Possibly a dumb question, but when you format the hard drive, does that wipe out all the software including Windows or whatever? (Also have a dying-fan laptop I need to get rid of....)
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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Jesse - Aug 20, 2011 7:12:05 pm PDT #17595 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2011 7:57:22 pm PDT #17596 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Where is it headed? I guess you could format the hard drive a few times, most people aren't going to be mining your hard drive, but still...
There's actually nothing private on there, no email, passwords, or financial account numbers, so I don't even know what they could get out of it.
dcp - Aug 21, 2011 5:15:05 am PDT #17597 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Jesse, generally yes, but it depends on how you do it, and how much effort the 2nd party is willing to go to in the recovery.
Juliebird - Aug 21, 2011 1:46:49 pm PDT #17598 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
What is this? [link]
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When I squish the screen, it moves and then bounces back.
I'm assuming dead pixels and am taking the laptop in to get it fixed under warranty, I'm just curious as to why it seems tangible.
Ginger - Aug 22, 2011 5:08:47 am PDT #17599 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A local nursery linked to this cool app for identifying trees: [link] It's part of an effort to develop visual recognition software to identify plant species. The first release is for NY and DC, but that would cover a large percentage of the trees east of the Mississippi.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2011 8:01:31 am PDT #17600 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Galaxy tab doesn't charge from a PC USB connection while it's on. Which is irritating. But I will work with it. However, if I plug the USB->Galaxy cable into the power adapter that charges my phone or Nook, it also doesn't charge--the Galaxy acts as if I've plugged it into the PC. What signal can the charger be sending that the Galaxy charger doesn't? I haven't yet tested to see if the Galaxy cable and a regular mini USB charger will charge my phone.
dcp - Aug 22, 2011 8:25:34 am PDT #17601 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Try a different mini USB cable, ita. Sounds like that one doesn't have a live connection to pin-1.
Tom Scola - Aug 22, 2011 8:33:50 am PDT #17602 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Galaxy Tab needs more milliamps than what the official USB standard calls for.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2011 8:59:53 am PDT #17603 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Galaxy Tab needs more milliamps than what the official USB standard calls for.
And somehow it's okay when it's turned off? That's the part I don't get, really. I'm guessing I shouldn't try using the Galaxy charger with the mini USB cables to charge my Nook, etc.
DCP--I miswrote. It's not a mini USB cable that goes to the Galaxy, it's a Galaxy cable and a charger with a USB port.
Tom Scola - Aug 22, 2011 9:04:29 am PDT #17604 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And somehow it's okay when it's turned off?
When it's turned off, the CPU, display, network, etc. aren't using any power, which leaves enough to charge the batteries.