flea, what does Mr. flea use his laptop for? What are his laptop needs? Could you get him a netbook also? (OK, he doesn't like that idea because it's not a mac...but maybe he could get cool and make it a hackintosh!)
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
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meara - Jul 15, 2010 7:50:53 am PDT #14436 of 25501
flea - Jul 15, 2010 7:53:54 am PDT #14437 of 25501
information libertarian
Nah, he uses it at work, he dual boots in Linux, and does serious programming stuff that is computationally intensive.
meara - Jul 15, 2010 7:59:00 am PDT #14438 of 25501
...he uses it at work and still has to buy his own? That's shitty.
tommyrot - Jul 15, 2010 8:13:52 am PDT #14439 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.
Tom Scola - Jul 15, 2010 8:20:17 am PDT #14440 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This was an external drive. I bought it on the basis of its having the fewest LEDs on it.
flea - Jul 15, 2010 8:20:39 am PDT #14441 of 25501
information libertarian
He works for the federal government; there is no way they are buying him a Mac. He likes to work on his own machine and thinks it works better, but my guess is he's not actually supposed to use it for work. There are all sorts of wacky rules and procedures about this stuff. To get the internet connected in his office at work, he had to put in a requisition to a work group in Oregon.
DCJensen - Jul 15, 2010 5:07:01 pm PDT #14442 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
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I used to have about two dozen of the ACE 1200 models I grabbed out of the pile someone dropped off at the city dump in my hometown.
God I ad fun tearing them apart and got a good many of them to work.
Alas, I eventually had to dispose of them.
At least I don't think there are any more at my mom's house...
Sophia Brooks - Jul 16, 2010 4:09:28 am PDT #14443 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
This is less about technology and more about, well, phone contracts but I am wondering how one gets an iPhone if your cell phone provider is not AT& T. I have until October 17 with my current t-mobile contract- would I just wait until then? How do you then make sure you keep your number?
I have lost my cell phone, so I thought it would be a perfect time to upgrade, but I have no idea how!
le nubian - Jul 16, 2010 4:29:45 am PDT #14444 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Okay, others might chime in here, but I believe the only way for you to use an iphone on t-mobile is to buy an unlocked iphone (and it may need to be jailbroken as well, but I'm not sure).
I might check ebay and see which ones are unlocked away from at&t service.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 16, 2010 4:35:47 am PDT #14445 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am OK switching to AT & T, but I literally do not know how to go about it-- like do you cnacel t-mobile and pay their fee first, then buy the phone, then sign up with ATT, or do you buy the phone, transfer your number, then cancel the t-mobile.
I have never switched carriers before.