I'm a big fan of Sony camcorders. I've had two, and never had a lick o'trouble with either.
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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DXMachina - May 29, 2006 2:53:52 pm PDT #8203 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Strix - May 29, 2006 6:43:10 pm PDT #8204 of 10003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Weird question: Ok, so this weekend, I moved my PC into the bedroom. (Yes, we have the love that cannot be named.) (No, really, I'm writing a book on summer vaca, and the only AC is in the bedroom -- no, REALLY.)
Shut up.
Anyway, I was wondering....can I set an alrm on my PC? To like wake me up to a certain album or .wav file or something?
Liese S. - May 29, 2006 9:08:39 pm PDT #8205 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
There are freebie programs out there that you can download to do that. I'll ask the SO which one he got.
eta: Ah, here. It's called Perfect Alarm, from Celescom. It's free, it lets you pick any .mp3 or .wav or whatever, test the sound for volume, label your alarms. It also functions as a scheduler, where you can set any program to launch at a specific time. Works great.
Jesse - May 30, 2006 5:14:14 am PDT #8206 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My cable modem keeps crapping out today. It has five lights on the front, the middle one is the "data" one, and it's either solid (not flashing) or just off. I unplug the modem, plug it back in, and it comes back to life for a while. The modem has no buttons on it, so unplugging seems to be the only thing I can do? Any ideas? Is this going to become a bigger problem?
Deena - May 30, 2006 5:19:54 am PDT #8207 of 10003
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Jesse, my cable company recommends leaving it unplugged for over 30 seconds, unplugging everything else as well, and then re-plugging everything, with 30 seconds between each, and making sure to plug in the modem last. That seems to reset things for me for several days or longer. It seems to require more frequent re-setting since I changed cable companies.
Jesse - May 30, 2006 5:21:14 am PDT #8208 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Right on. Thanks, Deena! Buffistas are way easier to get information from than the cable company.
Typo Boy - May 30, 2006 5:24:30 am PDT #8209 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I have my modem, and router on a surge protector. Use that as an off switch , and turn it off most nights. Solved a bunch of problems. Hope I'm not setting myself off for future problems by doing this instead of unplugging, but can't see why flicking the off switch on a surge protector won't do the same thing.
Calli - May 30, 2006 5:24:38 am PDT #8210 of 10003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hi there, technosavvy folks. I'm finally getting ready to upgrade my ancient iBook from OS9 to OSX. And I was wondering if I'll have to reinstall all my other applications after I do this. I expect my old versions of Word and Photoshop will have to run in OS9 emulation, but I'm ok with that since I use them once every three months, if that. I mostly use the iBook for surfing.
Tom Scola - May 30, 2006 5:28:06 am PDT #8211 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Just make sure your iBook has lots of memory, Calli.
Calli - May 30, 2006 6:23:44 am PDT #8212 of 10003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
OK, thanks Tom. I'll have to check, but I'm pretty sure I bumped up the RAM a fair bit when I bought it.