IstenSzek said:

Cool, thanks for explaining it. I think it's neat to have your own style.

ZombieKitten said:

wait. i don't understand does that mean you tried and it didn't work.
(i.e. you're being sarcastic)

or does it mean that you've just looked it up and are thinking that avi
files are something that you're gonna go and give a try now.
(i.e. you're feeling technologically adventurous)

what I read on that thread was how to macgyver the set to believe it's the next model up

ZombieKitten said:

maybe you should try with an elastic band and a piece of gum

IstenSzek said:

it's nearly as crazy

turn tv off, then press info>menu>mute
or something

ZombieKitten said:

as crazy as that stuff sounds sometimes, it seems to work quite often.

i know next to nothing about that stuff but my brother is a walking
technological encyclopeadia. whenever i need something fixed or have
something explained, i just call him. on my phone, that he helped me
understand.

Unless they invent something portable that is voice activated and types the words you speak into it, desktop computers will always be around because businesses need them. You can't do no real typing on a phone because the keys are too small. Hell, I even make more typing errors on a laptop because the keys are slightly smaller so I can never make a living typing on something as small as a phone.

RodeoSchro said:

that's just the way i like to type. it gives me a clear view
of where my lines are gonna end. i don't know why i started
doing it but i think it started as soon as we went from the
black and purple org to this one.

Nonsense. Why would I give up my 22" inch screen 4 some 2" inch device?

Google: Desktop PCs to be "irrelevant" in 3 years
By Christopher Null
.If you're reading this on a computer, you're about to be lost in the past, at least according to a Google Europe executive, John Herlihy, who has proclaimed the PC era just about over.

By 2013, says Herlihy, the desktop PC will be irrelevant, and the smart phone will be the platform of choice for most Internet use.

Silicon Republic says Herlihy's audience, a "Digital Landscapes" conference at University College Dublin, was "baffled" by the statement, although many a pundit has made this prediction in recent months. Other Google executives have also posited that the company's primary focus going forward will be on mobile technologies.

It's unclear how much Google will focus on phones versus other mobile devices such as laptops and nascent tablet devices like the Apple iPad, but it's clear that in the long term, all PC-based devices are at risk of being made irrelevant by more pocket-friendly machinery.

But is three years being too aggressive? The pace of innovation is blistering in the smart phone space (remember that just three years ago there was no iPhone and no Android OS), but will the advances in the next three years be enough to make computers as we know them obsolete? It's obvious that there will still be a market for the desktop (or at least the laptop) come 2013 - the need for larger screens for corporate work will alone ensure that - but how big will that market be, and is it ultimately as doomed as the Silicon Valley bigshots would have us believe?


http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/...ticle/4379

RodeoSchro said:

that's just the way i like to type. it gives me a clear view
of where my lines are gonna end. i don't know why i started
doing it but i think it started as soon as we went from the
black and purple org to this one.