Gail Shaw wrote:

> 
> RealPlayer, anyone?
> 

RealPlayer makes me want to hurt people ...

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> RealPlayer makes me want to hurt people ...

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/04/07/funny-pictures-kill-dem-all/

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> 
> RealPlayer, anyone?
> 

Yes. Eight years ago.

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:08:44 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot
com> wrote:

>
>"somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote in message news:48725b8c$1@news.povray.org...
>> "SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
>> news:web.4870470320c25d9a1a157cba0@news.povray.org...
>>
>> > I've had repeated problems over the years with Quicktime to the
>> > point where I dread installing it.
>>
>> I take it that you don't find startup spammer applications charming.
>
>RealPlayer, anyone?
>
My biggest bitch with the BBC website, is that they use RealPlayer for the
listen again service. I've not noticed any nasties, what should I be looking
for?
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     Stephen

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Eero Ahonen nous illumina en ce 2008-07-07 12:33 -->
> Invisible wrote:
>>
>> I'm jelous. All the laptops I have access to have only a power light 
>> and a HD light. (No activity light for the CD drive at all! Oh, and 
>> good luck figuring out whether the NIC is receiving a carrier signal...)
>>
> 
> When my laptop's mobo gets out of warranty, I'll rip off one and change 
> color of another of the bluetooth leds. Those blue leds are bright and 
> irritating.
> 
Just put a bit of electrical tape over those LEDs.

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Alain wrote:
> Eero Ahonen nous illumina en ce 2008-07-07 12:33 -->
>>
>> When my laptop's mobo gets out of warranty, I'll rip off one and 
>> change color of another of the bluetooth leds. Those blue leds are 
>> bright and irritating.
 >
> Just put a bit of electrical tape over those LEDs.

Won't work. One led is on the button that controls BT (on/off) and 
another one is halfly on the front of the laptop. Practically electrical 
tape won't hold even on one of these places (and the solution would be 
incredibly ugly, especially when all other stickers got to go when the 
laptop was brand new).

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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Alain wrote:
>> Eero Ahonen nous illumina en ce 2008-07-07 12:33 -->
>>>
>>> When my laptop's mobo gets out of warranty, I'll rip off one and 
>>> change color of another of the bluetooth leds. Those blue leds are 
>>> bright and irritating.
>  >
>> Just put a bit of electrical tape over those LEDs.
> 
> Won't work. One led is on the button that controls BT (on/off) and 
> another one is halfly on the front of the laptop. Practically electrical 
> tape won't hold even on one of these places (and the solution would be 
> incredibly ugly, especially when all other stickers got to go when the 
> laptop was brand new).
> 
A dab of black paint perhaps?

John

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Doctor John wrote:
>
> A dab of black paint perhaps?

Nnope, it would take a bunch of time to find out how much and what paint 
I'd need to make the blue leds tolerable and one of them still visible 
(there still is the informational value). It really is easiest to just 
remove one and change another of the leds.

> John

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Eero Ahonen nous illumina en ce 2008-09-10 15:13 -->
> Alain wrote:
>> Eero Ahonen nous illumina en ce 2008-07-07 12:33 -->
>>>
>>> When my laptop's mobo gets out of warranty, I'll rip off one and 
>>> change color of another of the bluetooth leds. Those blue leds are 
>>> bright and irritating.
>  >
>> Just put a bit of electrical tape over those LEDs.
> 
> Won't work. One led is on the button that controls BT (on/off) and 
> another one is halfly on the front of the laptop. Practically electrical 
> tape won't hold even on one of these places (and the solution would be 
> incredibly ugly, especially when all other stickers got to go when the 
> laptop was brand new).
> 
Electrical tape come in many colours, not just black.

You can also put a dab of paint. You can find that in about every possible 
colour you want.
Or, some nail varnish. A little red on those pesky blue LEDs can be nice...
Or, some liquid paper, it you can still find the thing.
Or, some masking tape cut to fit.
Or anything that you can put over those blinding LEDs.

By the way, blue light is about the worst. It kills your night vision, causing 
your iris to contract. Red light, as well as yellow, even very bright, don't 
cause iris contraction. Blue light bleed everywhere, red, and yellow don't. Red 
and yellow pierce fog and smoke, blue light illuminate any fog and smoke.
Blue should be banned from cars dashboards for security reasons. Those 
exessevely bright and bluish argon headlight should go the dinosor's way.

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Alain wrote:
>
> Electrical tape come in many colours, not just black.

Yes. My laptop is black.

> You can also put a dab of paint. You can find that in about every 
> possible colour you want.
> Or, some nail varnish. A little red on those pesky blue LEDs can be nice...
> Or, some liquid paper, it you can still find the thing.
> Or, some masking tape cut to fit.
> Or anything that you can put over those blinding LEDs.

Yes. None of those is going to change blue light to green (which is what 
I want for one of those LEDs).

> By the way, blue light is about the worst. It kills your night vision, 
> causing your iris to contract. Red light, as well as yellow, even very 
> bright, don't cause iris contraction. Blue light bleed everywhere, red, 
> and yellow don't. Red and yellow pierce fog and smoke, blue light 
> illuminate any fog and smoke.

Yep.

> Blue should be banned from cars dashboards for security reasons.

I agree.

> Those 
> exessevely bright and bluish argon headlight should go the dinosor's way.
> 

I've driven with xenons from June now, and if I could choose, I'd rather 
take halogens. The spectre of xenons is annoying and it won't show eg. 
mooses from the woods like halogens do. They also make all road signs 
shine more than they give light to the road and woods ahead and near the 
road.

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