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Raphael Kaufman-
That “Grow old along with me” quote just made me recall Isaac Asimov’s book “Pebble In The Sky”, which I read over thirty years ago.
It was a great book – thank you for the flashback.
Trying xcopy with the “/c” switch is probably the first thing to try. It is the easiest solution attempt, and also makes sense since a bad hard drive may also account for your system’s problems.
Back in the floppy disk days, when a disk was full the error message would say something to that effect, not give an I-O error message. Don’t know if that means anything here.
Since flash drives are so prevalent (and cheap), maybe borrow someone else’s and try it, just to be sure the problem isn’t with your flash drive.
My HD is partitioned so I have the disk on the X: drive. My brother might have the disk though. I’ve never done it before though, will this allow me to access my HD from Windows?
Yes, it will – unless other problems exist.
Even if none of the ideas proposed here work, there are other things that can be done to try to recover your data, such as removing your hard drive and reading it with another PC, or even sending it to a data recovery specialist. Those places can be expensive, though.
How about:
xcopy /e c:usersownerpictures*.* f:pictures*.*
The “/e” switch copies empty directories. Are you sure this is what you want and not “/s” which only copies subdirectories that have files?
With any dos command you can add “/?” to get syntax help.
If it scrolls off the screen, use the “|more” pipe, e.g.
xcopy/? |more
this will prevent the screen from scrolling until you hit a key.
An old trick from 20 or more years ago to copy all files when your copy media can’t hold everything at once is:
1) Use the “attrib” command to turn on the archive attribute for all files in the directory structure:
attrib +a pictures*.*/s
2) xcopy everything and turn off the attrib flag as it’s copied:
xcopy pictures*.* r:pictures*.*/m (“/m” is for “modify”)
This way, once your “copy to” media is filled, the xcopy command will pick up from where it left off by starting with the first file that still has its archive flag set.
Alternately, if you have the Windows disk, you can probably modify the BIOS to boot from the optical drive, and then perform the operations from within Windows.
Mmmmmmmmaybe…
popa_bar_abba-
Seriously, great thread.
Sorry, but I vote “no”
1) I’m afraid it would degenerate into “what’s bad about your side” and cause hard feelings.
2) This would be more appropriate from talmidai chachomim / rabonim presenting opposing points of view, not us.
3) The true “OU” perspective probably has many proponents who avoid the internet completely. Yes, this site, too.
If (for example) Rav Belsky and Rav Tendler would have such a debate, I’d be quite interested.
always runs with scissors fast-
Speaking as b”H the parent of kids and be’h the uncle of dozens, yours sound like perfectly normal, albeit lebedig kids.
A trouble-making 2.5 year old? What else is new.
Some of the wildest kids turn out to be the smartest.
BTW, a reasonably handy person could probably restore your furniture to full functionality, although not necessarily to like-new looks.
While all your
topics obviously
generate occasional
Picayune or personal acrimony
Benevolence and respect
Are being bountifully allocated
?
HaLeiVi-
Refua shelaima.
Just curious – is this something taking meds and food/drink on Tisha b’Av allows for?
Based on personal experiences, I strongly recommend:
Speedy Rent A Car
4515 18th Ave , Brooklyn
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Call: 718-871-1100
Open Sunday
I don’t know if they are the very cheapest, but when I last used them they were the lowest priced, and even more important they are very honest and nice.
The owners are chasidishe.
always runs with scissors fast–
Besha’a tova!
bpt–
If you’re that far north in the Catskills, there are also really nice trails there for hiking and biking, and for Shabbos there is a frum hotel at Fleischmanns.
ZachKessin–
Mazel tov!
am yisrael chai-
6HZ1W3J-
Peacemaker-
Actually, that screen name precludes him from having a “ham” sign ?
(Hold up a mirror to that screen name and read it then).
oomis1105-
always here-
Knee replacement is serious surgery that requires recovery and rehab, but people who have had it done say the change is nearly miraculous.
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Some of the posts responded to are a bit old, but I just now read this thread.
Gut voch.
am yisrael chai-
The care taken to ensure inappropriate things aren’t posted, and when something slips thru, removing it.
always here-
Guess I’m not the only one not making an early Shabbos ?
…I shouldn’t have butted in…
I respectfully disagree. Sticking up for someone being attacked and trying to stop inappropriate comments is part of what keeps this site so civil compared to other sites.
My “Christie” comment was my attempt for a play on words that was a bit too obscure.
“n’est-ce pas?” was a rhetorical question regularly asked by Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s fictional Belgian detective.
“always here” may not be from Jersey, but I suspect she’s a Christie fan ?
If only we could all answer like this.
Unfortunately, as we well know, real life can be tough.
With most tzoros, the following hold true:
-Gam zeh yavor (not always, but usually).
Thank you.
Yet again.
Gut Shabbos, all.
(I wonder how many folks will have a fleishig shalosh seudos, so as not to waste leftovers?)
splenda-
In your example, the trip is 1 hour, 7.5 minutes, i.e. 67.5 minutes.
