There are rumors of an Apple laptop that starts at $800... so maybe not a netbook, or at least not a cheap one....
I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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tommyrot - Oct 09, 2008 8:28:36 am PDT #7808 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.
Jesse - Oct 09, 2008 2:08:14 pm PDT #7809 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have Vista and am using IE 7, and fairly often, when I close a window, the whole shebang shuts down because "Explorer has stopped working." Well, of course it stopped working -- I told it to! Anyone know what this is about/how to stop it?
Dana - Oct 09, 2008 2:16:49 pm PDT #7810 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Explorer is different than Internet Explorer. Explorer is kind of what runs Windows.
Can't help with the problem, though -- I run Vista and IE7 on this laptop, and I've never had that problem.
Juliebird - Oct 09, 2008 2:47:25 pm PDT #7811 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
TV question:
my mother is visiting, and as she always does, she pressed buttons on the remotes and screwed something up. I now have no volume on my TV. I put in a DVD and the volume works fine, but from the cable TV, nothing.
On the bright side, I didn't have to listen to her news shows and (news) talk shows. Actually, maybe I shouldn't try to fix the volume until after she leaves...
Tom Scola - Oct 09, 2008 2:49:47 pm PDT #7812 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What kind of cable box do you have?
Jesse - Oct 09, 2008 3:04:47 pm PDT #7813 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Explorer is different than Internet Explorer. Explorer is kind of what runs Windows.
I definitely mean the browser, but will double-check the error message. It's just so weird.
Dana - Oct 09, 2008 3:08:31 pm PDT #7814 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, no, I believe you. Explorer.exe has certainly been known to crash. I just can't even tell you what kind of problem causes it.
Maybe re-install IE?
Juliebird - Oct 09, 2008 3:12:07 pm PDT #7815 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
What kind of cable box do you have?
Motorola.
Or, um, Comcast RCA Digital Broadband. I have three boxes and the only one I can identify is the router.
Juliebird - Oct 09, 2008 3:32:18 pm PDT #7816 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Nevermind, she pressed more buttons and the sound came back.
Just in time for Supernatural!
(also finally remembered that the other box is my modem)
Jesse - Oct 09, 2008 3:37:14 pm PDT #7817 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe re-install IE?
Yeah, or maybe I'll just suck it up and try to remember not to close windows that still think they are loading -- I think that's when it happens.