Today I discovered the following: If the KVM isn't set to my Redhat Linux desktop when it starts, then it misdetects the monitor and decides that it is only capable of 800x600. Not unreasonable, but rather annoying. KDE does not have an equivalent of the Windows "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" checkbox. Instead KDE only shows modes that it thinks the monitor is capable of, and ...

boot problems

My aunt's computer keeps restarting itself every time I start it up. Whenever I press F8 to pick a boot device (every time it starts) none of them work. It just kind of goes to load windows and then decides to restart again after the attempt. Whenever I don't pick a boot device (letting it start up on its own) it prompts me to pick how I want it to boot (IE, in safe mode, in safe mode with ...

Bonus Gift!fic ;)

SPN Women Ficathon Gift!fic: These are extra treats that anyone can write! Prompts are listed below for public consumption. We encourage anybody and everybody to write as much as they can. Why? Because the more SPN fic written about women, the better! Rules: 1. Claim your prompt by commenting below. (Comments unscreened.) A prompt can be claimed by multiple people! 2. All stories should...

But the ice kept getting thinner under me and you

...dating" but just not really living together. and I guess technically we are not boyfriend/girlfriend, so if either of us decides that seeing someone else would be a good experience for us, I mean, we haven't REALLY tried anyone else, that can happen. if Kaleb decides to do that, I won't be able to continue talking with him, but at the moment I think we are ...

Log: Hakkai and Tsuzuki: Chang'an

... to join us, ne?" "Of course. I was going to suggest calling him. And I'll mention to Sanzo that should he see Tatsumi to extend the invitation." "Alright." He pulls out his phone, but decides to wait until Hakkai tells him how long it will be before calling Tatsumi. Hakkai smiles softly and picks up the phone. He has a feeling there are going to be a lot of impromptu get togethers like this...

[LOG] Seto, Tatsumi, Tsuzuki and NPC's - Meifu, Monday morning

... wherever you want to take me is fine." The smaller male nods, and then thinks a bit. "I'll show you the court, and the hall of candles, then take you by the bureau before returning to Watari," he decides. Seto nods, and he gets to his feet. "Ok, ready." He looks at the barely touched piece of toast, but doesn't say anything. "Alright, then." He leads Seto back to the foyer, and then slips on ...

I have finished something

... when all of them think the same thought about one thing. Dan reaches for Rorschach. He’s never felt this bone-tired. He remembers a second later that he can’t go home to sleep, then decides it doesn’t matter. What matters is getting Walter to come back with him. Rorschach flinches away. “Joking, of course,” The Apocalypse is burning the streets they used to patrol, and he still sees ...

Twilight: Finally, a reason

... Party. Purely because I'm pretty sure that list could be adapted to make a hella awesome drinking game. Bella Is Clumsy or Makes a Reference to Her Clumsiness: 1 shot Bella is Utterly Desolate at Edward's Absence: 1 shot Edward's Kiss Makes Bella's Heart Literally Stop: Empty your glass Just don't be the guy who decides to drink any time Edward is incandescent, scintillating or sculpted.

Paul McCartney Doesn't Understand the Internet...

.... I said: "What is the problem? I want to do it, we all want to do it." And he explained that in the deal that we want , they feel exposed. If [digitised Beatles music] gets out, if one employee decides to take it home and wap it on to the internet, we would have the right to say, "Now you recompense us for that. And they're scared of that." Just to be clear, Paul McCartney says he wants to ...

Yet another Caster Semenya article

... South Africans—have rallied behind their runner with such fervor. The government has decreed that Semenya can continue running with women in her own country, regardless of what the I.A.A.F. decides." "But, setting aside the issue of gender, there is still no such thing as a level playing field in sports. Different bodies have physical attributes, even abnormalities, that may provide a distinct ...