Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.

'Shindig'


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beekaytee - Jun 05, 2007 9:27:24 am PDT #1820 of 25496
Compassionately intolerant

Thanks Gris and SA. The fellow who recommended Joomla seemed sold on it and I was looking for verification. Much obliged.

I may have him do the set-up for me. I'm great with the updating and I'm a dab hand at basic html, but some of the more complex stuff...maybe I don't need to take the time to learn.


Matt H - Jun 05, 2007 10:37:29 am PDT #1821 of 25496
Musikalicen Opfer

DHCP.

When an Ethernet device goes that slowly, it often means there's a duplex mismatch between the switch port and the device. If the ports on the switch and the port on the printer have configurable speed and duplex settings, try setting them the same as what the computer's set for and see what you get.


Tom Scola - Jun 06, 2007 2:51:17 am PDT #1822 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Dreamhost hacked

We’re still working to determine how this occurred, but it appears that a 3rd party found a way to obtain the password information associated with approximately 3,500 separate FTP accounts and has used that information to append data to the index files of customer sites using automated scripts (primarily for search engine optimization purposes).


tommyrot - Jun 06, 2007 7:16:04 am PDT #1823 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Cool.

Via Debuts Nanobook: A Windows Ultralight Under Two Pounds, Less Than $600

[link]

Via's Nanobook has a 7" screen, clamshell form factor and a full QWERTY keyboard. Weighing 850g (1.9 lb), the reference design offers a 1.2 GHz VIA C7 CPU, the VX-700 chipset, and up to 1GB of RAM. Connectivity comes with WiFi, BlueTooth, 2 USB ports, DVI, and a 4-in-1 card reader.

For the price, this is rather tempting. For when I just don't feel like hauling my 5.1 lb MacBook.


§ ita § - Jun 06, 2007 7:48:23 am PDT #1824 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Business Weekly has an article about devices with that form factor.


tommyrot - Jun 06, 2007 9:34:27 am PDT #1825 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So, if someone (who is not me, but I would set it up) wanted to set up a VPN between an office and a laptop, what's the best way to go? Hardware VPN for the office and software VPN for the laptop? Software on both ends? This would be for an XP network, but I think the computers do not have XP pro. Windows has built-in VPN software, right? Is this only with XP Pro?

Haven't done any research yet, but I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction first....


Jon B. - Jun 06, 2007 11:01:48 am PDT #1826 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Oh, thank goodness. That CT substitute teacher, who was convicted on porn charges because her class computer kept popping up ads, has been granted a new trial: [link]

Background here: [link]


DXMachina - Jun 06, 2007 11:21:38 am PDT #1827 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

That's good news. The prosecutors in that case were totally dense.


tommyrot - Jun 06, 2007 11:26:13 am PDT #1828 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The prosecutors in that case were totally dense.

Everybody in that case was totally dense. Except maybe the school administration, which might have been more cynically self-interested than dense....


DXMachina - Jun 06, 2007 11:36:59 am PDT #1829 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

True that.