The AppleTV is kinda' cool too - for its price, anyway ($299). The more video you have in iTunes, the more it makes sense to buy an AppleTV to display it on your TV. Currently I use my iPod to do that, but it's somewhat of a PITA and it's only at regular resolution, right? Plus my 60 GB iPod no longer has space for any video.
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'Out Of Gas'
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tommyrot - Jan 09, 2007 11:34:40 am PST #124 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2007 11:47:46 am PST #125 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
My computer sits right next to my TV, and it's plugged directly into it.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2007 11:49:17 am PST #126 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love this at the bottom of each page:
This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.
Maria - Jan 09, 2007 11:56:19 am PST #127 of 25496
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Why can't be be like Europe, where a specific cellphone is not tied to only one phone company? Actually, I thought I read a rumor somewhere that the iPhone would work with multiple services....
Since Cingular has the exclusive, it's a GSM phone. It will work with other GSM providers once it's been unlocked. (Cingular usually provides the unlock codes after 90 days of service.) If you're with Verizon or Sprint, you're out of luck.
If anyone's looking for reasonably inexpensive unlocked phones (tri- and quad-band available), look at myworldphone.com: [link] Their shipping charge is high, but every phone has been as described, and I've received most of them within 24 hours of placing the order.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 09, 2007 11:58:14 am PST #128 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Once it is unblocked, that mean that I can take the little chip out of my t-mobile phone and put it in the unblacked phone?
Maria - Jan 09, 2007 12:01:07 pm PST #129 of 25496
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Once it is unblocked, that mean that I can take the little chip out of my t-mobile phone and put it in the unblacked phone?
Yep.
Gudanov - Jan 09, 2007 12:01:44 pm PST #130 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
My TV has it's own computer too, a MythTV box. One of the cooler things I've seen with that is using an XBox (not a 360) as a MythTV frontend. If I didn't already have my system all set up, I'd be thinking about picking up a used XBox for a frontend and have a file server/Myth backend/router computer. I still might try that sometime.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 09, 2007 12:02:16 pm PST #131 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, looks like a paid too much for the magenta razr that I bought just cause it was magenta! But, I could get a light pink one, now too!
Daisy Jane - Jan 09, 2007 12:04:49 pm PST #132 of 25496
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Maria just made my day!
Maria - Jan 09, 2007 12:10:12 pm PST #133 of 25496
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
But, I could get a light pink one, now too!
Accessorizing with cell phones! It's the new black.
Maria just made my day!
Yay! Which one are you going to get?
I've ordered 5 or 6 phones from them over the last 2 years, for various family members. We're not big fans of 2 year contracts, either.