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Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?

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Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 2:00:20 pm PST #553 of 10003

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I don't download tv shows to subvert a process, but if they schedule shows I want to see against each other

That's not even it for me. I'm DLing stuff that either is not aired in the US at all (Spooks, some BBC documentaries, stuff like that), or is being aired in advance in the UK or Canada and that I will watch/record when it airs in the US (Stargate).

Or that isn't being aired at all and isn't available on DVD (Max Headroom, Odyssey5).

Okay, once or twice I've downloaded stuff I deleted from the Tivo and wanted to make available to a friend (Lost, Joan of Arcadia). In neither event did the producers lose anything by it.

These guys aren't losing anything from me downloading.

Consuela - Dec 14, 2004 2:00:59 pm PST #554 of 10003

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I don't see how they can easily stop them.

Well, yeah, that's the other issue.

le nubian - Dec 14, 2004 2:05:01 pm PST #555 of 10003

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Consuela,

yes, actually I'm downloading "Spooks" too...

I plan to actually rent the DVDs of the shows I've downloaded anyway. I couldn't get throught "Deadwood" so I need subtitles when I watch it...so that's why I had to wait for the DVDs.

DCJensen - Dec 14, 2004 2:59:20 pm PST #556 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

Anybody see this news item?

Toshiba today paved the way for 80GB iPods when it said it will ship an 80GB 1.8in hard drive in Q3 2005 - a year after it introduced the 60GB version that can currently to be found inside the iPod Photo.

tommyrot - Dec 14, 2004 5:44:16 pm PST #557 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.

Yeah, I saw that. But Q3 2005 is like five dog-years away.

But still, ND would only need two iPods to hold his music collection.

NoiseDesign - Dec 14, 2004 7:10:02 pm PST #558 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

Mmmmmm...two iPods.

DCJensen - Dec 14, 2004 8:11:23 pm PST #559 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

t starts thinking about hotswappable iPod drive bays...

Dana - Dec 15, 2004 9:08:33 am PST #560 of 10003

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

From dealnews:

Amazon.com offers the iTunes $15 Prepaid Card for $15. Add five to your cart and one of them is free via coupon code "ITUNES544DEC". That's 75 iTunes for $60. Shipping is free. Offer end January 2, 2005.

Jessica - Dec 15, 2004 5:21:17 pm PST #561 of 10003

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

DH and I just got call waiting (since he's working from home now), and have noticed an irritating quality -- if you don't pick up the call waiting, it just keeps ringing and ringing and ringing. The answering machine doesn't pick up, and the person on the other end never hears a busy signal. Our phone is an AT&T 2256/1256, and nothing in the manual seems to address this issue. Any ideas?

§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 5:22:14 pm PST #562 of 10003

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Don't you need voice mail to answer a call waiting call?

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