No.2 - Slashdot User

Comment Just before the Windows XP expiration (Score 1) 391

by No.2 on Sunday August 03, 2014 @10:50AM (#47593577) Attached to: How long ago did you last assemble a computer?

I usually upgrade some of the parts in my fastest computer every few years. I would then transfer the old parts to my other computer. I would eventually upgrade my mother's computer using the parts from my second computer.

I decided to install Windows 7 on my mother's computer a few days before Microsoft stopped providing security updates for Windows XP. I found out that her motherboard didn't support the Windows 7 bootable DVD. The BIOS updates stopped before Windows 7 was released. A Google search of the chipset did provide a few different hacks to install Windows 7, but I didn't want to spend that much time and effort just trying to install Windows 7. I didn't want to upgrade my system yet so I decided to purchase parts for her computer. I bought an i5 processor, motherboard with onboard video, and 8GB of memory. I also ended up buying a SATA HD and DVD drive since the old IDE drives couldn't be connected to the new motherboard. After I bought these parts I realized that I also needed to upgrade the power supply since I couldn't connect the old one to the new motherboard. I had to replace every part in the case. It would have been cheaper to do the Windows 7 hack, but I prefer the perform improvements from the upgrades.

Comment Re:Heh... (Score 1) 718

by No.2 on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @02:47PM (#36014240) Attached to: 'Motherlode' of Data Seized At Bin Laden Compound

That was Baaaaa

Comment Expensive upgrade from vendor software (Score 1) 479

by No.2 on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @12:11PM (#32000772) Attached to: Corporate IT Just Won't Let IE6 Die

Our company switched to Cisco IP phones from an aspect phone system back when IE7 was just coming out. I don't know how much our company saved, but those who knew said it was a lot. The only limitation now is that the client software can only be installed on a system running IE6. Here is the field notice stating the issue. That means that we are stuck with Windows XP unless our company pays Cisco about $300,000 to upgrade their software. There is no problem with upgrading to IE7 or IE8 after the fact, but the client software can only be installed or reinstalled with IE6. All of the web based applications that we use work fine with IE7 and IE8. Unless my company has to start using some software that won't work on Windows XP, they are not going to spend the money on the upgrade.

Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @06:48PM from the hot-bits dept.

supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3. Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."

Appeals Court Strikes Down California's Violent Game Ban 190

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 20, 2009 @08:54PM from the legislation-terminated dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has struck down as unconstitutional a California statute purporting to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In a 30-page decision (PDF), in Video Software Dealers Association v. Schwarzenegger, the federal appeals court ruled that 'the Act, as a presumptively invalid content based restriction on speech, is subject to strict scrutiny and not the 'variable obscenity' standard from Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629 (1968). Applying strict scrutiny, we hold that the Act violates rights protected by the First Amendment because the State has not demonstrated a compelling interest, has not tailored the restriction to its alleged compelling interest, and there exist less-restrictive means that would further the State's expressed interests. Additionally, we hold that the Act's labeling requirement is unconstitutionally compelled speech under the First Amendment because it does not require the disclosure of purely factual information; but compels the carrying of the State's controversial opinion.'"

Comment Re:Oldest sales trick in the book (Score 1) 105

by No.2 on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @05:11PM (#26551975) Attached to: No More Space Tourists After 2009, Russia Says

I think the price increased to $30 million. There was an article posted last year that mentioned that the price went up and that they would discontinue the space tourism after this year.

Future Astronauts May Survive On Eating Silkworms 384

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @12:00PM from the still-better-than-tang dept.

sciencehabit writes "Science reports that silkworms may be an ideal food source for future space missions. They breed quickly, require little space and water, and generate smaller amounts of excrement than poultry or fish. They also contain twice as many essential amino acids as pork does and four times as much as eggs and milk. Even the insect's inedible silk, which makes up 50% of the weight of the dry cocoon, could provide nutrients: The material can be rendered edible through chemical processing and can be mixed with fruit juice, sugar, and food coloring to produce jam."

Comment What about the ergonomics for tall people like me? (Score 1) 741

by No.2 on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @11:48AM (#18588885) Attached to: X Prize For a 100-MPG Car

I have been finding that all new smaller vehicles built for fuel efficiency are uncomfortable for me. I'm 6'4". I don't want to drive a vehicle that gets less than 30MPG, but no one has designed an interior that works for me. This could be fixed with tilt/telescopic steering designed for tall people. If I find a car that has enough head and leg room, it will almost certainly lack the telescopic steering needed so my arms don't have to be straight out to hold onto the steering. The Europeans may get the better mileage with their deisel engines, but I have never read anything saying that tall people there are comfortable in their smaller cars.

Piezoelectric Transformers 190

Posted by michael on Thursday December 25, 2003 @01:30PM from the no-more-power-bricks dept.

behoward writes "Tired of those big honking power adapters needed for all your portable toys? Me too! So far the best solution I've seen is the AC adapter for my G4 Powerbook, a sleek combo yoyo/flying saucer; but while it looks good on the desktop, it still makes too big of a bulge in my case when I travel. Now engineers at Penn State are working on a real solution. Hope Apple gets this technology in place in time for the G5 Powerbook."

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