Posts by Jacob Johnson70

I run everything through SpamAssassin first. If I don't recognize the sender or they aren't in my contacts, it’s an immediate bounce and delete.

How can they live with themselves?
From whom?
From us.
But we're the ones who showed up to watch.
Doesn't matter. 😁 😁

Shame on you! 😂

Let the old man be happy. It’s not like you're going broke over two banks. You can see he's broke.
Who's broke? Just give me five cards.
How many?
Five.
Five won't work! Take this one instead.
I don't want just one.
who's singing over there

Come on in, kid! You looking for trouble?
Sure.
Kill Bill dubbed in English 😬

Look, I don't need it. Buying that just for an occasional 3ds Max render isn't worth the money.
I'll just make do with what I've already got. 🙂

redheron12 said:just buy a densitometer...

What even is that? 😕

Jacob Johnson70 said:You could always try using a Nokia monitor Test-om.

Thanks. Geometry looks fine. Now I just have to mess around with the brightness and contrast, since this monitor requires software adjustments for that.

Eht said:The eternal struggle: getting your monitor and printer on the same page.
If you actually know what you're doing, calibrating a monitor isn't the hard part.
All my displays are calibrated to Pantone standards—I use their own software and hardware for it.
As for the printer... well, that depends. Some machines come with great profiles ready to go, while others require endless tinkering.
My advice? Calibrate the monitor first, then see how much of a gap there is between the screen and the printout.
Most discrepancies usually boil down to a poorly calibrated monitor.
Personally, I've had great luck using Sony, HP, and IIyam monitors paired with HP 5500 and 9500 printers.

P.S. If anyone needs help with monitor calibration, hit me up. I offer decent rates.
I cover Indianapolis and the surrounding areas.

Thanks. I'm working with a Trinitron tube monitor and an HP 1220 C.

I'm looking for some software to sync my monitor colors with what the printer actually puts on paper.
In 3ds Max, I keep running into this issue where the screen colors look way brighter than the final printouts.
Does anyone know of any decent software to fix this, or is there just some trick within Windows, Max, or Photoshop?

I lost my vision back in high school because I spent all my time reading in the dark. During those first three years of wearing glasses, my prescription was jumping by almost a full diopter every year—basically, my nearsightedness was spiraling. Then I switched to contacts about 15 years ago, and my vision hasn't changed since. That’s despite staring at monitors and TVs for hours every single day for the last decade.

So, I finally set up Winborg XP today, and I have to admit, it’s actually pretty solid. You just pop the DVD in and forget about the installation process; everything just works.
Once the OS is settled, you get to pick your software—graphics drivers, utilities, antivirus, firewall, the usual. If you can't be bothered to choose, the defaults kick in automatically after four minutes.
The install runs, you reboot once, and the machine is ready to go.
It's nice seeing that Windows can actually handle updates.
For anyone who spends their life reinstalling systems, whether for themselves or clients, this edition is a must-have. 👍
If anyone runs into hiccups during the setup you can find fixes or report issues right here.

Watching how Brazil plays right now... it’s actually a blast.
What kind of insane moves are these? That goal from Ze Roberto was pure magic—bicycle kicks, nutmegs, you name it. 🙏 🙏

David Sanchez6 said:Anyone in Miami have Windows XP Borg edition?
I'll pay him to burn it for me.

I'm waiting on a new drive (supposedly arriving tomorrow), then a buddy of mine is going to flash the Borg edition for me. If nobody else steps up, just shoot me a PM so we can work something out; I'm in a suburban town near a major city. Can ship via USPS. 🙂

redheron12 said:If I recall correctly, you don't actually need the equation editor. Just select the two characters, go to the font settings, and toggle subscript or superscript. Simple enough, right?

That works, sure. But what happens when you're staring down a summation from i=1 to n?🙂>

Peter Johnson4 said:Thanks.

I found it in the Office suites and got it installed...
Now I actually have to learn how to use it to figure out how to add those markers...
I don't even know what this thing is called...
All in all...
What a mess.

Can you see the toolbars? If not, go to View - Toolbar. They should show up now.
Once they're visible, just click the one you need and it'll pop up. You can move to where you want to type using the arrow keys or your mouse. From experience, the arrow keys are easier.
Just play around with it; you'll get the hang of it soon enough.
Oh, and if the font or numbers look too small, go to Size - Define and adjust it there.

There’s an equation editor available. It uses the symbol for "square root of alpha"—I have to type it out since I can't use the actual symbol here. Basically, you use the equation editor to format formulas and all that math stuff.
The only question is whether you actually have it installed. Just search "equation editor" in the Microsoft Word help menu; if it’s there, the icon will pop up, and if not, it'll tell you. You should find the installer on your Office suites disc somewhere.

I know it’s technically against the rules—I admitted that in my first post—but it’s a solid workaround.
Basically, whenever you need to wipe a machine and start over, you just grab the latest version and handle everything with a single DVD.

A buddy mentioned that specific edition to me. It’s a DVD with a fully updated Windows XP SP2, heavily tweaked, packed with every driver you could possibly need, and about 50 programs—things like Adobe Photoshop CS, Microsoft Office 2003, WinRAR, K-Lite codecs, and a bunch of other stuff—all without needing license keys. You just run the Windows XP installation, pick the apps you want, and you're done. One reboot later, and the machine is ready to go.
Supposedly, they release a new version every month.
What’s your take? Anyone actually tried this?

Look, I know this version is totally illegal...🙂

Then everyone would just argue over whether it was a penalty or if he deserved a red card.
People would probably still be obsessing over what-ifs and "what about this" or "what about that"—you know the type 🙄—forever. 🙄

You've got a point there, Carol Ortiz4. It’s happened before. Does anyone else remember when McLaren rolled out that new braking system about seven or eight seasons ago? Everything was perfectly legal, yet they still had to scrap it just because the other teams started complaining.