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le nubian - Aug 10, 2005 3:09:15 pm PDT #3966 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

from google: it's a quote from "South Park."

It's also the name of a band.


evil jimi - Aug 10, 2005 3:17:03 pm PDT #3967 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Before we get into what's changing, let us discuss what ISN'T changing. Metacritic.com will continue to operate as a stand-alone website looking and functioning an awful lot like it does today.

uh huh. I bet that's what CNET told mp3.com and tvtome.com.


meara - Aug 10, 2005 5:31:19 pm PDT #3968 of 10003

Allyson, I jsut got a new Sprint phone, and did not want a camera or a "direct connect" or any of that shit. I'm mostly quite happy with the LG125 I ended up getting, though the address book is kinda annoying me. It doesn't have an antenna sticking out, which makes it smaller, it's a flip phone, which I like, and shows who's calling on the outside without opening it, etc, etc. It was like, $30, I think?


Sue - Aug 11, 2005 12:37:52 am PDT #3969 of 10003
hip deep in pie

Nebbermind, I figured out what was funky as soon as I posted.


§ ita § - Aug 11, 2005 3:44:17 am PDT #3970 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

TiVo download service screenshots.


Sean K - Aug 11, 2005 5:10:16 am PDT #3971 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

My Windows XP SP2 box has, for no discernable reason, crapped out completely on me. I turned it off for a few minutes this morning, and when I turned it on, it became unable to reboot. It keeps restarting, and I keep winding up at the emergency boot up menu, where every choice just repeats the cycle, even starting in safe mode.

It kind of looks like Windows is BSODing during the boot up process, but the blue screen flashes by so quickly, it's impossible to tell what the problem is.

If someone could offer any kind of helpful suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll read when I'm back from Texas.


DCJensen - Aug 11, 2005 5:24:59 am PDT #3972 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

See if the install disk boots.

It also could be a failing Power supply or loose power cable on the hard drive.


le nubian - Aug 11, 2005 7:09:02 am PDT #3973 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita, I *love* the comments for that blog. Man, people are really cranky about this new service. I can see the possibilities so I'm excited about what's to come.

Interesting. Might be slow as ass to download programs tho...


§ ita § - Aug 11, 2005 7:22:47 am PDT #3974 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't believe how pissy they are about something no one's making them use.

I figure it'll be faster than torrent, right? It'd better be.


Jon B. - Aug 11, 2005 7:25:56 am PDT #3975 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I can't believe how pissy they are about something no one's making them use.

And to complain about content when all they've seen is one beta screen....