LadyCrimson

Guess I'll have to ask hubby where the boot file is, if I want to alter those things. Finally getting around to trying it, wiping Win7 off first. That 3rd party boot loader is supposed to be fine, according to friends, but I'd still prefer not needing one, so... ...I like Win7 well enough, but I still have too many old games and little software programs etc. that I still prefer to use, that won't work on Win7 & I haven't found/liked the replacements/other options. Hence for at least a couple more years it'll be... New PC: Win7 & XP dual boot from 2 hard drives. Ancient P4 - XP, used mainly for concurrent internet sessions via switchbox - like I'm doing right now (installing dual boot while typing this) - or VERY old games that don't need graphic power.

Bah! depends on what kind of gaming you like to do. I think you're right that it'll eventually be so no matter what, but for right now....not yet. My impression is that Aero (most of it at least) is largely about visual and info presentation. Those things aren't vital core differences, imo. It certainly hasn't been needed to run/do anything I want to. If one likes it, great...but it's not needed to run the O/S, so if you don't like it, well, nothing wrong with turning it off, either. The main reason to switch to Win7 even if you don't care about the presentation factor is because, again imo, this time software will force a switch, if you want to keep buying new software. That wasn't so much the case with initial Vista release, since most software makers were still creating to be XP workable. Now it's progressing far enough that won't be the case much longer...at least mostly. Or something. I resisted new versions of Windows every time until that became the case. :D

I just have to say....those screenshots are crazy!

Has anyone played Mount & Blade:Warband? I loved the 1st one but is there much reason to buy the 2nd? The videos I've seen make it look pretty much the same (single-player/gameplay wise). I finally bought Majesty 2. I kept forgetting all about it...BestBuy had (1) copy of it nestled between a bunch of other games. Going to try it out. Hope it's decent. I have the feeling I'll still prefer the original game tho...

Waiting for my hard drive to format so I can create the 2-disc dual boot scenario..should have picked the "quick format" option but I wanted to make sure the previous Windows install was as 'wiped' off as could be. Argh. I let the neighbor's know about their cat...I get momentarily pissed/upset at times but I'm not actually mean. Did I mention that the neighbor's eldest son is cougar-worthy? And of course, before the kittens left our yard, I took a few pictures.

We still don't have Blu-Ray...everything we have still looks decent enough/isn't that old. But it's becoming more and more tempting. Would need a new TV too, since our 50" isn't 1080. Won't be buying 3Dtv for a while tho. ...I've been trying to watch this 2006 BBC Robin Hood tv series, but so far it's pretty dull. Mostly I watch serial TV instead of flicks now. Glee/House/Mentalist, trying to get into Castle.

Neighbor cat decided to give birth under our bushes since owners 1-have dogs and 2-didn't care enough to give/keep cat in a safe area. Since I'm a sympathetic idiot I'm now a bit torn about what to do about it. They have 4 or 5 cats, 2 small dogs, 2 huge outdoor cages of tiny songbirds. Next year they'll probably bring home some chickens. >.> They don't spay/neuter and if they keep new kits (there's 4) probably wouldn't spay them either so problem will increase. These people like their pets I'm sure but still makes me angry, this isn't a case of big farmland for endless barncats. I don't want more cats myself right this moment or else I might 'rescue' a couple. Gah. Guess I have to hand them over and just forget about it....or call animal control.

I was doing fairly well until I hit 40. Then the past year and half, I'm slowly going insane. Lots of general stress from life events. Can women have mid-life crises? If so....I'd like a Lamborghini. And a man-cave with a 4 tvscreen media wall. Oh and several hunky man-servants. Thanks.

The actor playing the evil surgeon was kinda over-the-top funny in spots....but not enough to be worth it, imo.

Er, I was making webpages with HTML 2 and then 3.2, and then 4, so yes, yes I do know. I don't keep up with the stuff/trends lately (I know enough css to fiddle with style but that's it, and so on.) but yeah....I remember the evolution - I was part of it, in a consumer way P.S. YouTube wouldn't have worked 10 years ago regardless. Imagine watching all those videos on a 14k-58k modem. PPS And I just remembered how excited new versions of Netscape used to make me. I loved Netscape Gold! Oh memories. heheh

May is a new month and Boston seems to be finding their way a little better. Nothing that would change my mind about 3rd place, but perhaps they'll at least not humiliate themselves the entire way there. *mumbles about being swept by the Orioles...*

The Human Centipede. There was so much hooha about it on Twitter/internet that I caved & rented it from Comcast PPV for $7 to see what all the fuss was about. I've now seen it and can tell others that it's absolutely not worth giving into the rubber-necking impulse to see it yourself. I will say it's not as visually graphic as some reviews make it sound (which is a good thing), it's more of a mental-grossout. Even if you like horror movies....seriously...don't see it.