The average speed for the round trip is 45 MPH, with half the distance traveled at 60 MPH, half at an unknown MPH and an average MPH of 45.
Traveling 67.5 minutes at an average speed of 45 MPH means the total distance traveled is 50.625 miles.
Half of that distance was at 60 MPH, exactly a mile a minute.
This leaves the other half (25.3125 miles) traveled in 42.1875 minutes (the remaining time).
25.3125 (distance) divided by 42.1875 (minutes) multiplied by 60 gives a MPH of 36.
(btw, nice to have you back here)
splenda–
Correct!
This will be the correct answer, regardless of the length of the trip.
And now for the bonus round:
Can anyone express the calculation as a formula?
am yisrael chai–
It’s great to see people who love math!
The factoids you give are very interesting.
One point about the following one:
36- multiplied by any other number always produces a quotient whose individual digits add up to nine:
Moderator-80-
“Pompous” is one of the very last words anyone would associate with you.
Your responsibly here, by its very nature, forces you to be more suspicious that an onlooker (i.e. moi) might be, and even more so if one factors in all the rejected posts you see.
Dr. Pepper-
Can you think of any others?
Probably not.
…it’s college level algebra, it’s not as easy as it looks…
My, oh my.
I’m not sure if my response should be “LOL” or “I despair of today’s youth”.
Wow.
am yisrael chai-
Nice catch!
I hadn’t realized the “number 18” factoid was already posted.
the distance is the same, back & forth
True, but that doesn’t answer the original question.
1) Go to hebcal.com
2) Click the custom Jewish calendar link.
Hacham–
I don’t know for sure, but I’d rather be gullible than choshed bek’shairim.
coffee addict–
Thanks, but actually it’s “Elementary, Watson” ?
Moderator-80–
That would be a major disappointment.
He’s a really smart and funny guy and his hasmoda is far beyond my own.
Regardless of who it is, I expect (hope?) he didn’t intend to be quite as hurtful as he was, and what was intended as a joke went too far.
always here–
Please don’t take this to heart.
Every now and then something can slip thru, but the good by far exceeds the unpleasant.
coffee addict–
how did you find it
By looking up old posts of “Bar Shattya”.
“popa_bar_abba” (almost) always had comments in the same thread, and a couple of times he responded to “methinks”.
“methinks” wasn’t found, but “me-thinks” was.
The hit on “me-thinks” revealed the rest of the SN.
Moderator-80–
This was way beyond teasing – it was quite cruel.
It hasn’t been “popa_bar_abba”s style to be quite so over-the-top.
popa_bar_abba-
It isn’t me.
I believe you.
To keep “raitzing un” after another poster showed herself to be very upset didn’t seem like you.
popa_bar_abba-
One question – How could you???
You’ve written about posters who hurt people.
Moderator-80
You beat me by a minute:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/profile/me-thinks-you-got-an-additude
observanteen-
PrincessEagle-
Thank you.
There are several really well written poems, which makes this a nice thread.
The kindness and consideration shown make this an ultra-nice thread.
I post on each and every hour
in the tub and in the shower
let’s discuss my latest trick
underwater posting from the “mik”
tie me up with a straitjacket
my typing toes will raise a racket
on the west coast or eastern seaboard
my fingers sprint across my keyboard
typing, texting is my mission
making up a new prohibition
when it comes to posting there’s no bal tosef
if you’re the omnipresent Joseph.
(Joseph – this is intended to be funny, not mean. Please feel free to “return the favor” ?)
The sickly child lay in bed
His breath was a hoarse rasp
His worried parent felt his head
So hot it made him gasp
They never had an easy time
The mishpacha was quite poor
But though they scrimped for every dime
Between the next world and this one
The gravely ill boy hovered
A new name was added to their son
To keep if he recovered
For days on end the battle raged
The thread of life grew slender
The boy recovered and lived long
Keep your emuna going strong
Was a big part of my life
Though he was never introduced to me
Although life can often be tough
Each neshoma is a gem
splenda-
I suspect “Dr. Pepper” knows what the “old old software interface” referenced by “squeak” is.
I do not.
Fishing for an Answer
Leadfoot Leroy and Careful Carl went on a fishing trip together.
Since it was a long trip, they split the driving; Leroy drove to the lake and Carl did the driving on the way back.
Their average driving speed for the entire trip was 45 MPH.
(from a puzzle magazine)
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18 is the only number whose digits sum to half its value.
Stamper-
How would the counselor or waiter know the camper couldn’t afford the full tip?
Sometimes the Head Counselor told me the family couldn’t afford more and I shouldn’t be upset, and at least once either the parent or the camper (I don’t remember which) told me.
Sometimes it’s just obvious.
When I was younger, I worked as a counselor and a waiter (not at the same time), and I remember what it was like.
You bet we tip.
The appropriate amount is not intuitive (at least to me), so I appreciate and follow the suggested amounts.
When I worked as a waiter / counselor, sometimes a person simply coundn’t afford the recommended tip, or any tip. In that case, I had no taina.
It was disappointing, but what could I do.
