Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 1875

GeoffC · 03-01-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey.

The first book of hers that I read - and still, in many ways, one of my favourites ....

DMcCunney · 03-01-2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LCF

I am currently backing up my Gmail accounts. 0.29% of the users got their data (temporarily?) whacked. Chances of it happening again are low and I never won a lottery, but I want to be on the safe side.

Incidentally, GMail posted a note about it:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/0...-everyone.html

Hopefully, things are back to normal for you now.
______
Dennis

LCF · 03-01-2011, 04:37 PM

I was not affected. But still, a copy on my harddrive is a copy on my harddrive

beppe · 03-01-2011, 05:20 PM

Some time ago, a guy in the office below mine went out for lunch leaving one of those old electric heaters on. My office was on the 3rd floor (4th for you Americans). 14 fire engines went through the windows of my office, to fight the fire and thus saving the building from total destruction. They were so good that only my office was totally destroyed, although there were extensive damages to the structure. I had many years of books, papers, documents accumulated in that room, plus computers, hard disks, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, cassettes, ... Practically the accumulation of a whole carrier, things that had crossed oceans, plus all those personal things. A broken wood baseball bat, signed Duke Snider, that I kept there just in case ... That day I was up in the mountains skiing, and I did not rush back when they called me. Actually when I saw the ruins, I felt as somebody had lifted tens of years of alluvial deposit from my back. Finally I was free from my past. If somebody asked me about a project left unfinished, I lifted just one eyebrow: gone, for good. Freedom. A new life. Excuses for all sort of negligences, lazinesses. Joy, lightness of spirit. Hardly conquered, hotly conquered, and never lost again. Plus the load of pressure and resentments that i could have poured on the people that had caused that, which I never did, but just the idea of it gave me breathing room wherever I went for some time. The whole building stayed closed for a while. The day after the event I had a meeting with my guys in the street, under a light rain, taking notes with a pencil. They gave me a special telephone number (it was before the little things of nowadays) and I run my affairs with that, with a pencil and a piece of paper for a bit. Than they fixed things and that was the end of the good times and I had to go back to the old salt mine.

Stitchawl · 03-01-2011, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by beppe

, I felt as somebody had lifted tens of years of alluvial deposit from my back.

What a fantastic word picture!!! I tried to give you karma for it but this silly machine won't let me!

Stitchawl

phenomshel · 03-01-2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

So exciting, I love it when that happens! I think I'm going to have to check this series out.

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Originally Posted by LCF

I can only recommend them! The first at least, but there were some reviews of the coming book and they went from WOW to WOW.

I keep hearing raves about this, I'll have to look it up too.

Oh, what am I doing? Being glad I'm off work today, enjoying my bounty from New Release Tuesday, and listening to a peaceful stream while enjoying some favorite photos (I bought an easel stand for the iPad and have it running slideshow).

montsnmags · 03-02-2011, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

What a fantastic word picture!!! I tried to give you karma for it but this silly machine won't let me!

Stitchawl

I got your back, Stitchawl.

maianhvk · 03-02-2011, 12:09 AM

I'm posting this from the hall at school by kindle!

@ beppe: nice avatar.

Stitchawl · 03-02-2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I got your back, Stitchawl.

10-Q veddy much!

Stitchawl

beppe · 03-02-2011, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

I'm posting this from the hall at school by kindle!

@ beppe: nice avatar.

thank you Anh, I was asking my self where is she, my young friend? will she notice my avatar? You did. Very good. Thank you very much.

beppe · 03-02-2011, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

I'm posting this from the hall at school by kindle!

@ beppe: nice avatar.

I did not know that you were ??? I don't remember what I wrote there. I think it was cute anyhow. Let me ask, kindly to one of the moderators.

