Tact Filters

Someone (I think damned_colonial or dotaturls) linked to a page on "tact filters" a while ago, but I misplaced the link. I found it again today through an entry in geeketiquette.

Executive summary: some of the differences in communication "strategies" between geeks/nerds and "normal people" can be explained by the concept of a "tact filter" which is installed in different directions in each set of people.

( Text of the article behind the cut, by permission )

Not enough memory to continue. Abort, Retry, Fail?

Bleah. Since Vista is chewing up so much memory, I thought I'd upgrade.

Just like I upgraded my XP box from 0.5 GB to 1.5 GB; this one has 2 GB already, but it feels like half that. (I've heard the 2:1 ratio is pretty common, i.e. Vista will feel roughly like an XP box with half the memory.)

However, when I tried Crucial's systems scan, it tells me my motherboard can only handle 2 GB total memory.

Car-less again

My step-mother had offered to lend us her car for the past two weeks since she was on holiday and wouldn't be needing it.

Usually, my sister would borrow it, but apparently, she has the use of her mother-in-law's car now, so she didn't need it.

By a coincidence, I had two weeks of holiday exactly then! So we accepted her offer, and it has certainly come in handy. We went to IKEA three times, to the deer park once, shopping several times, and so on.

But yesterday, we went to Pinneberg ward in the morning and on to my father's house afterwards, and returned the car. I had rather got used to having one, I think :) And my usually-nervous driving had improved quite a bit at having some experience several days in a row.

It was also interesting to see how many small children there are in Pinneberg ward (and a couple more on the way, it seems).