Yeah, it was super easy-- it's just not the kind of thing I would have had any kind of instinct for figuring out on my own. I'm just not inherently good with the investigative button-pushing, but I am good at following directions.
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Firefox seems to clear my cookies periodically. Is this a feature or a bug?
And if it is a feature, is there somewhere I can change it?
In Firefox, Ctrl+Shift+Del is the command to clear private data, including cookies. Do you use that command for anything else?
You can select just what gets deleted when you clear private data in Tools-->Options-->Privacy-->Private Settings.
I suppose I might accidentally hit Crtl+Shift+Delete while trying to hit Shift+Delete. Hmm.
The settings look fine -- it isn't set to clear things automatically, and even when I clear private data, it's supposed to leave cookies.
Dana,
when I go to firefox, my settings are: "keep cookies until they expire."
Is yours set similarly? I do have web sites that expire from time to time.
Yes, it's set to keep until they expire. And as far as I can tell, it's all my cookies. Here, LJ, delicious, Netflix, everything.
do you have elves using your computer?
Do they look like Legolas? We can work something out.
I'm running a new channel scan in light of Friday's Official Analog Shutoff, but my TV claims it has found 42 analog channels so far (it hasn't started the digital scan yet).
What the what?
They might not be broadcasting anything. Blank channels.
Or else they are engaging in voluntary Analog Nightlight.
From Slashdot:
Local stations may participate in the voluntary 'Analog nightlight' services in which TV stations agree to keep an analog signal turned on in addition to their digital signals to provide information about the DTV transition and to notify unprepared TV viewers of emergencies, such as hurricanes."
I think there is a time limit, though, as new uses are coming for the bandwidth.