For some wierd reason I'm using a Library computer, surprisingly enough in a Library. And how I wish I wasn't. The machine itself isn't that bad, and neither's the screen. In fact, it's quite a nice setup for a library. Unfortunatly, the good comments end there.
The screen is set at an absolutely stupid resolution (about 400x600 by the looks of it), for all the people they think come to the library that presumably can't see. Fine. I have no problem with the people who need bigger icons and text, but why not have one or two computers out of the six here that DO have a massive screen size.Second problem is the filtering. OK, so it's easy enough to get past (I have a CGI proxy on my site and about 10 other PHP proxies on some free hosting websites, I have the addresses saved in a text file on my server) but the free hosted proxies are incredibly slow, and my host doesn't really like me setting up a proxy.It blocks ANY type of discussion board. Any page with even the word 'h*ll' in it, and any online games websites where you talk to other people, simply because they think the average teenager has the brain of half a sheep and will give out their address and phone number to anybody who asks.My third big problem with Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council is their obsession with not letting you save anything AT ALL. Period. You can't save it to a USB drive, you can't save it to the C drive, h*ll (D*NM THOSE FILTERS) and the only way I can save things is by opening an FTP window in IE (they won't even get Firefox) and saving it to my own webspace. If my suspicions are correct, they are doing this to make money from the printing charges, which aren't actually that bad (10p a colour sheet of A4).Now I must go, as there's BIG GREEN TEXT scrolling across the screen telling me I have 5 minutes left. Well guess what? I DON'T CARE. I'm going home, to go on my proper computer, play Animal Crossing (on my GameCube, I'm still saving up for a DS) and have some food. - A very angry Sam
400*600? O_o
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|………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||………………………………||————————————|^That's 400*600 (est, shrinked). I think you got your numbers flipped around XDYou don't live in Eugene, OR. The library there is fantastic, and you can save to disks! No 1x1 resolution, either. It is 800x600, which isn't good but is tolerable. And i'm not even sure if there is a filter.
What the heck are you doing in a library? The last time I've been there was around 4 years ago. Really.
They probably don't let you save anything because that would also allow you access to a USB drive, CD rom, disk drive, etc… which opens up a huge security risk for the computers, and makes them more trouble than thtye are worth for the librarians.
Nice rant. Or library computers are so much bbetter. Like no filters and good screen but there slow even though they run on high speed connection. There's so many on the server it slows down
my min resolution is 640*480 and doesn't stay like that for more than 5 seconds :O :O :O
600*400? ZOMG WAFFLE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKE PANCAKE EGG HAM.XDI don't do math [:p] and I only went in because my little bro needed to get a book on whales for some school project, and I thought while he was choosing I'd go on a PC.