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Post by Fluffy on Feb 2, 2006 19:37:12 GMT -5
So a lot of you are in college now, or even out working in the world. Many of you probably know what you're doing on a lot of stuff some of the time, or some stuff a lot of the time. But if there's some boring yet necessary tidbit of grownup business information you need or want to share, it might be helpful to others to see those questions asked and answered.
I know a useful thing or two, and many others have other useful information, so let's make an effort to answer questions for each other. No question is too small, and none are stupid. We all had to learn this at some point, and I at least had to learn a lot of it by making expensive mistakes, so - let's help each other avoid that.
Example: Did you know that your car insurance can go up as much as 33% if you get a speeding ticket?
And I have a question: what's a safe way to clean up pavement salt tracked on to a wood floor?
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Post by KoNeko on Feb 3, 2006 11:54:22 GMT -5
Is the wood floor varnished? Because if it is you can wipe it up normally. If it's not, I guess you should sweep away the biggest chunks of salt and maybe mop the area? I don't know, I don't want the salt to make the wood all funky but I think maybe you could dilute the remaining salt to a safeish level so it won't damage the floor? 
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Post by Fluffy on Feb 5, 2006 9:57:02 GMT -5
That's what I've been doing, sweeping and wiping, but the floor looks terrible  I hate to think of stripping and refinishing it, but maybe I should do that... this summer, when I can open the windows to deal with the smell of varnish
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Post by Nie on Feb 5, 2006 11:03:30 GMT -5
Hmmm... rather than refinishing the floor for the moment try polishing it with beeswax to protect it and mopping the floor with boiling water. If your lucky there will be enough water and heat to disolve the salt so it won't scratch the floor as much. The beeswax will smell lovely too. To make it easier you mght be able to find the liquid floor polish with beeswax in it. Let me know how you go.
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Post by KoNeko on Feb 5, 2006 22:05:29 GMT -5
Oooh yeah, beeswax is a also great filler for really small scratches on the floor. My grandma used to use it on the boards when our dogs with scratch them up. How big are the scratches/scuffs?
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Post by Fluffy on Feb 8, 2006 22:17:28 GMT -5
Beeswax. Huh. See, trees just have this mental block about learning how to polish dead wood, usually  Seriously, though, I'll give the beeswax a try - I have to go on a supply run tomorrow and I'll see what's for sale. If bees made it, I suppose I can safely assume that I can apply it without opening the windows as well, which would be good as it's hovering around freezing here
Anybody else have any questions? I can answer them as long as they're about books 
...oh yeah. I do have another one. Is anyone here really good at making very small computer networks? I need to network two, maybe three machines, one running Win 98 and one Win NT, the third (if I set it up) probably Win 98 as well. I think I remember how to do peer-to-peer ethernet connections on Win 98, but I know nothing about NT
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Post by hermoine on Feb 10, 2006 12:44:20 GMT -5
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Post by KoNeko on Feb 11, 2006 11:02:41 GMT -5
Back to beeswax for a second - you can also oil the floor a bit so that the wood doesn't get as dry and crack/scratch as often, especially if it's cold and wet. But that's more of an ongoing upkeep thing.
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Post by Nie on Feb 11, 2006 12:48:53 GMT -5
I can probably help you with the networking En (computers are all I work with now days ), but I'll need to know a few things:
1. Do you want them all to have net access?
2. What kind of net connection do you have? (dial-up, braodband ect.)
3. Do you have an internal or external modem?
4. Do you have a hub/switch?
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Post by Fluffy on Feb 12, 2006 12:21:08 GMT -5
Koko - thanks, I have enough trouble remembering to put lotion on my poor hands, which are cracking far worse than the floor
Zeph, thanks for the links. Nie: we would need each station to have net access, yes, and while we currently have an internal dialup modem, we intend to switch to cable or DSL before we get too far into this. As for hubs - I think Hart has one around here somewhere....
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Post by nancy on Feb 14, 2006 20:25:55 GMT -5
er... this might sound stupid, but none of my financial-oriented friends have been able to explain it.
How does a bank work, exactly? Where do they get money to pay for interests, for example? And how can an economy grow stronger? Do they have to make other economies weaker? Find gold to add to their reserves? Or what?
Things of this kind are grownup, I guess. And they're also really confusing to me.
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Post by Nie on Feb 14, 2006 22:46:41 GMT -5
Koko - thanks, I have enough trouble remembering to put lotion on my poor hands, which are cracking far worse than the floor
Zeph, thanks for the links. Nie: we would need each station to have net access, yes, and while we currently have an internal dialup modem, we intend to switch to cable or DSL before we get too far into this. As for hubs - I think Hart has one around here somewhere....
