All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

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

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Tom Scola - Nov 23, 2009 7:15:36 am PST #11776 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Apple black Friday sales rumors: [link]


Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2009 10:57:27 am PST #11777 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

On the subject of Black Friday deals and external hard drives, Target will have this Western Digital Elements 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive for $60, which sounds like a great deal, so I am sure there is something wrong with it. It's way bigger than I need, but it seems the prices for external hard drives vary wildly anyway, so if I'm going to pay $60, I might as well get more storage out of it. Currently, I'm using my old 80 GB internal hard drive that I put in a case, but it can't handle all my video, so I know I need something bigger, and...this is bigger. It seems like it's pretty slow, but I'm already used to that. And Western Digital is good with hard drives, I hear.


Gudanov - Nov 23, 2009 10:59:54 am PST #11778 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I actually have one of those and it's worked fine for over a year. I haven't noticed it being particularly slow.


Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2009 11:02:35 am PST #11779 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Thanks, Gud. I was going off one commenter's note that it took 20-30 minutes for 50 GB. I don't know how fast or slow that is. Now that I think about it, that may be faster than my current setup, which seems to take almost that long for half the data.


Dana - Nov 23, 2009 11:47:13 am PST #11780 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

tommyrot - Nov 23, 2009 11:49:08 am PST #11781 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.

It loads, but the formatting is very rudimentary - almost everything is on the left side of the screen. (Well, the top 2/3 of the page, anyway.)


Dana - Nov 23, 2009 11:49:53 am PST #11782 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Like, perhaps, the style sheet isn't loading?


tommyrot - Nov 23, 2009 11:50:30 am PST #11783 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.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

The page looks totally different (and better) in IE7.


Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2009 11:50:43 am PST #11784 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I get the same as tommyrot. So I think the answer is that it loads, but not correctly.

And, yep, it looks fine in IE.


Typo Boy - Nov 23, 2009 11:51:06 am PST #11785 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

What Tommyrot said.