Dragger201

Reply to The Gun Thread in Firearms WinCustomize Forums

Howa 1500 in .270 Win. Modified trigger(2lb pull), 2 Ruger 10/22s. One with a mannlicher(full barre) stock, one that looks pretty plain jane but has modified trigger assembly(again 2lb trigger pull), modified "V" block barrel clamp and finally a machined bolt face to match the 22 ammo I shoot. This one is a 50 yard tack driver(5 shots in one 30 caliber sized hole). I roll my own for my .270 Win. For varmints(coyote, feral dogs) I use a 90 grain hollow point that chro

Reply to How Stardock failed the skinning community in 2006 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Damn glad to see this...........guess I will renew just to see how things turn out. My opinion/thoughts(and like my okole puka, everyone's got one)...... You are spot on with your list of things that need to be dealt with.....and I see you got tons of business/personal/management advice already, as well as some of the problems you've ID'd concerning the forums. Now, it's story time. I started using computers

Reply to Subscription Drive: Status report in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I read just fine, thank you. And am fully aware that I have unlimited access to uploads. I also know that where income is involved, things change.

Reply to Subscription Drive: Status report in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Just my own 2 cents......... The overwhelming majority of the content appears to be provided to Wincustomize, free of charge. But I am fully cognizant that it is the 'service' that is being paid for... No matter how someone might try to "seperate" them, to me, Wincustomize is an intergral part of Object Desktop. I'm one of those who is truly irked when I purchase something, then have to purchase something else to access the full

Reply to Is Windows ready for desktop use? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Just my opinion(like my butt, everybody else has one).....but some of the "shortcomings" mentioned(lack of bundled software) are things that over the years Microsoft has been on the rack about....... Granted, when MS bundles(Internet Explorer) you don't have the option to not install it, doesn't stop you from using Firefox or someother browser.

Reply to Didn't you know capitalism was bad? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

For myself, this whole software thing, I see in much the same way I look at books. I can get a book to read at no cost at my local library. But there are just some books that I want to read again and again(or it might be that I just like the look of it on my bookshelf). Those are the books I buy, and I don't mind paying the full price. When it comes to software, it's the same thing. XP Pro was worth the price. Object Desktop is worth t

Reply to Blogging on JoeUser.com in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I signed up the first week in December, and had no problem signing up/in. Once I got the hang of "navigating" then no problems. And the navigating wasn't that much of a problem, took about 5 minutes to have my first blog posted. All-in-all, pretty easy and painless('cept for the part about coming up with something to actually say.......).

Micro$oft.....Windows....... in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Right out the Gates(?) I gotta admit...I'm a Windows fan. I like Windows! And once I get over my current "mad-on" over the XP/2003 activation process....I'll probably upgrade from my current W2k OS(though it sure works great). But talk about security problems..... Now I understand, that anything one man can lock up, another man of determination can unlock. But the current state of affairs.......Windows has security holes that truly are the equivalent of "Hold the hood down,

"Man's gotta know his limitations?!?!" in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Now what would an IT pundit like John Dvorak have in common with drag racer Bob Glidden?? And with various 'puter techies I met a couple years ago?...... Limitations...... In the early '90s, Bob Glidden was at the top of his game. He had risen to be the dominating force in Drag Racing's Pro-Stock division. About this same time, he gave an interview...and the hot topic was the 300mph barrier in Top Fuel and Funny Car divisions. He stated quit empirically that there was n

Thoughts and other Nonsense! in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Figured it was about time to start a blog so I could become one of the thousands who abandon them. Politics and Drag Racing......Hunting and Fishing..........Computers and Carpentry. If I keep this going I will probably expound on any and all of these subjects. Sometimes my opinion, sometimes my observations, but I'll let others try and figure out which is witch. So that's the start/welcome......oh, Welcome to my blog!

Reply to Do Mac users have a credibility problem? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Apples and fishes....just apples and fishes.... One of the "most" complaints I have heard over the years about Micro$oft...is that it is too proprietary....and from a Mac fan, that's gotta be, well, insane......consider a Mac...completely proprietary software running on completely proprietary hardware. This more then anything is what has held Apple to the 5-7% market share. This has hurt them in seriously because they can not take advantage of the same "volume" buying that the "IBM Cl

Reply to Accounting Reporting for American Businesses in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

SSDD!

Reply to Is Apple at a dead end? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Can anyone say "Edsel"???

Reply to A new golden age for skinning? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

If you don't see the innovation and new things going on, When the subject came up on another site, much the same comment was made about how "skinning has hit it's peak"..... Hardly a day goes by that I am not astounded by something new...... As for Micrripoff, they always are "so helpful" in the beginning

Reply to Is the PC industry in trouble? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Geez, and I'm still running my PII/266mhz. But I have done some things to make things "faster" on an older motherboard...added an ATA/100 controller card to support 40gb WD Caviar,etc. 'Course I am putting the parts together for a major upgrade....Dual PII/333mhz......with an AGP slot(just need a new graphics card) Have run my current setup side by side with a machince running a Celery 800/100fsb......with the stuff I use(Corel Draw, Mech Warrior II, Office 2000).....I could no

Reply to Hard disk will have hackers seeing double in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Somebody will "break" it. Never fails, the minute someone comes up with a better lock, someone else comes up with a way to pick it..........

Reply to Decision on Web radio reached in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Oh, and what happens to those young artists of a different voice now?

Reply to Decision on Web radio reached in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

May kill??? Already happening. My favorite is gone....Somafm. It also killed any chance for there to sources for alternate(non-main stream)music. Yep, Corp. America does it again...