Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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Theodosia - Jul 26, 2005 3:27:01 pm PDT #3787 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"

does anybody know a good FREE web interface for IRC? I'm suspicious of just googling IRC web interface because I'm worried about picking up spyware, etc., from skeevy sites.


NoiseDesign - Jul 26, 2005 3:36:56 pm PDT #3788 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

I just purchased this Remote Control. I'm pretty sure it's the most intelligent entity in the house now. I'll be programming it shortly.


DXMachina - Jul 26, 2005 3:37:15 pm PDT #3789 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

There's the Chatzilla IRC extension for Firefox. [link]


Theodosia - Jul 26, 2005 3:38:34 pm PDT #3790 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"

Alas, I only have the evile IE on this laptop, which is one of our users', so I can't install anything permanent-like.


Jon B. - Jul 26, 2005 3:50:56 pm PDT #3791 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I just purchased this Remote Control.

Oooh. Let us know how intuitively and ergonomically friendly it is. The problem I've had with universal remotes is that it's impossible to remember where buttons are (or they have those ridiculous touch screens). Unlike, say, the TiVo remote, which is the friendliest remote ever.


NoiseDesign - Jul 26, 2005 3:56:01 pm PDT #3792 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

Yeah, I'm eager to see how this works out. The design sorta mimics the Tivo remote and it's highly customizable, so hopefully it's a winner.


§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 3:56:01 pm PDT #3793 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm tempted by the idea of a UR for everything but the TiVo, but it'd just be worse when I lose it.


tommyrot - Jul 26, 2005 4:07:30 pm PDT #3794 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.

Crap. Why does my iBook suddenly say "No battery available"? (It's running off the adaptor, but it's as if it doesn't see the battery anymore.)

eta: Weird. Despite being connected to the adaptor, the battery ran down to 0%. I shut down, removed the battery and reinstalled it, rebooted and now it's charging. I'm already at 0.3%.

eta²: Ok, now all of a sudden the battery is at 100%. Somethin' ain't right here....


Lee - Jul 26, 2005 4:35:17 pm PDT #3795 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I am using Safari Version 2.0 (412.2) on a Mac with OS 10.4.2, and trying to sign on to a site that requires a subscriber login. I'm getting a notice that the site had detected that my javascript is disabled, and I can't log in as a result. I have looked in my preferences, and both java and javascript are enabled.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get the site to "see" my javascript?


tommyrot - Jul 26, 2005 4:38:54 pm PDT #3796 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.

What's the URL?

I'm gonna make a wild guess and say that maybe the site uses some Javascript as a test to see if Javascript works. Maybe the test is failing for reasons other than Javascript beind disabled.