Did you take out the battery for an extended time?
If you reboot the computer again, does it do the same thing?
Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.
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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.
meara - Dec 02, 2005 1:04:48 pm PST #5824 of 10003
Hmm. Have not yet rebooted the computer.
Did not remove the battery, though it did at one point a day or so ago run out of battery--however, I'd think it would've done the "yo, weird date!" thing to me yesterday, when I was using it. Though perhaps...hmm. Might've been the first time I entirely shut it off after the battery died, and restarted it. Hmmm...
DCJensen - Dec 02, 2005 1:33:12 pm PST #5825 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
How old is the powerbook? Sometimes the internal PRAM (CMOS in the PC world) battery (button-type, sometimes) gets old and worn out, and especially drained when it is idle without power for a while. The latter can be cumulative.
DXMachina - Dec 02, 2005 1:43:51 pm PST #5826 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
My iBook (an OS 9 machine) thinks it's 1904, even if I keep it plugged in. As Daniel says, it's probably the wee battery.
NoiseDesign - Dec 02, 2005 2:13:37 pm PST #5827 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I've seen that happen to Powerbooks that are set to the network time server option and then for some reason lose the connection to the server. I haven't been able to reproduce the problem consistently, but it's happened to me often enough that I'm fairly sure it's related. Perhaps if the powerbook finds a wireless network that's available but which will not allow it to connect to the time server it gets confused. This could happen quite easily in something like an airport where there are plenty of wireless access points that want you to pay before they allow a real internet connection. If the powerbook is cold booted under these conditions it may be what causes the date to go haywire.
DCJensen - Dec 02, 2005 5:43:33 pm PST #5828 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
TinyURL Creator has been updated to 1.0.1 for Firefox 1.5+, at [link] (mozmonkey.com).
If it doesn't say 1.0.1 in the list, refresh your browser, you're being cached somewhere.
DebetEsse - Dec 02, 2005 5:51:18 pm PST #5829 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Sue, my understanding is "not particularly"
Sue - Dec 03, 2005 7:18:41 am PST #5830 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Thanks Debet. I told her not to worry, but I think her last laptop was downed by a barrage of viruses, so she's worried.
Typo Boy - Dec 03, 2005 8:49:31 am PST #5831 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
New Unpatched Security Flaw in I.E. for windows (yawn). Switch to FireFox or Opera already. Use I.E. only for windows update and trusted sites that work only with I.E.
DebetEsse - Dec 03, 2005 8:53:32 am PST #5832 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The other happy-making bit about maintenance, for me, was that I don't have to defrag.