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  #41  
Old November 14th 11, 10:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Lostgallifreyan
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

thanatoid wrote in
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Lostgallifreyan wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote in
:

It will not run the installer under XP, even in 95
compatibility mode.

But I suppose now that I am enjoying XP, there are quite a
few to choose from. Sigh.

Thanks very much anyway.

It's not an installer. It's an EXE in a ZIP file.


Right, it's been a few days and very busy and confusing as well.
XP!

Well, it says it is not a valid Win32 application, even if I set
compatibility to 95.

I'd be curious to see it, so if you have any ideas. Could the
file be corrupted? It sure unzipped fine.


Sounds like WXP is actually lying. If it unzipped, it is likely intact, in
which case it is definitely a valid Win32 program. Its MD5 checksum is
C177E9714E84FB7F9F64C399DC5D9C3E and its CRC32 checksum is 3ED14393.

(Google for Slavasoft Hashcalc or fsum for a good tool to test those, or a
faster MD5-only tool at fastsum.com).
  #42  
Old November 18th 11, 02:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Bill in Co
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

thanatoid wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
m:
snip

I'm not crazy about the Admin, All Users, Default users
thing either, but I've reluctantly "accepted" its there,
whether I like it or not.


I guess I am more anal-retentive, more nonconformist, or
something... More ****ed in the head?


I "avoid" the problem by rarely looking down there anymore in Explorer or
even worrying about it, since it's so built-in to WinXP. There just comes
a point where it's not worth worrying about. I've got enough other things
to worry about. :-)

However:

Whenever I install a program, I remove the Start Menu
shortcuts it makes, and instead, cut and paste them over to
MY own groups that I have created in the Start Menu (i.e.,
put them in categories that make more sense to ME). And all
of them work. And almost of all of these shortcuts end up
in the Documents and Settings, Bill, Start Menu subgroups
this way.


There is a faster, more sledgehammer-like way of doing it,
copying EVERYTHING from EVERYTHING to one account, and then
copying THAT to all the other accounts (this assumes you have
a 2-pane file manager, then it;s just 2 or 3 key presses), and
deleting dupli- and triplicates, or something like that,
possibly just copying everything to the account you will
always be using, I forget.


That's too much of a sledge hammer approach for me. I don't want to have
to deal with any duplicates, either, and what I do now just avoids all of
that.

It's not hard just moving the originally installed program shortcuts to
where I want them to be, after a program is installed, and, of course, there
are no duplicates created this way.

But deleting inevitable duplicates ("Oh, the Humanity", excuse
me, "Oh, The Microsoft") is a RPITA. With FL, you set it up
ONCE, and you're done *forever*, just copy the settings
somewhere safe in case of a crash or whatever.

SO was mine in 98SEL. I can send you a screenshot. Now I
have 4 items, in 4 corners.


Well, that just won't help me much. I just want the same
type of convenient access to all of my programs (probably a
couple of hundred or so), and using the start menu and all
its subgroups that I've created, works for me. It's
probably not your cup of tea, however. :-)


Even I don't have 200 programs, and I LIKE to tinker! Pray
tell, what are they (ID-revealing details are not reuired ;-)
? (And command line stuff does NOT qualify!)


I have a bunch of audio and video editing and/or restoration programs, along
with a bunch of system utilities and file managers, CD and DVD apps, audio
and mp3 utility programs, image and photo viewers, etc, etc. Just collected
over all the eons of time.

but then again, I'm only using a 800x600 display, which I
thoroughly enjoy.

Anything larger is for the young'uns.


I thought I was the only one left using 800x600. Maybe
there's two of us?


It wouuld appear so. 800x600 was (sigh) the resolution of a
1.33 aspect ratio average screen image of a 35mm motion
picture printstock. That's good enough for me. I don't go in
for that Imax and HD ****.


Same here. Plus, working on HD video requires a super computer.
SD is already taxing enough of resources (if you try cleaning up or editing
any SD videos, its taxing enough!


But unfortunately, a few of my programs
need the 1024x768 resolution (or you can't get it on the
screen).


