FAQ for GirlFriend 9.x
(by David Schlinkert)
1. I recently upgraded from GirlFriend 8.0 (with sUpErwOmAn) to GirlFriend 9.0; how do I get the Cooking module to work?
Check to see if JOB=YES in the .INI file. If so, Cooking and several other features will only work intermittently. The sUpErwOmAn function in GirlFriend 8.x was experimental and proved to be non-viable. It has been removed from GirlFriend 9.x.
2. Can I get a version of GirlFriend 9.0 without the ex-TSR?
Due to the increasingly short product cycle of GirlFriend, it is unlikely that any version of GirlFriend 9.x will not have one or more ex-TSRs. The ex-TSR functions, although of no use to GirlFriend 9.0 or the user, cannot be removed. We recommend that you determine what hot keys trigger the ex-TSR and avoid them.
3. When I purchased GirlFriend 9.0, I was assured that the Kids function was interval driven. It now looks like Kids is on all of the time; how do I return it to the intermittent mode?
Any version of GirlFriend with an active Kids module will also have an ex-TSR. The operating mode of ex-TSR impacts the latency of Kids. Ex-TSR is not user-friendly or predictable. The interaction of ex-TSR and Kids is complex and dangerous to attempt to adjust. Try Kids -> Vacation -> Plane -> Grandmother as a temporary measure.
4. Will upgrading GirlFriend 9.0 to Wife 9.0 improve the performance of the Cooking and Cleaning modules?
Only if there are sufficient system resources to allow setting JOB=NO in the .INI file.
5. I upgraded to Wife 9.0, added a dual-processor and set JOB=NO, but Cooking and Cleaning still do not work.
Check the installation history of GirlFriend 8.x. Many of these were originally installed with JOB=YES and never had the Cooking and Cleaning modules loaded. This configuration will carry-over to any upgrade to Wife 9.0. Trying to retrofit at this time probably won't work.
6. I installed your HIGHLY recommended and HEAVILY marketed NiceGuy product. Not only did it NOT improve the performance of GirlFriend, GirlFriend uninstalled and I cannot re-install! W. T. F. ?!
First, NiceGuy is freeware, NOT our product; second, you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. We have never gotten GirlFriend to install or run with NiceGuy. We have NO idea who keeps pushing NiceGuy (it's not like they are making money off of it!). Wife runs well with NiceGuy, but the installation must be done on a clean system. We have expended a great deal of time and effort trying to get GirlFriend to be compatible with NiceGuy. Remove NiceGuy if you ever want GirlFriend to install.
7. Why is the WYSIWYG for Wife 9.0 so different from GirlFriend 9.0? Wife 9.0 runs in the TrueColors mode, GirlFriend uses overlay and BestGuess modes. GirlFriend 9.x performs all maintenance in the background, Wife 9.0 tends to runs these functions in foreground. 8. I am experiencing a 'droop' condition after upgrading GirlFriend 9.0 to Wife 9.0. What can I do?
You have to continue system interface maintenance after Wife 9.0 is installed. Otherwise reduced system capacity and flagging performance leads to a degradation of the Wife 9.0 and a system droop condition. Specifically, check your FAT table. Values over 25% can lead to degraded performance and droop conditions as you have described.
9. I really like NiceGuy. It is very easy to use, well organized, does exactly what it says it does and has proven to be totally reliable; but I can't get GirlFriend to install.
"Unofficially" you can get GirlFriend to install, even with NiceGuy running by installing Lies, RoMaNcE, Jerk or a similar program to interface during the install. These are not supported configurations, but reports from the field say Lies is the most flexible program of this type. Unfortunately, regardless of what you do, GirlFriend eventually discovers NiceGuy and uninstalls. We apologize of the inconvenience, but this incompatibility seems to be embedded in the microcode.
10. Wife 9.0 is causing a droop condition on my system. I KNOW the system is fine as Mistress 1.0 never causes this problem! I want a bug fix ASAP!
Many people blame their droop conditions on Wife 9.0, but our experience has been that it is mainly a system problem. Mistress 1.0 and related applications APPEAR to solve the droop condition; but believe us, this is temporary. By the same token, running Wife 9.0 and Mistress 1.0 on the same system is guaranteed to result in a massive system interrupt and the triggering of the Lawyer sub-routine, so Wife 9.0 will be un-installing soon. You have been warned!
11. I set JOB=NO, but it keeps reverting to YES: what causes this?
Some high performance versions of GirlFriend 9.x and Wife 9.x have CAREER hard coded to ON. Setting JOB=NO in these cases will result in erratic performance, abrupt changes in the interface and can crash the system. If CAREER=ON, do not attempt to change it or set JOB=NO. Install CleaningService, run Vacation frequently, and learn to live with it.
