I'm planning on getting a a Wii because it's actually at a reasonable price point. I want to get a PS3, but I don't think it's really worth it until I also spend the money to upgrade the Plasma TV from an EDTV model to an HDTV model. Then I can kinda justify it with the fact that it is also a blu-ray DVD player. Kristin, of course, will just roll her eyes at me about all of this.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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NoiseDesign - Nov 20, 2006 5:37:50 pm PST #9563 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2006 11:21:30 pm PST #9564 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to work out if it's Time Warner or a dying TiVo that's messing with my recordings--are streams of mega-pixellation on the picture any indicator of, say, corrupted files?
I'd figure there'd be some sort of integrity check that would error out and not try and display the recording, but it's not a sort of cable reception error I've seen before, and I'd rather not make a cable guy appointment if I don't really have to.
Also, a pain in the neck to replicate for servicemen...unless the TiVo recording counts.
Theodosia - Nov 21, 2006 4:57:33 am PST #9565 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It may be worth it to clear out the aging episodes as much as possible -- the pixiliation might be the result of mondo-fragmented files.
Jessica - Nov 21, 2006 5:56:54 am PST #9566 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
My Tivo went through a phase like that, but I'm pretty sure it was TWC's fault, because it wasn't happening on every channel.
sj - Nov 21, 2006 8:08:33 am PST #9567 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My computer is acting weird. When I try to shut a browser window, it won't shut, and that window freezes. The only way I can shut it is with Ctrl+Alt+Delete, which shuts every browser window, even when I only choose one. Everything else with the computer is working fine. Any suggestions for a fix?
Theodosia - Nov 21, 2006 9:06:48 am PST #9568 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Dump all the browser history & cache?
sj - Nov 21, 2006 9:30:53 am PST #9569 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dump all the browser history & cache?
I just tried that and restarted the computer. It didn't work. I have also run ad-aware a number of times.
DCJensen - Nov 21, 2006 12:39:51 pm PST #9570 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Firefox/Firefly filk: [link]
tommyrot - Nov 21, 2006 3:16:02 pm PST #9571 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.
Does a G4 iBook have a separate battery that maintains the clock? or is that based on the regular battery?
Rob - Nov 21, 2006 3:23:45 pm PST #9572 of 10003
Not sure about the iBook, but my G4 PowerBook does not have a separate battery. When I let the main one run down the time is reset.