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Sean K - Aug 31, 2006 9:47:32 am PDT #8731 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Speaking of youtube, Jon, have you seen "The Simpsons vs Star Trek"? [link]

OMG! That guy has quite an impressive little collection of old, odd and obscure electronic instruments. Anyone more knowledgable than I want to take a stab at what's in there?


Jon B. - Aug 31, 2006 10:26:36 am PDT #8732 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

have you seen "The Simpsons vs Star Trek"?

Yessss.... Everyone's been telling me about it. He appears to be hand-synching (like lip-synching with his hands) along to the theremin. As opposed to moi, who recorded live in one take. IJS.


Sean K - Aug 31, 2006 10:27:41 am PDT #8733 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

As opposed to moi, who recorded live in one take. IJS.

With minor technical glitch included at the beginning to prove it.


Kalshane - Aug 31, 2006 10:46:11 am PDT #8734 of 10003
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

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Verily, thou doth disgrace the amatuers, for thine skills hath no parallel. Huzzah!

Or, more simply, "You kick ass."


le nubian - Aug 31, 2006 3:34:22 pm PDT #8735 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

BTW, I love google desktop - it has saved my life a lot of times. It searches in a different way for some things. For other things I need to use regular windows search.

Don't enable the feature to search across computers. But it will search your gmail (and other email) along with all other files on your computer unless you specify a folder to skip.


Allyson - Aug 31, 2006 7:31:29 pm PDT #8736 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

Anyone have any idea on the cost of changing a battery on an iMac G3?

I really shouldn't attempt it myself.


tommyrot - Sep 01, 2006 6:47:05 am PDT #8737 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.

Geek porn! (Pictures of the new Tivo Series 3. Worksafe.)

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Rob - Sep 01, 2006 9:04:31 am PDT #8738 of 10003

Anyone have any idea on the cost of changing a battery on an iMac G3?

I don't, but I bet the folks at AllMac would tell you.

I really shouldn't attempt it myself.

If it's the tray loading model, rather than the slot loading one, it's not that hard to take apart and put back together.


NoiseDesign - Sep 01, 2006 9:27:47 am PDT #8739 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

If you want to bring the Mac up to Pasadena I can install a new battery for you.


P.M. Marc - Sep 01, 2006 10:37:43 am PDT #8740 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Okay, hivemind, I need suggestions.

My old Compaq laptop is dying, slowly, painfully, and unpredictably. It always did suck, and it's kind of old, so this is no real shock.

However, I need a new Windows laptop for to replace the beast.

XP is a must, a DVD-ROM drive would be nice, and battery life trumps most other considerations (except cost) as this is my on-the-go machine. I'd like to spend as little as possible and still be able to get a good 4 years out of it, like I have the Compaq. What should I buy???