Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.

'Out Of Gas'


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esse - Jan 21, 2007 8:39:45 am PST #329 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Well, back in the day, suprnova said the same thing. Granted, IH has been better about deferring being shut-down. But I always expect the worst.


Hil R. - Jan 21, 2007 10:06:26 am PST #330 of 25496
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Ack! I'm using Safari, and I clicked on something wrong and the bar that shows the address of the page I'm on, and where I can type in new addresses, disappeared! I tried going to View - Hide Address Bar, and then back to Show Address Bar, but it's still just grey where it should be. I also tried quitting Safari and then opening it again, but that didn't help, either. Any cule what I did and how I can fix it? I think I double-clicked something next to the address bar when it vanished.


Hil R. - Jan 21, 2007 10:22:40 am PST #331 of 25496
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just tried restarting my computer, which also didn't fix it. I can't find anything in the Safari help menu.


Hil R. - Jan 21, 2007 10:25:05 am PST #332 of 25496
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yay! Fixed it! (Found a solution in a forum on the Mac website. I went to "customize address bar" and dragged the field back to the address bar.)


Jessica - Jan 22, 2007 8:37:37 am PST #333 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Curse you, wee Tivo!

Buy your TiVo® Series3™ HD for $799.99. Once your new box arrives, locate the TiVo Service Number* for your new and existing box. Then call our VIP line at (866) 424-8486 and we'll transfer service for $199. Best of all, you'll get to keep service on your existing box for 12 months absolutely free. But you better get started, because this offer expires January 31, 2007 and then it's gone for a lifetime.

It'd be tempting except for the expiration date -- no way am I going to magically find almost $1000 in my couch cushions in the next 10 days.


Jon B. - Jan 22, 2007 8:55:16 am PST #334 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Errr... you and I both posted about that last September, Jessica...

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tommyrot - Jan 22, 2007 9:00:21 am PST #335 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.

you and I both posted about that last September, Jessica...

Or... at least someone claiming to be Jessica....


Jessica - Jan 22, 2007 9:01:36 am PST #336 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ha! You know, I remember that we'd talked about it before, but somehow I thought at that point it was still just a rumor. Oh well...

Anyway, the expiration date is new information. Um, so there.


Jon B. - Jan 22, 2007 9:05:53 am PST #337 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

the expiration date is new information.

Sorry, but I remember that date from the beginning.

So there!


tommyrot - Jan 22, 2007 3:09:33 pm PST #338 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.

Anyone hang out on getacoder.com? There's a guy looking for someone to code him an operating system. Is he for real?

Hi,

So I'm posting for a rather large project. I need someone to program me a new OS (Operasting System) that looks different than Ms Windows XP etc. but has the same style. It does not need to run on a mac but all the other PCs. It's supposed to have a stylish look with clear edges etc. And ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A REDESIGNED WINDOWS as I'm going to sell that operating system later on. It's going to be called BlueOrb.

These are some important points :

It should have ALL THE FEATURES that Windows Xp Professional has. ALL the files that run on Windows XP ust also run on the BlueOrb OS. It must have a very user-friendly interface (like MS WINDOWS XP)

When it gets Installed, the user needs to insert a serial number. It HAS to be HACKER SAFE!

It must be quick and good looking.

Note that I only accept quality work and do not want any quickly done BS.

He's looking to pay $1000-$3000 for this.

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