If this is PLA, you may have gotten some filament that wasn't stored properly. PLA is really bad about absorbing moisture, which makes it swell and not feed properly. It also makes it generate steam bubbles when extruded, which absorbs a bunch of the heat and messes up layer adhesion. You also might see a rougher texture from all the little bubbles. I've heard people bake their PLA to try to dry it out, might be worth a try, 40C for 6 hours or so. Here's a link: How to Dry Filament: PLA, ABS and Nylon | All3DP[^] HTH! -- prr

This takes care of most of them... I don't care about cookies 2.9.6[^]

What's up with all the stupid BOXES? Was this user interface designed by cats?

Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you.

Well, not technically a PC trick... this goes back to the days of vt220's and vaxes. Annoying co-worker was bragging about how secure VMS was, and how nobody could EVER possibly break in to his account. It used encryption and everything! VMS... meh. A simple jumper from pin 2 of his terminal to pin 3 of mine when he wasn't looking, and I could see everything he typed. He pestered me for a week before I showed him how easy it was. l-user...

The Vista Upgrade Advisor fails behind a proxy auth firewall, as (reportedly) does Windows Update (see http://help.lockergnome.com/vista/Vista-Upgrade-Advisor-bombs-ftopict21157.html[^]). Once again Microsoft pegs the duh-o-meter.

Also pay attention to the autofocus delay (aka shutter lag). If you've ever taken a picture of absolutely nothing because whatever you were pointed at ran/flew/hopped/slithered away while your camera was groping for its buttcheeks with both hands, then you understand what I mean. When shopping, I like to take two cameras, point them at something with not much contrast, and click the shutter. Whichever one takes longer gets handed back to the salesman. The last time I looked, I wasn't impressed with Nikons, but I was at a lower price point than you are. Oh, and inevitably, when shutter lag is mentioned, some chucklehead suggests prefocusing. Yes, prefocusing removes some (but not all) shutter lag, but it only works if you only take pictures of things that aren't moving, such as mountains or the US soccer team. Any camera will work fine for "Still Life With Fruit", but try that with a dragonfly or a hyperactive 2 year old and see what you get. Enjoy your new toy! -- prr

Pah! You're a mere child. :) My first computer was an Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P with a 1 MHz 6502, 8K of ram (upgraded from 4K), a cassette interface for storage, and Microsoft ROM Basic version 1.0 which, shockingly, was full of bugs. Some things never change, huh? http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?st=1&c=813 -- prr

Second this. The commands are right under your fingers. No carpal tunnel from ALT-META-CTRL-ESC.