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Reply to What is the damn point? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Reasons for making an effort: It may be the 'right' thing to do. /You/ want to make that effort. Those are just off the top of my head, but pretty big reasons to me.

Reply to Skinning Icons!?! in IconPackager Tutorials JoeUser Forums

Dear Wonderful Folks at Stardock, I now officially hate you all. Love, kthxbye And on a more serious note. Wow. IconDeveloper looks like it's going to be very kick-ass. I'll have to play around with the free version so I can cry. ^_^

Reply to Anyone have a good config file for Samuraize? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

"Good" is totally subject to the user. Yes, I think I have quite a "good" one on my desktop downstairs because it displays all of the info I want, in a manner I'm personally happy with. The config, however, is not, nor will it be available for download (especially since there's nothing special to it.) My best suggestion is: "Make your own." It's not hard. It's addictive. And then you truly get the config /you/ want. My second suggestion, since that one never seems to get l

Reply to Are Mac users better skinners? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

"But having use Konfabulator, its objects are, on average, slicker than DesktopX objects. DesktopX's weather is nice. But Konfabulator's has nicer images and smoothly slides in and out to an expanded mode. There's more polish in the skins I've seen for the Mac, on average." Well then, I humbly stand corrected. ^_^ I admitted to not keeping up with DesktopX lately. I /love/ the program, but I fully admit I only play with it every now and then - and my beta's just getting older and old

Reply to 1st post!! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

How's a person supposed to comment when you don't have anything to say!? ^_^ Okay - how about, uhm... congratulations?

Working in Misc JoeUser Forums

Well, once again everything's steadily falling apart and I'm stuck at one of those "What the hell am I supposed to do now?" moments. I'm still out of work. That makes three months now - and my meagre savings have, once again, managed to dwindle away into nonexistance while I search for a job ($3 left in my wallet, emergency bus money!) Why did I move back to the east coast again? I spend a lot of time every day job hunting, usually around 6-8 hours, sometimes more, sometimes

Reply to God on Trial in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Woo! Now I can actually sit and read them! Hrm... not at 2am though, just noticed the time. Wouldn't be good. ^_^

Reply to Are Mac users better skinners? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, between Konfabulator and DesktopX, you've said the same yourself before Frogboy. They're both the same, and they're both different. DesktopX is a wonderful app (I can only assume it still is. I like my old beta still! ^_^) but Konfabulator has the nice feature of OSX's Unix core, allowing it to tie in with other apps (such as top).. but still, Konfabulator's always reminded me as more of a more-graphical Samurize than DesktopX anyway. As for the quality of the skins/widg

Reply to Alienware laptops... Help me get one! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Dell. Dell. Dell. Avoid Dell notebooks with your life. Dells may look nice (Personally, I think they're as ugly as hell,) but their engineering and design is anything /but/ competent. Just take a look in their support forums for releases or notices from Dell about known hardware problems or even recalls. My roommates have 5 Dell notebooks between the two of 'em and every single one of them has had some design related hardware flaw or failing. The most recent two (coincidentally wi

Reply to Interview with Linus- When Linux was not what it is today!!! in Software Development JoeUser Forums

*sighs* I remember when first installed Slackware back on my old 386... the floppy distribution. Took me ages to download the 14 disks needed. It was such a piece of crap. But it was a -cool- piece of crap. ^.^

Reply to iTunes may not be able to stem music piracy in Music JoeUser Forums

The sad fact is, whether or not you advocate this, nothing the government, the RIAA or anybody else tries to do will probably change this fact or stem it. If P2P as it currently exists is brought down, some other method will be made (After all, this didn't just magically appear with the advent of P2P.) Copy protected pseudo-audio CDs will be cracked within a day. Lawsuits? Don't expect those to go anywhere. DRM. Same as copy-protected CDs. iTunes and other stores may l

Reply to Add Some Magic To Your Desktop with Abracadabra from Stardock Design! in Press Room JoeUser Forums

Actually, from what I understand, a great number of our founding fathers and other important, influential patriots at the time (as well as a vast number of Americans,) identified more with Unitarian or Deist thought rather than any defined form of Christianity.

