Hi Louis - better late than never eh?

Great to have you onboard, look forward to seeing more of you around the forums

g'day mates....

yep .. a good old Aussie intro ... sort of like owyagoinmate ?

anyway ... from Down Under ... in Sydney ...actually about 25 kms out of the main City ,so we have trees , birds, walking paths ,running tracks ,parks , animals , civic-minded local council , quiet streets , people who say hullo , no parking meters ...et al ...

I have been into { literally } pc's since about 1980 .. before windows , used all that strange DOS stuff.... mind you , wouldn't want to go back to that !

have often looked up stuff in various cd freaks forums ... always been very helpful.

there are times I cud linger here all day just reading ... is gud stuff..

anyway , I figured it's time to join ...

nice to be here ...

Hi ozzie, glad to have ya here, mate

First, I would like to say that I am glad that I was directed to this sight.One of my biggest joys and past times is to do photo editing, attempt to produce home movies and keep up with the new technology. When tech problems come up this really creates a lot of down time and getting answers to problems is not an easy task at times. I am thrilled to have a place to discuss computer issues.

Hello SUGARBOWL! Nice nick, and welcome

Hi
Welcome onboard SUGARBOWL.

Hi SUGARBOWL, nice to have ya with us

With all the movies in my collection I can't find one I want to see right now.

Hi All
My name is Elwood Iam probably the greenest nubie of all times Iam 6deckades pluss4 I know just about enough noladge to be dangerious with a computor I just built this computor to try my hand at Gaming I am a avid dog trainer for the sport of Agility My dog Bud is a austrailian cattle dog with lots of energy I hve now retired from a log carier in mechanics My spelling is Very Bad so please Excuse See you on the nubie form

Hi Elwood and welcome to CDF

Hi My names Bill, known on here as kiwi
Came upon CD freaks by accident and have spent the last 2-3 hours wondering thru the site, awesome.
I've even posted a few rants elsewhere on the site.
I'm 47 going on a 1,000, you are as young as you feel right...lol.
Married family man who just started with computers about 3-4 years ago and has been facinated ever since.
I'm learning a huge amaount about just about everything...
Thanks to ALL the people that contribute to this site 'cause it makes for one very strong community.
I even got some advice on one of the other forums about WD hard drives not allowing you to do certain things........... had my say there too.
Cheers to all my peers, I'll come back and read some more later on.
Kiwi

Gidday Kiwi...welcome
You are right...this is the best forum for everything related to computer software, hardware, and media. You´ll find an expert for every problem, and decent people to help you out.
Have fun and learn lots.

Dean
(from Auckland...now 10 years in Germany!)

Good evening to you, ( or which ever greeting applies!),

As I'm new here I thought I'd take the time to pull up the chair.

I've been involved with PC's in various guises for best part of 30 years! I cut my teeth on the ZX spectrum and moved to the PC world over time. I well remember an older fellow consultant predicting, some 20 years ago, that PDA's and such things will never catch on and that I'd be better off with a Filofax rather than the Psion I was using to record data and appointments. He he - what a laugh. Wonder what he thinks now!

Currently I'm working in the digital graphics arena, with video and still images.

I run two pc's - the larger and faster one for video etc and the other for everything else!

I joined this site as I have recently come across an annoying irksome problem concerning DVD video burning and the way programs handle the files.

I've had a look through the forums but can't find where best to post my question - so that would be a useful answer to have.

Kind regards,

Chriscb.

Hey I am Big J used to come here a lot before you had to be a member to check stuff out I was mostly jut lazy and didn't take the time to become a member. Well I am getting unlazy and hope to be of help with some info I know and hope to gain more knowledge from the rest of the people on the forum.

Hi,

I'm a 35 year old IT-professional from Austria.
I like RPGs & LARPs, hiking and trekking, nature and animals I can pet

Hi,

Name's Jesse... as the nick states. Joined this forum to read the awesome amount of helpful information. Been a member for ages but have only just decided to post! Oops. I'm into Computers, Outdoors, Partying and i cant wait to travel! -Nice to be here.

Re: Undergraduate major.

Hi, Albert,

I'm a former executive (CFO/COO/CEO) and was a scientist (major computer manufacturer--long before PC's) before getting my MBA. I've, also, been a grad B-School professor off and on since Sept 1968. I've been on the faculties of 4 major (northeast) universities and a member of seven different (subject area) departments -- no doubt, a record of some kind.

