Great. I get a nice big internal drive because I see I have an empty expansion bay and an empty SATA port on the motherboard. But no rails! And the power cables don't fit the drive either. Not to mention that the cables have come off the main drive and I can't get the angle to get them back in so that machine is down until my head hurts less and I can think more clearly.
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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§ ita § - Nov 21, 2009 10:40:23 am PST #11750 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
brenda m - Nov 21, 2009 1:12:29 pm PST #11751 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
So after a tragic modem demise, I borrowed a modem from a coworker, got it set up, got a wireless router from the basement, plugged that in, and got connected. (Assume about a week's delay between each step. No, seriously.) But I'm feeling stupid because I can't figure out how to secure the network - the dead modem came from AT&T and did it automatically. I've been to [link] ect. but don't find any option there, and I can't find anything on AT&T's shittastic site either. Help? Even knowing which of those I need to dig into more thoroughly would be a start.
DCJensen - Nov 21, 2009 8:08:16 pm PST #11752 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
But no rails!
Four Dilly bar sticks from Dairy Queen. What?
And the power cables don't fit the drive either.
Well, Frell.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2009 8:15:31 pm PST #11753 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, Frell.
It only takes slimline power, and all my slimline cables were used up. But then I noticed the boot drive takes either oldschool power or slimline, so I switched things around. Drive is just lying in the bay for now, but the machine was becoming unusable with low disk space warnings every 5 minutes as I browsed the web. I don't know if rails are worth a drive back down to Fry's, or I'll order online. I just need to make sure I order just the right thing. It's a slimline drive that needs to fit into a CD-sized bay.
brenda, I secure my network at the router, not the modem. Is 192.168.0.1 your modem? What's the router IP?
tommyrot - Nov 22, 2009 6:44:33 am PST #11754 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.
Have people heard about the new google gps? People are saying regular car gps is now obsolete.
In One Fell Swoop Google Makes GPS Units Obsolete!
Verizon has been showing off its new Android based cellphone, "Droid." Today came word it ships with turn-by-turn GPS navigation. If you buy the phone this functionality is FREE!
In other words, that GPS you have built into your dashboard or mounted-by-suction on your window--obsolete!
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Word is this will be coming soon (possibly not quite as fully featured) to my iPhone. Apple and AT&T can't afford not to.
flea - Nov 22, 2009 7:39:57 am PST #11755 of 25501
information libertarian
Yeah, I heard that. Since we have a $12 a month non smart phone and aren't planning to upgrade, a one-time pay GPS makes sense for us. (I mean, a Droid phone plus some $70 a month to run it would obviously be more than a $140 GPS.) I was hoping this news would make the prices fall, but I don't see that it has notably.
Jon B. - Nov 22, 2009 8:54:44 am PST #11756 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
'Puter update. The data drives are definitely fine. The system drive had a bunch of bad sectors. After running chkdsk a bunch of times with the drive mounted in a different machine, it seemed to be OK, so I put everything back in the original computer and it booted successfully!!
Once!
During that time, the machine was very sluggish. When I tried to reboot, Windows told me it needed to be repaired. So I'm giving up on this drive. I'll get a new one and reinstall Windows and my programs from scratch. At least I know now exactly where things stand. Yay?
Atropa - Nov 22, 2009 10:03:53 pm PST #11757 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Heeeellllp. I am going to bite the bullet and purchase a netbook, probably this week. (Hello, Black Friday sales!) The catch is I have no idea what I should get. I would like something in the mid-range of power, and preferably pre-loaded with Windows 7. (Is that even possible? I have no clue.)
I would primarily be using the netbook to wirelessly connect to a corporate network, and then remote to my work desktop. Anyone have any suggestions?
DCJensen - Nov 22, 2009 10:13:51 pm PST #11758 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Well, the 1000HA and it's replacements are pretty solid, but none of the Asus netbooks appear to be availabe with Windows 7, yet.
Windows 7 full bore on a Netbook might be a while, yet.
Strix - Nov 22, 2009 10:23:34 pm PST #11759 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Steph, I have an 8g iTouch (bought new in August)
I am quite happy with it -- connecting with Wifi to get online, check emails, watch YouTube is easy when you live in a city, video quality is better than our TV. I use it as an eReader through my fictionwise account (but Barnes and Noble has one -- there are a few), bought a phone and wall charger, and watched 4 episodes of True Blood on a recent trip from KC to Minneapolis.
I've got Pandora, but I almost like Genius enough to get rid of it. It's really wonderful. I download podcasts (and some podcast are really free audio books, especially if you're into classics -- check out Lit2Go in iTunes U)
LOVE LOVE LOVE. And then I just use my crappy little Nokia for phone calls and a few texts every now and then.