Oh yeah - crossover cable.
Many hubs can tell if you're connecting two hubs together with a normal (non-crossover) cable and adjust accordingly. Are there any PCs that do that (if you connect directly to another PC)?
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tommyrot - Dec 05, 2007 10:48:36 am PST #3683 of 25513
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Dec 05, 2007 10:53:49 am PST #3684 of 25513
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
For many computers, a crossover cable is not necessary; the computer will detect what kind of cable is being used and do the right thing.
Ginger - Dec 05, 2007 11:11:15 am PST #3685 of 25513
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
This is really clunky and inelegant, but I finally ended up syncing both computers to the external drive I use for backup. Both computers will talk to the external hard drive, but my rather elderly laptop will not talk to my desktop, no matter what cable I try. It's like a bad marriage in which people only communicate through their children.
What about just getting a large capacity thumb drive and transferring the files that way? Of course, that would mean you'd have to set up the desktop in some fashion to transfer the files.
Gudanov - Dec 05, 2007 12:10:45 pm PST #3686 of 25513
Coding and Sleeping
Do you have a router to connect to the Internet? Hooking up the two through a router will be a lot easier than connecting them directly.
Vortex - Dec 05, 2007 2:20:03 pm PST #3687 of 25513
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
basically, I'm trying to avoid setting up the desktop. I was hoping that I could just connect the laptop to it in some way and transfer the files, like using the desktop like a giant external drive.
omnis_audis - Dec 05, 2007 10:09:18 pm PST #3688 of 25513
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I was just playing with mobile.google.com, and it is pretty cool. A bit zippier. Clearly not loading as much junk. Thought I'd share.
Miracleman - Dec 06, 2007 5:25:29 am PST #3689 of 25513
I can do this all day
Any Excel gurus in da hizouse? Excel's Help function is of the suck.
tommyrot - Dec 06, 2007 5:28:15 am PST #3690 of 25513
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Watcha need?
Miracleman - Dec 06, 2007 5:38:06 am PST #3691 of 25513
I can do this all day
What I'm trying to do is calculate some expenses and get a variety of totals. An array formula is doing great with the type of thing the money is spent on, but I can't figure out how to get Excel to also total it by month. I have a column for "Order Date" and it has the specific date e.g. 2/12/2007, but I can't get an array to give me a value for, say, all the orders in February.
Jon B. - Dec 06, 2007 5:40:38 am PST #3692 of 25513
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You could create a column for month (use the MONTH function) and then create a pivot table that sorts by month.