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§ ita § - Oct 31, 2010 6:28:27 am PDT #15345 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I was just being told by someone he'd hacked his Canon camera firmware by loading it onto the memory card. This included useful things like extending exposure time, and adding an intervalometer, but now he also has games on his camera (point and shoot).

Anyone here ever done this?

amych - Oct 31, 2010 6:30:51 am PDT #15346 of 25501

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Anyone here ever done this?

No and I would like to right now. (Does this crazy business work on video cameras as well as still cameras?)

le nubian - Oct 31, 2010 6:56:54 am PDT #15347 of 25501

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Julie,

all I would do is google it, so if you haven't found much success, I don't have any recs. If you are on a mac, I have suggestions, but I think you aren't.

Gudanov - Nov 01, 2010 7:35:45 am PDT #15348 of 25501

Coding and Sleeping

HP customer service has just fucked me over about my Wife's five month old laptop and won't repair the screen. Guess I'll never be buying another HP product again ever.

tiggy - Nov 01, 2010 5:42:48 pm PDT #15349 of 25501

I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

I vowed the same thing. i had to send my laptop in 3 times in six months for the same thing over and over. finally gave up and bought my Toshiba, which i love!

Dana - Nov 03, 2010 5:53:04 pm PDT #15350 of 25501

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Sort of continuing the previous theme, what are people's current thoughts on desktop manufacturers?

Gudanov - Nov 04, 2010 5:18:02 am PDT #15351 of 25501

Coding and Sleeping

I think desktops are inherently more reliable than laptops in general, but I've had Lenovo and Dell at work and they have been solid. I can't suggest anything else since I haven't owned them.

At home, I generally build my own. Gigabyte motherboards, Corsair power supplies, Kingston/A-Data/Corsair memory, EVGA video cards, Samsung optical drives, Seagate or Samsung for HDD, Intel for SSD are my choice components from what I've used.

Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2010 5:32:04 am PDT #15352 of 25501

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I've had my HP for four years. The one before that, though, I had built.

Dana - Nov 04, 2010 6:00:41 am PDT #15353 of 25501

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah, this is for my mom, and she is not building a machine nor am I building one for her.

tommyrot - Nov 04, 2010 7:34:50 am PDT #15354 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 I ordered the 3-D printer kit: [link]

I'm kinda' confused, as it says "In stock" as well as

"***Availability: Ships with a 7 week lead time. This is a Pre-sale item.***

Also,

Full instructions and documentation will be released on the day we start shipping this kit in mid-November.

I'm guess the "Seven week lead time" was that they first announced this seven weeks before the estimated shipping date, which means I'd get it in mid November.

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