Comments on: The Case of the Vanishing Icons http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:46:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1304 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:38:01 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1304 Oh, and even if I <i>did</i> switch to Mac OS, I bet I'd just end up <a href="http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Mac/MyMacCantCount.red">clearing my <i>font</i> cache</a> instead :-)! Oh, and even if I did switch to Mac OS, I bet I'd just end up clearing my font cache instead :-)!

]]> by: alphacheez http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1268 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:21:11 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1268 I don't know if you read arstechnica.com, but they have been running some good stories on the history of Amiga which anyone here would probably get a kick out of. I'm a Mac guy, so that's how I get my less troublesome computing done. The Amiga seems to have been a viable option in it's day though. Too bad the Commodore executives seem to have been gits. I don't know if you read arstechnica.com, but they have been running some good stories on the history of Amiga which anyone here would probably get a kick out of.
I'm a Mac guy, so that's how I get my less troublesome computing done. The Amiga seems to have been a viable option in it's day though. Too bad the Commodore executives seem to have been gits.

]]> by: GeeJay http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1267 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:44:04 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1267 Hey Dan, lets play cards...because at the moment you can't take a trick... BTW not all Amiga owners went the Apple way....I went AppleIIE then Amiga (of which I still own 3) and then waited for the PC to (sort of ) catch up..... Hey Dan, lets play cards...because at the moment you can't take a trick...

BTW not all Amiga owners went the Apple way....I went AppleIIE then Amiga (of which I still own 3) and then waited for the PC to (sort of ) catch up.....

]]> by: icghost http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1265 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:50:33 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1265 I've seen this happen w/notebook USB port replicators, replugging solved the problem. In this case the VGA was coming from the replicator - something was getting whacked when Windows redrew the desktop on device activation. Of course it could be PC euphoria caused by that big new display :) Operator state of euphoria not withstanding... I've seen this happen w/notebook USB port replicators, replugging solved the problem. In this case the VGA was coming from the replicator - something was getting whacked when Windows redrew the desktop on device activation. Of course it could be PC euphoria caused by that big new display :) Operator state of euphoria not withstanding...

]]> by: cb http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1263 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:09:59 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1263 This will happen when you have too many items for which Windows tries to cache icons; why is there a hard limit at all? You *can* change the size of the icon cache, e.g. with one of those useful-once-or-less-often-per-install "Windows Tweaks" utilities that try to optimize memory cache and paging settings, among other micromanaging goodies. Cheaper than a Mac, anyway. Of course, real men collect shortcuts and junctions to executables in a directory in the path and start programs from the command line! c:\bin\Grunt.exe! This will happen when you have too many items for which Windows tries to cache icons; why is there a hard limit at all? You *can* change the size of the icon cache, e.g. with one of those useful-once-or-less-often-per-install "Windows Tweaks" utilities that try to optimize memory cache and paging settings, among other micromanaging goodies. Cheaper than a Mac, anyway.

Of course, real men collect shortcuts and junctions to executables in a directory in the path and start programs from the command line! c:\bin\Grunt.exe!

]]> by: ratkins http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1262 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:54:27 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/08/12/the-case-of-the-vanishing-icons/#comment-1262 JGAFM*. There's new ones, you know. Quite nice. Glossy screens, 2.8GHz dual-core processors. As much disk as you can sensibly eat, plus Firewire 800 and even GigE if you're a glutton. You know you want to. All the rest of us ex-Amiga users are here, join us! Join us! [* Just Get A Freakin' Macintosh] JGAFM*.

There's new ones, you know. Quite nice. Glossy screens, 2.8GHz dual-core processors. As much disk as you can sensibly eat, plus Firewire 800 and even GigE if you're a glutton.

You know you want to. All the rest of us ex-Amiga users are here, join us! Join us!

[* Just Get A Freakin' Macintosh]

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