Comments for Terminus Est

Comment on Pick a password. Any Password. by metheus

metheus — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:54:44 +0000

Big ups, Nerdifer!

Comment on Pick a password. Any Password. by nerdifer

nerdifer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:39:07 +0000

I just struggled thru this recently. It wanted a password from a machine I don’t own anymore. I totally reset my mobile me syncing, and still received this message.

However I did find a fix. In the Keychain preferences, under General, is button called Reset Keychain syncing. It no longer bugs me about putting in a password from 4 years ago.

Comment on Reflections on Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stroke of Insight by Ali

Ali — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:57:58 +0000

Her ending did seem a bit too hippy-dippy to me, I’m afraid. The description of how she experienced the stroke was fascinating, and I can only imagine how hard she had to work for eight years to get back to her former state of intelligence, but I didn’t really see what we — as people with normal right/left-brain functionality — could do with her ‘insight’. And how can we call it the ‘unadulterated truth’ if it was merely the perceptions of a malfunctioning brain? There are plenty of optical illusions that play tricks on our senses, thinking we’ve objectively seen something we haven’t; how is her insight that different?

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by adobe

adobe — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:02:39 +0000

Bravo, your idea is useful

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by Adam

Adam — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:02:06 +0000

The cost:
When something electrical blows, there is inevitably a search for the associated fuse or switch. Frequently, the precise switch or fuse, is unlabeled and elusive. Example: My parents’ apartment has many intricacies (electrically speaking), poor labeling, and a poetic absence of order or common sense. If I were looking for the right fuse, and couldn’t find it, and saw a box like the one here in the pic, I would appreciate knowing that that NO FUSES were inside before I went ahead and opened it. Granted, opening the box usually isn’t such a big deal. Unless it is closed with screws, locked, or if there is just a bunch of crap conveniently positioned in front of it which would need to be moved before opening it (like at Mom and Dad’s). It seems to me that is the cost. Somebody probably wasted their time at one point and took a moment to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. I recommend that you open it and make sure, and then amend the sign to say “There are no fuses in this cabinet. Really, trust me, I checked, August 2009.”

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by James

James — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:45:51 +0000

Damn pesky cabinets!! That REQUIRES a peek inside!

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by crAsh

crAsh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:19:02 +0000

Open the box!

(I am reminded of the mysterious box trailer that Tim saw parked on the street near Yale one time with the cryptic warning sign “CAUTION: HORNETS”)

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:26:31 +0000

I think the cabinet is full of spring snakes. You know, some guy (like you) walks by, thinks (squinting suspiciously), “Wait a minute. Why would that cabinet say it has no fuses unless it actually has fuses and wants to hide them?” Then, when you open the cabinet, out pop the spring snakes! Joke’s on you!

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by Andy Long

Andy Long — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:43:45 +0000

If you think the cabinet is trying to deceive you, wait until you go and look at the toilet…

Comment on Methinks the cabinet doth protest too much by benjy rose

benjy rose — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:37:15 +0000

I’m shocked and outraged.