I'm liking Toast. I just got it recently, mostly for the Tivo transfer feature, and gaven't explored its capabilities much, but what I have done with it has been very easy.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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-t - Mar 20, 2007 4:00:58 am PDT #934 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Theodosia - Mar 20, 2007 4:58:56 am PDT #935 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
One thing that I'm looking for is to be able to do an incremental backup of my iTunes files. Because since my DVD burner is a non-Apple, I can't use the iTunes built-in backup feature. :-(
le nubian - Mar 20, 2007 5:10:52 am PDT #936 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon,
LeNube - If you took apart your TiVo, installing a wireless card in a computer will probably be less tricky.
Oh really? Interesting. Maybe I will try this then! Thanks for all of your words of encouragement.
shrift - Mar 20, 2007 5:32:31 am PDT #937 of 25496
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
le nubian, in my experience, installing a wireless card in a desktop is relatively painless. (Getting the card to work after installed may involve some pain, but not so much that I'd advise against you doing this yourself.)
esse - Mar 20, 2007 5:58:46 am PDT #938 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Theo, that should be no problem here.
le nubian - Mar 20, 2007 7:49:34 am PDT #939 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay buffistas, I bought the card, should be here next week, I'll let you know if I kill my machine while trying to install this card!
DCJensen - Mar 20, 2007 8:41:24 am PDT #940 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
hoo boy!
Computer technician accidentally wipes out info on Alaska's $38 billion fund
That is what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.
There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.
sumi - Mar 20, 2007 8:42:06 am PDT #941 of 25496
Art Crawl!!!
Oopsy.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2007 8:52:32 am PDT #942 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesus fuckers. There are protocols, people! And wouldn't that be covered by some sort of regulatory board that would audit and make sure shit is backed up properly, above and beyond the department itself?
The technician is in hot water, but everyone above him in the org chart should be slapped around severely too.
Theodosia - Mar 20, 2007 8:57:36 am PDT #943 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
ita, that's from the state with the Senator who believes that the Internets are a series of tubes.
But yeah, damn sure there are protocols, and good reasons not to skip on them.