I'm not going to go back and reread all the posts here. (I'm sure you see a lot of people have responded negatively to my initial comment.) Perhaps I was harsh in my response to you. I keep coming back to the car analogy in the discussion here, and I think it points out a flaw in my logic that applies particularly to…

When you have a busy day on the road, have you ever stopped to fuel your car on your own time before/after the work day? Would it kill you to give your computer some of the same attention?

I'm going to say thank you for this. Though many of my cables are 10'+ so I'm not sure if I'll be able to apply this, but thank you, thank you, thank you.

So glad that someone else "gets it". Now if only your comment were first instead of mine, you might be catching all the flack that I am from the other users who can't be bothered to learn to run their machines properly.

Fascinating that yuou could glean so much information about my upbringing from a comment posted on the internet.

If your daughter is too young to pay attention to update notifications, maybe she's too young to be using an admin account. Perhaps you should have put her on a limited account, where updates won't be run in the first place.

I would imagine that rinsing is pretty important as to not attract additional insects?

No, probably not. If it works like old offline maps it does something like an 8 mile box

I especially agree with the part about not loaning additional cash. I've made that mistake before and it tends to just snowball. When borrowing more than a few dollars, I do require my friends to show me what bills they are trying to pay, and how they expect to pay it off, and when I will get my repayment. This way I…

I have tried installing Steam on removable media, and it's just not possible.

Most pcs used in an office environment there is also settings in the BIOS that allow you to turn a pc on automatically on a specific schedule.

Usually it is the cable, and not the port that ends up looser. I've always been able to remedy the situation by using a pin/needle to pry out the little grabber teeth that keep the plug firmly inserted into the phone. Once they're back in place, the port holds fast just like new.

I don't know if tidying up will help at all, usually the "stuff" includes things like walls, floors, and furniture. Unless your clutter includes a massive amount of aluminum cans or metal plates and the likes, I doubt that will help much.

Generally speaking, the more "stuff" there is between the source and the device, the weaker the signal becomes. If you have a well insulated house with hardwood floors, that starts to become "a lot of stuff". I also find that having a hotspot near a window with a screen in it can cause the signal to 'bounce' awkwardly…

I get all my eggs from my own chickens, so they are all brown or a light blue, so I doubt this trick would work for me. Luckily, I hate hard-boiled eggs, so I won't actually need this advice. Though, I imagine a check-mark from a wax pencil works just as well, either on the egg or in the carton.

This is what I'm talking about. It does not only give you 15 minutes. It gives you two days, and notifies you at the login screen regardless of whether or not you have a password protected account. Am I the only person who doesn't use their computer for 48 hour sessions without letting it sleep/logging off?

True, computers are machines, and as I've told everyone I've ever supported, they are a lot like cars, and deserve the care and respect of regular maintenance if they are expected to continue functioning as intended.

You make a very simple, but very good point. I don't think I've ever seen such a task done on a desktop environment as opposed to a server, but that would be the example to necessitate this hack.

Woah there pal, I don't think the ad-hominem attack is even close to warranted here. When someone loses work, there's usually a lesson to be learned.

Just saw someone using a 3gs on saturday. So, yes.