Author Topic: Tech-related problems (Read 593161 times)

~Dan~ · « **Reply #720 on:** February 09, 2007, 02:29:47 AM »

Quote from: Asmodai;303656

I tried it about 5 or 6 years ago, but it couldn't handle a lot of websites at the time. It's probably better now.

It's way better now. I started using it the end of 2005 when I installed XP and needed a browser I could trust not to infect me with viruses. There were a small number of sites it couldn't handle (I use IE for a tiny amount of sites Opera can't manage). I upgraded it again a few months ago and it was even better - many of the sites it had problems with work now.

chera · « **Reply #721 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:51:31 AM »

Quote from: Asmodai;303656

I tried it about 5 or 6 years ago, but it couldn't handle a lot of websites at the time. It's probably better now.

I used it about 6-7 years ago, it had this great function where you could turn off images with a single key combo (no need to dig in Tools|Options|etc.). This was great for the vast majority of sites where all you want is info, and the extra graphics for navigation/ads just slowed things down.

Sadly, this quick functionality never made it to Firefox.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #722 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:36:24 PM »

Quote from: chera;304064

I used it about 6-7 years ago, it had this great function where you could turn off images with a single key combo (no need to dig in Tools|Options|etc.).

Yeah I like that, plus you can block things like scripting, java, ads on an individual site basis, for example some news sites are overloaded with ads/flash/java which use 100% cpu, it's insane! All I want is news, so I can block all those. Tabbed browsing is nice too.

thatguy · « **Reply #723 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:58:20 PM »

Quote from: chera;304064

I used it about 6-7 years ago, it had this great function where you could turn off images with a single key combo (no need to dig in Tools|Options|etc.). This was great for the vast majority of sites where all you want is info, and the extra graphics for navigation/ads just slowed things down.

Sadly, this quick functionality never made it to Firefox.

not integrated, but can be installed via extensions.
there are a number of local-proxy(-ish) extensions that can be configured to strip tags such as img, embed, etc.

perhaps a better one though is "stylish". it can be used to completely override any site's stylesheet, so for certain sites you can strip away images, or for other sites, you can completely change the appearance/layout. for example, i have a black theme applied for youtube via stylish, and another one that modifies the layout and fonts of digg to be more readable.

google for dl and tutorials

amuse · « **Reply #724 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:15:51 PM »

noscript works well
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/

cool_kickin_dude · « **Reply #725 on:** February 09, 2007, 09:21:21 PM »

got a question: there are some wallpapers on here that I want to put on my PSP. do they have to be a certain size or what do I do?

momo23 · « **Reply #726 on:** February 09, 2007, 09:24:03 PM »

Quote from: cool_kickin_dude;304378

got a question: there are some wallpapers on here that I want to put on my PSP. do they have to be a certain size or what do I do?

you need to crop them to 480x272 or equvilent. you don't want to do it with 4:3 images because they come out stretched which would look weird at PSP resolution

do it with some 16:9 images and they should be fine

Dizzy · « **Reply #727 on:** February 10, 2007, 07:17:54 AM »

So I'm trying to load on some songs to my iPod. They appear in the listing, but when I click on them I immediately get sent back to the main screen. There are 29 songs and ONLY the first song loads...they all appear in iTunes and work just fine, they just won't play on my iPod and I've even reset my iPod...same results.

Another problem is I had an entire album on iTunes and I decided to edit the ID3 tags. After doing so, only 2 songs will appear when I try to add that folder...anyone have any idea WTF is going on?

Kei · « **Reply #728 on:** February 10, 2007, 07:37:48 AM »

I've had that problem before. Just delete them from the iPod and put them back on. It works for me.

Dizzy · « **Reply #729 on:** February 10, 2007, 10:50:26 AM »

Tried that and it's still not working. I click on the songs once they are added to the iPod and it just reverts to the main menu screen...(=___=); This is bothering me. Especially since the new ELLEGARDEN album WAS working until I changed the IDv3 tags and now only 2 songs will add to my iTunes...

thatguy · « **Reply #730 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:08:43 PM »

1) use winamp or foobar
2) use something besides ipod

lol jk. seriously though, a bunch of people have lots of problems with itunes. the only sure-fire way to resolve anything is to uninstall your ipod from your system, uninstall itunes, remove any trace of everything, and then re-install. it may sound extreme, but without more info, it's really anyone's guess what the problem (and fix) is.

Dizzy · « **Reply #731 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:14:46 PM »

Sadly I have formatted recently and the same problem with the ELLEGARDEN CD (not adding the songs period) persisted. I was wondering if there were any 3rd party program that would force it onto my iPod.

thatguy · « **Reply #732 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:45:04 PM »

winamp 5.32 + ml_ipod plugin

winamp now has native ipod support, but when it first came out i found it a little buggy (on my friend's ipod). i find ml_ipod (a separately developed plugin, google it) to be more stable. so if you want to venture that route, when you install winamp, just be sure not to install the default ipod support plugin, and then to install ml_ipod separately.

Dizzy · « **Reply #733 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:49:15 PM »

I'll give that a shot tonight after work and see how it works out. Thanx a ton!

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #734 on:** February 10, 2007, 06:04:07 PM »

Quote from: Dizzy;304884

the new ELLEGARDEN album WAS working until I changed the IDv3 tags and now only 2 songs will add to my iTunes...

Can you say what you changed in the tags for the ones that aren't showing up anymore, or take a screenshot?

Also, do you have itunes syncing the music with your ipod automatically, or are you doing it manually?

Dizzy · « **Reply #735 on:** February 10, 2007, 07:02:53 PM »

Well I erased whatever was in there and added Track #, Title, Artist and Album. That's all I ever add to the IDv3 2 tags (I don't bother with IDv3 1). Note that I did this to ALL the tracks and only 2 appear out of the 11.

Misha · « **Reply #736 on:** February 10, 2007, 07:18:03 PM »

Actually i don add idv3 tags to my mp3 at all. I just rename the file and my player will display it as the same name

ferrar1 · « **Reply #737 on:** February 11, 2007, 09:49:15 AM »

BIG problem !!!

My external HDD keeps giving me "delayed write failure, the information for h:\could not be saved bla bla bla"

This problem only happened recently, and i tried to google for some answers but i could only find tons of other people with the same problem but not much solutions. Even this page.

Pt 1 does not apply to me i think because mine is an IDE drive

Pt 2 i've tried other usb cables but still same problem

pt 3 what's scsi?

pt 4 my external enclosure houses 2 HDD and i don't think both are gone at the same time.

pt 5 - 8 i don't understand, noob here

Anyone can help?

chera · « **Reply #738 on:** February 11, 2007, 10:04:27 AM »

I've had that happen to me before. If it happens from time to time, it might be that the USB cable isn't on tight, or that you unplugged the cable without stopping the drive. If it happens a lot, either your drive itself is busted, the enclosure is no good, or your USB2 port is no good. I used to use a PCCard USB2 card. Horrible - my USB2 connections would drop off every few hours, but the laptop's USB port worked just fine.

ebc · « **Reply #739 on:** February 11, 2007, 10:09:05 AM »

It could be a faulty hdd.