Re: OT: Funny: I'm voting Republican.

Bob Casanova <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:39:03 +1000, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx (John
Wilkins):

Bob Casanova <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:21:30 +1000, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx (John
Wilkins):

Susan S <otoeremovethis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In talk.origins I read this message from Inez
<savagemouse123@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Jun 26, 9:45 am, Ye Old One <use...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:19:18 -0700 (PDT), Inez
<savagemouse...@xxxxxxxxxxx> enriched this group when s/he wrote:



Any chance you could post this again with better attributions?
Looks interesting, but impossible to read on Google Groups.

Is Google the problem? Are other readers presenting Inez's
post just fine?

Thanks,

Chris-

I think the problem was me. I have two computers, a laptop and
a desktop. My desktop computer fell on its sword, and my new
computer has Windows Vista, which apparently was specially
designed by Microsoft to torment me.

Upgrade to XP Pro. You will never regret the move.

I actually tried that, but it didn't work and according to the folks
at the computer store my hard drive in incompatible with XP.

I don't believe it. Matt Silberstein, former t.o. denizen, bought a
new computer a few months ago. Since he did not want Vista, he
zapped it and installed XP from his old machine. Works fine.

Could be true in some cases, though. We tried it with a new Dell and
had serious problems.

I don't know about Dell desktop machines, but their laptops
(like most laptops, if I'm not mistaken) use customized
drivers and won't work well with the generic drivers
available from the hardware manufacturers. If the computer
uses a "standard" motherboard, video card, etc it should
work OK; mine always have, with everything from DOS 5.0
through XP Pro. And I *won't* buy or install Vista.

Any hints about how to get the audio drivers working again?

What's the machine configuration? If it's a Windows system
you should be able to get at least some info on the audio
hardware using the System icon in Control Panel if the
system recognizes the hardware (and a look at the BIOS can
also be useful). Do you know what audio hardware is present?

Also, the Dell laptops I've used come with a "System
Install" CD which can rebuild the system from scratch, or
you can get a replacement from Dell for a nominal fee (or
could a couple of years ago; that may have changed). I'm not
familiar with Dell desktop systems, though.

And the Dell website *may* be useful, although I wouldn't
count on it, support being what it is in general. Start at:

http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Unfortunately we reformatted the drive and installed Ubuntu, which
didn't work well, so when we tried to restore usign the Dell disk, we
lost some things, and I can't find the drivers.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Philosophy
University of Queensland - Blog: scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts
"He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor,
bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious."

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