Anyway, should you get this note, I have some specific suggestions regarding your proposed major(s) and subsequent studies as well as career. First, since you're contemplating a math major at Columbia, I assume that your Math SAT is around 800. If that's so, I'd suggest (strongly) that you immediately join MENSA (it's a breeze). Doing so will help "distinguish" your resume now and later in business life.

As to major, I'd suggest mathematics and economics (which, btw, is what I did for my u-grad) OR engineering and math (which I WISH that I had done) OR mathematical physics. All of this is predicated upon your express decision-basis choices. NOW, and this is CRITICAL take a course in financial accounting, one in cost accounting, and one in tax accounting. DO NOT take the idiotic, managerial accounting or whatever it's termed at wherever you end-up. It's a make-believe course taught by folk who seldom know a damn thing.

With any of these major study combinations, you'd be in excellent shape to get a job with McKinsey (Booze, Allen; BCG; etc.) or any of the large accounting firms. After 2-5 years experience STOP your career and get an MBA in finance. If you find that you like the field a LOT, consider going immediately into a PhD program in mathematical finance. Should you NOT be profoundly turned-on by finance, you'd have your pick of jobs upon graduation anyway! (When I completed my MBA, I only interviewed with 5 firms, but, I received job offers from 27 firms. This is a bullet-proof path.) Make sure that you graduate in the top 5-10% ... just become a monk and you'll reap the dividends for the rest of your life!

The resultant two-part career path will, initially, get you quickly into the $75 to $125K range (particularly because of the tax accounting). Going back for the MBA try for MIT, Harvard, Chicago (I'd pick that order, but, it's hard to beat the networking value of HBS). Post-MBA, you'll likely go into executive staff assignments for C-level executives which is a great way to learn and become known. The next (very soon) step would be to take an upper-level non-executive job. Alternatively, you could, "write your own ticket" at an I-bank. The "bidding" there would probably start (with bonuses in today dollars) at around $250K and climb VERY quickly.

I would strongly urge you to learn a second European language and an Asian one. Were I to be doing it, now, I guess I'd opt for Russian and Mandarin Chinese. I would NOT take anything other than the requisite minimum to meet your baccalaureate distribution, because you can always learn on your own (that's what I did/do). Of course, if you're "just aces" with languages, knock yourself out! Your goal is to make sure that your GPA is maxed.

If you want to save the world, whales, whatever, forget everything that I've said. My advice: Makes tons of money and decide who YOU want to help. Worked for me; I'm 62 and retired at 41 ... life is good.

Best of luck,
Jim

hello
my name here is haniscape ... well that's hani + scape
this means me appearing within such a nice zone
like our cute and nice forum
lol
c u later

Hi, All,

I'm new to the forum, but have been accessing CD Freaks info for some time.

I'm retired from a long career as a music director, and have a good background in audio recording. I'm involved as a performer in choral and instrumental activities. I will be teaching a voice class in 2008. I'm becoming quite active in the areas of high school sports videography, wedding videography, analogue to digital media restoration , and have moderate computer skills.

My family (wife of 50 years, 3 adult children with spouses, and 15 grandchildren), and church are priorities in my life. People of all ages and backgrounds and relationships are important to me.

I look forward as a forum participant to a helpful and creative exchange of information.

Incidentally, all of us are probably freaks at some time about somethings. That can refer to both intensity of favorite activities, as well as creative off-the-wall thoughts and expression of them.

Learn all you can about real life; be what you are created to be; Live all your life!

Walt (real name)

cancelled

Cool...welcome to the forum Walt. I like the 'about me' you put together

Hello! I just joined up. Thought I should, as I'm always reading through topics and finding out how to do things I didn't know how to.

My name is Renae, I'm 20, and female. Session9 is a movie I like, just because I couldn't think of anything else and my real name was taken.

I love music, cult movies, my keyboard and my laptop.
Not sure what else, so hi! Again.

Welcome to CDF Renae. So good to see yet another female join the ranks

Wowsers...thanks for the in-depth tips. I believe I'll be referring back to your post for some time.
Welcome, Walt. Nifty name choice (RSVP), and at the amount of stuff you are into.
Welcome, Renae. Hehe...yep, it's always good to join up. You get to ask questions and learn even more, as well as just be a part of the community.

Hi Walt & Renae, welcome to CDFreaks!