I don't get people who go nutty just because something is from a specific culture, regardless of the merits or demerits of the thing in question. I used to see a lot of Anglophiles going all squee! over anything English, but these days it seems to be more related to Celtic or Japanese cultures. I definitely understand having a big interest in a ( Read more... )

So I was trying to install Linux (particularly Kubuntu) on the computer that's just been sitting doing nothing for months for lack of an OS. It all appeared to be going well until the part where I was supposed to remove the system disk and reboot. I did that, and then it came up with "Error 17" and won't do anything else, even if I try putting ( Read more... )