River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.

'Objects In Space'


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-t - Mar 07, 2015 8:34:59 am PST #24390 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad you figured it out. Sorry I wasn't much help!


Typo Boy - Mar 07, 2015 9:03:49 am PST #24391 of 25496
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.

Well you really were. Your not being able to figure it out told me it was not just a combination of my being rusty in Excel and sleep deprived. Gave me the confidence to assume if I tried something and it failed, it was not just because I was doing it wrong. Then stuff sort of clicked. Just the confirmation that the problem was real and that I was not an idiot for not seeing it instantly was a big help.


DXMachina - Mar 07, 2015 11:37:30 am PST #24392 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yeah, that makes sense. Glad it's working.

Don't know how to generalize beyond this to remove all non-numeric characters regardless of where they are in the string

While thinking about this, I did a search, and came up with this thread, whic towards the end has some code that might do what you want.


DCJensen - Mar 14, 2015 12:41:52 pm PDT #24393 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

I am going to try seeing if the SSD is readable out of Smonster's water-dead Macbook Air (2010 model).

After that, I may try to replace the Mobo and power board for my own project.

Anyone have any spare parts for Macbook Airs? I'm hoping to find one with a smashed screen, but so far, prices are hella high for spare parts.

I guess I'm hesitant to take the $25-$40 plunge for just the power board just to see if it's the board, Board and Mobo, or just Mobo.


Toddson - Mar 16, 2015 5:02:44 am PDT #24394 of 25496
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I have an iPad mini and the email has stopped working - it still displays, but I can't go from the message displayed to the in-box. Can't even delete the message displayed. It seems to be locked up completely, although it's displaying one new message.

I've tried turning the iPad off, backing it up, whatever I could think of. Any suggestions?


Jon B. - Mar 16, 2015 5:28:59 am PDT #24395 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Have you tried using a different email app, like Outlook?


Toddson - Mar 16, 2015 6:58:31 am PDT #24396 of 25496
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

huh ... nope, hadn't thought of that - I figured since it was what came with the iPad, it was what you had to use with the iPad (sorry ... I've never used anything Apple before I got this ... mostly I use it to send photos of my manicures to a couple of friends)


NoiseDesign - Mar 16, 2015 7:49:15 am PDT #24397 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

Have you restarted the iPad? Hold down the power and home button until it reboots.


Toddson - Mar 16, 2015 8:52:48 am PDT #24398 of 25496
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

um ... which is the home button?


Fred Pete - Mar 16, 2015 8:57:55 am PDT #24399 of 25496
Ann, that's a ferret.

The button you use to close apps. Hold them down together until the screen goes dark or, if you want to be particularly sure, until the Apple logo appears on the screen.