Also? ACK, meara!
Um, the good news is that when you get a new one, Time Machine is really efficient and brainless and you can get an external drive with more than enough space to use it for under $100!
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 22, 2008 4:36:20 pm PDT #4947 of 10003
sarameg - Aug 22, 2008 4:38:23 pm PDT #4948 of 10003
It's just getting as predictable as the crank/hate/emotional low factor and the sore boobs. I just only recently made the connection.
meara - Aug 22, 2008 4:39:50 pm PDT #4949 of 10003
Heh, well, I only have Tiger (10.4) not Leopard (10.5), so no Time Machine for me. I bought a new external hard drive rather than upgrade the OS. But maybe I'll do that too. We'll see how often I remember to back up. :)
sarameg - Aug 22, 2008 4:41:33 pm PDT #4950 of 10003
Well, in getting a new one, won't it come with Panther? (Or do you mean Apple gave you the option of either/or? If so, that's LAME. Refurbs come with the latest.)
meara - Aug 22, 2008 4:44:04 pm PDT #4951 of 10003
Oh, not a new computer--just a new hard drive. They popped it in while I was wandering around the mall, over in an hour. Same software as before. Sadly. Didn't update me one bit. Bastards. Think they could give me something for my trouble.
sarameg - Aug 22, 2008 4:47:10 pm PDT #4952 of 10003
Ah, I see, I guess that makes more sense. I debated applecare, but went without for now. (I'm jinxing myself now, aren't I?) For which I might be insane, but at least I'm backing up now (didn't before.)
sarameg - Aug 22, 2008 5:04:33 pm PDT #4953 of 10003
I know it isn't any consolation, but trials today involved our brand-new backup system for THE WHOLE UNIVERSE doing the equivalent of the spinny ball crash. Stopped acknowleging the rest of the world and we had to do a hard powercycle (laptop equiv= unplug and yank the battery.) And it hasn't even gotten 1% into backing up the old system. And by WHOLE UNIVERSE, since you know where I work, you know what I mean. Not life memory, which is much more personal, but still, pukeymaking.
It was working again by 6 but we don't yet know what happened.
flea - Aug 22, 2008 5:16:28 pm PDT #4954 of 10003
information libertarian
sarameg, the joint-loosening hormone is called relaxin, and it is produced during the menstrual cycle: [link]
sarameg - Aug 22, 2008 5:25:53 pm PDT #4955 of 10003
Huh, the timing may be a little off, but then, timing is always off for me, so I wouldn't be surprised. Also, further linking explains why everything around me smells ghastly (I recoiled from my boss's breath this week,) which is another sign I'd missed. Thanks, flea! I'm not falling apart stepwise in a cycle, I'm being normalish!
You'd think I'd lose my head and not notice.
msbelle - Aug 22, 2008 5:26:48 pm PDT #4956 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
our bodies are freaky.