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I sometimes see that on a Vista computer. It is typically caused by rebooting the router (either deliberately, or the router just decided to reboot).If I unplug the ethernet cable, and leave it unplugged for a minute or two, then I often get a connection back when I restore the cable. I'm not sure that works every time. When trying that trick, I normally unplug the router end of the ethernet, since that is more easily accessible than the computer end.This did not happen with a previous computer. I am not sure if this behavior is due to hardware (presumably the ethernet card), or due to the change from XP to Vista.On my normal desktop, I see something similar with linux, if the NetworkManager software is managing the network. If I switch to using init scripts, I don't have similar problems.

Interesting. Thanks.

You forgot to mention which operating system you are using.For linux, open a root shell and run
/etc/init.d/network restart
For a Mac, somebody else will have to answer. The "ipconfig" is for Window. For a really old Windows, it might instead be "winipcfg" (if I remember that far back).Edited by nwr, : No reason given.

Vista is not as bad as some people make it out to be.I have Vista on my desktop, for when I boot to Windows. However, I rarely boot to Windows.

Presumably, that depends on what you are counting.The theory of evolution is not a theology. It is, most importantly, a framework for research in biology. So, strictly speaking, only those who are using the theory that way are qualified to judge how well it serves that purpose.Personally, I am a mathematician and computer scientist. I find biology interesting, and I count myself as an evolutionist. But I am not doing biological research, so my view doesn't really count. If biologists find a better theory tomorrow, and start using that, then if I want to maintain my interest in what the biological researchers are doing, I would have to switch to the new theory.

WiFi mostly works. Okay, I am using opensuse and not ubuntu, but it should be similar.

That is total BS.There's no problem with running purchased commercial software on linux. Quite a few people do.Sure, there's stuff that doesn't work. But that's because vendors have decided not to provide it. If MS were to have a MS-Office version for linux, quite a few people would purchase it in preference to open-office/Libre-office. The only ideological commitment that prevents this, is Microsoft's ideological commitment to monopolism.

I was able to find "￡" and ""Many Americans will take "pound sign" to mean "#".

I have no idea. But then I grew up in Australia, where "pound sign" meant the symbol you were looking for.

Looking at a page from a different forum, I see:Hmm, code tags did not work there with straight html.