communication issues

[deird_lj]

Lilac (my computer) has not been feeling well. She keeps unexpectedly freezing - which is very upsetting for both of us.

(Don't worry - she's about to be all nice and healthy again. Apparently, the way to repair Macs is by opening up the "First Aid" application, hitting "Repair", and then continuing on with your day... *hugs Steve Jobs*)


But I did end up having a rather challenging problem to deal with last night.

It went like this:
- Date and time are wrong (Lilac is confused, poor dear, and thinks it's 2001).
- To reassure Lilac that it is, in fact, 2010, I need to open up the internet, with all its fabulous YES, THIS IS 2010 messages.
- Internet will not open.
- Lilac starts telling me that I want to open a dangerous, evil, and WRONG website, that clearly can't be trusted, and she is protecting me!
- I, on the other hand, am pretty sure that the Uni Website I'm opening (because I'm at uni and it needs my password before I can access any more internet) is safe and lovely.
- Lilac and I have a lengthy argument on the subject.
- Finally, I realise the problem. The EVIL UNI WEBSITE is, horrifyingly, telling Lilac that it's 2010. It LIES and is clearly EVIL AND MALICIOUS. Lilac is sure it's 2001, and needs to protect me against nasty people who keep lying to me about the date...


*sighs*

*pets my poor, sickly computer*

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Awww - poor Lilac.

[roccondilrinon.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, I realise now why Lilac had that problem. The part of the internet she needed to connect to that she would actually trust to tell her the time is a part you'd need to give her your password to access. She won't trust just any old website; there are dedicated time servers that computers use to sync with.

[deird1]

Not entirely - because she's fine doing it with my normal homepage (google). No password required.

[roccondilrinon.livejournal.com]

Mmmk. Is that at home, or at uni?

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Awww. That's sad! Hope it gets better.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

AHAHA. I had that exact same problem once--I could not get on the internet because the date was off by a year. You are not alone!