Meh. People have been writing/saying that about internet/browsers etc. for the past 12+ years. Every new thing is going to revolutionize/standardize blah blah. Truth is, for browsing the average news/blog website, I've been able to use any browser to view them for ages...I've had browser preferences, but for me at least, it had little to do with viewing. On a certain level, the "web browsing has never been more standardized than it is now" repetitive mantra is true & is always true when it's spoken. But it doesn't mean we're closer to actually being standardized. Every new tech, every new use people want to use the net for, changes what the standards have to be, and that changes so fast it'll be a while before it settles down enough to make anything feel solidly standard for an extended length of time. I'm not saying that it should be different...it's a never ending process...I was just saying that sometimes, I wish it was so...or that the periods between changes were much longer, like they used to be. :D

I was crafted in S. Korea then exported to the USA. It was an equitable exchange.

I always find it worrisome if it seems a sequel is going the 'ever more villains/subplots per sequel' route or something similar, as a way to try to up the ante/excitement. Sometimes it becomes so 'busy' everything becomes kind of lost, if that makes sense. Too many cooks, as they say. From what I've read it seemed Ironman2 might be falling into that. I take it you felt it all gelled together?

The future of the internet keeps making me run further away from the internet. ;D Kidding...kind of. I sometimes wish, as a user, that I didn't need to keep up with/need so many different 'thingies' in order to just use/view what's available on the net. I prefer simple & standardized and it seems to become more complicated and bloated all the time. I like Flash for 'net video stuff, since that's what so many use. But I have no particular loyalty to it, if something comes along that might work better. We'll see.

Well, Varitek is over .300, but he's platooning w/V-Mart so it's small sample size. McDonald's also over .300, but he's temp I guess. Yeah...not exactly power-hitting going on over there. Edit: Their bases-defense has also been completely horrible. V-Mart no longer feels like a catcher solution.

Suzuki on the DL list for A's, among others. Too many injuries for them... I'll be really "mad" if this is the year the Giants get in the WS, when Boston has little to no chance. *still dreaming of attending my fantasy WS game*

My SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio works just fine with Win7... ...but I did buy it the same time I bought the whole system, so maybe it came w/something already in it to make it work...er...I dunno?

I'm no expert either, but I do agree about Boston being 3rd....possibly even 4th...this year. Their offense is weak (tho perhaps not quite as weak as originally surmised by most media) and the whole team in seeming constant flux. My Braves fan friend is tearing his hair out over their 9(?) losses. heh I'm surprised about the A's at the moment, but maybe that's because of the teams they're playing early etc. Don't expect it to last all season, but it's nice to see anyway. Giants...they're pleasing me overall. Like with the A's, I don't see them 'taking it all' by the end but still...they seem strong, so who knows. Ray's are hot right now...if Boston isn't going anywhere, I'd be pleased to see the Ray's beat NY.

I want to dual boot Win7 and XP on my new PC, but want to use two separate hard drives (not partition). I've never dual-booted so it's all new to me and since hubby is still learning Win7 himself he's not too much help... Reading up on how-to instructions (like this sevenforums article) it appears that if you don't install XP first, you run into a Win7 boot-loader problem. If you already have Win7 installed & don't want to have to reinstall, you can supposedly fix the issue by using a 3rd party program called EasyBCD. So my idle curiosity questions: --since I'm always leery of unknown software, is anyone familiar with/used this EasyBCD? --has anyone dual-booted Win7/XP & have any advice/experience/issues to relate?

heh, from videos I've seen, it does sort look like a 3rd person shooter at times. I don't have patience for story-RPG's much anymore...all the dialogue trees, story cut scenes/interactions/decisions blah blah. So I thought I'd try more shooters or mixed genre games...

Maybe...I think my silly eyes would never get used to it tho. Unless you had monitors with no frame borders or at least very thin, clearish ones. Seems like I saw one like that once, somewhere.

Any suggestions for a relatively recent shooter type game that doesn't have a complicated/confusing weapon/gear UI interface? ie I tried Crysis but I don't like it.

Doesn't the frame of the monitors visually distract, tho? I've seen videos of gaming on multiple monitors. Neat in concept but not sure I'd like that broken up look. I'd rather have one really really really wide monitor but they don't make those yet.