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ljjohns Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 263 Location: El Paso
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject: It's been a long day... |
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I do a lot of stuff outside of class through the web, getting my students on this commuter campus engaged with the material and one another.
For myself, I enjoy the dialogues on forums such as these and so I spend what some mmight consider to be an inordinate amount of time on a keyboard.
I'm currently hammering on the university's IT department for their incompetencies with little effect, and so excuse any frustration you infer from my comment.
But is there some technical way that we can pursue a thread that is filled with pictures--which are intrinsically welcome--when we want simply to view the comments that subsequently are made by viewers?
Waiting for 100 pictures to load for the seventh time gets a little expensive, timewise.
This is not a life-threatening issue, but just a small technical issue that perhaps could be addressed economically by the volunteer SA's. If it's too much too soon, I'll understand. _________________ 1993 K1100LT (Washington)
1995 K1100LTSE
1996 K1100LTSE (parts)
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owrstrich Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 2566 Location: CheezConsin
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Jim Site Admin
Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 3841 Location: WHERETHEFUNNEVERENDS
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Yeah - what he said.
I'm almost totally computer illiterate - sorry I can't help you with this one. php is way beyond me - and I don't know how much stuff could be tweaked in the BB program even if one knew how to tweak it. A lot of the commentary would be somewhat worthless without the pix, though.
My computer has a cache that compares the page I go to with the page in the cache. Unless someone posts a new ride report with lots of pix, if the page hasn't changed, it just brings up the page in the cache - I think that's how it works.
What kind of service do you have? I have the Nation's Slowest DSL - provided by the Nation's Slowest ISP - Cavalier - soon to be replaced with something usable - like FIOS. Sometimes when I start loading a new post with lots of pix, I can either walk away and do something else, or bring up another window and work on something else while that post loads in the background. _________________ Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repairing
1992 K75RTP 46,000
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whyoldbill Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 440 Location: in the boonies, northwest of Columbus, Ohio
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: Re: It's been a long day... |
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ljjohns wrote: |
But is there some technical way that we can pursue a thread that is filled with pictures--which are intrinsically welcome--when we want simply to view the comments that subsequently are made by viewers?
Waiting for 100 pictures to load for the seventh time gets a little expensive, timewise.
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Here's how ya do it:
If you use Firefox for your internet browser:
Tools -> Options -> Content Tab
Uncheck "Load images automatically"
If you use Internet Exploder:
Tools -> Internet Options: Advanced Tab
Scroll down to the "Multimedia" section
Uncheck "Show Pictures-ON"
PM me if this doesn't do the trick, or if you're using some other browser.
Regards,
Bill _________________ '02 - GL1800
The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship - George Clinton |
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ljjohns Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 263 Location: El Paso
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, Bill _________________ 1993 K1100LT (Washington)
1995 K1100LTSE
1996 K1100LTSE (parts)
2003 K1200LTC
1991 K75RT |
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larryb22 Big Brick Rider
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 53 Location: Buchanan Michigan
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Gotz cable internet, no problemz with pix. _________________ 2008 Yamaha XV250
S/W Michigan USA |
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Off the grid Chaotic Good
Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 3414 Location: At the local taco truck waiting for Jo.
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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There's also an application for Firefox that automatically minimizes "quoted" pictures so you only view them once. _________________ Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"
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supercat1 Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Hoboken, NJ
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Off the grid wrote: | There's also an application for Firefox that automatically minimizes "quoted" pictures so you only view them once. |
what is the name of that add-on? after some searching on the firefox add-on site and google i can't seem to find one that claims to do that. and there aren't many it seems for bbcode forums even. _________________ (formerly) 1993 k1100rs |
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Off the grid Chaotic Good
Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 3414 Location: At the local taco truck waiting for Jo.
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately my desktop fizzled out so I am working on my work laptop so I can't check exactly what app it is.
Wifes laptop is dead too.....fkn POS Vista. _________________ Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"
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owrstrich Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 2566 Location: CheezConsin
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:37 am Post subject: |
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o t g...
sounds like...
most everything you own...
pennies to maintain...
j o _________________ yeeeeeehaaaaaaa... |
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Phil Marvin Rider in the Sky
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 1389 Location: El Paso, Texas, USA
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:34 am Post subject: |
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supercat1 Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Hoboken, NJ
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Off the grid wrote: | Unfortunately my desktop fizzled out so I am working on my work laptop so I can't check exactly what app it is.
