Topic 59 of 79: Please enter your tech specs
Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (20:21) |
Mike Griggs (mikeg)
Please post as many of the following technical specs of your computer/browser as you can:
1. Browser used (e.g., Netscape Navigator 4.08, Internet Explorer 5)
2. Does your browser support Java?
3. Does your browser support JavaScript?
4. What screen resolution does your computer run in?
This will help guide those people developing new stuff for the Spring as to the level of technology available.
Thanks for your time!
61 responses total.
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Response 1 of 61: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (20:21) * 7 lines
Well, to start the ball rolling, here are mine :)
1. Browser: Netscape 4.08
2. Java: yes
3. JavaScript: yes
4. 1024x768 @ 24 bit colour
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Response 2 of 61: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (22:34) * 2 lines
IE 5.0 running under Win 98 and Win 2000 on various workstations around my
office. I have Netscape running on some machines.
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Response 3 of 61: Leplep le Plep (jgross) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (22:49) * 7 lines
1.Netscape 3.0
2.no java, no latte, no espresso, no cappuccino, no cappelletti, no caponata
3.uh-uh (i mean i don't think so, i doubt it....maybe it does)
4.must be kinda crummy (low numbers) --- don't know how to find out (i asked
this 486 computer o' mine, but it wouldn't say (doesn't do text-to-speech)
5.it says now that it can talk cuz it just got back from seeing "The Matrix"
(now i can't shut it up.....it be doin' speech-to-spiel)
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Response 4 of 61: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (23:02) * 6 lines
Here goes:
1. Netscape 2.0 (stop laughing! I can't figure out how to install the new one.)
2. no clue
3. no clue
4. no clue
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Response 5 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (01:27) * 4 lines
1. AOL 4.0/Internet Explorer 4.0
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. 640x480 with a huge 256 colors on a 14" monitor
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Response 6 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (11:59) * 12 lines
*laughing my ass off*
damn... we're quite the mix!
1. IE 4.0; Netscape 4
2. yes
3. yes
4. ditto WER
Still laughing...
the "no clue, no clue"
and the "no latte, no caponata"
really got me going!
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Response 7 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:01) * 13 lines
CLARIFICATION:
(as if I really needed it )
I'm not laughing AT anyone.
I'm just laughing cuz on one hand we got Paul the techie from hell genius and then we got Autumn who's like "screw you guys... I get on here just fine."
and Jim who made quite the wordplay
and me who's had too much caffeine already this morning
and WER and Mike who really know what they're talking about
and me who still has had WAY too much caffeine
and it's my birthday so I'm a little silly anyway
and...
and...
thanks for making me laugh guys
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Response 8 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:02) * 1 lines
yep, as usual "standards" abound here at the Spring!!!
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Response 9 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:02) * 12 lines
*laughing my ass off*
damn... we're quite the mix!
1. IE 4.0; Netscape 4
2. yes
3. yes
4. ditto WER
Still laughing...
the "no clue, no clue"
and the "no latte, no caponata"
really got me going!
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Response 10 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:03) * 4 lines
oops...
that's what I get for telnetting and browsering simeltaneously...
funky posting!
Number 9 shouldn't exist again...
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Response 11 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:03) * 2 lines
I'm sorry I forgot...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STACEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Response 12 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:04) * 2 lines
thank you...
(this game o leap frog is fun!
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Response 13 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:10) * 4 lines
something like that...
I even went through all the old posts while you was in Europe
to find out when it was...oh, well, maybe next year...now,
back to our regularly scheduled topic...
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Response 14 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (06:08) * 5 lines
My Specs:
According to a local newspaper article (that got more than that bit wrong), I'm redheaded and wear small spectacles. Bloke wouldn't inform his readers on how tall I am (or not), and the weight-to-brains-ratio (aka "payload"-ratio). So, sorry can't tell you 'bout them specs.
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Response 15 of 61: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (07:00) * 6 lines
hmm...interesting stuff :) I only asked because I was thinking about the Babes conf the other day and wondered what it looked like in 640*480*256...and the answer was: awful :) So I was rather hoping that everyone was running in more than 256 colours to save my blushes...I guess not :)
Anyway, it seems that some ppl have java/javascript and others don't. So, do you think it would be ok to put non-critical (like nice, but not important) stuff in Java/Javascript in?
Oh, and Autumn, if you did want to upgrade your netscape, just go to www.netscape.com ....they've made it really easy to do these days so you wouldn't have any trouble
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Response 16 of 61: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (10:56) * 11 lines
my turn, my turn:
laughing my butt off at stacey and autumn and jim (no offense)
1. Netscape and IE 5.0 (windows 95 and msn)
2. Yeah
3. I think
4. Dunno
plug-ins don't work, cuz i get that stupid message all the time. (haven't noticed, though now that i've upgraded to IE 5)
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Response 17 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (10:10) * 5 lines
*laugh*
are you laughing at me???
huh?
I said, Are you laughing at me??
*grin*
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Response 18 of 61: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (19:50) * 1 lines
i dunno, lemme see.....yup, you're the only one in here right now....whatcha want to do about it? huh, tough gal? *big grin*
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Response 19 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (10:32) * 1 lines
I'm gonna growl and shine my new shiny ring in yer face til you cry "uncle"
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Response 20 of 61: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (00:17) * 1 lines
Oh, what's it look like? Mine is a pear-shaped solitaire on a plain gold band.
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Response 21 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (04:48) * 1 lines
Yeah, let us in on how these alien tracking devices look like these days!
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Response 22 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:02) * 3 lines
platinum pipe cut band with a round brilliant and two side baguettes (sp? do you spell it like the bread???)
Neat side note: diamonds flouresce different colors under black light... my sitare (round one, whatever) flouresces completely clear, but the side stones furesce this really freaky alien green!!!
