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§ ita § - Dec 05, 2006 9:14:47 am PST #9727 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Removing TiVo To Go DRM.


tommyrot - Dec 05, 2006 9:23:33 am PST #9728 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.

I need a new laptop case for my 13" MacBook. Am thinking of getting a backpack (one specifically designed for a laptop). Any recommendations?


esse - Dec 05, 2006 10:10:26 am PST #9729 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I'd check to make sure the shares aren't already there. If you post your "/etc/fstab" file, I can tell you if a windows partition is being mounted automatically.

I suspect what happened was that during the install it labeled the linux partition as the bootable drive and for whatever reason stripped the windows partition of that label. And the reason the ubuntu install crashed was because it ran out of room. I just need to do some research, I think, to try and re-identify the windows partition as bootable.

If I didn't have so much data I needed to keep, I would just wipe the thing and be done with it.


NoiseDesign - Dec 05, 2006 10:29:29 am PST #9730 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

I have a Brenthaven backpack for the 17" Powerbook that I love. They aren't cheap, but they are extremely well made. I've had mine for almost 4 years and it is in constant use and it is in near perfect shape.


Gudanov - Dec 05, 2006 10:40:45 am PST #9731 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

I suspect what happened was that during the install it labeled the linux partition as the bootable drive and for whatever reason stripped the windows partition of that label.

If you have a Windows XP disc, you can probably fix it by going to the recovery console and running "fixmbr".


Gudanov - Dec 05, 2006 12:03:49 pm PST #9732 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

Mac commercial spoofs. I love the Linux dweeb who keeps showing up.

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Language not work safe unless your co-workers don't give a fuck.


NoiseDesign - Dec 05, 2006 12:20:18 pm PST #9733 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

Okay, the networking one almost killed me.


Liese S. - Dec 05, 2006 12:26:24 pm PST #9734 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Bwah!


Typo Boy - Dec 05, 2006 1:12:40 pm PST #9735 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.

Is there anything I can do about my domain being used to send spam? My provider says that it appears it's just my addresses being spoofed, and thus, there's nothing they can do.

If they are right about the spoofing, then no there is nothing they or you can do. What spoofing means in essence is that they are signing your name to their email - possibly going to so far as to make it look like it was sent from IP address. But they need not actually go anywhere your server or even ISP. It is just a type of forgery. This is all assuming your provider is correct.


amych - Dec 05, 2006 1:25:10 pm PST #9736 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I had the same experience with a domain being spoofed earlier this year, and my understanding (and the ISP's) was the same as what TB said. If it's any (really very small) consolation, they eventually moved on -- I found about about it when I started being seriously deluged with bounce messages to somerandomcharacterstring@domain.org. It kept going for a month or two, and then just dried up.

It sucks while it lasts, but they do seem to refresh their lists often enough to avoid getting blocked too much. Your ISP knows what's what, so you aren't likely to get screwed there. It may be worth a note to your actual customers, but honestly, the spam probably isn't even going to them; and the people getting the spam probably aren't looking at the domain name closely enough to associate it with you either.