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HotForWords Forums » Tag: PC - Recent Posts http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:35 +0000 pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-13372 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:27:57 +0000 pedanticKarl 13372@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ March 16, 2010 At 12:15 Marina tweeted: "Going to tint my windows, getting too much sun and glare in my living room, impossible to work! Any advice?" Marina, I have mixed emotions about tinting as the cost can be high versus one's expectations and lack of flexibility. The results over the next summer may be disappointing in terms of defects, bubbles, peeling etc. despite claims of long term use. Tinting There are many types and grades of tinting which can cause misconceptions about the tinting can do. Other detriments are that it is not flexible in terms of adjusting the amount of shade and tinting, even the silver reflective type will absorb certain amount of heat that is transmitted back into the room. Tinting is certainly the easiest and quickest way to create some shade and reduce glare and if not satisfied, a hybrid approach of adding additional shading can be done later. Blinds Large slat Vertical blinds are ideal, but any kind of wood, vinyl or metal blinds is a good way to go as one can adjust the amount of light. <a href="http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=61069&CatID=61069&Grptyp=STY&ItemId=16cf792&cm_mmc=ShoppingFeed-_-Google-_--_-JCP%20Home%20Tacoma%20Vertical%20Blinds%20%20Almond%20Chestnut%20White">Here is an example from JC Penny.</a> Shade Cloth External shade cloth is ideal since any absorption of heat is not radiated back into the room. I have shade cloth on the west side of my house which has cooled my house by 20 degrees F plus eliminating glare. Shade cloth needs to withstand the rigors of winds so it is not torn apart. One can get manually controlled shades or motor controlled. Home Depot, Lowes and other outlets will have these and local contractors will install them. This is an Aussie web site that shows what is possible. <a href="http://www.theshadecentre.com.au/awnings.html">theshadecentre.com.au/awnings.html</a> This web site is also Aussie and show the kind of internal shade cloth you may have seen in restaurants. <a href="http://www.theshadeguys.com.au/">theshadeguys.com.au</a> Hybrid approach. Although tinting is pretty maintenance free and is a quick solution, one could go with a hybrid approach. If the tinting doesn't live up to your expectations, then you could always add other treatments later such as inside roll up shade cloth or film or vertical blinds or drapes. One problem with tinted windows is that you can't take them with you when you move. Shade cloth and blinds are not really transferred either as they are usually custom made, but in many cases, they can be utilized in a new home or can be retrofitted. <center>- - -</center> example of outside shade cloth <img src="http://www.theshadecentre.com.au/images/awnings/awning1.jpg"> leoNard on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13302 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:48:45 +0000 leoNard 13302@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/KatarinaWitt-IAA2009.jpg">...one of another choice for the cOOlest LADY of THE WORlD leoNard on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13301 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:11:58 +0000 leoNard 13301@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNa8wSbmaQ">The Lovell Sisters at Flavorfest sing Teardrop at 4 oclock. This band just keeps getting better and better</a> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P91_H690z4">Woman is the mother/Slave of the World - John Lennon - Live in New York City - 1972</a> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24B5wmF8_U0">null <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24B5wmF8_U0">M O T H E R...rehtom...mother</a><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Yoko_Ono_2007.jpg">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~interNational Harvest? <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> BULL PUSSY <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/files/hfw-valentines-2010.jpg"> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13300 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:09:46 +0000 pedanticKarl 13300@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Today, March 8, 2010 is International Women's Day and I am honoring one of the most special women, Marina Orlova It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner. With greatest admiration and respect to the greatest woman in the Universe, Marina Orlova also known as HotForWords <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2im5dw4.jpg"> <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.internationalwomensday.com/</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day</a> On the following link there is a video at the top of the page from the news organization Russia Today, which describes women's day in Russia. Women's Day had its roots as early as 1908 with women campaigning for voting rights and in 1913 Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913 which later was moved to March 8. <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-13151 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:35:44 +0000 pedanticKarl 13151@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Feb 22, 2010 Thank you to logischabbaubar a subscriber on this website for bringing this article to my attention. The German news magazine called Spiegel Online has a section which covers articles of interest regarding what is happening on YouTube. Spiegle (translates to mirror) has done several articles on Marina. Today, they are covering 12 YouTube videos representing the unusual and what they term as "anti-program", which I presume could imply trend-counter trend videos that create lots of interest. <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fweb%2F0%2C1518%2C678167-8%2C00.html&sl=de&tl=en&swap=1"> Five years YouTube: (Google translated) Part 8: Calculated success - good linguistic instruction is dependent on the quality of teacher <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/30vgjdi.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,678167-8,00.html"> This is the link to the original article in German.</a> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fweb%2F0%2C1518%2C678167-8%2C00.html&sl=de&tl=en&swap=1">This is the Google translated link.</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12724 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:29:58 +0000 pedanticKarl 12724@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Posted on Jan 18, 2010 VidCon 2010 What: A 3 day conference of video makers in the online video industry. Where: HYATT REGENCY CENTURY PLAZA, LOS ANGELES When: JULY 9-11, 2010 WHAT IS VIDCON (from the VidCon website) Vid-Con is a three-day conference bringing together the brightest lights in the billion-views-a-day community known as the online video industry. Join us at the first ever gathering of the most influential and popular independent video makers online and the communities that have made them a force in the world. Online video has no analogous medium. It is an entirely new form of entertainment and it's spawning new genres and growing extremely quickly. We in online video have no interest in passive entertainment. We want to be engaged emotionally and socially. As the amount of content easily available becomes infinite, social interactions become by far the most significant way of sharing and experiencing video. Read more at the VidCon website: <a href="http://www.vidcon2010.com/">vidcon2010.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/vidcon">twitter.com/vidcon</a> pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12722 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:53:26 +0000 pedanticKarl 12722@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Jan 18, 2010 General problems when using forms on any website. Overview: Issues with submitting forms on any site Recently, Marina was not able to get a video thumbnail to appear when she submitted a YouTube video link in FaceBook. Recently, other people are having problems filling out the application form on Date.com for a date with Marina. Over the last year, people have expressed issues on this site regarding adding a comment. Possible solutions: Marina solved her FaceBook issue by clearing her browser cache. In the past, my own experiences shows the following ways to resolve forms issues. 1. Close all other forms If you have a problem submitting a form, see if you have any other forms open or if you are in the middle of filling out another form on another site. Close all other forms or websites to see if the problem goes away. 2. Close your browser and clear your browser cache / cookies. Many of you don't want to clear your cookies as they retain your personalized login data and you hate to re-enter that. For you, clearing cookies will be the last thing that you will attempt. Clearing the browser cache periodically is a good thing to do as it removes any stray or corrupt or incomplete downloaded files. Popup windows, Dialog boxes, Text boxes, Forms issues One thing that I have noticed over the last year is, that not do I only have many browser Windows or Tabs open, but, I am multitasking with many sites at one time where I am filling in forms data in different browser windows. A few weeks ago I had trouble filling in a form on the DMV site and I noticed that I had started a comment on another site and left the comment box open. I had not submitted the comment yet. I closed several browser windows and I was able to work with the DMV forms. This kind of thing has happened many times to me. Forms and pop-up windows overview In user interface design, there is a concept known as MODAL WINDOW. In the Microsoft world, this is very common, and FireFox also has the ability to force a window to stay in front. A model window is a child window that requires the user to interact with it first before they can return to the parent application. In other words, a modal window blocks your use of the main application until you have completed the task in the child window. An example of this is when you view the images on this site via the shadow box. Go to the pictures pages, and