Could be... but it doesn't feel particularly hot, and the fan always sounds like a vaccuum cleaner every time it starts up. There's nothing blocking the vents. I dunno; I'll turn it off for a while and maybe it'll magically fix itself.

Can someone help me out? I'm trying to download something off YouSendIt, but I'm using Safari, and if I click on the link to download the thing, instead of seeming to download it to my computer, it seems like it's trying to open it and stream it instead. I can't figure out how to change this. Help? (Of course, maybe at the end of the streaming it would've somehow been saved somewhere? But it hung up near the end, so I had to just stop it and give up (and when I hit stop, it didn't seem to have saved those bits anywhere).

is Safari your only option? I've had success with YSI using Firefox. (IOW, I have no idea what the Safari issue might be.)

I can't figure out how to change this. Help?

Can you right-click (or control-click, depending on the number of buttons on your mouse) and choose the download option from the menu?

When I hit control click, and hit "download linked file as..." it downloaded the page, not the file. (And of course now, it's exceeded its limits and I have to ask the girl to put it up again, but I don't want ot ask until I know I can download it, but...)

Can anyone tell me a possible reason why my computer spontaneously shuts itself off and restarts? It's happened three times in the last thirty minutes.

I have no advice, but my computer does this as well. I always thought it was a Windows thing, but I wonder now about the overheating possibility. (But since my shiny new Mac should be here on Monday or Tuesday, I've filed it under "thing I will soon not have to worry about anymore 'cause I'm replacing the damn thing anyway.")

Can anyone tell me a possible reason why my computer spontaneously shuts itself off and restarts? It's happened three times in the last thirty minutes.

This sounds like overheating or a failing powersupply. Pop the case on the computer and see if the vents are clogged with dust or pethair. Also pop the case right after it shuts down and touch the powersupply and see if it is hot to the touch. If it is then it could be just overheating, or it could be dying.

If you get an Instant Message that says, "check out my pictures" from someone who's not likely to be showing off her pictures, and the file is a PIF, which you don't recognize, for the love of God, don't be a fucking moron and actually open the file.

From what I can tell, the bitch either only propagates, or I closed AIM before it got around to doing anything at all to my system.

OK, other question: I'm thinking of buying a digital camera for my trip. I totally should've decided this earlier, but I got sucked into looking at them on the internet and...well, you know how it goes. My question is, how much of a memory card do I need to get to go along with it? Never having had a digital camera before, I have no idea how many pictures fit in how much space (I know it depends on how nice a resolution you're using, but I have no idea if a 64MB is sufficient or if I need to spring for the crazy expensive 1gig or what?)

if a 64MB is sufficient

Probably not. My Olympus is a couple years old and only 2.1megapixels, and I carry two 128Mb cards with it.

I've only actually needed that much memory when I was on a week-long trip without my laptop, but I was glad I had it.