WTF?

footfootfoot · 02-02-2006, 09:23 PM

I just deleted my "favorites" file.

WTF?

What a pain in the ass.

I'm going to bed now.

fuck.shit.piss.

Aliantha · 02-02-2006, 09:27 PM

lol...you can probably retrieve it foot. Still a pisser though.

footfootfoot · 02-02-2006, 09:33 PM

Hmm. I did a find file and two items showed up, one completely empty and the other one an up to date version of faves. how it got misplaced I'm not sure. Probably "the nut behind the wrench" as we used to say in the bike shop.

Now I really am going to bed.

seakdivers · 02-02-2006, 11:30 PM

Well it's clear what your favorite favorite is since you made it here.

BigV · 02-02-2006, 11:34 PM

that's ft3 putting the mac in

Sun_Sparkz · 02-03-2006, 12:29 AM

i'm leaving this job next week and today i cleaned out my emails and all my favourites. it was very sad. I'll be a bit lost for a while.. i can only remember here, ebay and hotmail... oh well!

Cyclefrance · 02-06-2006, 02:40 PM

Got my new Dell laptop (no honestly, that's not me trying a bit of placement, I actually did get a Dell -and it's, well, really OK, but then anything would look brilliant against the old Acer Travelmate vintage c. 1999) and I was keen to get my mail and web favourites transferred to the new environment. I use Outlook Express as my email interface so prospects looked good from that angle.

With two sons in IT - one working with Internet Firewalls and all things mystical 'below the floor' so to speak and the other into network support so an 'above the floor' maestro, I had everything covered. Thanks to their homely presence from time to time we have a network linking pcs and laptops in several rooms and also a 300 Gig shared external hard-drive. My task seemed, as aresult, extremely more complicated than mending a puncture in the rear wheel of my bike or changing the brake blocks to both wheels, so I left it up to one of them to do the business!

Hey, it all happened. My favourites are all there and in place. My Outlook Express has every folder I ever created and 'speaks' to the four main email addresses I use. Amazing. I even have virus software that seems to have a verey generous subscription period for some reason now...

But there had to be a catch.

And there was (still is)

I have all my email folders, but none of the emails that should be in them. They are still on the old Acer, and try as I may, I haven't found a way to transfer them over. Same goes for the Address Book.

So for now I have to duck and dive between the two PCs when I need to look at something that is from the period BD (OR AA) - I'm sure you can work that one out for yourselves.....

footfootfoot · 02-06-2006, 08:40 PM

as I read your post, I began thinking "hmm, I wonder if CF has a spare room to let" then I got to the too good to be true part. HA HA. It's always the way, isn't it?

Last night I was at a pal's house and he has this computer set-up with 6gigs of RAM and however many terabytes of disk space and a processor speed of 1.6 megahertz. 1.6 what I was afraid to ask. thousand?

He showed me google earth and I realized I post to the cellar from a large doorstop.

granted he edits movies on his machine, but still. five or six years makes a difference.

zippyt · 02-06-2006, 08:51 PM

And my wife thought I keep to much junk in my office !!!!!!
Check this guys rig out , it some how reminds me of Ted Kizinskiz's Unibomber shack that was ALL a bomb makeing factory ,
http://www.yumlum.com/galleries/server/worst_server.htm

BigV · 02-06-2006, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Got my new Dell laptop (no honestly, that's not me trying a bit of placement, I actually did get a Dell -and it's, well, really OK, but then anything would look brilliant against the old Acer Travelmate vintage c. 1999) and I was keen to get my mail and web favourites transferred to the new environment. I use Outlook Express as my email interface so prospects looked good from that angle.

With two sons in IT - one working with Internet Firewalls and all things mystical 'below the floor' so to speak and the other into network support so an 'above the floor' maestro, I had everything covered. Thanks to their homely presence from time to time we have a network linking pcs and laptops in several rooms and also a 300 Gig shared external hard-drive. My task seemed, as aresult, extremely more complicated than mending a puncture in the rear wheel of my bike or changing the brake blocks to both wheels, so I left it up to one of them to do the business!

Hey, it all happened. My favourites are all there and in place. My Outlook Express has every folder I ever created and 'speaks' to the four main email addresses I use. Amazing. I even have virus software that seems to have a verey generous subscription period for some reason now...

But there had to be a catch.

And there was (still is)

I have all my email folders, but none of the emails that should be in them. They are still on the old Acer, and try as I may, I haven't found a way to transfer them over. Same goes for the Address Book.

So for now I have to duck and dive between the two PCs when I need to look at something that is from the period BD (OR AA) - I'm sure you can work that one out for yourselves.....

I can fix this for you. Interested?

Cyclefrance · 02-07-2006, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

I can fix this for you. Interested?

Absolutely -that would be really great if you could and it would make a hell of a difference if I could get away from having to use the the old Acer. I think my sons' reticence is down to always having something else to do (as sons do) so a result there might take a few months to achieve.

I'd really appreciate a solution. I looked through both Hotmail and Outlook Express help but could find nothing that did what I wanted to do.

