Thanks, guys. It's not the hard drive, I don't think. Sean and I determined last night that it's probably the optical drive or some such. I can't find the os CD (ND has it stashed somewhere in his office. Anyone who has seen ND's office understands.), and since there is now a music CD in the drive that doesn't want to come out, we're doubly screwed. (Yes, I put it in there to see if distracting the drive with a shiny CD would help. What.) So I have a genius bar appointment for 2 today. Thankfully I took today off for Byron's surgery anyway.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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Pix - Mar 17, 2008 5:13:30 am PDT #5182 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 17, 2008 5:19:30 am PDT #5183 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I had the Star Trek books, and I hardly even watched Star Trek. But I still read the books! And I have them still!
Miracleman - Mar 17, 2008 5:23:07 am PDT #5184 of 25501
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I had the Star Trek books, and I hardly even watched Star Trek. But I still read the books! And I have them still!
I actually read the books before I started watching the show.
I was greatly surprised when things I remembered from the books didn't happen in the episode.
DCJensen - Mar 17, 2008 5:27:04 am PDT #5185 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I also had the books and was also surprised.
Jon B. - Mar 17, 2008 5:31:19 am PDT #5186 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm reading a James Blish Star Trek book RIGHT NOW! AIFG!!
(I'm not really, but it needed to be said)
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2008 5:32:13 am PDT #5187 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Recently I grabbed all the Blish Trek books from my parents' house. They were all in good condition. Out of curiosity, I went on eBay to see how much they were worth.
Not much. There must be a ton of those books floating around....
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2008 1:01:12 pm PDT #5188 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gah. I'm completely blanking on the name of the software I need to buy to have a more detailed look at the mess that is my PC this evening--basically chkdsk on steroids. Help?
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2008 1:07:54 pm PDT #5189 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Norton Utilities? (Or am I showing my age?)
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2008 1:21:28 pm PDT #5190 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think we're both old, tommy. Wikipedia doesn't even give me a decent current competitor.
What should I be poking around with, then? Other than a bootable Linux CD?
amych - Mar 17, 2008 1:23:45 pm PDT #5191 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No help here -- the linux cd tends to be my first response and not my last ditch.