when you click on a photo, the page is turned dark and the photo is displayed. You can't interact with the page until you click the photo or the "x" to return to the page. Articles on modal windows: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window</a> <a href="http://javascript.about.com/library/blmodal.htm" rel="nofollow">http://javascript.about.com/library/blmodal.htm</a> Now, strictly speaking, issues with forms would not necessarily come under the design issues of model windows. However, since all of the client side actions are JavaScript based, there are other JavaScript conflicts that can mimic issues that look like something is blocking the flow of information. For example, file locking can be an example of creating a conflict between two applications which will block the workflow of another application and there are many other types of programming issues that can cause forms problems. Obviously, each situation is unique when a problem occurs, so, it is not always practical to isolate the offending window or application. The easiest solution is to close all browser windows, and then at least clear the browser cache.     pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12625 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:31:41 +0000 pedanticKarl 12625@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/610180545/logo_bigger.png"> What: The 2nd Annual Shorty Awards The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter. These unique awards are for the Twitter community, by the Twitter community. The Shorty Awards are a worldwide effort to engage hundreds of thousands of Twitter users to identify the best people and organizations on Twitter. When: Nomination period: Now, Jan 11, 2010 through February 2010. A specific date has not been set. Process: Five nominees will be selected as finalists in each category in Feb. Winners will be determined by a combination of popular vote and by members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences. Voting Only one person and one category per tweet. Voting for the same person in the same category more than once just replaces the text of your original vote. Read the official rules here: <a href="http://shortyawards.com/rules">shortyawards.com/rules</a> See examples of the voting below. Make sure you put a reason or the vote will not count. To stay abreast of what is happening to the votes, go to the HotForWords profile on the Shorty Awards site. There you will see who has voted for the nomination so far. You can also use their voting box to cast your vote or use your favorite Twitter client. <a href="http://shortyawards.com/hotforwords">shortyawards.com/hotforwords</a> How to Vote: You MUST add a reason as I have shown in the example or else the vote will not count. The reason is checked for sincerity. You can either copy my example or add your own reason. Long message Tweet Vote: I nominate @HotForWords for a Shorty Award in #education because Marina makes learning about words fun! <a href="http://bit.ly/shorty" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/shorty</a> Short Message Tweet Vote: #shortyawards @HotForWords #education learning about words is fun! Notes: At this time, the leader in the education category has 2,500+ votes. Get everyone to vote for HotForWords and that number can be exceeded. You can also create a new category by replacing the word education in the tweets above. Read the official rules or you can also contact me if you have questions. <a href="http://shortyawards.com/rules">shortyawards.com/rules</a>   neuroway on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12603 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:29:24 +0000 neuroway 12603@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Brainwaves - The Shutterstock. <img src="http://brainwaves.corante.com/shutterstock_2149425.jpg"> Arbeit Macht Frei. Oh Really? pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-12583 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:26:46 +0000 pedanticKarl 12583@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ EG'2010 What: EG Conference Where: Monterey, California When: January 21-23, 2010 The EG'2010 or the Entertainment Gathering will be held in Monterey, California. It is a fourth in a series of conferences that draw together the best creative forces in our society. EG celebrates the most creative and uniquely American entertainment industries. They are the breeder reactors for talents, technologies and ideas that inspire many of the boldest trends in our culture. It is an intimate annual gathering of the most creative talents in our culture, sharing insight & drawing inspiration and Marina Orlova aka HotForWords will be one of the presenters. Scroll down the list of presenters to see Marina's listing. <a href="http://ark.the-eg.com/presenters/2010-presenters.html">ark.the-eg.com/presenters/2010-presenters.html</a> <code> Website: <a href="http://www.the-eg.com/">the-eg.com</a> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/egtweet">twitter.com/egtweet</a> Twitter Group: #EG10 </code> Venomrock67 on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12236 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:55:28 +0000 Venomrock67 12236@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @pedanticKarl Okay, I get it. Whenever you make a change it's effective from that point on. Thanks Karl <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Venomrock67 on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12235 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:39:49 +0000 Venomrock67 12235@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @pedanticKarl I went to the top of the page clicked on dashboard and that went to my profile, I scrolled halfway down the page like you said and pasted a url (From Youtube) in the box marked website. I tried it out but it still goes to the gravatar site. I'm using safari but that shouldn't make a difference. I can see the link works here in the forum, but not when you click on my gravatar out in the comments section under the lessons it doesn't work there. pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12234 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:54:11 +0000 pedanticKarl 12234@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Venomrock67 To personalize the link of your gravatar, you will want to add a website URL to your profile of this HotForWords.com site. How? After you have logged into this site; 1. Click the Dashboard link (upper right of any page) 2. Click the Profile link in the upper left. 3. Scroll down to the middle where it says website. 4. Add whatever website you want. Make sure it starts with http:// Example: <a href="http://hotforwords.com" rel="nofollow">http://hotforwords.com</a> You don't need to click on any one's gravatar to see where it goes. When you are on the main site, just hover your cursor over any gravatar and then look in the lower left of the FireFox browser to see the link. People that have not assigned a website will show the gravatar.com URL. In this Forum, to see the associated web links, you hover over the user's name to see the website URL. For example, your name above does not have a URL, but if you hover over the Captain's name or mine, you will see the URL in the status bar lower left. <center>---</center> Venomrock67 on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12233 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:26:19 +0000 Venomrock67 12233@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I'll post here first to see if I get a response. My question is about the gravatar. I've noticed when you click on some people's gravatars instead of going to gravatar.com they have links to videos, personal webpages like maybe their facebook page, twitter page ect... Can I still do that for my gravatar? Would appreciate the help if someone knows. Camp Kohler - Sacramento CA on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12151 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:20:59 +0000 Camp Kohler - Sacramento CA 12151@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ The WP edit bounces back to the edited comment when saved now, but when you reply to a comment, it does not; it always goes to the top of the blog. Any chance of getting that fixed? Captain Jack on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-12024 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:45:51 +0000 Captain Jack 12024@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I found a bug in Firefox, Opera, and Chrome. They all stutter when playing Youtube videos regardless of internet speed. Only browser that did not stutter was Safari. I hate using Safari. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11941 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:31 +0000 pedanticKarl 11941@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9756">Continued from appearance #8</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9c7iiJs7o"> O'Reilly Factor: 9th appearance: October 29, 2009 - Halloween words Click image to see video <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/i5ymhw.jpg"></a> Keywords: Halloween is short for "all hallow even" or eve of all saints day; even means eve where evening comes from as well; it was a Celtic festival called Samhein / Samhain summer's end, beginning of life's end, death starts; dress up as ghosts; Pope Gregory III changed All Saint's Day from May 13 to Nov 1; trick or treat versus trick and treat; Halloween was brought to America in 1930's; kids would threaten homeowners to give them treats; Jack-o-lantern refers to an Irishman named Jack who liked to play tricks on people who then tricked the devil not to take his soul after he dies; after Jack dies, he is in limbo between heaven and hell walking around with a lit coal in a carved out turnip; Nightmare - mare comes from incubus, a goblin or the devil who would suffocate you in your sleep; Werewolf - man wolf; wer comes from Anglo-Saxon meaning man; wif means woman; pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-11938 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:48 +0000 pedanticKarl 11938@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ John posted a comment on another topic. He said: <blockquote>my internet speed is very slow, beginning it was good recently i found my speed on <a href="http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/</a> it shows dwn load: 950 kbps, upload: 