Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

Wash ,'Serenity'


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tommyrot - Jan 26, 2005 12:05:15 pm PST #1418 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Is there a way to make the iPod play gaplessly? The one I borrowed had an album where the tracks run together seamlessly on the CD, but on the iPod there was a fraction of a second of silence when it changed tracks.

The simple answer is 'no'. Every other portable mp3 player I've used has that problem too - I'd think it'd be an easy thing to fix.

The more complex answer it that you can experiment with iTunes' crossfade feature to provide a tiny overlap between songs. I did that on mine and it seems I notice the problem less, although I've never done a definitive "scientific" experiment to make sure it's a solution.


NoiseDesign - Jan 26, 2005 12:17:05 pm PST #1419 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

I think DebetEsse also got the ISP threat from torrenting a few months ago. Not sure what show it was for though.


Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2005 12:49:20 pm PST #1420 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I think it was DLM, ND.


Strix - Jan 26, 2005 1:00:38 pm PST #1421 of 10003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Question: I'm trying to use the Scholastic website's free homepage maker for my teaching, and in registering, I got a "Variable cookie error" message.

What does this mean? That my comp has cookies disabled? And how do I fix this, if so?


thegrommit - Jan 26, 2005 1:11:55 pm PST #1422 of 10003
Um.

What's the selection like on computer bags for 17" laptops? Getting better, I figure. I'll need to track down a knapsack.

How much do you want to spend?

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I've seen lots of positive comments about the Spire packs, and their customer service was very good about answering my questions. The same cannot be said for booq's customer service.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 1:40:43 pm PST #1423 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It looks like a 17" backpack will cost around $150. I may look into getting a sleeve, if one of my current backpacks is long enough.


DCJensen - Jan 26, 2005 4:58:42 pm PST #1424 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Good non-Apple perspective shot of the Mac Mini: [link]


tommyrot - Jan 26, 2005 5:56:58 pm PST #1425 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

A humorous article where the author tries to get various Windows viruses to run under Linux, using Wine (a Windows emulator): [link]

Linux just isn't user-friendly when it comes to viruses. You have to work to find and run them. It doesn't happen automatically as it does with Windows. The GNU/Linux folks really should improve this glaring discrepancy.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 27, 2005 10:50:33 am PST #1426 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

have a dumb question. Can anyone tell me what Adobe Acrobat Professional does. As a mac user, I can already create pdf's from everything. Does it let me manipulate them more? Can I make the kind of .pdfs where people can fill in boxes?

Thanks


Ginger - Jan 27, 2005 10:56:57 am PST #1427 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I have Acrobat, and yes, you can make the kind of PDFs where people can fill in the boxes and you can do some limited direct editing of PDF files.