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§ ita § - Jan 18, 2005 3:10:44 pm PST #1265 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, no more torrenting Stargate, that's for sure. I think I want to finish getting Galactica, since I'm almost done, and then I'm good for now. Thank GOD I got Spooks already -- I can wait for the rest of the stuff to air on TV.


libkitty - Jan 18, 2005 5:14:51 pm PST #1266 of 10003
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

but do you have to tell the browser the path to the Java runtime?

Yes. I think I did so, but couldn't do it precisely as instructed, as it kept telling me there was no such file or path or directory. Perhaps I got the structure mixed up, but I tried various permutations, and did a search to ascertain that the file was where I thought it was. So, if the file was in my Desktop, the command would be ./libkitty/Desktop/blah blah blah cut and pasted from the Java site, right?


meara - Jan 18, 2005 7:03:20 pm PST #1267 of 10003

So, my laptop only has 256 megs of memory. I'm told more is good. If I want to double it, do I buy another 256 megs, or do I have to buy 512, and swap what I've got out? Is this something I can do myself, or do I have to take it somewhere to get it done? (Laptop in question=12" powerbook)


evil jimi - Jan 18, 2005 9:00:51 pm PST #1268 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Just had to pass this along. Control your lustful urges, ladies and gaymen. Bill Gates strikes a pose for Teen Beat magazine


Rob - Jan 18, 2005 10:14:33 pm PST #1269 of 10003

If I want to double it, do I buy another 256 megs, or do I have to buy 512, and swap what I've got out?

It depends if you've already got memory in the expansion slot. Apple System Profiler (found in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder) can tell you that.

If the slot has a 128MB DIMM in it, you'll need to take it out and put in a 512M for 640MB total. If not, you can add a 256M or even better a 512M module.

The slot is under a little panel held on by four 00 phillips head screws. You might not have a 00 phillips head screwdriver, but otherwise the install is easy.


Fred Pete - Jan 19, 2005 3:45:43 am PST #1270 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

Control your lustful urges, ladies and gaymen. Bill Gates strikes a pose for Teen Beat magazine

My eyes! My eyes!


tommyrot - Jan 19, 2005 5:30:48 am PST #1271 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

My eyes! My eyes!

I feel ill....


§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 5:31:32 am PST #1272 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Quick! Someone change the topic! USB buttplugs, maybe?


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2005 5:32:44 am PST #1273 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Quick! Someone change the topic! USB buttplugs, maybe?

Hey, there's a reason they're called "thumb drives"....


Liese S. - Jan 19, 2005 5:49:36 am PST #1274 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

We've mentioned that the little personal USB massager skeeves me, right? Because the fact that USB provides power does not mean that we must treat it like a cigarette lighter, which is being used for its original...okay, maybe not.

But really, it could be USB anything. The mind boggles.