CygnusXII

CygnusXII

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If they think introducing an iPod w/flash memory, then it had better have a pretty good sized drive. If market saturation is an indication, then I doubt they will have very good success. I am a regular at the Walmart Discout isles, and consider that a pretty good indicator, of Mom and Pop, harware owners trends. If wallyworld cannot sell it to the public and even at a discount it is probably going to be a flop. I have seen alot of the smaller sized

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I use WinAmp 5. I have used it since the very early days, way, way before AOL Bought it out. I like it, for several reasons, it is straight forward, it is skinnable, it rips audio, and shoutcast. Major Tom skin by Steve Moss, changed my world, and introduced me to skinning. I might add,this was a ground breaker for me. Real Audio Players,last good version was back in the days when it was bundled with Windows. Jet Audio was nice because it was s

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It's not bad looking, the only thing I notice is the difference in style, from the Start Menu (ie.. It is Beveled) and the WindowBlind is Flat. I like the look of the Windowblind, but not the bevel type for the Start Menu. Hope that helps.

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When I was going through the obligatory training, classes for Adobes' support Techs, we did something similar to this, as an exercise. Now owing to the fact that I had come from another company and was a qualified support guy (not to be confused with the phone fodder, they had hired for the first tier support), it was very entertaining to watch these exercises. What Adobe liked to do, was have one person, hold a jacket, and the other person had to

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I know you guys think I am a fruitcake, when it comes to MediaPlayer, "Heck!" ya probably, think I am a fruitcake regardless. MediaPlayer is an Agendized Item for MS. It is a gorilla in disguise, and I for one do not trust it, use it, or wish it was on my system. I told you before, and I say it again, the esteem, the developers

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If I am correct, the free version of WindowBlinds does not skin the scrollbars. Only the Enhanced (Pay) version has this feature, as well as the ObjectDesktop Version Also.

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I think the smaller skinnable applications, previously developed, were a First Wave type Era, of skinning. Most of the Developers of the Skinnable Items have moved on to becoming full, time Devs', for bigger operations, or moved on to other venues of development, education or concerns. The Widget Wars, are something that will come and go, and just like their earlier bretheren, you can only have so many we

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Now you tell me... Dang, I was over at Webster, and about drove myself nuts trying to figure out (Choir), for some unearthly reason, it would not come to me (senility, I think.) Quior kept coming to mind and that has to do with 4 folded paper, and it wasn't making any sense, and it was latin, so I got to thinking (first mistake) and convinced myself it was right somehow. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Hmm.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"

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No there's no fighting here... Just trying to push the envelope a bit. For folks that are curious, Slashdot has more coverage on SuprNovas' Closing. I am sure that is like preaching to the Quire though, as anyone that is anyone checks Slash with great frequency, not to mention Fark.com as well.

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I do not understand why I would need to edit the links I made? I am not linking to Copyrighted Materials. I am linking to Torrent sites. Torrents are used for moving many types of content, one of them being IP Infringement, but there are valid uses as well. I am not condoning illicit Warez, or pointing to them. I am not shooting the messenger because of the message. Nor promoting the use of torrents, in an unseemly fashion.

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BTW Netscape was bought by AOL, but AOL bases their browsing TECH on IE. They continued the Monopoly case against MS and won, getting rights to IE free for 7 years I think it was, as well as other concessions and $$$. Before aquiring Netscape, they licensed IE Tech. I used to do Customer Support for MS, and mainly spent my time fixing broken DUN, and TCP-IP problems, and a host of other problems, caused by AOL Freebieware. <img src="http://images.s

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I've had many over the years TRS-80, Sinclair 1000, Kaypro II (Heavy as a tank), TI-994 and 994A (we had many of these in the garage with voice modules and sold them at a yard sale last year, Damned TI and proprietary modules is what killed this baby), PC 286,386, Apple IIc, 486 SX and DX, and my entry into Modern PC's 90mhz Pentium, and 166 AST Box. I then went to work for a Grey Box Builder and the rest is repitition into modern hardware. Now in

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man them links really got mangled... I edited them so if ya want to go to them please cut and paste. I tried to show that my opinions are based more on fact than on feeling. I know I belong to the "Tin Foil Hat Patrol" or a Cult, or a Booby-hatchery, but "Hey!" I am free and living amongst you. Be afraid!Very

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Yeah, right so the record companies rip folks off for over 15 years or so, by price fixing cd prices (never mind the monies they made off of this scam, and eventually had to pay a whopping $13 to those that signed up for the class action suit www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2002-09-30-cd-settlement_x.htm), the movie and record industry rips off folks by shady accounting practices(www.usatoday.com/life/music/

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Nope, not buying it. New skin on a wore out Bannana. If a user, is educated and diligant about thier file structures, most of these ("needs") are redundant.Heck Windows, never seems to want to remember my Preffs for which, Dir to keep thumbnail Views in and etc... why add an extra Layer? I wonder then is this New Microshell, an opening death knell for TreeView, or a way to slyly move it to a n

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Ha! Ha! Well, I can see as a informative discussion, this was a DUD! I know we have had the blogs, diatribes and whatnot. I just figured it was worth mentioning. The point I was putting accross, is that once the AveDesk crowd actually are presented that with which they are emulating, will they choose to Pony up and pay for Konfab or support Ave. and get over the whole Aqua thing and grow with the applications available and expand the windows interface and enjoy it as a windows platform, and

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Makers Mark Good old Kentucky Bourbon and a smattering of Ice Or Jack and Coke, Weller and Ice, I am not much for Beer as Defined by American Markets. I like Guiness, Bass, Red Stripe for Ales and Beer. wine I preffer Muscadine wine, or ScupperDine. Good old Corn whiskey will do in a pinch, Platte Valley in a Mason Jar or something Real from Tennessee or The Upper Carolina Mountains. Crystal Clear and packing a wallop like a Stubborn Mule.

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http://news.com.com/Mac+developer+looks+to+Windows+to+escape+Tiger/2100-1046_3-5439243.html News.com Story Link http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/11/05/1324254.shtml?tid=201&tid=156&tid=185&tid=107 SlashDot Threaded Discussion Well, looks like the AquaSoft crowd will really be in a Pickle, and another widget app comes to the field to play. I thought this was interesting to read and that the crowd might be interested. Since I am Object Desktop subscriber, my vote

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