Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.

'Objects In Space'


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Jessica - Sep 05, 2005 3:26:12 pm PDT #4349 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've had a two-button scrolly mouse for ages and I can't imagine computing without it.

Absolutely. You will pry my Logitech MX700 from my cold dead hands. Unless you want to offer me an MX1000 to replace it with.


Kat - Sep 05, 2005 3:34:30 pm PDT #4350 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Bless both of you!

I have a two button scrolly cordless on my desktop, and a regular one on my Mac Mini. But on the school laptop, I just had a touch pad. Until the Mighty Mouse which I love.


§ ita § - Sep 05, 2005 3:44:37 pm PDT #4351 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Any OS X users use the Fire IM client? How does it stack up to Trillian?

I bought a mouse for my laptop, and it's very pretty, but I finally took the batteries out and put it away, since my laptop is very often in my lap, and I love the touchpad.

I do miss mouse gestures, though.


Gris - Sep 05, 2005 6:04:46 pm PDT #4352 of 10003
Hey. New board.

I use Adium, ita. I love it more than life itself - more than Fire, Proteus, Gaim, Trillian, or any other IM client I've ever used.


sumi - Sep 05, 2005 9:13:34 pm PDT #4353 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

Got a question: once all tv signals go digital, I've suddenly realized that my current plan of splitting my cable so that I can tape the lower numbered channels while watching the higher ones will no longer work.

When everything is digital, will I be able to tape A and watch B without doing something specatcular? Or will I need a tivo in order to watch programs that air simultaneously?


Kristen - Sep 05, 2005 9:34:02 pm PDT #4354 of 10003

I'm not sure how that works. I mean, I have digital cable now and I can still do what you're already doing. I'm not sure if the technology changes when we have to migrate.


Jessica - Sep 06, 2005 5:30:58 pm PDT #4355 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Tivo (except for the DirectTivo models, which I think have been discontinued) won't split your signal, so that won't help.

But what I really came in here to post was a link to a 102" plasma TV. (Yes, it's only a prototype. But it's pretty.)


amych - Sep 06, 2005 5:35:04 pm PDT #4356 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

102" plasma TV

Oh, dear. Nobody tell the husband.


Jessica - Sep 06, 2005 5:35:26 pm PDT #4357 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Don't worry, it's not for sale.

Yet.


Liese S. - Sep 06, 2005 6:14:57 pm PDT #4358 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Well, technically, the DirecTiVo's won't split your signal, either. It's just that we pay extra to have another line run from the dish. We do get the functionality you're talking about, but it's not the TiVo that's doing it.

So far as I understand it.

Which is, I know, completely useless to your question, sumi. I dunno the real answer to your question.