And we thought gaining personal benefit by writing brilliant essays would end when we left school!
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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Liese S. - Dec 13, 2004 12:20:17 pm PST #535 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
billytea - Dec 13, 2004 11:48:54 pm PST #536 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Hi there. Idiot question: I have stuff on my laptop that I want to move onto the desktop. I got myself a cable to connect the two. My computer now recognises the existence of a local area connection, but it says there is limited or no connectivity, and the other computer isn't showing up. Anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong, and how to fix it?
DXMachina - Dec 14, 2004 2:36:52 am PST #537 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
If you're using Windows, you need to enable file sharing on both machines. Also, what kind of cable? If you're just plugging a single cable into the ethernet ports of the two machines, you need a crossover cable instead of a normal ethernet cable. Otherwise you need a hub or a router between them.
Rob - Dec 14, 2004 5:17:38 am PST #538 of 10003
On any Mac made in the last few years the cross-over cables or hubs aren't needed. The ethernet ports detect a direct connection and configure themselves accordingly. I suspect the same is true of PCs.
You might need to assign IP addresses to both computers to get them to talk.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2004 5:32:03 am PST #539 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Anyone else getting bombed with obviously virus laden "Merry Christmas" emails? They're going straight into my spam folder so it's no more than a minor annoyance, but it's still irritating.
Ginger - Dec 14, 2004 5:33:41 am PST #540 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, I'm getting the "Merry Christmas" spam, along with a fair amount sent from "Perverted Santa."
DXMachina - Dec 14, 2004 5:41:43 am PST #541 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Merry Christmas, Marry Christmas, Perverted Santa, Perverted Elf...
Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 8:07:38 am PST #542 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Did we know this? [link] The MPAA is planning to sue to shut down torrent tracking sites.
Hmm. Looks like people will go back to IRC and other more covert methods of distributing the files. Cause the thing is, all you need is the file itself, right? You don't have to have a webpage that hosts it...
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2004 8:17:29 am PST #543 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The way bittorrent works, somewhat counterintuitively, the more people who are trying to download the file, the faster the downloads will go.
So no web links = fewer people downloading = less practical.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 8:47:34 am PST #544 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, that's true.