Ah, nakedness protection! That's what I was missing. :D

Let's hope for "A", shall we? As long as it's a GOOD new direction.

If it's like most work related scenarios:

A = Optimism
C = Pessimism
B = Reality

So, I have figured out how to manipulate time: try to download a large file.

I started the download of MS Office 2010 (that was supposed to have been preloaded on my new computer but wasn't). The download started off well enough, saying it would take about 45 minutes. That was about two hours ago.

It was at about 15 minutes remaining, so I decided to go run a quick errand that would take about that long. There were still 15 minutes remaining on the download when I got back.

Then I was down to 10 minutes. Then 7.

Now there are 20 minutes remaining.

I think I will leave and hope that the download speed does not drop under 1 KB/sec and still be running when I come in tomorrow.

I was thinking about pausing it and restarting when I got home, but then realized that I have once again forgotten the password to my wireless router. The next time I hack it and reset the password, I am making a label and sticking that to the frickin' thing.

Hee!

Are you still using:


That could be your problem.

Also please refer to:

Yep. Sadly. And still no alternatives available without paying for some synchronous T1

Bwahah. Kudos to BBC America for the "Accent of Evil" marathon today.

Good luck. Maddie has survived a week and a half already.

Maddie is in HS already, too? Wow- these kids are growing up fast!

I just dropped Tori off at school- she looked way cute (and cool) - very new 'New Wave' in a punky red London shirt, black jacket and jeans. Her backpack weighs about 30 lbs- they don't have room for lockers there, so the kids have to lug everything around. She's nervous mainly because this is the first time since first grade that we are trusting a school to provide academic instruction- she's only gone for enrichment classes in the past and we've done all the academics at home. (The homeschool link she attends is in another district, and we had to agree to no accommodations for her hearing loss for her to attend). The principal has told us that he really wants her to take the bulk of her for-credit HS classes there, and would help her if she needs it a'la a 504 plan or something similar. Ideally, she just needs a notetaker- it's hard to take notes and read lips at the same time. We'll see how it goes, but since we've been studying all the required subjects (and then some) at home, I figure we're ahead of the game in that we are used to doing everything anyway. I definitely will not be one of those parents that just takes their kid's word that all their assignments are current and that they understand what's going on in class.