Yesterday

[mickey megabyte]

 

[Kari]

Looks like your beautiful wife does not react well to sunlight.

No, she does not react well to web-publicity.

 

[sergiogarcia9]

No, she does not react well to web-publicity.

Neither does your licence plate

 

[zrtom]

The Saratoga flat track opened today....
So I'm downtown at "The Summer Place To Be" watching the circus.
Tom
Saratoga Springs, New York (NY) SperlingView: "The Summer Place To Be" by Mary

 

[Dwarf]

It´s 3:45 AM here. Second night in a row I can´t sleep. Tried it, waited polite in bed until wife started snoring. Waited still an hour, no use.

No problem, though. I am basically on holiday and besides I have this new addiction called The SevenForums.

Update: It´s 4:55 AM. What´s happening, why am i suddenly Insomniac?

I think you have answered your own question:

I have this new addiction called The SevenForums.

Don't worry, you're far from alone and are in good company.

 

[Kari]

Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,
While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?
Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee
So far from home into my deeds to pry,
To find out shames and idle hours in me,
The scope and tenure of thy jealousy?
O, no! thy love, though much, is not so great:
It is my love that keeps mine eye awake:
Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat,
To play the watchman ever for thy sake:
For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere,
From me far off, with others all too near.

She got a T-shirt with sonnet 92 written in front last birthday. This I do not know but I´m guessing it origins from the same quill.

 

[Kari]

There exists considerable argument to whom the quill belonged. For me, the collection of sonnet's historically attributed to The Bard are simply the most beautiful of all English writing.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove

I know Bill only in Finnish. My English is just not good enough to read him in English, I do not understand his language so completely that I could really enjoy reading it.

I know this, though, and it is also very beautiful in my mother tongue.

 

[mickey megabyte]

My English is just not good enough to read him in English, I do not understand his language so completely that I could really enjoy reading it.

Most of the English English (ie those from England) have this problem too! Forsooth the language doth changeth verily in 400 years.

anyway, going back to the thread: Today...i wasted a couple of happy hours making a new avatar and signature not entirely happy with sig yet, it still needs tweaking, but it will do for now...

also wasted a few more hours writing a snipping tool tutorial - then i noticed that dwarf had already written a truly excellent one the vista forum

 

[Kari]

This day belongs to my wife. I can still not understand why I promised this, but I am going to spend whole day at the biggest mall this side Germany, shopping with her. Must be I was too drunk to understand what I promised?!?

Is there any greater source of enjoyment for us men than to go marathon shopping with our beloved wives? To have this opportunity to speak with her and not always "talk" only to the computer. To use words and language you normally wouldn`t use: "Yes dear, that suits you just fine. No dear, of course you are not fat. That´s true; she looks really ugly in that dress, it would be a lot nicer on you. Of course I can drive, I don´t like to have a couple of beers with lunch."

Seriously, I am still very much in love. I just hate these shopping sprees!

Kari over and out.

 

[Zidane24]

Well...Today I have attempted to build the tiny-est version of Windows 7 using DISM and vLite...It looks like I have succeeded. Build target was Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64...Final ISO size is 1.23GB(I am not kidding here...will be lower when I clean all but three files out of the soucres fiolder out). Not sure of the installation size yet...Once I get a lite build I feel is up to my quality than I will share it with the world...

BTW I made myself quite the little handy batch file that takes an .xls list of packages to remove from Windows 7...it integrates drivers from a folder specified...integrates languages into Windows and Windows Setup...and performs clean-up. Once I feel it is up to quality than I will release it.

Chris

Here is the batch file in a .txt for anyone interested in the work done...I wouldn't bother running it yet due to the lack of Official files from Microsoft that I will add checksums to eventually...(imagex is an example here)

 

[darkassain]

This day belongs to my wife. I can still not understand why I promised this, but I am going to spend whole day at the biggest mall this side Germany, shopping with her. Must be I was too drunk to understand what I promised?!?

it happens to guys all the time...

Is there any greater source of enjoyment for us men than to go marathon shopping with our beloved wives? To have this opportunity to speak with her and not always "talk" only to the computer. To use words and language you normally wouldn`t use: "Yes dear, that suits you just fine. No dear, of course you are not fat. That´s true; she looks really ugly in that dress, it would be a lot nicer on you. Of course I can drive, I don´t like to have a couple of beers with lunch."

while i do not have a wife i do know what you mean...

Seriously, I am still very much in love. I just hate these shopping sprees!

Kari over and out.

im pretty sure if there had something to do with electronics it would be the other way around....
at least that's how it goes with me...

Well...Today I have attempted to build the tiny-est version of Windows 7 using DISM and vLite...It looks like I have succeeded. Build target was Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64...Final ISO size is 1.23GB(I am not kidding here...will be lower when I clean all but three files out of the soucres fiolder out). Not sure of the installation size yet...Once I get a lite build I feel is up to my quality than I will share it with the world...

BTW I made myself quite the little handy batch file that takes an .xls list of packages to remove from Windows 7...it integrates drivers from a folder specified...integrates languages into Windows and Windows Setup...and performs clean-up. Once I feel it is up to quality than I will release it.

