Do user posted images show up in Internet Explorer 8 for everyone? Even when inserted properly, you still have to click them to see them. This doesn't happen on the less popular browsers, just on IE8, for me at least.
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Do user posted images show up in Internet Explorer 8 for everyone? Even when inserted properly, you still have to click them to see them. This doesn't happen on the less popular browsers, just on IE8, for me at least.
DetroitDad, I have IE8 also, not having any problem seeing pics that I know of, I wasn't sure what thread has pics so I went back to the old trusty Chicks we dig? those came up! What thread are you having trouble with, and I'll go look there?
I use IE 8 and have no problem. Is your browser set up to download pics?
Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Multimedia/Show Pictures
Do you have your user CP set up to view pictures in the Edit Options section?
Stuff happens.
When all else fails, get a Mac! Life has been beautiful at my house ever since I banished Bill Gates permanently, and the pictures come up fine in my Safari browser.
But I digress. :P
Seriously, I don't know what the problem is with your IE8, but my first guess would be that it installed itself with some sort of default setting that's not what you had before. It's been so long since I've worked with configuring IE that I don't even remember what the options are, but I would say try getting into the preferences and looking at the settings for display of pictures [[I'm sure somebody here who's still familiar with IE and still has a Windows computer to look at and compare might be able to help you).
I never upgraded from IE7. If it works, I don't fix it.
It was my User CP options, thanks. Oddly, they showed up on the Mac even with that option shut off.
You're welcome. Apparently you won't need to go out and spend three grand on a Mac. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitDad
http://www.wallpaperdojo.com/images/..._Idiot_Mac.jpg
"Macs: For people too stupid to use a computer"
I concur whole heartedly. Please cross post here, nice Mac discussion going on at the end of the thread. And I use Safari on my PC. And according to what I've read, OS X Leopard can run on a PC as well. Only Apple disables that function in their software...Quote:
"Macs: For people too stupid to use a computer"
http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=1249
...or for people who have finally woken up and realized how valuable their time really is. I was actually a Windows network administrator in a previous career and had gone through all the fancy technical support-level classes so I could fix everything. And I was SOOOOO proud of myself when I came home and knew exactly when to run which maintenance program or adjust which Registry key to fix whatever ailed my computer. I also didn't think twice about spending hundred$ of dollars every time software was updated and/or the hardware became too obsolete to run the software.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheddar bob
Until I experienced too many crashes too close together. In a fit of desperation, wondering at the time if I were crazy for even contemplating the idea, I took the plunge and got a Mac. That was more than two years ago, and guess what? I don't have to run ScanDisk, I don't have to defrag anything, I haven't had to buy new software in all this time [[I did upgrade from Tiger to Leopard OS AS A CHOICE, but Tiger would have continued to run everything I needed), and the best part of all is that consistently, when I turn on my computer in the morning, it works. Certainly there are updates, but they always install correctly and they always work equal to or better than the release before - unlike Windows where any installation is a hit and miss proposition where you have a 50-50 chance of screwing up your machine so badly you need to hire a guru to figure out how to fix it even if you yourself already ARE a guru, and unlike Windows where every update of anything is WORSE than the one before, running more slowly and less efficiently.
As for the cost, there's no comparison. My Mac has paid for itself many times over in just what it's saved me in Windows software and hardware update costs alone. And, like I said, when I turn it on, it just works. I've got all the time I used to spend tweaking and fixing my PC just to get it running, free to post on forums like this! :) The only thing anyone could possibly miss is having that free time to go to the bathroom and/or warm up a pot of coffee while the PC takes its 10 minutes booting up and telling you everything that's wrong with itself. Macs just start in 20 seconds and are ready to get to work.
PC = Perpetual Crap. PC's are for people who are too stupid to realize the amount of time they are wasting trying to keep those things running.
I've never had any problems with my PC that I couldn't fix in a few minutes. And that comes from a guy who has no idea about the workings of an Ipod, Wii, or blackberry. All my cell phone does is take and make phone calls.
I used a Mac at work and I loved it. I wish I had the money for one right now. Windows is garbage. You can have a Mac with all the great programs and non of the problems and constant frustrations.
You used a PC at work and loved it, but Windows is garbage? What was on the PC? Linux?
Oh, you meant Mac? Makes more sense that way.
Don'tcha hate it when someone makes a bad typo, and you comment on it, and they edit the original? LOL jcole; been there done that. :)
I've been running Windows from M.E.[[gasp) to Vista [[gasp), and I've never had a problem installing updates [[it's set to do it automatically), I don't have to buy software all the time [[or ever), and when I get up in the morning it just works. But then again I'm not a complete moron, so I can do the simplest of things like add an update manually without managing to crash the OS at a 50% clip. Some people aren't as lucky as me. Those people buy Macs.
Hm...if I had the nerve I'd guess the reason that computer never has trouble is that it's never used for anything more advanced than playing Solitaire. :D [[Well, I'm only half kidding; if you "never" buy software that's pretty much all you've got....)Quote:
Originally Posted by cheddar bob
When you start running the more advanced programs, Windows can't handle them. I remember the dreaded having to reboot every time you closed a few programs, just so you could get back the memory those programs used up. Silly! That's what closing the program should be all about!
Yeah, Ray, I guess he just couldn't stand to admit he made a mistake.
LOL! I for one am very glad that this particular forum lets you edit the original - at least for a while. I wouldn't be so cruel as to do it "after the fact" once somebody had already found something wrong in one of mine - but on the other hand I have many times looked back at one of my old ones BEFORE somebody's commented on it and fixed typos myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray1936
What I REALLY hate are some other boards where you CAN'T edit anything you've already posted, even if you've already made some really glaring stupid mistake that makes you look like a dolt that never got past kindergarten. I take a lot of pride in my writing, so I really hate it when I look back at one of my posts and cee I did sumthig stoopid like ths.
Cheddar, I've run every version of DOS/Windows from DOS 4.0 to 6.1, Windows 3.11-Vista and Windows 7 Beta, and I don't understand all the problems people have with it. I run video editing software, music software, I have installed CAD packages for co-workers on XP, and they ran great. I've done database work, installed C++, FoxPro and VisualBasic. I run MS Office on a daily basis as well as make calendars for my family every year, and watch television exclusively on my PC. I just don't get the problems.
Well there you go. Once you're working directly with C++, FoxPro, and VisualBasic, you are the computer equivalent of a rocket scientist. That explains it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcole
Running a Mac doesn't require rocket science, which is exactly my point.
Yes, it felt like "dumbing down" when I first made the switch. I mean, going from all sorts of sophisticated commands to just opening applications and using simple click and drag and copy and paste to just put things together the way I wanted them. It felt just like cheating! You mean I can just drag a picture in there and put it where I want it to go? I don't have to do a bunch of fancy insert commands and repixelizations and format redefinitions?
But by way of analogy, if all you need to do is solve an arithmetic problem, why use calculus? Mac does everything I need - just much more simply and much more easily. And when you're at home rather than at work, there's nothing wrong, shameful, or embarrassing about doing things the easy way. Even if it takes a month or two before you stop feeling guilty about it! :D Besides, if I ever REALLY HAD to use Windows [[and I haven't in years) I guess I could always pull the doorstop - I mean PC - back out of the attic and go make myself another pot of coffee while waiting for it to boot up and update itself and.....oh, no, I couldn't. Scratch that thought. To have to go through all that would be too horrible to contemplate. After all these years of operating efficiently and quckly I no longer have the patience to even think about ever going back to that nightmare again).
It's high time computers were judged by how EASY they make it for even the least skilled people to do things, rather than by how much opportunity they provide for expert users to show off.
I said I installed it. I have done work with those languages, but I know very little. Just what I had to learn to graduate with a degree in MISQuote:
Once you're working directly with C++, FoxPro, and VisualBasic
When's the last time you used Windows.Quote:
I don't have to do a bunch of fancy insert commands and repixelizations and format redefinitions?
You can click and drag in Windows. you have right click drop down menus that give you shortcuts for tasks also. I drag stuff around all the time.
I mean, after all, Bill stole Windows from Steve, didn't he?;) Or so he would have us believe.
I know - I exaggerate a bit. But still, I maintain that moving things between applications is much more straightforward in most Mac applications. I do have quibbles with some of them - for instance, I HATE Mac's iPhoto application for organizing pictures. I don't even use it; I file them in folders the way I would in Windows. And certainly the office automation software doesn't have near the number of bells and whistles as Microsoft Office. But on the other hand, it does everything I really need it to, and when people send me Office document attachments, iWorks can open them. The Pages word processing application on Mac even opens Office 2008 .docx documents - which is more than can be said for any version of Word before 2008. And in the ultimate example of just how Mac RULES over Microsoft, my own parents still have Windows and they are constantly e-mailing me MICROSOFT documents that their WINDOWS PC's can no longer open, and then I use my MAC to open these old MICROSOFT documents for them! Microsoft is a system of planned obsolescence, designed to force you to upgrade every couple of years whether you need to or not, at the cost of hundreds of dollars. That is why I say in the long run, switching to Mac pays for itself. Their computers may cost more at the beginning, but you can get a lot more use out of them without having to constantly pay for upgrades and replacements.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcole
Now of course on Mac, there is no such thing as a right mouse button, and I admit that is a downfall that does take a little getting used to....but with a little help from the keyboard, all the functionality is still there....
