Comments on: Uncompressed: Episode Nine http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/ Each week Tony and Thom bring you the latest insights into technology, video games, movies, computers, and geek life! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jenn. http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-83 jenn. Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:48:57 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-83 you're right. that was the worst podcast :P but on the other hand, the website looks darn pretty.... you know what they say, it's better to look good than to ...sound good...no, wait, that's not right... well, anyway... you’re right. that was the worst podcast :P

but on the other hand, the website looks darn pretty….

you know what they say, it’s better to look good than to …sound good…no, wait, that’s not right…

well, anyway…

]]> By: ThomW http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-82 ThomW Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:38:34 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-82 That's what I thought Floyd. :) I was going to go home tonight, put my PC in Standby and yank the cord -- now I don't have to! That’s what I thought Floyd. :)

I was going to go home tonight, put my PC in Standby and yank the cord — now I don’t have to!

]]> By: Floyd http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Floyd Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:53:33 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-81 I guess I am fortunate that Standby works reliably on my Dell. I haven't tried hibernate, bust Standby. If it has a full charge when I put it in standby, it will sleep for a couple days. The only thing I have to remember is to save my work on Friday afternoon before I go home, in case I don't plug it in all weekend. By Mon morning I am right at the limit if its battery. If it runs out of juice while in standby, you lose everything you were working on. When I am running around a client's house programming their AV system, I am running on batteries, so I sleep and wake it all the time. It will wake from Standby just as fast whether it is plugged in or not. I guess I am fortunate that Standby works reliably on my Dell. I haven’t tried hibernate, bust Standby. If it has a full charge when I put it in standby, it will sleep for a couple days. The only thing I have to remember is to save my work on Friday afternoon before I go home, in case I don’t plug it in all weekend. By Mon morning I am right at the limit if its battery. If it runs out of juice while in standby, you lose everything you were working on. When I am running around a client’s house programming their AV system, I am running on batteries, so I sleep and wake it all the time. It will wake from Standby just as fast whether it is plugged in or not.

]]> By: ThomW http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-80 ThomW Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:52:13 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-80 I do use Standby on my PC, but on a laptop I think that would probably kill the battery if it wasn't plugged in. I've never tried this -- but if you go into Standby and yank the power cord, does the system only take a couple seconds to get going again, or does it cold boot? I'm betting it wouldn't work. I do use Standby on my PC, but on a laptop I think that would probably kill the battery if it wasn’t plugged in. I’ve never tried this — but if you go into Standby and yank the power cord, does the system only take a couple seconds to get going again, or does it cold boot? I’m betting it wouldn’t work.

]]> By: Tony http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Tony Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:22:43 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-79 As a repair tech, I constantly deal with all kinds of problems with standby and hibernate. If it works for you, great -- I am not trying to knock your post at all -- I just see so many machines that have issues with standby. Usually its not the machine itself, its usually some program with a memory leak that although doesnt drain memory away while IN standby, going in an out thereof causes it to hemmorage even more. Im glad to hear you liked the show. Honestly, the next day when Thom and I listened to it back we both said to each other "That wasnt nearly as bad as it seemed when we were recording it!" We both had a long day, and were really tired and it really felt a lot worse at the time we were recording it. I think we both just felt drained and thought it was reflecting in the show. Actually, in hindsight, some of the funniest parts of the show were when we were half alseep going on about Wendy's and whatnot. :P As a repair tech, I constantly deal with all kinds of problems with standby and hibernate. If it works for you, great — I am not trying to knock your post at all — I just see so many machines that have issues with standby. Usually its not the machine itself, its usually some program with a memory leak that although doesnt drain memory away while IN standby, going in an out thereof causes it to hemmorage even more.

Im glad to hear you liked the show. Honestly, the next day when Thom and I listened to it back we both said to each other “That wasnt nearly as bad as it seemed when we were recording it!” We both had a long day, and were really tired and it really felt a lot worse at the time we were recording it. I think we both just felt drained and thought it was reflecting in the show. Actually, in hindsight, some of the funniest parts of the show were when we were half alseep going on about Wendy’s and whatnot. :P

]]> By: Floyd http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Floyd Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:11:48 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-78 Worst episode, ever! But I loved every minute of it. :) It doesn't matter what you guys are talking about, I always find it entertaining. BTW, I don't know what Thom was pining about the "Instant On" laptops for, don't you use Standby? I never turn my laptop off, I just put it in standby, which takes 9 seconds from the time I hit the button to when I can type my password on the login screen. I suppose you could shave a good 7 seconds off that if you used flash memory... ;) What would be cool, and maybe this is how it will work, in which case I retract my previous statement, is if you could take a "snapshot" of your machine, complete with which applications are running, and use that as your "instant on" state. So you would power on your machine and have Outlook open, AIM running, PhotoShop open, and a browser window open to yahoo all immediately. Now that would save some time. -Floyd Worst episode, ever!

But I loved every minute of it. :) It doesn’t matter what you guys are talking about, I always find it entertaining.

BTW, I don’t know what Thom was pining about the “Instant On” laptops for, don’t you use Standby? I never turn my laptop off, I just put it in standby, which takes 9 seconds from the time I hit the button to when I can type my password on the login screen. I suppose you could shave a good 7 seconds off that if you used flash memory… ;)

What would be cool, and maybe this is how it will work, in which case I retract my previous statement, is if you could take a “snapshot” of your machine, complete with which applications are running, and use that as your “instant on” state. So you would power on your machine and have Outlook open, AIM running, PhotoShop open, and a browser window open to yahoo all immediately. Now that would save some time.

-Floyd

]]> By: Tony http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Tony Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:34:06 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/01/12/uncompressed-episode-nine-2/#comment-73 If you had an issue where episode 8 was redownloaded from our feed with the text from episode 9, we apologize. We had a feed issue earlier today and it has since been corrected. If you had an issue where episode 8 was redownloaded from our feed with the text from episode 9, we apologize. We had a feed issue earlier today and it has since been corrected.

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