Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...

Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'


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Steph L. - May 21, 2011 7:58:05 pm PDT #16790 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I did put it on rice. I'ma wait another 24-48 hours before I flip it back over and try to turn it on. I am the world's worst at delaying gratification and so the wait is KILLING me.


Strix - May 22, 2011 6:21:59 am PDT #16791 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

It's NEW, Steph! Of course it's making you craxy.


§ ita § - May 22, 2011 12:49:35 pm PDT #16792 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have an Android g2 question. The new email notification doesn't work usefully. It tells me the total number of unread messages,, which is reasonable, but it also insists I have new mail if there are an any left unread. Which there always are. The phone before defined new mail as mail received since the last time I checked the inbox. Googling finds me with some people complaining if the problem, but not as many a I'd have expected, and no suggested fixes.

Anyone here know anything about it?


Connie Neil - May 22, 2011 1:16:17 pm PDT #16793 of 25501
brillig

What is Python 2.6.2? From my quick Google, it looks like a programming language, but I don't do programming, and I don't know why it's on my computer.


tommyrot - May 22, 2011 1:19:45 pm PDT #16794 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, it's a programming language, and it comes with Apple computers. I think it's used to run install scripts and stuff like that.


Connie Neil - May 22, 2011 1:33:36 pm PDT #16795 of 25501
brillig

So if I remove it from my PC, it probably won't hurt anything?


Typo Boy - May 22, 2011 1:34:49 pm PDT #16796 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.

You might have an app that runs on it. Unless it is running on start up and eating memory cycles I would not remove it. And even then I might just remove it from startup.


Connie Neil - May 22, 2011 1:40:40 pm PDT #16797 of 25501
brillig

Ah, well, my impetuosity got the better of me. We'll see what crashes after it finishes uninstalling.

edit: What I should really uninstall is The Sims Complete, but I keep thinking I'm going to play it.


Typo Boy - May 22, 2011 1:43:27 pm PDT #16798 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.

Hopefully nothing will crash.


Lee - May 23, 2011 8:25:09 am PDT #16799 of 25501
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Hivemind question cross-posted with Natter:

Has anyone read any good articles or papers or whatever on the future of mobile devices recently?