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.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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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
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?
flea - Aug 05, 2009 4:28:02 pm PDT #10856 of 25501
information libertarian
Nope, AT&T DSL.
DCJensen - Aug 05, 2009 5:47:52 pm PDT #10857 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Quester, if it wasn't the special "dish network card" you might be ok.
If your card is ok, you may be able to buy the same model cheap or free on Craigslist in your area, pop in your card and go.
Jon B. - Aug 06, 2009 1:37:04 am PDT #10858 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Happy Birthday, WWW! [link]
Calli - Aug 06, 2009 4:51:28 am PDT #10859 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy Birthday, WWW!
Without which I would be unemployed. Yay WWW!
evil jimi - Aug 06, 2009 6:08:25 am PDT #10860 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Oh my Dog! Facebook has managed to come out with the stupidest error message I have ever come across in 12 years of surfing the Interweb! To whit:
"Transport error (#1001) while retrieving data from endpoint `/ajax/inline_comments.php': A network error occurred. Check that you are connected to the internet."
WTF? Check that I'm connected to the internet?????