The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XLII
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These days? I think that's the case for already 20 years, if not more 
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I gues normally if you want to scan something, you'll often also want to print it. And both parts are within a photocopier anyways, so the combo makes sense.
.I gues normally if you want to scan something, you'll often also want to print it. And both parts are within a photocopier anyways, so the combo makes sense.
I about thought that, and then I tried to remember the last time I had to do that and I could not. I scan something because I want a digital version of a piece of paper, I print something if I want a paper version of a digital file. I never need both, as far as I can remember.
It really saves quite some space to have it all in one machine. Also, yes, having a printer-scanner means that you can do photocopies directly. I sometimes use it that way as well.
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Yeah, from the consumer's perspective, why have two machines when you can have only one? From the manufacturer's perspective, the cost of producing the two together is probably lower than producing two separate devices. I wouldn't be surprised if these combined devices are a bit cheaper than the two separate devices were, back in the day. It's like having a telephone in my palm-computer and media player. Sure, if it all fits in my pocket, why not?
You could say that about any computer peripheral. It is not like printers and scanners share any significant components. A telephone and a media player fit in a palm sized object, a printer/scanner is no smaller than the two separately, and could well be bigger.
The actual why not was an unposted rant about trying to debug my fathers printer/scanner IT problem. I used to understand printers when it involved sending a postscript file to a port, but this thing you had to install a proprietary application to do anything with, and it just all seemed a bit complicated to just print something. But noone wanted to hear that.
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I don't think it's about sharing components, I think it's about sharing desk space. The computer I use at work has all of its internal components behind the monitor; there's no tower case. The speakers are built into the monitor, too. As for propriety applications, yeah, those suck. My office's IT guy returned a new printer he'd gotten for me just because it had some software he refused to deal with. It wasn't like he couldn't, it just made him mad.
The component, or asset, if you prefer, is space. The one printer-scanner we share across the family is a box light enough to be transportable by one person alone. It doesn't take up much room. It is only one set of cables, both for data and for power. Think of that alone.
You need a theologian or a philosopher for that. They are evil.
I remember my first printer. I loved it. It was a laser printer, really expensive, but I needed the best available because this new setup was for my typing business. That printer paid for itself many times over, during the years I had it.
It had two issues, though: It couldn't be too long in the direct sunlight that came through my window, or the ink would start to get messy. So it was curtains closed during the summer and I had to put up a piece of cardboard.
The second problem is that my printer had a habit of lying to me. It would insist it was out of paper, when I'd obviously just put another hundred sheets in the tray.
Otherwise, it was the best printer I ever had - and this was back in the '90s, when I was using an Amiga.
It had two issues, though: It couldn't be too long in the direct sunlight that came through my window, or the ink would start to get messy. So it was curtains closed during the summer and I had to put up a piece of cardboard.
The second problem is that my printer had a habit of lying to me. It would insist it was out of paper, when I'd obviously just put another hundred sheets in the tray.
Otherwise, it was the best printer I ever had - and this was back in the '90s, when I was using an Amiga.
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What is the best controller for PC these days? Is it still Xbox?
Preferably something with native support. The last time I used a controller, it was for the PS3 and needed some third-party doodad to work on PC... and even then it wasn't all that great.
Preferably something with native support. The last time I used a controller, it was for the PS3 and needed some third-party doodad to work on PC... and even then it wasn't all that great.
Chukchi Husky
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I use a DualShock 4 on my PC. Steam supports the controller and there's a growing number of games that natively support DualShock 4 controllers. To use it on other games that support Xbox controllers there is DS4Windows. The only problem is that the controller works best wired.
Does anyone know how to fix the electronics on a VW pickup truck from '96?
"fix the electronics" is not very specific. If one thing is failing you can look for a bad contact or something, but in that age they had got things like that pretty good but the ECU's frequently play up and they are pretty non-user serviceable.
AH:
Have you checked the fuses? I should have said that first.
Second question, what did you do to try and fix the fan?
Buying a new one is one solution, but not the optimal one!
I think it's most business's model sadly.
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