Oddly enough, if it wasn't for Microsoft, Apple might not be in business today. Bill Gates has kept them from going under. He bought $150 million in Apple stock to keep them afloat, and he and Jobs signed a technology agreement, and Bill developed Office for Mac and IE for Mac.
??? What kind of documents are they? Let me guess, Lotus Works...Quote:
And in the ultimate example of just how Mac RULES over Microsoft, my own parents still have Windows and they are constantly e-mailing me MICROSOFT documents that their WINDOWS PC's can no longer open, and then I use my MAC to open these old MICROSOFT documents for them!
LOL! I did explicitly say MICROSOFT, didn't I?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stosh
Powerpoint. Word 2008. You know, the stuff that's not included and that you have to pay hundreds of dollars to install and then it's worthless a couple of years later because the rest of the world is on the upgrade which your version can no longer read.
As for Lotus....oh my goodness. That might as well be a slide rule. I remember 15 years ago having Lotus Notes [[at work) before the days of MS Outlook. We used to call it Lotus Bloats. I guess there IS actually something out there worse than Microsoft [[assuming Lotus is actually still out there).
You said that their PC could NO LONGER open. Did they revert to a previous version of Office? Also, there is no Word 2008. There is an Office 2007, but that will open any document back to at least Office 97. What is the extension on these documents?Quote:
. You know, the stuff that's not included and that you have to pay hundreds of dollars to install and then it's worthless a couple of years later because the rest of the world is on the upgrade which your version can no longer read.Quote:
Powerpoint. Word 2008
Just between us, I really have resolved the issues; I'm not looking for technical help. And of course I exaggerate some of the Windows/Mac differences for dramatic effect, even though it is all rooted in truth. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jcole
But just to satisfy curiosity - my parents have Word 2003 or 2000, not sure which. Recently they were sent an attachment with a .docx attachment, which they couldn't open and even I had never even heard of .docx, and when I researched it I found it was just a Word document created in a later version of Word than they had. At the time I didn't yet have Apple's iWorks, so all I could do was tell my parents to go to the person that sent them that attachment and ask them to save them another that was compatible with their version of word [[at least in Word you can still save documents in the format of older versions, yes, I know that, and that's how they worked around it at that time).
Later, when I got iWorks on my Apple, I found that my current version of Pages [[Apple's equivalent of Word) was able to open the docx document directly with no further intervention required.
Just for future info, and for anyone else who happens to read this, there is a converter available on MS website for just these problems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
I have bought some software, but they are games like Civilization IV which is pretty hard on video memory but my computer [[559mb video memory) plays it just fine.
You don't have to spend the money on Microsoft Office. I use Open Office that will open any file I've ever needed to open and it's free. AVG is a free antivirus that works great. Spybot for spyware and it is free, also. I'm not sure where people are spending all this money for Windows programs.
Whoa, Windows just installed an update and I didn't even notice because it was downloading and installing in the background. If it hadn't popped up an alert to an impending restart, I never would have known.
My point, also. Of course, running Windows isn't rocket surgery, either. If I can run it hassle-free then just about anybody should be able to.Quote:
Running a Mac doesn't require rocket science, which is exactly my point.
I've had OpenOffice running on a couple machines too, and it seems like the way to go if you don't have the cash [[or even if you do) for Office. Some of the formatting options aren't there is you do very specific functions for your job or whatever, but generally speaking, it should be enough for day to day stuff.
Also, you're right on about AVG and Spybot. Throw in Malwarebytes, and a free ZoneAlarm firewall and your security needs should be met.
Yes, but given the previous inaccuracies in your posts, that's the only thing that I could have concievably thought of that would do that. I actually know people that still use it for word processing. Stubborn.Quote:
Originally Posted by EMG
Sorry I'm late to the party about the Open Office software. There's no reason NOT to have this for any file opening purposes [[documents) and the price is right.