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Response 23 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:04) * 1 lines
ya'll hafta pardon me while I whip it out...
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Response 24 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:05) * 1 lines
man, I've gotten fast...
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Response 25 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:36) * 2 lines
*laughin*
WHAT are you whipping out??!?!?!
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Response 26 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:49) * 2 lines
an alien tracking device (and/or it's description...)
WHY?!? What's on your mind this morning?
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Response 27 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:55) * 4 lines
oh.
that's EXACTLY what I was thinking...
.ok
oops.
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Response 28 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:03) * 2 lines
good
wouldn't want things to get in hand...
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Response 29 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:03) * 3 lines
oops
should have been,
"wouldn't want things to get out of hand..."
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Response 30 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:20) * 1 lines
"Freaky alien green" - q.e.d.!
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Response 31 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:52) * 1 lines
and platinum is an excellent electrical conductor...
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Response 32 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (13:00) * 3 lines
X-Actly. All further communications MUST continue in Abductions!
(You would appreciate this as being extremely witty - even if this annoying explanation is somewhat dumb - but on German tv, the X-Files are called Akte X.)
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Response 33 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (13:02) * 1 lines
the truth is on here
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Response 34 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (13:14) * 1 lines
No no, it's over there! I MUST insist!
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Response 35 of 61: Autumn (autumn) * Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (22:35) * 1 lines
Wer can be the smoking man (I'll stand next to you and breathe it in...BTW Stacey, yeah, spelled like the bread).
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Response 36 of 61: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:25) * 1 lines
well you just show off that sparkly green baquette type ring of yours! i show my anniversary band off everychance i get (though no spooky green shines through). probably the way the light reflects off the platinum.
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Response 37 of 61: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:27) * 1 lines
i want to be the character who follows fox mulder everywhere (happily so)
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Response 38 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (01:20) * 1 lines
wolf is a stalker!!!
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Response 39 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (06:49) * 1 lines
Whazzat behind me?
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Response 40 of 61: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:30) * 1 lines
no, i'd want to be welcome by the stalkee *grin* he's such a genius to me......please, i'd not show up in his house like the brad pitt stalker. no, i like to stalk at a distance, we wolves have a wonderful sense of smell, hearing, and sight!! (please don't take that seriously, i'd never stalk anyone!) but boy, that david duchovny. what a hotteeeeeee!!
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Response 41 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (13:12) * 2 lines
s'not the platinum Wolfie... diamonds really do flouresce different colors... put yours under a black light a see what happens!
Perhaps it will flouresce D. Duchovny images back at you!
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Response 42 of 61: Autumn (autumn) * Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (22:19) * 1 lines
I haven't seen a black light since I stopped hanging out with potheads!
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Response 43 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (16:55) * 1 lines
well call em up and tell them you wanna go out again this week!
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Response 44 of 61: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (17:49) * 1 lines
i've got a blacklight bulb in the cabinet. never thought of putting my ring under there. what if it looks so good i never want to remove it?
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Response 45 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (18:01) * 1 lines
your ring or the light???
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Response 46 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (18:03) * 3 lines
on that note:
removing rings...
I finally found a cleaner that is safe to use with the ring still on my finger.My hands were getting pretty fried from diluted ammonia!
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Response 47 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (00:31) * 1 lines
should have used it straight...
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Response 48 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (09:59) * 2 lines
I tried that many years ago...
chemical burn.
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Response 49 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (13:33) * 1 lines
I knew why I never accepted any rings! That *IS* a serious health hazard!
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Response 50 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (16:07) * 2 lines
vision loss resulting from extreme glare can also be a hazard...
.ok
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Response 51 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (23:43) * 1 lines
ok
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Response 52 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sat, May 1, 1999 (03:41) * 1 lines
.exactly
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Response 53 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sat, May 1, 1999 (03:52) * 7 lines
On that glaring of these tracking devices: Wolf, might be your fur or the batteries.
Older revisions used these really tiny batteries, like in quartz watches, that were supposed to last a lifetime under normal circumstances. Either you outlived the batt's lifespan, or your circumstances aren't normal.
If it's one of the newer makes, they're powered by induction (platinum!) from the electrical field of the wearer's bodies's neuronal activity. With that kuschliges fur you have, might be either the distance between the induction spools (windings?) and the nerves is too great or there's not skin-contact for grounding (!).
In my case, it would be obvious: No fur, ergo: Probable cause = Lack of neuronal activities.
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Response 54 of 61: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, May 1, 1999 (19:54) * 1 lines
LOL at this whole inane conversation!
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Response 55 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, May 1, 1999 (23:33) * 1 lines
there's a short and sweet review of the Spring for Terry...
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Response 56 of 61: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, May 3, 1999 (11:51) * 1 lines
You can quote me on that!
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Response 57 of 61: quimby (quimby) * Mon, Aug 9, 1999 (12:51) * 8 lines
1. Browser: Netscape 4.61 and IE 5.0 (when forced),
Win 98 going to 2000 this week
2. Java: yes
3. JavaScript: yes
4. 800 x 600 32-bit color (changes)
Another machine same except Win 95, older versions of browsers
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Response 58 of 61: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, Aug 9, 1999 (12:57) * 1 lines
Any alien tracking devices as peripheral?
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Response 59 of 61: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Aug 17, 1999 (08:50) * 3 lines
*laugh*
welcome quimby!
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Response 60 of 61: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 20, 1999 (20:21) * 6 lines
Netscape 4.0.8
Java-yes
Java Script-yes
1024 X 768 High Color 24 bit
15" monitor
Lots of bells and whistles added.
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Response 61 of 61: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Aug 21, 1999 (09:38) * 47 lines
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