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Jessica - Oct 06, 2006 4:08:31 pm PDT #9147 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

could someone post the link to the mobile version of google reader? the standard version keeps crashing my treo (java) and my flight's delayed an hour...


dcp - Oct 06, 2006 4:15:55 pm PDT #9148 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Is this it? www.google.com/reader/m/view/

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Jessica - Oct 06, 2006 4:18:50 pm PDT #9149 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

oh you are made of awesome!


Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 4:42:12 pm PDT #9150 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By

Hi, is anyone here?


Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 4:44:44 pm PDT #9151 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By

Please please? I'm a moron, and I need to ask a non-moron some questions please!!!


DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 4:44:45 pm PDT #9152 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Hey, there!


Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 4:45:12 pm PDT #9153 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By

HI!!!!!!!!!! How are you DX???


DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 4:45:14 pm PDT #9154 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Also, not a moron. (That is, you are not a moron. My moronitude is still an open question.)


DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 4:46:10 pm PDT #9155 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I'm fine. How are you, soon-to-be-married lady?


Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 4:52:46 pm PDT #9156 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By

Don't you hate people who only stop by to visit when they need something? That would, um, be me. Sorry...

So my iBook G4 was getting sloooooooow. Aha, I thought! I shall add more memory! And so I did, I tripled the amount of memory (I now have 1.25 GB, woo hoo!!). And faster it was. BUT, I still was having issues. Turns out I was almost out of free disk space. Oops. So I have purchased my very first external hard drive, a lovely 250GB model. I'm copying things as we speak - my plan is to move everything I don't use very often (including both files AND applications) to the external hard drive so that my lovely little iBook has room to breathe again.

Here are my dumb questions (I warn you, they are very dumb):

1. I only need to have the external hard drive connected if I actually want to USE something on it, right? The rest of the time I can leave it unconnected, yes?

2. Do I need to leave the external hard drive plugged in (to power, not to the USB port)? Or when I'm not actively using it, can I pack it in a box and stick it in a closet?

3. If I want to run one of the applications I've moved to the external hard drive, do I need to copy it back to my iBook, or can I run it right off the EHD?

4. Anything else I should now, having NEVER used one of these thingies before?