Yes, I have run across a few. As long as they don't start
requiring 1600x1200. Well, my graphics chip has a fast res
switch. Yours probably does too, and if not, you can get one
off the net, free. There are several.


When it gets to the point of requiring 1600x1200 it becomes a "thanks, but
no thanks," item to me. In fact, if it's more than 1024x768, it's already
there.

And ditto for a program requiring .NET Framework 3.0 or higher. Thanks,
but no thanks.


  #43  
Old November 18th 11, 01:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
thanatoid
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

"Bill in Co" wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
m:


snip

Whenever I install a program, I remove the Start Menu
shortcuts it makes, and instead, cut and paste them over
to MY own groups that I have created in the Start Menu
(i.e., put them in categories that make more sense to
ME). And all of them work. And almost of all of these
shortcuts end up in the Documents and Settings, Bill,
Start Menu subgroups this way.


There is a faster, more sledgehammer-like way of doing it,
copying EVERYTHING from EVERYTHING to one account, and
then copying THAT to all the other accounts (this assumes
you have a 2-pane file manager, then it;s just 2 or 3 key
presses), and deleting dupli- and triplicates, or
something like that, possibly just copying everything to
the account you will always be using, I forget.


That's too much of a sledge hammer approach for me. I
don't want to have to deal with any duplicates, either, and
what I do now just avoids all of that.

It's not hard just moving the originally installed program
shortcuts to where I want them to be, after a program is
installed, and, of course, there are no duplicates created
this way.


My mileage DEFINITELY varied.

But deleting inevitable duplicates ("Oh, the Humanity",
excuse me, "Oh, The Microsoft") is a RPITA. With FL, you
set it up ONCE, and you're done *forever*, just copy the
settings somewhere safe in case of a crash or whatever.

SO was mine in 98SEL. I can send you a screenshot. Now I
have 4 items, in 4 corners.

Well, that just won't help me much. I just want the
same type of convenient access to all of my programs
(probably a couple of hundred or so), and using the start
menu and all its subgroups that I've created, works for
me. It's probably not your cup of tea, however. :-)


Even I don't have 200 programs, and I LIKE to tinker! Pray
tell, what are they (ID-revealing details are not reuired
;-) ? (And command line stuff does NOT qualify!)


I have a bunch of audio and video editing and/or
restoration programs, along with a bunch of system
utilities and file managers, CD and DVD apps, audio and mp3
utility programs, image and photo viewers, etc, etc. Just
collected over all the eons of time.


Can you recommend a good program for recovering data from an
old CDR? I have a couple of Quantegy (Ampex, as you probably
know) CDRs from 1997 which are FINE, but I also have a few
from about 10 years ago that are /not/ fine. The only one I
have found is "CD Recovery Toolbox FREE" but I have been too
busy setting up the system to really test it.

snip

Same here. Plus, working on HD video requires a super
computer. SD is already taxing enough of resources (if you
try cleaning up or editing any SD videos, its taxing
enough!


I don't know what SD is.

But unfortunately, a few of my programs
need the 1024x768 resolution (or you can't get it on the
screen).


Yes, I have run across a few. As long as they don't start
requiring 1600x1200. Well, my graphics chip has a fast res
switch. Yours probably does too, and if not, you can get
one off the net, free. There are several.


When it gets to the point of requiring 1600x1200 it becomes
a "thanks, but no thanks," item to me. In fact, if it's
more than 1024x768, it's already there.

And ditto for a program requiring .NET Framework 3.0 or
higher. Thanks, but no thanks.


You said it. No framework, 1, 2, or 3. (I have never seen 1.
Maybe it was like Windows ver. 1...)


--
What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your
loneliest loneliness, and say, 'This life which you live must
be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and
every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to
you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will
again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!'
Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse
that demon? Or would you answer, 'Never have I heard anything
more divine'?
Friedrich Nietzsche
  #44  
Old November 18th 11, 02:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Lostgallifreyan
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

thanatoid wrote in
:

What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your
loneliest loneliness, and say, 'This life which you live must
be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and
every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to
you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will
again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!'
Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse
that demon? Or would you answer, 'Never have I heard anything
more divine'?


