No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


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Steph L. - Aug 02, 2011 10:54:56 am PDT #17366 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Someone noted on Facebook that today's date makes it Wifi Day: 8.02.11 (yes, there's an extra period in the date, but what are you gonna do?).

t edit Perhaps I will celebrate by getting a damn wireless DSL modem and returning the (spectacularly craptastic) wired DSL modem to Cincinnati Bell and stashing my old router in the closet. If we had a closet.


§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 11:28:48 am PDT #17367 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I had the hardest time scrolling on the iPod, and I couldn't have articulated why. And then it gelled.

Is there a good reason I can get Google Voice for the iTouch and not the Galaxy Tab? They're similarly limited in connectivity. I want to text from that interface and not a browser.


Toddson - Aug 02, 2011 12:12:21 pm PDT #17368 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

This is kind of technology related - my office has gone to using websites for payroll and time management. There's one site where we go, log in, and put in a request for time off (or register time taken for sick leave). There's another where we go to see our "paychecks" (in quotes because it's all done electronically and no paper anywhere). My problem is with the payroll one - every time I go there (twice a month) they've redesigned the site so I have to figure out where to log in and every time they require me to reset the password and my security questions. Every. Damn. Time. It infuriates me, but they don't seem to be able to keep it the same for even a month. sigh ....


le nubian - Aug 02, 2011 4:35:36 pm PDT #17369 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

can you use a password manager - or is this a force reset.


Gris - Aug 03, 2011 3:37:03 am PDT #17370 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Is there a good reason I can get Google Voice for the iTouch and not the Galaxy Tab?

No.

You may be able to make Google Voice SMS work, I'm not sure. It's a $2 app that improves the Google voice texting ability over what the app provides (allowing multiple recipients at once, for example). But it may require the GV app to be functional. What I want to know is why the google voice webapp is so much worse on Android than iPhone. The browsers should be pretty much equivalent, shouldn't they?


le nubian - Aug 03, 2011 3:53:54 am PDT #17371 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

It took forever (because of AT&T madness) to get the actual Google Voice app for the iphone. I heard Android had a better app (not webapp) than Ios.


§ ita § - Aug 03, 2011 4:30:35 am PDT #17372 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

When I search on google voice from my Galaxy there are no relevant hits. Free or not. However, the app on my Android phone isn't bad--what do you feel is wrong with it?

My main problem is that I get texts twice. I wish there were a way to resolve that.


Toddson - Aug 03, 2011 5:25:50 am PDT #17373 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

le nubian - if you're responding to me, it's an outside website. They redo it. Constantly. I've asked the person who manages HR matters, but it's not really high on her priority list.

The one thing they do keep? the stock photo that HAD to be included and the descriptive phrase. I put in "shit they make me do". THAT stays constant.


le nubian - Aug 03, 2011 8:15:47 am PDT #17374 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

how irritating.


megan walker - Aug 03, 2011 9:01:37 am PDT #17375 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Has anyone linked to a good cheat sheet for Word 2007 here? My new job uses it and I'd love a handy reference until I get used to the crazy.