Boo to you, too
Saturday, May 28th, 2005 10:57 pmI'm about to taunt the Karma Pixies, so if it all goes quiet, you know what's happened. Fingers crossed.
I spent a great deal - ie nearly all - of last night doing unconscionable things to the registry on this machine. In addition, I ran Norton set to its most vicious setting, following up with blitzes from Noadaware and XoftSpy. I then went back and played with the registry, and followed up with a couple of manual search and delete exercises. I then ran Norton again, just to be safe.
I shall now type the words which shall bring all this sense of accomplishment crashing down around my ears: I have seen no sign of aurora for over ten hours during which the PC has been connected to the internet continuously (well, except for an hour or so when our ISP, Entanet died on us).
The fingers remain crossed (which makes typing somewhat problematic).
Speaking of Entanet, I was getting a bit pissed off with the amount of times they go off line. I say "was", but I guess I still am. That said, when the line came back, sometime just after Dr Who tonight, it was registering at 100.0 Mbps, which is somewhat better than we are used to. If that means the interruptions are due to a service upgrade, I may have to start slowly taking the pins out of the voodoo doll. Someone's arthritis is about to get a lot better.
This remarkable digital run continues (Hah! Do your worst, Karma Pixies). Moving from the computing arena to digital TV, I noted that from last night Channel Four have made their digital channel, E4 (and E4+1 hour) available on Freeview for the first time. So this evening, I sat down and seached for it on our digibox. Not only didm I find them, but all the Freeview channels we couldn't get before, principally ITV1, 2 and 3, and Channel 4 itself arrived on the scene. Plus Men & Motors, so it seems. Why M&M is so called, I have never understood. Back in my Clapham days when I had access to cable TV, M&M was one of the channels in the basic subscription. Other than endless repeats of The Sweeny and The Professionals, it only ever seemed to broadcast tacky programmes with well-endowed young ladies in various states of undress. Now, I'm a normal, red blooded chap, but these really are tacky programmes, so all in all, while I'm happy that Freeview is now working properly, I could have done without Men & Motors.
Still no sign of aurora. Fingers still crossed.
I spent a great deal - ie nearly all - of last night doing unconscionable things to the registry on this machine. In addition, I ran Norton set to its most vicious setting, following up with blitzes from Noadaware and XoftSpy. I then went back and played with the registry, and followed up with a couple of manual search and delete exercises. I then ran Norton again, just to be safe.
I shall now type the words which shall bring all this sense of accomplishment crashing down around my ears: I have seen no sign of aurora for over ten hours during which the PC has been connected to the internet continuously (well, except for an hour or so when our ISP, Entanet died on us).
The fingers remain crossed (which makes typing somewhat problematic).
Speaking of Entanet, I was getting a bit pissed off with the amount of times they go off line. I say "was", but I guess I still am. That said, when the line came back, sometime just after Dr Who tonight, it was registering at 100.0 Mbps, which is somewhat better than we are used to. If that means the interruptions are due to a service upgrade, I may have to start slowly taking the pins out of the voodoo doll. Someone's arthritis is about to get a lot better.
This remarkable digital run continues (Hah! Do your worst, Karma Pixies). Moving from the computing arena to digital TV, I noted that from last night Channel Four have made their digital channel, E4 (and E4+1 hour) available on Freeview for the first time. So this evening, I sat down and seached for it on our digibox. Not only didm I find them, but all the Freeview channels we couldn't get before, principally ITV1, 2 and 3, and Channel 4 itself arrived on the scene. Plus Men & Motors, so it seems. Why M&M is so called, I have never understood. Back in my Clapham days when I had access to cable TV, M&M was one of the channels in the basic subscription. Other than endless repeats of The Sweeny and The Professionals, it only ever seemed to broadcast tacky programmes with well-endowed young ladies in various states of undress. Now, I'm a normal, red blooded chap, but these really are tacky programmes, so all in all, while I'm happy that Freeview is now working properly, I could have done without Men & Motors.
Still no sign of aurora. Fingers still crossed.