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Jessica - Dec 01, 2005 3:13:49 pm PST #5814 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm using Word and I don't see anything built in. Where would it be?


Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2005 3:15:41 pm PST #5815 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

You tried printing to a file?


Jessica - Dec 01, 2005 3:17:28 pm PST #5816 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh, THERE it is! Right in the Print dialog. I'm used to PDF being listed as a separate printer, but in this version it's its own menu thingy at the bottom of the box. All is well.


tommyrot - Dec 01, 2005 5:30:27 pm PST #5817 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.

Eeeeeeevvviiiiilllllll....

From Slashdot:

PlayfullyClever writes "A senior telecommunications executive at BellSouth, said yesterday that Internet service providers should be allowed to strike deals to give certain Web sites or services priority in reaching computer users, a controversial system that would significantly change how the Internet operates. Some say Small Firms Could Be Shut Out of Market Championed by BellSouth Officer. William L. Smith, chief technology officer for Atlanta-based BellSouth Corp., told reporters and analysts that an Internet service provider such as his firm should be able, for example, to charge Yahoo Inc. for the opportunity to have its search site load faster than that of Google Inc." Next up, well dressed men go door to door collecting their monthly "protection money". 'It sure would be tragic if your users started getting 1500ms ping times, wouldn't it mister dot com?'

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Sue - Dec 02, 2005 11:03:43 am PST #5818 of 10003
hip deep in pie

A friend of mine just switch to a Mac iBook after years of PC. Does she need anti-virus software, and if so, does anyone have any good recommendations?


meara - Dec 02, 2005 12:39:02 pm PST #5819 of 10003

Random question: anyone know why my powerbook would suddenly think it's 1969? I mean, I know I've been reading a book about timetravel, but...geez!

I was using it last night, plugged it in, went to bed, used it this morning, shut it down, flew home, started it up again...and all of a sudden it's all "Your computer is set before 2001 you might have issues!". And I go to "Date and Time" and it says it's set to update automatically, but...7PM on 12/31/69??

(ETA: I changed it manually, logged on to the internet, changed it back to automatic update, and it's fine now...but still weird)


Jessica - Dec 02, 2005 12:45:07 pm PST #5820 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I don't know why your Powerbook would have reset itself, but midnight 12/31/69 is zero in Unix time, and is the default whenever a Powerbook (all Macs?) clock resets itself.

I don't understand why 7 pm though -- that's weird.


Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2005 12:52:26 pm PST #5821 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

It's 12:00am 1/1/1970 Greenwich time, which is 7pm 12/31/1969 Eastern time.


meara - Dec 02, 2005 12:54:58 pm PST #5822 of 10003

Ah hah! Well, that at least makes the 7pm make more sense (I had some idea as to the 1969 part, but couldnt' figure out the time issue). As to why it would've reset itself, I'm completely baffled. Hmmm. Perhaps my aunt and uncle's wireless network is insane?


Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2005 12:56:15 pm PST #5823 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Did you take out the battery for an extended time?

If you reboot the computer again, does it do the same thing?