As 'divine' used to just mean eternal, I could say 'divine' but that wouldn't
mean I'd have to like it.
  #45  
Old November 18th 11, 10:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Bill in Co
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

thanatoid wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
m:


snip

Whenever I install a program, I remove the Start Menu
shortcuts it makes, and instead, cut and paste them over
to MY own groups that I have created in the Start Menu
(i.e., put them in categories that make more sense to
ME). And all of them work. And almost of all of these
shortcuts end up in the Documents and Settings, Bill,
Start Menu subgroups this way.

There is a faster, more sledgehammer-like way of doing it,
copying EVERYTHING from EVERYTHING to one account, and
then copying THAT to all the other accounts (this assumes
you have a 2-pane file manager, then it;s just 2 or 3 key
presses), and deleting dupli- and triplicates, or
something like that, possibly just copying everything to
the account you will always be using, I forget.


That's too much of a sledge hammer approach for me. I
don't want to have to deal with any duplicates, either, and
what I do now just avoids all of that.

It's not hard just moving the originally installed program
shortcuts to where I want them to be, after a program is
installed, and, of course, there are no duplicates created
this way.


My mileage DEFINITELY varied.


Just to be clear, I'm only talking about the Start Menu shortcuts that one
uses to access the program, and NOT where the program itself is actually
installed (i.e. in Program Files - and some also use the user
nameApplications subdirectory, too).

But deleting inevitable duplicates ("Oh, the Humanity",
excuse me, "Oh, The Microsoft") is a RPITA. With FL, you
set it up ONCE, and you're done *forever*, just copy the
settings somewhere safe in case of a crash or whatever.

SO was mine in 98SEL. I can send you a screenshot. Now I
have 4 items, in 4 corners.

Well, that just won't help me much. I just want the
same type of convenient access to all of my programs
(probably a couple of hundred or so), and using the start
menu and all its subgroups that I've created, works for
me. It's probably not your cup of tea, however. :-)

Even I don't have 200 programs, and I LIKE to tinker! Pray
tell, what are they (ID-revealing details are not reuired
;-) ? (And command line stuff does NOT qualify!)


I have a bunch of audio and video editing and/or
restoration programs, along with a bunch of system
utilities and file managers, CD and DVD apps, audio and mp3
utility programs, image and photo viewers, etc, etc. Just
collected over all the eons of time.


Can you recommend a good program for recovering data from an
old CDR? I have a couple of Quantegy (Ampex, as you probably
know) CDRs from 1997 which are FINE, but I also have a few
from about 10 years ago that are /not/ fine. The only one I
have found is "CD Recovery Toolbox FREE" but I have been too
busy setting up the system to really test it.


I don't know if this is exactly what you want, but perhaps look at
IsoBuster?
You could probably find some various data recovery tools on either
download.com (or cnet.com), or fileforum.betanews.com, or maybe the
filehippo or majorgeeks sites. Well, there are some other good software
sites too, but their names escape me now.

snip

Same here. Plus, working on HD video requires a super
computer. SD is already taxing enough of resources (if you
try cleaning up or editing any SD videos, its taxing
enough!


I don't know what SD is.


SD means standard definition video, as contrasted with HD high definition
video. For example, video stored on regular DVDs is in standard definition.
Its video resolution is limited to 720x480 pixels as I recall (for NTSC, not
PAL). But that's good enough for me. :-)

HD is way beyond that, and I think is what is often found on Blue Ray DVDs,
or can be seen on the new High Definition TV sets (assuming the program is
broadcast in HD format). (You know, where you can actually see and count
all the blemishes and wrinkles in every actors face, or specks of dust on a
flower petal. :-)

But unfortunately, a few of my programs
need the 1024x768 resolution (or you can't get it on the
screen).

Yes, I have run across a few. As long as they don't start
requiring 1600x1200. Well, my graphics chip has a fast res
switch. Yours probably does too, and if not, you can get
one off the net, free. There are several.


When it gets to the point of requiring 1600x1200 it becomes
a "thanks, but no thanks," item to me. In fact, if it's
more than 1024x768, it's already there.

And ditto for a program requiring .NET Framework 3.0 or
higher. Thanks, but no thanks.