216kbps any idea to get it solve. </blockquote> @John Without knowing anything else about your PC and other circumstance, I would say that you are getting what you pay for. You are probably paying for a 1.5 Mb/s connection and so the download speed that you are seeing would be consistent with what you are paying for. You may or may not know that the web based speed monitors will never be able to register your actual speed. Only a speed monitor located on your PC can do that. For example: (I'm located in S. Calif, LA area) I am paying for a 3 Mb/s DSL connection and using the link you provided, I get: Download: 2553 kbps Upload: 429 kbps I also use NetPerSec to monitor my downloads. It registers my download speed exactly at 3000 kbps, which is what I am paying for. NetPerSec is no longer free and you can find it on the web. Presuming that there is nothing wrong with your PC or other issues, then to increase your Internet downloads, you would need to get a faster connection like I have. I could even pay for a 6 Mb/s connection, but I don't need it as I am able to watch all HD videos without stuttering. John, regarding your statement: "... in the beginning it was good..." How good is good? Was your measured download speed higher then, than what it is now? How much difference? How long have you had your connection? What is it? DSL? Cable? Lots of things can affect speed. My local community is constantly growing and the telephone guy is constantly adding and moving cables at corner B-box. Sometimes they mess up where lines get crossed, get cut and diminish the performance. Also, if your are running Windows and over time the Registry gets bigger and your PC is losing performance, which you observe as a more sluggish Internet connection. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11896 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:04 +0000 pedanticKarl 11896@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Nov 18, 2009 HotForWords was nominated for final voting in Mashable's Open Web Awards!!! Please vote for HotForWords in the "Most Educational to Follow" category. Please vote every day! November 18th through December 13th, 2009 Click the image or click the link below to take you to the voting. <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36"><img src="http://cdn.mashable.com/owa/img/OWA_300x250_vote_me.png"></a> <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36">mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36</a> Che Mero on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-11781 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:16 +0000 Che Mero 11781@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Thanks Karl, I've been meaning to organize all those old photos I either scanned in or uploaded into a Maxtor hard drive. It only seems like a small number of photos ended up in the software, most likely because I wanted to edit them with the Digital Image 9 software. pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-11779 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:23:14 +0000 pedanticKarl 11779@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Che I presume that you mean that you have photos that were saved in Microsoft's "Digital Image Suite 9" software program's native format. This is a very common problem. I don't have that program and I don't know anyone that does. Do you or a family member or friend have that program? If so, then you would want to open those photos in "Image Suite 9". I believe that program can Save / Export the photos to JPG. If the program cannot export to JPG, you could view the photo in full screen, then grab the photo with screen capture and paste into another photo editing program. If no one has the program, you could buy a used version from Amazon for $16 (the original was around $129), but the risk is that like all Microsoft crap, your photos will be one version different than all the programs out there and that "Image Suite" might not work for you. Here is the Amazon link to the product. Also, try eBay. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Image-Suite-OLD-VERSION/dp/B000096L6T" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Image-Suite-OLD-VERSION/dp/B000096L6T</a> Question? What is the file extension of those photos? Maybe I have a program that can view them. How many photos do you have? A few or hundreds. If you have more than 50, you may not want to convert them manually. There are imaging conversion programs out there that will do batch conversion. Most of them you can download for free. If you could upload the file to some storage file storage server, then I could grab the file and see if I can convert it. If I can convert it, then I can tell you what program to use. There are many free file storage servers and for many of them you don't need an account. You upload, then you get a special link which essentially is the password to the file. You may have to lie about the extension before the file can be uploaded. For example, if the photo file looks something like this; photo1.xyz Then, in order to upload, I recommend that you add a known extension that the server will like. Change photo1.xyz to photo1.xyz.txt or alternatively to photo1_xyz.txt Or convert photo1.xyz