Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.

'Conviction (1)'


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Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 9:42:57 am PDT #13600 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

So, my laptop at home has stopped recognizing the ".exe" string. Everytime I try to double click on a program, it asks me for what program to associate with that file. Any idea how to fix?


Tom Scola - Apr 12, 2010 9:48:07 am PDT #13601 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Which laptop? If it's the older, crappy one, then it's time to take it back to the school and have it re-imaged.


Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 9:49:38 am PDT #13602 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Nope, the newer one.


Dana - Apr 12, 2010 10:21:33 am PDT #13603 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Have you run a virus scan?


Vortex - Apr 12, 2010 10:28:51 am PDT #13604 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Yep, I've run AVG and Malware Bytes. And Windows, I think.


meara - Apr 13, 2010 6:27:29 am PDT #13605 of 25501

Can anyone explain why my iPhone is suddenly refusing to believe there is signal anywhere? Places I'm quite certain there is signal?


le nubian - Apr 13, 2010 6:37:30 am PDT #13606 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

try restarting your phone.


meara - Apr 13, 2010 6:51:48 am PDT #13607 of 25501

Yah, that was the first thing I tried, it didn't work. Phone seems to occasionally believe there is old school signal? But never 3g.


le nubian - Apr 13, 2010 7:11:39 am PDT #13608 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think you should bring this into the apple store.


-t - Apr 14, 2010 9:54:50 am PDT #13609 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Thanks for mentioning ClickToFlash, Tom. I needed that and didn't know it existed.

ita and other Android users: Are you running into many Android apps that won't work on the Cliq (or whatever phone)? I've been told that the Motoblur optimization might interfere with some apps, but I can't figure out if that's a real problem.

Yes, I am still trying to decide on a new phone. If I waffle long enough, there will be a whole new generation of phones to consider.