I got my iPhone 3G as a refurb about almost 2 years ago and it's had no more problems than I'd expect from a bought-new one -- it's a little scratched and banged and I'm itching for an iPhone 4 now, but that's the 2 years talking, not the refurb.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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amych - Oct 12, 2010 2:50:10 pm PDT #15204 of 25505
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Una - Oct 12, 2010 3:02:46 pm PDT #15205 of 25505
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Google Docs question:
I'm setting up a form that feeds its answers into a spreadsheet (so that I can gather lab results from all my students and then share class data with those students). It's a pretty long form, so I've broken it into several pages. Is there any functionality to add a "save" button for the person filling out the form so that a partially filled form may be (a) saved at intervals (like every page) in case of computer crash, and/or (b) saved at intervals so that it can be returned to / completed in multiple stages/sessions? I haven't been able to find anything.
le nubian - Oct 12, 2010 3:13:12 pm PDT #15206 of 25505
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Una,
no, I don't think so. I think you can do a work around.
1) have different spreadsheets that have different parts of the form
2) create a final spreadsheet that combines the data from the other spreadsheets into one form.
what you would need to do if you do the above is make sure everyone has a unique id so that you can match the responses across each spreadsheet.
is the above clear.
Jessica - Oct 12, 2010 3:13:36 pm PDT #15207 of 25505
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Passing this on from a friend - is there a legal way to burn iTunes video (purchased) to a playable DVD?
NoiseDesign - Oct 12, 2010 4:10:01 pm PDT #15208 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
I've purchased quite a few reconditioned Apple products over the years and have had great luck. Quite a few MacBook Pros and a few iMacs. Apple also replaced my iPhone 3G when my original one died and their replacements are reconditioned, it worked fine the whole time I used it.
Sue - Oct 12, 2010 4:15:03 pm PDT #15209 of 25505
hip deep in pie
My refurbished iPod has been a dream--it's lasted the longest of all three of my iPods. I've rarely had to reboot it!
Shir - Oct 12, 2010 9:37:49 pm PDT #15210 of 25505
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Well then, I volunteer to be your librarian consultant.
You are a saint. I will insent you later today.
Una - Oct 13, 2010 8:15:13 am PDT #15211 of 25505
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
thanks, le nubian! I'll try that.
Polter-Cow - Oct 13, 2010 10:54:22 am PDT #15212 of 25505
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I did some testing, and, yep, Comcast is also delaying any e-mail with a livejournal.com URL in it by five minutes. Not forty-five, unfortunately, so I can't explain the extra forty minutes that started happening a couple weeks ago. When this started happening a year ago, they claimed not to be filtering anything from the lj-notify@livejournal.com address, so I'm not sure.
tommyrot - Oct 13, 2010 11:37:50 am PDT #15213 of 25505
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A company that sells conversion kits so you can use your old typewriter as a computer keyboard: [link]
Last week I stumbled upon the USB Typewriter etsy shop and my jaw dropped! Jack Zylkin has invented a Typewriter Convertor process that turns any manual typewriter into a keyboard for your computer! He sells ready to purchase typewriters or you can buy a kit and do it yourself! I think these would be awesome for hotel/B&B lobby computers or electronic guestbooks at a shop... something memorable to catch your eye! Or if you're a modern Angela Landsbury, use it for writing a book the semi-old school way!
eta: They also sell completed typewriters. This one is pretty:
Typewriter Computer Keyboard -- Royal Junior -- Works with iPad