Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


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Juliebird - Feb 04, 2011 11:03:50 pm PST #16025 of 25513
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Google docs went and turned all possessives into Juliebird's instead of Juliebird's. Why and how can I stop it? Also, typing at the same time as someone else in the same document is so cool!


Pix - Feb 05, 2011 6:24:46 am PST #16026 of 25513
The status is NOT quo.

Google docs is so awesome for group work in class. The formatting is annoying, but I have them do all of the prep work there and then import it to a Word doc where they can polish and finalize it.


le nubian - Feb 05, 2011 6:39:57 am PST #16027 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

oh, that is an interesting technique. thank you for suggesting it.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 05, 2011 12:16:03 pm PST #16028 of 25513
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

Can anyone recommend good affordable data recovery software for the Mac platform? It turns out what I thought was a problem with my old laptop was instead the death rattle of my Firelite external HD, and the standard Apple Disk Utility can't repair it or pull the files I want to salvage out of it.


-t - Feb 05, 2011 12:33:59 pm PST #16029 of 25513
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I've used DiskWarrior [link] in similar situations with some success.


le nubian - Feb 05, 2011 1:06:33 pm PST #16030 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

try double bagging it in ziplock bags (with as much air as possible out of the bags) and put it in the freezer for 1 hour. Take it out and see if disk utility can deal with it.


DCJensen - Feb 05, 2011 1:46:02 pm PST #16031 of 25513
All is well that ends in pizza.

I have a similar problem, Matt.

I have two external HDD, same brand, with similar symptoms. When I get a chance, I'm going to take them out of their cases (Seagate over packaging) and try them directly in my computer or in another external adapter.

Argh.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 05, 2011 1:50:01 pm PST #16032 of 25513
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

Thanks gang!


DCJensen - Feb 06, 2011 4:52:51 am PST #16033 of 25513
All is well that ends in pizza.

$150 Wall-plug Linux PC: [link]

- 1.2GHz Marvell Sheeva CPU
- 512MB RAM
- 1 MicroSD slot
- 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
- 2 USB ports
- 1 eSATA port
- Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
- Wi-Fi (802.11b and g)
- 48K/44.1 KHz audio (in and out)
- 16-bit DAC port
- 1 headphone jack
- 1 S/PDIF optical port

All in the size of a 5 port hub.

Another write up: [link]


Theodosia - Feb 06, 2011 7:03:22 am PST #16034 of 25513
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

After a week or so, my Carbonite backup is at 84%. Those last 100 files or so seem to be going very slowly!