I agree, for the last several months before breaking from Windows to go to Mac, I did use Open Office and was pretty pleased with it. It was a little different from Word in some ways, but had pretty much all the same functionality [[definitely came closer to Word than Mac's Pages does). At the time I switched to Mac, I attempted to download Open Office, but at least as of that time Open Office wasn't yet available for Mac.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stosh
I do now have Office 2004 for Mac which I got at the time of buying my Mac because I was just too nervous about going off of Word cold turkey at the time, but have since been weaning myself off of it and onto the comparable Apple products. Office has more bells and whistles, to be sure, but given the cost I have no intention of investing in future upgrades of Office, so hope to eventually be totally migrated to Apple in the near future.
I'd certainly give Open Office a try again if/when it has or does become available for Mac. Just not a high priority for me right now - I'm more interested in getting more used to iWorks [[Apple's name for the whole suite).
So, it just works, just not with Open Office? Gotcha. You could have played Civilization IV with me, but you would have only had to wait over 8 months for the software. I guess Macs just work......................eventually.Quote:
I attempted to download Open Office, but at least as of that time Open Office wasn't yet available for Mac
That's great.Quote:
I haven't had to buy new software in all this time
Ooops. Strike my previous statement. I guess you're still buying software [[which ironically, would have been free with Open Office on your PC.Quote:
I do now have Office 2004 for Mac which I got at the time of buying my Mac because I was just too nervous about going off of Word cold turkey at the time
Keep your Mac. Apparently you fit in perfectly with that cult.
Nope. I bought the Mac for Office the day I bought the Mac. Not having bought new software [[except for Leopard and iLife which I bought voluntarily as earlier stated) since then remains a true statement. No Norton, no utilities, no cleanup programs, none of that crap that a PC needs to be fed every month or two just to keep running properly. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by cheddar bob
As for Civilization IV....I guess I just won't know what I'm missing. Ignorance will have to remain bliss.
I've used Mac's before, getting used to their OS is a problem. But you've got time for that, apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by EMG
Clearly you haven't been reading the tech news much. A PC really doesn't need all that anti-virus stuff, it's the browsing habits of people that gets them into trouble. Script Kiddies love that sort of thing. And, now with the larger visibility of the Mac and the OS X, that threat becomes a reality for you as well. Apple recognizes that threat in their new version of Snow Leopard, or perhaps the next iteration, with security upgrades. Which just becomes a greater challenge to the hackers.
There's been hacking done on the OS X to make it run on a PC. I wouldn't mind doing that. I like using Safari and Itunes on my PC, so it's obvious that the systems aren't really that far apart in reality in terms of code.
Why would you need Norton when you can use AVG for free? It's not like AVG has been mentioned on this thread numerous times or anything. Apparently you just don't want to hear it. You have only bought programs that you wanted to buy for your Mac and I've only bought programs that I wanted for my PC. What's the difference, then[[besides the price)?Quote:
No Norton, no utilities, no cleanup programs, none of that crap that a PC needs to be fed every month or two just to keep running properly
I don't run "cleanup programs" but if you feel the need to run disk cleanup or defrag, you can schedule them to run in the background and you won't even know they are there. Of course one would need the computer skills of your average second grader to do that so I guess that's where Macs come in.
Steve Jobs nearly died and lied about it
NOTE: This may be the most controversial post I have done at ZDNet.
I did not intend to offend anyone, and I admit to a bias in favor of Steve Jobs. I thought long and hard before posting. But what if this had happened to Warren Buffett 25 years ago? Serious attention to disclosure rules could have limited the Bernie Madoff scandal, and prevented other harms against investors, including earlier accusations of back-dating options against Apple itself, many involving Jobs.
We can’t have one law for those we don’t know and another for people we like.
For daring to steal fire from the Gods, it is said, Prometheus was chained to a rock and sentenced to having his liver pecked out by birds. Steve Jobs can relate.
Not only did Apple come awfully close to losing Jobs over the last few months, but he will never be truly out of the woods.
The bottom line is that Jobs is very lucky to be alive following a liver transplant. The first successful liver transplant took place in 1967, but it did not become common until the 1980s, with the introduction of cyclosporine.
About 6,000 liver transplants are now done each year in the U.S., but the waiting list for organs averages 17,000. Those waiting lists could be reduced as more donors can now survive having part of their liver removed for transplant.
How and why did Jobs jump the queue? He was dying dieing faster than others, the company now admits.
Paul Argenti of Dartmouth’s business school says Apple deserves to face SEC action for lying about failing to disclose Jobs’ condition, which is the outgrowth of his 2004 pancreatic cancer.
I hate to be one of those birds pecking at Prometheus, but I agree.
This would not be the first time for Jobs on the SEC’s operating table. He was questioned in a scandal over the backdating of stock options, with Jobs later telling Forbes “nobody loves me.”
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http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=2381&tag=nl.e550