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Site: James Randi Educational Foundation - an educational resource on the paranormal, pseudoscientific and the supernatural - Computers and the Internet (site profile, domain info randi.org)
Title: Computers and the Internet
Url: http://forums.randi.org/forumdisplay.php?f=23
Users activity: 57 posts per thread
Forum activity: 60 active threads during last week
 

Posting activity on Computers and the Internet:

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Threads: 60 219 666
Post: 331 1,008 3,813
 

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WildCat
21
user's latest post:
Anyone Ever see This Problem?
Published (2009-12-19 16:56:00)
Originally Posted by screensnot Does W7 let you do it from an optical drive, or USB drive? Yes, if needed you can use a usb flash drive or a cd.
dtugg
19
user's latest post:
buying a external HD with...
Published (2009-12-18 21:59:00)
Originally Posted by nota I donot think selling viris is a good bis model For a company like Adobe, no it's not. For some guy on the Internet selling pirated software, it could be. Quote: and while it may be pirated I didnot do it nor will I need to It is definitely pirated if there is actually software is on the drive. And you would still be ripping off Adobe by buying it. Quote: question was will it load not is moral OK Maybe it will....
GreNME
13
user's latest post:
How is Windows 7? - Page 2 -...
Published (2009-12-19 14:40:00)
Yeah, I'd suggest giving ReadyBoost a try if you're keen on squeaking more out of your VMM subsystem. I don't necessarily recommend it to everyone since it's not necessarily going to show appreciable differences for average, everyday computing. If your concerns are about the paging speed, though, ReadyBoost does offer measurable improvements.
Wowbagger
13
user's latest post:
How is Windows 7? - Page 2 -...
Published (2009-12-20 13:45:00)
Did anyone mention the built-in speech recognition, yet? It's much improved over what was in XP, and lightly improved since Vista. Though, I'm sure Dragon's stuff is still better.
Ducky
12
user's latest post:
Firefox - Page 2 - JREF Forum
Published (2009-12-17 23:11:00)
Originally Posted by drainbread And your point? The thread is about Firefox on a Windows machine, Ad Muncher simply blows away the Firefox only solution and beyond since it works system wide. Several of us linux users have chimed in. My impression was the thread was about firefox in general. A windows-only solution does me or Tsukasa Buddha (for example) no good.
six7s
10
user's latest post:
JREF Google startpage
Published (2009-12-15 19:35:00)
It's only a hunch... I could be wrong ... It's happened before... Twice, I think...
popscythe
10
user's latest post:
Google Wave
Published (2009-12-17 05:41:00)
Originally Posted by arthwollipot I'm finding it VERY handy. OH!
Dancing David
10
user's latest post:
Can I update this...
Published (2009-12-20 07:08:00)
Originally Posted by parky76 my parents only use the computer for simple web browsing, emails, and listening to music. but i really don't want to format the hard drive. dad will not like this either. we shall see. Warning this makes assumptions and you might reformat your disk. If it is really buggy you can also reload Windows if they have the installer disk. Boot the machine with BIOS set to go to the CD drive first and the install disk...
kuroyume0161
10
user's latest post:
Can I update this...
Published (2009-12-20 11:27:00)
Originally Posted by moopet This is the IT equivalent of replacing the car because the ash tray is full. And then adding cigarette butts to the new car's ash tray. I fully agree with this. 3.2 GHz is quite fast for this basic type of computer usage (mine is only 2.4 GHz but then I have four of them). 1.2GB memory is a bit low but okay for this usage. 40GB HD - I'd upgrade this (which, of course, entails reinstallation). You can get...
geni
8
user's latest post:
editing...
Published (2009-12-13 19:19:00)
Originally Posted by Dancing David Too bad, i would take it to the boffos at HJT forums, Bleeping Computer or Major Geeks, they are friendly and knowledgeable, you just have to promise to only do what theys ay. May still have to try that. There appear to be bits of it left and I'm running out of ideas.
 

