27 Seg. 4- The Sports Junkies

Donks, Canary fighting, wild exotic animals

http://cstvpodcast.cstv.com.edgesuit...72709_seg4.mp3

word of advice if you are among the two persons who click this link: don't try to stream it in your browser... the station is having some kind of problems with the new streaming source, shipping it to New York and back, so just download the clip and play it in your resident media player.

Again, enjoy.

(you two).

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:27 AM

Ah, I forgot to post pics to appease you. (minutes 12-15)

Tophat665 · 07-28-2009, 06:32 AM

OK, that knit dart frog has got to be the cutest thing I have seen in a coon's age.

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:33 AM

I have some knit bunnyfish if you care to see

Tophat665 · 07-28-2009, 06:34 AM

Oh, by all means, on that tail hangs a yarn.

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:42 AM

First image that turned up:

ring · 07-28-2009, 06:43 AM

One down.
Illegal animal amnesty day, eh?

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:44 AM

I was personally intrigued by this fixation:

ring · 07-28-2009, 06:46 AM

What the?

She's got his bunny bits in her mouth.

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ring

One down.
Illegal animal amnesty day, eh?

it turns out that on mixed days this week all around the world, it's International Children's Film Festival celebration time or other.

Today in Tucson, you can attend a big-screen Looney Tunes festival for free, all day.

I also have this link, with many interesting cartoons/anime I'd like to watch.

here it is: GKIDS - Tour

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:49 AM

I'm not sure why they like to orally-insert the bunnyfish; aesthetic inconsistency to me.

ring · 07-28-2009, 06:50 AM

That reminds me to thank you for the Pink Panther vids
in your thread.

I actually sat and colored in my Pink Panther coloring book,
two evenings ago. It was very relaxing.

I have yet to fill in the background:

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 06:52 AM

must've been the eyeshadow.

ring · 07-28-2009, 06:55 AM

That bunny fish is actually devouring those unsightly creatures.
A great public-service, I must thank him.

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 07:01 AM

I'll post the risque drawing in the [hide], but people must really love the taste of 'em.

eating beetlebums click to show

Bunnyfish and Jen Wang

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 07:09 AM

It's Gino and the Bunnyfish

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 07:11 AM

Gino, aka Subtitle from Lab Waste, making the bunnyfish's acquaintance. On the rooftop of the downtown Standard Hotel, January 1st, 2008

---------- Post added at 11:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 AM ----------

hm, that didn't merge... I'm learning more and more about this nonsense everyday.

ring · 07-28-2009, 07:11 AM

They're replicating at quite the pace,
ummm...sometimes.

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ring

They're replicating at quite the pace,
ummm...sometimes.

Do you want one, and/or more?

The photog must be telling them the delicious nature of these whimsical creatures.

See here:

The Champ needs his protein

ring · 07-28-2009, 07:19 AM

Looks like a fine specimen of an eggplant to me.

Jetée · 07-28-2009, 07:21 AM

it's all fun and waves of good times, until the day comes the bunnyfish decide to eat you!

07-27-2009, 05:43 PM	#18443 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I am at a loss now, for you are testing my nature of happenstance ring. (I don't get it now, but I wonder if on Thursday something happens that will blow me back) __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-27-2009, 06:02 PM	#18447 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	i' ve lost interest in this thread in the last few days but it's good you guys are keeping up with the post like usual. I will be back! __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

07-27-2009, 06:08 PM	#18448 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Great to hear. Any recommendations on movies lately? __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-27-2009, 06:54 PM	#18450 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Well, now that you're back: HP Pavilion DV6000 Notebook Review \| PCMech I saved this bookmark it seems in Dec of '07, so I'm sure you can do everything to improve upon these specs, but to me, and my only knowledge of laptops being in comparison to the one I'm typing upon now, it's an improvement x10. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-27-2009, 07:40 PM	#18453 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Donkey. I had a thought about them a week ago, something very interesting, if I may say so, but unfortunately, I cannot recall how I thought to implement them here. How would you implement a donkey at the TFP? __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-27-2009, 05:40 PM	#18442 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤

07-27-2009, 05:44 PM	#18444 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	My laptop is a Gateway TA1 which I estimate is close to 5 years old. Funny thing is I actually have two now and neither works. I got both of these from work but use them mostly for personal stuff. When the first one wouldn't boot up at all, I got the second one and used that a couple more years. Now that one is "intermittent" since if I take a large C-clamp and one of my butter knives, and I clamp the knife so that it presses exactly in the right spot next to the touch-pad, it will still work; but otherwise it seems trashed. I think I've weasled our I.T. guy into getting me a nice new powerful laptop with a nice big screen...I really don't care about weight since I almost never carry it around very far. Do you have any advice as to a good, fast, large screen (~17"?) laptop?