They fixed it. Thank you moderators.

maianhvk · 03-02-2011, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by beppe

I did not know that you were stuttering. I think it is cute. Let me ask, kindly to one of the moderators.

it was all kindle's fault! when I clicked 'submit reply' it said I must wait 7 secs to the next reply because I couldn't post many replies at once

so.. I waited, and clicked again, and I saw only 1 post

and would you ever stop deducing at least a thing from any post of others??

beppe · 03-02-2011, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

and would you ever stop deducing at least a thing from any post of others??

Ah my manners. I keep forgetting them here and there and when I need them, they are nowhere to be found.

devilsadvocate · 03-02-2011, 03:34 AM

Posting this from my GTab for the first time. Oddly, I like the Dolphin HD browser better than the Firefox beta. Had to fight to get it installed though, it's not in the Android market for some reason so I had to jockey the .apk onto my DX's SD card then USB it to the GTab.

wannabee · 03-02-2011, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by beppe

just the idea of it gave me breathing room wherever I went for some time.

I hadn't thought about it like that until reading your post. A similar thing happened to my office, the kebab shop owner downstairs owed a motorcycle gang money and the gang was pretty handy with a pile of LPG and oxey acetylene tanks which blew the building up, it was traumatic but like you I felt the weight removed and I went to a better place and had a completely different handle on life. It didn't happen immediately though. About 6 months to move on.

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I got your back, Stitchawl.

Me too

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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

Posting this from my GTab for the first time. Oddly, I like the Dolphin HD browser better than the Firefox beta. Had to fight to get it installed though, it's not in the Android market for some reason so I had to jockey the .apk onto my DX's SD card then USB it to the GTab.

Well bugger me. Some of you guys just love solving technical issues don't you. Give me a thing-a-ma-jig that works when you plug it in please. My idea of a problem solved is when you pat yourself on the back because you just bought a new 7" LCD TV for a hundred buck less than local via the net and when you turn it on it's all in chinese

03-01-2011, 04:37 PM	#28113
LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	I was not affected. But still, a copy on my harddrive is a copy on my harddrive

03-01-2011, 05:20 PM	#28114
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Some time ago, a guy in the office below mine went out for lunch leaving one of those old electric heaters on. My office was on the 3rd floor (4th for you Americans). 14 fire engines went through the windows of my office, to fight the fire and thus saving the building from total destruction. They were so good that only my office was totally destroyed, although there were extensive damages to the structure. I had many years of books, papers, documents accumulated in that room, plus computers, hard disks, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, cassettes, ... Practically the accumulation of a whole carrier, things that had crossed oceans, plus all those personal things. A broken wood baseball bat, signed Duke Snider, that I kept there just in case ... That day I was up in the mountains skiing, and I did not rush back when they called me. Actually when I saw the ruins, I felt as somebody had lifted tens of years of alluvial deposit from my back. Finally I was free from my past. If somebody asked me about a project left unfinished, I lifted just one eyebrow: gone, for good. Freedom. A new life. Excuses for all sort of negligences, lazinesses. Joy, lightness of spirit. Hardly conquered, hotly conquered, and never lost again. Plus the load of pressure and resentments that i could have poured on the people that had caused that, which I never did, but just the idea of it gave me breathing room wherever I went for some time. The whole building stayed closed for a while. The day after the event I had a meeting with my guys in the street, under a light rain, taking notes with a pencil. They gave me a special telephone number (it was before the little things of nowadays) and I run my affairs with that, with a pencil and a piece of paper for a bit. Than they fixed things and that was the end of the good times and I had to go back to the old salt mine.

03-02-2011, 12:09 AM	#28118
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	I'm posting this from the hall at school by kindle! @ beppe: nice avatar.

03-02-2011, 03:34 AM	#28124
devilsadvocate Complicated Warlock Posts: 677 Karma: 160970 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Madiganistan Device: HP Mini 1101, Droid X rooted, GTab rooted/VEGAnTAB Ginger Edition/CM7	Posting this from my GTab for the first time. Oddly, I like the Dolphin HD browser better than the Firefox beta. Had to fight to get it installed though, it's not in the Android market for some reason so I had to jockey the .apk onto my DX's SD card then USB it to the GTab.