🚀 go-pugleaf

"sven the unpleasant" <would...@liketoknow.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.08.18.15.33.34.19666@liketoknow.com...
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:57:53 +0200, Byers ex machina wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:52:07 GMT, sven the unpleasant
> > <would...@liketoknow.com> wrote:
> >
> >>...cause I'm gonna have to eat my words. Once upon a time not too long
> >>ago, some of you may remember me expressing my hatred towards Linux.
> >>Bitching about this, bitching about that, the usual whining that occurs
on
> >>an elementary school playground (probably not a valid comparison, as
> >>AGSC's average IQ is less than that of an average third grader). Well,
> >>after installing Gentoo, all my complaints have been whisked away.
Portage
> >>ensures working software that is easily installed, and it's not too hard
> >>to add an ebuild to it. Everything works, with easy setup. So, for the
> >>first time in my Usenet career, I've made an ass of myself. Enjoy this
> >>while you can, for I doubt that this fluke will happen again.
> >
> > Oh, I don't know. I'm pretty sure you make an ass of yourself on a
> > regular basis.
>
> Let's not kid ourselves, here.
>
> >That aside, Linux is teh sux0r!!!1
> > And you have reached ultimate geekness by being comfortable using it.
> > Enjoy.
>
> Yeah, I hate that geeky feeling I get, but the only reason I haven't gone
> back to Windows is that XP is installed on this computer and, for some
> reason, it refuses to connect to the Internet for more than 5 minutes.
> Instead of trying to solve the problem, I took the easy way out and
> installed another OS.


DUMB QUESTION.

Are you running Outlook or Outlook Express in the background pretty
regularly?  I had a similar problem once and in the end I think I had
accidentally set OE to "disconnect upon checking email" or whatever it's
called.  I also have it set to check every 2 minutes.
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