07-27-2009, 05:45 PM	#18445 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	Perhaps it's a sunspot thang.

07-27-2009, 07:25 PM	#18451 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	I'll post at the temporary posterior of this thread for posterity's sake.

07-27-2009, 09:05 PM	#18454 (permalink)
carrot glace Crazy Location: orange county	make chili out of it __________________ "blaine is a pain and that is the truth"

07-27-2009, 09:05 PM	#18455 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	You should go to sleep. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-27-2009, 10:31 PM	#18456 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	I have a 3 month old Dell XPS 1730 that you can have....... You just need to buy me a return ticket to your house..... heheh . __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-28-2009, 12:10 AM	#18458 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	man, I totally fell asleep five minutes after i posted that; i guess i was talking to myself. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 06:18 AM	#18459 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	ahoy

07-28-2009, 06:20 AM	#18460 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I'm not in a box! You will laugh out loud at least six times when you listen to this. I think I'll try once a week to turn you fellows to an interesting podcast I found beyond intriguing and/or hilarious. This is now a week after the format flip I told you guys about, but other than sports headlines at the top of every other hour, the same enjoyably-intriguing off-topic reference show that ties back to sports somehow is still going strong. Yesterday's was "a classic". To quote a piano-playing bond, "Please to enjoy". (And today was the first time i listened to the show live) 7/27 Seg. 4- The Sports Junkies Donks, Canary fighting, wild exotic animals http://cstvpodcast.cstv.com.edgesuit...72709_seg4.mp3 word of advice if you are among the two persons who click this link: don't try to stream it in your browser... the station is having some kind of problems with the new streaming source, shipping it to New York and back, so just download the clip and play it in your resident media player. Again, enjoy. (you two). __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 06:34 AM	#18464 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Oh, by all means, on that tail hangs a yarn. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

07-28-2009, 06:32 AM	#18462 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	OK, that knit dart frog has got to be the cutest thing I have seen in a coon's age. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

07-28-2009, 06:33 AM	#18463 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I have some knit bunnyfish if you care to see __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 06:42 AM	#18465 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	First image that turned up: __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 06:43 AM	#18466 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	One down. Illegal animal amnesty day, eh?

07-28-2009, 06:44 AM	#18467 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I was personally intrigued by this fixation: __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 06:46 AM	#18468 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	What the? She's got his bunny bits in her mouth.

07-28-2009, 06:50 AM	#18471 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	That reminds me to thank you for the Pink Panther vids in your thread. I actually sat and colored in my Pink Panther coloring book, two evenings ago. It was very relaxing. I have yet to fill in the background: Last edited by ring; 07-28-2009 at 06:53 AM..

07-28-2009, 06:52 AM	#18472 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	must've been the eyeshadow. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 06:55 AM	#18473 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	That bunny fish is actually devouring those unsightly creatures. A great public-service, I must thank him.

07-28-2009, 07:01 AM	#18474 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I'll post the risque drawing in the [hide], but people must really love the taste of 'em. eating beetlebums click to show Bunnyfish and Jen Wang __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 07:11 AM	#18476 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Gino, aka Subtitle from Lab Waste, making the bunnyfish's acquaintance. On the rooftop of the downtown Standard Hotel, January 1st, 2008 ---------- Post added at 11:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 AM ---------- hm, that didn't merge... I'm learning more and more about this nonsense everyday. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-28-2009, 07:11 AM	#18477 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	They're replicating at quite the pace, ummm...sometimes.

07-28-2009, 07:19 AM	#18479 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	Looks like a fine specimen of an eggplant to me.

07-28-2009, 07:21 AM	#18480 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	it's all fun and waves of good times, until the day comes the bunnyfish decide to eat you! __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi