tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post2431444087191770612..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: The sneak thief of space (and time)Denis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-24123178023736354232012-09-18T17:05:35.043+10:002012-09-18T17:05:35.043+10:00So, as well as looking cute, panda has a job to do...So, as well as looking cute, panda has a job to do Fancy that! What an important job too - keeping track of the days of birth for those old rellies!<br />xSuz Shapoozenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-82162519613328457032012-09-18T11:07:53.934+10:002012-09-18T11:07:53.934+10:00I do. I find myself nodding sagely AnneI do. I find myself nodding sagely AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-11740126781859377832012-09-18T10:27:14.196+10:002012-09-18T10:27:14.196+10:00The bonus is that the startup time has improved by...The bonus is that the startup time has improved by at least 900%. No kidding. Not quite as fast as the iPad, but staggering cf what it was. I gather when it was starting up before, it was adding thousands of little files to correspond with every one opened, hence sucking dry my disk space.<br /><br />Doncha love geek-talk?Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-10321494480544897322012-09-18T10:19:12.868+10:002012-09-18T10:19:12.868+10:00Hah hah! PandoCalendar is a very old calendar prog...Hah hah! PandoCalendar is a very old calendar program that they 'improved' with bells and whistles, and ruined by doing so – and this old version is not too happy with current operating systems. What it's really good for in its old iteration [this one] is to find the day of the week going back a century or more that someone was born. There is a limit because of changes to the calendar itself. But if an old rellie of yours was born on 18 June 1908, then it was a Thursday. How 'bout that? :)Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-2663215322250089892012-09-17T20:02:27.231+10:002012-09-17T20:02:27.231+10:00Your're just too clever by half!
I have to wa...Your're just too clever by half!<br /><br />I have to wait for a son to two to visit to see why my "steam driven computer" to quote them, seems to build up its head of steam ever slower. (Glad I have the dementia proof iPad). AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-91503146614852629002012-09-17T16:50:22.348+10:002012-09-17T16:50:22.348+10:00that's good advice you're sharing there. i...that's good advice you're sharing there. i'm sure.<br /><br />but, more importantly, look! you have a picture of a panda on your tool-bar thingy!<br /><br />thanks again for making me smile.<br />xSuz Shapoozenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-35994870746278833272012-09-17T13:57:17.435+10:002012-09-17T13:57:17.435+10:00Thanks for this. I showed it to Michael who had ha...Thanks for this. I showed it to Michael who had had problems with Symantec for different reasons. I'm glad you solved the problem!<br /><br />Julie MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-57550826826651321192012-09-16T20:56:19.449+10:002012-09-16T20:56:19.449+10:00Hi, Dave. The full-sized totally solid state compu...Hi, Dave. The full-sized totally solid state computer just had to come. I still have a little netbook. A hard drive with moving parts will be looked on as an object of curiosity within 20 years. I'd love one of those new ones, just to play with. <br /><br />I just named it that because it was the biggest computer I ever had.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-81331186403835405242012-09-16T19:04:01.121+10:002012-09-16T19:04:01.121+10:00What an extraordinary tale. I dazed not an instant...What an extraordinary tale. I dazed not an instant.<br /><br />Fat Boy was the name of a computer I once used to hear about. Was it in Byte magazine?<br /><br />Thin Boy is starting to lure me. A Mac Book Air to you followers of Steve Jobs or an Ultra Book on the other side of the fence. Imagine a computer with NO moving parts! I can throw it across the room when I'm frustrated - not to mention the blinding speed of a solid state drive (SSD)David Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984545702812009155noreply@blogger.com