Can't you ever get your mind out of the hellmouth?

Buffy ,'Touched'


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Jessica - May 05, 2010 9:33:45 am PDT #13724 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Scheduling's not on the Transmit feature list, but it could be worth a look.

YummyFTP looks like it does everything we want - anyone ever use it?


le nubian - May 05, 2010 9:44:37 am PDT #13725 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

what about speed download? I use that as well and I love it.


Jessica - May 05, 2010 10:24:32 am PDT #13726 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

More Mac help - DH's 5 year-old iMac has developed an internet problem. In that it will randomly drop his internet connection even when everything else in the network is working fine.

Any tips? (Other than buying a new computer, which we can't afford right now.)


le nubian - May 05, 2010 10:32:41 am PDT #13727 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jessica,

a bunch of tips:

[link]


tommyrot - May 07, 2010 7:19:36 am PDT #13728 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

iPad Killing Netbooks Already?

An interesting chart released from Morgan Stanley Research this morning shows that during the month of April - the month the iPad launched - netbook sales stalled. Did the iPad really have that much impact on an industry that was once the fastest-growing segment of the PC market? Or was the netbook's fall from grace bound to happen at some point, with or without the Apple tablet's help, as consumers discovered how hard it is to type on those tiny keyboards?

The netbook market saw incredible growth around this time last year. CNNMoney's Philip Elmer-DeWitt, who uncovered the chart in a research report about HP's acquisition of Palm, notes that netbook sales peaked last summer at "an astonishing 641% year-over-year growth rate."

But in January, coincidentally (or not?) the same month that Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the forthcoming tablet computer dubbed the iPad, netbook sales took a nose dive. But by nose dive, we mean they only saw 68% year-over-year growth during this time frame, the first month of the new year. That's not actually all that bad, is it? It only looks bad in comparison to the incredible numbers netbooks saw last summer.

But what's more telling is that the numbers continued to trend downwards since then: 53% in February, 25% in March and a meager 5% in April.

If the iPad had been available a few years ago I would have bought one instead of my netboook. I'm still tempted to get one....


Gudanov - May 07, 2010 7:41:52 am PDT #13729 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I think market saturation and regular laptops being available for the same price or a little more are bigger factors.


omnis_audis - May 07, 2010 7:49:05 am PDT #13730 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I agree. I was looking at a netbook for the flights to CA, and got a full sized laptop for less. Sure it's a single core processor, but who cares? I'm playing iTunes, cruising the net, maybe streaming a movie, and once played a DVD. I don't need 3GHz Dual-core for that.


flea - May 07, 2010 7:50:53 am PDT #13731 of 25501
information libertarian

I though an iPad couldn't multitask? That would make a netbook a no-brainer for me. I want to be able to listen to Pandora while writing my report on how many questions we got asked at the desk this month.


§ ita § - May 07, 2010 7:51:03 am PDT #13732 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's the average file size of an "hour" episode from iTunes? My current iPod is a bit battered and I'm wondering about sizing a replacement. I don't currently store any video on it, but I could easily become addicted.


tommyrot - May 07, 2010 7:54:43 am PDT #13733 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What's the average file size of an "hour" episode from iTunes?

High-def is about 1.4 GB (plus a lower-def version for the iPod will download as well). Regular def around 500 MB.

eta: An iPod version of a high-def file is about 630 MB.