Clearly, crisply, and with your take-no-prisoners tone, I assume.
Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.
Wash ,'Serenity'
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Toddson - Aug 04, 2009 1:39:58 pm PDT #10846 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Beverly - Aug 04, 2009 2:01:15 pm PDT #10847 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Clearly, crisply, and with your take-no-prisoners tone, I assume.
I have been witness to this on two occasions. Makes my toes curl just to think about it.
What? Oh, right. No, I haven't a tech question. Don't get up, I'll go now.
Hil R. - Aug 05, 2009 12:33:16 pm PDT #10848 of 25501
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The power cord for my laptop has a tear in the insulation, and the only way it works is if it's bent at a really particular angle. I'm pretty sure I can fix this with some electrical tape, but I don't have any electrical tape right now and I really don't feel like going out. I've got another power cord at my office, but I can't get it until tomorrow. How much am I risking fire if I just use the damaged one and keep an eye on it?
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2009 12:36:23 pm PDT #10849 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How much am I risking fire if I just use the damaged one and keep an eye on it?
I'd just make sure the frayed part of the cable was not resting on anything flammable.
quester - Aug 05, 2009 1:35:59 pm PDT #10850 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I'd just make sure the frayed part of the cable was not resting on anything flammable.
Or near any water.
Speaking of which, I managed to spill water into a Dish Network receiver this morning. I unplugged it and overturned it to get the water out and put a fan on it to dry it out.
But, there was a smell and a little puff of something. The satellite company told me to leave it unplugged for a day and try it again.
Do you think I have fried it?
My sister, who owns the house and pays the bills is out of town. Will she kill me? Stay tuned!
Hil R. - Aug 05, 2009 2:28:55 pm PDT #10851 of 25501
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, well I got something kind of rigged together with Scotch tape, but this so isn't going to last. It'll only work if the cord is bent right where the insulation is frayed, so right now, I've got tape around the frayed insulation, and then the wire taped to the side of my computer to keep it bent the right way, but I think I'm going to have to either get a new power cord at home or start bringing my office one back and forth.
le nubian - Aug 05, 2009 3:49:42 pm PDT #10852 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Do you think I have fried it?
yes.
Will she kill me?
I hope not. I enjoy your posts!
quester - Aug 05, 2009 3:50:58 pm PDT #10853 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I'll text from my secret hiding place.
flea - Aug 05, 2009 4:05:36 pm PDT #10854 of 25501
information libertarian
What does the random and frequent occurrence of Open DNS errors mean? One url will throw the error repeatedly, then I go somewhere else for 3 minutes and come back and it's fine. I'm running current Firefox on Mac OS X (and the other internet annoyance of late is how damn herky-jerky anything on Youtube is any more - did I mention the machine is 7 years old?)
Tom Scola - Aug 05, 2009 4:17:34 pm PDT #10855 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Do you have Comcast?