Comments on: note to self: always read the fine print http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:10:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: drac http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4839 drac Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:53:18 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4839 Gah. I've zoomed all the way out and all the way in on Firefox and I don't see it. This is probably another of those weirdass style things. Considering that I'll probably need to rewrite this theme at some point soonish - I'm inclined to let it go. Testing, gah. haven't even unpacked the lappie yet, much less done the burn test. Burnination! And your gravatar should work now. maybe. My server is a flake <b>update</b>: Actually, scratch that. Your gravatar appears to be broken. It ain't loading. Everyone else seems to be okish. I think gravatar.com is offended by the bizarro email address. Gah. I’ve zoomed all the way out and all the way in on Firefox and I don’t see it. This is probably another of those weirdass style things. Considering that I’ll probably need to rewrite this theme at some point soonish – I’m inclined to let it go.

Testing, gah. haven’t even unpacked the lappie yet, much less done the burn test. Burnination! And your gravatar should work now. maybe. My server is a flake

update: Actually, scratch that. Your gravatar appears to be broken. It ain’t loading. Everyone else seems to be okish. I think gravatar.com is offended by the bizarro email address.

]]> By: Tz. http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4833 Tz. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:33:57 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4833 Incidentally, the odd wrapping of the comment text box that JL was talking about -happens also in FF. And your gravatars aren't picking me up, either. Whine, whine, complain complain. Incidentally, the odd wrapping of the comment text box that JL was talking about -happens also in FF. And your gravatars aren’t picking me up, either.

Whine, whine, complain complain.

]]> By: Tz. http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4832 Tz. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:32:04 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4832 The testing of the would-be burner with a blank DVD, of course. *grin* The testing of the would-be burner with a blank DVD, of course. *grin*

]]> By: drac http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4830 drac Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:39:03 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4830 Well, at least there'd be fewer disks! Or so I tell myself. How fortunate that I rarely (never) feel compelled to archive movies for watching later. Or, for that matter, even episodes from the telly box. Wait. Family Guy and Firefly are possibly two exceptions. Anyway, which testing prithee? Well, at least there’d be fewer disks! Or so I tell myself. How fortunate that I rarely (never) feel compelled to archive movies for watching later. Or, for that matter, even episodes from the telly box.

Wait. Family Guy and Firefly are possibly two exceptions.

Anyway, which testing prithee?

]]> By: Tz. http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4829 Tz. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:43:24 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4829 Shell script instead of perl script, but ditto. And you know, putting it on DVDs doesn't really help. I switched to DVDs after the first hundred and twenty CDs, and I've already got a dozen... It's Parkinson's Law when "available space" = "all the DVDs you can buy". How did the testing go? Shell script instead of perl script, but ditto. And you know, putting it on DVDs doesn’t really help. I switched to DVDs after the first hundred and twenty CDs, and I’ve already got a dozen… It’s Parkinson’s Law when “available space” = “all the DVDs you can buy”.

How did the testing go?

]]> By: drac http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4819 drac Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:56:13 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4819 rastiadu: indeed. JL: Yeah, it could be an optimistic piece of software... I'm testing it out today with a blank DVD. And the deletion part: I'm so there. I have 30 odd CDs worth backed up mp3s which I cart around from place to place. It's evolved into its own catalog and my own perl script to grep through it and a mini database and everything. A DVD would have been much simpler. and gravatars are turned on, but I only check the cache about once every few months ;) lemme fix that now. rastiadu: indeed.

JL: Yeah, it could be an optimistic piece of software… I’m testing it out today with a blank DVD. And the deletion part: I’m so there. I have 30 odd CDs worth backed up mp3s which I cart around from place to place. It’s evolved into its own catalog and my own perl script to grep through it and a mini database and everything.

A DVD would have been much simpler.

and gravatars are turned on, but I only check the cache about once every few months ;) lemme fix that now.

]]> By: JL http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 JL Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:42:05 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4806 Hm... are Gravatars turned on? Hm… are Gravatars turned on?

]]> By: JL http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4805 JL Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:40:41 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4805 Welcome to the World of Microsux! That being said, are you really sure it is a DVD burner and not just an overly optimistic piece of poorly written software? But seriously, I can't believe you didn't notice. That would have been the first thing that caught my eye. Do you have any idea just how much "data" I've had to delete over the last year alone because I couldn't back it up. I have the unfortunate luck to be stuck with a laptop with no upgrade options on its optical drive and a slimline Compaq that requires a half-height optical drive. Interestingly, this textbox doesn't appear properly in Opera at certain zoom levels. Zoom in too far and the scroll bar dissapears and the text wrap occurs invisibly to the right of the visible margin. I've grabbed a screenie if you want to see. Welcome to the World of Microsux! That being said, are you really sure it is a DVD burner and not just an overly optimistic piece of poorly written software?

But seriously, I can’t believe you didn’t notice. That would have been the first thing that caught my eye. Do you have any idea just how much “data” I’ve had to delete over the last year alone because I couldn’t back it up. I have the unfortunate luck to be stuck with a laptop with no upgrade options on its optical drive and a slimline Compaq that requires a half-height optical drive.

Interestingly, this textbox doesn’t appear properly in Opera at certain zoom levels. Zoom in too far and the scroll bar dissapears and the text wrap occurs invisibly to the right of the visible margin. I’ve grabbed a screenie if you want to see.

]]> By: rastiadu karaya http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/comment-page-1/#comment-4804 rastiadu karaya Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:15:41 +0000 http://lair.fierydragon.org/2007/04/note-to-self-always-read-the-fine-print/#comment-4804 Oh how the mighty have fallen ;) Oh how the mighty have fallen ;)

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