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Journal: Silliness: Friday Pi Day 2

Journal by Chacham

Well, it's Friday, Pi day, as i'm sure you know.
But next year will be even so much more so
And a year after that, you can feel rounded
Anyone else wish to hear this expounded?

Comment: Re:Keeps Happening All Over (Score 1) 6

by Chacham (#46481843) Attached to: Verbiage: Beta and Mod points

Wow, that does look bad! It's like their moving from document presentation to a controlled media platform. That will either fail or spawn a real "Internet 2.0". Heh, let's go fork the Internet.

I fixed the issue on my side: I deleted all slashdot cookies that had the "beta" in the name. I couldn't even reply with the beta. Moderation will now be coming to a JE near you.

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Journal: Question: Popular email program 4

Journal by Chacham

A friend asked me how to change top-post/bottom-post in Thunderbird. He intentionally uses a strict white-listing ISP, so searching is difficult (and that is pretty much how he wants it). That ISP offers excellent service and support to those who want exactly that type of service. Nonetheless, the time comes when you have to ask someone else to find something out for you. A

Comment: Moo (Score 1) 11

by Chacham (#46465183) Attached to: Couple Weeks With A Mac

Apple wants you to use the app store for app management. If you use it, it's a simple click to update everything. Outside of that, it's an individual thing.

Apps are really mini file systems that should include all it's files. Hence, to delete, just delete the file. In reality however, some apps leave a footprint. AppCleaner does a decent (though not perfect) job. Or, just do it manually.

Ultimately, the macbook can be used as a cookie sheet. :)

Comment: Re:baa (Score 1) 2

by Chacham (#46465013) Attached to: Chronicle: Bug gets response after ~2.5 years.

Reply or moderate, reply or moderate. I replied. :)

Once, at the office, i requested a database driver for a server, and proceeded to find an alternative method until the official solution came.

Some months later (end of year?), i get a call from support asking if the issue was resolved. I explained to him that we were using a workaround. He asked if he could close the ticket.
