If they would just fix the memory management so Windows would use all your ram then this wouldn't be needed.

I switched over to OOo shortly after switching to Linux. It just works. I have to use MSoffice on my work PC and get really annoyed when it does stupid things. I have one word doc now which word says is corrupt so I have to open/edit/save it in wordpad. Then there is the excel clipboard issue where you copy and…

My wife called Discover once to inquire about lowering our rate. They lowered it 1% so I signed up for a different card and transferred the balance there.

File tagging is available now since most file types support some sort of metadata. I prefer to tag the files anyway since that will transfer to another computer/os.

Are there are useful features, things that will actually improve productivity?

UltraCore a lot of the brownouts and blackouts are happening in the late evening and night times when people are running Ac so they can sleep. Also there are fewer and fewer businesses which close at 5, retail is open until 9 or runs 24x7, data centers run 24x7, the little bit of industry left in the US runs multiple…

Not to mention the rolling brownouts and blackouts that happen in the evenings/nights when people would be wanting to charge their cars. The power grid is already over capacity in most places.

I seem to recall they had to add the .org on the end recently, my guess would be due to trademarking on the word Office by Microsoft (much like the Linux distribution which used to be called Lindows had to change their name)

I'm very picky about what I download and install. I've gotten to where I don't download and install every little app (sorry lifehacker) because I usually find that in a couple years they don't exist or there isn't any support for them, the author quit maintaining it, etc. I stick to the large open source projects…

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Not related to 2006 but from your article on organizing your my documents, there is a way to specify a home folder in windows, its under the user profiles. However specify this first before you put anything in that folder because it will over wright it!

ok, so I thought I would try out this google calendar, first off where are the categories? It seems to be missing a lot of basic features.

A couple years ago before firefox really got popular I was still using IE. A simple typo in the address bar led me to a spyware infection that I spent a couple hours fighting and finally just reinstalled the OS as that took less effort. I was running as a non admin user and had taken many other steps to securing my…

They left out a lot (which are covred in rfc's) such as:

I wanted small and low power so I bought a mini ITX board. Its the 500MHz fanless, cost around $120 and just needed memory and power supply. I bought a 12v in power supply from a place called minibox and is designed for automotive use. I'm running it from an old printer power supply and using an old drive from my…

I do the mower thing too. Mulching mowers your supposed to replace the blade rather than sharper in anyway so you don't worry too much about ruining the blade since your putting a new on next spring anyway, just mow over and let it mulch them up and fertilize your yard.

gc said exactly what I was thinking, buying another cheap printer just means you will need to buy another cheap printer in a year or two. Start thinking about your purchases, are you really saving on that $150 printer if you have to buy a new one every two years. What if you buy a $250 printer and keep it for 6…

"Tax yourself. ... Every time you buy something nonessential, put 10% of the purchase price in an envelope."

Does anyone know if there is a config option to make typing in the address bar pull from the favorites in addition to the history?

goneflyin I'm not meaning to use the file system date, I'm talking about the metadata dates which show a true date of when the file was first created (date/time taken on your digicam for example).