Slug complete...
Apr. 15th, 2003 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpWell, if there's a way to count words in the middle of using DV, I don't have the time to find it. I simply broke up the overall number of segments to agree with the 3-4-4-4-3 formula described in my previous rock, and ended up with goals of 560 segments for the days on which I planned to do 3,000 words (like today and Saturday), and 790 segments for the three days in the middle.
Including a break for dinner and about an hour for other things, I just finished today's installment. (Actually, given some repetition in the text, I've finished more than that, but it's hard to tell how much.)
The text is, thank goodness, not filled with new and interesting terminology. It's basically a document that outlines a training program for various staff members at a facility, so it's got a lot of references along the lines of: "Monitor the proper operation of hardware."
Duh!
* * * I did all of today's work on the VAIO, since my desktop's connection to the network died inexplicably, and I was too lazy to chase down the reason why.
Unfortunately, when the time came to print out a much-needed document via the network from another computer, I had to roll up my sleeves and figure out where the problem was, since the Brother is connected to my desktop.
It turns out that when I set up the VAIO on my desk, I connected its network card to the router slot that is intended to be used as a normal connection, or as the "uplink" to another switch or hub. I'm not sure why, but with the other hub connected and the cable plugged into the VAIO's network card, the network operated with no complaint.
Today, on the way back from the doctor, I stopped at the Office Depot and ended up buying a cheap wireless PCMCIA card for the VAIO, specifically so I wouldn't have to have two ungainly wires sticking out of the thing. Upon having successfully installed the wireless card, I let the VAIO's end of the network cable drop to the ground.
This apparently was enough to kill the connection to the hub. I suspect it may be that while the VAIO was connected, some critical circuit was complete (even if the VAIO wasn't powered). Unplugging the cable opened the circuit, which made the hub inoperative.
No, I'm not going to test that hypothesis out right now... I'm still enjoying the silly grin on my face from having translated 560 segments of the current project.
Tomorrow will be a somewhat harder day, so I better get a good night's sleep.
Cheers...
Including a break for dinner and about an hour for other things, I just finished today's installment. (Actually, given some repetition in the text, I've finished more than that, but it's hard to tell how much.)
The text is, thank goodness, not filled with new and interesting terminology. It's basically a document that outlines a training program for various staff members at a facility, so it's got a lot of references along the lines of: "Monitor the proper operation of hardware."
Duh!
Unfortunately, when the time came to print out a much-needed document via the network from another computer, I had to roll up my sleeves and figure out where the problem was, since the Brother is connected to my desktop.
It turns out that when I set up the VAIO on my desk, I connected its network card to the router slot that is intended to be used as a normal connection, or as the "uplink" to another switch or hub. I'm not sure why, but with the other hub connected and the cable plugged into the VAIO's network card, the network operated with no complaint.
Today, on the way back from the doctor, I stopped at the Office Depot and ended up buying a cheap wireless PCMCIA card for the VAIO, specifically so I wouldn't have to have two ungainly wires sticking out of the thing. Upon having successfully installed the wireless card, I let the VAIO's end of the network cable drop to the ground.
This apparently was enough to kill the connection to the hub. I suspect it may be that while the VAIO was connected, some critical circuit was complete (even if the VAIO wasn't powered). Unplugging the cable opened the circuit, which made the hub inoperative.
No, I'm not going to test that hypothesis out right now... I'm still enjoying the silly grin on my face from having translated 560 segments of the current project.
Tomorrow will be a somewhat harder day, so I better get a good night's sleep.
Cheers...
