That sounds...dangerous.
Not at all. Batteries are removable in laptops. I think you get the replacement before you send yours back, though.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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§ ita § - May 23, 2005 2:23:36 pm PDT #3086 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
amych - May 23, 2005 2:27:27 pm PDT #3087 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And will being without a battery while I look at it do anything to the 'puter?
Nah. If the computer is off, it won't do a thing at all; if it's plugged in at the time and the computer is on because you're doing it at work in a state of semi-freakout about omg my precious is going to burst into flames while in the middle of doing something (NOT THAT I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT), it will (PURELY THEORETICALLY, AS I DID NOT DO SUCH A THING MYSELF) probably be just fine too.
(It's the big screw that you can open with a coin, with the lock/unlock icons on it, and it'll pop right off. The serial number is right on the top of the battery.)
meara - May 23, 2005 3:12:18 pm PDT #3088 of 10003
OK, cool--thanks Amy! I'll try it momentarily, then.
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 3:15:11 pm PDT #3089 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Gmail keeps crashing Safari (on OS 10.3.9) -- anyone else having this problem/know how to fix it?
No, I haven't re-booted yet; I figured I'd ask around to see if it's happening to anyone else first.
meara - May 23, 2005 3:23:06 pm PDT #3090 of 10003
and it was that easy, and it looks like mine is not supposed to explode into flames.
DXMachina - May 23, 2005 4:03:13 pm PDT #3091 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
it looks like mine is not supposed to explode into flames
That they know of... Yet...
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 9:15:42 pm PDT #3092 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The DVD portion of my PC's DVDRW drive seems to be frelled. A quick gander at Tiger Direct makes it look like they're too cheap to bother repairing.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Also, do I need to take into consideration the burning software, or are drives backwardly compatible (the busted drive is a Pioneer DVD-RW 106D -- it's only recognising CDs now)?
Of course, if I could work out how to use iDVD, this'd be less urgent. I dropped an .AVI onto a project, but preview doesn't show jackshit.
Rob - May 24, 2005 5:56:50 am PDT #3093 of 10003
Of course, if I could work out how to use iDVD, this'd be less urgent. I dropped an .AVI onto a project, but preview doesn't show jackshit.
iDVD can only accept video files that Quicktime can play. If the AVI is DivX encoded, you might need to install a DivX Quicktime codec to make this work. Still might not work, though, as I find even with the codec that Quicktime player can only play about half the AVI files I come across.
As an experiment, open the file in Quicktime Player and see what happens.
tommyrot - May 24, 2005 5:59:05 am PDT #3094 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.
as I find even with the codec that Quicktime player can only play about half the AVI files I come across.
I've run into this. What's a good non-Quicktime player to use?
Rob - May 24, 2005 6:02:30 am PDT #3095 of 10003