How old/young are you (to all)?

@anubis66 - thankee-sai

@ ZCONCEPT - Robert, this comes real close to one of the best gifts I have ever received. Ever. In all of my years working in some form or another high-tech IT position I never ever until now had a better pictorial representation of the order of my mind and how a computer works. I thank you!

 

@regor
You're welcome !! I hoped you would get a kick out
of learning how your computer really works. I know
the animated gift to you helped me too !! Now I know
exactly how everything works !!

Again, a big HAPPY 49th BIRTHDAY !!
( Which was on Saturday Sept. 23, 2006 ).

 

wow, i've never seen that before. it fun to pick a ball and follow it. i love how they used the breakfast machine as the song played.

 

Ahh, My computer screen is too big to cut out the top bar.

 

Your screen is too big what? lol

 

Too scroll that page down to hide the top info-area and make the animated part fill my whole screen

 

Message for andersg
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You have a strange screen or you haven't learned to scroll.
It's the first time I've heard of that happening (yet, you
may be joking too). Still, you can have fun watching the
animation with the top info-area showing !! Thanks for
taking a close look at my post to learn how your computer
works.
______________________________________________________
Signed: Robert Singletary__Thursday October 5, 2006__7:03 P.M.
(eastern standard time) USA

 

Well, I do know how to scroll so that rules that out. I was just kidding around. Im pretty sure it because I set the sdettings to as small as they can go.

 

ZCONCEPT,

I guess my Septre 20.1 widescreen is wierd too because it won't scroll there either! I'm pretty sure after 20+ years of messsing with computers that I know how to scroll! And the scroll lock isn't on either! Maybe it only works on 4:3 monitors! LOL!!!

Happy Computering,
theone

 

Oh you mean in that page about how a computer works? I can't scroll on my Widescreen Dell...

 

Message for sammorris
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Would it be possible for you to put up a pic of your
screen ( or a link to the photo of your screen ) so
I can view it?? I'd like to see the animated work I
posted earlier on page 130 ( 24. September 2006 @ 23:35 )
and how you are unable to scroll down to hide the top
banner info. Just call me MR. CURIOUS !!

_____________________________________________________
Signed: Robert Singletary__Monday October 9, 2006__10:49 P.M.
(eastern standard time) USA

 

sure.
Only off a phone camera, but note the lack of any scrolling facility.

 

Message for sammorris
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I'll be dang !! There ARE disadvantages to those large screen
monitors !! Thanks much for using your phone camera to show
me exactly how your large screen appears. Guess the only
thing you could do is play around with image re-sizing.
Maybe if you sized the image to be slightly larger than
your screen the vertical scroll bar would appear automatically.
If you try this and it works be sure to post another screen shot.
Just call me MR. CURIOUS !!

P.S. Thanks again for taking the extra time to illustrate
your screen situation for me. Actually, your phone camera
picks up more detail than I would have ever imagined.
Pretty cool !!

I think there is a member out there who is having a
Birthday today so I hope they remember to post on this thread.
______________________________________________________
Signed: Robert Singletary__Tuesday October 10, 2006__7:47 A.M.
(eastern standard time) USA

 

scroll bar or not it is still a very good representation of the order of my mind!

 

ddp video for ddp !!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuKKfFCe-Es
Duration: 8 min. 22 seconds ( loads instantly ).
This video is a special gift for the
47th. BIRTHDAY of ddp coming on Thursday October 12, 2006.
If you listen real close to all the words on this video
you'll realize the ddp here at AfterDawn.com has been
known to utter those exact same words !!

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Signed: Robert Singletary__Wednesday October 11, 2006__2:42 A.M.
(eastern standard time) USA

 

ZCONCEPT,

Maybe a minor annoyance but not a disadvantage. One of the downsides to any LED monitor whether it is 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 is that they only work well at certain resolutions. With the widescreens, it's better to set them at the native resolution and let the computer resolve the resolution for a given program or game. It seems to work best this way, at least for me. I run 1680x1050 all the time and have no real problems with anything. One down side is when you do a new build, windows sets the resolution and on mine I get an out of range signal dancing around the screen. I've learned not to allow that and say no when it asks if you want to keep a certain resolution. Sometimes I have to drag a CRT out just to set the resolution and then hook it back up to the LED monitor. Generally it will work in anything above 1024x768. As you know windows sets it at 600x800 which mine won't see until windows is fully set up. I don't fool with it and just set it to 1680x1050. It may only have this problem in analog as I don't remember having any problems with the digital!

Still, widescreen DVDs look magnificent. If your desktop has a 4:3 image then it will look stretched (not 4:3 DVDs)but I just look for widescreen wallpapers and it works fine. I also like the fact that you can use any pic you want. My present desktop wallpaper would very quickly ruin a CRT screen. It's a pretty neat flying saucer with an energy bolt (like lightning) and where it strikes is white hot! It would quickly burn in on a CRT. I like it! Check it out!



Happy Computering,
theone

 

That's interesting Russ, I wonder what mine supports...


Hmm, 800x600, but not 640x480, so VGA mode might be an issue...

 

Sam,

That's my best guess as the min you say OK, the screen goes blank except for a little box that says out of range skipping all over the place. Once set up you can play a game like Quake in 640x480 with no problem. Why anyone would want to do that is beyond me! LOL!! Like I say, I don't remember it doing it with digital, only analog. The post screen doesn't let you see the whole screen in analog, but it shows everything perfect when using DVI. I usually keep a decent 14" around in case I run into that problem on a new build. A lot depends on the video card. Most of my builds use on-board video as they are for office work, so you don't need anything fancy! Once set up to 1280x1024 the Sceptre works fine!

BTW, I've learned a few tricks when watching DVDs using Power DVD-6 (which I like very much). For watching some of the older widescreen 16:9 DVDs, go to the "Pan & Scan". I know on Close Encounters, there's a small border on either side of the picture. If I turn off the Aspect Ratio, it makes the picture bigger but the proportions are still correct. Old style letterbox works best by using the 1.85 setting. If you use PDVD-6, fool around with the pan & scan settings. The results will surprise you. Some DVDs start up with the wrong aspect ratio and if you click on 1.35 (I think) it makes it correct! Sometimes just turning the aspect ratio on and off does the trick! You can't hurt anything so no worries there! I just wish you could run slo-mo!

Happy Computering,
theone