Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-12 Thread Barry MacKichan
I'm not familiar with Disk Sweeper, but I'll put in a good word for DaisyDisk. It is pretty, elegant, and extremely useful for finding out where all the disk space went. (Mac only) --Barry On Feb 7, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: Again, all the Big 3 have something like Omni Disk

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-12 Thread Owen Densmore
Thanks for the pointer. I now use it too, along with omni disk sweeper, they complement each other. -- Owen On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Barry MacKichan barry.mackic...@mackichan.com wrote: I'm not familiar with Disk Sweeper, but I'll put in a good word for DaisyDisk. It is pretty,

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Owen Densmore
Nick: did you google: how to use the windows resource monitor .. it turned up lots and lots of info. However, the classic solution to a clean machine is to literally start over: wipe the disk *after* making a complete copy of its contents to a cheap disk, and drag stuff back aboard as you

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Nicholas Thompson
, 2013 10:25 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Nick: did you google: how to use the windows resource monitor .. it turned up lots and lots of info. However, the classic solution to a clean machine is to literally start

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Gary Schiltz
Nick, Are you still in Santa Fe? I'm not, but if I was, I would help out in person at the next WedTech (hint for those who are there in Santa Fe). Surely your buddies wouldn't charge you $200 for a bit of hands-on help (I'd do it for a cup of coffee :-) Gary On Feb 7, 2013, at 2:57 PM,

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Douglas Roberts
the resource monitor to fix it, myself. ** ** ** ** N *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Owen Densmore *Sent:* Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:25 AM *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Nicholas Thompson
: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 1:03 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Nick, Are you still in Santa Fe? I'm not, but if I was, I would help out

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Bruce Sherwood
*To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor ** ** Nick, ** ** Are you still in Santa Fe? I'm not, but if I was, I would help out in person at the next WedTech (hint for those who are there in Santa Fe). Surely your buddies

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Joshua Thorp
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 1:03 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Nick, Are you still in Santa Fe? I'm not, but if I was, I would help out in person at the next WedTech (hint for those who

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread lrudolph
Nick says, in relevant part: The response to this inquiry has led me wonder some wonderings about the folks on the list. Is it the case that: (1)I am the only person on this list that owns a PC You have been in the presence of both Eric and me when we have been using our PCs, and I

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Ron Newman
Is there a list somewhere of commonly found - and usually unneeded - services that can be disabled in the services manager? That is, a list of descriptions of what each service does in plain english? Ron -- Ron Newman, Founder MyIdeatree.com http://www.ideatree.us/ The World Happiness Meter

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Merle Lefkoff
: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:25 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Nick: did you google: how to use the windows resource monitor .. it turned up lots and lots of info. However, the classic solution to a clean

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Joshua Thorp
Eric Charles Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State, Altoona From: Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:57:32 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Bruce Sherwood
It's not Python that's the issue, it's the C++ Visual module which (until the very recent work) had three C++ components (for Windows, Mac, and Linux) for creating windows and handling events. On the Mac, the problem is that it has often happened that a minor operating system upgrade made

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Owen Densmore
Just an observation: Things are Getting More Complicated .. when it comes to computing. I have two friends, both quite bright in terms of computing. One a PC, the other a Mac user. Both have what I call Rotten System Syndrom (RSS). It is NOT a PC vs Mac issue. Its just that things are getting

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Douglas Roberts
You say that like complexity is a bad thing. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote: Just an observation: Things are Getting More Complicated .. when it comes to computing. I have two friends, both quite bright in terms of computing. One a PC, the other a

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Nicholas Thompson
-Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:29 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Just an observation: Things are Getting More Complicated .. when

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Nick, If you use a proprietary system like a Mac running Mac OS X or a Windows PC, and you aren't a person that has reason to know the semantics of internal interfaces (a.k.a. APIs) there really is no recourse but to seek support from the vendors involved, or online support groups. A second

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Douglas Roberts
I don't want to get all gushy or anything, but I knew there was a reason that I liked you, Marcus. (Written, gushingly, on an Android device.) And fuck you, Google. Get it fucking right, finally. Please. On Feb 7, 2013 9:26 PM, Marcus G. Daniels mar...@snoutfarm.com wrote: Nick, If you use a

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Douglas Roberts
BTW, I think my supply of outrage has been drained. Running on empty now. On Feb 7, 2013 9:31 PM, Douglas Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net wrote: I don't want to get all gushy or anything, but I knew there was a reason that I liked you, Marcus. (Written, gushingly, on an Android device.) And

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 2/7/13 9:37 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: BTW, I think my supply of outrage has been drained. Running on empty now. But if I understood correctly, an Android revision is in the works?! heh. Marcus FRIAM Applied Complexity Group

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Douglas Roberts
Maybe. If they feel like it. In their own good time. Arrogant bastards. On Feb 7, 2013 10:11 PM, Marcus G. Daniels mar...@snoutfarm.com wrote: On 2/7/13 9:37 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: BTW, I think my supply of outrage has been drained. Running on empty now. But if I understood correctly,

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Steve Smith
Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:57:32 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Thanks owen. I did lots of stuff LIKE that, but may not have recognized a helping hand when it was proffered. With your reassurance I will plunge back

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-07 Thread Bruce Sherwood
I develop scientific software (VPython, GlowScript), not exactly for a living but as an important supplement to a physics textbook and curriculum. I'm committed to making these 3D programming environments work in Windows, Mac, and Linux. In the 12 years of the life of VPython, Windows has been

[FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Hi, My Dell Studio (yeah, yeah, save the Mac cracks) has been cranky of late, particularly when streaming stuff, and since I am reluctant to put out a couple of hundred dollars to have it tuned up, I have been trying to see what I can do on my own. This has led me to the resource monitor, a

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Douglas Roberts
How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. Merle, what are your thoughts? On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi, ** ** My Dell Studio (yeah, yeah, save the Mac cracks) has been cranky of late, particularly when streaming

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Nicholas Thompson
, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. Merle, what are your thoughts? On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Douglas Roberts
said something helpful, THEN you can be ribald. ** ** n ** ** *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Douglas Roberts *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 2/6/13 8:48 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: One thing that I immediately learned which was STUNNING was that mac I-tunes has a chum that it loads called AppleRemoteDevicesManager.exe which grabs 25 percent of your resources off the top and doesn't let go unless you whack it over the head

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Joshua Thorp
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. Merle, what are your thoughts? On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi, My

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor ** ** How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. Merle, what are your thoughts? On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi, My

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Merle Lefkoff
: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. Merle, what are your thoughts? On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Douglas Roberts
. After you have said something helpful, THEN you can be ribald. n From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Arlo Barnes
Not sure I quite understand the situation, but CCleaner has a utility to look at the StartUp folder (where startups come from, of course) and the registry to see what is being run at startup, and removing these insures that you have to muck around with Task Manager Processes less. Of course, some

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

2013-02-06 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Not sure I quite understand the situation, but CCleaner has a utility to look at the StartUp folder (where startups come from, of course) and the registry to see what is being run at startup, and removing these insures that you have