Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.

Xander ,'Lessons'


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beekaytee - Sep 18, 2012 6:34:10 pm PDT #20961 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

eta: FEAR ME.

I feel like Tom Hanks in Castaway...SEE WHAT I HAVE WROUGHT!

Okay, it isn't exactly fire, but I was able to crack into the G5s and wipe both disks.

I feel all manner of tech ninja (or, at least someone who can google, read and follow well-written instructions.)

Now I need to figure out what to do with 2 full functioning G5 ppcs, one iMac (circa 1999...works like a champ) and one Powerbook (circa 2000...also, works like a champ).

Oh, and a Studio Display (circa 2000).

Antiques...sigh.


Jon B. - Sep 19, 2012 5:56:18 am PDT #20962 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I, too, am feeling all-powerful this morning.

I successfully moved my Win XP PC's entire Documents and Settings folder off of my system drive. Who wants to touch me?

I said, WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME?!


beekaytee - Sep 19, 2012 6:20:41 am PDT #20963 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Massive Tech Ninja High Five, Jon.

I can't even describe how giddy I was accomplishing this (ultimately) simple task after two weeks of tech torture. Seriously, it felt like this was the week the machine Overlords would take over.

But, we were vic-tor-i-ous.

This may not be Sparta, but we are pretty badass.


omnis_audis - Sep 19, 2012 7:28:16 am PDT #20964 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I am sitting in a seminar teaching software. They distributed a new version. I broke it first. I hit the tracker button. Then it gave beach ball and crashed. When I announced the issue, of course, the whole class tried it. And 3/4 of the class had crashes. Mwhahaha! (at least I got the seminar for free)


tommyrot - Sep 19, 2012 8:41:01 am PDT #20965 of 25501
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, should I upgrade to iOS 6 now? Or wait a few days?

When was the last time an iOS upgrade caused significant problems?


Jon B. - Sep 19, 2012 8:55:40 am PDT #20966 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I would be concerned if you have anywhere to be this afternoon, since I imagine the download will take a lot longer today than a few days from now.

I don't need to leave the house for a few hours, so I started downloading, and it is sloooow.


Strix - Sep 19, 2012 8:59:03 am PDT #20967 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

OK..my laptop's (emachine) USB ports are all screwed. Don't work. Would cost more to fix than to get a new computer.

I bought a printer 4 months ago...it's USB. Epson Stylus NX130

Anyone know a hack that lets me friggin' PRINT? I canna afford a new laptop and it's driving me BUGSHIT now being able to print or copy or scan.


tommyrot - Sep 19, 2012 9:00:42 am PDT #20968 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Good point, Jon. I think I'll wait a day or two.


Jon B. - Sep 19, 2012 9:26:14 am PDT #20969 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Jeez, that estimated time remaining thingie is useless. It went from one hour to one minute and is now back up to 10 minutes... 8 minutes... 2 minutes... 6 minutes.

Why do they even bother?


Gudanov - Sep 19, 2012 9:27:25 am PDT #20970 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Anyone know a hack that lets me friggin' PRINT?

If your USB ports don't work, you'll have to print via the network. Either a share off another computer or a cheap dedicated print server (Like this thing: [link] ). It can be a bit of a pain to configure a print server, but it will work for printing. Probably not for scanning though.