1. The NT machine is best as the server because that's part of what NT was really designed for. Make sure you've setup your internet connection on the NT machine first and get rid of any other un-needed internet connections that may be setup on the NT machine. Then, go to Control Panel then Network Setup Wizard.
2. On the first page of the Network Setup Wizard click Next.
3. Read the checklist and make sure everything is ready to proceed then click Next.
4. The next page will have you selecting a connection method. For the NT machine select "This computer connects directly to the internet. The other computers on my networks connect to the internet through this computer". Click Next.
5. Select your internet connection from the list. There should be only one for you to select. Click Next.
6. The next page is simple. Give the NT computer a description like "Server machine" and give it a name. You can call it anything you want. Be creative.  Then click Next.
7. Now you have to give the Work Group a name. Might I suggest calling it something like "BOOKSHOP". Click Next.
8. I'm going to suggest turning on file and printer sharing. It just makes it simpler, and I should imagine it will be handy. So select that option and click Next.
9. On the next page you'll see what the Setup Wizard is going to setup. If it all looks right, click Next.
10. It will take a few minutes for configuration to take place. Once this is done, so long as there were no problems, you should be taken to the last page where you can click Finish. You'll need to restart.
OK, you now have a server for your network. Connect a network cable from the NT computer to the hub, and then connect the two 98 computers to the hub with network cables aswell.
On the other computers follow steps 1-3. When you get to step 4 select "This computer connects to the internet through a residential gateway or through another computer on my network". Click Next.
5. Give the computer a description and name. Make sure they both the description and name are different for each computer. Click Next.
6. Enter the name of the workgroup that you setup on the NT machine. Click Next.
7. Turn on file and printer sharing and click Next.
8. To make it easier to run on the next computer you can make a setup disk. If you want to select it and click next and you'll be guided through making one, else you can select "Just finish the wizard" and repeat these steps on the next computer. Click Next, then click Finish. Yu'll need to restart.
Now, we need to make sure everything is setup properly on the network. On the two Windows 98 computers follow these steps.
1. Go to Control Panel and Network Connections. Right click the Local Area Connection that you just setup (it should be the only one there) and select Properties.
2. Make sure that Microsoft Client for Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) are all installed. If not you can click the Install button to install them. Microsoft Client for Networks is a Client, File and Printer Sharing and QoS Packet Scheduler are both Services and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is of course a Protocol.
3. Once they've all been installed make sure the check boxes next to them have been checked.
4. Select Internet Protocol to it's highlighted and click Properties. Check the button that says "Use the following IP address. Fill out the following:
IP Address: 192.168.0.[choose a one-three digit number of your choice, anything but 1. must be different for each windows 98 machine]
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Also check the button that says "Use the following DNS server addresses and fill them in as follows:
Prefered DNS server: 192.168.0.1
Alternate DNS server: (leave blank)
5. Once all that is done you can click OK then OK again and those settings should take effect immediately. Make sure you make a note somewhere of the IP address you decided on for each computer.
It should be all setup by now. Let me know if there are any problems and I'll see if I can help you with them.
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Post by KoNeko on Jun 6, 2006 15:57:31 GMT -5
Question, and this is kind of gross. I copped a bunch of really bad blisters the other day from walking around with no shoes on when it was hot outside and I think I burned my feet on the concrete. I lanced the biggest one with a pin and drained the fluid, but is there anything I can do to stop it from filling up with liquid again? It is really hard to walk on and I had to hobble around my class today.
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Post by superstitious13 on Jun 6, 2006 21:34:37 GMT -5
take the skin off. I know that sounds painful and gross but it will keep it from filling up cuz there's nothing to fill, cover it with neosprin and a bandaid and you should be good in a few days.
if you dont want to do that just put some neosporin and a bandaid. but keep it clean. It will take longer to heal though.
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Post by KoNeko on Jun 16, 2006 11:46:56 GMT -5
I lanced it a few more times, and then it went away by itself. Phew.
Oooh, I just bought a car (as you may have figured from my other entries), and I've just done the insurance and registration business. I'm actually doing work on the car at the moment, we changed the gasket and the oil, replaced the oil filter and we're going to do the air filter today (so I can get more mpg and horsepower, because there's sand and crap in the current one).
The only thing I need to do now is redo some of the paint and reupholster the interior. Now... does anyone know how to do a paint job on a car?
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I hate to think of stripping and refinishing it, but maybe I should do that... this summer, when I can open the windows to deal with the smell of varnish 
Seriously, though, I'll give the beeswax a try - I have to go on a supply run tomorrow and I'll see what's for sale. If bees made it, I suppose I can safely assume that I can apply it without opening the windows as well, which would be good as it's hovering around freezing here 
Then click Next.
