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Air Gun Home Forum Index » The BS Topic » getting fancy Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  getting fancy   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:55 pm oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA My wife just bought us a new computer. It was 1100 bucks but now I feel like I'm a anchor on cnn. lol It's all touch screen. You don't even need a a mouse. It even has a onscreen keyboard. lol Hello, welcome to oddtodd 360. This is CNN. _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!" Re: getting fancy   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:28 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands oddtodd wrote: My wife just bought us a new computer. It was 1100 bucks but now I feel like I'm a anchor on cnn. lol It's all touch screen. You don't even need a a mouse. It even has a onscreen keyboard. lol Hello, welcome to oddtodd 360. This is CNN. Sounds like fun stuff. What are you gonna do when you're a couple of yards away from the screen though. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:44 pm oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA I forgot to mention the remote that you can surf with your tv. lol I have 2 flatscreens and they are on the network in my house too. I could run my own TV station now! This thing does about everything and between the TVs, laptop, my old computer which is now my son's and his little brother's computer which was my son's but now is networked in, I have my own workgroup. lol EDIT: I forgot to mention the xbox360 and wii hooked up to the network too. Hey you gotta admit when you're disabled and bored you can make some neat things happen. Last edited by oddtodd on Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:48 pm; edited 1 time in total _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!"   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:47 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands oddtodd wrote: I forgot to mention the remote that you can surf with your tv. lol I have 2 flatscreens and they are on the network in my house too. I could run my own TV station now! This thing does about everything and between the TVs, laptop, my old computer which is now my son's and his little brother's computer which was my son's but now is networked in, I have my own workgroup. lol Oooh, evil command center! _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:41 pm packrat Senior Member Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 882 Location: Out in the woods...Ellabell, GA. Think of all the airgun stuff you coulda bought with that much cash _________________ HEY !! This getting old thing is NOT for sissies...   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:46 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area My fist thought was what great target the new computer stuff would make.   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:27 pm Jaxom Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 927 Todd, that's kewl. My comp is beyond rebuilding anymore. Motherboard is 9 years old! Just be careful, one day you might wake up and in a very monitone voice "hal" will be giving you orders! _________________ .22 2300kt Crosman Custom   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:33 am packrat Senior Member Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 882 Location: Out in the woods...Ellabell, GA. Actually, I need to QUIT spending money on friggin' air gun stuff and update my PC..had this same set-up for ~5 years? Trouble is, I don't catch on to computer stuff very quick, that's a fact. I can do OK with my current equipment, but when ya go to talkin' about the high-tech stuff like oddtod got, my head goes to spinning. Freaks me out, no joke. _________________ HEY !! This getting old thing is NOT for sissies...   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:13 am yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Sign me up for a new Geak-a-sphear... I'm still running 20" CRT monitors... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports Re: getting fancy   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:26 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND oddtodd wrote: It's all touch screen. You don't even need a a mouse. It even has a onscreen keyboard. Sounds like hard work to me. I like the voice activated ones you can swear at them. Al _________________   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:31 am donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area I have completely switched to laptops around $300.00 each. Acer Aspire One for taking on the road, one for navigation on my Maxi scooter and a 15.6 inch for home and all of them have the power to do anything I could want except play some of the more advanced games which I am not into.   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:15 pm oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA Donec, I would have rather did that, but my wife wants the boys to live in an enviroment that fosters learning and interactive computer games. She's a teacher, and she wants the boys to be comfortable with technology. Heck, my 4 yo and 8 yo both have facebook accounts so they can play the games on there. Plus I have jumpstart which is an online learning game. They can access it from any computer in the house. I do have child protection built into the server, so they can't get to any harmful sites, like whitehouse.com or whatever. I like playing with it, but my 8 yo learns algebra on here, and my 4yo is working on his addition and subtraction tables. I just dabble on the internet, but these boys are learning how to do the real technical stuff. My 8yo son is starting to work in html with a children's program she just bought, and although I won't let him post it on the internet, it is very good. My 8yo figured out the movie thing, where you can download movies into the server and watch them on anything in the house, TV's included. He also taught me how to work with the touchscreen which was at first a pain in the butt. it's easy peasy now. If kids nowadayscan do this stuff at 8, I can't help but wonder what the world will be like when they are 18. _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!"   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:24 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands oddtodd wrote: Donec, I would have rather did that, but my wife wants the boys to live in an enviroment that fosters learning and interactive computer games. She's a teacher, and she wants the boys to be comfortable with technology. Heck, my 4 yo and 8 yo both have facebook accounts so they can play the games on there. Plus I have jumpstart which is an online learning game. They can access it from any computer in the house. I do have child protection built into the server, so they can't get to any harmful sites, like whitehouse.com or whatever. I like playing with it, but my 8 yo learns algebra on here, and my 4yo is working on his addition and subtraction tables. I just dabble on the internet, but these boys are learning how to do the real technical stuff. My 8yo son is starting to work in html with a children's program she just bought, and although I won't let him post it on the internet, it is very good. My 8yo figured out the movie thing, where you can download movies into the server and watch them on anything in the house, TV's included. He also taught me how to work with the touchscreen which was at first a pain in the butt. it's easy peasy now. If kids nowadayscan do this stuff at 8, I can't help but wonder what the world will be like when they are 18. It's a revolution in information. The question is, will our brains be able to keep it up? _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:10 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA I did accuire 2 new techi toys round Christmas time... Acer laptop for my techi impaired wife... lets see... had to whipe the hard drive twice all ready... she makes program files compleatly disapear better than Hodini... I got me a Net Book for on the road... Cool little Gateway... 250 gig HD... I upgraded to 2 Gig of Ram before even leaving the store and the full version of Windows 7... Course I had to have the goodies to go with it... 500 Gig Port HD... Portable DVD Burner, Blue Tooth, GPS... and a bag to put it all in... Next is the Topo maps for the US to go with the GPS... It's the home and shop computers that need to be replaced now... at least 2 of them.... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:57 pm Jaxom Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 927 Yeah our it's going to be something when our little ones are adults. I think back to when i was learning how to program in basic on a mixture of Commadore Pets and Commador 64's. Told a buddy of mine who worked with computers back then that I wanted my own "128" with a 20 MEG drive...and he asked me what I'd do with all the memory! LOL Today, I was at fry's getting blank dvd's. Was checking out nas drives for my network. Westnern digital has a 6T drive for less then $800! _________________ .22 2300kt Crosman Custom getting fancy     Air Gun Home Forum Index » The BS Topic You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 2   Goto page 1, 2  Next All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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