oh man. well, well, well. I sure hope the MPAA doesn't go after those who downloaded "The Wire!" That's the only thing I picked up off lokitorrent. They had really bad torrents compared to LOL.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
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le nubian - Feb 16, 2005 1:45:36 am PST #1690 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Zenkitty - Feb 16, 2005 7:30:50 am PST #1691 of 10003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I registered at Loki but then didn't download anything. Great.
Laura - Feb 16, 2005 7:40:12 am PST #1692 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Silly, just for memememe question because the programmer types I work with want to foil my user preferences.
An application I use is specifically written to always open full screen because users have in the past deposited the application off the viewable screen, or some other thing.
I hate this. I am always working on 10 things at once and it just bugs and annoys me that this ap opens full screen. I have searched for more time than is reasonable for some command line to add to the run command to make it open to my personal preference, but so far thumbs down.
I'm on XP.
If anyone has an idea then I can laugh at those that want to thwart my pleasurable computing experience.
Stephanie - Feb 16, 2005 8:32:58 am PST #1693 of 10003
Trust my rage
This might be more of a science question than a techonology question, but...
Both my microwave and my cordless phone interfere with my wireless connection. This I get, but the computer seems to be unable to pick up the signal for the next 30-60 seconds after the phone is turned off or microwave stops. It's almost as if some distrubance in the air continues. Is that possible?
Laura - Feb 16, 2005 9:05:34 am PST #1694 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
It sounds to me like it might just be the time to reconnect. My wireless was giving connection headaches, but a new card fixed the issues.
Hil R. - Feb 16, 2005 2:22:33 pm PST #1695 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The wireless connection at my parents' house totally disconnects whenever anyone uses the microwave. They have to have the computer scan for a signal again.
Stephanie - Feb 16, 2005 2:33:06 pm PST #1696 of 10003
Trust my rage
My computer is pretty much always scanning (I think). it reconnects on its own and finds the signal immediately if I take it close to the Airport. However, within the first minute or so after the microwave or phone goes off, if I walk the computer away from the signal source, it loses it again.
I'm convinced it's some sort of disturbance in the signal but I don't know enough to know if I'm right.
Jon B. - Feb 16, 2005 7:02:32 pm PST #1697 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Scary spoofing vulnerability: [link]
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2005 7:11:00 pm PST #1698 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Damn. Both Firefox and Opera fell for that.
DXMachina - Feb 17, 2005 2:55:30 am PST #1699 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Firefox and Mozilla didn't fall completely. While they were waiting for the page to load, the status line said "waiting for [real URL]", but it didn't last very long, and it's pretty much instantaneous once the page is cached. Nasty, that.
Still, the best advice still holds. First off, paypal and banks don't send emails that ask for your password. If you get an email like that, check with the institution by typing in the official site URL yourself.