I figured it was something like that. sigh
Thanks ... it is kind of reassuring to know I haven't completely lost it.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
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Toddson - Sep 16, 2011 1:50:04 pm PDT #17855 of 25505
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
le nubian - Sep 16, 2011 3:34:51 pm PDT #17856 of 25505
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yes, Excel has limits on how many characters can be in a cell. I think you might be able to find the limit if you google.
Typo Boy - Sep 16, 2011 3:43:18 pm PDT #17857 of 25505
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.
Sounds like time to switch to a database.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 2:00:34 pm PDT #17858 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I asked the resounding stupid question here about "Where is Google chat?" on my Android devices. I have been using it a bit clumsily on my tablet (sorry, Perkins), but I just went into it on my phone and it only lets choose my primary phone's GMail address, even though I have three installed (G+ points to a different one, for instance). On the tablet, I get a choice. Am I again missing something obvious?
I know I'm missing something obvious in that I can't get it not to vibrate to notify me of new mail. I swear I've been into the right settings to turn it off, but still three pulses when new K9 mail comes in, and a couple other notification services. Bothers me.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 2:55:13 pm PDT #17859 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Other beef: Printing. What's with that? My HP C6200 is too old to print to? That's not fair. That strikes me as a lack of willingness to support, rather than a straight up technical limitation. That's my last remaining serious beef with the tablet, that I have to go through a computer to print anything I generate off of it.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2011 3:18:07 am PDT #17860 of 25505
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
netflix is spinning off its dvd rental side into a new company called Qwickster. Netflix itself will be only streaming media.
I don't know what this will do to those of us sharing accounts.
I don't know what netflix is doing anymore.
Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 3:57:41 am PDT #17861 of 25505
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
netflix is spinning off its dvd rental side into a new company called Qwickster. Netflix itself will be only streaming media.
That reminds me, I should cancel my Netflix account.
Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2011 4:36:10 am PDT #17862 of 25505
hwæt
What services are you using to consume media these days, Jess?
Jessica - Sep 19, 2011 4:39:10 am PDT #17863 of 25505
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh - Ethan's job, mostly. If we've gone through everything on the Tivo, there's always a stack of DVDs to watch. I can't remember the last time I fired up Netflix streaming, and I haven't seen a DVD from them in months.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2011 4:41:52 am PDT #17864 of 25505
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, is Netflix's only strong point w/r/t DVD rentals the fact that they have a large catalog? Because -- and I know I'm not the first person to say this -- I can rent Thor from RedBox for a buck.
But the flip side, I assume, is that RedBox is just new(ish) stuff? So if I wanted, say, S1 of a TV show, Netflix Qwickster would be the way to go?