I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.

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erikaj - Aug 19, 2008 11:37:15 am PDT #7452 of 25501
Always Anti-fascist!

My antivirus detected a thing it called a POSSIBLE_HFIRM(or something like that) but it couldn't remove it(I've got the company working on it, too,ftr) Computer seems fine...but I've just been through Virus Hell...how much should I be concerned about this?


omnis_audis - Aug 19, 2008 7:46:09 pm PDT #7453 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Of course, we burned through probably three times the zip ties of any other team in order to make that happen....
zip ties are cheap, awesome cable runs are priceless. Seems like a good deal to me. Especially where safety is involved.


NoiseDesign - Aug 19, 2008 8:07:01 pm PDT #7454 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I'll be buying extra zip ties this year.


Sean K - Aug 19, 2008 8:25:26 pm PDT #7455 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

We caught a bit of flak for going through so many zip ties. Of course, part of the problem was that we lost a bag for a few days, which caused Drew to have to make an emergency zip tie run that turned out to be unnecessary....


evil jimi - Aug 19, 2008 11:56:52 pm PDT #7456 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Rockbox; it turned my new Sansa e260 mp3 player from a pretty good value unit, into a goddamn-fricken-fracken-fantastic value unit. The only reason I've avoided buying anything like that is not the money but the lack of support for FLAC and other decent lossless formats but it turns out the only impediment was software and Rockbox fixes that. I can now play FLAC, APE, SHN, or a host of other lossless formats. I can now also play some simple games on the thing. :)

Works on certain types of iPods, as well as a host of other brand portable music players.


sumi - Aug 20, 2008 8:02:59 am PDT #7457 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!

Using duct tape to stick telephone lines out of the way shouldn't cause any problems, right?


Sean K - Aug 20, 2008 8:20:42 am PDT #7458 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Well, to your paint, maybe. It shouldn't cause a problem with your line. Tack-in cable stays would be better, and pretty cheap.


sumi - Aug 20, 2008 9:14:25 am PDT #7459 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!

I've attached it to the bottom of my desk (an all-steel desk.)


vw bug - Aug 20, 2008 12:02:01 pm PDT #7460 of 25501
Mostly lurking...

Do we know anything about Windows XP Service Pack 3? I'm suspicious of just letting it loose on my computer.


erikaj - Aug 20, 2008 12:05:27 pm PDT #7461 of 25501
Always Anti-fascist!

I've heard people have problems with it sometimes. But I don't know very much.