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Internet Kills LA Times National Edition

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-a-pop-song-in-here-somewhere dept.

Doc Ruby writes "The LA Times announced that it is folding its national edition on 12/31/04. The Times spokesperson said the paper's mission has been to reach 'key Washington, D.C., and New York audiences,' and that 'other electronic ways of reaching those audiences became more plentiful.' The folding edition will be replaced by "remote printing" by NewspaperDirect, and their email highlights, Top of the Times. Is this the way all our newspapers will be going?"

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  1. Please help me with windows! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My computer runnging Windows XP SP1 Home has a really weird problem. Everytime I try to log on it logs me in shows me my background for half a second and then immediately logs me out. This also happens for all the other accounts that my family uses.

    I booted up into safe mode, downloaded, then ran a virus checker, found a worm in explorer.exe and removed it. I then rebooted and tried to log in again but that didn't fix the problem. So I went back to safe mode, and ran msconfig disabled win.ini system.ini and a bunch, but not all startup programs in msconfig. So I went back to safe mode to run msconfig again and disable everything to
    see if that would work. Now the problem shows up in safe mode as well. I can't figure out what is going on. Can anyone help me?

    1. Re:Please help me with windows! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      wtf

    2. Re:Please help me with windows! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      get the windows xp install CD boot from it and reinstall using the option "repair" WHILE DISCONNECTED from the web.

      Once you are able to log in, burn a copy of the sp2 update and upgrade. Then IMMEDIATELY go to windows update and get the latests patches. While doing that if you have broadband, get avg http://www.grisoft.com , Then install the patches, reboot and install and scan for viruses.

      This is the only way you can be sure no viruses/trojans are loaded. Finally, get Adware http://www.lavasoftusa.com and run the scanner (make sure to update the program first!)

    3. Re:Please help me with windows! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Fixing your computer:

      1) Unplug everything connected to it.
      2) Neatly repack everything in their original box.
      3) Return computer to place of purchase, demand a refund due to "user error", insist that the sales person told you that "utter incompetence" was covered under the warranty.
      4) ???
      5) Profit!

    4. Re:Please help me with windows! by seanvaandering · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      ..snipped stupid luser crap out

      Can anyone help me?

      No. Well yes, but no. Where in "Slashdot" does it say "Free technical support"?

  2. Help! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey k3w1 h4x0r d00dz! I am a hot-shot computer user but am having trouble getting my "All Programs" button on my "Start" key to work properly. First I presses "Start" and then I mouseover the "All Programs" link by accident and the list of programs to run appears. By the time I having finished treating my own body like an amusement park (3 to 5 seconds) and try to click on "All Programs"... the STUPID LIST of ALL PROGRAMS DISAPPEARS!!!

    This is extremely distressing. Even though I am a k3wl k3rn31 h4x0r, this is really stumping me. Please help!

  3. Online News Rule by Space_Soldier · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I only read online news. First, I get to read news for free since I don't have to buy the paper, but more importantly, I save time. For example, on CNN or any other news channel, they'll announce a story that you really want to hear as "coming up after the brake." After the brake, they'll go to something else, then something else, and so on. It will take 30-40 minutes before one sees that story. 24 news channels talk a lot with saying nothing, and you also have to see a ton of commercials. Online I can read the story, hear the story, and view the story wihouth having to wait on them and their commercials.