Thumb drives are the new zip.
For those who have a lot of money -- I have a 1GB jobbie do, but that's only for the stuff I cart about. Couldn't start to back up my system on it.
Though, if I were shopping, cute!
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 2:53:28 pm PDT #3580 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wolfram - Jun 30, 2005 2:58:47 pm PDT #3581 of 10003
Visilurking
Well for true system backup the cheapest method is a DVD burner and some DVDRs. But for documents, databases, emails and small sets of pics I find that my 128MB thumb drive ($10.00) works like a charm. If necessary I use a second system and make more than one trip.
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 3:13:41 pm PDT #3582 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.
HELP!!!
Can someone please give me one or two DNS server addresses? I'm trying to help a friend get online.
eta: Or can someone tell me how you get the DNS servers that an XP Win 2000 machine is using (using DHCP)?
Tom Scola - Jun 30, 2005 3:26:57 pm PDT #3583 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If you use the "ipconfig" command from the command line, it doesn't tell you what DNS servers it's using?
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 3:33:47 pm PDT #3584 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.
Nope. But I poked around and eventually found it. So now my friend is online for the first time in 3 days. She was blaming her new iBook... but now it is vindicated!
eta: Oddly enough, her iBook can't use DHCP to connect to her home WiFi network, but mine can. But if she enters all the info manually, she can connect.
mucifer - Jun 30, 2005 4:28:52 pm PDT #3585 of 10003
I used to be miriam b
Thanks Tom for helping my sad little ibook!
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 4:29:25 pm PDT #3586 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.
You're welcome.
Excuse me, I have to use your bathroom.
meara - Jun 30, 2005 5:44:01 pm PDT #3587 of 10003
So the sling thingie above goes in *conjunction* with the TiVo, yeah, not replacing? Cause, damn, with the amount of travel I do, and how spoiled I am when I sit in hotel rooms and get mad I can't pause or rewind? WOW would that be an awesome thing to have. But I'm not sure it would be $250 worth of awesome...not unless it also replaced my (still dead) TiVo.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 6:46:32 pm PDT #3588 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Times like this ...
Windows File Protection
Files that are required for Windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognised versions. To maintain system stability, Windows must restore the original versions of these files.
Insert your Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD now.RetryMore Information¹Cancel
I don't have one! I fell for the automatic update crap (well, auto-download, not auto install) so I don't have the files lying around to be burned to CD. I hit the MS website, but since I haven't rebooted since my last update, they won't let me grab anything else, including SP2.
¹: Tells me I don't have a CD in the drive ... so helpful.
I have to take the cancel option -- if you don't see me again, it's because I was eaten from the bottom by an imbroglio of system files.
Theodosia - Jul 01, 2005 2:40:14 am PDT #3589 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
meara, alas, it's not a replacement.
I'm betting the price will come down, in time.