Reply to The movie-going experience in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Depends totally on the movie, really. Some are better in a packed theatre, some are better in an empty one. Of course, a good movie will be good in either of them. ^_^

Reply to Liberal Media Bias in Politics JoeUser Forums

Enh - some people collect quotes. I still prefer my Homer J. Simpson ones. Speaking of quotes: "That, and having a shiny instrument of power on the shelf. For me, the good feeling you get when looking at your shiny instrument of death-dealing power" Now that I read this, I have to blink again. Nick - does all of your experience with 'average people' owning a gun come from episodes of the Simpsons? I own guns, well gun now, and in fact I carried a concealed handgun for a ye

Reply to Why Israel is a threat to world peace in Politics JoeUser Forums

My only question is what exactly is your definition of 'modern terrorism'? Suicide bombing, after all, isn't a requirement of it, is it? I am assuming you mean acts of terror against civilian rather than State targets - since you didn't say the various 19th century Anarchist movements throughout Europe, the US and Russia. Even IIRC factories and such were also fair game to them. And of course, they aren't even the earliest example of state-directed terrorism. So, against civ

Reply to Non-RIAA affiliated Music in Music JoeUser Forums

Woo! More stuff I've never heard of. ^.^ Though Projekt rings a bell, and while I haven't heard any of her non-Sister stuff, I was a big Shakespear's Sister fan. I'm unsure about Nettwerk though - the RIAA homepage lists them in their membership list. :/ Still - the contributions are, of course, welcome!

Reply to Essorant.com - open at last. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Woo. One of my favourite skinners ever has a site open! ^_^ The suite is rather cool too... though I can't afford even $5 right now - so the only encouragement I can offer is this way. Looks pretty sweet, site looks good so far, too! Good work!

Reply to Poll about mail format might be meaningless soon in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

So - basically - Outlook 2003 is doing what most third party mail programs have already been doing? Blocking external images, etc. Personally, I've always just used HTML format for email for easier formatting and better flow of my text anyway.

Reply to When in doubt, blame the Republicans in Politics JoeUser Forums

Largely unrelated, but the sad fact is that $20 doesn't even earn you, or just barely earns you, a living wage in many parts of the country.

Reply to Rugby Union in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

You mean us in the US? We have a better chance of fielding a world class soccer team... ... oh wait. We already did that, didn't we. Darn.

Reply to iTunes: Who should be making money? in Consumer Issues JoeUser Forums

"Don't you think it is generous of them to offer an immunity deal for P2P users/abusers that have not been caught yet where they sign a confession and promise never to pirate again." Yes - an immunity which actually bears no weight at all. Even the RIAA fully admits that it doesn't protect you from that certain band's -label- suing you if they choose to. Not that I am trying to advocate the unlicensed downloading of music - but that was merely an attempt by them (an orginization viewd

Reply to DesktopX objects for grandma! in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

And of course, with just a little rotation, and some maniuplation, with that pose he's in, Ryan can be getting held up! Perfect if grandma lives in the old west, or DC. (Man, I really need something to do today - like renewing OD... Lazy slow Sundays. Bah!)

Reply to Windowblinds or Style XP in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

One could also go into the actual interface of StyleXP. *shudders* I find it a hideous excuse for an interface. In screenshots it looks fine and dandy - but something about actually /using/ it just rubs me the wrong way. I didn't let it stay on my HD for more than a couple days, so I can't tell you /what/ it is exactly. I always found it interesting that in addition to peddling StyleXP on their site - they /also/ offer a free uxtheme patch of their own (though it's without a

Reply to DesktopX 3 documentation in Press Room JoeUser Forums

Way to go, Anthony. Great job of managing, once again, to totally avoid the actual substance and meaning on a person's post and focus on something small and inconsequential that was seeded to you and turn that in the main subject of yours. You, my friend, should seriously consider a career in politics - it doesn't matter what side you play on anymore, and you know - they if you get marginally successful you make good money for things like that!

Reply to The Gutting of the Middle Class in Politics JoeUser Forums

This won't be popular... but this isn't totally a democratic thing, or even totally a republican thing. It's a capitlism thing (sorry Draginol, hey, I'm a capitlist too.) as well. To some capitalists, and capitalist entities (like corporations,) it's all about the bottom line. Often: American labor + set price/rate = profit however... Foreign labor + set price/rate = MUCH more profit or even.. Foreign labor + lower price/rate = More profit still. More profit equal