You said it. No framework, 1, 2, or 3. (I have never seen 1.
Maybe it was like Windows ver. 1...)


I've left .NET 1.1 and NET 2.0 on here from some legacy programs (a few
programs need it, and the files aren't all that large, in stark contrast
with the later versions of .NET Framework)

--
What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your
loneliest loneliness, and say, 'This life which you live must
be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and
every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to
you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will
again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!'
Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse
that demon? Or would you answer, 'Never have I heard anything
more divine'?
Friedrich Nietzsche


I commented on that Nietzsche quote in the other group. :-)


  #46  
Old November 20th 11, 08:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
thanatoid
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

"Bill in Co" wrote in
m:

snip

Just to be clear, I'm only talking about the Start Menu
shortcuts that one uses to access the program, and NOT
where the program itself is actually installed (i.e. in
Program Files - and some also use the user
nameApplications subdirectory, too).


It was clear. I have the program files, "utils", and a few
things in SYS and REF(erence). I have been toying with the idea
of putting sys, ref and utils on another partition since they
really do not need to be in the Acronis images, and DO take up
space in them. I already have several virtual (reference and
Doonesbury) CD's on other partitions.

snip

I don't know if this is exactly what you want, but perhaps
look at IsoBuster?


OK, thanks. I've heard of it, but never looked at it.

(...)

At $30, I'll try the other ("free") one first. It probably does
NOTHING, but it's not a big deal anyway. I ceased to take
anything in my life (except my mental disorders) seriously a
LONG time ago.

You could probably find some various data recovery tools on
either download.com (or cnet.com), or
fileforum.betanews.com, or maybe the filehippo or
majorgeeks sites. Well, there are some other good
software sites too, but their names escape me now.


There are dozens, and I have at least 60 URL's in my
URLOrganizer, but many new ones are nothing but spams and
redirects. Softpedia is also very good, as are some really
*old*ies and goodies. I was just being lazy.

snip

I don't know what SD is.


SD means standard definition video


snip

Ahhh. I remember when video was called video...

This chart, which I saved (the reason escapes me) about a year
ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ve...Standards2.svg

can give you a MAJOR headache (and it doesn't even MENTION
threedee).
I long for the good old days.

SIGH.

snip



--
What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your
loneliest loneliness, and say, 'This life which you live must be
lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every
pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in
the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be
turned and you with it, dust of the dust!' Would you throw
yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or
would you answer, 'Never have I heard anything more divine'?
Friedrich Nietzsche
  #47  
Old November 20th 11, 09:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Bill in Co
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Posts: 701
Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

thanatoid wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
m:

snip

Just to be clear, I'm only talking about the Start Menu
shortcuts that one uses to access the program, and NOT
where the program itself is actually installed (i.e. in
Program Files - and some also use the user
nameApplications subdirectory, too).


It was clear. I have the program files, "utils", and a few
things in SYS and REF(erence). I have been toying with the idea
of putting sys, ref and utils on another partition since they
really do not need to be in the Acronis images, and DO take up
space in them. I already have several virtual (reference and
Doonesbury) CD's on other partitions.

snip

I don't know if this is exactly what you want, but perhaps
look at IsoBuster?


OK, thanks. I've heard of it, but never looked at it.

(...)

At $30, I'll try the other ("free") one first. It probably does
NOTHING, but it's not a big deal anyway. I ceased to take
anything in my life (except my mental disorders) seriously a
LONG time ago.


I thought it was free for limited uses (i.e., not all its features were
available unless you purchased it).

You could probably find some various data recovery tools on
either download.com (or cnet.com), or
fileforum.betanews.com, or maybe the filehippo or
majorgeeks sites. Well, there are some other good
software sites too, but their names escape me now.


There are dozens, and I have at least 60 URL's in my
URLOrganizer, but many new ones are nothing but spams and
redirects. Softpedia is also very good, as are some really
*old*ies and goodies. I was just being lazy.


I forgot about Softpedia. Good point.

snip

I don't know what SD is.


SD means standard definition video


snip

Ahhh. I remember when video was called video...


