What's a good company for dialup internet access where you only pay by the hour? (Or by the minute. Whatever.)
eta: Also, what's a good email hosting company?
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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tommyrot - Nov 03, 2006 10:31:58 am PST #9399 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.
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2006 10:41:21 am PST #9400 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.
By the looks of it, we'll need a new Tech thread in a few months. I propose:
Buffistatechnology 11, going on 100.
OK, that'll probably be too confusing. But it just popped into my head so I had to send it out over the internets.
Polter-Cow - Nov 03, 2006 10:45:05 am PST #9401 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, did you get your Outlook issue fixed? This may be very obvious, but did you enable pop access on your gmail acct? That is the main reason why most people I know can't download their email via pop using outlook.
I did do that!
Status: POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since 3/20/05
So I have no bleeding clue what's going on.
Also, my gmail account gets an impressive amount of spam given that I've never given out the address anywhere.
Kalshane - Nov 03, 2006 1:13:03 pm PST #9402 of 10003
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Also, my gmail account gets an impressive amount of spam given that I've never given out the address anywhere.
I've had the same issue. Only place I have it listed is here. The spam filter catches it all, but still annoying.
Theodosia - Nov 04, 2006 2:18:18 am PST #9403 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"
Tommyrot, I have a MaGlobe account that I use about twice a year or so, less so now that wireless access is a lot more common. I can't offhand remember how much it costs, but it's quite reasonable measured by my innate cheapitude.
le nubian - Nov 04, 2006 6:40:58 am PST #9404 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
Okay, you may want to change your pop access to "everything that comes from now on" just to see if anything is getting through. That's a lot of email and sometimes (IME) the gmail pipe can't handle it all at once.
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2006 3:14:12 pm PST #9405 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, you may want to change your pop access to "everything that comes from now on" just to see if anything is getting through. That's a lot of email and sometimes (IME) the gmail pipe can't handle it all at once.
Well, my e-mail currently only has about seven e-mails in it, so...I don't think that's the issue exactly. It won't even connect to the server! I'll try, though.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2006 7:04:48 pm PST #9406 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.
Anyone remember the name of Gud's IP detection program? It's for Linux (Gnome, I think) and he keeps it at Freshmeet or somesuch....
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2006 8:45:21 pm PST #9407 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.
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NoiseDesign - Nov 05, 2006 10:08:21 pm PST #9408 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I'm waiting for the PC that I keep around to just burst into flames. It's a little 3.0 GHz Celeron and it is currently pulling multiple shows off of our two Tivos, while also converting files to be ready for my iPod, and on top of that preparing mapsets in my Garmin software so that they can be uploaded to the eTrex GPS. The CPU has been pegged at 100% for at least 36 hours now. It's either going to combust, or give me the finger.