While I am always distrustful of big business and what it tries to get away with, here is the counter-argument. Written by the same author of the "Fairly comprehensive article" linked above.
http://www.cookingissues.com/2011/05/20/the-trials-of-transglutaminase%E2%80%94the-misunderstood-magic-of-meat-glue/
On the one hand you have big business and on other lame fearmongering cheap journalism. I'm reminded of the newscaster on The Simpsons.
Kent Brockman: "Hordes of panicky people seem to be evacuating the town for some unknown reason. Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?"
When you say you get a black screen, I'm assuming this is after successful installation of XP? You did actually reformat and not just reinstall? I would first disconnect all peripherals including anything plugged into a USB port. See if that changes anything. If not, allow up to an hour for it to fix itself from the black screen (go to bed or have dinner). Not kidding. I've had XP repair itself after a long wait when I thought it was dead. If still no luck, do the F8 thing to get a boot menu if you don't get one and try "with logging". The log should show what file it's hanging up on and you can get help on that. You may need to reboot into Safe Mode to view the log. Also, Safe Mode coming up and not crashing is a good thing. Windows may have mis-detected the card and installed the wrong video driver. Oh, and insure that any driver disks that came with the PC were supplied in installation and have been updated if necessary. But if it ran before with an out of date driver, it probably still will. Good luck.
Lucy on her way in to work. But from her vantage point shw was a poor eye witness.
Looks like a cul-de-sac. I <3 Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1200++North+26th+St+Wilmington,+NC
"grossly excessive punitive damage awards violate the Due Process clause of the U.S. Constitution."
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde
The RIAA claims they do this for the artists. But artists have never seen any of the money that has been collected on their behalf. All blank media has a built in tax that goes to the RIAA. Artists have never seen a penny.
Macs have some hardware design niceties that come from having an army of overpaid hippies try to dream up cool features. A magnetic cable lock that comes free when you accidentally step on the cord so you don't knock your $2K laptop on the concrete of the cafe you're posing at getting free wi-fi because you can't afford a broadband connection after paying what Apple thinks is a fair price for a laptop is one of many that come to mind.
But why not have the best of both? Have you heard of "Hacintosh"? (If not try Google) You can buy a legit copy of OS X for < $150 and obtain the drivers that will allow it to run on many PC laptop models. A PC power and price performance with Mac OS. And if you get a model with an easily replacable hard drive you can have both a PC and a Mac and run Windows when there is something that you need to run that only works on Windows.
It's not a solution for the fainthearted and requires thorough research into the brand and model you intend to upgrade.
While I am always distrustful of big business and what it tries to get away with, here is the counter-argument. Written by the same author of the "Fairly comprehensive article" linked above. http://www.cookingissues.com/2011/05/20/the-trials-of-transglutaminase%E2%80%94the-misunderstood-magic-of-meat-glue/ On the one hand you have big business and on other lame fearmongering cheap journalism. I'm reminded of the newscaster on The Simpsons. Kent Brockman: "Hordes of panicky people seem to be evacuating the town for some unknown reason. Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?"
posted by Toonces 12 years ago
In "I believe I've been hijacked"
When you say you get a black screen, I'm assuming this is after successful installation of XP? You did actually reformat and not just reinstall? I would first disconnect all peripherals including anything plugged into a USB port. See if that changes anything. If not, allow up to an hour for it to fix itself from the black screen (go to bed or have dinner). Not kidding. I've had XP repair itself after a long wait when I thought it was dead. If still no luck, do the F8 thing to get a boot menu if you don't get one and try "with logging". The log should show what file it's hanging up on and you can get help on that. You may need to reboot into Safe Mode to view the log. Also, Safe Mode coming up and not crashing is a good thing. Windows may have mis-detected the card and installed the wrong video driver. Oh, and insure that any driver disks that came with the PC were supplied in installation and have been updated if necessary. But if it ran before with an out of date driver, it probably still will. Good luck.
posted by Toonces 13 years ago
In "Interracial couple denied marriage license in La."
I have no problem dating or marrying someone of another race. I did in fact. But I sure as hell wouldn't have lived in the South when I did.
posted by Toonces 14 years ago
In "Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Receiving Oral Sex"
Lucy on her way in to work. But from her vantage point shw was a poor eye witness. Looks like a cul-de-sac. I <3 Google Maps http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1200++North+26th+St+Wilmington,+NC
posted by Toonces 14 years ago
In "Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case"
"grossly excessive punitive damage awards violate the Due Process clause of the U.S. Constitution." http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde The RIAA claims they do this for the artists. But artists have never seen any of the money that has been collected on their behalf. All blank media has a built in tax that goes to the RIAA. Artists have never seen a penny.
posted by Toonces 14 years ago
In " Indian sex workers learn karate."
I think you just described the movie Sin City.
posted by Toonces 14 years ago
In "Curious George: Windows vs. Mac"
Macs have some hardware design niceties that come from having an army of overpaid hippies try to dream up cool features. A magnetic cable lock that comes free when you accidentally step on the cord so you don't knock your $2K laptop on the concrete of the cafe you're posing at getting free wi-fi because you can't afford a broadband connection after paying what Apple thinks is a fair price for a laptop is one of many that come to mind. But why not have the best of both? Have you heard of "Hacintosh"? (If not try Google) You can buy a legit copy of OS X for < $150 and obtain the drivers that will allow it to run on many PC laptop models. A PC power and price performance with Mac OS. And if you get a model with an easily replacable hard drive you can have both a PC and a Mac and run Windows when there is something that you need to run that only works on Windows. It's not a solution for the fainthearted and requires thorough research into the brand and model you intend to upgrade.
posted by Toonces 14 years ago
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