Chris

Here is the batch file in a .txt for anyone interested in the work done...I wouldn't bother running it yet due to the lack of Official files from Microsoft that I will add checksums to eventually...(imagex is an example here)

nice batch file although you tore most of the meaty stuff out....
i have been looking at it and modifing it to prompt you first if you want it unnattended (with the prerecorded variables) or you want to be asked where is what....
it would actually be best if it came as a pack (you know as a zip with all the files [such as imagex and such so that you can hardcode your variable path and not care where it is located so that it would work in many more working enviroments...
(but im sure you know that...)
but in any case +1 on the remarks/comments which say which is which and what is what..

 

[Zidane24]

it happens to guys all the time...


while i do not have a wife i do know what you mean...




im pretty sure if there had something to do with electronics it would be the other way around....
at least that's how it goes with me...





nice batch file although you tore most of the meaty stuff out....
i have been looking at it and modifing it to prompt you first if you want it unnattended (with the prerecorded variables) or you want to be asked where is what....
it would actually be best if it came as a pack (you know as a zip with all the files [such as imagex and such so that you can hardcode your variable path and not care where it is located so that it would work in many more working enviroments...
(but im sure you know that...)
but in any case +1 on the remarks/comments which say which is which and what is what..

It is far from complete as you say...I hadn't got to making it be able to specify directory listings or what not. I could repack it into a zip right now and it would be a usable program except I think it is against the rules to include the executable for imagex out of the WAIK (may be wrong here)...Anyhow the editing is appreciated and I hope to get it fully fledged by this weekend...

I would make it into an app but TBH I have never did that before myself...would make things really nice

 

[matt_0978]

Well...Today I have attempted to build the tiny-est version of Windows 7 using DISM and vLite...It looks like I have succeeded. Build target was Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64...Final ISO size is 1.23GB(I am not kidding here...will be lower when I clean all but three files out of the soucres fiolder out). Not sure of the installation size yet...Once I get a lite build I feel is up to my quality than I will share it with the world...

BTW I made myself quite the little handy batch file that takes an .xls list of packages to remove from Windows 7...it integrates drivers from a folder specified...integrates languages into Windows and Windows Setup...and performs clean-up. Once I feel it is up to quality than I will release it.

Chris

Here is the batch file in a .txt for anyone interested in the work done...I wouldn't bother running it yet due to the lack of Official files from Microsoft that I will add checksums to eventually...(imagex is an example here)

boogie on chris, am looking forward to having a ganders at that.

 

[Zidane24]

Here is the whole package thus far...If this isn't the place for it than MODS you can get rid of it

PLEASE NOTE!
You need source files of 7600.16385 (RTM) and have them in the places where the bat says so (just for now...). Also I am uploading this as a test release...in no way is this finished and likely there is still bugs on the loose
Chris

 

[zrtom]

Here is the whole package thus far...If this isn't the place for it than MODS you can get rid of it

PLEASE NOTE!
You need source files of 7600.16385 (RTM) and have them in the places where the bat says so (just for now...). Also I am uploading this as a test release...in no way is this finished and likely there is still bugs on the loose
Chris

Chris, I'm liking this. Put this on a Vertex in my Mini 10 and it might just run like a real laptop....lol
Keep up the good work!
Tom

 

[mickey megabyte]

Today...i spent another happy hour or so playing with my signature.

i'm still not perfectly happy with it...three or four more tweaks and i'll be happy.

 

[holo88]

today. i woke up at the butcrack of dawn. idk why, i usually sleep till noon. so i started tinkering with my l4d map. (its almost done ) but theres about a billion buggs i still have to squash. hell, i might even release it :shock: it's a survival map. based on feedback, i might start constructing a whole campaign. no job = limitless free time

for those of you that dont have any clue what im talking about... google it

 

[mickey megabyte]

congrats on your guruship!

*bows to the master*

 

[Kari]

It`s half past midnight here. Wife`s sleeping, my new addiction brought me from bed to my study to check SevenForums as soon as I noticed she`s asleep.

Like so often before the full day out, shopping and having nice time together, the day left me a nice and warm glow. It`s ironic how I always fear a shopping day with my wife but how good I always feel after it. It has of course something to do with my wifes sensitivity, she´s learned to shop quite moderately when she`s with me. And today we found a store where they have a waiting lounge for men, next to the fitting rooms so we men could see and comment what the women were trying and go back to our activities. There is a XBox, two internet terminals, TV showing Eurosport (it`s a bit like ESPN there other side big water) and an espresso machine. I think I might even found a future customer there today.

Tomorrow I think I`ll go back to the mall, I saw today a new Sony HDD / DVD recorder which I think I want.

Kari

P.S. This Chillout Room, especially this thread makes my SevenForums experience complete. I would like to thanks all and everybody in the team for having had enough patience and expertise to give us The Ultimate Forum.

Thank you.

 

[matt_0978]

I bought an "open box" BioStar nVidia GF 9400GT 512 for my nephew. $40. The box was labeled "Tested Good." The box was sealed. Upon opening, it was missing a screw that held the backplane on. Won't post video. Bad out of the box. I need to reset BIOS to get onboard video back on.

Today, I learned to never post a link to MicroCenter. Their bench techs are inane. At least, one of them is.

It's all good, it's all wood. I came home to find myself some kind of guru. Is that badge rescindable for purchasing open box hardware?

congrats on your guruship!

*bows to the master*

Yer, 'grats mate!

the other day I got my first badge, like overnight i'd gone from having 10 reps to 100 reps. i was thinking like there's somet different about my User Card, oh look at that a 'Skilled' badge...cooool!

@mickey: nice sig Anthony and sergiogarcia been working on mine, it's not quite right tho :huh: