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.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
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NoiseDesign - Nov 05, 2006 10:08:21 pm PST #9408 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Calli - Nov 06, 2006 2:10:45 am PST #9409 of 10003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Awwww, the little PC that could.
DCJensen - Nov 06, 2006 3:36:55 am PST #9410 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
You may need to install a freon or LOX coolant system, DX.
Heh.
Ginger - Nov 06, 2006 4:25:46 am PST #9411 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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I've found that WD-40 works just as well.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2006 9:55:23 am PST #9412 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tommyrot - Nov 06, 2006 9:58:31 am PST #9413 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.
Perhaps no one but me might find this useful, but....
Windows/Mac/Unix (Firefox): The Aging Tabs Firefox extension keeps an eye on your open Firefox tabs, highlighting your active tab and fading the aging tags that you haven't used in a while.
If you're someone who's perhaps a little too tab-happy in Firefox (a pack-rat for tabs, perhaps?), Aging tabs could be a great way to find the tabs that are ripe for the chopping block.
Not only do I tend to have multiple tabs open - I usually have multiple Firefox windows open, with multiple tabs open. Sometimes I even have Firefox open on multiple computers....
brenda m - Nov 06, 2006 10:10:19 am PST #9414 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, that's totally me.
Kalshane - Nov 06, 2006 10:15:36 am PST #9415 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.
Motorola DVR Possessed by Evil.
That's pretty much all of them. While I haven't had it think its full when it's not, my DVR has had all the other issues hers has and I'm on my 2nd DVR from Comcast.
esse - Nov 06, 2006 10:25:29 am PST #9416 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Ha, tommy, that's totally me too. tab mix is great for letting me ctrl-tab through all my tabs to see what, exactly, I have open. but that'll be useful too.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2006 10:27:12 am PST #9417 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When I first got a DVR, I immediately received a bad one and had to get it replaced. The one I got to replace it went bad in about a month. And the one I got to replace that one also went bad in a few weeks. The fourth one finally worked.
When I moved here, they were actually OUT OF DVRs because they were replacing so many, so they gave me a regular digital cable box initially. That box was bad.
The tech actually brought a couple DVRs with him in case one of them was obviously bad. I've had mine for a couple months now with no catastrophic problems, thankfully.
It just baffles me that they have SO MANY bad boxes, and they just sort of expect the customers to deal with it.