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amused
The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began
Now far ahead the road has gone
And I must follow if I can
Pursuing it with weary feet
Until it joins some larger way
Whewre many paths and errands meet
And wither then? I cannot say
And though I oft have passed them by
The day will come at least when I
Must take the hidden paths that run
West of the moon, East of the sun
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pensive
- Mood: amused
***CONTAINS SPOILERS***( clicky for more )
The quibble I keep hearing about this movie is that it lacks emotional depth. I have to say, to me that's only partly true, and especially if you ignore the female characters' contribution. Malin Akerman and Carla Gugino, playing the Silk Specter Junior and Senior, respectively, do a more than competent job of creating an emotional investment in the lives of these characters, who despite their off-the-wall vocations, are only human. Erm, apart from Dr Manhattan, naturally. Or unnaturally.
- Location:Work.
- Mood:
impressed
- Mood: pensive
Gomez was my biggest comfort in life. I don't have all that much, and now I've lost him, and it hurts more than anything. Now who will sleep on my bed, and pat my face with a paw, and nuzzle me with tickly whiskers? Who's going to sit on my chest and purr like thunder?
Here he is, cleaning his bottom, which is the view Poe and I most often saw of him.
About this time two years ago my other black male Spooky died unexpectedly, we suspect of poison. It feels like I'm going through it all again, for both of them.
- Mood:Devastated
Acrylic on canvas
Now I'm wondering, how the hell are they going to sort that one out? Ask any 'emo' band to define their genre, and they'll tell you they're post-hardcore punk-pop or suchlike. Ask any 'goth' band to define their genre, and they'll tell you to fuck off. Perhaps they just ought to ban everything teenagers enjoy listening to, to be on the safe side.
Hannah Bond's got a lot to answer for.
- Mood:
grumpy
This is one of my first air-brush pieces, done in early 2006, I think.
approx A4-sized
(Thanks Mel! xxx)
- Mood:
lonely
The other morning (I'd been up all night, and went out around 6.30am) I noticed that the people I passed in bus shelters on the way, and early-morning joggers and dog-walkers et al, were giving me some very strange looks. Stranger than usual, I mean. It wasn't until I got home that I realised WHY...
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embarrassed
This is a bit of prosthetic work I did a few years ago - just sticking it up in the spirit of 'look what I did, Mum!'
(is fallen angel, see?)
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nostalgic
A couple of nurses attempted to put an IV in so I could have some fluids, but they couldn't find a vein. Finally got my drip in at 8pm, just as they took me off the day's list and told me I had to stay overnight. Aaargh!
I'd missed dinner by then, so I went walkabout and manged to score an apple and a cup of truly terrible coffee, then had my mother throwing a panic attack on the phone. Managed to convince her I wasn't dying and she didn't need to come in. I did manage to get a good night's sleep though, without the crazy nightmares I've been waking up from lately, but I could have probably done without having 'Dead!' stuck in my head for the duration of my stay.
I got lucky in the morning and was in theater by 8am, in a fetching green gown with no back and tape over my nipple rings. They had rather optimistically asked if I would take them out, but that's difficult enough with two hands! The weird thing is that I lost the 30 seconds of time before they put me under.
Basically the op was to see if I'd damaged the nerves that run to my ring and middle fingers, so they opened up the palm and had a look. They repaired the damage - I managed to read 'partially severed' upside down on my notes - and sewed me up. I can't feel my middle digits at all, but they expect at least partial recovery of sensation. People keep saying 'lucky it's your left hand!' but I'm a sculptor, puppeteer and musician, and I really do need both.
Now it's three days in bandages until I find out how bad the damage and loss of motion is, and a week until stitches come out and I get to see a surgical report. I'm in a sling right now, getting terribly frustrated! Just have to wait, hope, and attempt to cross fingers.
Oh, and my mother did manage to track me down in the end, so she got to do the dramatic bedside visit after all. I did look pretty frightful, much like a Tim Burton drawing.
- Mood: pensive
Damn you avocado! Damn your creamy green flesh!
- Mood:
anxious
On plus side, sinuses are very, very clear now.
- Mood:
sore - Music:Astro Zombies
One thing that is becoming increasingly clear to me, is how incredibly lucky I am in my best friend. I don't trust easily, but I know that there is one person in the world who has stood by me through everything, even when I've taken him for granted.
Raj sometimes has to give me a kick in the pants when I veer off into stupid headspaces, and however mad I might get with him at the time, it usually doesn't take more than a couple of days for me to realise that he's right. And the fact that he cares enough to go through the rather tedious procedure of explaining to me, time and time again, exactly where I've taken a wrong turn in my train of logic, is something that I'm only just beginning to comprehend the rarity of.
Raj is probably hands-down the smartest across-the-board person I know. He has his obvious talents, but the really cute thing is that he can tell you something you didn't know about almost everything. He's open to finding out about just about anything that interests you, because he has the rare gift of being able to find the value in the most banal of things, and store it away for future use.
Anyway, he's the one with the gift for writing, but I just wanted to say that I miss him when he's not around, and I think whatever happens to me, I'll always have cause to look back and be grateful that he befriended me back in Stage 1 Egyptian History.
If you wanted me to go.
I just wanted you to know
That the world is ugly,
But you're beautiful to me.
- Mood: contemplative
- Mood:
cold
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