to photo1.xyz.zip or alternatively to photo1_xyz.zip P.S. Che tweeted that he owns the program. Great news! Che, if you find out that you can't convert or save to JPG, find out what popular format you can save them to, such as BMP, TIFF, etc. Then, I can tell you what free program you can download to do a batch conversion from BMP to JPG for example. Che Mero on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-11775 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:26 +0000 Che Mero 11775@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Karl I have some photos on an external hard drive with with a Microsoft Digital 9 extension. How do I change them over to a Jpeg? pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/3#post-11609 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:15:27 +0000 pedanticKarl 11609@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Capman911 Regarding Internet bandwidth It looks like you may be bandwidth starved at certain times and under certain Internet conditions. If you were to constantly get 1611 kbps, you would be fine for watching videos in the Normal mode. Selecting HD, you would be bandwidth starved. I am watching that same HotForWords video right now as you displayed above. Using my NetPerSec graph, the download bandwidth in NORMAL (HD button is black) is 900 kbps. In HD (HD button is red) the bandwidth is 2,600 kbps. That means you are right on the edge of being able to receive the video and buffering is inevitable. If you were to randomly pick other YT videos, you would see some videos use much lower bandwidth, let's say around 500 kbps. You would receive those without buffering. Regarding PC performance Your CPU usage is slamming into the 100% area. I see you have 2 GB RAM. I only have 1 GB RAM and I am blazing. Let's compare my system that is blazing and yours which is CPU starved. Threads: You: 831 Me: 399 Processes: You: 70 Me: 36 Memory Paged: You: 103MB Me: 64MB Cached: You: 1224MB Me: 433MB Free Physical Memory: You: 7MB Me: 472MB Look at the number of processes you are running. Way too many. Look at the Free Physical memory. You only have 7 MB left. I have 472 MB and I have less RAM to begin with. On the surface one might argue and say that since you have more memory you can afford to load more programs. The problem is that those programs can also eat up CPU horsepower. So, when people argue that you need more RAM is wrong unless one has a specific reason, such as using certain programs that require it. You are probably using it mainly for the Internet, email and a few other tidbits none of which should be loaded unless you need them. My RAM usage is way under 50%. Yours is over 50%. Look at the number of Processes you are running. Most people run about 70 and that's why they can't watch videos without buffering. Get rid of your Processes you don't need and I can tell you you don't need 40 of them. If you bring your processes down to 40, your system will be blazing. I can tell you how to do that in the Registry. You will want to remove the items in the RUN folder in the Registry. If you have never done it before, be careful or your system may crash. I can give you instructions and you need to follow them precisely. Are you using an external video card as opposed to the one on your motherboard? If I remember correctly you added one last year? If you are using an external video card, then you should have no problems once you remove the processes that are starving your system. Capman911 on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/2#post-11608 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:32:39 +0000 Capman911 11608@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/4q04ut.jpg"> Task manager Capman911 on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/2#post-11607 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:23:58 +0000 Capman911 11607@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/zji1yc.jpg"> Internet speed test <img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/2z9gy8m.jpg"> speed test <img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/2uj1sfc.jpg"> connection speed pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/2#post-11606 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:23:46 +0000 pedanticKarl 11606@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A Tweet from Capman911: 11/2/2009 2:54:12 PM from Twitzer <blockquote>"...why does my computers keep buffering YT videos? I have defragged cleaned cache and checked for virsus. Has YT changed there streaming protocols?" </blockquote> Mike, YouTube is blazingly fast and I can get all videos in HD without buffering. I have a 3 Mb/sec ATT DSL connection and my PC only has 1 MB <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> Why is my PC blazingly fast? I run practically nothing in the background. Post your performance numbers: 1. Post your Internet connection performance screen shot or numbers. Use one of these bandwidth testers and let me know which one you used and what your numbers are. <a href="http://www.bandwidthplace.