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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-13 19:50:00)  by dtugg
I think that it is without a doubt Microsoft's best OS. I wouldn't say that it is a monumental change from Vista, just a bunch of little things that add up to make it much better.
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Started 2 days, 16 hours ago (2009-12-19 21:28:00)  by Dancing David
That is not a terrible processor, what is slow? (Like what kind of use?) (It is faster than my processor.) Also what OS are you using?
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Started 3 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-18 19:20:00)  by dtugg
It might work but it will certainly be pirated software.
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Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-12-10 16:30:00)  by BenBurch
Hardware failure in the screen, Jeff.
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Started 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-25 09:05:00)  by Chupacabras
Not a free rant, but... I was invited to Wave and I have yet to find out what to do about it. I can't figure my way around it, much less imagine the potential. Surely, I am open to any suggestions.
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Started 2 days, 22 hours ago (2009-12-19 15:22:00)  by GreenLines
That is strange, but since I don't know a Mac... Last time I had a browser issue I uninstalled and reinstalled it, and it has been working fine since. Though I use Windows, so I don't have to take it into a Apple Store to get told the machine can't be worked on due to being in a smokers home.
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Started 3 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-18 19:32:00)  by mikeyx
Originally Posted by WildCat I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows 7. I select the language on one screen, select the time on the next screen, then the screen comes up where I can check the box to accept the license terms. Except I can't check the box! I can move the cursor around, but clicking on the box does nothing. Any ideas? if ...
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Started 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-24 20:02:00)  by The Central Scrutinizer
Nope. The issue I've had lately is that it's NOT allowing popups, even when I tell it it's OK. Haven't been able to figure it out, found various "fixes" on the web, but none seem to work so far. I've pretty much had to switch to Chrome. (this is on my Windows machine, which I really only use when I have to)
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Started 4 days ago (2009-12-18 12:40:00)  by Wowbagger
For Web Developer Express: The limits only apply to the development environment. You can create a web site with full ASP.NET 3.5 capabilities with it, and it would run just as well as one written with the Professional Edition on any given server. Of course, there could be limits in your web server, depending on licensing and whatnot, but that has nothing to do with the Web Express development ...
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Started 1 month ago (2009-11-22 13:16:00)  by Gord_in_Toronto
Googling appears to indicate the n.exe is a trojan. You will have to tell people who know Windows better than I do what you mean by "nothing much has happened" and then you can get some help.
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RE: How is Windows 7? - 75 new posts
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-13 19:50:00)  by dtugg
I think that it is without a doubt Microsoft's best OS. I wouldn't say that it is a monumental change from Vista, just a bunch of little things that add up to make it much better.
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Started 3 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-18 19:32:00)  by mikeyx
Originally Posted by WildCat I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows 7. I select the language on one screen, select the time on the next screen, then the screen comes up where I can check the box to accept the license terms. Except I can't check the box! I can move the cursor around, but clicking on the box does nothing. Any ideas? if ...
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Started 2 days, 16 hours ago (2009-12-19 21:28:00)  by Dancing David
That is not a terrible processor, what is slow? (Like what kind of use?) (It is faster than my processor.) Also what OS are you using?
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Started 3 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-18 19:20:00)  by dtugg
It might work but it will certainly be pirated software.
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RE: Firefox - 19 new posts
Started 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-24 20:02:00)  by The Central Scrutinizer
Nope. The issue I've had lately is that it's NOT allowing popups, even when I tell it it's OK. Haven't been able to figure it out, found various "fixes" on the web, but none seem to work so far. I've pretty much had to switch to Chrome. (this is on my Windows machine, which I really only use when I have to)
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RE: Google Wave - 13 new posts
Started 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-11-25 09:05:00)  by Chupacabras
Not a free rant, but... I was invited to Wave and I have yet to find out what to do about it. I can't figure my way around it, much less imagine the potential. Surely, I am open to any suggestions.
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Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-12-13 08:13:00)  by Wudang
For the first one, ask a savvy friend to cut you a linux cd you can boot from (say knoppix) - if that can see your hard drive then the problem is software. For the second I'd guess that it works with some wifi protocols (probably older ones) and the implementation of the newer ones is buggy. Check the manufacturers site for updated drivers.
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Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-12-12 15:16:00)  by six7s
Originally Posted by mist I was thinking, how about a simple JREF startpage that nets JREF some of the ads shown in your searches? Do you mean something other than the JREF Customized Search Engine ?
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Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2009-12-06 09:15:00)  by Mongrel
Have you checked the hard drive cables? Remove and replace both (power and data) at both ends and give it another go. If you're still having problems swap the cables between the two drives to check if it's a faulty cable.
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Started 6 days, 23 hours ago (2009-12-15 14:07:00)  by moopet
a quick google for deneg.org and looking it up indicates that it's really quite dodgy. That sort of behavior is common with malware, anyway. The standard repair method for Windows involves taking off and nuki , uh, reinstalling it.
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