Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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 prett

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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 Swe

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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 much

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" 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 wi

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

Maybe. If they feel like it. In their own good time. Arrogant bastards. On Feb 7, 2013 10:11 PM, "Marcus G. Daniels" 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, an Andro

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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 li

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BTW, I think my supply of outrage has been drained. Running on empty now. On Feb 7, 2013 9:31 PM, "Douglas Roberts" 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 fuck you, Googl

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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" wrote: > Nick, > > If you use a proprietary sys

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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

Very good advice and nice explanation Owen, thanks! On Feb 7, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Owen Densmore 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 Mac user. Bo

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

s. Nick -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 Complicat

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You say that like complexity is a bad thing. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Owen Densmore 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 Mac user. Both

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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

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 somethin

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

s >> Assistant Professor of Psychology >> Penn State, Altoona >> >> From: "Nicholas Thompson" >> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" >> Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:57:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Re

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

cks to get it fixed by an expert and who also too dumb to know > how to use 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 Morni

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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 The World Happiness Meter

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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 e

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you ever make your way back, I will buy the coffee. Even if my computer > is fast as light. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Gary Schiltz > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 1:03 PM > > &

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t; Nick > > ** ** > > > > ** ** > > *From:* 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] Wi

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

. Even if my computer is fast as light. Nick From: 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 Sa

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

uot;The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" 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

hursday, 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

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 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, "Nicho

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

ebruary 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 machine is to

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 over: wipe the disk *after* making a complete copy of its contents to a cheap disk, and drag stuff back aboard as you need

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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 to

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 to muck around with Task Manager > Processes less. Of course, some

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

gt; Sent: 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 yo

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

un...@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 Monitor > > How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. > > M

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Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

..@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 Monitor > > > > How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. > &g

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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 with

Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

; >> ** ** >> >> *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 Monitor*

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> > 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 A

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esday, 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" wrote: H

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" wrote: > Hi, > > ** ** > > My Dell Studio (yeah, yeah, save the Mac cracks) has been cranky of late, > particularly when streaming stuff, and since I

[FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor

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