Search:

Type: Posts; User: meh_phistopheles; Keyword(s):

Page 1 of 3 1 2 3

Search: Search took 0.17 seconds.

  1. [xubuntu] Re: Laptop powers up, but screen does not turn on

    I'm on my phone, so quoting is difficult. To answer both your questions though, I see absolutely nothing on the monitor when I turn the computer on. No Dell logo, nor a BIOS if I tap f2 the whole...
  2. [xubuntu] Laptop powers up, but screen does not turn on

    I have an interesting problem. Basically, as the title says, my laptop powers up and boots to the desktop, but the monitor does not turn on at all. My laptop is a Dell Latitude D820.

    What happened...
  3. here's our little baby Nexuiz all grown up in the console gaming world

    ign video review:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUO_x6QSX5I
  4. Replies
    16
    Views
    785

    Re: Best Applications for _____?

    first of all, all of my favorite applications are found in ubuntu software center/synaptic package manager, so i won't repeat that every time. my favorites though are:

    audacious - it's like...
  5. Replies
    2
    Views
    356

    Re: use secure passwords

    i am not sure whether it was a password compromise or not, but it seems like that's the most likely scenario. i've been thinking about what might have happened and the two things that come to mind...
  6. Replies
    2
    Views
    356

    use secure passwords

    this morning i woke up to a pleasant email from hsbc telling me they had suspected fraudulent charges on my checking account. i called them expecting it to be a false alarm on a charge i made, but it...
  7. Replies
    23
    Views
    1,388

    Re: Idiot Old Guy Wants To Game

    if you're going to try to play that game, then read this first, because you'll probably be doing a lot of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_%28video_gaming%29

    i played the game in that...
  8. Re: What are your speedtest.net(&/or)Speakeasy(or Other) Speed Test results?

    http://www.speedtest.net/result/1613843163.png
    this only seems fast because i'm directly connected to the router and don't share the internet with anyone else. using this same internet in the past...
  9. Replies
    40
    Views
    1,396

    Re: Homo sapiens + 1 = ?

    homo cyborg. then we can use the catch phrase from terminator 2: "this time... it's personal"
  10. Replies
    9
    Views
    449

    Re: Paid support question

    so far it seems like your problem is poor communication. how is anyone supposed to fix your problem if you don't say what it is?
  11. Replies
    22
    Views
    1,141

    Re: Computer Spec Thread

    dell latitude d820 laptop
    1.83 ghz something or the other cpu
    1gb ram
    128 mb nvidia graphics card
    80 gb hard drive
    xubuntu 11.10

    yup. it sucks and i'm poor. i technically bought a new...
  12. Replies
    79
    Views
    2,722

    Re: Help Save The Internet

    that was an awesome rhetorical slam dunk. i commend you.

    but yeah, all this is baloney. i've been saying for the past year or so that all these old farts in congress and our other non-functioning...
  13. Re: Too many people badmouthing Ubuntu and Unity

    i have only read like 3.5 posts in this tread, but i just need some place to vent, so feel free to ignore what i say.

    when ubuntu 11.04 came out, i switched to xubuntu immediately because i was...
  14. Replies
    53
    Views
    2,226

    Re: Favorite kind of tea

    yogi makes this tea called green tea kombucha which is my absolute favorite. i don't know if kombucha tea is a general type of tea, but that particular brand is amazing. aside from that, i lean...
  15. Replies
    31
    Views
    3,901

    Re: Health and Fitness

    that's cool that you're getting healthy and everything. i think you should consider buying a book on eating healthy. i've heard, and it's kind of obvious, that what you eat is as important as...
  16. Re: I overcooked rice in a pot, now pot has burnt bottom. Help!

    one of my past roommates had a bunch of cast iron pans and i remember that procedure vividly. i hate the weight of the things though.

    i would let the pans soak in soapy water over night. they...
  17. Re: Linux based. Open sourced mp3 player!

    you can thank apple for that. the ipod classic has been around since 2007 and there's still no support for it on rockbox because apparently apple started implementing some ridiculous security...
  18. Re: Linux based. Open sourced mp3 player!

    do you people know about rockbox: http://www.rockbox.org/

    also, i feel like mp3 players are on their way out with the proliferation of smartphones and whathaveyouse. i'm not saying that in a...
  19. Re: Ever run into someone running Ubuntu?

    i was at the library once and i heard these kind of annoying people talking really loud first about linux, and then about chess. at first i was like "wow, i have a lot in common with these people. i...
  20. Re: How were YOU introduced to Ubuntu/Linux?

    i'm sort of a novice computer person. i started college in electrical engineering but dropped out of the program half way through my sophmore year. so, i knew off-hand about linux from that...
  21. Replies
    80
    Views
    3,204

    Re: Is society on the verge of collapse

    this is not proper research. the news, more often than not, is just fictional entertainment presented under the disguise of trustworthy information. if you're serious about what you're studying, you...
  22. Poll: Re: Unity has got the looks down. It just needs customization options and fine-tuning

    i voted yes, but also disagree with the wording of that option, with all that "principle" speak and whatnot.

    i use unity 2d and want nothing more than to get rid of this hideous orange theme that...
  23. Re: Things parents tell little kids that we mhinaybe need to start remembering again

    that's a cool one

    my thing to add is not really a proverb, but more a strategy for dealing with little brats who want attention: just ignore them and they'll eventually get bored. for example, on...
  24. Re: APA template for LibreOffice Writer?

    i know this is solved, but i would just like to voice my opposition to this apa template thing. my justification is that the only thing you need to know about setting up an apa document is 1 inch...
  25. Re: Do you believe, or experience, ghost(s)?

    that's pretty funny. it actually gave me a sudden, inspiring thought too. if i ever hypothetically became a contractor/construction person, i would be a complete troll and hide some device in one of...
Results 1 to 25 of 57
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3