GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

After much anticipation, my wireless card came today. We're talking months (2-3 to be exact) of waiting until I had a job and could afford to buy one. Then I had to wait a week once it was ordered to receive it. I could just picture it....no longer having to be isolated to the office by myself to access the internet. No more arguing or begging or pleading with Chuck to use his laptop in the living room to look up random facts or check email. No more worrying I would "break" Chuck's laptop as I normally do to all things computer.

So the card gets put in. The computer gets restarted. The airport gets turned on. And (drum roll, please...) N-O-T-H-I-N-G happens. Nada. Zip. Zero internet access via the wireless network. I remain calm. Restart computer. It boots up. Still no internet access. I change settings, run diagnostic test cd, restart. Still nothing. I zap the p-ram, reboot. Still no internet. I start cursing and making threats to my computer, reboot. Still nothing.

At this point I'm ready to throw my computer across the room as hard as possible-maybe that'll show my stupid computer who's in charge. I walk away....cool down....and come to the realization that I'm just not meant to access the internet with a wireless card on this computer. Damn.