Wifes laptop is dead too.....fkn POS Vista. |
well, depending on the hardware of the laptop, it is just as likely the fault doesn't lie with ms as it does with the hardware vendors. but anyways, i hear that now that vista has been updated significantly it is much better.
however, i am eagerly awaiting windows 7. gonna be sweet. _________________ (formerly) 1993 k1100rs |
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Off the grid Chaotic Good
Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 3414 Location: At the local taco truck waiting for Jo.
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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supercat1 wrote: | Off the grid wrote: | Unfortunately my desktop fizzled out so I am working on my work laptop so I can't check exactly what app it is.
Wifes laptop is dead too.....fkn POS Vista. |
well, depending on the hardware of the laptop, it is just as likely the fault doesn't lie with ms as it does with the hardware vendors. but anyways, i hear that now that vista has been updated significantly it is much better.
however, i am eagerly awaiting windows 7. gonna be sweet. |
I'm sorry mate, but this is the second time in 2 years the laptop has crapped out...the first was a total wipe due to....you guessed it....vista!
I'll stick to my XP thanks. It's the FZ1 of OSs....and yes, pennies to maintain.
Vista is the BMW of OSs.
Everyone I know has had problems with that pos OS vista. _________________ Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"
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supercat1 Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Hoboken, NJ
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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i'm not sure it is really reasonable to say an os broke a piece of hardware. in fact, i don't think one can say that. however, it is possible to say that a piece of software really wasn't supposed to be run on a particular piece of hardware (even if the vendor says it is) and the hardware then fails. but if you are saying that all of a sudden the os just stopped working then okay, software does fail sometimes. but to do it twice makes me wonder if there is something that is installed on it that is failing.
there is documentation out there (in lawsuits even) that shows that intel pressured ms to lower the requirements for the "vista compatible" approval. so many many many laptops and desktops were released that do not actually meet the original minimum requirements for the os. these pieces of hardware will not let you run vista at a reasonable clip. heck, somewhere around 30% of vista failures were originally attributable to nvidia even. then there was the fact that nvidia didn't get to implementing the virtualized video memory so then dx10 was dumbed down (search for virtualized to get to the relevant part).
also, nvidia had some serious issues with their video cards in the 8xxx series. check it out. so it could be that also. but i don't know anything about your laptops so i'm just guessing there.
my point, i don't know how the os killed the hardware. and by all accounts vista is much better now. but windows 7 is gonna be awesome.
i still run xp myself at work and at home. i skipped vista because it was more expensive and had no pay off for gaming originally.
not trying to be an ass, i have no money in microsoft or vista, just saying. _________________ (formerly) 1993 k1100rs |
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Scott_Anderson Site Admin
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 3119 Location: Central Iowa, USA
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Not that this is the thread for discussing it, but as long as we're here.....
I am running XP on my desktop Dell with Intel proc, and have Vista on my laptop with AMD processor and no problems yet. _________________ Ride safe.
1995 K1100LT 0302044
1997 R1100RT ZC62149
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
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Mystic Red Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2330 Location: Twin Lakes Idaho
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Everyone I know has had problems with that pos OS vista. |
I jump between XP and Vista as seamlessly as I jump from the Bug-Eyed Brick to the Mystic Red Super Moto.
No problems with either. _________________ Scott Hespelt, '94 K11LT
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owrstrich Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 2566 Location: CheezConsin
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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im beginning to think the only thing o t g has owned in his lifetime is a superior fz1...
j o _________________ yeeeeeehaaaaaaa... |
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Gomedic Flying Brick Rider
Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 215 Location: Detroit, Mich
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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I just so happen to have a full running copy of Windows 7...don't ask. Plausible deniability is king. If anyone is interested, let me know...It does seem to out score Vista...just takes some gettin used to.
I have 2 laptops with Vista and 3 pcs. 2 with XP and 1 with Windows 7. I'm starting to like Windows 7... _________________ 1997 K1100LT Mine...ALL MINE! |
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