Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.

Willow ,'The Killer In Me'


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brenda m - Apr 25, 2006 1:44:05 pm PDT #7937 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

HDTV is for people with, you know, decent TVs. So no issue for me as of yet.


§ ita § - Apr 25, 2006 1:46:06 pm PDT #7938 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't have an HDTV compatible TV. But I plan to, and there's no point me replacing a TiVo with a slightly better TiVo knowing a much better one's on the calendar.

So that's my holdup.


Jon B. - Apr 25, 2006 2:00:31 pm PDT #7939 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'm with ita. Plus I already have two Tivo's, one series 1 and one series 2, both with lifetime subscriptions. I'm hoping (in vain, I suspect), that there will be a tempting trade-in offer of my series 1 when the series 3 debuts.


Jessica - Apr 25, 2006 3:22:28 pm PDT #7940 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I don't have an HDTV compatible TV. But I plan to, and there's no point me replacing a TiVo with a slightly better TiVo knowing a much better one's on the calendar.

ita is me in this regard. Also I don't necessarily know if Tivo sans lifetime subscription is necessarily more appealing than just renting an HD-DVR from my cable company.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 27, 2006 5:22:42 am PDT #7941 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Can anyone tell me where on this page is the link to click for download, because I am dum?

link removed


dcp - Apr 27, 2006 5:32:01 am PDT #7942 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Looks like the link is labeled "up-file all 4you" and is a redirect to a page with a 10 second delay before the download link resolves. I didn't explore further than that.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 27, 2006 5:42:36 am PDT #7943 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you!


Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2006 8:49:53 am PDT #7944 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

I need to add a second hard drive to my daughter's 3-year-old Dell. When it comes to hardware, I am dummmm. I'm trying to dig up the invoice, but can I assume that all I have to worry about is the number of slots remaining in the computer and the capacity of the hard drive? Are there any brands to steer clear of as far as reliability goes?


Gudanov - Apr 27, 2006 9:38:17 am PDT #7945 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

3 year old Dell means it needs IDE as opposed to SATA. I can't remember the last time I had a hard drive fail. Most of my drives are Western Digital, but I have a Seagate and a couple of Maxtors too. One Maxtor drive acts a bit wonky in a one particular computer, but that's all the trouble I've had.

Here's a link to a bunch of hard drives that should work just fine.

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tommyrot - Apr 27, 2006 9:41:03 am PDT #7946 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.

How many drives does it have now?

IDE can support a total of four drives (counting hard drives and CD/DVD). If that computer already has two drives, you may need to buy an IDE cable, as each IDE cable can support only two drives. You may also need to buy a power 'Y' cable (eta: if there are no spare power connectors), but probably not....