this is fucking cool, y'all. I want.
Slingbox for Tivo
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
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le nubian - Jun 30, 2005 6:23:38 am PDT #3565 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon B. - Jun 30, 2005 6:30:15 am PDT #3566 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Slingbox for Tivo
Oh my. That is nice.
Wolfram - Jun 30, 2005 6:40:57 am PDT #3567 of 10003
Visilurking
Not just for Tivo, right? If I'm reading right, I can use this for any DVR (like ReplayTV) or cable box.
Jon B. - Jun 30, 2005 6:44:25 am PDT #3568 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Anything that can by controlled by one o' them IR beaming thingies.
le nubian - Jun 30, 2005 6:46:59 am PDT #3569 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
True. My friend sent it to me in reference to Tivo.
le nubian - Jun 30, 2005 6:53:26 am PDT #3570 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 7:31:24 am PDT #3571 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.
New in OS X Tiger:
Network Diagnostics
Quickly and easily locate the source of network problems and restore connectivity with the new network diagnostics tool.
What are they talking about? Where is it?
I don't think they're talking about Network Utility.
eta: Also, what's this?
AirPort Network Diagnostics
Troubleshoot an AirPort network with an easy-to-use new tool that features specialised diagnostics capabilities.
Polter-Cow - Jun 30, 2005 8:49:36 am PDT #3572 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, guys, tell me what happened:
Terrible storm. Power surge, and I'm betting my computer was on a plain old power strip instead of a surge protector. It restarted.
And started making funny noises. I have a little dealie that allows me to have four drives: two hard drives, a Zip drive, and a floppy drive. Normally, it auto-detects them instantly. Now, it was crankity cranking as it detected them individually veeeerrry slowly. But finally, it did.
Then the primary drive failed. Run Setup. Press F1 to continue. I pressed F1.
It hung up trying to boot.
I Ctrl-Alt-Deleted, and I hit Del to try to go to Setup. Same thing happened with the loud noises and the failing primary drive and the inability to boot up. I turned the computer off, realizing my drive was probably fried.
I unplugged the power strip from the outlet. I also prayed.
One of those things must have worked, because an hour later when I plugged the power strip back in, the computer booted up without a hitch. It of course did a little consistency check, and there seemed to be a few corrupted Temporary Internet Files, but that was it. Everything back to normal.
So. What was it? God or electricity?
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 8:51:44 am PDT #3573 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.
P-C, when lightning struck, aliens entered your computer. Don't worry - they'll die on their own .
(Whitefont for WotW spoilers.)
eta: Wait, have you seen WotW yet?
But seriously, that'w weird. But the turning it off probably unscrambled it, so it sounds like no permanent damage was done.
Polter-Cow - Jun 30, 2005 9:24:34 am PDT #3574 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wait, have you seen WotW yet?
No! Thanks for the whitefont.
But the turning it off probably unscrambled it, so it sounds like no permanent damage was done.
Yeah, I'm baffled as to why that fucking worked. I mean, the unplug/plug thing has worked for satellite receivers and TVs, but I didn't think it would work for the damn computer. It sounded awful, man. I was sure the drive was toast. It was all HDD ERROR OMG.