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Problems Fixed!

Problems Fixed!

Yesterday, I reported that my new Ubuntu 9.10 install on my new Acer Aspire 4810T had a couple of problems: one major and the other one minor. Well, as of this posting, both seem to be fixed!
Sleep, what the peecee laptop community calls “suspend” and “hibernate,” did not work. The CD/DVD drive did not mount [...]

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The Switch (Kind Of)

The Switch (Kind Of)

I’ve been a Mac user since the late-eighties. Yet, today I bought my first PC (sort of).
The Mac OS and Apple computers is still my platform of choice, but I am an all-around computer enthusiast. I don’t mess with M$ Windoze (an inferior product mixed with a corporation’s questionable business practices keep me far away [...]

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Cox Blocked

Cox Blocked

I’m about to give up. I know that’s what they want me to do. Between MSC turning off POP and IMAP, their trying to ram WebCT/Vista down my throat, and now trouble with my Cox, my technological endeavors have been stymied as of late.
Over the weekend, I brought my dead sever home from campus. It [...]

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MSC Email Issues

MSC Email Issues

On July 22, 2009, Macon State College’s Office of Technology Resources CIO turned off secure POP3 and secure IMAP access to email. Apparently, some phishers obtained access to the system because some users replied to their emails with sensitive information. As a result, the maconstate.edu domain became blacklisted. The reaction was to make email inaccessible [...]

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