Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Category: Hardware

  • Racist Camera?

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    This is actually kind of amusing. Dark skinned Desi and light skinned Wanda demonstrate the HP’s MediaSmart webcam tracking software can track her but not him. HP says: We are working with our partners to learn more. The technology we use is built on standard algorithms that measure the difference in intensity of contrast between…

  • Linux Adventure Part 2

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    Linux Adventure Part 1 | Linux Adventure Part 3 [SOLVED] So far into the story, I tried repairing Windows Vista which failed to actually give me a working entry into the operating system. The Linux Live CDs were non-committed forays into Knoppix, CentOS, and Ubuntu. All failed to turn on the wireless. An ethernet cord would…

  • Old, Slow PC

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    Why throw away your old computer?  Even a 300 MHz can be installed with a decent operating system and run many low-processor intensive games for kids. It can service your network. Become a location to store backups of your information. Lots of uses. It can be donated to a school, a senior center, etc.  Why toss…

  • AOL Patents IM?

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    I push my computer very hard… Average around 500 emails a day. Usually have no less than 10 windows open after an hour of using it. Average probably 20 during most of the day. My average memory usage is 300 MB. I do try to avoid some performance hogs. For instance, I am not running…

  • Computer Junkie

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    I would be the first to admit that I am a computer junkie!  😛 Gimme a decent rig with decent games and you can let me have fun for hours upon hours. Of course, one could do the same with books or movies. That reminds me… need more shelf space for all my books and movies.…

  • Contenda

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    hehehehe…. running 1.8 Ghz, 256MB DDR RAM, GeForce3 Ti 500, optical mouse, 24x CD-R, NIC, etc… all for less than than I originally thought. Just played some Return to Castle Wolfenstein… much better than I’ve seen on other machines. I am happy. Very happy with this system.  

  • Mother-$#!&ed

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    Ugh. Motherboard got beat up by the heatsink bouncing around in the case. $#!&

  • US Beat Portugal!

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    The U.S. beat 5th ranked Portugal 3-2 in the World Cup. Next they play South Korea and later Poland. U.S. wins first Cup game in 8 years GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Just put down dough on components for a new computer system. Athlon 1600+ XP, 256MB PC2100, 40GB HDD, and a GeForce3 Ti 500 64MB. I’ve been slack and…

  • Unexplained Computer Behavior

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    Showers are particularly problematic for me because sometimes I will get lost in thinking something through. It will haunt me for days. Saturday morning I started thinking on why computers are so difficult for people to learn. It hit me that just enough unexplained behaviors occur. Once one considers all of the factors that go…