Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.

'Same Time, Same Place'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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amych - May 27, 2009 6:13:37 am PDT #10144 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

The standard way to request an article, as far as I can tell, is to say to one's acquaintances, "hey, can someone go stick an article on Wikipedia?" There's no formal request process within Wikipedia (and shouldn't be, or the volume of wank in the universe would expand exponentially).

Notability is harder; if that's all that's out there, you really may not be notable by wikipedia's standards, whatever your bosses want to think. For that reason, your friendly volunteer should ideally be someone with some wikipedia experience who's willing to stick around and argue for the page in talk and not just stick something and disappear.


Toddson - May 27, 2009 6:16:35 am PDT #10145 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Thanks!

Anyone willing to help me out? I have something that's fairly straightforwardly factual. If not ... well, I'll fumble through.


Jon B. - May 27, 2009 6:30:32 am PDT #10146 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

How is it misused?

I remember seeing a particularly inane article by John Dvorak where he was complaining about ajax. A closer read, however, made clear that what he was really complaining about was poorly written CSS and javascript.


Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2009 7:52:18 am PDT #10147 of 25501
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I don't know if any of the tech gurus will have advice since my preferred browser is so out of date (Netscape 7.1 for the Mac), but just in case:

Something apparently happened to my program over the long weekend, resulting in Netscape no longer actually saving files to my computer when I click "Save Link Target As..." or "Save Image." It seems to work normally, but the download manager doesn't pop up and nothing actually gets saved. (Whatever happened also erased most of my saved bookmarks, but left a random assortment including some recent ones.) I've looked through the preferences to see if there's some setting I need to switch back, but couldn't find any likely culprits. I also re-installed the program, but the same problem continues. Any advice or suggestions?


le nubian - May 27, 2009 8:05:51 am PDT #10148 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

have you cleared out your cookies and cache?

can you create a new profile (like you can do on firefox) and start over?


Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2009 9:12:18 am PDT #10149 of 25501
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'll give the former a try. I don't recall seeing a place to create a profile within the program, though.


Trudy Booth - May 27, 2009 9:45:33 am PDT #10150 of 25501
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Hotmail has decided my friend's email address is spam. Any clue on how I fix this?


Jessica - May 27, 2009 10:51:02 am PDT #10151 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My keyboard just turned itself British. Help?


Tom Scola - May 27, 2009 10:51:37 am PDT #10152 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Mac or PC?


Gudanov - May 27, 2009 10:52:00 am PDT #10153 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Pour tea on it?