Please enter your tech specs

Topic 59 · 61 responses · archived october 2000

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~mikeg Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (20:21) seed

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!

~mikeg Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (20:21) #1

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

~terry Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (22:34) #2

IE 5.0 running under Win 98 and Win 2000 on various workstations around my office. I have Netscape running on some machines.

~jgross Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (22:49) #3

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)

~autumn Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (23:02) #4

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

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (01:27) #5

1. AOL 4.0/Internet Explorer 4.0 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. 640x480 with a huge 256 colors on a 14" monitor

~stacey Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (11:59) #6

*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!

~stacey Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:01) #7

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

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:02) #8

yep, as usual "standards" abound here at the Spring!!!

~stacey Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:02) #9

*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!

~stacey Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:03) #10

oops... that's what I get for telnetting and browsering simeltaneously... funky posting! Number 9 shouldn't exist again...

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:03) #11

I'm sorry I forgot... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STACEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~stacey Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:04) #12

thank you... (this game o leap frog is fun!

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:10) #13

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...

~aschuth Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (06:08) #14

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.

~mikeg Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (07:00) #15

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

~wolf Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (10:56) #16

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)

~stacey Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (10:10) #17

*laugh* are you laughing at me??? huh? I said, Are you laughing at me?? *grin*

~wolf Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (19:50) #18

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*

~stacey Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (10:32) #19

I'm gonna growl and shine my new shiny ring in yer face til you cry "uncle"

~autumn Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (00:17) #20

Oh, what's it look like? Mine is a pear-shaped solitaire on a plain gold band.

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (04:48) #21

Yeah, let us in on how these alien tracking devices look like these days!

~stacey Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:02) #22

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!!!

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:04) #23

ya'll hafta pardon me while I whip it out...

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:05) #24

man, I've gotten fast...

~stacey Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:36) #25

*laughin* WHAT are you whipping out??!?!?!

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:49) #26

an alien tracking device (and/or it's description...) WHY?!? What's on your mind this morning?

~stacey Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (11:55) #27

oh. that's EXACTLY what I was thinking... .ok oops.

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:03) #28

good wouldn't want things to get in hand...

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:03) #29

oops should have been, "wouldn't want things to get out of hand..."

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:20) #30

"Freaky alien green" - q.e.d.!

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (12:52) #31

and platinum is an excellent electrical conductor...

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (13:00) #32

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.)

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (13:02) #33

the truth is on here

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (13:14) #34

No no, it's over there! I MUST insist!

~autumn Sun, Apr 25, 1999 (22:35) #35

Wer can be the smoking man (I'll stand next to you and breathe it in...BTW Stacey, yeah, spelled like the bread).

~wolf Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:25) #36

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.

~wolf Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (20:27) #37

i want to be the character who follows fox mulder everywhere (happily so)

~KitchenManager Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (01:20) #38

wolf is a stalker!!!

~aschuth Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (06:49) #39

Whazzat behind me?

~wolf Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:30) #40

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!!

~stacey Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (13:12) #41

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!

~autumn Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (22:19) #42

I haven't seen a black light since I stopped hanging out with potheads!

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (16:55) #43

well call em up and tell them you wanna go out again this week!

~wolf Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (17:49) #44

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?

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (18:01) #45

your ring or the light???

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (18:03) #46

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!

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (00:31) #47

should have used it straight...

~stacey Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (09:59) #48

I tried that many years ago... chemical burn.

~aschuth Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (13:33) #49

I knew why I never accepted any rings! That *IS* a serious health hazard!

~stacey Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (16:07) #50

vision loss resulting from extreme glare can also be a hazard... .ok

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (23:43) #51

~aschuth Sat, May 1, 1999 (03:41) #52

.exactly

~aschuth Sat, May 1, 1999 (03:52) #53

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.

~autumn Sat, May 1, 1999 (19:54) #54

LOL at this whole inane conversation!

~KitchenManager Sat, May 1, 1999 (23:33) #55

there's a short and sweet review of the Spring for Terry...

~autumn Mon, May 3, 1999 (11:51) #56

You can quote me on that!

~quimby Mon, Aug 9, 1999 (12:51) #57

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

~aschuth Mon, Aug 9, 1999 (12:57) #58

Any alien tracking devices as peripheral?

~stacey Tue, Aug 17, 1999 (08:50) #59

*laugh* welcome quimby!

~MarciaH Fri, Aug 20, 1999 (20:21) #60

Netscape 4.0.8 Java-yes Java Script-yes 1024 X 768 High Color 24 bit 15" monitor Lots of bells and whistles added.

~KitchenManager Sat, Aug 21, 1999 (09:38) #61

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