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Reply to New Artist Spotlight: Meet JC Ronikal in Music JoeUser Forums

Maso: I would be honored to have you guys use this. Please, feel free to do so. It was my pleasure.

Reply to New Xbox 360 in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Well, call me a fanboy, but I would be pretty wary of the PS3. In terms of graphics, when it launches it won't look any better than the XBOX 360 titles, and will likely look worse. Of course, as time goes on and developers are able to better test the PS3 it will likely have better graphics than the 360. But honestly, I don't think the difference is going to really be mind blowing. Likewise, the price for the PS3 is going to be outrageous. At least $200 (US) mor

Singing in Carnegie Hall in Blogging JoeUser Forums

My amazingly talented wife is singing in Carnegie Hall at this very moment. She is up there with some members of the choral group she is a part of. She was able to attend a Broadway show last night, went jogging this morning in Central Park, and looks like she will be able to go sailing tomorrow. Hopefully she is having a great time. We figured this was a once in a lifetime experience, so we were glad she was able to go. So it is just me and the kids.&

Reply to WB5 and Office 2007 Beta 2 in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

It did skin older versions (skins Office XP just fine), but I don't think that WB can skin the newest version due to it using its own skin. Sort of like how WB doesn't skin Windows Live Messenger.

Reply to Freedom of Religion for ALL in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Good article and excellent point Gideon.

Reply to Bedtime with a 4 year old. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

That is hilarious! I love it when kids get snarky like that, at least when it isn't my own kids!

Reply to Clothes for free! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Very thoughtful of you Dharma. I think my oldest is still a bit small, but a very kind offer nonetheless.

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

What's wrong with itunes, it's great. Everybody at school I know has it. Like I said, it cannot monitor or smart scan folders. This is huge. You have to manually add and remove any music you want. Winamp can automatically scan any folders you want and add and remove files, foobar 2000 can, WMP can (and has been able to since

Reply to Show/Hide Gadgets? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

I just checked the few I had - no hot keys to hide/show the gadgets i have. Yeah, I have checked the few I have as well. No such luck. Which is a real bummer. I love being able to hit F9 and have my things jump to the top, or hide them completely.

Show/Hide Gadgets? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

So, I love some of the nice gadgets that have been made. But one thing that keeps me from using them is most don't seem to have the ability to respond to F9/F10 to hide them or make them come to the front. Is this not a possibility with Gadgets? Or is it something the creator has to include in?

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

You typed it up on your Windows system, well, I type this up on my x86 Debian/KDE system in Konqueror using the KHTML engine. So what? My point exactly. It is all about preference. I disagree about iTunes though. It is decent, but has some serious flaws, such as the inability monitor folders and a serious lack of options when it comes to naming r

Reply to The difference is Live in XBOX JoeUser Forums

Lots of fun provided everyone is at a similar playing level. That was what made Live so perfect. All I had to select was the option of similar skill players and it guessed very well, grouping me with people who pushed me a bit, but didn't blow me away.

The difference is Live in XBOX JoeUser Forums

Last night I did something I have very rarely done: I played a game online. I don't game all that often, and in my past experience those who usually game online are pretty serious about their gaming. In short, they are much better than I. This results in me getting my butt kicked time and again in the most embarrassing manner. It isn't that much fun. That, along with having to sit there, figure out which games are open, which are not (I have had a couple of occasions wher

Reply to And we should believe Osama because? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I wonder what they are saying over at the DU. Wow, what a bunch of morans (misspelling intentional). Well, perhaps it is the type of liberals I know, but I don't think that DU is a fair slice of most dems, just the far out, ultra-screwball types.

Reply to And we should believe Osama because? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

lol, nice one Stanty! How is Atlanta buddy? Island Dog: I can believe that there are some extremist, ridiculously outspoken liberals who might pick this up and run with it, but I think most are pretty comfortable with the fact that bin Laden is a liar and murderer and anything he says should be treated as such.

Reply to iPod and Nike, a match made in marketing in MP3 Players JoeUser Forums

I would think they would choose the under $10 option of a pedometer to a brand new pair of shoes AND new iPod accessories! Don't get me wrong, there are some cool things that this sounds like it will do. But they are cool gimmicks. Nothing more. I agree. You can get a decent pedometer for under $10, and if you really wa

iPod and Nike, a match made in marketing in MP3 Players JoeUser Forums

In their latest string of "big announcements", Apple has announced their partnership with Nike to deliver the iPod Sport Pack . Apparently, this will allow you to stick a sensor in your shoes (of course, you are also going to have to buy a special pair of Nike shoes that have the pocket for the sensor in the sole of the shoes) that will communicate with a receiver attached to your iPod Nano (Nano apparently required, so I guess us 5G owners are

Reply to SkypeOut now free for US and Canada callers in Internet JoeUser Forums

Am there, dude. Very slick, indeed. I can't even tell you the hours I've racked up..! .. I know so few people who are on Skype (Okay, so you and Ted are the first people whose nicknames I know, except the PowerUser podcast), that I have never really used it. But I do think i

And we should believe Osama because? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In a recently released audio recording, Osama bin Laden is reportedly stating that Zacarias Moussaoui was not involved in the 9/11 attacks. He continues to assert that no one in Guantanamo Bay was involved in the attacks either. Now, obviously, I cannot say one way or the other for certain. However, I see absolutely no reason to believe bin Laden on this. This seems like the very kind of thing that he woul

Reply to New Artist Spotlight: Meet JC Ronikal in Music JoeUser Forums

And I'd love to see them in concert some day... While not my style of music per say, I agree, I think they would be a great live act to see.

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

My father purchased one of the original 512k Macs back in 84. It embarasses me to admit how long we used it, but let's just say I was still using Mac Write to write papers for my AP Enlgish class my Senior year in High School (I graduated in 1994!).

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

Cactoblasta: I think you bring up a good point. From your post, it sounds like you use your Mac mostly due to personal preference (perhaps with the exception of the battery life part). I think that is the point, it is all about preference.

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

Well, there is VPC. Nope. Still falls back to the dedicated machine. If I want a Mac, it will never be to run Windows software. It will be to run Mac software. Likewise the same for the Windows PC. I am very anal retentive about that sort of thing.

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

That is all I am saying. If you dont need, want or use a Mac, stick with Wintel! It is not going away in this century. Ah, now I get it. You are saying don't have two PCs, but rather one Mac and dual boot. Actually, for reasons I cannot adequately articulate, I would rather have a dedicated Windows machine and a dedicated OS What

Reply to PC vs. Mac in OS Wars JoeUser Forums

but why would a power Windows user need to boot to OS X? Besides the novelty, I don't really see it. Again, I like Macs. And from my experience with it, OS X is a great operating system. But I just don't see it as a superior operating system. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FF