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filkertom ([personal profile] filkertom) wrote2011-04-24 09:08 am
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Go, Drosophila, Go

Thanks to the vagaries of algorithms, a famous text on flies was briefly listed on Amazon for $23,698,655.93 (+$3.99 shipping).

Gotta love computers -- they don't do what you want, only what you tell them.

What's your latest twitchy software story? I've got a problem with USB drives not being recognized (I think it's a glitchy cable), and -- after several tries in the past -- my Win7x64 has finally recognized ASIO4ALL.

[identity profile] strredwolf.livejournal.com 2011-04-25 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
I've had twitchy software... and then there's twitchy hardware.

A dud of a gaming laptop from Sager (a rebranded Compal) had USB ports that would short out. Plug in wrong, bZZT! Sorry whole subsystem gone.

I ended up buying a monster Asus gaming laptop a month later (after Anthrocon). This past month, I bought the proper Asus laptop, which is working rather well. The Sager? Stripped for parts and recycled.