Can Anyone Tell Me?

…why my network is so flaky? Sometimes the computers see each other from Windows, sometimes they don’t. They can all ping each other, but when I try to access files through Windows (loading a remote document into Word, or simply trying to view them with Windows Explorer) I sometimes, but not always, get “Network path not found.” My desktop hasn’t seen my laptop in weeks. After a reboot this morning, the desktop can no longer access my Redhat server running Samba, to which I saved a document from the desktop just last night.

What’s going on here?

[Update a few minutes later]

And no, I’ve shut down Zone Alarm, and it didn’t help, so don’t ask about that…

Would It Sell?

I’m looking at Scott Ott with envy at the (deserved) overnight success of his new book.

Does anyone think that if I stitched together a book out of the best of Transterrestrial Musings (focus on the satires and jabs at the press) with additional commentary, that it would sell?

Can You Say “Overrated”?

The Spartans are cleaning the (#4) Badgers’ clock in the fourth quarter, 35-14. If Michigan beats (The) Ohio State University next week, everything will be coming up roses for them. Except that they may actually make it into a BCS game and let Wisconsin go to Pasadena, since Auburn is also beating Georgia.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Oops. Make that 42-14…

Can You Say “Overrated”?

The Spartans are cleaning the (#4) Badgers’ clock in the fourth quarter, 35-14. If Michigan beats (The) Ohio State University next week, everything will be coming up roses for them. Except that they may actually make it into a BCS game and let Wisconsin go to Pasadena, since Auburn is also beating Georgia.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Oops. Make that 42-14…

Can You Say “Overrated”?

The Spartans are cleaning the (#4) Badgers’ clock in the fourth quarter, 35-14. If Michigan beats (The) Ohio State University next week, everything will be coming up roses for them. Except that they may actually make it into a BCS game and let Wisconsin go to Pasadena, since Auburn is also beating Georgia.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Oops. Make that 42-14…

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