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I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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tiggy - Apr 14, 2008 9:41:55 am PDT #5694 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Jessica - Apr 14, 2008 9:51:25 am PDT #5695 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
To prompt you when a program is making a big system change, for security reasons
I'm sorry but "You are about to view information transmitted over the internet" (i.e., OMG, YOU OPENED INTERNET EXPLORER!!!!) hardly qualifies as a big system change. And yet, the prompts. OH DEAR GOD THE PROMPTS.
Kevin - Apr 14, 2008 9:54:01 am PDT #5696 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
That doesn't sound like a UAC prompt, though. Although I agree it's stupid. I've never quite figured why both IE and Firefox warn about transmitting information over the internet might be insecure. Duh.
Laga - Apr 14, 2008 11:45:51 am PDT #5697 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
As long as I have any kind of pokey appendage...
my shuffle charger is just a pokey appendage but a friend who was over last night couldn't use it to charge his iphone. I guess he didn't have the right kind of attachment.
tommyrot - Apr 14, 2008 12:02:17 pm PDT #5698 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.
I guess he didn't have the right kind of attachment.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
(When using a pokey appendage, you do need to consider the user's orientation....)
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2008 12:28:55 pm PDT #5699 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'd say logmein.com is secure enough, Polter-Cow. It's been around for many years and I've never heard of any problems with it.
Ooh, thanks. I'll look into it. I think I would find it most useful for, say, starting my Skins ahem so it's ready for me when I get home. And finding people's e-mail addresses in my Outlook Express at home. And uploading music that I have at home. I...think I could find many uses for it.
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2008 12:35:37 pm PDT #5700 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some of the Firefly server how-tos included how to get to your home iTunes collection from anywhere on the internet. How freaking cool is that? Static IPs for all!
omnis_audis - Apr 14, 2008 12:36:30 pm PDT #5701 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
the shuffle charges thru the headphone jack. The iPhone needs a dock connector to charge.
Kevin - Apr 14, 2008 12:38:50 pm PDT #5702 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Polter-Cow - you watch Skins?
Laga - Apr 14, 2008 12:42:32 pm PDT #5703 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the shuffle charges thru the headphone jack. The iPhone needs a dock connector to charge.
I noted that, and was disproportionately smug.