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April 30, 2003
Whatever Could Go Wrong
So, there's two more days, as of yesterday, until our capstone thesis is due which, of course, means anything that can go wrong will. First, at work, the image on my screen all of sudden starting shifting up and down. What the heck? Then I notice the PC doesn't seem to be responding. No matter what I click on, nothing happens. Oh, great, says I. Just what I need.
But I quickly notice the problem is exhibited only when the mouse pointer is placed over a scrollable window. Otherwise, I can use keyboard shortcuts and all is well. Hmmm. I have an old MS Intellimouse in a drawer so I unplug the USB Red Eye Trackball (AKA Trackball Optical) and plug in a PS/2 plain Dove Bar mouse. And all is well.
So the end of the day comes and I copy my work files to a floppy to work on at home. I get home, open and edit the files. No problem. Until I try to save my work back to the floppy. It says here the write failed because the disk is write protected. Hmmm, no it isn't. Bother. I tried another diskette, I tried rebooting, I tried casting the entrails of a chicken to see which way to face to Mecca, but no lucky.
I figure I have a couple of choices: Shoot the floppy drive, use ftp to transfer the files, or email them. I chose the last two options and all is well.
Oh, by the way, I also stayed up all last night so I am about the go to sleeeeeeeeeee.......[snore]...[/snore]
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