And then all this High-Def stuff came into play, but fortunately, I have NOT
jumped on the bandwagon. Why bother??? What I've got is good enough for
me. And I don't think the old 1940's black and white flicks are going to be
all that much better in High Def. :-)

This chart, which I saved (the reason escapes me) about a year
ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ve...Standards2.svg

can give you a MAJOR headache (and it doesn't even MENTION
threedee).
I long for the good old days.


I kinda do too - and in many more ways than one! I think things went
downhill after the 1950s, give or take. Like society, in general.

SIGH.


Ditto.


  #48  
Old November 20th 11, 01:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Lostgallifreyan
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

thanatoid wrote in
:

Just to be clear, I'm only talking about the Start Menu
shortcuts that one uses to access the program, and NOT
where the program itself is actually installed (i.e. in
Program Files - and some also use the user
nameApplications subdirectory, too).


It was clear. I have the program files, "utils", and a few
things in SYS and REF(erence). I have been toying with the idea
of putting sys, ref and utils on another partition since they
really do not need to be in the Acronis images, and DO take up
space in them. I already have several virtual (reference and
Doonesbury) CD's on other partitions.


Organising stuff is awkward no matter hopw we do it. I didn't have trouble
with the main menu, so long as I keep it small. Currently three main
branches, all with few entries, Editors, Key-Switch, and Storage. Editors for
those I reach for a lot, KEy-Switch for the few things that also have
dedicated global shortcuts for, like a task manager to reach for in
emergencies. The menu entries are in case I forget the shortcut, and to
rememind me where to look for any possible shortcut conflicts. Storage is
WInRAR, WinImage and UltraISO and such.

A lot of the time I don't use shortcuts at all! I just use file associations
and if I don't like icons or think they're unclear of ambigous, I make my own
and hack them into a program if needed. (That's more reliable than externals
with registry DefaultIcon links and avoids having loose icon files, but those
are great for anyone who prefers not to change a program file).

I organise the same way I do for electronic and mechanical parts. There's no
perfect pattern so ANY fairly consistent pattern is enough. I like to reach
things directly, symbols that point to stuff aren't stuff, so I try to avoid
them except where they have large and simple effects. One I found useful at
times was directories in one location, named Active, Dormant, Incoming,
Outgoing. Maybe a fifth, EMERGENCY, which alphabetically places itself
centred dividing the other four into useful pairings. They'd always be in
same order, and so long as no other directories were there, this is a great
fast way to get at stuff, but it's limited, it only works in situations where
a person MUST always be on top of what stuff is active, dormant, etc.. In the
line of constant work this stays good, but otherwise it can get messy.

So mostly I use file associations. I don't need to know where the program is
then, or have menu entries for it. I just need to know where my work is, go
there, open the file...

Small partitions for work data are vital, I find. That way the OS search
function can immediately find data or program files if my mind is fogged and
memory and habit won't quit fumbling and satisfy my impatience. This search
is more than a free ride for when I get tired in a long session, it's always
faster to have the computer find stuff unless we already know (in both mind
and motor memory) exactly where it is. For this reason a big menu is
pointless, it can often be worse than going to the actual directory the stuff
is in, so all my methods handle it on that basis.
  #49  
Old November 20th 11, 01:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Lostgallifreyan
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Lostgallifreyan wrote in
:

I didn't have trouble
with the main menu, so long as I keep it small. Currently three main
branches, all with few entries, Editors, Key-Switch, and Storage.


I forgot to mention I have a few entries in the menu root, as well as the
three branches. They work by numeric call, Ctrl+Esc (or the 'Win' key if
there but I don't use it) followed by a number. 1 for main Explorer window, 2
for audio console, 3 for text editor, 4 for calculator, 5 for registry
editor, 6 for a pixel magnifier (ZoomIn). I never needed to use more, except
0 for commandline window, where 01 through 04 get a window each in different
fixed positions, and 05 gets me a big 50 line window. Once I set these sorts
of assignments I never change them, that way no matter how tired I get, it's
like picking up real-world stuff, I just know how without thought.

