petitmiam

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by petitmiam 14y ago
I hardly notice a difference between Vista post SP1 and Win 7. Vista had teething problems early on which burnt a lot of people. Unfortunately, that's what seems to be stuck in everyone's minds.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
The 'friends' referred to in the article are the 53,000 facebook users who have 'liked' the Dangerous Minds blog on Facebook. The article also mentions the blog posts 10 - 16 times a day.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
> need to harrass your friends or wait 24 hours. or pay cash and continue immediately.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
It must be in that 'other messages' folder that no one ever looks in.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
This sounds extreme. What was the response from steam technical support?
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by petitmiam 14y ago
This sounds like a way to vet out companies I don't want to work for.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Background Themes/Complete Themes - sounds like they just created a new problem. Throwing the word 'theme' in there for backgrounds is just asking for confusion. I think most people understand Wallpapers (Backgrounds) / Themes.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
I thought that too when I hovered, but clicking is much more fun. You can get a nice swing happening. The examples at http://desandro.github.com/3dtransforms/ are great.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Absolutely. Having previously grabbed Counter-Strike (Half-life mod) and Team Fortress (Quake mod), and treating them nicely, most definitely should garner a good reputation.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Facebook pushes the their new lists, while ignoring the old ones. I'm constantly suggested to add people to the new lists, but not to the old ones. I started doing this, not realising the lists were different, as my old lists have the same
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by petitmiam 14y ago
By default, Firefox has an Amazon search listed in the search engine list. Unity lens seem pretty similar. At present, the Amazon results are only present if you do use the shopping lens or perform an open search. As long as there is an eas
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by petitmiam 14y ago
hold down the Super key for a list of available shortcuts.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
I wonder what they do when the problem is IE. ;)
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by petitmiam 14y ago
makes you wonder why they are asking then.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Facebook had lists. I was happily using them. Then Facebook added more lists with default names, with no way to delete them. Now I'm never 100% confident I've got everyone in the correct list. Who knows what will happen the next time they u
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by petitmiam 14y ago
My lecturer for 'Software Testing' at uni used to bring up that first issue. He was a total ball-breaker with assignments and exams, but you knew it was for a good reason.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
http://www.news.com.au/technology/well-aisle-be-its-a-smart-... I'm sure there is better out there though!
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by petitmiam 14y ago
> 1. Stop using recruiters. If that were possible that would be fantastic, but I've found more often than not, you are forced to go through a recruiter to meet the real company. If you ruled out jobs that aren't advertised directly by t
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by petitmiam 14y ago
>Then androids could simulate the combination of DNA from parents and have baby androids. :o well that is the fun bit. :)
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by petitmiam 14y ago
The alternate image was useful for downloading now/installing the upgrade later. I guess the single image should be able to do that as well.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Even if they did keep logs, there's only 2 external IPs.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
It's explained under the section "Why You Need a VPN, or How You Can Benefit from Using One", which has dot points for different types of users.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
http://www.polipayments.com/ seems pretty good for this. When you go to make a payment, it logs into your bank account and does the transfer for you. So you get an instant receipt, without having to wait for the money to show up in the me
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by petitmiam 14y ago
This is the same in Australia. I went round to a friends house to help secure their router, only to find it was already done by default.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Maybe we should expect a follow up post: 'Reddit DOESN'T use DOESN'T'
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Ubuntu Software Centre has been around since Oct 2009.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
An all-day interview gives the potential employee a chance to learn a great deal more about the company, than they would have in a standard length interview. In this case, it's worked perfectly. The potential employee has seen/heard enough
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by petitmiam 14y ago
> Bushnell explained that “Goobuntu is simply a light skin over standard Ubuntu.” Given the headline, I was hoping for a bit more.
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by petitmiam 14y ago
I can sympathise with you about external monitor issues. In my office, we all have laptops with external monitors. When we have meetings, all the Windows/OSX users simply unplug the external monitor and take their laptops into the meeting r
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by petitmiam 14y ago
Interesting. The nursing home where my grandma was, had a car in the courtyard for patients with dementia to sit in.

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