Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.

'Harm's Way'


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HiddenSky - Feb 03, 2005 9:04:29 am PST #1544 of 10003
"There are two sorts of people in the world: those who believe Joss Whedon is a genius and those who are wrong." - Connie Ogle, Miami Herald

Hey, can anyone recommend a good (free) program to make a screensaver?

I was about to recommend a ScreenTime program I got a few years ago (although it cost ~$30, IIRC) but I checked their site and it looks like they readjusted their target audience and now only offer ScreenTime for Flash, with a heftier $199-$299 price tag. The funny thing is I would export Flash as an AVI and then import it into the program, anyway.

About.com has some recommendations but I don't think any of them are freeware.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2005 10:06:56 am PST #1545 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.

What to do... what to do....

I found a store in Chicago that has the MiniMac in stock. But they are unable to install Airport and Bluetooth because Apple has not furnished them with the parts yet. So if I want Airport and Bluetooth I'd have to order from Apple and wait 3-4 weeks.

So should I buy the thing now, and then maybe later pay an Apple technician to install wireless? because if I buy a MiniMac it'll be somewhat of an impulse purchase....


Tom Scola - Feb 03, 2005 10:14:26 am PST #1546 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Official Apple Mac mini service guide. [This is a large PDF file].


le nubian - Feb 03, 2005 10:19:44 am PST #1547 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So from that article...the reason PDA sales are going down is because people want PDAs bundled with phones?


le nubian - Feb 03, 2005 10:20:53 am PST #1548 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Have you heard of Amazon Prime? (does this sound like a Star Trek planet to anyone else?)

[link]

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* Free Two-Day Shipping on over a million in-stock items * Overnight Shipping for only $3.99 per item—order as late as 6:30 PM ET

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Convenient Sharing

* Share the benefits of your Amazon Prime membership with up to four family members living in the same household


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2005 10:20:59 am PST #1549 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.

Thanks Tom.

That looks like something I could easily do. But the pdf says that the upgrade kit is "for service providers". I wonder if civilians can buy one? But the fact that it is simple means it probably wouldn't cost much to pay a "service provider" to do it for me, huh?


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2005 10:34:46 am PST #1550 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does WinCE power phones too?


Dana - Feb 03, 2005 10:39:09 am PST #1551 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

They just unrolled that Amazon thing.

Edit: Unrolled? Rolled out? Whatever.


sumi - Feb 03, 2005 10:51:11 am PST #1552 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

The pay one price and get two-day shipping all year thing?


Jessica - Feb 03, 2005 10:53:22 am PST #1553 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think if I were buying more time-sensitive things that might make sense. As it is, I always end up with free shipping anyway (there's always *something* I can buy to get over that $25 mark), and they usually come within 3 days, so I don't feel the need to pay extra for it.