Action_Jay

Action_Jay

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Reply to MSN Toolbar Suite Beta in Windows XP WinCustomize Forums

The desktop search doesn't seem to be fully functional yet. Neat idea, for people who search for things. It would seem the main goal here is to abstract the file system entirely. Make searching fast enough that it's easier to type the filename and hit enter than it is to click through the start menu or explorer windows. That is, if searching turns up any results. I let it index my drive and it still found nothing. <img src="http://im

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Reply to Active Desktop in Beginners WinCustomize Forums

That takes me back to the days of Bob. It's funny how many times I've told myself it would be an awesome idea.. then upon a little bit of research I learned that Microsoft actually tried it once - and failed miserably.

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Reply to MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

CD sales have nothing to do with this. Artists make most of their money performing live, so you can't exactly say file sharing hurts them. If anything, it's good for them and I'll explain why in a moment. Labels on the other hand, make most their money through lawyers and crooked deals to nab ninety nine percent of an artist's revenue. Who's the thief here? File sharing has seen the rise of indie bands into the world market. They can distribut

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Reply to Microsoft Anti-Spyware beta in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It's nice to see Microsoft making some sort of an effort in regards to the spyware debacle, considering it's their operating system all this crud is takign advantage of. They chose an effective existing product - Giant - and are going to offer it to their customers. This might be the same approach their new antivirus initiative ends up taking, too. However power users feel about Giant, or Microsoft, this is still a good thing. More regular use

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Reply to Screenshots...The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

This is sad and cute at the same time I'm not an artist or a skinner myself, though I am a writer and musician. If I saw something created that was a derivative of my work, and done in a way that people would know where the original content came from, I'd be flattered. If I personally felt that it was poorly done and detracted from the original, I'd still be flattered. If I felt that it surpassed the original, I would also be flattered. <B

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Reply to How NOT to appear foolish on the internet. in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Lurk, lurk, lurk! Too true. Otherwise you'll fall prey to people who eat newbies for breakfast. I've seen some normally great people who, for the sake of fun, love to mess with the sensitive new posters who aren't familiar with their sense of humour. At first glance the posts seem brash and elicit crazy

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Reply to Your thoughts on Marijuana in Blogging WinCustomize Forums

Sorry Steve, I don't see that many 'pro pot lovers' posting their educated views One guy did say "Pot Rulezzzzzz" on the first page of the thread, though. Might extrapolate from that. This is getting silly, but I'm getting a laugh out of it. Great to hear so many mature and well thought out posts though. And yeah, it's way off topic. I was kinda taken aback to

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Reply to Your thoughts on Marijuana in Blogging WinCustomize Forums

I'm seeing a lot of people here who've quit after simply growing out of it. Kinda nice to hear, kudos to all of you. Funny how all that experience doesn't seem to sway the young'uns though. Oh well, their loss, hazing the days of youth away.

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Reply to Your thoughts on Marijuana in Blogging WinCustomize Forums

People do have the right to destroy their bodies any way they like, though they should be a little more aware of the effects these things have on them before setting out to do so. Saying pot is harmless is a perfect example. So, you drink/toke, get drunk/high, black out but you're alive the next day, and you think it's all good. Then you realize you woke up in a drunk tank or rehab because you were trying to drive home. People are, inherently,

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Reply to Your thoughts on Marijuana in Blogging WinCustomize Forums

Well, there's people who smoke now and then and you'd never know it meeting them, and then there's the complete burnouts and waste cases. People who can handle it for recreational use are fine, but the true potheads are way too prelavent, making asses of themselves and becoming a drain on society. Pot is too widely available, especially to younger people who definitely won't be able to handle it. The stuff should be controlled, if not completely remove

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Reply to Big Brother IT! (personal rant) in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

i'm with Relswick on this. The IT guys should have automated that migration and made it go a little smoother. With an app like Outlook, there's no excuse for it to be left out for the end users to set up. I feel for ya, man, and all those employees forced to do their own administration.

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Reply to Brad's Friday Night Skinning Blog Entry: DesktopX, ObjectBar, the GUI Olympics, Alienware, and more! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Awesome news. The Objectbar overhaul looks great, and I totally agree with IconX becoming its own program. Maybe you guys can figure out some way to make IconX affect icons in explorer windows and stuff as well. Mmm that'd be yummy! ObjectDock Plus sounds exciting too. Looks like its going to be pulling ahead of other dock programs like a rocket. I can't wait to see it. Keep up the great work!

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