I was moving files around when suddenly the system wasn't doing things I expect it to do. Then I figured out whatever it is, it was a system thing and not a hardware problem.
Basically, I moved some PDF files around and of course the Acrobat Reader part of the system kicked in so it could offer me a thumbnail in My Computer. However, if you deal with many PDFs very quickly, moving them from one directory (aka folder) to another, the Acrobat Reader system thingy can get confused. The result: You get more than one process named AcroReader trying to access files you just moved, and then one other file that you moved also ends up unable to be accessed. My Computer stops offering preview thumbnails for images. You load up My Computer, and it hangs, trying to find your drives. It seems you're having problems with your hard drive! Scary!!
Essentially, a system process was still trying to access a file on C drive. When a program continues to access a file, you get problems. When it's trying to access a file you moved, it's worse because it's trying to work with the file where it used to be and now it isn't there.
The solution was to end the AcroReader process (I had 2 going at the same time when this happened), and when they disappear, your drive is free again.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 07, 2013
The real explanation of those stupid names for winter storms
Athena: The MIT campus wide computer network
Brutus: The bad guy from Popeye
Caesar: Sid's salad dressing.
Draco: The Malfoy brat from Harry Potter
Euclid: The street where I used to live
Freyr: Some rock musician dude that I never remember
Gandolf: A character in a 1896 fantasy novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside.
(Hey, they got this one right)
Helen: Ms Slater
Iago: That parrot voiced by Gilbert Gottfried
Jove: By Jove!
Khan: Star Trek baddie played by Ricardo Montalban.
Luna: from Sailor Moon!
Magnus: Magnus opus?
Nemo: Nobody
Orko: From He-man, the mostly useless magic twerp
Plato: Singular of Plates. When you're asking for some - I want a plato spaghetti.
Q: Star Trek Next Generation trouble making imp
Rocky: YO ADRIAN
Saturn: The Sailor Senshi of Destruction and Rebirth
Triton: I'm thinking of something for this.
Ukko: Either they romanized Unko wrong or they meant Ukkutsu meaning Gloomy. Either way, winter storms are gloomy shit.
Virgil: Wasn't this the name of a gorilla?
Walda: Why not use Waldo? Then we could spend less time looking for him.
Xerxes: As opposed to Xerox?
Yogi: The Bear who was always after pick a nick basket.
Zeus: I'm ashamed to say it, but this sounds like a male porn star.
Brutus: The bad guy from Popeye
Caesar: Sid's salad dressing.
Draco: The Malfoy brat from Harry Potter
Euclid: The street where I used to live
Freyr: Some rock musician dude that I never remember
Gandolf: A character in a 1896 fantasy novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside.
(Hey, they got this one right)
Helen: Ms Slater
Iago: That parrot voiced by Gilbert Gottfried
Jove: By Jove!
Khan: Star Trek baddie played by Ricardo Montalban.
Luna: from Sailor Moon!
Magnus: Magnus opus?
Nemo: Nobody
Orko: From He-man, the mostly useless magic twerp
Plato: Singular of Plates. When you're asking for some - I want a plato spaghetti.
Q: Star Trek Next Generation trouble making imp
Rocky: YO ADRIAN
Saturn: The Sailor Senshi of Destruction and Rebirth
Triton: I'm thinking of something for this.
Ukko: Either they romanized Unko wrong or they meant Ukkutsu meaning Gloomy. Either way, winter storms are gloomy shit.
Virgil: Wasn't this the name of a gorilla?
Walda: Why not use Waldo? Then we could spend less time looking for him.
Xerxes: As opposed to Xerox?
Yogi: The Bear who was always after pick a nick basket.
Zeus: I'm ashamed to say it, but this sounds like a male porn star.
It finally came back on at 8:34pm
I had a few candles lit and even got out one of mom's oil lamps. When the electric finally came back on, I had a problem with the TV not wanting to stay on. It might be the dust I need to get out of the insides, but it could have been cold. I eventually cajoled it to work properly.
I never do find out what caused the outage each time it happens, but sometimes I can guess it had to do with a traffic accident killing a utility pole somewhere when I hear the sirens of rescue vehiculars off in the distance.
I never do find out what caused the outage each time it happens, but sometimes I can guess it had to do with a traffic accident killing a utility pole somewhere when I hear the sirens of rescue vehiculars off in the distance.
