Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

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Jessica - Jul 15, 2010 4:48:36 am PDT #14422 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've also occasionally seen refurbished Minis on Apple.com for pretty cheap.


Jon B. - Jul 15, 2010 5:04:56 am PDT #14423 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

special $90 cable to hook up our existing monitor

What sort of cable costs $90?!


flea - Jul 15, 2010 5:39:00 am PDT #14424 of 25501
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I have no idea. That is a mr. flea item. The monitor is wicked old, I gather, and the modern hookups won't go. Or something.

ETA: I suspect it is this. [link] I think we have the old 24 inch cinema display.


Dana - Jul 15, 2010 5:46:07 am PDT #14425 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

zuisa, I use an S-video cable to link my laptop to my TV.

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Jon B. - Jul 15, 2010 6:27:36 am PDT #14426 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

ETA: I suspect it is this. [link]

That thing is like five cables in one. There's single function cables that will probably do what you want over in the left column for around $29.


tommyrot - Jul 15, 2010 6:42:03 am PDT #14427 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.

30 Old PC Ads That Will Blow Your Processor

10 MB HD for $3398!

Here is a 16K RAM Memory Card, $ 495.00... turns your computer into a working giant!

Lots o' Commodores, TRASH-80s, Ataris....


Dana - Jul 15, 2010 7:03:43 am PDT #14428 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I can't get to Handbrake's site from work, for whatever reason, but the program you linked to is converting for me, LeN. Thanks for the help, guys.


Tom Scola - Jul 15, 2010 7:08:57 am PDT #14429 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

10 MB HD for $3398!

I just paid $100 for a 1.5TB hard drive.


tommyrot - Jul 15, 2010 7:18:05 am PDT #14430 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.

So that's 150,000 times the storage capacity for 2.94% of the price of the old one. So you're getting over 5 million times the capacity per dollar.


Jon B. - Jul 15, 2010 7:26:29 am PDT #14431 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I wish those ads were dated. I'm curious to see how well Moore's law held up.