Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.

'Heart Of Gold'


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Calli - Dec 30, 2010 1:09:16 am PST #15738 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My upstairs neighbor has a Samsung flatscreen that seems to work well. I'm quite happy with my LG.


Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2010 2:49:15 am PST #15739 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

So I got access to a couple of files that should be rar archives, but when I run UnRarX on them, it claims they're not. I'm sort of at a loss. I mean, they say they're RAR archives, and yet it's not happening.

RAR archives are typically split out into a bunch of smaller files, it's possible you don't have all the pieces. Are the files as big as you think they should be?


le nubian - Dec 30, 2010 4:29:11 am PST #15740 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Consuela,

download the trial of BetterZip and see if you can peek in the rar file and download the file inside.

Ginger,

I had no idea installing a wireless router on ATT DSL was such a problem. Do you think you need to try a different kind of router?


flea - Dec 30, 2010 4:42:34 am PST #15741 of 25501
information libertarian

We have a wireless router and ATT DSL and don't have trouble. But I didn't install it, so I can't be much help, except to state that it is possible.


megan walker - Dec 30, 2010 5:42:01 am PST #15742 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I have wireless through AT&T and don't recall any problems with the install or use (except that one time when Pix was here and I couldn't remember the WEP code and ran around like a crazy person looking for it while she laughed and laughed).


Ginger - Dec 30, 2010 5:49:25 am PST #15743 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Connection has been achieved.

I fear I have so dispaired of tech support in general that I put off calling. For future reference, the TP-Link people are wonderful, except that several of the things she had me do are not listed anywhere on its website.


Consuela - Dec 30, 2010 7:00:55 am PST #15744 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Okay, so apparently I need to join them, which I did via Split & Concat but VLC still won't recognize it, claims it's an undefined format. ::flings up hands:: I have gone back and am re-downloading them, with the thought that maybe the download was incomplete/corrupted.


Jon B. - Dec 30, 2010 7:19:52 am PST #15745 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

You don't need to join them. Any un-RARing software will do that automatically.


javachik - Dec 30, 2010 7:53:43 am PST #15746 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

I got a little Samsung for the bedroom, based on Drew's good experience.


tommyrot - Dec 30, 2010 8:04:36 am PST #15747 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.

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