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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.


tommyrot - Sep 19, 2012 9:27:46 am PDT #20971 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.

Yeah, when I downloaded Mountain Lion it did that. The download would just freeze for long periods of time.


le nubian - Sep 19, 2012 9:32:41 am PDT #20972 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ya'll need to go to the direct download link.

I am not updating to ios6 until the maps issue is dealt with (e.g. google releases a maps app). I can't afford right now in a new city to lose access to the good maps app.

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