Hacham-
IF this type of keyboard — that doesn’t involve circuits when pressed — were used on Shabbos (without typing – just using the arrow keys and <Enter>), what issur (if any) would transpire that would prevent the usage of a computer (that was already on) via this technology on Shabbos?
This is basically a type of touch-screen technology (there are a few types).
This means that the keyboard itself isn’t having circuits closed and opened, but rather the current is increasing and decreasing.
As far as the halachic ramifications of this current altering, I don’t know.
Even if the current fluctuation isn’t as problematic as closing and opening a current, which normal keyboards do, there is still the issue of electronic components that are probably closing and opening circuits, too.
…when you click an icon or bookmark on a computer, it triggers some action in the circuit-board?
A circuit is closed, so the computer is made aware that the event has occurred via electric impulses flowing thru wires, printed circuits and microchips.
The action taken is dependent on the hardware, firmware, software and operating system.
And according to those that prohibit electricity based on m’saken mana, can it be said the simple act of clicking a icon (opening an application) or clicking a bookmark (leading to a website) might in fact not be m’saken mana (and thus prohibited)?
I’m not qualified to answer that one. I’ll leave it to people who know halocha better than I do.
Hacham-
How does the points you just made in your clarification effect the impressibility of turning on a fluorescent light (either old-fashioned or newer) on Shabbos?
The older fluorescent fixture is more likely to be a problem because of the actual spark generated within the starter than a newer fixture, which has a different type of ignition.
My first post, where I said that “there is no arc” in fluorescent lighting needed:
a) Correction – there is a spark within the starter module of older fixtures which require a starter (most people probably don’t even know what a fluorescent starter is).
b) Clarification – the current running thru any fluorescent bulb is called an arc, although it’s not the type of arc associated with actual sparking such as an arc light or short circuit has, and is therefore not the d’oraisa of aish.
(moderator – sorry about the repeated edits)
Hacham-
Every keypress and mouse click is physically completing a circuit.
(This time I checked to confirm before posting ?)
There is a different type of keyboard called a “capacitive keyboard”, but you probably don’t have it.
Correction / clarification to my previous post:
1) Old-fashioned fluorescent lights that use replaceable starters do have an electric arc within the starter module (but not within the bulb itself). I wasn’t aware of this, and just saw it when checking to make sure my facts were correct.
2) The flow of electricity from one end of the bulb to the other is considered an arc. However, this arc doesn’t involve the heat and/or sparking that (AFAIK) cause the halachic equivalent of aish.
quark2-
I will respond to several things you said, and try to be mekatzer with each response.
Maybe people who text on Shabbos feel this way.
A psak halocha decided by someone with the requisite smicha and subject knowledge is what “counts”, not the “feeling” of someone looking to be moreh heter.
Bob said to ask a rabbi. Bob, i ask a rabbi a question i have in torah or halacha, not a question i have in electricity. Rabbis aren’t electricians.
Therefore, Rabbis can’t pasken on monetary issues (they’re not bankers or economists), kashrus (they’re not butchers), and pretty much any other topic.
Electricity’s workings aren’t rocket science. I assume anyone who paskens on these topics makes sure he has the required knowledge before doing so.
“1. Light switches actually connects a circuit PHYSICALLY. This can create a spark. You cann test this at night, slowly move a light switch on (try to get it right in the middle). You will see sparks at the switch as it connects the circuit.
2. Modern computers and electronics use an ELECTRONIC circuit to connect the the power, so there is not a physical on/off. When you press the power button a microchip connects the power without a significant spark”
The person who wrote this doesn’t know as much about electricity and electronics as you may think he does.
I Googled what you posted and read what he wrote.
First of all, it’s a bad idea to force an arc in a light switch. It can actually damage the switch’s contacts because of the heat that can quickly generate.
Second of all, even modern computers use a mechanical switch to power on. That switch then triggers an electronic circuit that keeps the power running. The mechanical switch is low voltage so the spark will be smaller than a 110-volt switch (like the older computers had) would create.
Third of all, I think I saw on that site that fluorescent lighting works with an electric arc. That’s incorrect. There are different types of fluorescent ignitions, but none of them use arcing.
I notice you are focusing on the “spark” portion of the discussion. There are several other halachic issues with electricity on Shabbos.
There are several sites that discuss this topic in detail.
Here are a few points:
Chein–
Although a fluorescent bulb by nature doesn’t incandesce (emit light and heat), the electrodes at the end of the bulb may glow red-hot, aside from the other problems on Shabbos.
Please see this thread for a much lengthier discussion on this and other electricity/ Shabbos issues:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/melacha-sheinah-tzricha-lgufa
Gut Shabbos.
The nine days start Sunday night.
For those barbecuing on Sunday, don’t forget to finish the fleishigs before the zman.
For those who have Shabbos leftovers, consider making a fleishig lunch and/or an early supper on Sunday.
The last word in faster-than-light travel …for now, anyway.
“A team at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, led by Professor Shengwang Du, has concluded that single photons cannot travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. Unfortunately for time travel buffs, photons apparently obey the laws of physics…”
for the full article, please Google “Sorry Doc, Scientists Say Time Travel Is Impossible“