|  11-29-2010, 02:03 AM | #1 | 
| Professional Adventuress            Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle | 
				
				have we had a bunch of DOS attacks?
			 
			
			the last couple of days MR has been real iffy.  I immediately check another site, get connected and then check here again to receive no connection... anyone know what;s up?
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|  11-29-2010, 09:55 AM | #2 | 
| ↓↓  Skirt!!  Earrings!!            Posts: 3,394 Karma: 17432172 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Acer netbook, JetBook Lite, Sony PRS-300, Kindle 2, Kindle Fire | 
			
			I don't know -- I haven't had any connection problems on here, and I've spent way too much time jumping on and off of this place over the past couple of days.
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|  11-29-2010, 02:22 PM | #3 | 
| FUBAR!            Posts: 1,946 Karma: 15018767 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Woodstock, IL Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 S | 
			
			If you are still running DOS, you deserve to be attacked...   | 
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|  11-29-2010, 02:31 PM | #4 | 
| Professional Adventuress            Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle | |
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|  11-29-2010, 03:16 PM | #5 | 
| Bah!  Humbug!            Posts: 64,193 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made! | 
			
			Old techie joke:  DOS = Disk Operating System -- before there was Windows!
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|  11-29-2010, 03:20 PM | #6 | 
| Maratus speciosus butt            Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350 | 
			
			Wow, look at all the hairdos being parted by low-flying jokes!
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|  11-29-2010, 07:08 PM | #7 | 
| Professional Adventuress            Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle | |
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|  11-29-2010, 08:10 PM | #8 | 
| Bah!  Humbug!            Posts: 64,193 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made! | 
			
			No insult or put-down intended - I work with people who think I am insane when I describe what PC's were like before Windows appeared - and don't believe that you used to have to put in/remove, etc. those huge 5" floppies just to boot the OS.
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|  11-29-2010, 09:17 PM | #9 | 
| Maratus speciosus butt            Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350 | 
			
			The full sized version is here: http://media.photobucket.com/image/c.../miceoncat.jpg The copy I have has the file name "not stoked.jpg." And the cat does, indeed, appear to be far short of stoked. | 
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|  11-29-2010, 09:21 PM | #10 | 
| Professional Adventuress            Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle | 
			
			or so freaking stoked he can't be rattled?
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|  11-30-2010, 10:00 AM | #11 | 
| FUBAR!            Posts: 1,946 Karma: 15018767 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Woodstock, IL Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 S | 
			
			Judging by the new picture, I want to spend Christmas at kindlekitten's house!
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|  11-30-2010, 11:06 AM | #12 | 
| Professional Adventuress            Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle | |
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|  11-30-2010, 11:10 AM | #13 | |
| Professor of Law            Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini | Quote: 
 What'dya say KK, the more the merrier?   | |
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|  11-30-2010, 12:15 PM | #14 | 
| Professional Adventuress            Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle | 
			
			ahhhhahahaha! I need to get the well working first!
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|  11-30-2010, 11:41 PM | #15 | 
| Booklegger            Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch | |
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