The money was too good. I got stupid.

Jayne ,'Ariel'


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Allyson - Feb 06, 2006 7:39:52 am PST #6960 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Oh yeah, I checked both. Not a stupid question, Kristen pointed it out to me when i was first in shock.


Sean K - Feb 06, 2006 7:42:32 am PST #6961 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Argh. I lost all my music in a crash not too long ago, Allyson. It included a large amount of music that had been bought straight from the iTunes store that wasn't backed up and was thus irreplaceable.

I hope you can get your music back somehow.


Allyson - Feb 06, 2006 7:50:00 am PST #6962 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

A dear friend sent a generous gift certificate in sympathy, so I have that, I have a few songs on my iPod that I never use that can go back on the computer, and then I'll just replace the things I miss the most.

It's ridiculous to get all emotional in tech, but gah, I just felt SO INCOMPETENT that i couldn't do this otherwise simple task correctly.

Blargh.


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 7:54:31 am PST #6963 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's ridiculous to get all emotional in tech

Dude. Happens.

Start using your iPod--it's a simple backup. I keep meaning to burn all my bought stuff to CD so it's backed up somewhere in an iTunes independent format.


tommyrot - Feb 06, 2006 7:57:47 am PST #6964 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.

My iPod can't contain all my music, so I finally went and bought a 100 Gig portable Firewire drive and set up my Mini to do a daily backup to it.


Allyson - Feb 06, 2006 8:04:01 am PST #6965 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Yeah, i plan to store all my music and large graphic files on the La Cie.

I have no reason to use my iPod. I don't have a tape deck in the car, and I won't walk around with one attached to my head.


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 8:05:33 am PST #6966 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have no reason to use my iPod.

It's an external hard drive. I don't know its capacity nor the capacity of your La Cie, but you can use it for backup just like your La Cie, or use it just for your music through iTunes.


aurelia - Feb 06, 2006 11:37:04 am PST #6967 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I have no reason to use my iPod. I don't have a tape deck in the car, and I won't walk around with one attached to my head.

I can't get into the headphone habit either, but I use my FM transmitter both in the car and at home with my stereo.


tommyrot - Feb 06, 2006 12:02:12 pm PST #6968 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.

but I use my FM transmitter both in the car and at home with my stereo.

For home stereo, I use a 1/8" stereo plug to dual RCA plug adapter cable. This sort of cable is cheap, and the sound quality is much better than using the FM transmitter.

eta: This assumes your stereo has RCA stereo inputs....


Jessica - Feb 06, 2006 12:04:07 pm PST #6969 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

For home stereo, I use a 1/8" stereo plug to dual RCA plug adapter cable.

That's my setup too. (Though mine wasn't so cheap, since it was an implulse buy at the Apple Store. The lure of the iProduct is irresistible...)