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Dana - Dec 04, 2007 5:55:10 am PST #3656 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Apparently another coworker has seen this mysterious report, and we think no one's used it in years. Ah, the smell of obsolete things.

Given that we have no way of telling how they numbered these documents, I think I may just make the link straight HTML and see if anyone complains.

Thanks, guys.


amych - Dec 04, 2007 5:56:14 am PST #3657 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Yeah, if there's no clear need for doing it and no way to predict what it does, it's just useless code. Ditch it.


Jessica - Dec 04, 2007 6:55:12 am PST #3658 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is there a way within Outlook to define my working hours? I work on a slightly different schedule than the rest of my department, and I keep getting invited to meetings outside of my regular hours. (You'd think after 3 months it wouldn't still be this difficult for people to remember, and yet...)


amych - Dec 04, 2007 6:58:07 am PST #3659 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I'm not an Outlook user myself, but is this what you're looking for? [link]


Jessica - Dec 04, 2007 7:04:42 am PST #3660 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yes! Thanks.


hippocampus - Dec 04, 2007 8:22:56 am PST #3661 of 25497
not your mom's socks.

my macbook sounds like a gerbil on a wheel. I'm backing up files, but don't have time to invoke my apple care today. anyone ever had this experience?


Cashmere - Dec 04, 2007 10:46:45 am PST #3662 of 25497
Now tagless for your comfort.

I have a Motorola Q that runs Windows Mobile. I've just recently started having issues with the text messaging and the web browser. When I click on the text message to read it, the screen comes up blank.

When I try to read b.org, it goes blank, even though sites like gmail and cnn work perfectly.

Is it just a kink in my phone and I should maybe take it back or is there something I can fiddle with to fix it?


hippocampus - Dec 04, 2007 10:53:22 am PST #3663 of 25497
not your mom's socks.

cashmere - my macbook & your Q have the new zipcode blues, I think.


Miracleman - Dec 04, 2007 11:38:01 am PST #3664 of 25497
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Anyone have any idea how to make a Dell monitor sharper? As in "not looking as though I should yell 'Focus! FOCUS!' at it"?

I poked around the menu, but nothing seemed to help. Perhaps the damn screen is just...failing.


NoiseDesign - Dec 04, 2007 11:39:39 am PST #3665 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

Is this a tube monitor or an LCD? It could be a matter of adjusting the resolution of the display.