Comments | evilgrins: I hate the cold...

evilgrins

I hate the cold...

Dec 29, 2008 12:40

...a trait my computer shares.

1:37 PM 12/28/08 · Just got home about an hour ago after the holiday festivities. My place was more than a little chilly given the heat was off. Both because everybody's paranoid about space heaters as for conserving energy, so when I know I'm not going to be home for more than a day I turn off the heat. Now you ( Read more... )

computers, space heater, mike

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avril_killer December 29 2008, 21:04:31 UTC

firefox? bbbutbutbut why?

and we have a thermostat which comes on an hour before the first gets in.

evilgrins December 29 2008, 22:10:01 UTC

IE does things that, so far, I haven't had as much luck with Firefox following up on. That and I personally found it very annoying when it came out with everyone reacting to it like the coming of some messiah.

dishapeaches December 29 2008, 21:30:21 UTC

You're still running WINDOWS 98????

You must be the only one on earth. Even cannibals in the remote rainforests of South America run at least XP!

I swear by Firefox - all my computer problems came to a grinding halt when I locked down IE and started using FF exclusively.

evilgrins December 29 2008, 22:12:30 UTC

What can I say? I'm slow to change.

I can't stand FF.

stuberyl December 29 2008, 22:30:03 UTC

Even my mom upgraded this year.

dishapeaches December 30 2008, 05:50:52 UTC

Even my mom's had XP for the last 6 years or so.

And she's 65.

texasts December 29 2008, 21:39:00 UTC

Apple doesn't use BIG BLUE hardware.

They use Intel inside...

No irony there, man. Intel makes a better chip than either Motorola OR IBM.

Win'98! That is soooo 20th century.

evilgrins December 29 2008, 22:15:30 UTC

They used to, I know this. Just assumed it was still going on.

That is soooo 20th century
Pfffft!

yardlong December 29 2008, 22:35:29 UTC

Check this out. I've got XP, and will not use Vista after all I've heard about it. I got an Asus Eee with Linux, to see if I could get used to that system. I like it okay, but I can't really do anything with it beyond use what was pre-installed, because I learned on Windows. The new version of Windows sounds pretty good. I think I'll make it on this one until it is released.

I think IE sucks, Firefox has its good points, and Opera is the greatest - especially Alpha 10. But it took me a long time to get used to Opera. You might like to try SlimBrowser, which is what I use when a site requires IE. It may be an illusion, but I feel safer using it and its customizations than straight virus/spyware-inviting IE.

You sure keep things warm!

fayanora December 30 2008, 15:41:17 UTC

I thought computers were supposed to love the cold? I thought they ran better in the cold? Or is that just supercomputers?