Richard - The Oracle!

[FJJP]

Richard, you are on a par with Beagle, who regularly posts on the Miitary forum. Your pearls of wisdom make you an expert on computation that many of us take real note of...

I hope you don't sit up until 4am worrying about computer problems!

FJJP

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

FJJP,

I enjoy helping.

Richard

P.S. Not The Oracle like in The Matrix. More like:

"A stopped clock is right twice a day."

[IFTB]

I fully agree.

There are apparently three such people in ProonLand:

- Richard (AKA, Naples Air Center, Inc.)
- BEagle, in Military, reportedly (I'm more a freightdog myself)
- ORAC, who's personal title I find superb:

If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing; think how dangerous a lot can be......

Thanks to the knowledge and patience of these people we learn a lot!


On-On
IFTB

[BOAC]

Seconded - thanks to all the experts who have given so much help here.

[Timothy]

I'm just amazed by the breadth of Richard's knowledge and experience. Most of us have to specialise, even within our subjects, but Richard is immediately there with a well thought out, accurate and helpful answer to everything!

I am delighted that an appreciation thread has started so that we can all express our thanks.

Will

[Feline]

Concur all the previous comments - Richard is always on the ball, helpful and unfailingly good mannered/humoured; BEagle - always worth a read (Is there any aircraft in Aunty Betty's Flying Circus inventory that he hasn't driven?), and Orac - well, I wish we could hardwire him into a help system - much better than any lame-brain Microsoft Help system where it helps to know the answer in order to ask the right question ...

Thanks very much Gentlemen - please don't go away!

[Front_Seat_Dreamer]

I just wonder where he gets the time?

I spend far too much time here (so the wife tells me) and I don't have a business to run like Naples.

Respect.

[FJJP]

The thing that makes the likes of Richard and Beags stand out is that they don't make you feel stupid and inadequate. Problems are dealt with in a matter-of-fact way, without the condescending attitude so prevalent in the computer superstores. And they treat you with respect...

[curmudgeon]

I saw a comment on another thread from Richard that XP runs very sweetly on 512M of memory. Having just put in an extra 256 stick to take it up to 448 M before installing XP at Christmas, I dug out another stick from an old machine in the attic yesterday to take it up to 512M.

Wow ! The machine now goes as quickly as an Aberdonian going home on a flag day! I wouldn't have thought that such a relatively small increase in memory would make such a big difference.

So many thanks, Richard, and to all the other prolific posters who add greatly to my knowledge of PCs.


cur

[redsnail]

I'll add my heartfelt thanks too. Also got to mention PPRuNe Towers as well. His calm considered manner and wealth of experience in a number of fields is invaluable. His subtle wit and humour cracks me up too.