Haven't you killed me enough for one day?

Mal ,'War Stories'


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

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Liese S. - Oct 11, 2010 2:43:20 pm PDT #15180 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Do you (or does Comcast) have a virus checker that might be examining your links for problems?


Polter-Cow - Oct 11, 2010 2:56:03 pm PDT #15181 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It has to be Comcast, Liese, since I have the same issues whether I'm using Outlook at home or the webmail.


DCJensen - Oct 11, 2010 5:42:57 pm PDT #15182 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

Sunil, Try converting it with tinyurl, see if they slow that down.


le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 3:28:05 am PDT #15183 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

You need to send this info to Wired, Engadget, or Gizmodo. They probably would love to check this out.


Tom Scola - Oct 12, 2010 3:32:41 am PDT #15184 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

If you look at the full headers of your messages, you can track your email's progress by looking at the "Received:" headers. You should be able to pinpoint where the message is getting delayed.


Shir - Oct 12, 2010 3:32:52 am PDT #15185 of 25501
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Not so hypothetical question: say you're in a humanities research institute. Which softwares and hardwares you couldn't live without, and which would make you life easier? What would you like to see there, tech-wise?

Dream big. I want to see if there's anything beyond the OCR/DVD/VCR things that might make their lives easier.


le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 3:47:17 am PDT #15186 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

what kind of research institute? What kinds of things are produced there (books? presentations?)


Shir - Oct 12, 2010 3:54:31 am PDT #15187 of 25501
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

A small one, so they may write the books, but a publishing house will publish them. They're also linked and are working with the university, so they can use certain services from there.

They have several media projects per year, few conventions, a media library they want online access to and so on. Generally, the type of things that are being produced is determined by the PhD students. They want to be prepared and plan for the future, so to speak.


le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 4:22:45 am PDT #15188 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I can't help with video editing software or hardware recommendations.

Do you all need a portable projector to link to a computer for presentations? What about a drobo (or something like this) to store lots of media?


Shir - Oct 12, 2010 4:41:34 am PDT #15189 of 25501
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Can the drobo (or something like this) be accessed from other computers at any given time, password-protected? I'm thinking of remote access to few people, but they have to be protected.