Many thanks V - look forward very much to hearing how to do it!

wolf · 02-07-2006, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

And my wife thought I keep to much junk in my office !!!!!!
Check this guys rig out , it some how reminds me of Ted Kizinskiz's Unibomber shack that was ALL a bomb makeing factory ,
http://www.yumlum.com/galleries/server/worst_server.htm

That actually looks significantly better than the setup we have at work. At least they have a shelf.

I think I've told the story about how when the network goes down, someone has to break into the "computer guy's" unairconditioned office and return the network hub to it's paperclip that lets it dangle from a hole in the cinderblock wall.

seakdivers · 02-07-2006, 11:10 AM

That setup was certainly unique..... but why did they take the keys off the keyboard? I'm sure they had a reason.

BigV · 02-07-2006, 01:24 PM

cleaning, draining and drying a Mountain Dew spill... I've taken apart countless keyboards this way. Most of the time they can be repaired.

Elspode · 02-07-2006, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

That actually looks significantly better than the setup we have at work. At least they have a shelf.

I think I've told the story about how when the network goes down, someone has to break into the "computer guy's" unairconditioned office and return the network hub to it's paperclip that lets it dangle from a hole in the cinderblock wall.

Wolf - I'd be happy to fly out there and upgrade that system to a coathanger support mechanism. This will have several advantages over what is presently installed:

1) Superior tensile strength resulting from a thicker gauge of steel
2) Larger hole-gripping area provided by the extra length and gauge of the new material.
3) Greater load-bearing capacity.
4) Much easier to recover and reinstall in the event of gravity-induced failure.
5) Support system guaranteed to outlast the technology which it is supporting.

I'd be willling to do this major upgrade for $5k plus expenses, and I'd provide a one year warranty against labor defects.

Let me know?

02-02-2006, 09:23 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	WTF? I just deleted my "favorites" file. WTF? What a pain in the ass. I'm going to bed now. fuck.shit.piss. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-02-2006, 09:27 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...you can probably retrieve it foot. Still a pisser though. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-02-2006, 09:33 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Hmm. I did a find file and two items showed up, one completely empty and the other one an up to date version of faves. how it got misplaced I'm not sure. Probably "the nut behind the wrench" as we used to say in the bike shop. Now I really am going to bed. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-02-2006, 11:34 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	that's ft3 putting the mac in __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-03-2006, 12:29 AM	#6
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	i'm leaving this job next week and today i cleaned out my emails and all my favourites. it was very sad. I'll be a bit lost for a while.. i can only remember here, ebay and hotmail... oh well! __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

02-02-2006, 11:30 PM	#4
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Well it's clear what your favorite favorite is since you made it here.

02-06-2006, 02:40 PM	#7
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Got my new Dell laptop (no honestly, that's not me trying a bit of placement, I actually did get a Dell -and it's, well, really OK, but then anything would look brilliant against the old Acer Travelmate vintage c. 1999) and I was keen to get my mail and web favourites transferred to the new environment. I use Outlook Express as my email interface so prospects looked good from that angle. With two sons in IT - one working with Internet Firewalls and all things mystical 'below the floor' so to speak and the other into network support so an 'above the floor' maestro, I had everything covered. Thanks to their homely presence from time to time we have a network linking pcs and laptops in several rooms and also a 300 Gig shared external hard-drive. My task seemed, as aresult, extremely more complicated than mending a puncture in the rear wheel of my bike or changing the brake blocks to both wheels, so I left it up to one of them to do the business! Hey, it all happened. My favourites are all there and in place. My Outlook Express has every folder I ever created and 'speaks' to the four main email addresses I use. Amazing. I even have virus software that seems to have a verey generous subscription period for some reason now... But there had to be a catch. And there was (still is) I have all my email folders, but none of the emails that should be in them. They are still on the old Acer, and try as I may, I haven't found a way to transfer them over. Same goes for the Address Book. So for now I have to duck and dive between the two PCs when I need to look at something that is from the period BD (OR AA) - I'm sure you can work that one out for yourselves..... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-06-2006, 08:40 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	as I read your post, I began thinking "hmm, I wonder if CF has a spare room to let" then I got to the too good to be true part. HA HA. It's always the way, isn't it? Last night I was at a pal's house and he has this computer set-up with 6gigs of RAM and however many terabytes of disk space and a processor speed of 1.6 megahertz. 1.6 what I was afraid to ask. thousand? He showed me google earth and I realized I post to the cellar from a large doorstop. granted he edits movies on his machine, but still. five or six years makes a difference. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-06-2006, 08:51 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	And my wife thought I keep to much junk in my office !!!!!! Check this guys rig out , it some how reminds me of Ted Kizinskiz's Unibomber shack that was ALL a bomb makeing factory , http://www.yumlum.com/galleries/server/worst_server.htm __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-07-2006, 11:10 AM	#13
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	That setup was certainly unique..... but why did they take the keys off the keyboard? I'm sure they had a reason.

02-07-2006, 01:24 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	cleaning, draining and drying a Mountain Dew spill... I've taken apart countless keyboards this way. Most of the time they can be repaired. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 02-07-2006 at 01:58 PM.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)