Category: tech

08/11/08 10:51 - ID#45310

cyber warfare

Apparently, Russia and Georgia is at war. I didn't even knew they were fighting, but I guess its been a long-term conflict that has recently escalated.

The strange thing about is that hackers in the Russian Federation is actively attacking governmental, military, and personal sites in Georgia. Hackers spam the sites to the point where they stopped running. It's considered by some to be cyber warfare.

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Category: tech

04/12/08 08:32 - ID#43993

a (silly) question

I was wondering... if you had to make a choice between Internet Explorer and Safari as a web browser, which one would you pick? I've always had IE, and recently Safari was downloaded for me along with the newest version of Itunes. I was trying to figure which would be the best as my default browser.

It was another gorgeous, warm day here. I love it! I went to a coffee shop and just sat outdoors and did my work. I felt so much better to be able to do that in the fresh air.

The sky today:

jenks writes at 03:09:22 04/13/08 - Comment #33868: anything but IE.

zobar writes at 01:27:43 04/13/08 - Comment #33863: My web-development browser is Firefox, but my web-browsing browser is Safari. Firefox is quick and has better geek tools, but Safari's even snappier and, at least on a Mac, looks better. IE is sluggish, does terrible things to web pages, is difficult to develop for, and kicks puppies.

But if you're the kind of person who's ok with puppy-kicking, maybe you're also the kind of person who's ok with using IE. Just saying. (-:

- Z

metalpeter writes at 11:30:38 04/13/08 - Comment #33855: First of all Nice Picture. In terms of what one to use as your default. I would say I like Firefox myself but it isn't my default. The thing you need to remember is that some sites work best with each one, it is really about what interface you like the best. I myself like firefox the best. I think for fun you should play around with all of them. Go to all your main sites with each one and do different things and see how there downloads are and viewing picture sites and things like that and just keep your default your default one for now. It might even be that your default is different from how you go online. For example my mother has Verizon DSL I think it is and goes on line with MSN I think. I can go on that way but I don't have MSN mail or anything so I just click on firefox or sometimes Safari just to test it out and then go on the web.

paul writes at 01:22:23 04/13/08 - Comment #33847: Wow I think I left out some words there, lol.

paul writes at 01:01:11 04/13/08 - Comment #33846: I still prefer firefox. but I also use safari a bunch. Anything beats IE. Firefox on PC will allow for you to get lots of cool extensions that browsing the web that much cooler or efficient. I would suggest Firefox.

james writes at 09:10:15 04/12/08 - Comment #33845: I used Firefox for years until I switched to a Mac. Safari has a lot of the same features and plugins available. But if you are running Windows, Firefox is pure gold.

libertad writes at 08:41:53 04/12/08 - Comment #33843: That is such a beautiful pic! I use FireFox and I like it a lot.

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Category: tech

11/12/07 03:29 - ID#42097

bad luck

In the course of the past two weeks, I've had some misshaps. My computer has died (all files gone and unrecoverable). I lost my USB drive in the library today with my school files. Some were saved in another place, some not. My attendance files for the TA class are gone, though I saved most of the paper records for it. My TV stopped working. My DVD player no longer works.

I guess I wasn't suited for a world of techology, heh.

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08/04/07 12:56 - ID#40376

jess goes hi-tech

Do you guys know of any books or websites that might show me how to install a new cd/dvd drive for my computer (an HP laptop.)? The cd drive on my laptop has been broken quite awhile and I'm thinking of buying one to replace it (at newegg.com or something like that). The problem at hand is that I tend to be a computer moron.

metalpeter writes at 02:15:16 08/04/07 - Comment #21672: What I'm going to say maybe of no help at all to you. It used to be that some stores if if you bought your computer there and then took it back there and bought a new drive for it there they would install it for free. However that store was CompUSA and not sure if they are even in business anymore, and I don't know if any other stores would do that. I'm sure that some places that sell computers would do that for a fee but I have no idea what that fee is. In any event I wish you the best of luck.

theecarey writes at 01:39:15 08/04/07 - Comment #21670: there *so* was not any other comments when I wrote mine, haha. Otherwise, "ditto" to (e:carolinian) comment; atleast they are complimentary to each other!

theecarey writes at 01:36:37 08/04/07 - Comment #21669: laptop, huh? ok. And no prior ripping apart computers experience? ok. Assuming your HP in no longer under warranty (and you've tried different disks, cleaned it and the connection is good)- plug your model info into a search, "HP xxx123abc Laptop service manual" If there is one for your model and you feel comfortable opening up the laptop, then go for it. Ive done desktops (easy enough)-- nothing so far on a laptop, but Ive wondered enough to look into this before (mad scientist).

I know some models require pretty much a quick click of a button to get old out and new in.... others are more complicated and *everything* must be done in a specific manner correctly. So yeh, check the service manual.

even so, I think its doable!

adding an external drive is always an option, if you dont mind the extra laptop appendage.

carolinian writes at 01:25:25 08/04/07 - Comment #21668

First off, what is the model of your HP?

If the CD's drives in that model are removable, you can buy a new drive and just pop it in. You can tell if a CD drive is removable because there's often a button or slider switch on the bottom of the computer that slides back and forth. Probably the best place to buy such drives is ebay.

If the CD drive is non-removable, then you have two choices:

1. Pay someone to do it (disadvantage: $$$)

2. Either get handy/fearless with a screw driver and open up the computer's innards (disadvantage: messy, may not be able to put the computer back together again)

3. Get an external CD drive that plugs into your computer's USB port and use that (disadvantage: not easy to carry around with you, may not be able to boot off it if you need to do a clean install of windows. I don't know).