I might set up 7 for Paint Shop and 8 for Sound Forge, possibly 9 for a
submenu for some electronic design tools, but for that stuff I focus on the
work so data file associations work better. The 'ShellNew' registry method is
also good, if there is no convenient data file in a location, and I need
one, I can right-click the space, make one, then open it. But that is another
menu that I keep VERY small. Most programs can open a totally empty file so
the tiny fumble of making a new text file, changing the extension, then
opening it directly in its associated program, is still faster than most
other methods.

There are LOTS of ways we can use the methods that have been around since
W95, and I'll do anything so long as it works fast, and feels like handling
real stuff. That way there's no conflict with how I handle real stuff.
  #50  
Old November 20th 11, 03:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default 1. how to get rid of "suspend" 2. a GREAT utility (no, not for IE)

In message , Bill in Co
writes:
thanatoid wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
m:

[]
look at IsoBuster?


OK, thanks. I've heard of it, but never looked at it.

(...)

At $30, I'll try the other ("free") one first. It probably does
NOTHING, but it's not a big deal anyway. I ceased to take
anything in my life (except my mental disorders) seriously a
LONG time ago.


I thought it was free for limited uses (i.e., not all its features were
available unless you purchased it).


Yes, I've got a copy of it somewhere, and am pretty sure I didn't pay
for it. Of course, that's some years old, and it's possible the current
version doesn't have _any_ free features, but give it a look.
[]
majorgeeks sites. Well, there are some other good
software sites too, but their names escape me now.


There are dozens, and I have at least 60 URL's in my
URLOrganizer, but many new ones are nothing but spams and
redirects. Softpedia is also very good, as are some really
*old*ies and goodies. I was just being lazy.


Such as http://www.oldversion.com/ and Last Freeware Version
(http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html).
[]
I don't know what SD is.


(I had to do a double-take, since I have SD cards in various devices
such as cameras, though I did realise in the end that)

SD means standard definition video


snip

Ahhh. I remember when video was called video...


And then all this High-Def stuff came into play, but fortunately, I have NOT
jumped on the bandwagon. Why bother??? What I've got is good enough for


The old 405-line standard (actually still broadcast in UK until 1985 and
Ireland 1982!) would, with a little tweaking, have given results not
much inferior to the 625-line (or 525-line) system that followed it, and
used about half the bandwidth.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/405-line_television_system - and I love
the throwaway line about the last 5 years of its use in Ireland.)

me. And I don't think the old 1940's black and white flicks are going to be
all that much better in High Def. :-)


In many cases, probably not, especially if the surviving prints aren't
too well. For the ones made by skilled technicians towards the end of
the era, such as Casablanca (some of the best actress-lighting ever,
IMO), HD might well give some benefit.

But I haven't gone HD either - let alone 3D (see below).

This chart, which I saved (the reason escapes me) about a year
ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ve...Standards2.svg

can give you a MAJOR headache (and it doesn't even MENTION


Interesting: odd that it uses the word vector, as it's actually raster
formats (vector graphics are quite rare).

threedee).


I think that it's mainly concerned with computer formats, rather than
video, though they're to some extent merging these days: for example it
includes PAL (which strictly is a colour standard not a line/frame
format, but is widely [ab]used in that way), but not NTSC.

As for so-called 3D, which actually means stereoscopic display as it is
usually used these days, there'd be no point in my getting it, as I do
not have stereoscopic vision; both my eyes are fine (well, normal loss
of close-range with ageing is starting to be evident), but I don't have
the brain pathways that let me use them both at once for depth
perception. (I rarely find this any problem, other than for very
close/fine work, and of course for any so-called 3D effect - including
those dotty pictures - that relies on stereoscopy.) The only 3D display
that would work for me would be a truly 3D one, such as those spinning
grids of points of light (as seen on one of the flavours of CSI for
brain images, and other places).

I long for the good old days.


I kinda do too - and in many more ways than one! I think things went
downhill after the 1950s, give or take. Like society, in general.


Hmm. I'd miss computing power and the internet, and probably medical
advances. And a lot of reductions in prejudice. But yes, there are a lot
of aspects of society that were better then. (Especially if you were
white, straight, male, middle-class or above. Most of which I am,
though.)

SIGH.


Ditto.


Ditto, with restrictions.
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"Bother," said Pooh, as Windows crashed for the umpteenth time.
 




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