In vaguely related news, the U.S. Open (golf) is taking place not too far away and they've banned cell phones and other electronic devices completely. They've got ... metal detectors? ... to keep people from bringing anything in.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Toddson - Jun 16, 2011 10:43:51 am PDT #16985 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Liese S. - Jun 16, 2011 4:17:54 pm PDT #16986 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, it's an anti-bootlegging device!
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2011 9:26:19 am PDT #16987 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Am I losing my mind, or is Google not returning cached results anymore? I'm not getting the "Cached" link underneath the search results today. (Or "Similar," either, but that doesn't matter so much.)
t edit At least one other person noticed it: [link]
Steph L. - Jun 17, 2011 9:40:13 am PDT #16988 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, I see what they did -- it's moved over to the bottom of the big giant preview image that pops up when you click on the magnifying glass icon next to the result. That's not particularly intuitive.
DCJensen - Jun 17, 2011 7:33:34 pm PDT #16989 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Okay, but the problem is that the router keeps trying to dish the same IP address to 2 devices. I know it *shouldn't* happen, but it has been for months.
I set my router's DHCP to start at x.x.x.100 through x.x.x.200, which means that I can have up to 100 devices obtain ip automatically, but reserves x.x.x.2 through x.x.x.99 (and 201-254) for static IPs.
Seems to work for me, and if I have to I can change a device to DHCP quickly.
quester - Jun 18, 2011 7:30:49 pm PDT #16990 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I need some Buffista-riffic help!
I have a small Western Digital external hard drive that I've been using as my back-up via Time Machine. I have an Apple MacBook Pro, BTW.
Anyway, I got tired of dragging it around with me while I was and internet gypsy. Well, I plugged it back in when I got back online, but I just noticed it wasn't backing up. In fact, the computer doesn't seem to recognize it anymore.
I've plugged it into both USB ports and neither make a difference. It did get dropped once...or twice.
Could I have killed it? Is there anyway to get the data off of it?
Jesse - Jun 20, 2011 5:23:53 am PDT #16991 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can you guys help me make a call? I want to get the cheapest laptop possible. Each of these is $300:
- Compaq - Presario Laptop / AMD V-Series Processor / 15.6" Display / 2GB Memory / 250GB Hard Drive - available today
- Toshiba - Satellite Laptop / Intel® Celeron® Processor / 15.6" Display / 3GB Memory / 250GB Hard Drive - not available til next week
I think the Toshiba is objectively better, because of the memory, right? But I want it NOW! t /Veruca Salt
Tom Scola - Jun 20, 2011 5:29:21 am PDT #16992 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Toshiba has a better chance of sucking less than the Compaq.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2011 5:32:34 am PDT #16993 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha! The Compaq is basically what I have now (from 3 years ago), and I am pretty comfortable with its level of sucking.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2011 6:03:37 am PDT #16994 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, fine, I got the Toshiba. Done!