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Short version: the USB card reader I have is dead.
( Longer version )
... I guess I go shopping for a new USB card reader.
Mrrrrr.
And to add unrelated insult to injury, mIRC, which at some point in the past went from nagware to annoying nagware (start program, wait, click continue, get another popup, wait, click continue), has now gone to I Never Want To Use This Again. The second popup no longer has the options of 'Register' and 'Continue' (the latter being greyed out for something like 15 seconds). It has the options of 'Register' and 'Exit'.
Ironically, if the program had been LESS annoying about the nagware shit, I would probably have registered a long time ago. (Nostalgia time: part of the reason I first got a paid account on LJ was *because* it was free and ad-free and non-naggy. Ahahahahahaahem.) As it is, though, I do not want to give any money to something that has so thoroughly annoyed me, so ... either I find a new program (any suggestions?) or I give up chatting (*sadface*).
( Longer version )
... I guess I go shopping for a new USB card reader.
Mrrrrr.
And to add unrelated insult to injury, mIRC, which at some point in the past went from nagware to annoying nagware (start program, wait, click continue, get another popup, wait, click continue), has now gone to I Never Want To Use This Again. The second popup no longer has the options of 'Register' and 'Continue' (the latter being greyed out for something like 15 seconds). It has the options of 'Register' and 'Exit'.
Ironically, if the program had been LESS annoying about the nagware shit, I would probably have registered a long time ago. (Nostalgia time: part of the reason I first got a paid account on LJ was *because* it was free and ad-free and non-naggy. Ahahahahahaahem.) As it is, though, I do not want to give any money to something that has so thoroughly annoyed me, so ... either I find a new program (any suggestions?) or I give up chatting (*sadface*).
