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DCJensen - Jan 17, 2006 2:50:59 pm PST #6613 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Thus, in a week, when the check I just deposited clears,

It takes a week?

I will be putting in an order for the lower-end MacBook Pro and an additional 1 GB of RAM at Other World.

Ooh! Good luck. I'm jealous.

hmmm...

Once you get your MacBook, are you planning on selling your dying old iBook?

I would love to tear one apart and see if I could fix it. But then I say that about all the dying tech I get my hands on... :)

Maybe if I get a job soon...sigh.


Cass - Jan 17, 2006 3:04:24 pm PST #6614 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

DCJ, all tech or just computer-y tech? Cause I am gathering all of my dead or tragically suicidal equipment and I prefer not to trash it.

Off of the top of my head: a dvd player that won't open up its yaw; a vcr that was messing with my whole setup so was just removed for my sanity (I have no idea if it works on its own because the dvd I replaced has vcr also); and a PlayStation that my nephlet said stopped working.

It's find a cheap way to ship and a willing recipient or checking the laws on trashing electronics and saying g'bye.


Atropa - Jan 17, 2006 3:11:05 pm PST #6615 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I need some very odd help. If any of you are using MSN Messenger on a PC, could you please drop me a line at my profile addy?


DCJensen - Jan 17, 2006 3:45:01 pm PST #6616 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

VCRs are kind of heavy to ship anywhere vs their worth. If it seems to be working, Goodwill/charity may take it. If you were near Hyattsville, Maryland, I have a friend who can't afford one....

I'd work on a DVD player. Never ripped open a playstation. Hmmm.

Yeah, I'm a electronics geek, too. Sigh.


DCJensen - Jan 17, 2006 8:55:47 pm PST #6617 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Apple II software maker arises from the grave: [link]


tiggy - Jan 18, 2006 2:13:21 am PST #6618 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

how would i go about converting a VOB file to an mpeg or avi?


Jon B. - Jan 18, 2006 2:29:33 am PST #6619 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

tiggy, there are lots of ways. Check out videohelp.com: [link]


DXMachina - Jan 18, 2006 2:49:26 am PST #6620 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Apple II software maker arises from the grave: [link]

They seem to have a problem figuring out how many years there are in "one score and ten." Maybe if they knew how to do simple arithmetic they wouldn't have had to go out of business in the first place. ;)


Jon B. - Jan 18, 2006 4:57:02 am PST #6621 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

So What Software sold its first piece of software on May 15th 1983 and sold its last on November 23, 1990. Over those 7 years it produced 12 titles for the Apple II, II+, GS computer systems.

Soooo.... according to them, "one score" equals.... five? Yikes!


Jessica - Jan 18, 2006 5:29:04 am PST #6622 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So...my G5 here at work seems to have gone insane. I ran Software Update, installed everything, rebooted, and now the screen won't stop flashing. The desktop icons and Finder folder keep flashing on and off, and it's been doing this for at least 3 minutes.

I turned it off, unplugged it, waited 20 seconds, and then turned it back on again, but it's still doing it.

Help?