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Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2006 6:34:34 am PST #9822 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

I remember having to memorize the 2-letter codes in 7th grade, which would have been 1974-75.

Also spent a lot of time learning the metric system in math class that year, because we were expecting to switch over in the near future. But that's another matter.


DXMachina - Dec 18, 2006 8:01:31 am PST #9823 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Some states used to have three-letter codes, like 'FLA' for Florida.

Some even had four letters, like Tenn. for Tennessee. It was a different, more verbose time.


Sean K - Dec 18, 2006 11:38:20 am PST #9824 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

In recent years I remember noticing old ads for companies that had an address but no zip code - I think the latest I've seen this is '72?

I have memories of growing up in the early 70's and seeing ads on TV from the USPS strongly encouraging the use of zip codes.


le nubian - Dec 18, 2006 12:10:48 pm PST #9825 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

All, whenever I search google from my office computer I get an "unresponsive script" warning during results of the search. Any way I can fix this problem? I'm using Firefox 2


tommyrot - Dec 18, 2006 12:19:27 pm PST #9826 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.

All, whenever I search google from my office computer I get an "unresponsive script" warning during results of the search.

I've seen that warning in Firefox when client-side Javascript is bogging down on a slow computer. I checked - Google does use client side scripting. Weird.

Is it a slow computer, and/or one with limited memory?

Dunno what can be done....


le nubian - Dec 18, 2006 12:22:15 pm PST #9827 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

hmm. let me restart. thanks.


le nubian - Dec 18, 2006 1:32:49 pm PST #9828 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

the restart did not work. I cannot figure out what the problem is. I use google so often that this error is actually disabling my ability to surf. No problems on my home computer at all. I guess I may need to disable all extensions when I go back to work and start over.


Deena - Dec 18, 2006 1:49:56 pm PST #9829 of 10003
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

le nubian, I was having a lot of trouble with firefox freezing, most especially with Google. I did some checking and it is a known bug that is caused by some add-ons. I deleted most of my add-ons and am having much less trouble.


DXMachina - Dec 18, 2006 3:36:35 pm PST #9830 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

There's an about:config tweak for the "Unresponsive script" thing. [link]

Basically the default value for how long Firefox will wait around for a script to finish just times out too quickly. I run into it a lot during threadsucks.

Here are some other good tweaks: [link]


le nubian - Dec 18, 2006 5:41:49 pm PST #9831 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

thanks! I read that site all the time and didn't think to search the site for this.