Bonnie: I just bought a domain name on Sedo and it was a fairly good experience.
What is your childhood trauma?
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Una - Aug 10, 2011 4:50:28 pm PDT #17437 of 25501
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Vortex - Aug 10, 2011 9:23:38 pm PDT #17438 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Does anyone know what happens if you use a "live" number for google voice (say your cell phone number) and then that number goes dead for some reason?
I'm asking because my work cell has a 202 number, and that number will die soon because I've been RIFed. But, if I claim it now for GV, what happens?
beekaytee - Aug 10, 2011 10:21:06 pm PDT #17439 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Bonnie: I just bought a domain name on Sedo and it was a fairly good experience.
Thanks Una. Another friend recommended SEDO as well. I'm doing to give it a look today because this godaddy thing is out of control. I like having all my stuff in one place, but when that place is such a pain, it's not worth it.
I shouldn't totally damn gd, I've had good experiences with them in the past. Still, any new product they offer...in this case domain sales...just seems to cause more problems than it is worth.
Their customer service people are generally pretty good, but, for some reason, regular tech folk cannot access auction functions and that division is a 'no phone zone.' Email only support? Feh.
Jon B. - Aug 11, 2011 2:45:42 am PDT #17440 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
if I claim it now for GV, what happens?
I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you using Google Voice now? GV will let you transfer an existing phone number so that it becomes your GV number. They charge a fee for that. But most people either give out their regular cell number and have voicemail forwarded to GV, or they give out their GV number and have it forward to their cell (still having GV's voicemail pick up if there's no answer). Which are you doing/would like to do?
le nubian - Aug 11, 2011 5:35:22 am PDT #17441 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Vortex,
Do you own the number or does work? If you own it then you can move it to GV.
I am sorry to hear about RIF.
Amy - Aug 14, 2011 2:16:54 pm PDT #17442 of 25501
Because books.
I just installed Chrome (which I like!), but I was wondering one thing -- when I go to copy text, here for instance, if I'm far enough up on the page, the highlighting goes to flush left, making it look like I'm also copying links from the lefthand side of the page. They don't paste with the other text, but is that a bug or a design flaw?
It just looks wrong to me.
meara - Aug 14, 2011 4:15:59 pm PDT #17443 of 25501
I have noticed that with Chrome, too. The other thing it sometimes does is if I am typing in a box and there is wrapping text, and the last "letter" before the wrap would be a space, it refuses to believe in the space, and writes the two words togetherlikethis, and brings them both to the next line. Bizarre!
Amy - Aug 14, 2011 4:21:52 pm PDT #17444 of 25501
Because books.
Huh. It seems like something that would be so easy to fix for developers, it's surprising Google's left it that way. Thanks, meara.
DCJensen - Aug 14, 2011 6:34:39 pm PDT #17445 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
If anyone finds a really god deal on a PATA/IDE laptop (2.5in) HDD, let me know, Andi's Powerbook Hdd is starting to sound loud, and the best deal I can find is some $65 120GB ones.
I just want to give her some more storage internally. She has an 80, but it's nearly full, too.
NoiseDesign - Aug 14, 2011 6:50:01 pm PDT #17446 of 25501
Our wings are not tired