Maggie's Farm

Roy - We're talking about Desktop icons. They don't have a size setting, like regular shortcut icons, nor could we ask people to go through that process for each individual icon, anyway, when all we're trying to avoid is having to hit the 'maximize' gadget (or double-click on the title bar) when they open in half-size mode. Also, setting IE's shortcut icon to 'Maximized' doesn't affect them.

Ron - Thankee again, and I changed your name in the post. As far as the volume changer, it sounds like a nifty tool but because I'm into video, I touch the volume as little as possible. I keep it in a pre-set condition (both Volume Control sliders at max, speaker knob turned up 'just so') so I can tell when a video is above or below standard computer audio levels. If it is, I'll 'normalize' the audio track (sets it to the standard) and then reassemble it with the video track before putting it on my site.

Video is fun!*

*once you know everything. :)

Shoot, did I set that spam filter too high? I checked the "Remove all posts with vile references in them" option and blam! You said the word "M*C" and there went the post!

It's amazing Bird Dog got away with all of those "Apple" posts!

(thu-dump!)

Thankyew...thankyew...I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

In answer to your question, it's a new post. To properly update the old post by conventional blogging rules, I would have had to strikethrough the entire post, then added the update at the bottom. Might have looked a tad weird.

I'm sorry I lost your comment, though. Maggie's Farm hereby owes you one free comment.

Take it away. :)

(in a desperate attempt to reach across the cultural divide and 'make friends' with one of those weirdo Mac owners, Doc reaches into his bag of tricks and...)

Hi, Meta!

What keeps the doctor away?

An apple!

What do you give the teacher to butter her up?

An apple!

What caused Newton to come up with the Laws of Motion, the Theory of Gravity and the invention of Calculus?

An apple!

Yes, Meta, you Apple owners have got a lot to be proud of!

When the vast majority of the world mocks, scorns and derides your elite cultist ways, pay them no mind! When the PC'ers in the media portray you as a bunch of slovenly, unkempt degenerates living in their parent's basement, just disregard it! When you walk in the computer store and there's this tiny 1' x 1' section of Mac stuff, be proud of this niche you've carved out!

Well, gosh, that's about all the good things about Macs I can think of, Meta. I hope we're friends again. Oh, those Mac desktop icons are pretty sharp, I should mention that. And certainly that 1-button mouse helps cut down on carpal tunnel syndrome.

So you've got that going for you.

BTW, did I ever mention I was once a slovenly, unkempt, elite cultist degenerate like yourself? It was on an Amiga, not a Mac, but same thing. The PC'ers haughtily referred to it as a "game machine", the meanest insult available. I'd walk into a Fry's Electronics the size of Rhode Island and there'd be my 1' x 1' section of Amiga stuff. The PC'ers would pay $99 for a new hard drive, I'd pay $250.

The Mac crowd at the time gave us our due respect, because they were much more computer savvy and knew what things like "24-bit" meant.

At the time, a PC was 16-bit and thus could only display 16 colors on the screen. A Mac was 24-bit and could display 256 colors. That's why it was so popular with the desktop publishing crowd.

An Amiga had a 32-bit system and, with a bit of background chicanery such as 'interlace' and 'copper blitter', it could display 1,096 colors.

That's why it was such a good game machine.

But that's all another story. Well, I'm glad we're friends again, and just let me say, if I ever mock, scorn and deride Macs in the future, please do take it personally.

Thanks for understanding. :)

"But I have two race cars and a truck, so that counts as a counter point to cool. Right?"

Well, uh, gosh, I don't know. I have a Firebird Formula with 400 horses under the hood. I was considering that the very definition of cool. :)

I would be nothing without my Logitech mouse.

Race for title slips? Shore 'nuff, you're on.

Would it be okay if I picked the course? I'm sure you'll concede me that.

Oh, and I'd also like to change vehicles, if you don't mind.

I'd thought I'd use this, instead.

Race you to Bermuda and back. :)

Thanks for blowing it for me, fella. I was going to take out an advance loan on my new Kawasaki to pay for it, but now she'll probably attach a lien to it. Well, I suppose I can always pawn one of the kids, and the local Korean restaurant would probably pay handsomely for my neighbor's dog. We'll see!