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bandwidthplace.com/</a> My download speed is: 2483 kbps <a href="http://webservices.cnet.com/Bandwidth/" rel="nofollow">http://webservices.cnet.com/Bandwidth/</a> My download speed is: 2318.2 kbps <a href="http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/" rel="nofollow">http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/</a> My download speed is: (LA) 2565 kbps 2. Post your PC performance screenshot. Look at my example here. You don't need to annotate it. <a href="http://i30.tinypic.com/2ur56cx.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i30.tinypic.com/2ur56cx.jpg</a> 1. Press CTL-ALT-DEL 2. Click Task Manager 3. Click the Performance tab 4. Go to YouTube and watch a video. 5. Wait for the graph to scroll almost to the left. Take a screen shot. Upload image to a image site and post the link. I have more questions and will ask after I see your performance numbers. ~PK pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11566 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:20:19 +0000 pedanticKarl 11566@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Marina's recent visit to NYC included appearances on several radio shows such as • Sirius XM Ch. 111 Cosmo Radio • Joey Reynolds Show - WOR 710, NYC • Hella Fabulous - East Village Radio, NYC Joey Reynolds Show - WOR 710 Radio NYC - Oct 27, 2009 Joey chats with YouTube sensation Marina Orlova, principal George Albano, teacher Mary Anderson and pianist Katya Grinova (Russian Romantic Pianist) about words and their origins. Scroll down to photo of Marina. <a href="http://www.wor710.com/pages/46264">wor710.com/pages/46264</a> This is the actual <a href="http://www.wor710.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=4120866"> MP3 download link</a> Hella Fabulous - East Village Radio, NYC, Oct 28, 2009 Marina talks about the origins of several words, her book, YouYube and interesting tidbits about her experiences. Very interesting. Playlist entry: October 28, 2009 ET <a href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1270&showid=7582">eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1270&showid=7582</a> This is the actual <a href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/m3uhandler.ashx?ContentID=1270&PlayListID=13127">playlist link</a>. (Windows only?) Camp Kohler - Sacramento CA on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/2#post-11546 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:05:45 +0000 Camp Kohler - Sacramento CA 11546@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Login scenario: I am logged off, view a comment page, scroll down to a comment, decide to reply to the comment, click the <code>Reply</code> button, log in and find that I am returned to the top of the comment page instead of the comment from which I clicked the <code>Reply</code> button. Edit scenario: I am logged in, make or reply to a comment, click to edit it, and, when the edit is complete, I am returned to the top of the comment page instead of the edited comment. pedanticKarl on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/2#post-11481 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:17:08 +0000 pedanticKarl 11481@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @CampKohler I'm confused by your question. 1. Do you mean: I am logged in and viewing comment #2 on page x. Then I log out. When I log back in, I expect to be at comment #2 on page x. 2. Or, do you mean: While I am logged out, I am viewing comment #2 at the bottom of page x and when I log in, I expect to be returned to comment #2 at the bottom of page x. In either scenario, how do you log in / out without leaving comment #2? Don't you have to scroll back up to the top of the page to log out/in? Can you give some more details? What does work, and I am wondering if this is what you might mean, is this: Regardless of the login state, if I am viewing comment #2 on page x, then when I navigate away from the page by clicking on Yahoo on my personal toolbar, then when I use the "Back" button in my browser, I am returned to the comment and page that I left. I don't recall the scenario that you describe, and if it did exist, I can only speculate by saying that perhaps the recent pagination of about 80 comments per page had an effect? Another type of scenario that I observed goes like this: 1. I am logged out and I am viewing the Home page. 2. When I log in from the Home page, I am taken to the Latest Video lesson page. 3. If I am logged out, and I am on any page other than the Home page, then, when I log in, I remain on the page that I was viewing prior to logging in. Given that scenario, perhaps I might speculate and say that defaulting to the top of the current lesson, is a way to give everyone the opportunity to be on the same page, as it where. Just a guess and maybe Marina can offer an explanation.   Camp Kohler - Sacramento CA on "TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK (browsers, PC, Mac, HFW site, etc)" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/technology-help-desk-browsers-pc-mac-hfw-site-etc/page/2#post-11480 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:40:52 +0000 Camp Kohler - Sacramento CA 11480@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Why doesn't WP any longer return to the comment from which one logs in or edits instead of going to the top of the comments page?