Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.

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Typo Boy - Jul 24, 2011 3:42:53 pm PDT #17291 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I have a friend with really bad eyesight, borderline legally blind. He currently has trouble using his computer even with lots of disability friendly software. He is definitely getting at least one better screen. Is it possible if he gets two screens to do the following?

Use one for navigation with a tool similar to the windows magnifying glass. but whatever area is selected to magnify is not magnified on the first screen. Instead only the area under the magnifying glass or whatever the tool is would be fully zoomed on the second screen. So the one screen would be used for navigation, the second for reading zoomed text.


Jon B. - Jul 24, 2011 5:00:01 pm PDT #17292 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

TB, there seems to be software called ZoomText that will do what your friend wants: [link]

(I just did some googling -- I've never used it)


Jesse - Jul 24, 2011 5:29:44 pm PDT #17293 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You can check if the songs are registered under another Apple ID by right-clicking the songs in iTunes and choosing "Get Info." The account they are registered under appears there.

I doubt that's your problem, but worth checking.

Holy shitballs, it is. Now I just have to figure out how to resolve that. Thanks!


le nubian - Jul 24, 2011 5:38:27 pm PDT #17294 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jesse! I asked you about that earlier!


tommyrot - Jul 24, 2011 6:14:48 pm PDT #17295 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.

Holy shitballs, it is.

You know, holy shitballs would have more surface area than a regular shitball of the same mass, and thus would stink more.


Jesse - Jul 25, 2011 4:56:44 am PDT #17296 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I didn't know how to tell! And couldn't imagine I would have two log-ins!

::hangs head::


§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 5:03:05 am PDT #17297 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Randomly, I decided to give a Samsung Galaxy Android tablet a try. Not particularly sure why this tablet, nor why a tablet in the first place.

Fuck. I am in love. I want to buy it flowers and sing songs to it. This thing is gorgeous. Just beautiful. The OS is sweet, the apps are cool, and it is generally a great experience.


tommyrot - Jul 25, 2011 5:13:27 am PDT #17298 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.

Don't lose the cable:

BTW, I did find a store that sold the Galaxy Tab proprietary cable, eventually, in the Miami airport. The wire cost $70, while standard USB cables were going for $3. What a rip-off.

From a negative review here: [link]


§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 5:27:59 am PDT #17299 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Actually, they tried to sell me an extra cable in Best Buy for $29 so I could connect it to my computers. J demurred, because I was trying it out, and I can totally use Dropbox for file sharing in the meanwhile. Once I got the thing home, I find out that the power cable is USB on one end, so I could totally use that.

But there are 3G models? I haven't seen that. I will have to do more research today.

eta: That article is a bit hysterical. I haven't mis-hit the power/volume buttons once yet.


Jessica - Jul 25, 2011 5:46:19 am PDT #17300 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ita, did you get the 7" or the 10"?