Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.

Mal ,'Ariel'


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DCJensen - Nov 04, 2015 10:39:41 pm PST #24664 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

I remember there was a Bloom County parody version that had Opus shooting down flying toasters. After Dark issued a cease and desist and they had to change it.

I actually have a few boxed copies of the later Bloom County version in my basement


DXMachina - Nov 05, 2015 3:19:01 am PST #24665 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I still have a copy of the Opus version around here, too.


Typo Boy - Nov 07, 2015 8:50:39 am PST #24666 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.

Setting up my Mom's new computer. 2 USB 3 ports, 4 USB 2 ports. Have camera, mouse, keyboard, printer. Should I save the USB 3 ports for something along the line of external hard drives, or are there any of these devices that will perform noticeably better with USB 3?


DXMachina - Nov 07, 2015 12:25:04 pm PST #24667 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The mouse, keyboard, and printer won't suffer from being on USB 2. If the camera was designed for USB 3, it will transfer more slowly on USB 2, but if not it won't make a difference.


Beverly - Nov 23, 2015 5:23:38 pm PST #24668 of 25496
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Totally dumb and incredibly frustrated right now. Can anybody tell me how to turn the cursor back on on a Toshiba satellite laptop? The wee indicator light on the touchpad is lit.

I've tapped, double-tapped, combo tapped with--I think--every key on the keyboard, still no luck. I can't get into any of the menus to find destructions because I have no cursor!

I inadvertently hit a key, or a combination of keys, entirely by accident and landed the laptop and me in this pickle--any help? Anybody?


javachik - Nov 23, 2015 5:48:58 pm PST #24669 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.

Try hitting the F5?


javachik - Nov 23, 2015 5:50:09 pm PST #24670 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.

You might need to hold down your Fn button and then the F5.


javachik - Nov 23, 2015 5:50:12 pm PST #24671 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.

dcp - Nov 23, 2015 6:17:58 pm PST #24672 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Beverly, what version of Windows?

For Win7 and earlier, I think the Windows key + i should trigger the mouse properties box.


Beverly - Nov 23, 2015 8:43:42 pm PST #24673 of 25496
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Woohoo! The F5 by itself worked.

Or maybe FN + F5 and then F5, because that's the sequence I tried them in.

Thank you, buffistas!