Argh

[cornerofmadness]

I just love it when my computer does stuff and I don't know how or why. I was looking for a file for ELD so I ran a search. Found one that might be her Word Perfect file so I bring it up from the search and oddly it brings it up as a tiny page sort of like page preview but with no way of maximizing it and with no way of reading the tiny print. I don't think much of it until I go back to work on Ragna's birthday story. Now ALL my Word Perfect files are coming up like this and nothing will fix them.

So I hit the WP help file and get the tech support phone #. Of course they're not 24 hours. I go back to WP to see if I can puzzle this out. Now it's changed even MORE. Now all around that tiny page is grey and there's a tool bar up one side and a tool bar below it that has red knobs making it look like a battery. WTF? I didn't even DO anything besides hit help. I turn it off. I go piddle about with other stuff because it's now midnight and I'm mad.

At 6 AM I wake up giggling (every day of these narcotics, I wake up giggling. whee for brain chemistry change) and then think hey go hit systems restore. I did. It's all fine now. DOn't know what's wrong. Don't care. Just don't tell me I'm taking life off my computer every time this piece of crap forces me to go for systems restore.

So Ragna, if your story's late you now know why. And on another note, Musical Hertiage finally has something I want to buy. Lately, my beloved Society has been only doing write ups on cd sets of 3 + cds which means I can't afford them. Now this one is a bit pricey for a single cd but I really want it. The 5 Browns, all five siblings are in Juiliard and all play piano. It's unheard of to have so much musical talent at this caliber in one family. And it's piano music (I'm a sucker for piano and violin).

Comments

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Computers can be weird. And evil. Those stupid mice that wouldn't work on mine work fine on our other comp for example. Therefore I stole other comp's mouse XD

Seriously, people say that computers only do what you tell them to do but..... I seriously have doubts about that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Adelaide Dreams just wrote and essay about how computers are NOT smarter than we are. I have my doubts.

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean, just watch I, Robot. XD

Seriously, the potential of AI is frightening.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I just watched a program on that where the leading scientists in the field are second guessing SHOULD they take the next step in computer tech or not.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Computers are strange things - ghosts in the machine, indeed.

That piano music souns delicious. And I think I'm finally going to burn your cd giftie this weekend,.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh I had forgotten about that. One day I'll figure out HOW to get my cd library on line.

And computers are very strange

[rahirah]

That is weird. I've never known WP to do that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Me either. Today the Hell...I mean Dell decided it didn't have a cd-rom. No data discs, no music discs, nothing read. Rebooted and it was fine. I think it just hates me

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Lol, as long as they remember the movies and keep a handy virus/magnet/whatever that will kill the AI and reboot the whole thing if things go bad.

Cause forget I,Robot, think of The Matrix! Youch.

Though for all we know, we could already be stuck in it :P

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I think it's that latter case

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Woudln't be surprised in the least.

And that would mean that whenever our computers act up, it's just the system having it's own little joke at our expense.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yes, like yesterday. I'm sure my Dell was having its own private laugh

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Heh.

I woke up giggling sometime last week but couldn't remember why. Maybe I was channeling you.

On the other hand, I had one of YOUR stress dreams the day before yesterday that was so weird, I can't even begin to describe it except at the end, when I was trying to walk along one of those moving sidewalks and my shoes were sliding and I couldn't get purchase to walk.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

aren't they fun? I woke up with half moons slit into my palms from digging my nails in

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I was literally shaking. I don't do that from dreams. So glad the little one woke me up by trying to jump on the bed.

Why can't I find the story on LJ? Can you just send it to me?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why. It's only two posts in. Yes I'll send it.

I have lots of dreams like that. This week will be filled iwth them. Always is during my period which has decided that since having none in Nov that we should have one every two weeks since.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Probably because I'm skimming as fast as I can, hoping the internet connection doesn't conk out on me again.

I don't like stress dreams. Brrrr.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I sent it to you

I don't like them much either bt they're about the only dreams I have...except for the giggly one about a little girl shaving a cat to find its belly button

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

You must use that dream for a Tricky the Cat story.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of it for Sorcha but yes....of course the cat in the dream DID have a belly button

(second sending, see, it was that talkid error again)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, it did the same thing to me. Maybe it's this particular comment section.

And my original post was, "Sorcha, Tricky. Same thing. Sort of."

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

dunno. It's doing it all over LJ for me. stupid thing.

Always on the look out for tricky and sorcha stories

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe Faith's kitten should be named Tricky.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

heh